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Juan C. Carretero is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily centers on the field of Chemistry, with a focus on Organic Chemistry, supported by contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Science, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's main research topics include Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Radical Photochemical Reactions, Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions, Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms, Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.

Several recent notable papers illustrate the scope and focus of their research work:

  • Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Functionalization of Alkynes with Organoboron Reagents: New Trends, Mechanistic Insights, and Applications (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • Beyond classical sulfone chemistry: metal- and photocatalytic approaches for C-S bond functionalization of sulfones (2022, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • E/Z Photoisomerization of Olefins as an Emergent Strategy for the Control of Stereodivergence in Catalysis (2022, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis)
  • One-Metal/Two-Ligand for Dual Activation Tandem Catalysis: Photoinduced Cu-Catalyzed Anti-hydroboration of Alkynes (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • anti-Hydroarylation of Activated Internal Alkynes: Merging Pd and Energy Transfer Catalysis (2020, Organic Letters)

Juan C. Carretero frequently publishes in a range of scientific venues, including:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Communications
  • Organic Letters
  • Chemical Society Reviews

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Their most common co-authors include Ramón Goméz Arrayás, Nuria Rodríguez, Javier Adrio, Javier Corpas, and Pablo Mauleón.

Best Publications

  • Recent applications of chiral ferrocene ligands in asymmetric catalysis.

    Ramón Gómez Arrayás;Javier Adrio;Juan Carlos Carretero

  • Novel dipolarophiles and dipoles in the metal-catalyzed enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides.

    Javier Adrio;Juan C. Carretero

  • Recent advances in the catalytic asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides

    Javier Adrio;Juan C. Carretero

  • Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Regioselective Direct C2 Alkenylation of Indoles and Pyrroles Assisted by the N‐(2‐Pyridyl)sulfonyl Protecting Group

    Alfonso García-Rubia;Ramón Gómez Arrayás;Juan C. Carretero

  • Catalytic asymmetric direct Mannich reaction: a powerful tool for the synthesis of alpha,beta-diamino acids.

    Ramón Gómez Arrayás;Juan C. Carretero

  • Ligand Effects in Gold- and Platinum-Catalyzed Cyclization of Enynes: Chiral Gold Complexes for Enantioselective Alkoxycyclization

    M. Paz Muñoz;Javier Adrio;and Juan Carlos Carretero;Antonio M. Echavarren

  • Highly enantioselective copper(I)-fesulphos-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides.

    Silvia Cabrera;Ramon Gomez Arrayas;Juan C. Carretero

  • A Copper(II)‐Catalyzed Aza‐Friedel–Crafts Reaction of N‐(2‐Pyridyl)sulfonyl Aldimines: Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diaryl Amines and Triaryl Methanes

    Jorge Esquivias;Ramón Gómez Arrayás;Juan C. Carretero

  • Palladium-catalyzed N-(2-pyridyl)sulfonyl-directed C(sp3)–H γ-arylation of amino acid derivatives

    Nuria Rodríguez;Jose A. Romero-Revilla;M. Ángeles Fernández-Ibáñez;Juan C. Carretero

  • PdII-Catalysed C ? H Functionalisation of Indoles and Pyrroles Assisted by the Removable N-(2-Pyridyl)sulfonyl Group: C2-Alkenylation and Dehydrogenative Homocoupling

    Alfonso García‐Rubia;Beatriz Urones;Ramón Gómez Arrayás;Juan Carlos Carretero

  • Chiral copper complexes of phosphino sulfenyl ferrocenes as efficient catalysts for enantioselective formal Aza Diels-Alder reactions of N-sulfonyl imines.

    Olga Garcia Mancheno;Ramon Gomez Arrayas;Juan C. Carretero

  • Catalytic asymmetric inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder reaction of N-sulfonyl-1-aza-1,3-dienes.

    Jorge Esquivias;and Ramón Gómez Arrayás;Juan C. Carretero

  • Regiocontrolled CuI-Catalyzed Borylation of Propargylic-Functionalized Internal Alkynes

    Abraham L. Moure;Ramón Gómez Arrayás;Diego J. Cárdenas;Inés Alonso

  • Catalytic enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides with vinyl sulfones.

    Tomás Llamas;Ramón Gómez Arrayás;Juan C. Carretero

  • Gold-catalyzed synthesis of alkylidene 2-oxazolidinones and 1,3-oxazin-2-ones.

    Rocío Robles-Machín;Javier Adrio;Juan Carlos Carretero

  • Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Functionalization of Alkynes with Organoboron Reagents: New Trends, Mechanistic Insights, and Applications

    Javier Corpas;Pablo Mauleón;Ramón Gómez Arrayás;Juan C. Carretero

  • PdII-Catalyzed CH Olefination of N-(2-Pyridyl)sulfonyl Anilines and Arylalkylamines†

    Alfonso García-Rubia;Beatriz Urones;Ramón Gómez Arrayás;Juan C. Carretero

  • 1-Phosphino-2-sulfenylferrocenes as planar chiral ligands in enantioselective palladium-catalyzed allylic substitutions.

    Olga García Mancheño;Julián Priego;Silvia Cabrera;Ramón Gómez Arrayás

  • Chirale Ferrocenliganden in der asymmetrischen Katalyse

    Ramón Gómez Arrayás;Javier Adrio;Juan Carlos Carretero

  • Enantioselective construction of stereogenic quaternary centres via Rh-catalyzed asymmetric addition of alkenylboronic acids to α,β-unsaturated pyridylsulfones

    Pablo Mauleón;Juan C. Carretero

  • Bis-sulfonyl ethylene as masked acetylene equivalent in catalytic asymmetric [3 + 2] cycloaddition of azomethine ylides.

    Ana López-Pérez;Javier Adrio;Juan C. Carretero

  • Ligand Effects in Gold- and Platinum-Catalyzed Cyclization of Enynes: Chiral Gold Complexes for Enantioselective Alkoxycyclization.

    M. Paz Munoz;Javier Adrio;Juan Carlos Carretero;Antonio M. Echavarren

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramón Gómez Arrayás
Ramón Gómez Arrayás Autonomous University of Madrid
Nuria Rodríguez
Nuria Rodríguez Autonomous University of Madrid
Léon Ghosez
Léon Ghosez Université Catholique de Louvain
Belén Martín-Matute
Belén Martín-Matute Stockholm University
Artur M. S. Silva
Artur M. S. Silva University of Aveiro
Fernando P. Cossío
Fernando P. Cossío University of the Basque Country
Nazario Martín
Nazario Martín Complutense University of Madrid
Jacqueline Marchand-Brynaert
Jacqueline Marchand-Brynaert Université Catholique de Louvain
Carlos Cativiela
Carlos Cativiela University of Zaragoza
Angel Nuñez
Angel Nuñez Autonomous University of Madrid

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