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Scientific collaboration: Synergies between enzymes and organocatalysis

Posted on October 25, 2025 by mmaamarq

Scope and synthetic applications of the aryl-alcohol oxidase from Streptomyces hiroshimensis (ShAAO), Ascaso-Alegre, C.; Cinca-Fernando, P.; Roberts, T.; López-Fernández, P.; Herrera, R. P.; Cosgrove, S.; Ferreira, P.; Mangas-Sanchez, J.; Org. Lett. 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c03814. Abstract. The sustainable production of carbonyl … Continue reading →

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Getting deeper in the understanding of gold catalysis

Posted on June 19, 2024 by mmaamarq

Congratulations Juan Carlos, Raquel and Conchita! The Potential of Self-Activating Au(I) Complexes in Gold Catalysis, Pérez-Sánchez, J. C.; Herrera, R. P.; Gimeno, M. C. Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202401825. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401825. Abstract. Gold catalysis has emerged as a groundbreaking field in synthetic … Continue reading →

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Enzymes and Organocatalysts, good coworkers!

Posted on June 19, 2024 by mmaamarq

Congratulations to Christian, Raquel and Juan!! Chemoenzymatic One-Pot Cascade for the Construction of Asymmetric C-C and C-P Bonds via Formal C-H Activation, Ascaso-Alegre, C.; Herrera, R. P.; Mangas-Sanchez, J. ChemCatChem 2024, e202400817. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202400817. Abstract. The integration of organocatalysis and enzyme catalysis in … Continue reading →

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Enjoy our new Cover in Adv. Synth. Catal.

Posted on October 16, 2023 by mmaamarq

Just published our new cover that illustrates our recent article on Asymmetric Organocatalyzed Phospha-Michael Addition for the Direct Synthesis of Biologically Active Chromenylphosphonates. The inside cover picture is an artistic illustration of the bifunctional activation of the phosphite and the … Continue reading →

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Smooth synthesis of chromenylphosphonates, early view

Posted on August 17, 2023 by mmaamarq

Asymmetric Organocatalyzed Phospha-Michael Addition for the Direct Synthesis of Biologically Active Chromenylphosphonates,*   Marqués-López, E.; Sonsona, I. G.; Garcés-Marín, M.; Gimeno, M. C.; Herrera, R. P. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, 365. DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202300563. *A previous version of this manuscript has been deposited … Continue reading →

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Propargylamines paper, just published!

Posted on April 19, 2021 by mmaamarq

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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Overview on asymmetric fluorination reactions by means of ORGANOCATALYSIS

Posted on October 1, 2020 by mmaamarq

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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HOCA initiation in DNA binding studies of compounds obtained through green methods

Posted on July 15, 2020 by mmaamarq

Ultrasound-assisted multicomponent synthesis of 4H-pyrans in water and DNA binding studies, Auria-Luna, F.; Fernández-Moreira, V.; Marqués-López, E.; Gimeno, M. C.; Herrera, R. P. Sci. Rep. 2020 , 10, 11594. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68076-1 Abstract. A simple approach to synthesize new highly substituted 4H-pyran … Continue reading →

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Just accepted, congratulations!

Posted on February 5, 2020 by mmaamarq

Asymmetric organocatalyzed aza‐Henry reaction of hydrazones: experimental and computational studies, Sonsona, I. G.; Alegre-Requena, J. V.; Marqués-López, E.; Gimeno, M. C.; Herrera, R. P. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000232   Abstract. The first asymmetric catalyzed aza‐Henry reaction of hydrazones … Continue reading →

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First fruit of a very interesting collaboration…

Posted on January 15, 2020 by mmaamarq

… with Dr. Santiago Uriel. Thank you and congratulations! Simple iodoalkyne-based organocatalysts for the activation of carbonyl compounds, Alegre-Requena, J. V.; Valero-Tena, A.; Sonsona, I. G.; Uriel, S.; Herrera, R. P. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, DOI: 10.1039/c9ob02688f Abstract. A novel … Continue reading →

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