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Sergio Castillón is affiliated with Rovira i Virgili University in Spain. Their research spans across the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a particular emphasis on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Science, and Inorganic Chemistry. The main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sergio Castillón include:

  • Omar Boutureira (13 joint publications)
  • Carmen Claver (12 joint publications)
  • Jordi Mestre (12 joint publications)
  • Miguel Bernús (10 joint publications)
  • Cyril Godard (8 joint publications)

The researcher has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (13 publications)
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis (3 publications)
  • ACS Catalysis (1 publication)
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry (1 publication)
  • Inorganica Chimica Acta (1 publication)

Recent papers authored by Sergio Castillón include:

  • Regioselectivity Control in Pd-Catalyzed Telomerization of Isoprene Enabled by Solvent and Ligand Selection, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Electrophilic Reagents for the Direct Incorporation of Uncommon SCF2CF2H and SCF2CF3 Motifs, 2022, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Metal Complexes Bearing ONO Ligands as Highly Active Catalysts in Carbon Dioxide and Epoxide Coupling Reactions, 2020, Inorganica Chimica Acta
  • Bringing Selectivity in H/D Exchange Reactions Catalyzed by Metal Nanoparticles through Modulation of the Metal and the Ligand Shell, 2023, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Bench-Stable Electrophilic Reagents for the Direct Di- and Trifluoroethylthiolation of Indoles, 2023, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Highlights of Transition Metal‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Imines

    Nicolas Fleury-Brégeot;Verónica de la Fuente;Sergio Castillón;Carmen Claver

  • A case for enantioselective allylic alkylation catalyzed by palladium nanoparticles.

    Susanna Jansat;Montserrat Gómez;Karine Philippot;Guillermo Muller

  • Carbohydrate derivative ligands in asymmetric catalysis

    Montserrat Diéguez;Oscar Pàmies;Aurora Ruiz;Yolanda Dı́az

  • Synthesis of 2-substituted-benzothiazoles by palladium-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization of o-bromophenylthioureas and o-bromophenylthioamides

    Carolina Benedı́;Fernando Bravo;Pedro Uriz;Elena Fernández

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

    Montserrat Diéguez;Oscar Pàmies;Aurora Ruiz;Sergio Castillón

  • C1 and C2-symmetric carbohydrate phosphorus ligands in asymmetric catalysis.

    Sergio Castillón;Carmen Claver;Yolanda Díaz

  • Soluble transition-metal nanoparticles-catalysed hydrogenation of arenes

    Aitor Gual;Cyril Godard;Sergio Castillón;Carmen Claver

  • Regioselective hydroformylation of cyclic vinyl and allyl ethers with rhodium catalysts. Crucial influence of the size of the phosphorus cocatalyst

    Alfonso Polo;Carmen Claver;Sergio Castillon;Aurora Ruiz

  • Colloidal Ru, Co and Fe-nanoparticles. Synthesis and application as nanocatalysts in the Fischer–Tropsch process

    Aitor Gual;Cyril Godard;Sergio Castillón;Daniel Curulla-Ferré

  • DIPHOSPHINE AND DITHIOLATE RHODIUM COMPLEXES : CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SPECIES UNDER HYDROFORMYLATION CONDITIONS

    † Aida Castellanos-Páez;and Sergio Castillón;Carmen Claver;Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen and

  • Advances in the enantioselective synthesis of carbocyclic nucleosides

    Omar Boutureira;M. Isabel Matheu;Yolanda Díaz;Sergio Castillón

  • Insights into CO/Styrene Copolymerization by Using PdII Catalysts Containing Modular Pyridine–Imidazoline Ligands

    Amaia Bastero;Carmen Claver;Aurora Ruiz;Sergio Castillón

  • Efficient Silver-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereospecific Aziridination of Dienes

    Josep Llaveria;Álvaro Beltrán;M. Mar Díaz-Requejo;M. Isabel Matheu

  • Phosphine Ligands in the Palladium-Catalysed Methoxycarbonylation of Ethene: Insights into the Catalytic Cycle through an HP NMR Spectroscopic Study

    Verónica de la Fuente;Mark Waugh;Graham R. Eastham;Jonathan A. Iggo

  • Chemo-, regio-, and stereoselective silver-catalyzed aziridination of dienes: scope, mechanistic studies, and ring-opening reactions.

    Josep Llaveria;Álvaro Beltrán;W. M. C. Sameera;Abel Locati

  • Highlights of the Rh-catalysed asymmetric hydroformylation of alkenes using phosphorus donor ligands

    Aitor Gual;Cyril Godard;Sergio Castillón;Carmen Claver

  • An efficient method for the synthesis of enantiopure phosphine–imidazoline ligands: application to the Ir-catalyzed hydrogenation of imines

    Ester Guiu;Carmen Claver;Jordi Benet-Buchholz;Sergio Castillón

  • Iridium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Imines with Xylose Diphosphite and Diphosphinite Ligands

    Ester Guiu;Bianca Muñoz;Sergio Castillón;Carmen Claver

  • An efficient and general enantioselective synthesis of sphingosine, phythosphingosine, and 4-substituted derivatives.

    Josep Llaveria;Yolanda Díaz;M. Isabel Matheu;Sergio Castillón

  • Phosphine-free Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling in aqueous media enables access to 2-C-aryl-glycosides.

    Isidro Cobo;M. Isabel Matheu;Sergio Castillón;Omar Boutureira

  • Recent advances in the glycosylation of sphingosines and ceramides

    José Antonio Morales-Serna;Omar Boutureira;Yolanda Díaz;M. Isabel Matheu

  • Palladium Catalytic Species Containing Chiral Phosphites: Towards a Discrimination between Molecular and Colloidal Catalysts

    Isabelle Favier;Montserrat Gómez;Montserrat Gómez;Guillermo Muller;M. Rosa Axet

Frequent Co-Authors

Carmen Claver
Carmen Claver Rovira i Virgili University
Elena Fernández
Elena Fernández Rovira i Virgili University
Bruno Chaudret
Bruno Chaudret Paul Sabatier University
Montserrat Gómez
Montserrat Gómez Paul Sabatier University
Montserrat Diéguez
Montserrat Diéguez Rovira i Virgili University
Oscar Pàmies
Oscar Pàmies Rovira i Virgili University
Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes
Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes University of Cambridge
Ennio Zangrando
Ennio Zangrando University of Trieste
Feliu Maseras
Feliu Maseras Institut Català d'Investigació Química
Pedro J. Pérez
Pedro J. Pérez University of Huelva

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