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José Sordo is affiliated with the University of Oviedo in Spain and conducts research primarily in the fields of Chemistry as well as Physics and Astronomy. Their work intersects various subfields including Process Chemistry and Technology, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics, notably Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Catalytic Alkyne Reactions, Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

José Sordo has contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers including:

  • Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Five-Membered Cyclic Carbonates and Carbamates from Allylic or Propargylic Substrates and CO2 (2022) published in Catalysts
  • Structure and Spectroscopic Insights for CH3PCO Isomers: A High-Level Quantum Chemical Study (2024) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, such as Filip Vranješević, Maria Kolympadi, Dario Matulja, Gabriela Ambrožič, and Sylvain Laclef.

José Sordo's publications have appeared notably in the journals Catalysts and The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

In addition to journal articles, José Sordo has contributed to book publications, with one book titled "Water and Life" published by World Scientific in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Main group metal complexes of semicarbazones and thiosemicarbazones. A structural review

    J.S. Casas;M.S. Garcı́a-Tasende;J. Sordo

  • Performance of CCSDT for diatomic dissociation energies

    David Feller;Jose A. Sordo

  • Bis(allyl)--Ruthenium(IV) Complexes as Highly Efficient Catalysts for the Redox Isomerization of Allylic Alcohols into Carbonyl Compounds in Organic and Aqueous Media: Scope, Limitations, and Theoretical Analysis of the Mechanism

    Victorio Cadierno;† Sergio E. García-Garrido;José Gimeno;‡ and Adrián Varela-Álvarez

  • A CCSDT study of the effects of higher order correlation on spectroscopic constants. I. First row diatomic hydrides

    David Feller;Jose A. Sordo

  • Coordination modes of 5-pyrazolones : A solid-state overview

    José S. Casas;María S. García-Tasende;Agustín Sánchez;José Sordo

  • Symmetrisation, isomerism and structural studies on novel phenylmercury( II ) thiosemicarbazonates: correlation of the energy barrier to rotation of the amino group with the bonding parameters of the thioamide group

    Tarlok S. Lobana;Agustín Sánchez;José S. Casas;Alfonso Castiñeiras

  • New Organic Chemistry of Sulfur Dioxide

    Pierre Vogel;Maris Turks;Laure Bouchez;Dean Marković

  • Lattice defects and magnetic ordering in plutonium oxides: A hybrid density-functional-theory study of strongly correlated materials

    Ionut D. Prodan;Gustavo E. Scuseria;José A. Sordo;Konstantin N. Kudin

  • Lead : chemistry, analytical aspects, environmental impact and health effects

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  • Doping of polyaniline by acid-base chemistry: density functional calculations with periodic boundary conditions.

    Adrian Varela-Alvarez;José A. Sordo;Gustavo E. Scuseria

  • New Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes with N,S-chelated pyrazolonate ligands: molecular and supramolecular structure and preliminary study of their in vitro antitumoral activity.

    José S. Casas;Eduardo E. Castellano;Javier Ellena;María S. García-Tasende

  • Structural aspects of the coordination chemistry of organothallium(III) and organomercury(II) derivatives

    J.S Casas;M.S Garcı́a-Tasende;J Sordo

  • The crystal structure and hydrolysis equilibrium of triphenyl(2-mercapto-1-methylimidazolato)tin(IV)

    Jose S. Casas;Alfonso Castiñeiras;Emilia Garcia Martinez;Angeles Sánchez González

  • Complexes of dichloro[2-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl-C1, N]gold(III), [Au(damp-C1, N)Cl2], with formylferrocene thiosemicarbazones: synthesis, structure and cytotoxicity

    José S. Casas;Marı́a V. Castaño;Marı́a C. Cifuentes;Juán C. Garcı́a-Monteagudo

  • Coordination chemistry of vitamin B6 and derivatives: A structural overview

    José S. Casas;Mª Delfina Couce;José Sordo

  • Pseudorotation motion in tetrahydrofuran: An <i>ab initio</i> study

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  • A gold(I) complex with a vitamin K3 derivative: characterization and antitumoral activity.

    José S. Casas;Eduardo Ernesto Castellano;María D. Couce;Javier Ellena

  • Diorganotin(IV) derivatives of salicylaldehydethiosemicarbazone. The crystal structure of dimethyl- and diphenyl- (salicylaldehydethiosemicarbazonato)tin(IV)

    J.S. Casas;A. Sánchez;J. Sordo;A. Vázquez-López

  • Zinc(II), cadmium(II) and mercury(II) complexes of the vitamin B1 antagonist oxythiamine.

    José S. Casas;Eduardo E. Castellano;María D. Couce;Javier Ellena

  • Crystal and molecular structure of spirobicyclic bis(tetraphenyldithioimidodiphosphinato)lead(II), [Pb(SPPh2)2N];2], containing a new inorganic (carbon-free) PbS2P2N chelate ring and Pb(η6-C6H5) interactions

    José S. Casas;Alfonso Castiñeiras;Ionel Haiduc;Agustín Sánchez

  • Diorganotin(IV)-promoted deamination of amino acids by pyridoxal: SnR2 2+ complexes of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate and of the Schiff base pyridoxal-pyridoxamine (PLPM), and antibacterial activities of PLPM and [SnR2(PLPM-2H)] (R=Me, Et, Bu, Ph)

    José S Casas;Alfonso Castiñeiras;Félix Condori;Marı́a D Couce

  • Corrigendum to “Main group metal complexes of semicarbazones and thiosemicarbazones. A structural review”

    J.S. Casas;M.S. Garcı́a-Tasende;J. Sordo

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduardo E. Castellano
Eduardo E. Castellano Universidade de São Paulo
Alfonso Castiñeiras
Alfonso Castiñeiras University of Santiago de Compostela
Ionel Haiduc
Ionel Haiduc The University of Texas at El Paso
Antonio Laguna
Antonio Laguna University of Zaragoza
Pierre Vogel
Pierre Vogel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Euro Solari
Euro Solari École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Miguel Monge
Miguel Monge University of La Rioja
José M. López-de-Luzuriaga
José M. López-de-Luzuriaga University of La Rioja
Montserrat Filella
Montserrat Filella University of Geneva
Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo
Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo University of Santiago de Compostela

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