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Pedro Merino is affiliated with the University of Zaragoza in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of chemistry and materials science. Their research primarily focuses on organic chemistry, materials chemistry, molecular biology, physical and theoretical chemistry, and physiology.

The main topics explored in Merino's work include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, chemical synthesis and analysis, and synthesis and catalytic reactions.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Merino include Tomás Tejero, José L. Vicário, Manuel Pedrón, José M. Lassaletta, and Rosario Fernández.

Merino's research has been published in several prominent venues, among them:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Merino include:

  • Dissecting the Essential Role of Anomeric β-Triflates in Glycosylation Reactions, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Enantio- and Diastereoselective Nucleophilic Addition of N-tert-Butylhydrazones to Isoquinolinium Ions through Anion-Binding Catalysis, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Molecular Recognition of GalNAc in Mucin-Type O-Glycosylation, 2023, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • A Photochemical Strategy for the Conversion of Nitroarenes into Rigidified Pyrrolidine Analogues, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Indole-Based Sulfenylated Heterobiaryls by Rhodium-Catalyzed Atroposelective Reductive Aldol Reaction, 2023, ACS Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Catalytic enantioselective hydrophosphonylation of aldehydes and imines

    Pedro Merino;Eugenia Marqués-López;Raquel P. Herrera

  • Chemical Synthesis of Heterocyclic−Sugar Nucleoside Analogues

    Giovanni Romeo;Ugo Chiacchio;Antonino Corsaro;Pedro Merino

  • Organocatalyzed Asymmetric α-Aminoxylation of Aldehydes and Ketones—An Efficient Access to Enantiomerically Pure α-Hydroxycarbonyl Compounds, Diols, and Even Amino Alcohols

    Pedro Merino;Tomas Tejero

  • Synthesis of N-Benzyl Nitrones

    A. Dondoni;S. Franco;F. Junquera;F. L. Merchán

  • Organocatalyzed Strecker reactions

    Pedro Merino;Eugenia Marqués-López;Tomás Tejero;Raquel P. Herrera

  • Enantioselective OrganocatalyticDiels-Alder Reactions

    Pedro Merino;Eugenia Marqués-López;Tomás Tejero;Raquel P. Herrera

  • Asymmetric organocatalytic synthesis of γ-nitrocarbonyl compounds through Michael and Domino reactions

    David Roca-López;David Sádaba;J. Ignacio Delso;J. Ignacio Delso;Raquel P. Herrera;Raquel P. Herrera

  • Catalytic Enantioselective Aza-Henry Reactions

    Eugenia Marqués-López;Pedro Merino;Tomás Tejero;Raquel P. Herrera

  • Enantioselective 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Nitrones to Methacrolein Catalyzed by (η5-C5Me5)M{(R)-Prophos} Containing Complexes (M = Rh, Ir; (R)-Prophos = 1,2-bis(Diphenylphosphino)propane): On the Origin of the Enantioselectivity

    Daniel Carmona;M. Pilar Lamata;Fernando Viguri;Ricardo Rodriguez

  • Stereoselective Homologation–Amination of Aldehydes by Addition of Their Nitrones to C‐2 Metalated Thiazoles—A General Entry to α‐Amino Aldehydes and Amino Sugars

    Alessandro Dondoni;Santiago Franco;Federico Junquera;Francisco L. Merchán

  • Catalytic Enantioselective Cloke-Wilson Rearrangement.

    Alesandere Ortega;Rubén Manzano;Uxue Uria;Luisa Carrillo

  • Nucleophilic Additions to Cyclic Nitrones en Route to Iminocyclitols – Total Syntheses of DMDP, 6-deoxy-DMDP, DAB-1, CYB-3, Nectrisine, and Radicamine B

    Pedro Merino;Ignacio Delso;Ignacio Delso;Tomás Tejero;Francesca Cardona

  • Structural Insights into the Mechanism of Protein O-Fucosylation

    Erandi Lira-Navarrete;Jessika Valero-González;Raquel Villanueva;Marta Martínez-Júlvez

  • The complete characterization of a rhodium Lewis acid-dipolarophile complex as an intermediate for the enantioselective catalytic 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of C,N-diphenylnitrone to methacrolein.

    Daniel Carmona;M. Pilar Lamata;Fernando Viguri;Ricardo Rodriguez

  • Iterative Organometallic Addition to Chiral Hydroxylated Cyclic Nitrones: Highly Stereoselective Syntheses of α,α‘- and α,α-Substituted Hydroxypyrrolidines

    Andrea Goti;Stefano Cicchi;Vanni Mannucci;Francesca Cardona

  • Stereodivergent Approaches to the Synthesis of Isoxazolidine Analogues of α-Amino Acid Nucleosides. Total Synthesis of Isoxazolidinyl Deoxypolyoxin C and Uracil Polyoxin C†

    Pedro Merino;Santiago Franco;Francisco L. Merchan;Tomas Tejero

  • Applications of Sugar Nitrones in Synthesis: The Total Synthesis of (+)-Polyoxin J1

    Alessandro Dondoni;Santiago Franco;Federico Junquera;Francisco L. Merchán

  • 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions

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  • A DFT study on the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of C-(methoxycarbonyl)-N-methyl nitrone with methyl acrylate and vinyl acetate

    Pedro Merino;Julia Revuelta;Tomas Tejero;Ugo Chiacchio

  • Installation of the Pyruvate Unit in Glycidic Aldehydes via a Wittig Olefination-Michael Addition Sequence Utilizing a Thiazole-Armed Carbonyl Ylide. A New Stereoselective Route to 3-Deoxy-2-Ulosonic Acids and the Total Synthesis of DAH, KDN, and 4-epi-KDN

    Alessandro Dondoni;Alberto Marra;Pedro Merino

  • Enantioselective Organocatalytic Diels-Alder Reactions

    Pedro Merino;Eugenia Marqués-López;Tomás Tejero;Raquel P. Herrera

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomas Tejero
Tomas Tejero University of Zaragoza
Alessandro Dondoni
Alessandro Dondoni University of Ferrara
Andrea Goti
Andrea Goti University of Florence
Carlos Cativiela
Carlos Cativiela University of Zaragoza
Valerio Bertolasi
Valerio Bertolasi University of Ferrara
Mariano Laguna
Mariano Laguna University of Zaragoza
J. Carlos Menéndez
J. Carlos Menéndez Complutense University of Madrid
Daan M. F. van Aalten
Daan M. F. van Aalten University of Dundee
José M. Lassaletta
José M. Lassaletta Spanish National Research Council
Ana Moreno
Ana Moreno Spanish National Research Council

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