Directed ortho lithiation

C. Popovici, P. Oña Burgos, I. Fernández, L. Roces, S. García Granda, M. J. Iglesias, F. López Ortiz. Enantioselective Desymmetrization of Diphenylphosphinamides via (-)-Sparteine-Mediated Ortho-Lithiation. Synthesis of P-chiral Ligands. Org. Lett., 12, 428-431 (2010).

H. el Hajjouji, E. Belmonte, J. García-López, I. Fernández, M. J. Iglesias, L. Roces, S. García-Granda, A.El Laghdach, F. López Ortiz. Transformations of diphenylphosphinothioic acid tertiary amides mediated by the directed ortho metallation. Org. Biomol. Chem., submitted.

Structure and catalysis

P. Oña Burgos, I. Fernández, L. Roces, S. García Granda, F. López Ortiz. An Unprecedented Phosphinamidic Gold(III) Metallocycle: Synthesis via Tin(IV) Precursors, Structure and Multicomponent Catalysis. Organometallics, 28, 1739-1747 (2009).

J. García-López, V. Yañez-Rodríguez, L. Roces, S. García-Granda, A. Martínez, A. Guevara-García, G. R. Castro, F. Jiménez-Villacorta, M. J. Iglesias, F. López Ortiz. Synthesis and characterization a coupled binuclear CuI/CuIII complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 10665-10667 (2010).

Structure and reaction mechanisms

I. Fernández, P. Oña Burgos, J. M. Oliva F. López Ortiz. Solution and Calculated Structure of Ortho-Lithium N,N-Diisopropyl-P,P-diphenylphosphinic Amide. Unprecedented Li-O-Li-O Self-Assembly of an Aryllithium. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 5193-5204 (2010).

J. García López, A. Morán Ramallal, J. González, P. Oña Burgos, M. J. Iglesias, L. Roces, S. García-Granda, F. López Ortiz. Mechanisms of Stereomutation and Thermolysis of Spiro[2,1-benzazaphosphole[1,2]oxaphosphetan]-3-ones. New Insights into Wittig Olefination. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., submitted.

Metabolic studies

E. Sánchez-Pérez, M. J. Iglesias, F. López Ortiz, I. Sánchez-Pérez, M. Martínez-Galera. Study of the suitability of HRMAS NMR for metabolic profiling of tomatoes. Application to tissue differentiation and fruit ripening. Food Chem., 122, 877-887 (2010).

E. M. Sánchez-Pérez, J. García; M. J. Iglesias; F. López Ortiz; F. Toresano; F. Camacho. HRMAS-Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy characterization of tomato "flavor varieties" from Almería (Spain). Food Res. Int., 44, 3212-3221 (2011)