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Overview

Israel Fernández is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. The scientist's work primarily focuses on the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a substantial number of publications in specialized subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Process Chemistry and Technology.

The research topics covered by Israel Fernández demonstrate a concentration on areas such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Organoboron and Organosilicon chemistry, Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds, Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms, and Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods.

Frequent collaborations have been made with several co-authors, notably:

  • Nazario Martín
  • Frank Breher
  • Carlos J. Laglera-Gándara
  • Jesús M. Fernández-García
  • Felix Krämer

Key publication venues for Israel Fernández include The Cambridge Structural Database, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, Chemistry - A European Journal, and Chemical Science. These venues indicate an engagement with high-impact journals in the field of chemistry.

Among the recent papers are:

  • "Aromaticity: Quo Vadis," 2023, Chemical Science
  • "How Lewis Acids Catalyze Diels-Alder Reactions," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "The Pauli Repulsion-Lowering Concept in Catalysis," 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Metal-CO Bonding in Mononuclear Transition Metal Carbonyl Complexes," 2021, JACS Au
  • "Understanding the reactivity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and related compounds," 2020, Chemical Science

The breadth of these papers indicates a focus on fundamental and applied aspects of chemical reactivity, catalysis, and molecular bonding, contributing to current understanding in organic and inorganic chemistry through both theoretical and experimental approaches.

Best Publications

  • The activation strain model and molecular orbital theory: understanding and designing chemical reactions.

    I. Fernandez;F.M. Bickelhaupt

  • Aromaticity of metallabenzenes and related compounds

    Israel Fernández;Gernot Frenking;Gabriel Merino

  • Dyotropic Reactions: Mechanisms and Synthetic Applications†

    Israel Fernández;Fernando P. Cossío;Miguel A. Sierra

  • Structural evidence for antiaromaticity in free boroles.

    Holger Braunschweig;Israel Fernández;Gernot Frenking;Thomas Kupfer

  • Synthesis of a Helical Bilayer Nanographene

    Paul J. Evans;Jiangkun Ouyang;Ludovic Favereau;Jeanne Crassous

  • Allenes and computational chemistry: from bonding situations to reaction mechanisms

    Elena Soriano;Israel Fernández

  • π-Extended Corannulene-Based Nanographenes: Selective Formation of Negative Curvature

    Jesús M. Fernández-García;Paul J. Evans;Samara Medina Rivero;Israel Fernández

  • Aromaticity in metallabenzenes.

    Israel Fernández;Gernot Frenking

  • Aromaticity: Quo Vadis

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  • Aromaticity in transition structures

    Paul von Ragué Schleyer;Judy I. Wu;Fernando P. Cossío;Israel Fernández

  • How Lewis Acids Catalyze Diels–Alder Reactions

    Pascal Vermeeren;Trevor A. Hamlin;Israel Fernández;F. Matthias Bickelhaupt;F. Matthias Bickelhaupt

  • Direct estimate of conjugation and aromaticity in cyclic compounds with the EDA method

    Israel Fernández;Gernot Frenking

  • Direct estimate of the strength of conjugation and hyperconjugation by the energy decomposition analysis method.

    Israel Fernández;Gernot Frenking

  • Rate-Determining Factors in Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions

    Israel Fernández;Gernot Frenking;Einar Uggerud

  • Multimetallocenes. A Theoretical Study

    Alejandro Velazquez;Israel Fernández;Gernot Frenking, ,‡ and;Gabriel Merino

  • Exocyclic Delocalization at the Expense of Aromaticity in 3,5-bis(π-Donor) Substituted Pyrazolium Ions and Corresponding Cyclic Bent Allenes†

    Israel Fernández;C. Adam Dyker;Alan DeHope;Bruno Donnadieu

  • Description of aromaticity in porphyrinoids.

    Judy I. Wu;Israel Fernández;Paul v. R. Schleyer

  • Why do cycloaddition reactions involving C60 prefer [6,6] over [5,6] bonds?

    I. Fernández;M. Solà;F.M. Bickelhaupt

  • Correlation between Hammett Substituent Constants and Directly Calculated π-Conjugation Strength

    Israel Fernández;Gernot Frenking

  • Metal-CO Bonding in Mononuclear Transition Metal Carbonyl Complexes.

    Gernot Frenking;Gernot Frenking;Israel Fernández;Nicole Holzmann;Sudip Pan;Sudip Pan

  • Borylene-Based Direct Functionalization of Organic Substrates: Synthesis, Characterization, and Photophysical Properties of Novel π-Conjugated Borirenes

    Holger Braunschweig;Thomas Herbst;Daniela Rais;Sundargopal Ghosh

  • Alder-Ene Reaction: Aromaticity and Activation Strain Analysis

    Israel Fernández;F. Matthias Bickelhaupt

Frequent Co-Authors

Gernot Frenking
Gernot Frenking Philipp University of Marburg
F. Matthias Bickelhaupt
F. Matthias Bickelhaupt Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pedro Almendros
Pedro Almendros Spanish National Research Council
Benito Alcaide
Benito Alcaide Complutense University of Madrid
Fernando P. Cossío
Fernando P. Cossío University of the Basque Country
Miguel A. Esteruelas
Miguel A. Esteruelas University of Zaragoza
Nazario Martín
Nazario Martín Complutense University of Madrid
Miquel Solà
Miquel Solà University of Girona
Enrique Oñate
Enrique Oñate Spanish National Research Council
José L. Mascareñas
José L. Mascareñas University of Santiago de Compostela

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