Category Archives: Raquel P. Herrera

Metals… more and more present in the HOCA group, SOS!

Posted on November 21, 2019 by mmaamarq

Last week (14-15 November 2019), Raquel attended to the 1st International Workshop on Metals in Medicine hold at Chimie ParisTech, PSL University. She presented the poster entitle Synthesis of group 11 metal complexes with thiourea or squaramide ligands: study of … Continue reading →

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A little tribute to (THIO)UREAS. Improving their organocatalytic activity…

Posted on November 6, 2019 by mmaamarq

Hydrogen bonding and Internal or External Lewis or Brønsted Acid Assisted (Thio)urea Catalysts, Gimeno, M. C.; Herrera, R. P. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 10.1002/ejoc.201901344 Abstract. The obtainment of more active organocatalysts has promoted the search for new modes of activation … Continue reading →

Posted in Hydrogen-bonding, Organocatalysis, Publication, Raquel P. Herrera, Review, Thiourea, Urea | Tagged 2019, Activation, Asymmetric organocatalysis, Brønsted acid, Lewis acid, Organocatalyst, Prof. Gimeno, Publication, Raquel P. Herrera, Review, Thiourea | Leave a comment

The results of a new collaboration with University of Gabes

Posted on October 25, 2019 by mmaamarq

Synthesis, structural determination and catalytic study of a new 2-D chloro-substituted zinc phosphate, (C8N2H20)[ZnCl(PO3(OH))]2, Rayes, A.; Herrera, R. P.; Moncer, M.; Ara, I.; Calestani, G.; Ayed, B.; Mezzadri, F. J. Mol. Struct. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.127216 Abstract. A novel chloro-substituted zinc-phosphate, (C8N2H20)[ZnCl(PO3(OH)]2, … Continue reading →

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Re-thinking ISQCH in Jaca

Posted on October 25, 2019 by mmaamarq

During few days (October, 23-25th) ISQCH members have been in Jaca (Huesca), re-thinking the institute in terms of chemistry and organization. Raquel told us about Visualization and Internationalization, a part of about HOCA CHEMISTRY. She took us through her pasionated … Continue reading →

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Raquel has promoted to “Investigador Científico”!!

Posted on October 18, 2019 by mmaamarq

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Infiltrated between inorganic chemists

Posted on July 4, 2019 by mmaamarq

Raquel joined the XI REUNIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE BIOINORGÁNICA, celebrated in Lugo (Spain) from 30 June to 3 July 2019. She presented her work “Synthesis of metal complexes of group 11 with thiourea or squaramides ligands: Study of their biological properties” (Anabel … Continue reading →

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Enjoying and doing scientific dissemination at once

Posted on March 15, 2019 by mmaamarq

Raquel gave an spectacular conference about Chemistry through the mirror in the evolution of drugs, within Conferences Program (CSIC): “What do we know about…?” Congratulations!

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Synergistic catalysis as well as synergistic teamwork

Posted on March 14, 2019 by mmaamarq

Proline bulky substituents consecutively act as steric hindrances and directing groups in a Michael/Conia-ene cascade reaction under synergistic catalysis, Putatunda, S.; Alegre-Requena, J. V.; Meazza, M.; Franc, M.; Rohaľová, D.; Vemuri, P.; Císařová, I.; Herrera, R. P.; Rios, R.; Veselý, … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration, Computational chemistry, Publication, Raquel P. Herrera | Tagged 2019, Chem. Sci., Collaboration, Conia-ene reaction, Jan Veselý, Juan V. Alegre-Requena, Michael reaction, Organocatalysis, Pd, Proline, Publication, Ramon Rios, Raquel P. Herrera, Spiro pyrazolones, Synergistic catalysis | Leave a comment

Indole and isatin derivatives with Au(I): Highly cytotoxic metallic species

Posted on February 8, 2019 by mmaamarq

Bioactive and luminescent indole and isatin based gold(I) derivatives, Fernández-Moreira, V.; Val-Campillo, C.; Ospino, I.; Herrera, R. P.; Marzo, I.; Laguna, A.; Gimeno, M. C. Dalton Trans. 2019. DOI: 10.1039/C8DT00298C Abstract. A series of luminescent monometallic [AuL(PPh3)] (1-3) and bimetallic [Au2(µ-dppe)L2] (4, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Collaboration, Indole, Publication, Raquel P. Herrera | Tagged 2019, Cancer, Collaboration, Dalton trans., Gold(I) complexes, Indole, Isatin, Leukemia cells (Jurkat-shBak), Luminescence, Prof. Gimeno, Raquel P. Herrera | Leave a comment

Enjoy reading a new review about anticancer properties of gold complexes

Posted on January 30, 2019 by mmaamarq

Anticancer Properties of Gold Complexes with Biologically Relevant Ligands, Fernández-Moreira, V.; Herrera, R. P.; Gimeno, M. C. Pure Appl. Chem. 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2018-0901 Abstract. The present review highlights our findings in the field of antitumor gold complexes bearing biologically relevant molecules, such as DNA-bases, amino acids … Continue reading →