• Cyclic Homo- and Heterohalogen Di-λ3-diarylhalonium Structures 

      Chen, Wei W.; Artigues Cladera, Margalida; Font-Bardia, Mercè; Cuenca, Ana B.; Shafir, Alexandr (Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145 (25), 13796–13804, 2023-06-28)
      In the context of the ever-growing interest in the cyclic diaryliodonium salts, this work presents synthetic design principles for a new family of structures with two hypervalent halogens in the ring. ...
    • Cyclic Homo- and Heterohalogen Di-λ3-diarylhalonium Structures 

      Chen, Wei W.; Artigues Cladera, Margalida; Font-Bardia, Mercè; Cuenca, Ana B.; Shafir, Alexandr (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023-06-13)
      In the context of the ever-growing interest in thecyclic diaryliodonium salts, this work presents synthetic designprinciples for a new family of structures with two hypervalenthalogens in the ring. The ...
    • Exploring Structure–Activity Relationships in Photodynamic Therapy Anticancer Agents Based on Ir(III)-COUPY Conjugates 

      Rovira, Anna; Ortega Forte, Enrique; Hally, Cormac; Jordà Redondo, Mireia; Abad-Montero, Diego; Vigueras, Gloria; Martínez, Jesús I.; Bosch, Manel; Nonell, Santi; Ruiz, José; Marchán, Vicente (Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2023, 66 (12), 2023-06-22)
      Photodynamic therapy holds great promise as a non-invasive anticancer tool against drug-resistant cancers. However, highly effective, non-toxic, and reliable photosensitizers with operability under ...
    • High photostability in nonconventional coumarins with far-red/NIR emission through azetidinyl substitution 

      Nonell, Santi; Bresolí Obach, Roger; Gandioso, Albert; Palau Requena, Marta; Galindo Muñoz, Alex; Rovira, Anna; Bosch, Manel; Marchán Sancho, Vicente (Journal of Organic Chemistry. Vol.83, n.19 (2018), p.11519-11531, 2018-08)
      Replacement of electron-donating N,N-dialkyl groups with three- or four-membered cyclic amines (e.g., aziridine and azetidine, respectively) has been described as a promising approach to improve some ...
    • Mitochondria-Targeted COUPY Photocages: Synthesis and Visible-Light Photoactivation in Living Cells 

      López Corrales, Marta; Rovira, Anna; Gandioso, Albert; Nonell, Santi; Bosch, Manel; Marchán, Vicente (The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2023, 88, 7128-7140, 2023-06-02)
      Releasing bioactive molecules in specific subcellular locations from the corresponding caged precursors offers great potential in photopharmacology, especially when using biologically compatible visible ...