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2022

Pinilla, Cintya; Salamanca, Vanesa; Lledós, Agustí; Albéniz, Ana C

“Palladium-Catalyzed Ortho C–H Arylation of Unprotected Anilines: Chemo- and Regioselectivity Enabled by the Cooperating Ligand [2,2′-bipyridin]-6(1H)‐one”

ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 14527-14532

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05206

Villalba, Francisco; Albéniz, Ana C

“Palladium hydrazonato complexes and their role in the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of hydrazones as carbene precursors”

Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 17733-17742

DOI: 10.1039/D2DT03251A

Villalba, Francisco; Albéniz, Ana C

“Diazo compounds and palladium–aryl complexes: trapping the elusive carbene migratory insertion organometallic products”

Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 14847-14851

DOI: 10.1039/D2DT02775E

Pérez-Ortega, Ignacio; Albéniz, Ana C

“Vinylic addition poly(norbornene-co-alkenylnorbornenes) synthesized with benzylic palladium catalysts: materials for manifold functionalization”

Pol. Chem. 2022, 13, 4154-4161

DOI: 10.1039/D2PY00643J

Ponce de León, Jaime; Marcos-Ayuso, Guillermo; Casares, Juan A.; Espinet, Pablo

“Pd/Cu bimetallic catalysis to access highly fluorinated biaryls from aryl halides and fluorinated arenes”

Chem. Commun., 2022

DOI: 10.1039/D2CC00141A

Pérez-Ortega, Ignacio; Albéniz, Ana C.

“A Different Polynorbornene Backbone by Combination of Two Polymer Growth Pathways: Vinylic Addition and Ring Opening via beta-C Elimination”

Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 1823-1828

DOI: 10.1039/d1sc07028b

Marcos-Ayuso, Guillermo; Lledòs, A.; Casares, Juan A.

“Copper(I) activation of C–X bonds: bimolecular vs. unimolecular reaction mechanism”

Chem. Commun., 2022.

DOI: 10.1039/D1CC07027D

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Vanesa Salamanca, Ana C. Albéniz.

“Faster Palladium-Catalyzed Arylation of Simple Arenes in the presence of a methylketone: Beneficial effect of an a priori interfering solvent in C-H activation”.

Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 1941-1951

DOI: 10.1039/D1QO00236H

Carrasco, Desiré; Casares, Juan A.

“Experimental study of the [ZnCl2(THF)2] catalyzed cis/trans-isomerization of [Pd(C6Cl2F3)Me(PPh3)2] and of the transmetalation of trans-[PdCl(C6Cl2F3)(PPh3)2] with [ZnMeCl(THF)2]”

Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2021, 517, 120206. Homage to Prof. Maurizio Peruzzini

Alberto Toledo, Vanesa Salamanca, Teresa Pérez-Moro, Ana C. Albéniz

“Transmetalation of Acyclic Tungsten Carbenes to Coinage Metals: Distinct Behavior of Silver toward Carbene Transfer and Hydrolysis”.

Organometallics 2021, 40, 38-47.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00675

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2020

Ranking Ligands by Their Ability to Ease (C₆F₅)₂Ni^IIL → Ni⁰L + (C₆F₅)₂ Coupling versus Hydrolysis: Outstanding Activity of PEWO Ligands
Jaime Ponce-de-León, Estefania Gioria, Jesús M. Martínez-de-Ilarduya, Pablo Espinet
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 24, 18287–18294.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02831

Fluorinated vs Nonfluorinated PR2(biaryl) Ligands and Their [AuCl(L)] Complexes: Synthesis, X-ray Structures, and Computational Study of Weak Interactions. Bond, No Bond, and Beyond.
Jaime Ponce-de-León, Rebeca Infante, Marı́a Pérez-Iglesias, Pablo Espinet. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 22, 16599–16610. DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02513

Experimental and DFT Study of the [AuAr(AsPh₃)] Catalyzed cis/trans Isomerization of [PdAr₂(AsPh₃)₂] (Ar = C₆F₅ or C₆Cl₂F₃): Alternative Mechanisms and Its Switch upon Pt for Pd Substitution.

Pedro Villar, Mónica H. Pérez-Temprano, Juan A. Casares, Rosana Álvarez, Pablo Espinet.
Organometallics 2020, 39, 2295–2303 DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00245

Vanesa Salamanca, Ana C. Albéniz. “Deuterium Exchange between Arenes and Deuterated Solvents in the Absence of a Transition Metal: Synthesis of D-Labeled Fluoroarenes”.Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 3206–3212 DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202000284

Ana M. Gallego, Marconi N. Peñas-Defrutos, Guillermo Marcos-Ayuso, Jose M. Martin-Alvarez, Jesús M. Martínez-Ilarduya, Pablo Espinet. “Experimental study of speciation and mechanistic implications when using chelating ligands in aryl- alkynyl Stille coupling”“Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 11336-11345. DOI:10.1039/d0dt02335c

Marconi Peñas-Defrutos, Andrea Veĺez, Pablo Espinet“Reactivity of Fluorinated-Chalcone Phosphines, RPEWO‐F4, Induced by C−F Activation upon Coordination to PdCl2”
Organometallics 2020, 39, 841-847. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00019

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2019

Marconi Peñas-Defrutos, Andrea Veĺez, Estefanía Gioria, Pablo Espinet
“E−Z Isomerization of Phosphine-Olefin (PEWO‐F4) Ligands Revealed upon PdCl2 Capture: Facts and Mechanism”
Organometallics 2019, 38, 4701-4707. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00679

Rodrigo García-Loma, Ana C. Albéniz.
“Vinylic Addition Polynorbornene in Catalysis”
Asian. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 8, 304-315. DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201800646

Jesús A. Molina de la Torre, Ignacio Pérez-Ortega, Alvaro Beltrán, Manuel R. Rodríguez, M. Mar Díaz-Requejo, Pedro J. Pérez, Ana C. Albéniz
Trispyrazolylborate Ligands Supported on Vinylic Addition Polynorbornenes and their Copper Derivatives as Recyclable Catalysts
Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 556-563. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201803852

M. Pérez-Iglesias, R. Infante, J. A. Casares, P. Espinet. Intriguing Behavior of an Apparently Simple Coupling Promoter Ligand, PPh₂(p-C₆H₄–C₆F₅), in Their Pd Complexes. Organometallics 2019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00460

María Pérez-Iglesias, Olmo Lozano-Lavilla, Juan A. Casares
[Cu(C₆Cl₂F₂)(tht)]₄: An Extremely Efficient Catalyst for the Aryl Scrambling between Palladium Complexes
Organometallics, 2019, 38, 739–742. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00885

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2018

Vanesa Salamanca, Alberto Toledo, Ana C. Albéniz
[2, 2’-Bipyridin]-6(1H)-one, a Truly Cooperating Ligand in the Palladium-Mediated C-H Activation Step: Experimental Evidence in the Direct C-3 Arylation of Pyridine”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b10680

Ana C. Albéniz
Reactive Palladium Carbenes: Migratory Insertion and Other Carbene–Hydrocarbyl Coupling Reactions on Well-Defined Systems
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 3693-3705. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201800597 (VIP paper)

Alberto Toledo, Ignacio Funes-Ardoiz, Feliu Maseras, Ana C. Albéniz
Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Homocoupling of Alkynes: Full Mechanistic Characterization of a More Complex Oxidase-Type Behavior
ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 7495-7506. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b01540

María Pérez-Iglesias, Pablo Espinet, Juan A. Casares
Comparing Protonolysis and Transmetalation Reactions: Microcalorimetric Studies of C–AuI Bonds in [AuRL] Complexes
Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57 (17), pp 11193–11200. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01758.

Blanca Martín-Ruiz, Ignacio Pérez-Ortega, Ana C. Albéniz
“α‐Substituted Benzylic Complexes of Palladium(II) as Precursors of Palladium Hydrides”
Organometallics, 2018, 37, 1665-1670. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00066

Blanca Martín-Ruiz, Ignacio Pérez-Ortega, Ana C. Albéniz
“Benzylic Complexes of Palladium(II): Bonding Modes and Pentacoordination for Steric Relief”
Organometallics, 2018, 37, 1074-1085. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00065

Pablo Espinet, Max Garcia-Melchor, Camino Bartolomé, Marconi N. Peñas-Defrutos
“Hidden Aryl-Exchange Processes in Stable 16e Rh^III [RhCp*Ar₂] Complexes, and their Unexpected Transmetalation Mechanism”
Chem Commun, 2018,  DOI: 0.1039/C7CC09352G

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2017

Juan del Pozo, Estefanía Gioria, Pablo Espinet
“Olefin Insertion Versus Cross-Coupling in trans-[Pd(Ar)X(AsPh₃)₂] Complexes (X = I, F, CF₃) Treated with a Phosphine-EWOlefin Ligand to Induce Ar–X Coupling”
Organometallics, 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00353

Rodrigo García-Loma, Ana C. Albéniz.
“Stannylated Vinylic Addition Polynorbornene: Probing a Reagent for Friendly Tin-mediated Radical Processes”
Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2017, DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201700670

Celeste Pérez-Briso, Ana M. Gallego, Jose M. Martín-Alvarez, Jesús M. Martínez-Ilarduya, Pablo Espinet
Polymer [Pd(CH₂SO₂C₆H₄Me)₂]_n, a precursor to remarkably stable Pd organometallics.
Dalton Trans. DOI: 10.1039/C7DT00904F.

Jesús A. Molina de la Torre, Ana C. Albéniz.
“α-Diimine-Palladium Complexes Incorporated in Vinylic Addition Polynorbornenes: Synthesis and Catalytic Activity”
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 2911–2919. DOI:10.1002/ejic.201700323

Juan del Pozo, María Pérez-Iglesias, Rosana Álvarez, Agustí Lledós, Juan A. Casares, Pablo Espinet.
“Speciation of ZnMe₂, ZnMeCl, and ZnCl₂ in Tetrahydrofuran (THF), and Its Influence on Mechanism Calculations of Catalytic Processes” ACS Catal., 2017, 7, 3575–3583
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b03636.

2016

Sheila Martínez-Arranz, Eduardo Sánchez-Pérez, Jesús A. Molina de la Torre, Ignacio Pérez-Ortega, Ana C. Albéniz. ”p-Bromoaryl- and ω-Bromoalkyl-VA-PNBs: Suitable Starting Materials for the Functionalization of Vinylic Addition Polynorbornenes via Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions”, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 105878-105887. DOI:0.1039/c6ra23123c

Jesús A. Molina de la Torre, Ana C. Albéniz. ”Vinylic Addition Polynorbornene as Support for N- Heterocyclic Carbene Palladium Complexes: Use as Reservoir of Active Homogeneous Catalytic Species in C C Cross-Coupling Reactions”, ChemCatChem, 2016, 8, 2241-2248. DOI:10.1002/cctc.201600194

Juan del Pozo, Gorka Salas, Rosana Álvarez, Juan A. Casares, Pablo Espinet
“The Negishi Catalysis: Full Study of the Complications in the Transmetalation Step and Consequences for the Coupling Products”
Organometallics, 2016, 35, 3604–3611. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00660

Estefanía Gioria, Juan del Pozo, Jesús M. Martínez-Ilarduya, Pablo Espinet
“Promoting Difficult Carbon–Carbon Couplings: Which Ligand Does
Best?”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 13276-13280. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607089

Camino Bartolomé, Zoraida Ramiro, Marconi N. Peñas-Defrutos, Pablo Espinet
“Some Singular Features of Gold Catalysis: Protection of Gold(I) Catalysts by Substoichiometric Agents and Associated Phenomena”
ACS Catal., 2016, 6, 6537–6545
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b01825

Desirée Carrasco, Maximiliano García-Melchor, Juan A Casares, Pablo Espinet
“Dramatic Mechanistic Switch in Sn/AuI Group Exchanges: Transmetalation vs. Oxidative Addition”
Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 4305-4308.
DOI: 10.1039/C5CC10496C

Juan delPozo, Juan A. Casares, Pablo Espinet
“In Situ Generation of ArCu from CuF₂ Makes Coupling of Bulky Aryl Silanes Feasible and Highly Efficient”
Chemistry: A European Journal, 2016, 22,4274–4284.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504435

Sheila Martínez-Arranz, David Presa-Soto, Gabino A. Carriedo, Alejandro Presa Soto, Ana C. Albéniz.
” Polyphosphazenes for the Stille reaction: A new type of recyclable stannyl reagents”
Dalton Trans. 2016,45, 2227-2236.  DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02670A

2015

A. Toledo, I. Meana, A. C. Albéniz
”Formal Gold-to-Gold Transmetalation of an Alkynyl Group Mediated by Palladium: A Bisalkynyl Gold Complex as a Ligand to Palladium”
Chemistry: A European Journal, 2015, 21, 13216-13220.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501813

García-Loma, A. C. Albéniz
” Poly(w-bromoalkylnorbornenes-co-norbornene) by ROMP-hydrogenation: a robust support amenable to post-polymerization functionalization”
RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 70244-70254.
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra15187b

delPozo, J; Gioria, E.; Casares, J. A.; Álvarez, R.; Espinet P.
“Organometallic Nucleophiles and Pd: What Makes ZnMe₂ Different? Is Au Like Zn?”
Organometallics, 2015, 34, 3120–3128.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00329

Cordovilla, C.; Bartolomé, C.; Martínez-Ilarduya, J. M.; Espinet, P.
“The Stille Reaction, 38 Years Later”
ACS Catal., 2015, 5, 3040–3053.
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b00448

Sagamanova, IK; Sayalero, S; Martinez-Arranz, S.; Albeniz, AC.; Pericas, MA.
“Asymmetric organocatalysts supported on vinyl addition polynorbornenes for work in aqueous media”
Catal. Sci. Tec. 2015, 5,2, 754-764.
DOI: 10.1039/c4cy01344a

2014

de la Torre, JAM.; Albeniz, AC.
N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Supported on Vinylic Addition Polynorbornene: A Recyclable and Recoverable Organocatalyst
CHEMCATCHEM, 2014, 6, 12, 3547-3552 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201402767

Ramiro, Z., Bartolomé, C. and Espinet, P.
“Protection of the Gold(I) Catalyst by AsPh₃ in Reactions of Enynes”
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2014, 5499–5506.
doi:10.1002/ejic.201402744

Ana C. Albeniz, Juan A. Casares
“Palladium-Mediated Organofluorine Chemistry” (Review)
Adv. Organomet. Chem.2014, 62, 1–110.

M. Calvillo-Barahona, J. A. Casares, C. Cordovilla, M. N. Genov, J. M. Martínez-Ilarduya, P. Espinet
“Diamine-Catalyzed Addition of ZnEt₂ to PhC(O)CF₃: Two Mechanisms and Autocatalytic Asymmetric Enhancement”
Chem. Eur. J.2014, 45,14800–14806, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403648

E. Gioria, J. M. Martínez-Ilarduya, P. Espinet
“Experimental Study of the Mechanism of the Palladium-Catalyzed Aryl–Alkyl Negishi Coupling Using Hybrid Phosphine–Electron-Withdrawing Olefin Ligands”
Organometallics, 2014, 33, 4394–4400. DOI: 10.1021/om5005379

D. Carrasco, M. H. Pérez-Temprano, J. A. Casares, P. Espinet.
“Cross Alkyl–Aryl versus Homo Aryl–Aryl Coupling in Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling of Alkyl–Gold(I) and Aryl–Halide”
Organometallics, 2014, 33, 3540–3545. DOI: 10.1021/om500446x

I. Meana, P. Espinet, A. C. Albéniz
“Heterometallic Complexes by Transmetalation of Alkynyl Groups from Copper or Silver to Allyl Palladium Complexes: Demetalation Studies and Alkynyl Homocoupling”
Organometallics, 2014, 33, 1-7. DOI: 10.1021/om4005498

2013

Gioria, E.; Martinez-Ilarduya, JM; Garcia-Cuadrado, D.; Miguel, JA.; Genov, M.; Espinet, P.
“Phosphines with Tethered Electron-Withdrawing Olefins as Ligands for Efficient Pd-Catalyzed Aryl-Alkyl Coupling
Organometallics, 2013, 32, 4255-4261. DOI: 10.1021/om4004303

Mercedes Calvillo-Barahona, Carlos Cordovilla, Miroslav N. Genov, Jesús M. Martínez-Ilarduya, Pablo Espinet
“Molecular and Merrifield supported chiral diamines for enantioselective addition of ZnR2 (R = Me, Et) to ketones”
Dalton Trans.2013, 46, 14576-14582 DOI: 10.1039/C3DT51097B

J. A. Molina de la Torre, P. Espinet, A. C. Albéniz
“Solvent induced reduction of Palladium-Aryls, a potential interference in Pd catalysis”
Organometallics, 2013, 32, 5428-5434. DOI: 10.1021/om400713y

J. delPozo, J. A. Casares, P. Espinet
“Decisive role of Ligand Metathesis in Au/Pd Bimetallic Catalysis”
Chem. Commun.2013, 49, 7246-7248. DOI: 10.1039/C3CC43133A

C. Bartolomé, F. Villafañe, J. M. Martín-Alvarez, J. M. Martínez-Ilarduya, P. Espinet
“[Pd(Fmes)2(tmeda)]: A Case of Intermittent CH⋅⋅⋅FC Hydrogen-Bond Interaction in Solution”
Chem. Eur. J.2013 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201203512

J. delPozo, D. Carrasco, M. H. Pérez-Temprano, M. García-Melchor, R. Álvarez,  J. A. Casares, P. Espinet
“Stille Coupling Involving Bulky Groups Feasible with Gold Cocatalyst”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 2189–2193. DOI:  10.1002/anie.201209262

2012

S. Martínez-Arranz, N. Carrera,  A. C. Albéniz, P. Espinet, A. Vidal Moya.
“Batch Stille Coupling with Insoluble and Recyclable Stannylated Polynorbornenes”
Adv. Synth. & Cat.2012, 354, 3551-3560
Artículo destacado en Synfacts, 2013, 9, 342.

I. Meana, A. C. Albéniz, P. Espinet
“Acyl-Carbene and Methyl-Carbene Coupling via Migratory insertion in Palladium Complexes”
Organometallics, 2012, 31, 5494-5499

I. Meana, A. Toledo A. C. Albéniz, P. Espinet
”Detection and Reactivity of a Palladium Alkoxycarbene“
Chem. Eur. J.2012, 18, 7658-7661

Pérez-Temprano, M. H.; Casares, J. A.; de Lera, A. R.; Álvarez, R.; Espinet, P.
“Strong Metallophilic Interactions in the Palladium Arylation by Gold Aryls”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2012, 20, 4917–4920

Pérez-Temprano, M. H.; Casares, J. A.; Espinet, P.
“Bimetallic Catalysis using Transition and Group 11 Metals: An Emerging Tool for CC Coupling and Other Reactions”
Chem. Eur. J.2012, 18, 1864 – 1884.

2011

Garcia-Melchor, M.; Fuentes B., Lledós, A.; Casares, J. A.; Ujaque, G.; Espinet, P.
“Cationic Intermediates in the Pd-Catalyzed Negishi Coupling. Kinetic and Density Functional Theory Study of Alternative Transmetalation Pathways in the Me-Me Coupling of ZnMe2 and trans-[PdMeCl(PMePh2)2]”.
J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2011, 133, 13519–13526.

N. Carrera, A. Salinas,  A. C. Albéniz, P. Espinet, R. Mallavía
”Fluorene-based stannylated polymers and their use as recyclable reagents in the Stille reaction”
J. Organomet. Chem. 2011, 696, 3316 -3321.

Livendahl M.; Espinet P.; Echavarren A. M.
“Is Gold a Catalyst in Cross-Coupling Reactions in the Absence of Palladium?”
Platinum Metals Review 2011, 55, 212-214.

Albeniz A. C.; Carrera N.
“Polymers for Green C-C Couplings”
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 15, 2347-2360.

Pérez-Temprano, M. H.; Gallego, A. M.; Casares, J. A.; Espinet, P.
“Stille Coupling of Alkynyl Stannane and Aryl Iodide, a Many-Pathways Reaction: The Importance of Isomerization.”
Organometallics, 2011, 30, 611-617.

2010

Fuentes B.; Garcia-Melchor, M.; Lledós, A.; Maseras, F.; Casares, J. A.; Ujaque, G.; Espinet. P.
“Palladium Round Trip in the Negishi Coupling of trans- [PdMeCl(PMePh₂)₂] with ZnMeCl. An Experimental and DFT Study of the Transmetallation Step.”
Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 8596-8599.

Genov M.; Martinez-Ilarduya J. M.; Calvillo-Barahona M. Espinet, P.
“Highly Enantioselective Addition of Dialkylzinc to Trifluoroacetophenones, Catalyzed by 1,2-Diamines. Synthesis of Key Fragments of Inhibitors of the Enzyme 11 beta-HSD1 and Kinetic Analysis of the Process”
Organometallics, 2010, 29, 6402-6407.

Meana I.; Albeniz A. C.; Espinet P.
“Selective Green Coupling of Alkynyltins and Allylic Halides to Trienynes via a Tandem Double Stille Reaction”
Adv. Synth. Cat., 2010, 352, 2887-2891.

Perez-Rodriguez Martin; Braga Ataualpa A. C.; de Lera Angel R.; Maseras, F.; Alvarez, R.; Espinet, P.
“A DFT Study of the Effect of the Ligands in the Reductive Elimination from Palladium Bis(allyl) Complexes”
Organometallics, 2010, 29, 4983-4991.

Bartolome C.; Garcia-Cuadrado D.; Ramiro Z.; Espinet, P.
“Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Gold Chiral Nitrogen Acyclic Carbenes and Gold Hydrogen Bonded Heterocyclic Carbenes in Cyclopropanation of Vinyl Arenes and in Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation of Allenes”
Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 9758-9764.

Martinez-Arranz S.; Albeniz A. C.; Espinet P.
“Versatile Route to Funetionalized Vinylie Addition Polynorbornenes”
Macromolecules, 2010, 43, 7482-7487.

Bartolome C.; Garcia-Cuadrado D.; Ramiro Z.; Espinet, P.
“Exploring the Scope of Nitrogen Acyclic Carbenes (NACs) in Gold-Catalyzed Reactions”
Organometallics, 2010, 29, 3589-3592.

Lauterbach T.; Livendahl M.; Rosellon A.; Espinet, P.; Echavarren A. M.
“Unlikeliness of Pd-Free Gold(I)-Catalyzed Sonogashira Coupling Reactions”
Org. Lett., 2010, 12, 3006-3009.

Bartolome C.; Espinet P.; Martin-Alvarez J. M.; Soulantica, K.; Charmant, J. “Supramolecular coordination polymers of silver(I) with 2-isocyanopyridine or 1,2-phenylenediisocyanide”.
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2010, 363, 1864-1868.

Bartolome C.; Garcia-Cuadrado D.; Ramiro Z.; Perez-Galan, P.; Raducan, M.; Bour, C; Echavarren, A. M.; Espinet P.
“Nitrogen Acyclic Gold(I) Carbenes: Excellent and Easily Accessible Catalysts in Reactions of 1,6-Enynes”
Organometallics, 2010, 29, 951-956.

Albeniz A. C.; Espinet P.; Perez-Mateo A.
“Palladium(II) allylic complexes by carbene transmetalation and migratory insertion reactions: Synthesis and side reactions”.
J. Organomet. Chem. 2010, 695, 441-445.

Genov M.; Martinez-Ilarduya J. M.; Calvillo-Barahona M. Espinet, P.

“Highly Enantioselective Addition of Dialkylzinc to Trifluoroacetophenones, Catalyzed by 1,2-Diamines. Synthesis of Key Fragments of Inhibitors of the Enzyme 11 beta-HSD1 and Kinetic Analysis of the Process”
Organometallics,2010, 29, 6402-6407.

2009-2006

Salas, G.; Casares, J. A.; Espinet, P.
“Enthalpy of Ligand Substitution in cis Organopalladium Complexes with Monodentate Ligands.”
Dalton Trans, 2009, 39, 8413-8420.

Lopez-Fernandez, R.; Carrera, N.; Albéniz, A. C.; Espinet, P.
”Dual Behavior of Cationic Palladium Pentafluorophenyl Complexes as Catalysts for the Homopolymerization of Acrylates and of Nonpolar Olefins”
Organometallics, 2009, 28, 4996-5001.

Carrera, N.; Pérez-Temprano, M.H.; Albéniz, A. C.; Casares, J. A.; Espinet, P.
”A Convenient Quick Synthesis of SnBu₂RCl Derivatives.”
Organometallics, 2009, 28, 3957-3958. DOI: 10.1021/om900326g

Martín Pérez-Rodríguez, Ataualpa A. C. Braga, Max Garcia-Melchor, Mónica H. Pérez-Temprano, Juan A. Casares, Gregori Ujaque, Angel R. de Lera, Rosana Álvarez, Feliu Maseras, Pablo Espinet.
“The C-C Reductive Elimination in Palladium Complexes, and the Role of Coupling Additives. A DFT Study Supported by Experiment.”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3650-3657

Bartolomé, C.; Ramiro, Z.; Pérez-Galán, P.; Bour, C.; Raducan, Echavarren, A. M.; Espinet, P.
“Gold(I) Complexes with Hydrogen-Bond Supported Heterocyclic Carbenes as Active Catalysts in Reactions of 1,6- Enynes.”
Inorg. Chem. , 2008, 23, 11391-11397

N. Carrera, E. Gutiérrez, R. Benavente, M. M. Villavieja, A. C. Albéniz, P. Espinet.
”Stannylated Polynorbornenes as New Reagents for a Clean Stille Reaction.”
Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 10141–10148.  

Mónica H. Pérez-Temprano, Ainara Nova, Juan A. Casares, Pablo Espinet.
“Observation of a hidden intermediate in the Stille reaction. Study of the reversal of the transmetalation step.”
J Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130,32, 10518-10519.

A. Nova, G. Ujaque, A. C. Albéniz, P. Espinet.
” Mechanism of the Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Isomerization of Allylamines to Enamines.”
Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 3323– 3329.

A. C. Albéniz, P. Espinet, J. A. Casares, J. M. Martínez-Ilarduya.
”¹⁹F NMR in Organometallic Chemistry: Aplications of Fluorinated Aryls.”
 Coord. Chem. Rev., 2008, 252, 2180-2206.

Genov, M., Salas, G., Espinet, P.
“Effect of microwave heating in the asymmetric addition of dimethylzinc to aldehydes.”
J. Organomet. Chem., 2008, 693, 11, 2017-2020.

I. Meana, A. C. Albéniz, P. Espinet.
”Carbene and Carbonyl Transfer from [W(CO)5(carbene)] to Palladium,  Affording Pd(II) Carbene Acyl Complexes.”
Organometallics, 2008, 27, 4193-4198.

Juan A. Casares, Pablo Espinet, Gorka Salas.
“Palladium Catalysts for Fast Norbornene Polymerization. A Study by NMR and Calorimetric Methods.”
Organometallics. 2008, 27,15, 3761-3769.

Bartolomé, C.; Espinet, P.; Martín-Alvarez, J. M.
” Is there any bona fide example of O–HF–C bond in solution? The cases of HOC(CF₃)₂(4-X-2,6-C₆H₂(CF₃)₂) (X = Si(i-Pr)₃, CF₃).”
Chem. Commun., 2007, 4384-4386.

Albeniz, A. C.; Espinet, P.;  Martin-Ruiz, B.“Pd-H elimination reactions in palladium(II) allylic complexes.”
Dalton Trans., 2007, 3710-3714. DOI: 10.1039/B706817D

Genov, M.; Almorin, A. Espinet, P.
“Microwave assisted asymmetric Suzuki-Miyaura and Negishi cross-coupling
reactions: synthesis of chiral binaphthalenes.”
Tetrahydron-Asymmetry, 2007, 18, 5, 625-627.

Casares, J. A.; Espinet P.; Fuentes, B.; Salas, G.
“Insights into the mechanism of the Negishi reaction: ZnRX versus ZnR₂ reagents.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 3508-3509.

Casares J. A., Espinet P., Martinez-Ilarduya J. M., Mucientes, J. J.; Salas, G.
“Study of the replacement of weak ligands on square-planar organometallic nickel(II) complexes. Organo-nickel aquacomplexes.”
Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46 (3), 1027-1032.

Albéniz A. C.; Espinet P.; López-Fernández R.
”Competition of Insertion and Transmetalation Pathways in the Reactions of Alkenylsilanes with Aryl Complexes of Palladium(II). An Experimental Study.”
Organometallics, 2006, 25, 5449– 5455.

Albéniz A. C.; Espinet, P.; Pérez-Mateo, A.; Nova, A.; Ujaque G.
”Formation of a Vinyliminium Palladium Complex by C–C Coupling in Vinylcarbene Palladium Aryl Complexes.”
Organometallics, 2006, 25, 1293-1297.

Genov, M.; Espinet P.; Almorin A.
“Synthesis of chiral binaphthalenes via asymmetric Suzuki – Miyaura reaction.”
Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 9346-9352.

Genov, M.; Fuentes, B.; Espinet P.; Pelaz, B.
“Asymmetric Negishi Reaction for Sterically Hindered Couplings: Synthesis of Chiral Binaphthalenes.”
Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. 2006, 2593-2595.

Albéniz, A. C.; Espinet, P.; López-Fernández, R.
”Effect of Excess Halide on the Palladium–Catalyzed Radical Copolymerization of Methyl Acrylate and 1–Hexene.”
J.Pol. Sci. A: Polym. Chem. 2006, 44, 5682-5691.

Casares J. A. , Espinet P., Martin-Alvarez J. M., Santos V.
Neutral and cationic complexes with P-bonded 2-pyridylphosphines as N-donor ligands toward rhodium. Electrical charge vs steric hindrance on the conformational control.” Inorg. Chem. 2006, 6628-6636.