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Fernando López is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with 83 and 43 publications respectively. Their research spans several subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Surgery.

The scientist's work covers a variety of specialized topics, notably:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Click Chemistry and Applications

Among recent papers, Fernando López has contributed to research published in several notable venues. These include:

  • "Catalytic addition of C-H bonds across C-C unsaturated systems promoted by iridium(i) and its group IX congeners," 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Transition Metal-Promoted Reactions in Aqueous Media and Biological Settings," 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Core-Shell Palladium/MOF Platforms as Diffusion-Controlled Nanoreactors in Living Cells and Tissue Models," 2020, Cell Reports Physical Science
  • "Highly Enantioselective Iridium(I)-Catalyzed Hydrocarbonation of Alkenes: A Versatile Approach to Heterocyclic Systems Bearing Quaternary Stereocenters," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Bioorthogonal Azide-Thioalkyne Cycloaddition Catalyzed by Photoactivatable Ruthenium(II) Complexes," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequently publishing in selected journals, their work appears often in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (18 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (8 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (8 publications)
  • ACS Catalysis (3 publications)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal (2 publications)

Collaboration is a significant part of their scientific output, working repeatedly with several co-authors including José L. Mascareñas (53 joint works), Martín Calvelo (17), Andrés Arribas (12), Felipe Verdugo (12), and Jorge A. González (10).

Best Publications

  • Gold-Catalyzed [4C+2C] Cycloadditions of Allenedienes, including an Enantioselective Version with New Phosphoramidite-Based Catalysts: Mechanistic Aspects of the Divergence between [4C+3C] and [4C+2C] Pathways

    Isaac Alonso;Beatriz Trillo;Fernando López;Sergi Montserrat

  • Catalytic enantioselective conjugate addition with Grignard reagents

    Fernando López;and Adriaan J. Minnaard;Ben L. Feringa

  • An iterative catalytic route to enantiopure deoxypropionate subunits: asymmetric conjugate addition of grignard reagents to alpha,beta-unsaturated thioesters.

    Renaud Des Mazery;Maddalena Pullez;Fernando López;Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan

  • [4+2] and [4+3] catalytic cycloadditions of allenes.

    Fernando López;Fernando López;José L. Mascareñas

  • Regio- and enantioselective iridium-catalyzed intermolecular allylic etherification of achiral allylic carbonates with phenoxides.

    Fernando Lopez;Toshimichi Ohmura;John F. Hartwig

  • Enantioselective addition of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol to aldehydes: preparation of 3-hydroxy-1-butynes

    D. Boyall;F. López;H. Sasaki;D. Frantz

  • Allenes as Three-Carbon Units in Catalytic Cycloadditions: New Opportunities with Transition-Metal Catalysts

    Fernando López;José Luis Mascareñas

  • On the mechanism of the copper-catalyzed enantioselective 1,4-addition of grignard reagents to alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.

    Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan;Fernando Lopez;Wesley R. Browne;Arkaitz Correa

  • Allenes and Derivatives in Gold(I)- and Platinum(II)-Catalyzed Formal Cycloadditions

    José L. Mascareñas;Iván Varela;Fernando López;Fernando López

  • Axially chiral triazoloisoquinolin-3-ylidene ligands in gold(I)-catalyzed asymmetric intermolecular (4 + 2) cycloadditions of allenamides and dienes.

    Javier Francos;Francisca Grande-Carmona;Hélio Faustino;Javier Iglesias-Sigüenza

  • Copper-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to alpha,beta-unsaturated esters.

    Fernando López;Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan;Auke Meetsma;Adriaan J. Minnaard

  • Recent developments in gold-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions.

    Fernando López;José L Mascareñas

  • Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Grignard Reagents to Acyclic Enones

    Fernando López;Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan;and Adriaan J. Minnaard;Ben L. Feringa

  • Gold-Catalyzed [4C+3C] Intramolecular Cycloaddition of Allenedienes: Synthetic Potential and Mechanistic Implications

    Beatriz Trillo;Fernando López;Fernando López;Sergi Montserrat;Gregori Ujaque

  • Platinum-Catalyzed Intramolecular [4C+3C] Cycloaddition between Dienes and Allenes†

    Beatriz Trillo;Fernando López;Moisés Gulías;Luis Castedo

  • Concurrent and orthogonal gold(I) and ruthenium(II) catalysis inside living cells

    Cristian Vidal;María Tomás-Gamasa;Paolo Destito;Fernando López;Fernando López

  • Arsenic in Cooked Seafood Products: Study on the Effect of Cooking on Total and Inorganic Arsenic Contents

    Vicenta Devesa;Mari Luz Macho;Mercedes Jalon;Inés Urieta

  • Perceived mental health at the start of dialysis as a predictor of morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (CALVIDIA Study)

    Katia López Revuelta;Fernando J García López;Fernando de Alvaro Moreno;Jordi Alonso

  • Highly enantioselective Cu-catalysed allylic substitutions with Grignard reagents.

    Fernando López;Anthoni W. van Zijl;Adriaan J. Minnaard;Ben L. Feringa

  • Palladium-catalyzed [4+3] intramolecular cycloaddition of alkylidenecyclopropanes and dienes.

    Moisés Gulías;Juan Durán;Fernando López;Luis Castedo

Frequent Co-Authors

José L. Mascareñas
José L. Mascareñas University of Santiago de Compostela
Luis Castedo
Luis Castedo University of Santiago de Compostela
Ben L. Feringa
Ben L. Feringa University of Groningen
Adriaan J. Minnaard
Adriaan J. Minnaard University of Groningen
Gregori Ujaque
Gregori Ujaque Autonomous University of Barcelona
Agustí Lledós
Agustí Lledós Autonomous University of Barcelona
Miguel A. Esteruelas
Miguel A. Esteruelas University of Zaragoza
Israel Fernández
Israel Fernández Complutense University of Madrid
Enrique Oñate
Enrique Oñate Spanish National Research Council
Ana M. López
Ana M. López University of Zaragoza

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