• Group 11 tris(pyrazolyl)methane complexes: structural features and catalytic applications 

  Muñoz Molina, José María; Rodríguez Belderraín, Tomás; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019)

  Tris(pyrazolyl)methane ligands (Tpmx) have been for years a step behind their highly popular boron-anionic analogues, the tris(pyrazolyl)borate ligands (Tpx). However, in the last decade the development of new members of ...

  

• An accurate density functional theory for the vaporliquid interface of chain molecules based on the statistical associating fluid theory for potentials of variable range for Mie chainlike fluids 

  Algaba Fernández, Jesús; Míguez Díaz, José Manuel; Mendiboure, B.; Jiménez Blas, Felipe (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019)

  A new Helmholtz free energy density functional is presented to predict the vapor-liquid interface of chainlike molecules. The functional is based on the last version of the statistical associating fluid theory for ...

  

• Homogeneous Metal-Based Catalysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as Reaction Medium 

  Olmos Verge, Andrea; Asensio, Gregorio; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (American Chemical Society, 2016)

  Above 31.1 degrees C and 73.8 bar, carbon dioxide reaches the supercritical state, being transformed into a fluid (scCO(2)) that has attracted interest in the last few decades as reaction medium for several transition-me ...

  

• Synthesis and catalytic applications of 1,2,3-triazolylidene gold(I) complexes in silver-free oxazoline syntheses and C-H bond activation 

  Pretorius, René; Romero Fructos-Vázquez, Manuel; Müller-Bunz, Helge; Gossage, Robert A.; Pérez Romero, Pedro José; Albrecht, Martin (Dalton Transactions, 2016)

  A series of novel 1,2,3-triazolylidene gold(I) chloride complexes have been synthesised and fully characterised. Silver-free methodologies for chloride ion abstraction of these complexes were evaluated for their potential ...

  

• Gold and diazo reagents: a fruitful tool for developing molecular complexity 

  Romero Fructos-Vázquez, Manuel; Díaz Requejo, María Mar; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016)

  Since the discovery in 2005 of the potential of soluble Au complexes to catalyse the transfer of carbene groups from diazo compounds to organic substrates, an increasing number of transformations have been reported. In ...

  

• Iron and Manganese Catalysts for the Selective Functionalization of Arene C(sp(2))-H Bonds by Carbene Insertion 

  Conde Alcántara, Ana Isabel; Sabenya, Gerard; Rodríguez, Mònica; Postils, Verònica; Luis, Josep M.; Díaz Requejo, María Mar; Costas, Miquel; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (Wiley, 2016)

  The first examples of the direct functionalization of non-activated aryl sp(2) C-H bonds with ethyl diazoacetate (N2CHCO2Et) catalyzed by Mn- or Fe-based complexes in a completely selective manner are reported, with no ...

  

• Copper-Induced Ammonia N-H Functionalization 

  Álvarez, María; Álvarez, Eleuterio; Romero Fructos-Vázquez, Manuel; Urbano Baena, Juan; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016)

  The activation of ammonia has been achieved with the aid of the TpMsCu core (TpMs = hydrotris(3-mesityl-pyrazolyl)borate). Complexes of the general composition TpMsCu(amine) (1–4) including the ammonia adduct TpMsCu(NH3) ...

  

• In My Element: Copper 

  Pérez Romero, Pedro José (Wiley, 2019)

  The In My Element series celebrates the personal accounts from Chemistry – A European Journal Editorial Board members for the 2019 International Year of the Periodic Table. In this contribution, Pedro Pérez gives his story ...

  

• Trispyrazolylborate coinage metals complexes : structural features and catalytic transformations 

  Muñoz Molina, José María; Rodríguez Belderraín, Tomás; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (Elsevier, 2019)

  Tris(pyrazolyl)borates (Tpx) have become one of the most broadly used polydentate anionic ligands in coordination chemistry and catalysis since Trofimenko introduced them in 1966. Herein we present a review of the main ...

  

• Dimensioning the term carbenoid 

  Caballero Bevia, Ana; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (Wiley, 2017)

  The current use of the term carbenoid is discussed, particularly in the context of carbene transfer reactions from diazo compounds, where intermediates of type LnM=CR1R2, or one of its resonance forms, are tagged which ...

  

• Catalytic Nitrene Transfer To Alkynes: A Novel and Versatile Route for the Synthesis of Sulfinamides and Isothiazoles 

  Rodríguez, Manuel R.; Beltrán Martín, Álvaro; Mudarra, Ángel L.; Álvarez, Eleuterio; Maseras, Feliu; Díaz Requejo, María Mar; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (Wiley, 2017)

  A novel transformation is reported for the reaction of terminal or internal alkynes with the nitrene precursor PhI=NTs (Ts=p-toluenesulfonyl) in the presence of catalytic amounts of Tp(Br3)Cu(NCMe) (Tp(Br3)=hydrotris(3,4 ...

  

• The Elusive Palladium-Diazo Adduct Captured: Synthesis, Isolation and Structural Characterization of [(ArNHC-PPh2)Pd(eta(2)-N2C(Ph)CO2Et)] 

  González Rull, Silvia; Álvarez, Eleuterio; Romero Fructos-Vázquez, Manuel; Rodríguez Belderraín, Tomás; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (Wiley, 2017)

  The first example of a diazo palladium adduct is reported. The complexes [(ArNHC-PPh2) M(eta(N2C)-N-2(Ph) CO2Et)] (M = Ni, 3; M = Pd, 4; ArNHC-PPh2 = 3-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)- 1-[(diphenylphosphino)ethyl] imidazol-2-ylidene) ...

  

• Water as reaction medium for intermolecular C-H alkane functionalization in micellar catalysis 

  Ávarez, María; Gava, Riccardo; Rodríguez, Manuel R.; Rull, Silvia G.; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (ACS Catalysis, 2017)

  A series of alkanes CnH2n+2 have been functionalized in water as the reaction medium, using a silver-based catalyst, upon insertion of carbene (CHCO2Et from N2CHCO2Et) groups into their carbon-hydrogen bonds of ...

  

• Functional-Group-Tolerant, Silver-Catalyzed N–N Bond Formation by Nitrene Transfer to Amines 

  Maestre Cera, Lourdes; Dorel, Ruth; Pablo, Óscar; Escofet, Imma; Sameera, W. M. C.; Álvarez, Eleuterio; Maseras, Feliu; Díaz Requejo, María Mar; Echavarren, Antonio M.; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (American Chemical Society, 2017)

  Silver(I) promotes the highly chemoselective N-amidation of tertiary amines under catalytic conditions to form aminimides by nitrene transfer from PhI=NTs. Remarkably, this transformation proceeds in a selective manner ...

  

• Mechanistic Studies on Gold-Catalyzed Direct Arene C–H Bond Functionalization by Carbene Insertion: The Coinage-Metal Effect 

  Romero Fructos-Vázquez, Manuel; Besora, María; Braga, Ataualpa A. C.; Díaz Requejo, María Mar; Maseras, Feliu; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (American Chemical Society, 2017)

  The catalytic functionalization of the Csp 2-H bond of benzene by means of the insertion of the CHCO2Et group from ethyl diazoacetate (N2=CHCO2Et) has been studied with the series of coinage metal complexes IPrMCl (IPr ...

  

• Alkenylboronates : synthesis and applications 

  Carreras, Javier; Caballero Bevia, Ana; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (Wiley, 2019)

  Organoboron compounds have become one of the most versatile building blocks in organic synthesis owing to their accessible and efficient conversion into many different functional groups. In particular, alkenyl boronates ...

  

• Favoring alkane primary carbon-hydrogen bond functionalization in supercritical carbon dioxide as reaction medium 

  Sarmiento, Jeymy T.; Olmos Verge, Andrea; Rodríguez Belderraín, Tomás; Caballero Bevia, Ana; Varea, Teresa; Pérez Romero, Pedro José; Asensio, Gregorio (American Chemical Society, 2019)

  The selectivity of a catalytic alkane functionalization process can be modified just changing the reaction medium from neat alkane to supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2). A silica supported copper complex bearing an ...

  

• Trispyrazolylborate Ligands Supported on Vinyl Addition Polynorbornenes and Their Copper Derivatives as Recyclable Catalysts 

  Molina de la Rorre, Jesús A.; Pérez Ortega, Ignacio; Beltrán Martín, Álvaro; Rodríguez, Manuel R.; Díaz Requejo, María Mar; Pérez Romero, Pedro José; Albéniz, Ana C. (Wiley, 2019)

  Polynorbornenes prepared by vinyl addition polymerization and bearing pendant alkenyl groups serve as skeletons to support trispyrazolylborate ligands (Tp(x)) built at those alkenyl sites. Reaction with CuI in acetonitrile ...

  

• Measuring the Relative Reactivity of the Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds of Alkanes as Nucleophiles 

  Olmos Verge, Andrea; Gava, Riccardo; Caballero Bevia, Ana; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (Wiley, 2018)

  We report quantitative measurements of the relative reactivities of a series of C-H bonds of gaseous or liquid CnH2n+2 alkanes (n = 1-8, 29 different C-H bonds) towards insitu generated electrophiles (copper, silver, and ...

  

• Catalytic Functionalization of C-H Bonds of Azulene by Carbene/Nitrene Incorporation 

  Carreras, Javier; Popowski, Yanay; Caballero Bevia, Ana; Amir, Elizabeth; Pérez Romero, Pedro José (American Chemical Society, 2018)

  The selective catalytic functionalization of the C-H bond of azulene upon incorporation of carbene or nitrene units with metal-based catalysts is described. Ethyl diazoacetate or ArI=NTs are employed as carbene or nitrene ...

  

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