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Overview

Antoni Riera is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has a research focus spanning chemistry and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work covers a broad range of subfields including molecular biology, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, and oncology.

Their research topics include asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, chemical synthesis and analysis, protein degradation and inhibitors, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, crystallization and solubility studies, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

Antoni Riera has published frequently in several scientific venues. The most common publication platforms include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Cambridge Structural Database, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, and Angewandte Chemie.

Recent papers authored include:

  • Recent Advances in the Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Amines via Transition Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation, 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • P-Stereogenic Amino-Phosphines as Chiral Ligands: From Privileged Intermediates to Asymmetric Catalysis, 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Optimal linker length for small molecule PROTACs that selectively target p38α and p38β for degradation, 2020, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Rational optimization of a transcription factor activation domain inhibitor, 2023, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Bulky P-stereogenic ligands. A success story in asymmetric catalysis, 2023, Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Antoni Riera include:

  • Xavier Verdaguer
  • Huldrych F. Günthard
  • Carolina Sánchez
  • Pep Rojo
  • Colette Smith

Best Publications

  • TGFβ drives immune evasion in genetically reconstituted colon cancer metastasis

    Daniele V. F. Tauriello;Sergio Palomo-Ponce;Diana Stork;Antonio Berenguer-Llergo

  • Dependency of colorectal cancer on a TGF-β-driven program in stromal cells for metastasis initiation

    Alexandre Calon;Elisa Espinet;Sergio Palomo-Ponce;Daniele V.F. Tauriello

  • Stromal gene expression defines poor-prognosis subtypes in colorectal cancer

    Alexandre Calon;Enza Lonardo;Antonio Berenguer-Llergo;Elisa Espinet

  • Recent Advances in the Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Amines via Transition Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation.

    Albert Cabré;Xavier Verdaguer;Antoni Riera

  • On the choice of translation factors for approximate molecular wavefunctions

    L F Errea;L Mendez;A Riera

  • A short review on entanglement in quantum spin systems

    J I Latorre;A Riera

  • 2-Piperidino-1,1,2-triphenylethanol: A Highly Effective Catalyst for the Enantioselective Arylation of Aldehydes

    Montserrat Fontes;Xavier Verdaguer;Lluis Sola;Miquel A. Pericas

  • EPI-001, A Compound Active against Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer, Targets Transactivation Unit 5 of the Androgen Receptor.

    Eva De Mol;R. Bryn Fenwick;Christopher T. W. Phang;Victor Buzón

  • Common translation factor method

    L F Errea;C Harel;H Jouini;L Mendez

  • General approach to glycosidase inhibitors. Enantioselective synthesis of deoxymannojirimycin and swainsonine.

    Rubén Martín;Caterina Murruzzu;Miquel A. Pericàs;Antoni Riera

  • Asymmetric approach to Pauson-Khand bicyclization. Enantioselective formal synthesis of hirsutene

    J. Castro;H. Sorensen;A. Riera;C. Morin

  • Synthesis of a Family of Fine-Tunable New Chiral Ligands for Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis. Ligand Optimization through the Enantioselective Addition of Diethylzinc to Aldehydes

    Anton Vidal-Ferran;Albert Moyano;Miquel A. Pericàs;Antoni Riera

  • Resonance parameters and properties of beryllium-like doubly excited states: 4 ≤ Z ≤ 10

    H. Bachau;P. Galan;F. Martín;A. Riera

  • A Superior, Readily Available Enantiopure Ligand for the Catalytic Enantioselective Addition of Diethylzinc to alpha-Substituted Aldehydes.

    Lluís Solà;Katamreddy Subba Reddy;† Anton Vidal-Ferran;Albert Moyano

  • High Catalytic Activity of Chiral Amino Alcohol Ligands Anchored to Polystyrene Resins

    † Anton Vidal-Ferran;Nick Bampos;Albert Moyano;Miquel A. Pericàs

  • The Nuclear Receptor LXR Limits Bacterial Infection of Host Macrophages through a Mechanism that Impacts Cellular NAD Metabolism

    Jonathan Matalonga;Estibaliz Glaria;Mariana Bresque;Carlos Escande

  • A Dual-Function, Highly Efficient Chiral Controller for Stereoselective Intermolecular Pauson-Khand Reactions

    Xavier Verdaguer;Albert Moyano;Miquel A. Pericas;Antoni Riera

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of P-Stereogenic Aminophosphines: Ring Opening of Bulky Oxazaphospholidines

    Thierry León;Antoni Riera;Xavier Verdaguer

  • Modular Bis(oxazoline) Ligands for Palladium Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation: Unprecedented Conformational Behaviour of a Bis(oxazoline) Palladium η3-1,3-Diphenylallyl Complex

    Miquel Angel Pericàs;Cristina Puigjaner;Antoni Riera;Anton Vidal-Ferran

  • A New Chiral Bidentate (P,S) Ligand for the Asymmetric Intermolecular Pauson−Khand Reaction

    Xavier Verdaguer;Albert Moyano;Miquel A. Pericàs;Antoni Riera

  • Primary and Secondary Aminophosphines as Novel P‐Stereogenic Building Blocks for Ligand Synthesis

    Marc Revés;Catalina Ferrer;Thierry León;Sean Doran

Frequent Co-Authors

Miquel A. Pericàs
Miquel A. Pericàs University of Barcelona
Albert Moyano
Albert Moyano University of Barcelona
Manuel Yáñez
Manuel Yáñez Autonomous University of Madrid
Otilia Mó
Otilia Mó Autonomous University of Madrid
Andrew E. Greene
Andrew E. Greene Joseph Fourier University
Miguel A. Maestro
Miguel A. Maestro University of A Coruña
Santos Fustero
Santos Fustero University of Valencia
Ruben Martin
Ruben Martin Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Ramon Rios
Ramon Rios University of Southampton
Eduard Batlle
Eduard Batlle Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

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