PUBLICATIONS

Article: Synthesis of benzoyl ferrocene via Friedel-Crafts acylation: Reinforcing Recrystallization and Spectroscopic Techniques in the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Authors: Raúl R. Rodríguez-Berríos, Ricardo L. Perez-Martinez, Cristtian Rivera Torres and Jeremy A. Rodríguez-Vargas, Journal of Chemical Education, 2025, 102, 11, 4905–4913, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c00901

Conference paper: Azo dye synthesis and bioactivity: A laboratory experiment connecting organic chemistry and Biochemistry, Authors: Raúl R. Rodríguez-Berríos, Jeremy A. Rodríguez-Vargas, Alejandra E. Ríos-Rodríguez, Miguel A. Urdaneta-Colón, ACS SciMeetings, ACS Fall 2025, https://doi.org/10.1021/scimeetings.5c11320

Article: Synthesis, Purification, Characterization and ABTS Antioxidant Evaluation of Novel Azo Dyes, Jeremy A. Rodríguez-Vargas, Sebastián H. Díaz-Rodríguez, Víctor G. Vergara-Rodríguez, Ángel Vidal-Rosado, Cristtian Rivera-Torres, Alejandra Ríos-Rodríguez, Martín Rodríguez-Del Valle, Daliana Agosto-Disdier, Marielys Torres-Díaz, Kai H. Griebenow, Raúl R. Rodríguez-Berríos, Organics, 2025, 6(3), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/org6030039

Article: Complementary Synthesis of Anti- and Syn-Hydroxymethyl 1,3-Diols via Regioselective Ring Opening of TIPS-Protected 2,3-Epoxy Alcohols: Toward Polypropionate Fragments. Authors: Raúl R. Rodríguez-Berríos, José A. Prieto. Organics 2025, 6(3), 29; https://doi.org/10.3390/org6030029

Article: Development of an Accessible Guided-Inquiry Laboratory Experiment for Undergraduate Food Chemistry Students through Qualitative Analysis of Lipid Oxidation in Fats and Oils, Authors: Raúl R. Rodríguez-Berríos* and Jeremy A. Rodríguez-Vargas, Journal of Chemical Education, 2025, 102, 2, 737-745. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00514

Article: Student-Generated Stop-Motion Videos for Assessing Reaction Mechanisms in the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Authors: Raúl R. Rodríguez-Berríos*, Uriel Rivera-González, Lorell Muñoz, Journal of Chemical Education, 2025, 102, 2, 935–942. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01020

Conference paper: Development and implementation of new laboratory experiments for the organic chemistry course focused on the synthesis of ferrocenyl derivatives, Raúl Rodríguez Berríos, Uriel Rivera-González, Guillermo Narváez-Lozano, Ricardo Pérez-Martínez, Ulises Maldonado-Rivas, SciMeetings, ACS Fall 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/scimeetings.5c10707

Review Article: Polyketides from Plakortis Sponges around Caribbean Coastal Regions: Collection, Isolation, Characterization, and Bioactivity, Raúl R. Rodríguez-Berríos; Jeremy A. Rodríguez-Vargas; Francisco Colón-Cartagena; Ulises Maldonado-Silva; Yermarie W. Ortiz-Colón; Alejandro Escalante-Castaneda; Arianthony Conde-González; Keiry Y. Álamo-Diverse Coasts 2024, 4, 568 -593. https://doi.org/10.3390/coasts4030029

Article: Qualitative Test for Hydrocarbons: A Laboratory Experiment to Reinforce the Different Types of Reactions and Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry, Authors: Raúl R. Rodríguez-Berríos*, Andrés E. Cardona-Rivera, Guillermo A. Narváez-Lozano, Uriel Rivera-González, J. Chem. Educ. 2024, 101, 8, 3396–3403, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00101 12. Review: Recent

Review: Advances in the Removal of Radioactive Iodine and Iodide from the Environment. Authors: Patil, Siddappa; Rodríguez Berrios, Raúl R.; Chavez-Flores, David; Wagle, Durgesh; Bugarin, Alejandro, Journal: ACS ES&T Water, 2023, 3, 8, 2009–2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00111

Review: Extraction, Isolation, Characterization, and Bioactivity of Polypropionates and Related Polyketide Metabolites from the Caribbean Region. Rodríguez-Berríos, R.R *; Ríos-Delgado, A.M.; Perdomo-Lizardo, A.P.; Cardona-Rivera, A.E.; Vidal-Rosado, Á.G.; Narváez-Lozano, G.A.; Nieves-Quiñones, I.A.; Rodríguez-Vargas, J.A.; Álamo-Diverse, K.Y.; Lebrón-Acosta, N.; Medina-Berríos, N.; Rivera-Lugo, P. S.; Avellanet-Crespo, Y. A. and Ortiz-Colón, Y. W., Antibiotics, 2023, 12, 1087. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12071087

Review: Epoxide-Based Synthetic Approaches toward Polypropionates and Related Bioactive Natural Products, Authors: Raúl R. Rodríguez-Berríos*, Siddappa A. Patil, Stephen Isbel, and Alejandro Bugarin, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(7), 6195; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076195 15.

Review: Coumarin triazoles as Potential Antimicrobial Agents, Authors: Siddappa A. Patil, Aravind Nesaragi, Raúl R Rodríguez-Berrios, Sydney M. Hampton, Alejandro Bugarin *, Shivaputra A. Patil*, Antibiotics, 2023, 12(1), 160; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12010160

Conference paper: Raúl R. Rodríguez-Berríos, José A. Prieto, Synthesis of anti- and syn-hydroxymethyl 1,3-diol motifs based on the regioselective cleavage of 2,3-epoxy alcohols using Grignard and organoaluminum reagents: application to the polypropionate synthesis. SciMeetings, ACS-SPRING-2020-EXPO, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/scimeetings.0c02263

Conference Paper: La síntesis de anti- y sin-1,3 dioles basados en la apertura regioselectiva de epoxidioles promovida por reactivos de Grignard y organoaluminios para su aplicación en la síntesis de polipropionatos, Autores: José A. Prieto, Raúl Rodríguez-Berrios, Libro de Memorias Versión No.1, XVIII Congreso Colombiano de Química, Popayán, 2019, pp 500, ISSN: 2744 -8223 (En línea) https://issuu.com/olhoyoss/docs/memorias_xviiiccq_2019_popayan

Paper: Regiocontrolled ring opening of monoprotected 2,3-epoxy diols using alkynyl aluminum reagents. Synthesis of differentially monoprotected alkynyl triol derivatives. Authors: José A. Prieto, Jaileen Rentas Torres, Raul Rodríguez-Berrios, Synlett, 2014, vol 25, pp 433-437, DOI:10.1055/s-0033-1340332

Paper: Stereoselective VO(acac)2 Catalyzed Epoxidation Of Acyclic Homoallylic Diols. Complementary Preparation of C2-Syn-3,4-Epoxy Alcohols. Authors: Raúl R. Rodríguez-Berríos, Gerardo Torres, José A. Prieto, Tetrahedron, 2011, vol 67, pp 830-836, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2010.11.079 21.

Thesis: Development of a second-generation epoxide-based methodology for the construction of polypropionates: Application to the synthesis of the C1-C7, C8-C12, and C10-C15 polypropionate fragments of lankanolide. Stereoselective construction of all-anti polypropionate modules: Synthesis of the C5-C10 fragment of streptovaricins U and D by Rodriguez Berrios, Raul R., Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (Puerto Rico), ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2010, 373; 3412088, ISBN: 9781124092836

Abstract: Stereoselective Construction of all-anti Polypropionate Modules: Synthesis of the C5—C10 Fragment (I) of Streptovaricin U. Wildeliz Torres; Raúl R. Rodríguez; José A. Prieto, ChemInform 2009, 40, issue 32, https://doi.org/10.1002/chin.200932197

Paper: Stereoselective Construction of all-anti Polypropionate Modules: Synthesis of the C5-C10 Fragment of Streptovaricin U. Authors: Wildeliz Torres; Raúl R. Rodríguez; José A. Prieto, The Journal of the Organic Chemistry, 2009, vol 74, pp 2447-2451, https://doi.org/10.1021/jo8026966