The research group Synthetic and Catalytic Methodologies works at the Research Center for Advanced Scientific Research (CICA) within the group of Molecular Chemistry and Materials. The research is focused on the development methodologies for the synthesis of organic compounds of interest, bioactive compounds or new organic materials. The synthetic tools are mainly related to Organometallic Chemistry and with the use of transition metals in organic synthesis. Since 1997, this research group has developed different projects associated with the synthesis of bioactive natural products, sustainable chemical processes and new reactions of formation of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds. Of particular relevance are the investigations on organometallic indium in reactions catalyzed by transition metals.

OUR GROUP

News

02/10/2024

This week we have a new PhD student incorporated to the group: Lucia Sanz Figueroa.

Lucia, welcome to the group !! we are very happy to have you here.

Recent publications

Uncovering the Potent Antiviral Activity of the Sesterterpenoids from the Sponge Ircinia felix against Human Adenoviruses: from the Natural Source to the Total Synthesis

Ana Ruiz-Molina, Dawrin Pech-Puch, Ramón E. Millán, Lucía Ageitos, Harold Villegas-Hernández, Jerónimo Pachón, José Pérez Sestelo, Javier Sánchez-Céspedes, Jaime Rodríguez, and Carlos Jiménez

Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202401844   10.1002/chem.202401844

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of β‑Alkenyl-Substituted BODIPY Dyes by Indium(III)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Alkyne Hydroarylation

Ana Da Lama, José Pérez Sestelo, Luis A. Sarandeses, and M. Montserrat Martínez

J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 4702−4711 doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.3c02951

Stereospecific indium(III)-catalysed tandem cycloisomerization of functionalized 1,6-enynes: scope and mechanistic insights

Raquel Pérez-Guevara, Luis A. Sarandeses, Rosana Álvarez, M. Montserrat Martínez  and José Pérez Sestelo

Adv. Synth. Cat. 2024, 366, 852 – 861 doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202301329