Diego Alonso Lab
CATALYSIS, MATERIALS AND GREEN CHEMISTRY
Our group focuses on the development of new and sustainable catalysts and catalyzed processes within the areas of asymmetric organocatalysis, transition metal catalysis, and carbocatalysis. Since 2000, we have concentrated on palladium catalyzed carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond forming reactions as well as enantioselective organocatalysis. We have a profound interest in developing new palladium catalysts to work with nonreactive substrates using very low catalyst loadings and, if possible, water or DES as solvent. On the other hand, the design of new and highly enantioselective chiral organocatalysts as well as the study of their activity under sustainable conditions using alternative solvents is also an important research topic in the group. Finally, we have very recently iniciated a new research line based on the synthesis, characterization and used of new chiral eutectic mixtures as catalysts and reaction media in different asymmetric organic transformations.
NEWS
24-02-01
Welcome to JULIA SERNA BAEZA from ALICANTE UNIVERSITY who will do her End-of-Degree research project in our group developing new methodologies towards the synthesis of chiral carbon dots.
24-02-01
Welcome to DANIEL MARTÍNEZ ONOFRE from ALICANTE UNIVERSITY who will do her End-of-Degree research project in our group developing new sustainable methodologies for the enantioselective organocatalyzed cyanosilylation of carbonyl derivatives.
24-02-01
Welcome to MAIDER DEL GALLEGO ORTEGA from PAIS VASCO UNIVERSITY who will do her Master Degree research project in our group developing applications of chiral DES (CDES) in the synthesis of chiral MOFs.
24-03-01
Welcome to JUAN ALBERTO LÓPEZ DE LEÓN from UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO (MÉJICO) who will spend a one year PhD research periode in our group working on the development of chiral eutectic mixtures in asymmetric catalysis.
23-09-01
Welcome to JOSE ANTONIO ÑÍGUEZ ELENA from ALICANTE UNIVERSITY who will do his PhD in our group working on the sustainable asymmetric catalysis.
23-03-15
Welcome to ABELARDO GUTIÉRREZ FERNÁNDEZ from UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO (MÉJICO) who will spend a one year PhD research periode in our group working on the development of chiral eutectic mixtures in asymmetric catalysis.
23-03-01
Welcome to LUIS PAREDES SOLER from ALICANTE UNIVERSITY who will do his End-of-Degree research project in our group working on the development of new chiral organocatalysts for asymmetric carbon dioxide coupling reactions.
22-12-01
Welcome to FRANCISCO JOSÉ SIERRA MOLERO from ALICANTE UNIVERSITY who will do his PhD in our group working on the sustainable synthesis of antiviral compounds.
22-11-09
Congratulations to JOSE ANTONIO ÑÍGUEZ ELENA for obtaining a scholarship ("Scholarships for Collaboration in University Departments for the academic year 2022-2023) from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, for students who are in the first year of an official university Master.
22-10-01
Welcome to JOSE ANTONIO ÑÍGUEZ ELENA from ALICANTE UNIVERSITY who will do his Master Degree research project in our group developing applications of chiral DES (CDES) in enantioselective organocatalysis.
22-09-10
Welcome to JOSE PEÑALVER ANTÓN from UNED who will do his Master Degree research project in our group working on the enantioselective organocatalyzed cyanosilylation of carbonyl derivatives under sustainable conditions.
22-07-30
Congratulations to DANIEL MONTES ÁLVAREZ for his Master Degree Project brillant dissertation and defense.
22-07-05
Congratulations to JOSE PEÑALVER ANTÓN from UNED for his End of Degree Project brillant dissertation and defense.
22-07-01
Congratulations to JOSE ANTONIO ÑÍGUEZ ELENA from ALICANTE UNIVERSITY for his End of Degree Project brillant dissertation and defense.
22-05-01
Welcome to SALOMÉ GASSO-GELLY from UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE III-PAUL SABATIER who will spend an Erasmus+ research periode in our group working on the development of chiral eutectic mixtures in asymmetric catalysis.
22-05-01
Welcome to GUILLAUME BONNET from UNIVERSITE CLERMONT AUVERGNE who will spend an Erasmus+ research periode in our group working on the development of sustainable methodologies towards the synthesis of sulfonamides.
22-02-01
Welcome to DANIEL MONTES ÁLVAREZ from ALMERÍA UNIVERSITY who will do his Master Degree research project in our group working on the enantioselective organocatalyzed cyanosilylation of carbonyl derivatives.
22-02-01
Welcome to ANDREA BAEZA from ALICANTE UNIVERSITY who will do her extracurricular practices in our group working on the development of sustainable methodologies for the Friedel-Crafts alkylation of aromatic compunds.
22-02-01
Welcome to MIRANDA COLÓN from ALICANTE UNIVERSITY who will do her extracurricular practices in our group working on the development of sustainable organocatalyzed methodologies towards the synthesis of chiral sulfonamides.
21-10-15
Welcome to JOSE PEÑALVER ANTÓN from UNED who will do his End-of-Degree research project in our group working on the development of sustainable methodologies for the Friedel-Crafts alkylation of aromatic compunds.
21-10-15
Welcome to JOSE ANTONIO ÑÍGUEZ ELENA from ALICANTE UNIVERSITY who will do his End-of-Degree research project in our group working on the design and synthesis of new chiral eutectic mixtures for asymmetric catalysis.
21-10-01
Congratulations to the Research Group for obtaining a grant from the Generalitat Valenciana (AICO 2021/013) for the development of new sustainable methodologies towards the synthesis of antivirals (2021-23).
21-01-01
Welcome to SARAH-JAYNE BURLINGHAM from ALICANTE UNIVERSITY who will do her PhD in our group working on the design and synthesis of new chiral eutectic mixtures for asymmetric catalysis.
19-09-20
Congratulations to Dr. DIEGO ROS ÑIGUEZ for his PhD Dissertation and Defense "Deep Eutectic Solvents: platform for asymmetric catalysis" in the Organic Synthesis Doctoral Program of Alicante University.
18-05-29
Our group has just started a new collaboration with Prof. Miguel Saceda Sánchez (Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region, FISABIO) to develop new treatments for chemoresistant tumors of misdiagnosis. CROWDFUNDING is open to support this project!!!
18-02-15
Wellcome to NOELIA MARTÍNEZ who will do her end-of-degree project in our group working on Deep Eutectic Solvents.
18-02-01
Wellcome to NÚRIA FARRÓ who will do her Master's Thesis in our group working on Graphene-derived materials.
17-10-06
Congratulations to Dr. MELANIA GÓMEZ-MARTÍNEZ for his PhD Dissertation and Defense "Graphene-based materials in metal-, carbo-, and organocatalysis" in the Organic Synthesis Doctoral Program of Alicante University.
17-10-01
Wellcome to PEGAH KHAZAELI from Glasgow University who will spend a nin-months Erasmus research periode in our group.
17-09-20
Special Issue of Molecules "Palladium Catalysts 2018". Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30th Juny 2018. Editors: Dr. Isidro M. Pastor (Alicante University) and Dr. Diego A. Alonso (Alicante University).
17-09-18
Congratulations to Professor S. R. Harutyunyan and Professor Ben L. Feringa for the amazing "Feringa Academic Alumni Symposium, Chemistry of the Future" recently celebrated in Groningen.
17-07-04
Education New Zealand: Dream NEW grants
16-02-11
Wellcome back to Dr. MOHAMED MEDJAHDI who will spend a short research periode in our group.
16-01-01
Special Issue of Molecules "Palladium Catalysts 2016". Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10th July 2016. Editors: Dr. Isidro M. Pastor (Alicante University) and Dr. Diego A. Alonso (Alicante University).
15-12-14
Congratulations to Dr. GABRIEL ESTAÑ CEREZO for his PhD Dissertation and Defense "Physicochemical characterization of different ethyl cyanoacrylate based adhesives" in the Organic Synthesis Doctoral Program of Alicante University.
15-07-21
Dr. Khoshnood is leaving our group. We wish you good luck in your new adventure Abbas!
15-05-19
Special Issue of Molecules "Phase-Transfer catalysis". Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15th January 2016. Editors: Dr. Isidro M. Pastor (Alicante University) and Dr. Diego A. Alonso (Alicante University).
14-12-01
Congratulations to Dr. FRANCISCO CÍVICOS for his Award to the best PhD Thesis ("MICROWAVE-ASSISTED OXIME PALLADACYCLE-CATALYZED CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS OF ARYL CHLORIDES AND ARYL IMIDAZOLYLSULFONATES" in the Organic Synthesis Doctoral Program of Alicante University.
14-07-25
Congratulations to Dr. EDUARDO BUXADERAS for his PhD Dissertation and Defense "ALKYNE CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS CATALYZED BY OXIME PALLADACYCLES"
ALICANTE UNIVERSITY 2014
14-07-11
Congratulations to MELANIA GÓMEZ MARTÍNEZ for her MSc dissertation and Defense
ALICANTE UNIVERSITY 2014
Asymmetric Catalysis new journal recently launched by De Gruyter Open
Asymmetric Catalysis covers quite well known and capital fields such as organometallic and bioorganic catalyses as well as the emerging and growing fast research area of organocatalysis. The journal reflects the full breadth of research in these fields, from methodologies to synthetic applications or mechanistic studies. Asymmetric Catalysis is an open access, electronic only publication platform employing world's top publishing technologies, and is published within Emerging Science Journals, unprecedented publishing program dedicated to young and rapidly developing research areas. The Journal Advisory Board has gathered a number of key and expert academics, who are working in this field and guarantee a high profile to our publications: Yujiro Hayashi, Svetlana B. Tsogoeva, Petri Pihko, Peter I. Dalko, Pher Andersson, Jan H. van Maarseveen, Andrei V. Malkov, Olga García Mancheño, José Alemán, Fernando López Garcia, Thavendran Govender, Babak Karimi, Antonio Massa, Mikel Oiarbide, Oscar Pàmies, Gabriel Radivoy, Rita Ventura, Jan Veselý, and Jung Woon Yang.
Asymmetric Organocatalysis Meeting and Training School (COST ORCA Action CM0905)
The 5th ORCAMeeting and 1st Training School, will be held October 17-19, 2013, at Alicante University in Alicante, Spain. We are glad to bring the 5th ORCA meeting to Alicante which will attractparticipants from all over Europe to discuss on the latest advancements about asymmetric organocatalysis. Some key topics will include the design and applications of new organocatalysts; mechanistic studies; development of new organocatalyzed reactions; and other interesting topics related with industrial applications, and other interdisciplinary aspects. The intention is to emphasize on the multidisciplinary character of the asymmetric organocatalysis and, accordingly, to put together academics, industrials and students from different branches of the field.