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Overview

Oscar Pàmies is affiliated with Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, focusing primarily on research in chemistry. Their work spans several subfields, including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, process chemistry and technology, molecular biology, and biomedical engineering.

Their research concentrates on various topics related to catalysis and synthesis, with significant attention to asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, as well as catalytic C-H functionalization methods. Additional key research areas include carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, chemical synthesis and analysis, surface chemistry and catalysis, and catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies.

Among Oscar Pàmies's recent published papers are the following:

  • Recent Advances in Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution: From Design to Applications, 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • Evolution in heterodonor P-N, P-S and P-O chiral ligands for preparing efficient catalysts for asymmetric catalysis. From design to applications, 2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Evolution of phosphorus-thioether ligands for asymmetric catalysis, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • P-Stereogenic Ir-MaxPHOX: A Step toward Privileged Catalysts for Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Nonchelating Olefins, 2023, ACS Catalysis
  • Self-Adaptable Tropos Catalysts, 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research

Frequent collaborators include Montserrat Diéguez, Maria Biosca, Jèssica Margalef, Miquel À. Pericàs, and Pol de la Cruz-Sánchez.

Oscar Pàmies has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemical Reviews

Best Publications

  • Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition and Allylic Substitution Reactions

    Alexandre Alexakis;Jan E. Bäckvall;Norbert Krause;Oscar Pàmies

  • Combination of enzymes and metal catalysts. A powerful approach in asymmetric catalysis.

    Oscar Pamies;Jan-E. Bäckvall

  • Recent Advances in Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution: From Design to Applications.

    Oscar Pàmies;Jèssica Margalef;Santiago Cañellas;Jinju James

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Olefins Using Chiral Crabtree-type Catalysts: Scope and Limitations

    J. Johan Verendel;Oscar Pàmies;Montserrat Diéguez;Pher G. Andersson;Pher G. Andersson;Pher G. Andersson

  • Phosphite-containing ligands for asymmetric catalysis.

    Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen;Paul C. J. Kamer;Carmen Claver;Oscar Pàmies

  • Studies on the mechanism of metal-catalyzed hydrogen transfer from alcohols to ketones.

    Oscar Pàmies;Jan-E. Bäckvall

  • Ligands derived from carbohydrates for asymmetric catalysis

    Montserrat Diéguez;Oscar Pàmies;Carmen Claver

  • Biaryl phosphites: new efficient adaptative ligands for Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution reactions.

    Montserrat Diéguez;Oscar Pàmies

  • Carbohydrate derivative ligands in asymmetric catalysis

    Montserrat Diéguez;Oscar Pàmies;Aurora Ruiz;Yolanda Dı́az

  • Pyranoside phosphite-oxazoline ligands for the highly versatile and enantioselective ir-catalyzed hydrogenation of minimally functionalized olefins. A combined theoretical and experimental study.

    Javier Mazuela;Per-Ola Norrby;Pher G. Andersson;Pher G. Andersson;Oscar Pàmies

  • Chemoenzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution.

    Oscar Pàmies;Jan-E Bäckvall

  • Recent advances in Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydroformylation using phosphite ligands

    Montserrat Diéguez;Oscar Pàmies;Carmen Claver

  • New phosphite-oxazoline ligands for efficient Pd-catalyzed substitution reactions.

    Oscar Pàmies;and Montserrat Diéguez;Carmen Claver

  • An efficient and mild ruthenium-catalyzed racemization of amines: application to the synthesis of enantiomerically pure amines

    Oscar Pàmies;Alida H. Éll;Joseph S.M. Samec;Nina Hermanns

  • Chiral diphosphites derived from D-glucose: new ligands for the asymmetric catalytic hydroformylation of vinyl arenes.

    Montserrat Diéguez;Oscar Pàmies;Aurora Ruiz;Sergio Castillón

  • Iridium phosphite-oxazoline catalysts for the highly enantioselective hydrogenation of terminal alkenes.

    Javier Mazuela;J. Johan Verendel;Mercedes Coll;Benjamín Schäffner

  • Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of β-Azido Alcohols. An Efficient Route to Chiral Aziridines and β-Amino Alcohols

    Oscar Pàmies;Jan-E. Bäckvall

  • An efficient route to chiral alpha- and beta-hydroxyalkanephosphonates.

    Oscar Pàmies;Jan-E Bäckvall

  • Recent Progress in Asymmetric Catalysis Using Chiral Carbohydrate-Based Ligands

    Montserrat Diéguez;Carmen Claver;Oscar Pàmies

  • Use of sugar-based ligands in selective catalysis: Recent developments

    Simon Woodward;Montserrat Diéguez;Oscar Pàmies

  • Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry of Novel Chiral P,S-Ligands with a Xylofuranose Backbone: Use in Asymmetric Hydroformylation and Hydrogenation

    Oscar Pàmies;Montserrat Diéguez;Gemma Net;Aurora Ruiz, ,† and

Frequent Co-Authors

Montserrat Diéguez
Montserrat Diéguez Rovira i Virgili University
Carmen Claver
Carmen Claver Rovira i Virgili University
Pher G. Andersson
Pher G. Andersson Stockholm University
Jan-E. Bäckvall
Jan-E. Bäckvall Stockholm University
Per-Ola Norrby
Per-Ola Norrby AstraZeneca (Sweden)
Sergio Castillón
Sergio Castillón Rovira i Virgili University
Hans Adolfsson
Hans Adolfsson Umeå University
Miquel A. Pericàs
Miquel A. Pericàs University of Barcelona
Rinaldo Poli
Rinaldo Poli Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination
Alexandre Alexakis
Alexandre Alexakis University of Geneva

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