Category Archives: Raquel P. Herrera

A new article just come out!

Catalysis-free synthesis of thiazolidine–thiourea ligands for metal coordination (Au and Ag) and preliminary cytotoxic studies, Salvador-Gil, D.; Herrera, R. P.; Gimeno, M. C.  Dalton Trans. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DT00079F. Abstract. The reaction of propargylamines with isothiocyanates results in the selective formation of … Continue reading

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Raquel in a Thesis Committee at the UAM

Last June 24th, Raquel traveled to Madrid to participate as a member of the jury which has evaluated Jorge Humbrías-Martín thesis, from FRONCAT group head by Dr. José Alemán.

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Congratulations Juan Carlos!

Ferrocenyl Gold Complexes as Efficient Catalysts, Pérez-Sánchez, J. C..; Herrera, R. P.; Gimeno, M. C. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 2022(12), e202101067. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202101067. Hot Topic: Gold Abstract. More than half a century after the discovery of the ferrocene structure in … Continue reading

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What do you know about the latest Nobel Prize in Chemistry? José and Raquel know a lot!

Few days ago, we had the pleasure of having the visit of an excellent scientist and better person, our good friend José Alemán (UAM). Territorial section for Aragon of the RSEQ invited him to the annually organized Debate on the … Continue reading

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Propargylamines paper, just published!

Effort has reward… congrats!! 😉 Unconventional Gold-Catalyzed One-Pot/Multicomponent Synthesis of Propargylamines Starting from Benzyl Alcohols, Zárate-Roldán, S.; Gimeno, M. C.; Herrera, R. P. Catalysts 2021, 11, 513. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11040513. Abstract. A formal homogeneous gold-catalyzed A3-coupling, starting from benzyl alcohols, is reported for … Continue reading

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Happy birthday Dr. Herrera!!!

Kisses from all current and former HOCA’s members and Gimeno’s group!!

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HOCA (aza-Henry reaction) in The 24th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry (Nov 2020)

Asymmetric aza-Henry reaction of hydrazones I. G. Sonsona, J. V. Alegre-Requena,* E. Marqués-López, M. C. Gimeno, R. P. Herrera* 10.3390/ecsoc-24-08411 (registering DOI) Abstract: In this work, the enantioselective organocatalyzed addition of nitroalkanes to N-benzoyl hydrazones has been developed for the … Continue reading

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DHPs in 6th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry (Nov 2020)

Novel ureido-dihydropyridine scaffolds as theranostic agents F. Auria-Luna,* S. Ardevines, E. Marqués-López, E. Romanos, V. Fernández-Moreira, M. C. Gimeno, I. Marzo, R. P. Herrera 10.3390/ECMC2020-07419 (registering DOI) Abstract: The potential as anticancer agents of 1,4-dihydropyridines (1,4-DHPs) and their pioneering urea … Continue reading

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Further knowledge on DHP just published!

We did it again! Congratulations guys! Novel ureido-dihydropyridine scaffolds as theranostic agents, Auria-Luna, F.; Marqués-López, E.; Romanos, E.; Fernández-Moreira, V.; Gimeno, M. C.; Marzo, I.; Herrera, R. P. Bioorg. Chem. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104364. Abstract. In this work, the synthesis of interesting urea derivatives 5 based on … Continue reading

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Overview on asymmetric fluorination reactions by means of ORGANOCATALYSIS

Asymmetric Fluorination Reactions Promoted by Chiral Hydrogen‐Bonding‐Based Organocatalysts, Auria-Luna, F.; Mohammadi, S.; Divar, M.; Gimeno, M. C.; Herrera, R. P. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202000848 VIP Abstract. Fluorinated compounds can exhibit interesting biological properties. The importance of these species has made … Continue reading

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