Publications

Visible light harvesting alkyne hydrosilylation mediated by pincer platinum complexes. Laura Ibáñez-Ibáñez, Ariadna Lázaro, Carmen Mejuto, Margarita Crespo, Cristian Vicent, Laura Rodríguez, Jose A. Mata. Journal of Catalysis 428 (2023) 115155. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2023.115155.
Regioselective cycloruthenation of N-(benzylidene)benzylamines: Enantiopure catalysts for transfer hydrogenation. Albert Martinez-Segura, Javier Eusamio, Yaiza M. Medina, Katherine Ariz, Albert Gutiérrez, Joan Albert, Jaume Granell, Mercè Font-Bardia, Arnald Grabulosa. Appl Organomet Chem. 2023;e7115. DOI: 10.1002/aoc.7115.
Toward Near-Infrared Emission in Pt(II)-Cyclometallated Compounds: From Excimers’ Formation to Aggregation-Induced Emission. Ariadna Lázaro, Ramon Bosque, Jas S. Ward, Kari Rissanen, Margarita Crespo, and Laura Rodríguez. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 2000−2012. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03490.
Synthesis and biological properties of palladium(II) cyclometallated compounds derived from (E)-2-((4-hydroxybenzylidene)amino)phenol. Joan Albert, Basma Al Janabi, Jaume Granell, Mojdeh Sadat Hashemi, Daniel Sainz, M. Kaleem Khosa, Carme Calvis, Ramon Messeguer, Laura Baldomà, Josefa Badia, MercèFont-Bardia. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 983 (2023) 122555. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2022.122555.
Recent Advances on Phosphorescent Cycloplatinated Compounds Containing Tetradentate Nitrogen Ligands for OLED Applications. Ferran Requena and Margarita Crespo. Inorg. Chem. Res. 2022, 6, 39-47. DOI: 10.22036/icr.2022.325512.1123.
Pyridine- and Quinoline-Derived Imines as N,N‑Bidentate Directing Groups in Palladium versus Platinum C−H Bond Activation Reactions. Héctor Torralvo, Joan Albert, Xavier Ariza, Mercè Font-Bardia, Jordi Garcia, Jaume Granell, and Manuel Martinez. Organometallics 2021, 40, 203−217. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00703.
Room-Temperature Phosphorescence and Efficient Singlet Oxygen Production by Cyclometalated Pt(II) Complexes with Aromatic Alkynyl Ligands. Ariadna Lázaro, Carla Cunha, Ramon Bosque, João Pina, Jas S. Ward, Khai-Nghi Truong, Kari Rissanen, João Carlos Lima, Margarita Crespo, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, and Laura Rodríguez. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 8220−8230. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00577.
Luminescent PtII and PtIV Platinacycles with Anticancer Activity Against Multiplatinum-Resistant Metastatic CRC and CRPC Cell Models. Ariadna Lázaro, Cristina Balcells, Josefina Quirante, Josefa Badia, Laura Baldomà, Jas S. Ward, Kari Rissanen, Mercè Font-Bardia, Laura Rodríguez, Margarita Crespo and Marta Cascante. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 1947 – 1952. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905325.
Access to indolines from primary phenylethylamines by an unexpected palladium catalyzed C–H functionalization process. Andrea Mancinelli, Joan Albert, Xavier Ariza, Leoní A. Barrios, Jordi Garcia, Roberto Gómez and Jaume Granell. RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 27176. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05670j.
Cyclometallated ruthenium complexes with P-stereogenic monophosphines containing a polycyclic aromatic substituent. Arnald Grabulosa, Jaume Granell, Mercè Font-Bardia. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 896 (2019) 51-58. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2019.05.015.
Luminescence studies of new [C,N,N’] cyclometallated platinum(II) and platinum(IV) compounds. Ariadna Lázaro, Oriol Serra, Laura Rodríguez, Margarita Crespo and Mercè Font-Bardia. New J. Chem., 2019, 43, 1247. DOI: 10.1039/c8nj05492d.
Kinetico-mechanistic study on the reduction/complexation sequence of PtIV/PtII organometallic complexes by thiol-containing biological molecules. Margarita Crespo, Mercè Font-Bardia, Peyman Hamidizadeh, Manuel Martínez, S. Masoud Nabavizadeh. Inorganica Chimica Acta 486 (2019) 8–16. DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2018.10.021.
Cyclometallated platinum(IV) compounds as promising antitumour agents. Margarita Crespo. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 879 (2019) 15-26. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2018.10.008.
Platinacycles Containing a Primary Amine Platinum(II) Compounds for Treating Cisplatin-Resistant Cancers by Oxidant Therapy. Miguel Clemente, Ibrahim Halil Polat, Joan Albert, Ramon Bosque, Margarita Crespo, Jaume Granell, Concepción López, Manuel Martínez, Josefina Quirante, Ramon Messeguer, Carme Calvis, Josefa Badia, Laura Baldomà, Mercè Font-Bardia, and Marta Cascante. Organometallics 2018, 37, 3502−3514. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00206.
Synthesis, characterization and biological activity of new cyclometallated platinum(IV) complexes containing a para-tolyl ligand. Mònica Solé, Cristina Balcells, Margarita Crespo, Josefina Quirante, Josefa Badia, Laura Baldomà, Mercè Font-Bardia and Marta Cascante. Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 8956. DOI: 10.1039/C8DT01124A.
Mono and dinuclear bis(ortho-tolyl)platinum(II) compounds containing diethyl sulfide ligands: Synthesis, DFT studies and use as precursors in cycloplatination reactions. Ramon Bosque, Margarita Crespo, Anna Escola, Mercè Font-Bardia. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 854 (2018) 122-130. DOI: /10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.11.020.
Synthesis, characterization and biological activity of new cyclometallated platinum(IV) iodido complexes. Emma Bauer, Xavier Domingo, Cristina Balcells, Ibrahim H. Polat, Margarita Crespo, Josefina Quirante, Josefa Badia, Laura Baldomà, Mercè Font-Bardia and Marta Cascante. Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 14973. DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03448b.
Diarylplatinum(II) Scaffolds for Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies on the Formation of Platinacycles via an Oxidative Addition/Reductive Elimination/Oxidative Addition Sequence. Gabriel Aullón, Margarita Crespo, Jesús Jover, Manuel Martínez. Advances in Inorganic Chemistry. DOI: 10.1016/bs.adioch.2017.01.001.
Endo and exo cyclopalladated (E)-N-([1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)-1-mesitylmethanimines: Anticancer, antibacterial and antioxidant activities. Joan Albert, Jaume Granell, Jose Antonio Duran, Adria Lozano, Anna Luque, Alicia Mate, Josefina Quirante, M. Kaleem Khosa, Carme Calvis, Ramon Messeguer, Laura Baldomà, Josefa Badia. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 839 (2017) 116-125. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.04.002.
Preparation of Substituted Tetrahydroisoquinolines by Pd(II)-Catalyzed NH2‑Directed Insertion of Michael Acceptors into C−H Bonds Followed by NH2‑Conjugated Addition. Andrea Mancinelli, Carla Alamillo, Joan Albert, Xavier Ariza, Haizea Etxabe, Jaume Farràs, Jordi Garcia, Jaume Granell, and F. Javier Quijada. Organometallics 2017, 36, 911−919. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00944.
On the stability and biological behavior of cyclometallated Pt(IV) complexes with halido and aryl ligands in the axial positions. Anna Escolà, Margarita Crespo, Concepción López, Josefina Quirante, Anusha Jayaraman, Ibrahim H. Polat, Josefa Badia, Laura Baldomà, Marta Cascante. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 24 (2016) 5804 - 5815. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.09.037.
Synthesis and crystal structure of the dinuclear cyclopalladated compounds of methyl (E)-4-(benzylideneamino)benzoate with acetato and chlorido bridge ligands: Study of their splitting reactions with pyridine. Joan Albert, Ramon Bosque, Lucía D’Andrea, José Antonio Duran, Jaume Granell, Mercè Font-Bardia, Teresa Calvet. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 815-816 (2016) 44-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2016.05.003.
A combined kinetico-mechanistic and computational study on the competitive formation of seven- versus five-membered platinacycles; the relevance of spectator halide ligands. Gabriel Aullón, Margarita Crespo, Mercè Font-Bardia, Jesús Jover, Manuel Martínez and Jack Pike. Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 17968. DOI: 10.1039/c5dt02657a.
Cyclopalladated Benzophenone Imines: Synthesis, Antitumor Activity, Cell Accumulation, DNA Interaction, and Cathepsin B Inhibition. Joan Albert, Jaume Granell, Romana Qadir, Josefina Quirante, Carme Calvis, Ramon Messeguer, Josefa Badia, Laura Baldomà, Mercè Font-Bardia, and Teresa Calvet. Organometallics 2014, 33, 7284-7292. DOI: 10.1021/om501060f.
Kinetico-mechanistic studies on C-X (X = H, F, Cl, Br, I) bond activation reactions on organoplatinum(II) complexes. Margarita Crespo, Manuel Martínez, S. Masoud Nabavizadeh, Mehdi Rashidi. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 279 (2014) 115-140. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.06.010.
Catalytic C−H Activation of Phenylethylamines or Benzylamines and Their Annulation with Allenes. Aleix Rodríguez, Joan Albert, Xavier Ariza, Jordi Garcia, Jaume Granell, Jaume Farràs, Andrea La Mela, and Ernesto Nicolás. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 9578-9585. DOI: 10.1021/jo501658s.
Cyclopalladated primary amines: A preliminary study of antiproliferative activity through apoptosis induction. Joan Albert, Ramon Bosque, Margarita Crespo, Graciela García, Jaume Granell, Concepción López, María Victoria Lovelle, Romana Qadir, Asensio González, Anusha Jayaraman, Enric Mila, Roldán Cortés, Josefina Quirante, Carme Calvis, Ramon Messeguer, Josefa Badia, Laura Baldomà, Marta Cascante. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 84 (2014) 530-536. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.07.046.
Cyclopalladated and cycloplatinated benzophenone imines: Antitumor, antibacterial and antioxidant activities, DNA interaction and cathepsin B inhibition. Joan Albert, Lucía D'Andrea, Jaume Granell, Pepita Pla-Vilanova, Josefina Quirante, Muhammad Kaleem Khosa, Carme Calvis, Ramon Messeguer, Josefa Badia, Laura Baldomà, Mercè Font-Bardia, Teresa Calvet. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 140 (2014) 80-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2014.07.001.
Diarylplatinum(II) Compounds as Versatile Metallating Agents in the Synthesis of Cyclometallated Platinum Compounds with N-Donor Ligands. Margarita Crespo. Inorganics 2014, 2, 115-131. DOI: 10.3390/inorganics2010115.
Exploring the Scope of [Pt2(4-FC6H4)4(μ-SEt2)2] as a Precursor for New Organometallic Platinum(II) and Platinum(IV) Antitumor Agents. Anna Escola, Margarita Crespo, Josefina Quirante, Roldán Cortés, Anusha Jayaraman, Josefa Badia, Laura Baldomà, Teresa Calvet, Mercè Font-Bardía, and Marta Cascante. Organometallics 2014, 33, 1740-1750. DOI: 10.1021/om5000908.
New Family of Doubly Cyclopalladated Diimines. A Remarkable Effect of the Linker between the Metalated Units on Their Cytotoxicity. Joan Albert, Ramon Bosque, Magali Cadena, Lucía D’Andrea, Jaume Granell, Asensio González, Josefina Quirante, Carmen Calvis, Ramon Messeguer, Josefa Badia, Laura Baldomà, Teresa Calvet, and Mercè Font-Bardia. Organometallics 2014, 33, 2862-2873. DOI: 10.1021/om500382f.
Platinum(II) Compounds Containing Cyclometalated Tridentate Ligands: Synthesis, Luminescence Studies, and a Selective Fluoro for Methoxy Substitution. Albert Gandioso, Jennifer Valle-Sistac, Laura Rodríguez, Margarita Crespo, and Mercè Font-Bardia. Organometallics 2014, 33, 561-570. DOI: 10.1021/om401111t.
Regioselective C−H Activation Preceded by Csp2−Csp3 Reductive Elimination from Cyclometalated Platinum(IV) Complexes. Craig M. Anderson, Margarita Crespo, Nicole Kfoury, Michael A. Weinstein, and Joseph M. Tanski. Organometallics 2013, 32, 4199-4207. DOI: 10.1021/om400398g.
Pt(II) complexes with (N,N’) or (C,N,E) (E = N,S) ligands: Cytotoxic studies, effect on DNA tertiary structure and structure-activity relationships. Joan Albert, Ramon Bosque, Margarita Crespo, Jaume Granell, Concepción López, Roldán Cortés, Asensio Gonzalez, Josefina Quirante, Carme Calvis, Ramon Messeguer, Laura Baldomà, Josefa Badia, Marta Cascante. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 21 (2013) 4210-4217. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.05.005.
Hemilabile and luminescent palladium(II) azo-2-phenylindole complexes. Asensio González, Jaume Granell, Concepción López, Ramon Bosque, Laura Rodríguez, Mercè Font-Bardia, Teresa Calvet, Xavier Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 726 (2013) 21-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.11.036.
NH2 As a Directing Group: From the Cyclopalladation of Amino Esters to the Preparation of Benzolactams by Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Carbonylation of N-Unprotected Arylethylamines. Joan Albert, Xavier Ariza, Teresa Calvet, Mercé Font-Bardia, Jordi Garcia, Jaume Granell, Andrea Lamela, Blanca López, Manuel Martinez, Laura Ortega, Aleix Rodriguez, and David Santos. Organometallics 2013, 32, 649-659. DOI: 10.1021/om301140t.
Cyclopalladated benzophenone imines: synthesis, cytotoxicity against human breast adenocarcinoma cell lines and DNA interaction. Joan Albert, Silvia García, Jaume Granell, Albert Llorca, María Victoria Lovelle, Virtudes Moreno, Andreu Presa, Laura Rodríguez, Josefina Quirante, Carme Calvis, Ramon Messeguer, Josefa Badia, Laura Baldomà. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 724 (2013) 289-296. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.11.034.
New Insights in the Formation of Five- Versus Seven-Membered Platinacycles: A Kinetico-Mechanistic Study. Paul V. Bernhardt, Teresa Calvet, Margarita Crespo, Mercè Font-Bardía, Susanna Jansat, and Manuel Martínez. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 474-84. DOI: 10.1021/ic3023584.
Reductive Elimination from Cyclometalated Platinum(IV) Complexes To Form Csp2−Csp3 Bonds and Subsequent Competition between Csp2−H and Csp3−H Bond Activation. Margarita Crespo, Craig M. Anderson, Nicole Kfoury, Mercè Font-Bardia, and Teresa Calvet. Organometallics 2012, 31, 4401-4404. DOI: 10.1021/om300303a.
Kinetico-Mechanistic Studies on Intramolecular C−X Bond Activation (X = Br, Cl) of Amino-Imino Ligands on Pt(II) Compounds. Prevalence of a Concerted Mechanism in Nonpolar, Polar, and Ionic Liquid Media. Teresa Calvet, Margarita Crespo, Mercè Font-Bardía, Susanna Jansat, and Manuel Martínez. Organometallics 2012, 31, 4367-4373. DOI: 10.1021/om300374f.
Seven-membered cycloplatinated complexes as a new family of anticancer agents. X-ray characterization and preliminary biological studies. Roldán Cortés, Margarita Crespo, Laia Davin, Raquel Martín, Josefina Quirante, Daniel Ruiz, Ramon Messeguer, Carme Calvis, Laura Baldomà, Josefa Badia, Mercè Font-Bardía, Teresa Calvet, Marta Cascante. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 54 (2012) 557-566. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2012.06.002.
Fluorine in Cyclometalated Platinum Compounds. Margarita Crespo. Organometallics 2012, 31, 1216-1234. DOI: 10.1021/om200835g.
Biaryl formation in the synthesis of endo and exo-platinacycles. Margarita Crespo, Mercè Font-Bardia, and Teresa Calvet. Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 9431-9438. DOI: 10.1039/c1dt10664c.
Synthesis of Cyclopalladated Derivatives of (E)-N-Benzylidene-2-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)ethanamine and Their Reactivity towards Monodentate and Symmetric Bidentate Lewis Bases. Joan Albert, Ramón Bosque, Lucía D’Andrea, Jaume Granell, Mercè Font-Bardia, and Teresa Calvet. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 3617-3631. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201100293.
Preparation of benzolactams by Pd(II)-catalyzed carbonylation of N-unprotected arylethylamines. Blanca López, Aleix Rodriguez, David Santos, Joan Albert, Xavier Ariza, Jordi Garcia and Jaume Granell. Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1054-1056. DOI: 10.1039/c0cc03478a.
Platinum-Mediated C-H Bond Activation of Arene Solvents and Subsequent C-C Bond Formation. Joan Albert, Ramon Bosque, Margarita Crespo, Jaume Granell, Judit Rodríguez, and Javier Zafrilla. Organometallics 2010, 29, 4619-4627. DOI: 10.1021/om100743z.
Synthesis and Reactivity of Coordination and Six-Membered, Cyclometalated Platinum Complexes Containing a Bulky Diimine Ligand. Craig M. Anderson, Margarita Crespo, and Joseph M. Tanski. Organometallics 2010, 29, 2676-2684. DOI: 10.1021/om100068j.
Platinum-mediated aryl–aryl bond formation and sp3 C–H bond activation.Margarita Crespo, Teresa Calvet and Mercè Font-Bardia. Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 6936-6938. DOI: 10.1039/c0dt00631a.
Cyclopalladation of Schiff Bases from Methyl Esters of a-Amino Acids. Unexpected Activation of the O-Me Bond with Formation of a Bianionic Tridentate Metallacycle. Joan Albert, Margarita Crespo, Jaume Granell, Judit Rodríguez, Javier Zafrilla, Teresa Calvet, Mercè Font-Bardia, and Xavier Solans. Organometallics 2010, 29, 214-225. DOI: 10.1021/om9009153.
Cyclometallation of amino-imines on palladium complexes. The effect of the solvent on the experimental and calculated mechanism. Gabriel Aullón, Romain Chat, Isabelle Favier, Mercè Font-Bardia, Montserrat Gómez, Jaume Granell, Manuel Martínez and Xavier Solans. Dalton Trans., 2009, 8292-8300.
Kinetico-Mechanistic Insight into the Platinum-Mediated C-C Coupling of Fluorinated Arenes. Teresa Calvet, Margarita Crespo, Mercè Font-Bardia, Kerman Gómez, Gabriel González, and Manuel Martínez. Organometallics 2009, 28, 5096-5106.
Cyclopalladation of (E)-N-(2,6-dichlorobenzylidene)(naphthalen-1-yl)methanamine: Synthesis and X-ray molecular structure of [k²-N,C1-h²-C3,C4-Pd{(PhC=CPh)₂–C₁₀H₆–CH₂–N=CH–(2,6-Cl₂C₆H₃)}Cl]·CH₂Cl₂. Joan Albert, Lucía D’Andrea, Graciela García, Jaume Granell, Abdelouahab Rahmouni, Mercè Font-Bardia, Teresa Calvet. Polyhedron 28 (2009) 2559-2564.
Cyclometallated platinum(II) compounds with imine ligands derived from amino acids: Synthesis and oxidative addition reactions. Judit Rodríguez, Javier Zafrilla, Joan Albert, Margarita Crespo, Jaume Granell, Teresa Calvet, Mercè Font-Bardia. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 694 (2009) 2467-2475.
Steric promotion in the cycloplatination of primary amines. Raquel Martín, Margarita Crespo, Mercè Font-Bardia, Teresa Calvet. Polyhedron 28 (2009) 1369-1373.
Synthesis of platinum(II) cyclometallated compounds derived from imines containing pyridyl or pyrimidyl groups. Margarita Crespo, Craig M. Anderson, and Joseph M. Tanski. Can. J. Chem. 87: 80-87 (2009).
Five- and Seven-Membered Metallacycles in [C,N,N’] and [C,N] Cycloplatinated Compounds. Raquel Martín, Margarita Crespo, Mercè Font-Bardia, and Teresa Calvet. Organometallics 2009, 28 (2), 587-597.
Unexpected Structure of Palladacycles Containing Carboxylated Schiff Bases. Synthesis of Some Water-Soluble Metallacycles. Joan Albert, Lucía D’Andrea, Jesús Bautista, Asensio González, Jaume Granell, Mercè Font-Bardia and Teresa Calvet. Organometallics 2008, 27, 5108-5117.
Novel platinum(II) compounds with N-benzylidenebenzylamines: Synthesis, crystal structures and the effect of cis or trans geometry on cycloplatination. Margarita Crespo, Raquel Martín, Teresa Calvet, Mercè Font-Bardía, Xavier Solans. Polyhedron 27 (2008) 2603-2611.
Reactivity of cyclopalladated compounds derived from biphenyl-2-ylamine towards carbon monoxide, tbutyl isocyanide and alkynes. Joan Albert, Lucía D’Andrea, Jaume Granell, Javier Zafrilla, Mercè Font-Bardia, Xavier Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 692 (2007) 4895-4902.
Synthesis and reactivity towards carbon monoxide of an optically active endo five-membered ortho-cyclopalladated imine: X-ray molecular structure of trans-(m-Cl)₂[Pd(k²-C,N-(R)-C₆H₄-CH=N-CHMe-Ph)]₂. J. Albert, L. D’Andrea, J. Granell, R. Tavera, M. Font-Bardia, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 692 (2007) 3070-3080.
A comparative study of the structures and reactivity of cyclometallated platinum compounds of N-benzylidenebenzylamines and cycloplatination of a primary amine. A. Capapé, M. Crespo, J. Granell, M. Font-Bardia, X. Solans. Dalton Trans., 2007, 2030-2039.
Reactivity of cyclometallated platinum complexes with chiral ligands. C. Anderson, M. Crespo, J. Morris, J. M. Tanski. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 691 (2006) 5635-5641.
Unprecedented intermolecular C–H bond activation of a solvent toluene molecule leading to a seven-membered platinacycle. A. Capape, M. Crespo, J. Granell, A. Vizcarro, J. Zafrilla, M. Font-Bardía, X. Solans. Chem. Commun., 2006, 4128-4130.
Synthesis and applications of optically active metallacycles derived from primary amines. J. Albert, J. Granell , G. Muller. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 691 (2006) 2101-2106.
A comparative study of metallating agents in the synthesis of [C,N,N']-cycloplatinated compounds derived from biphenylimines. M. Crespo, M. Font-Bardia, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 691 (2006) 1897-1906.
Monoinsertion of but-2-ynedioic acid dimethyl ester into palladium–carbon s bonds of cyclopalladated compounds derived from biphenyl-2-ylamine: X-ray molecular structure of biphenyl-2-yl-(2,4,6-trimethoxy-benzylidene)-amine. J. Albert, J. Granell, A. Luque, M. Font-Bardia, X. Solans. Polyhedron 25 (2006) 793-800.
Deamination of the Amino Acid Fragment in Imine Metallacycles: Unexpected Synthesis of an NH-Aldimine Organometallic Compound. J. Albert, J. Magali Cadena, A. Gonzàlez, J. Granell, X. Solans, and M. Font-Bardia. Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 887-894.
Synthesis, reactivity and crystal structures of platinum (II) and platinum (IV) cyclometallated compounds derived from 2- and 4-biphenylimines. M. Crespo, M. Font-Bardia, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 691 (2006) 444-454.
Synthesis and reactivity of cyclometallated platinum (II) compounds containing [C,N,N'] terdentate ligands: Crystal structures of [PtCl{(CH₃)₂N(CH₂)₃NCH(4-ClC₆H₃)}], [PtCl{(CH₃)₂N(CH₂)₃NCH(2-ClC₆H₃)}] and [PtCl{(CH₃)₂N(CH₂)₃NCH(3-(CH₃)C₆H₃)}]. A. Capapé, M. Crespo, J. Granell, M. Font-Bardia, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 690 (2005) 4309-4318.
Oxidative addition to dimethylplatinum (II) compounds containing bulky nitrogen ligands: crystal structures of compounds [PtMe₃I{(Me₂NCH₂CH₂NCH)Ar}] (Ar = phenanthryl or anthryl). R. Bosque, M. Crespo, E. Evangelio, M. Font-Bardia, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 690 (2005) 2062-2070.
Kinetico–mechanistic studies of C–H bond activation on new Pd complexes containing N,N’-chelating ligands. I. Favier, M. Gómez, J. Granell, M. Martínez, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardia. Dalton Trans., 2005, 123-132.
The cyclopalladation reaction of 2-phenylaniline revisited. J. Albert, J. Granell, J. Zafrilla, M. Font-Bardia, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 690 (2005) 422-429.
Compound [PtPh₂(SMe₂)₂] as a Versatile Metalating Agent in the Preparation of New Types of [C,N,N'] Cyclometalated Platinum Compounds. M. Crespo, M. Font-Bardia, X. Solans. Organometallics 2004, 23, 1708-1713.
Regioselective cyclomanganation of Schiff bases. An unexpected effect of chloro substituents. J. Albert, J. Magali Cadena, J. Granell, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardia. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 689 (2004) 4889-4896.
Intramolecular oxidative addition of C–F and C–H bonds to [Pt(dba)₂]. Crystal structure of [PtCl{Me₂NCH₂CH₂NCH(2,4,5-C₆HF₃)}]. M. Crespo, J. Granell, M. Font-Bardia, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 689 (2004) 3088-3092.
Five-and six-membered platinacycles derived from phenantryl and anthracenyl imines. M. Crespo, E. Evangelio. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 689 (2004)1956-1964.
Cyclometallated platinum complexes with heterocyclic ligands. C. Anderson, M. Crespo. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 689 (2004) 1496-1502.
The first NH aldimine organometallic compound. Isolation and structure. J. Albert, J.M. Cadena, A. González, J. Granell, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardia. Chem. Commun. 2003, 528-529.
Cyclometallation on platinum(II) complexes; the role of the solvent and added base donor capability on the reaction mechanisms. M. Crespo, M. Font-Bardia, J. Granell, M. Martínez and X. Solans. Dalton Trans., 2003, 3763-3769.
Reactions of [C,N,N’]-cyclometallated platinum compounds with phosphines: transphobia and effect of the chloro substituents. Crystal structure of [PtCl(3,5-C₆H₂Cl₂CHNCH₂CH₂NMe₂)(PPh₃)₂]. M. Crespo, J. Granell, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardia. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 681 (2003) 143-149.
On the mechanism of the cyclopalladation reaction of benzyl-benzylidene-amine with palladium(II) acetate in acetic acid. J. Albert, J. Granell, R. Tavera. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 667 (2003) 192-196.
The cyclopalladation reaction of benzylamine revisited. J. Albert, J. Granell, R. Tavera. Polyhedron 22 (2003) 287-291.
Cyclopalladation of phenyl-(2,4,6-trimethylbenzylidene)-amine. An undergraduate organometallic experiment. J. Albert, M. Cadena, J. Granell. Journal of Chemical Education 80 (2003) 801-802.
Synthesis, resolution and reactivity of benzylmesitylphenylphosphine: A new P-chiral bulky ligand. J. Albert, R. Bosque, J. M. Cadena, S. Delgado, J. Granell, G. Muller, J. I. Ordinas, M. Font Bardia, X. Solans. Chemistry - A European Journal. Volume 8, Issue 10, 2002. Pages: 2279-2287.
Preparation of metallacycles with anionic terdentate [C,N,N'] ligands by intramolecular oxidative addition of C-X (X = Br, Cl) bonds to [Pt(dba)₂]. An unexpected effect of chloro substituents. M. Crespo, J. Granell, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardia. Organometallics 2002, 21, 5140-5143.
Cyclopalladation of Schiff Bases from phenylalanine and 2-phenylglicine. J. Albert, J.M. Cadena, A. González, J. Granell, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardia. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 663 (2002) 277-283.
Regioselective activation of C-H bonds of naphthyl imines at platinum(II). Crystal structures of [PtMe{1-(2'-ClC₆H₄CH₂NCH)C₁₀H₆}PPh₃] and [PtMe{2-(2'-ClC₆H₄CH₂NCH)C₁₀H₆}PPh₃]. M. Crespo, M. Font-Bardía, S. Pérez and X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 642 (2002) 171-178.
Formation and cleavage of platinacycles containing a fluorinated imine. Crystal structure of [PtMe(3,4,5-C₆HF₃CH=NCH₂C₆H₅)PPh₃]. M. Crespo, M. Font-Bardía, X. Solans. Polyhedron 21 (2002) 105-113.
Cyclopalladation of N-N' donor ligands: unusual dinuclear complexes and their behaviour in solution. M. Gómez, J. Granell, M. Martínez. Inorganic Chemistry Communications 5 (2002) 67-70.
Optically active cyclopalladated compounds containing P-chiral ligands. Restricted rotation around the Pd-P bond. J. Albert, R. Bosque, J. M. Cadena, S. Delgado, J. Granell. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 634 (2001) 83-89.
Stereoselective oxidative addition of methyl iodide to chiral cyclometallated platinum(II) compounds derived from (R)-(+)-1-(1-naphthylethylamine). Crystal structure of [PtMe{3-(R)-C₁₀H₇)CHMeNCHC₄H₂S}PPh₃]. C. Anderson, M. Crespo, F. D. Rochon. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 631 (2001) 164-174.
A high-yield method of synthesis of the acetato bridged endo-cyclopalladated dimer of benzyl-benzylidene-amine. J. Albert, R. Bosque, J. Granell, R. Tavera. Polyhedron 20 (2001) 3225-3229.
Synthesis and resolution of benzylisopropylphenylphosphine, a monodentate P-chiral ligand. J. Albert, R. Bosque, J. M. Cadena, J. R. Granell, G. Muller, J. I. Ordinas. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 11 (2000) 3335-3343.
Optically active palladacycles containing imines derived from 1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine: new resolving agents for P-chiral phosphines. J. Albert, J. M. Cadena, J. R. Granell, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardía. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 11 (2000) 1943-1955.
Resolution of secondary phosphanes chiral at phosphorous by means of palladium metallacycles. J. Albert, J. M. Cadena, J. Granell, G. Muller, D. Panyella, C. Sañudo. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2000, 1283-1286.
Mechanism of cyclopalladation reactions in acetic acid: not so simple one-pot processes. M. Gómez, J. Granell, M. Martínez. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2000, 217-224.
Oxidative addition of alkyl halides to chiral cyclometallated platinum(II) complexes with thienyl imines. X-ray crystal structure of [PtMe{((S)-PhCHMeNCH)C₆H₄S}SMe₂]. C. Anderson, M. Crespo, M. Font-Bardía, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 604 (2000) 178-185.
Synthesis and resolution of a new P-chiral hydroxy phosphine. J. Albert, J. M. Cadena, S. Delgado, J. Granell. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 603 (2000) 235-239.
Cyclometallated platinum complexes with thienyl imines. X-ray crystal structure of [PtMe{3-(PhCH₂NCH)C₄H₂S}PPh₃]. C. Anderson, M. Crespo. M. Font-Bardía, A. Klein, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 601 (2000) 22-33.
Cyclometallation of anthracen-9-ylmethylene-phenylamine by palladium(II) compounds. J. Albert, R. Bosque, J. Granell, R. Tavera. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 595 (2000) 54-58.
Resolution of benzylcyclohexylphenylphosphine by palladium(II)-amine metallacycles. A new ligand for asymmetric hydrovinylation. J. Albert, J. M. Magali, J. Granell, G. Muller, J. I. Ordinas, D. Panyella, C. Puerta, C. Sañudo, P. Valerga. Organometallics 1999, 18, 3511-3518.
Binuclear doubly cyclometallated platinum-(II) and -(IV) compounds. M. Crespo, C. Grande, A. Klein. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1999, 1629-1637.
Synthesis of five- and six-membered palladacycles with anionic C-N bidentate ligands and some applications of optically active metallacycles. J. Albert, J. Granell. Trends in Organometallic Chemistry Vol. 3 (1999) 99-112.
Hydrazo-keto and azo-enol tautomerism in organometallic palladacycles. New bidentate monoanionic and tridentate bianionic ligands. J. Albert, A. González, J. Granell, R. Moragas, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardía. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, Pages 1781-1785.
Nickel organometallic compounds containing optically active Schiff bases. A chiral carbon atom as a sensor of structural features. R. M. Ceder, J. Granell, G. Muller. J. Chem. Soc, Dalton Trans. 1998, Pages 1047-1051.
Solution behaviour, kinetics and mechanism of the acid-catalysed cyclopalladation of imine. M. Gómez, J. Granell, M. Martínez. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, Pages 37-43.
Effects of chlorine substituents upon the formation, reactivity and electrochemical properties of platinum(II) and platinum(IV) metallacycles. M. Crespo, C. Grande, A. Klein, M. Font-Bardía, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 563 (1998) 179-190.
Cyclometallated platinum compounds with chiral imines. Crystal structure of [PtMe(2-FC₆H₃CH=N-(S)-CHMePh)(PPh₃)]. M. Crespo, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardía. Polyhedron Vol. 17, No. 22, pp 3927-3934, 1998.
Cyclometallated platinum(II) compounds with N-benzylidenebenzylamines bearing trifluoromethyl groups. Crystal structure of [PtMe{3-(CF₃)C₆H₃CH=NCH₂Ph}(PPh₃)]. M. Crespo, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardía. Polyhedron Vol. 17, No. 10, pp 1651-1657, 1998.
Unexpected rearrangement of palladacycles derived from 2-oxopropionaldehyde phenylhydrazones. Synthesis of palladium complexes containing a tridentate C, N, O ligand. J. Albert, A. González, J. Granell, R. Moragas, C. Puerta, P. Valerga. Organometallics 1997, 16, 3775-3778.
An approach to the synthesis of platinum complexes containing chiral monodentate phosphines with simultaneous regeneration of the resolving agent. J. Albert, J. Granell, J. Mínguez, G. Muller, D. Sainz, P. Valerga. Organometallics 1997, 16, 3561-3564.
Variable-temperature and -pressure kinetics and mechanism of the cyclopalladation reaction of imines in aprotic solvent. M. Gómez, J. Granell, M. Martínez. Organometallics 1997, 16, 2539-2546.
Activation of C-F and C-H bonds by platinum in trifluorinated [C,N,N'] ligands. Crystal structures of [PtFMe₂{Me₂NCH₂CH₂NHCH(CH₂COMe)(2,4-C₆H₂F₂)}] and [PtMe{Me₂NCH₂CH₂N=CH(2,3,4-C₆HF₃)}]. O. López, M. Crespo, M. Font-Bardía, X. Solans. Organometallics 1997, 16, 1232-1240.
Cyclopalladation of the primary amine (R)-(+)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine: a new resolving agent for monodentate phosphines. J. Albert, J. M. Cadena, J. Granell. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry Vol. 8, No. 7, pp 991-994, 1997.
Activation volumes of intramolecular oxidative C-X (X = H, F, Cl or Br) addition to platinum(II) imine complexes as a proof of the intimate mechanism. M. Crespo, M. Martínez, E. de Pablo. J. Chem. Soc. Dalton. Trans. 1997, Pages 1231-1235.
Steric and electronic effects on E/Z composition of exocyclic cyclopalladated N-benzylideneamines. J. Albert, J. Granell, A. Luque, M. Font-Bardía, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 545-546 (1997) 131-137.
Cyclometallation of 2-phenylaniline and (R)-a-methylbenzylamine by palladium(II) acetate. X-ray molecular structure of [Pd{2-(2'-NH₂C₆H₄)C₆H₄}Br(PPh₃)]. J. Albert, J. Granell, A. Luque, J. Mínguez, R. Moragas, M. Font-Bardía, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 522 (1996) 87-95.
C- and O- metallation of N-benzylideneamines by palladium(II). Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of [Pd(2-{CH=N-(CH₂)₂-4'-(MeO)C₆H₄}-4,5-(MeO)₂C₆H₂)Br(PPh₃)]. J. Albert, J. Granell, R. Moragas, M. Font-Bardía, X. Solans. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 522 (1996) 59-67.
C-H and C-Cl bond activation in the formation of cyclometallated platinum(II) and platinum(IV) compounds with chlorinated N-benzylidenebenzylamines. M. Crespo, X. solans, M. Font-Bardía. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 518 (1996) 105-113.
Steric and electronic effects on the regioselective formation of platinum(II) metallacycles: crystal structure of [PtMe(3-MeC₆H₃CH=NCH₂C₆H₅)(PPh₃)]. M. Crespo, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardía. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 509 (1996) 29-36.
The reactivity of pyridine-imine and diamine ligands with dimethylplatinum(II) compounds. M. Crespo. Polyhedron Vol 15, No. 12, pp 1981-1988, 1996.
Optically active endocyclic cyclopalladated derivatives of benzylidene-(R)-1-phenylethylamines. J. Albert, J. Granell, J. Mínguez. Anales de Química Int. Ed. (1996) 92:396-399.
Optically active exocyclic cyclopalladated derivatives of benzylidene-(R)-1-phenylethylamines: Synthesis and X-ray molecular structure of [Pd(2-{(E)-(R)-CHMeN=CH-2',6'-Cl₂C₆H₃}C₆H₄)Cl(PPh₃)] and [Pd(2-{(Z)-(R)-CHMeN=CH-2',6'-F₂C₆H₃}C₆H₄)I(PPh₃)]. J. Albert, J. Granell, J. Sales, M. Font-Bardía, X. Solans. Organometallics 1995, 14, 1393-1404.
Cyclometallated platinum(II) compounds with fluorinated iminic ligands: synthesis and reactivity tuning. Crystal structures of the compounds [PtMe(RCH=NCH₂C₆H₅)(PPh₃)] (R = 2,3,5-C₆HF₃ and 2,3-C₆H₂F₂). M. Crespo, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardía. Organometallics 1995, 14, 355-364.
Chiral cyclopalladated compounds for enantiomeric purities of functionalized phosphines by means of multinuclear NMR. J. Albert, J. Granell, G. Muller, D. Sainz, M. Font-Bardía, X. Solans. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry Vol. 6, No. 2, pp 325-328, 1995.
Cyclometallated platinum(II) and platinum(IV) compounds of N-benzylidene-2-chlorobenzylamine. Crystal structure of [PtMe(PPh₃)(C₆H₄CH=NCH₂C₆H₄Cl-2)]. M. Crespo, X. Solans, M. Font-Bardía. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 483 (1994) 187-192.