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Alejandro F. Barrero

Alejandro F. Barrero

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Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
7910
World Ranking
16386
National Ranking
662

Overview

Alejandro F. Barrero is affiliated with the University of Granada in Spain. Their primary research focus lies within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing extensively across subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Organic Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry.

Their recent publications cover diverse topics within these areas and include:

  • Synthesis of Cannabinoids: "In Water" and "On Water" Approaches: Influence of SDS Micelles, 2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Terpenoid diversity in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and their potential in crop protection, 2023, Phytochemistry Reviews
  • Bioinspired Synthesis of Platensimycin from Natural ent-Kaurenoic Acids, 2023, Organic Letters
  • Selective Extraction of Bioactive Phenylethanoids from Digitalis obscura, 2021, Plants
  • Molecular Diversity from Longipinenes of Santolina viscosa Lag. through Acid Catalysis: Biocidal Activity, 2024, Biomolecules

The research topics they address frequently include:

  • Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation

Frequent collaborators in their work include José F. Quílez del Moral, Azucena González-Coloma, María Fe Andrés, Alberto Galisteo, and José Luis López-Pérez.

Alejandro F. Barrero has published in several scientific journals, with repeated contributions to Biomolecules and Blood, as well as publications in The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Phytochemistry Reviews, and Organic Letters.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms for solvent tolerance in bacteria.

    Juan L. Ramos;Estrella Duque;José-Juan Rodríguez-Herva;Patricia Godoy

  • Bioactive metabolites from a marine-derived strain of the fungus Emericella variecolor.

    Joan Malmstrøm;Carsten Christophersen;Alejandro F. Barrero;J. Enrique Oltra

  • Titanocene‐Catalyzed Cascade Cyclization of Epoxypolyprenes: Straightforward Synthesis of Terpenoids by Free‐Radical Chemistry

    José Justicia;Antonio Rosales;Elena Buñuel;Juan L. Oller-López

  • Weakening C-O bonds: Ti(III), a new reagent for alcohol deoxygenation and carbonyl coupling olefination.

    Horacio R. Diéguez;Armando López;Victoriano Domingo;Jesús F. Arteaga

  • New sources and antifungal activity of sesquiterpene lactones.

    A. F. Barrero;J. E. Oltra;M. Álvarez;D. S. Raslan

  • Unified synthesis of eudesmanolides, combining biomimetic strategies with homogeneous catalysis and free-radical chemistry.

    Alejandro F. Barrero;Antonio Rosales;Juan M. Cuerva;J. Enrique Oltra

  • Gibepyrones: α-pyrones from Gibberella fujikuroi

    Alejandro F. Barrero;Juan E. Oltra;María M. Herrador;Eduardo Cabrera

  • Titanocene‐Mediated Radical Cyclization: An Emergent Method Towards the Synthesis of Natural Products

    Alejandro F. Barrero;José F. Quílez del Moral;Elena M. Sánchez;Jesús F. Arteaga

  • Synthesis and antitumor activity of puupehedione and related compounds

    Alejandro F. Barrero;Enrique J. Alvarez-Manzaneda;Rachid Chahboun;M. Cortés

  • A new strategy for the synthesis of cyclic terpenoids based on the radical opening of acyclic epoxypolyenes.

    Alejandro F. Barrero;Juan M. Cuerva;M. M. Herrador;Mónica V. Valdivia

  • Effects of Solvents and Water in Ti(III)-Mediated Radical Cyclizations of Epoxygermacrolides. Straightforward Synthesis and Absolute Stereochemistry of (+)-3α-Hydroxyreynosin and Related Eudesmanolides

    Alejandro F. Barrero;J. Enrique Oltra;Juan M. Cuerva;Antonio Rosales

  • Synthesis of Ambrox® from (−)-sclareol and (+)-cis-abienol

    Alejandro F. Barrero;Enrique J. Alvarez-Manzaneda;Joaquín Altarejos;Sofía Salido

  • Synthesis of biologically active drimanes and homodrimanes from (−)-sclareol

    Alejandro F. Barrero;Enrique A. Manzaneda;Joaquin Altarejos;Sofía Salido

  • Couplings of benzylic halides mediated by titanocene chloride: synthesis of bibenzyl derivatives.

    Alejandro F. Barrero;M. Mar Herrador;José F. Quilez Del Moral;Pilar Arteaga

  • Chemical Composition of the Essential Oils of Pistacia atlantica Desf.

    A. F. Barrero;M. M. Herrador;J. F. Arteaga;M. Akssira

  • Oxygenated diterpenes and other constituents from Moroccan Juniperus phoenicea and Juniperus thurifera var. africana.

    Alejandro F. Barrero;José F. Quı́lez del Moral;M. Mar Herrador;Mohamed Akssira

  • Reductive coupling of terpenic allylic halides catalyzed by Cp2TiCl: a short and efficient asymmetric synthesis of onocerane triterpenes.

    Alejandro F. Barrero;M. Mar Herrador;José F. Quílez del Moral;Pilar Arteaga

  • Synthesis and antitumoral activities of marine ent-chromazonarol and related compounds.

    Alejandro F. Barrero;Enrique J. Alvarez-Manzaneda;M.Mar Herrador;Rachid Chahboun

  • Terpenoids from leaves of Juniperus thurifera

    A.San Feliciano;M. Medarde;J.L. Lopez;J.M. Miguel del Corral

  • Synthesis of wiedendiol-A and wiedendiol-B from labdane diterpenes

    Alejandro F. Barrero;Enrique J. Alvarez-Manzaneda;Rachid Chahboun

  • Stereochemistry of 14-hydroxy-β-caryophyllene and related compounds

    Alejandro F. Barrero;José Molina;J. Enrique Oltra;Joaquín Altarejos

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan M. Cuerva
Juan M. Cuerva University of Granada
Enrique Cerdá-Olmedo
Enrique Cerdá-Olmedo University of Seville
Francisco A. Macías
Francisco A. Macías University of Cádiz
Monique S. J. Simmonds
Monique S. J. Simmonds Royal Botanic Gardens
Robert P. Adams
Robert P. Adams Baylor University
Jens Ø. Duus
Jens Ø. Duus Technical University of Denmark
Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen
Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen Technical University of Denmark
Carsten Christophersen
Carsten Christophersen University of Copenhagen
Peter M. Bramley
Peter M. Bramley Royal Holloway University of London
Egler Chiari
Egler Chiari Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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