Tag Archives: 2019

Wedding bells ring!

Posted on October 22, 2019 by mmaamarq

Last fridey (October, 18th), two HOCA members got married! Congrats, Isaac and Sandra! 😉

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Raquel has promoted to “Investigador Científico”!!

Posted on October 18, 2019 by mmaamarq

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Closing a period of life opens you new horizons. Good luck!

Posted on October 1, 2019 by mmaamarq

Sara and Pablo, the youngest HOCA members, did their final exams last wenesday (september, 25th) and now they are ready to get their B.Sc. Diplomes. Organic Privileged Scaffolds with Anticancer Activity: Synthesis through Organocatalytic Procedures. Sara Gil. Design and synthesis … Continue reading →

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Looking for intermediates of reaction to clarify the previously established mechanism

Posted on September 18, 2019 by mmaamarq

Thiolate Bridged Gold(I) NHC Catalysts: New Approach for Catalyst Design and its Application Trapping Catalytic Intermediates, Visbal, R.; Herrera, R. P.; Gimeno, M. C. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201903494 Abstract. Novel dinuclear N ‐heterocyclic gold complexes with bridging thiolate ligands have been designed … Continue reading →

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Two old friends visited us!

Posted on September 18, 2019 by mmaamarq

Last 6th September, Prof. David Díaz Díaz from the “INSTITUTE OF NATURAL PRODUCTS AND AGROBIOLOGY” – CSIC (Tenerife, Spain), visited us. We enjoyed talking about Chemistry and much more 😉 Thanks a lot for coming to Zaragoza one more time! … Continue reading →

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Synthesis of optically active warfarin by using an aromatic amine

Posted on August 26, 2019 by mmaamarq

First aromatic amine organocatalysed activation of α,β-unsaturated ketones, Sonsona, I. G.; Marqués-López, E.; Gimeno, M. C.; Herrera, R. P. New J. Chem. 2019, 43, 12233-12240. DOI: 10.1039/c9nj02392e. Abstract. This work provides an unprecedented example of a chiral aromatic amine used to … Continue reading →

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Saying hello to summer holidays…

Posted on July 13, 2019 by mmaamarq

… all together around the table, enjoying nice food and nice company! Enjoy summer!!!!

Posted in Fun, Goodbye, Season's Greetings | Tagged 2019, Eugenia Marqués-López, Fernando Auria-Luna, Gonzalo Murillo, Group party, Guillermo Canudo, Isaac G. Sonsona, Japanese restaurant, Javier Mindón, Pablo Murillo, Raquel P. Herrera, Sara Gil | Leave a comment

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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Maru: once again, a year older!

Posted on June 1, 2019 by mmaamarq

Happy birthday! 😉

Posted in Birthday, Eugenia Marqués-López, Having fun | Tagged 2019, Birthday, Cake, Eugenia Marqués-López | Leave a comment

Fer participated in the II Doctoral Conference of the Organic Chemistry Doctoral Program of the UZ

Posted on June 1, 2019 by mmaamarq

Last monday, may 27th, Fer presented very successfully, the most recent results of his PhD projects in the II Jornada Doctoral, celebrated in the Faculty of Sciences of our University. Congratulations!