Stereoselective Synthesis of Natural Products

Hugo's time in Barcelona is up… 🇩🇪 To celebrate his semester here, we said goodbye the best way we could imagine: with a classic Group Bowling Event 🎳✨ Thanks for all the great moments. We are sure you have a very bright future ahead! 👋💛 #Erasmus #OrgChem #Enolate

Great to see Xavi (@Xavi_275) take part in the VIII Tesimarató de Química! 🔬✨ Science communication is just as essential as scientific discovery — sharing knowledge is how we inspire, connect, and move forward. Proud of this contribution to the community! #SciComm #Químicacat

We're also happy to welcome Marc (left) from Hannover and Hugo (right) from Köln as our Erasmus students for the Fall semester🍂🍂. Auf geht's, Jungs! 🇩🇪🎓

We’re excited to welcome Xavi (@Xavi_275) as our new PhD student! Best of luck on this incredible journey you're beginning — we're thrilled to have you on board!

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Congratulations! 🎉 Joan Conejos-Jalencas (@Cat4SS) was awarded the Synthesis Poster Prize at the 1RQO-SQC and receives a 1-year subscription to our Thieme journal, SYNFACTS. Well done! 🙌 👉 brnw.ch/21wR7yd #synfacts #synthesis #organicchemistry

We are excited to also spotlight @ebalaguer10 and @Marina_PrezPlau's Search on Radical Transformations from Metal Enolates!🧑‍🔬 Herein, they demonstrate direct reactions of 𝑁-Acyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-ones with TEMPO, catalyzed by Cu(II). Check their work: doi.org/10.1021/acs.jo…

As the new academic year kicks off, we’re celebrating last semester’s research highlights. Huge kudos to Miguel and Joan for their work on Ni(II)-Catalyzed Reactions of 𝑁-Azidoacetyl Thioimides! 🧪📷 ✨Check out their open-access publication here: doi.org/10.1021/acs.jo…

Congratulations to our PhD student, @xeniatarrach, on being awarded a prestigious @FulbrightPrgrm Fellowship! 👩‍🎓🎉 She will be spending six months in the United States 🇺🇸 as part of this incredible opportunity, and we couldn't be prouder. Well done, Xenia! 👏🌟

Making the most of the Calçot season with a group lunch 😋!

Last February we welcomed our 3 new Master students, @Xavi_275, @AnnaDomingo08 & @husang7 ! We wish you a very enjoyable stay in our lab!

Xavier Verdaguer steps aside as President of the Academic Committee of the PhD Program in Organic Chemistry and our colleague Anna Maria Costa takes the position from today. We thank Xavier for his commitment and hard work and we wish Anna Maria all the best with all our support.

A PhD student of our Section, Miguel Mellado, was awarded the second Prize of Posters in the XXIX Biennial Meeting of Organic Chemistry that took place in Santa Cruz de Tenerife last week. Congratulations, Miguel!

Y para acabar la sesión de la mañana del tercer día, la charla invitada de Pedro Romea

Extremely pleased to announce that our PhD student Miguel Mellado-Hidalgo has earned the 2nd prize for best poster on the Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Eliglustat and its C2 Epimer at @biqote24

Great and inspiring talk today by @PedroRomea on Chiral Nickel(II) Enolates from Thioimides as Useful Platforms for Asymmetric C–C bond forming reactions at @biqote24.

Today our PhD Students 🧪 had the pleasure of presenting their work at @biqote24 🌋. Kudos to Xènia, Miguel and Joan! #catalysis #asymmetric @RSEQUIMICA

Glad to share our latest work just published in @angew_chem : Direct, Stereodivergent, and Catalytic Michael Additions of Thioimides to α,β‐Unsaturated Aldehydes – Total Synthesis of Tapentadol - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… Congratulations to all the authors!

This week we have welcomed three new Master students and an Erasmus student to the @Cat4SS group. We hope you enjoy your stay! 🧪🧪

The group went bowling to prepare for the Easter recess. Happy Easter everyone!