Tag Archives: Organocatalysis

Welcome Javi!

Javi started working with us last week and he is already very well integrated. Enjoy lab chemistry during these few months!!

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Welcome Sandra!

Sandra has just started working with us under an internship program. She is an enthusiastic student willing to learning a lot   😉 Welcome and enjoy your stay with us!

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Raquel publishes a review on organocatalytic transfer hydrogenation methodologies

In this review paper, Raquel compiles and describes pioneering and most recent examples of how new stereogenic center can be created, using organocatalytic transfer hydrogenation methodologies. Organocatalytic Transfer Hydrogenation and Hydrosilylation Reactions. Herrera, R. P. Top. Curr. Chem. 2016, 374, 29. DOI: 10.1007/s41061-016-0032-4. … Continue reading

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Enhancing the activity of a squaramide as organocatalyst through the novel concept of trifunctionality

It is well known the lower activity of organocatalysts as compared to most metal catalysts. As a result, developing new and more potent organocatalysts focuses a great deal of interest both for science and chemical industry. Herein, we present our … Continue reading

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Enjoy reading about one of our favourite molecular structure: AMINOINDANOL

Our most recent review paper has just come out off the press. It has been published as open access in Beilstein J. Org. Chem. In this paper, by gathering relevant and illustrative examples, we  show the ability of conferring bifunctionality … Continue reading

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Wanna know what happens if you consider MOFs and HBC together? Take a look to this highlight, just published in CrystEngComm

The highlight entitled “Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) bring new life to hydrogen-bonding organocatalysts in confined spaces” has just been published at CrystEngComm. In this work, together with Prof. David Díaz (Universität Regensburg), we have compiled and studied the literature which involves the intriguing idea of … Continue reading

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7th Spanish-Portuguese-Japanese Organic Chemistry Symposium

Maru has been in Seville, coming back (for few days) to her alma mater university. Nice memories and nice time! Thanks Charo, José María, Elena, David, Javi, Abel, and all the organizers!

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Wiley publica “Multicomponent reactions” editado por Herrera y Marqués-López

“Multicomponent Reactions: Concepts and Applications for Design and Synthesis” es un libro editado por las investigadoras del grupo Organocatálisis asimétrica (H-OCA), Raquel P. Herrera y Eugenia Marqués-López, que ha sido publicado recientemente por Wiley. A lo largo de sus 532 páginas, … Continue reading

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