Publications (From 2012)

 

45- Visible Light driven cyclizatoions. Mirella Elkadi, Emilia Ouies, Ramon Rios, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2024, 366(4), 635–697.

 

 

44- Influence of Pore Size in Benzoin Condensation of Furfural Using Heterogenized Benzimidazole Organocatalysts, Ivana Miletto, Marta Meazza, Geo Paul, Maurizio Cossi, Enrica Gianotti, Leonardo Marchese, Ramon Rios, Marc Pera-Titus, Robert Raja, Chem. Eur. J. 2022 , 28(72), e202202771

 

 

43-Stereoselective Cyclopropanation of Boron Dipyrromethene (BODIPY) Derivatives by an Organocascade Reaction. Vojtěch Dočekal,Tereza Koberová,Jan Hrabovský,Andrea Vopálenská,Róbert Gyepes,Ivana Císařová,Ramon Rios,Jan Veselý, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022,364(5), 930–937 e202202771 doi: doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202101286

 

 

42- “Organocatalytic Amination of Pyrazolones with Azodicarboxylates: Scope and Limitations” Bedhich Formnanek, Vit Seferna, Marta Meazza, Ramon Rios*, Mahendra Patil*, Jan VEsely* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, DOI:10.1002/ejoc.202100167

 

41- “Studying the reactivity of alkyl substituted BODIPY. First enantioselective addition of BODIPY to MBH carbonates” Marta Meazza, Carlos M. Cruz, Ana Maria Ortuno, Juan Manuel Cuerva, Luis Crovetto,* Ramon Rios*, Chem. Sci. 2021, DOI:10.1039/D0SC06574A

 

40- “Highly Regio‐ and Enantioselective Organocatalytic γ‐Allylic Alkylation of Quinolines” Marta Meazza*, Ramon Rios, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, DOI:10.1002/adsc.202001213

 

39-“Cobalt-containing zeolitic imidazole frameworks for C–H activation using visible-light redox photocatalysis” Matthew E. Potter, Cameron P. Ross, Diego Gianolio, Ramon Rios and Robert Raja Catal. Sci. Technol. 2020, 10, 7262-7269.

 

38- “Synthesis, Photophysics, and Solvatochromic Studies of an Aggregated-Induced-Emission Luminogen Useful in Bioimaging” Laura Espinar-Barranco, Marta Meazza, Azahara Linares-Perez, Ramon Rios, Jose Manuel Paredes, and Luis Crovetto Sensors 2019, 19(22), 4932-4943.

37- “Hybrid catalysts based on N-heterocyclic carbene anchored on hierarchical zeolites” Enrica Gianotti, Ivana Miletto, Chiara Ivaldi, Geo Paul, Leonardo Marchese, Marta Meazza, Ramon Rios and Robert Raja RSC Adv. 2019, 9, 35336-35344.

 

36-“Acid Properties of Organosiliceous Hybrid Materials Based on Pendant (Fluoro)Aryl-Sulfonic Groups through Spectroscopic Study with Probe Molecules” Andrea Erigoni, Geo Paul, Marta Meazza, María Consuelo Hernández-Soto, Ivana Miletto, Ramon Rios, Candela Segarra, Leonardo Marchese, Robert Raja, Fernando Rey, Enrica Gianotti and Urbano Díaz Cat. Sci. Tech. 2019, 9, In Press.

 

35-“Enantioselective Synthesis of Alkyl Azaarenes” Ramon Rios and Marta Meazza Asian J. Org. Chem. 2019, 8, 1800-1812..

 

34-“Synergistic Catalysis: Highly Enantioselective Cascade Reaction for the Synthesis of Dihydroacridines” Sara Meninno, Marta Meazza, Jung Woon Yang, Tomas Tejero, Pedro Merino and Ramon Rios Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 7623-7627.

 

33-“Proline Bulky Substituents Consecutively Act as Steric Hindrances and Directing Groups in a Michael/Conia-Ene Cascade Reaction under Synergistic Catalysis” Salil Putatunda, Juan V. Alegre-Requena, Marta Meazza, Dominika Rohaľová, Pooja Vemuri, Ivana Císařová, Raquel, P. Herrera, Ramon Rios, and Jan Veselý Chem. Sci.  2019, 10, 4107-4115.

 

32-“Photochemically Aerobic Oxidative Hydroxylation of Boronic Acids” Yanbin Zhang, Yang Chen, Jie Xu, Ramon Rios, Aishun Ding, Guangxin Gu, Hao Guo Tetrahedron Lett. 2019, 60, 660-663.

 

31-“Synergistic Catalysis: Highly Enantioselective Acetyl Azaarenes Addition to Enals” Marta Meazza,  Gabriela Sitinova, Cecilia Poderi, Michele Mancinelli, Kaiheng Zhang, Andrea Mazzanti and Ramon Rios Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 13306-13310.

 

30-“Synthesis of Lactams by tandem reactions” Marta Meazza, Xavier Companyo and Ramon Rios Asian J. Org. Chem. 2018, 7, 1934-1936.

 

29-“New Developments in the enantioselective synthesis of Spiro Compounds” Aishun Ding, Marta Meazza, Jung Woon Yang, Hao Guo, and Ramon Rios Chem. Soc. Rev. 2018, 47, 5946-5996.

 

28-“Synergistic formal ring contraction for the enantioselective synthesis of spiropyrazolones” Marta Meazza, Martin Kamlar, Lucie Jašíková, Bedřich Formánek, Andrea Mazzanti, Jana Roithová, Jan Veselý and Ramon Rios, Chem. Sci.  2018, 9, 6368-6373.

 

27- “Organocatalytic Cyclopropanation of Enals: An Undergraduate Experiment Combining Synthesis, Spectral Analysis and Mechanistic Understanding” Marta Meazza, Agnieszka Kowalczuk, Sarah Watkins, Simon Holland, Thomas Logothetis, Ramon Rios, J. Chem. Edu. 2018 95, 1832-1839.

 

26- “Synergistic Catalysis: Enantioselective Cyclopropanation of alkylidene benzoxazoles by Pd(II) and Secondary Amine Catalysis. Scope, Limitations and Mechanistic Insight”; Marta Meazza, Victor Polo, Pedro Merino, Ramon Rios*; Org. Chem. Frontiers 2018, 5 (5), 806-812.

 

25-“Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective synthesis of a-spiro-d-lactams by an Organocascade Reaction” Kaiheng Zhang, Marta Meazza, Vohtech Docekal, Mark E.Light, Jan Vesely, Ramon Rios*; Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 1749-1756. (Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Highlights webpage)

 

24- “Highly enantioselective synthesis of alkylazaarenes derivatives through a Michael-Michael-Aldol cascade reaction” Marta Meazza, Michael Potter, and Ramon Rios* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 719-725.

 

23-“Synergistic Catalysis Asymmetric Synthesis of Cyclopentanes bearing four stereogenic centers” Kaiheng Zhang, Marta Meazza, Anabel Izaga, Clotilde Contamine, M. Cocepcion Gimeno, Raquel P. Herrera, Ramon Rios*; Synthesis 2017, 49, 167-174.

 

22- “Photoinduced intramolecular Haloarylation and Hydroarylation of alkynes” Dawen Xu, Ramon Rios, Feifei Ba, Dongmei Ma, Guangxin Gu, ishun Ding, Yunyan Kuang, Hao Guo; Asian J. Org. Chem. 2016, 5, 981-985.

 

21- “Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Cyclopropanation of Enals using Benzyl Chlorides” Maria Ashe, Marta Meazza, Hun Yi Shin, Hye Sung Yang, Andrea Mazzanti, Jung Woon Yang,* and Ramon Rios,* J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 3488-3500.

 

20- “Synergistic Catalysis: Enantioselective Ring Expansion of Vinyl Cyclopropanes combining 4 catalytic cycles. Synthesis of Highly substituted cyclopentanes bearing 3 stereocenters” Marta Meazza, and Ramon Rios* Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 9923-9928

 

19- “Merging transition metal activation and aminocatalysis” Marta Meazza and Ramon Rios* Synthesis 2016, 48, 960-973

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18- “Organophotocatalytic synthesis of phosphoramidates” Marta Meazza, Agnieszka Kowalczuk, Luke Shirley, Hao Guo* and Ramon Rios*.Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 358, 719-723.

 

17- “Synergistic Catalysis: cis-Cyclopropanation of benzoxazoles” Marta Meazza, Mark E. Light, Andrea Mazzanti and Ramon Rios* Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 984-988.

 

16- “Acetaldehyde: Small Organic Molecule with a Big Impact on Chemistry” Sun Min Kim, Young Sug Kim, Dong Wan Kim, Ramon Rios,* and Jung Woon Yang*, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 2214-2234.

 

15- “Organocatalytic Cross Dehydrogenative copling for Synthesis of Fluorinated Compounds” Luke Shirley, Victor Ceban, Marta Meazza and Ramon Rios. ChemistrySelect 2016, 1, 13-15.

 

14- “Expanding the scope of Metal-Free enantioselective allylic substitutions: Anthrones” Victor Ceban, Jiří Tauchman, Marta Meazza, Greg Gallagher, Mark E. Light, Ivana Gergelitsová, Jan Veselý* and Ramon Rios* Sci. Rep. 2015, 5, 16886.

 

13- “Catalyst-Free Photocyclopropanation of Dibromomalonates with Alkenes: An Approach to Multisubstituted Cyclopropanes” Yanbin Zhang, Yong An, Jing Sun, Aishun Ding, Yu Wang,* Ramon Rios,* and Hao Guo*; Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 6499-6502.

 

12- “Catalyst-Free Photooxidation of Triarylphosphines under Aerobic Conditions” Aishun Dinga, Yu Wang, Ramon Rios, Jing Sun, Han Li, and Hao Guo,* J. Saudi Chem. Soc. 2015, 19, 706-709.

 

11-“Highly diastreoseletive synthesis of piropyrazolones” Victor Ceban, Temitope O. Olomola, Marta Meazza, Ramon Rios* Molecules 2015, 20, 8574-8582

 

10- “Highly effective design strategy for the heterogenisation of chemo- and enantioselective organocatalysts” Stephanie Newland, David Xuereb, Enrica Gianotti, Leonardo Marchese Ramon Rios, Robert Raja* Cat. Sci. Tech. 2015, 5, 660-665.

 

9- "Synergistic catalysis: Enantioselective addition of alkylbenzoxazoles to enals" Marta Meazza, Victor Ceban, Mateusz B. Pitak, Simon J. Coles, Ramon Rios Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 16853-16857.

 

8- “Synergistic catalysis: Highly diastereoselective benzoxazole addition to Morita–Baylis-Hillman carbonates” V. Ceban, P. Putaj, M. Meazza, M. B. Pitak, S. J. Coles, J. Vesely, and R. Rios* Chem. Commun. 2014, 7447-7450.

 

7- “Expanding the scope of organocatalytic monofluorination of enals. Enantioselective synthesis of fluoroindanes and fluorochromanols” B. Wang, Y.-S. Kim, S. Kim, X. Companyó, J. W. Yang, Jing Li , A. Moyano, R. Rios, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014,356, 437-446.

 

6- “Enantioseletive methodologies with N-carbamoil amines” J. Vesely and R. Rios* Chem. Soc, Rev. 2014, 43, 611-630.

 

5- “One-pot organocatalytic synthesis of alpha-methylene-gamma-lactams”, X. Companyó, P. Geant, A. Moyano, A. Mazzanti, A. Janecka, R. Rios* Tetrahedron, 2014, 70, 75-82.

 

 

4.- “Three-component diastereoselective cascade synthesis of thiohydantoins” Victor Ceban, Kane Hounds, Marta Meazza, Mark Light and Ramon Rios* Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 7183-7187.

 

3-“First One-pot organocatalytic synthesis of a-methylene-g-lactones” Xavier Companyó, A. Moyano, A. Mazzanti, A. Janecka, R. Rios* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49(12), 1184-1186. Highlighted in Synfacts (Synfacts; 02, 2013)

 

2- “Enantioselective organocatalytic amination of Pyrazolones” M. Šimek, M. Remeš, J. Veselý* and R. Rios* Asian, J. Org. Chem. 2013, 2(1), 64-68. Top 25 dowloaded paper in Asian J. Org. Chem.

 

1- “First enantioselective organocatalytic addition of nitromethylphenylsulfone to enals. Enantioselective synthesis of cyclohexen carbaldehydes bearing 3 consecutive chiral centers” R. Rios,* J. Vesely*, Curr. Org. Synth. 2013, 10, 467-471.