Tag Archives: Squaramide

Enzymes and Organocatalysts, good coworkers!

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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Smooth synthesis of chromenylphosphonates, early view

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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A new collaboration with our good friend Luca Bernardi (Bologna) has just come out!

CONGRATULATIONS!! Investigation of Squaramide Catalysts in the Aldol Reaction En Route to Funapide, Canudo-Sonsona, I. G.; Vicenzi, A.; Guidotti, M.; Bisag, G. D..; Fochi, M.; Herrera, R. P.; Bernardi, L. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, e202101254. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202101254. Abstract. Funapide is … 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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Metals… more and more present in the HOCA group, SOS!

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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Proud of our boss!

Raquel has been awarded with a prestigious “Beca Leonardo (Fundación BBVA)“. Congratulations!!!!!!!! 😉  

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Young researchers meet in Badajoz and discuss about CHEMISTRY

HOCA PhD students joined last week, the XIV Simposio de Investigadores Jóvenes de la RSEQ, celebrated in Badajoz (Spain). Juanvi gave a talk about “PUSH-PULL” π+/π- (PPππ) SYSTEMS: A NEW TYPE OF INTERACTION SYSTEM IN CATALYSIS. Fernando and Isaac presented their … Continue reading

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Juanvi joined the UPPA-UPV / EHU Transboundary Doctorials

Juanvi has been in Arantzazu (Gipuzkoa), from October 16th to 19th working with other PhD students in the “Doctoriales transfronterizos UPPA-UPV/EHU” (UPPA-UPV / EHU Transboundary Doctorials), organized by the Master’s and Doctorate School of the UPV / EHU (MDe), in collaboration with the … Continue reading

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Just accepted! New article about making more efficient enatioselective organocatalytic reactions

Juanvi has worked hard in this project and now the first results have just come out. The central idea is to generate in situ, the carbonyl compound, via oxidation of an alcohol, which is involved in a subsequent asymmetric organocatalytic … Continue reading

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Welcome Sofía!

We want to give our warmest welcome to Sofía to our group. She will work on her Master thesis dealing with the synthesis of metal-squaramide complexes and the study of their properties. Good luck!  

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