CURRICULUM VITAE
Luis A. ORO
Born: June, 13, 1945. Zaragoza. Spain
Address: Department of Inorganic Chemistry-ISQCH
University of Zaragoza – CSIC, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
Telephone: 34 976 761143 E-mail: [email protected]
URLs http://personal.unizar.es/oro http://www.ae-info.org/ae/User/Oro_Luis/CV
Education:
Graduated in Chemistry from University of Zaragoza, 1967.
Doctor of Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 1970.
Postdoctoral studies in coordination and organometallic chemistry at Leiden (1971, Kamerling Onnes Laboratorium) and Cambridge (1972-73, University Chemical Laboratory).
Appointments at the Spanish Universities:
2015-present Emeritus Professor, University of Zaragoza
1982-2015 Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Zaragoza.
2004-2013 Head of the “Instituto Universitario de Catálisis Homogénea”.
1981-82 Professor of Chemistry, University of Santander.
1976-81 Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Universities of Madridand Zaragoza.
1973-76 Lecturer of Chemistry, University of Zaragoza.
Visiting Professorships:
2010-2018 Visiting Chair Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, KSA
2012 Visiting Professor, University of Münter, Germany
2004 Visiting Professor, University of Strasbourg, France
2000 Visiting Professor, University of Bordeaux, France
1997 and 1996 Humboldt Awarded Professor, University of Würzburg, Germany
Academies Membership
2018 Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, corresponding member
2017 Real Academia de Medicina de Zaragoza, honoray member
2007 Hungarian Academy of Sciences, honorary member
2006 German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2003 European Academy of Sciences
2002 “Académie des Sciences” of France, Foreign Member
1994 Academia Europaea
1994 New York Academy of Sciences
1982 Real Academia de Ciencias de Zaragoza.
Selected Professional Appointments
2016-present Member of the Governing Council of the State Research Agency.
2012- 2017 Member of the Spanish Science, Technology and Innovation Council.
2009-present Series Editor de Topics in Organometallic Chemistry.
2009-2013 Member of the OECD Global Science Forum.
2008-2011 President of the European Chemical Society (EuCheMS).
2008-2013 Member of National Commission of Research Activity Evaluation.
2005-2012 Scientific Council of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology.
2005-2011 Program committee member of the Millennium Science Initiative, Government of Chile.
2004-2013 Head of the “Instituto Universitario de Catálisis Homogénea”.
2004-2016 Vice-president of Zaragoza Knowledge Foundation.
2002-present President of the ChemPubSoc Europe partnership for the European Journal of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, ChemCatChem and ChemPhotoChem.
2000-2005 President of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry.
1997-2002 Coordinator of the Iberoamerican Network on Homogeneous Catalysis
1993-1998 Vice-President of the European Science Foundation (ESF).
1997-1998 Member of the European Science and Technology Assembly (EU)
1988-1994 Secretary General of the National Plan of Scientific R&D.
1987-1988 Director General of Scientific and Technical Research, Ministry of Education.
R&D Activities:
Well over 600 pubications on:
- Preparation, structure and reactivity of organometallic and coordination complexes.
- Homogeneous catalysis by complexes of rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium, in reactions of hydrogenation, hydrogen transfer, hydroformylation, hydrosilylation and C-H activation.
- Molecular architecture, cluster chemistry and polymetallic reactivity, particularly rhodium and iridium complexes with bridging ligands containing N, P, O or S donor atoms.
Co-author of a book on "Homogeneous Hydrogenation" (with P.A. Chaloner, M.A. Esteruelas y F. Joó, Kluwer Pub., Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1994) and an introductory book on Chemistry (1997). Co-editor of books on “Iridium Complexes in Organic Transformations” (with C. Claver, Wiley-VCH, 2008), on "Metal Clusters in Chemistry" (with P. Braunstein y P.R. Raithby, 1798 pgs, Wiley-VCH, 1999) and on Homogeneous Catalysis (in Spanish, 2000). Invited editor of an special issue of Coordination Chemistry Reviews entitled "Molecular Inorganic Chemistry in Spain" (Coord. Chem. Rev., 193-195, 1-1169, 1999).
Co-author of two patents in the field of homogeneous catalysis.
Advisor (Director) of 45 Ph.D. Thesis.
Member of several Advisory Committees and Scientific Societies
Series Editor of Topics in Organometallic Chemistry. Member or past-member of the Editorial Advisory Board of several international journals such as Angewandte Chemie, ChemCatChem, European Journal of Inorganic Chemisty, Organometallics, etc.
He has been named "Highly Cited Researcher" in the field of Chemistry by ISI Web of Knowledge (http://isihighlycited.com).
He has been the Chairman of the VI European Research Conference on Inorganic Chemistry (2000) and the XXII International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (2006). Cochairman of the 13th International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis (2002), the Symposium on Mechanisms in Homogeneous Catalysis (2003) and the “Symposium on Transition Metal Homogeneous Catalysis” del World Chemical Congress (2011).
Author of various papers and two books in the area of research and science policy. A representative book on this activity is: "El Sistema Español de Ciencia y Tecnología: Evolución y Perspectivas" (with A. Lafuente, 135 pgs. Fundesco, 1992).
Selected Awards (from 1989):
2019 Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
2019 Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad San Jorge.
2018 Lord Lewis Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K.
2015 Doctor Honoris Causa, Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
2015 Lourenço-Madinaveitia Award
2015 Honorary Fellow of ChemPubSoc Europe.
2014 EuCheMS Award.
2014 ICIQ Serratosa Medal.
2013 Aragonia Prize.
2008 Schulich Lecturership, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
2007 National Research Prize for Chemistry “Enrique Moles”.
2007 Research Prize and Gold Medal of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry.
2007 Honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
2007 Zaragoza Gold Medal.
2006 Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
2005 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Rennes 1.
2003 Named "Highly Cited Researcher" in the field of Chemistry by ISI Web of Knowledge.
2003 Sacconi Medal.
2003 Member of the European Academy of Sciences.
2003 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Invited Awardee.
2002 Foreign Member of the “Académie des Sciences”, France. 2002 Elhuyar-Goldschmidt Lecturership (GDCh). 2002 Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation.
2002 Lectureship Award, Taiwan Chemical Research Promotion Center.
2001 Betancourt-Perronet Prize.
2001 Aragón Prize.
1999 King James I Research Prize.
1998 Pacific North West Inorganic Lectureship.
1997 Catalan-Sabatier Prize (SFC).
1995 HUMBOLDT Forschungspreise.
1994 Member of the ACADEMIA EUROPAEA, London.
1989 SOLVAY Prize.
Selected Invited Lectures (from 2000):
- Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry (ABCChem), Cancún, Mexico, 2018. - Green Catalysis Symposium, Rennes, France, 2017. - 6th Latin American Symposium on Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry, Iguazu, Argentina, 2017 - International Conference on Advanced Materials, ICAM, Irbid, Jordan, 2017. - XX International Symposium on Homogenous Catalysis, Kyoto, Japan, 2016. - 11th Inorganic Chemistry Conference, SPQ, Sintra, Portugal, 2016. - 14th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan, 2016. - 5th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Hong Kong, 2015. - Golden Jubilee Chemistry Conference, Singapure, 2015. - 5th Latin American Symposium on Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry, Angra dos Reis, Brasil, 2015. - XXVI International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Sapporo, Japan, 2014. - 41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Singapure, 2014 -15th Asian Chemical Congress, Singapur, 2013 - Homogeneous Catalysis Symposium to Honour Richard Schrock, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, St Andrews, United Kingdon, 2013. - XIX Congreso Venezolano de Catálisis. Maracaibo, Venezuela, 2013. - XXV International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Lisbon, Portugal, 2012. - 30º Congreso Latinoamericano de Química, Cancún, Mexico, 2012. - Hungarian Chemical Society National Conference, Sopron, Hungary, 2011. - Conference on the Competitiveness of the European Chemical Industry, Brussels, Belgium 2011. - Inagural International Conference on Molecular and Functional Catalysis, Singapore, 2010. - 46th Mexican Chemical Congress, Riviera Maya, Mexico, 2010. - 52nd Polish Chemical Society Congress, Lodz, Poland, 2010 - 238th American Chemical Society Meeting, Washington, USA, 2009. - XXIII Reunión Bienal de la Real Sociedad Española de Química, Oviedo, Spain, 2009 - New Chemistry of the Elements, RSC Symposium, London, United Kingdon, 2008. - 4th EuCheMS Conference on Nitrogen Ligands in Coordination, Metal-Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry & Homogeneous Catalysis, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 2008. - The Chemistry of the 21st Century. State of the Art, UIMP, Santander, Spain, 2008. - 41st IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Torino, Italy, 2007. - XX Simposio Iberoamericano de Catálisis, Gramado, Brasil, 2006. - Pacifichem , Honolulu, USA, 2005. - 14th International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalisis, Munich, Germany, 2004. - XXIst International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Vancouver, Canada, 2004. - XXI Congresso della Societá Chimica Italiana, Torino, Italy, 2003.
- 39th IUPAC Congress and 86th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 2003. - 8th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2003 - XXth International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Corfu, Greece, 2002. - Gordon Research Conference on Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, Ventura, California, USA, 2001. - XIVth FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Gdansk, Poland, 2001. - XXXIV International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Edimburgh, United Kingdon., 2000. - Symposium on Electron Transfer in Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Münster, Germany, 2000. - 83rd Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, Calgary, Canada, 2000.
Publications on Chemistry
Scientific Papers: Well over 600 Patents: 2
Books: 9 Book Chapters: 14 Scientific Reviews: 12
A selection of representative publications (since 2002)
Yuan, M.V. Jiménez, E. Sola, F.J. Lahoz, and L.A. Oro Sequential C-H activation and dinuclear insertion of ethylene promoted by a diiridium complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 752-753 (2002).
M.V. Jiménez, E. Sola, J.ballero, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. Alkene C-H activations reactions at dinuclear complexes promoted by oxidation Angew. Chem., 114, 1256-1259 (2002). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 41, 1208-1211 (2002).
C.Tejel, M.A. Ciriano, M. Bordonaba, J.A. López, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. Structural and dynamic studies on amido-bridged rhodium and iridium complexes. Chem. Eur. J., 8, 3128-3138 (2002).
M. Martín, E. Sola, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. Trans additions of silanes to 1-alkynes catalyzed by ruthenium complexes: the role of in situ formed polynuclear aggregates. Organometallics, 21, 4027-4029 (2002).
J. Navarro, M. Sági, E. Sola, F.J. Lahoz, I.T. Dobrinovitch, A. Katho, F. Joó and L.A. Oro. Unusual 1-alkyne dimerization/hydrogenation sequences catalyzed by [IrH2(NCCH3)3(PiPr3}]BF4: evidence for homogeneous-like mechanism in imidazolium salts. Adv. Synth. Catal., 345, 280-288 (2003).
C. Tejel, M.A. Ciriano, B.E. Villarroya, J.A. López, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. A novel hexanuclear chain. Angew. Chem., 115, 547-550 (2003). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 42, 529-532 (2003).
L.A. Oro. Hydrogenation by homogeneous catalysts In Encyclopedia of Catalysis, I.V. Horváth, E. Iglesia, M.T. Klein, J.A. Lercher. A.J. Rusell and E.I. Stiefel, Eds, John Wiley & Sons, Vol. 4, 55-107 (2003).
L.A. Oro, E. Sola and J. Navarro. Recent developments on hydride iridium triisopropylphosphine complexes: [IrH2(NCCH3)3(PiPr3}]BF4 as hydrogenation catalyst. In Perspectives in Organometallic Chemistry, C.G. Screttas and B.R. Steele, Eds, RSC, 297-305 (2003).
M. Martín, E. Sola, O. Torres, P. Plou and L. A. Oro. Versatility of cyclooctadiene ligands in iridium chemistry and catalysis. Organometallics, 22, 5406-5417 (2003).
L.A. Oro, M.A. Ciriano, C. Tejel, M. Bordonaba, C. Graiff and A. Tiripicchio. Heteronuclear rhodium, palladium, platinum and gold organoimido complexes from dinuclear organoamido rhodium precursors. Chem. Eur. J., 708-715 (2004).
D. Carmona, M.P. Lamata, F. Viguri, R. Rodriguez, L.A. Oro, A.I. Balana, F.J. Lahoz, T. Tejero, P. Merino, S. Franco and I. Montesa. The complete characterization of a rhodium lewis acid-dipolarophile complex as an intermediate for the enantioselective catalytic 1,3-dipolar cycloadition of C,N-diphenylnitrone to methacrolein. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 2716-2717 (2004).
M.A. Casado, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, M.A. Ciriano, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. Tetranuclear [Rh4(µ-PyS2)2(diolefin)4] complexes as building blocks for new inorganic architectures: synthesis of coordination polymers and heteropolynuclear complexes with electrophilic d8 and d10 metal fragments. Inorg. Chem., 43, 1558-1567 (2004).
J. Navarro, E. Sola, M. Martín, I.T. Dobrinovitch, F.J. Lahoz, and L.A. Oro. C–H Activation and C–C coupling reactions in 2-vinylpyridine cationic complexes of iridium. Organometallics, 23, 1908-1917 (2004).
F.E. Hahn, C. Holtgrewe, T. Pape, M. Martín, E. Sola and L.A. Oro. Iridium complexes with N-allyl-substituted benzimidazol-2-ylidene ligands and their application in catalytic transfer hydrogenation. Organometallics, 24, 2203-2209 (2005).
M.V. Jiménez, E. Sola, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. Reactions of diamidonaphthalene-bridged diiridium tetrahydrides with alkynes: hydrogenation, vinylidene formation, and catalytic C-C coupling. Organometallics, 24, 2722-2729 (2005).
D. Carmona, M. P.Lamata, F. Viguri, R. Rodríguez, L. A. Oro, F. J. Lahoz, A. I. Balana, T. Tejero, P. Merino. Enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones to methacrolein catalyzed by (h5-
C5Me5)M{(R)-Prophos} containing complexes (M = Rh, Ir; (R)-Prophos = 1,2- bis(diphenylphosphino)propane): on the origin of the enantioselectivity. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 13386-13398 (2005).
B.E. Villarroya, C. Tejel, M.M. Rohmer, L.A. Oro, Mi.A. Ciriano and M. Bénard. Discrete iridium pyridonate chains with variable metal valence: nature and energetics of the Ir-Ir bonding from DFT calculations. Inorg. Chem., 44, 6536-6544 (2005).
M. Martín, O. Torres, E. Oñate, E. Sola and L.A. Oro C-H Activations at iridium(I) square-planar complexes promoted by a fifth ligand. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 18074-18084 (2005).
M. Martín, E. Sola, S. Tejero, J.L. Andrés, and L.A. Oro. Mechanistic investigation on imine hydrogenation catalyzed by cationic iridium complexes. Chem. Eur. J., 12, 4043-4056 (2006).
M. Martín, E. Sola, S. Tejero, J.A. López, and L.A. Oro. Mechanistic investigation on imine hydrogenation catalyzed by dinuclear iridium complexes. Chem. Eur. J., 12, 4057-4068 (2006).
L.A. Oro, D. Carmona and J.M. Fraile Hydrogenation Reactions In Metal-Catalysis in Industrial Organic Processes, G. P. Chiusoli and P.M. Maitlis, Eds, RSC, 79-113 (2006).
V. Miranda-Soto, J.J. Perez-Torrente, L.A. Oro, F.J., M.L Martin, M. Parra-Hake, D.B. Grotjahn. Effects of the heterocycle and its substituents on structure and fluxionality in rhodium(I) and iridium(I) complexes with the hindered thiolates 6-tert-butylpyridine-2-thiolate and 1-alkyl-4-tert- butylimidazole-2-thiolate (alkyl = methyl and tert-butyl). Organometallics, 25, 4374-4390 (2006).
L.A. Oro and D. Carmona. Rhodium In The Handbook of Homogeneous Hydrogenation, J.G. de Vries and K. Elsevier, Eds, Wiley-VCH, 3-36 (2006).
M.A.F. Hernandez-Gruel, F.J. Lahoz, I.T. Dobrinovich, F.J. Modrego, L.A. Oro and J.J. Pérez- Torrente.
Reversible opening of the triangular structure of a sulfido-bridged ZrRh2 early-late heterobimetallic complex induced by bis(diphenylphosphino)methane. Organometallics, 26, 2616-262 (2007).
D. Carmona, M.P. Lamata, F. Viguri, R. Rodríguez, T. Fischer, F.J. Lahoz, I.T. Dobrinovich and L.A. Oro. Asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between a,b-unsaturated aldehydes and nitrones catalyzed by well-defined iridium and rhodium catalysts Adv. Synth. Catal., 349, 1751-1758 (2007).
M.A.F. Hernandez-Gruel, I.T. Dobrinovitch, F.J. Lahoz, L.A. Oro and J.J. Pérez-Torrente tt - The anions [Cp 2Zr(µ-S)2M(CO)2] (M = Rh, Ir) as versatile precursors for the synthesis of sulfido- bridged early-late heterotrimetallic (ELHT) compounds. Organometallics, 26, 6437-6446, (2007).
M.V. Jiménez, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, M.I. Bartolomé, V. Gierz, F.J. Lahoz, and L.A. Oro Rhodium(I) complexes with hemilabile N-heterocyclic carbenes: efficient alkyne hydrosilylation catalysts. Organometallics, 27, 224-234 (2008).
A.B. Rivas, J.M. Gascón, F. J. Lahoz, A.I. Balana, A.J. Pardey, L.A. Oro and J.J. Pérez-Torrente. Synthesis, structural characterization and ligand replacement reactions of gem-dithiolato-bridged rhodium and iridium complexes. Inorg. Chem., 47, 6090-6104 (2008).
A. Alvarez, R. Macías, J. Bould, M.J. Fabra, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. Alkene hydrogenation on an 11-vertex rhodathiaborane with full cluster participation J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 11455-11466 (2008).
L.A. Oro Dihydrido iridium triisopropylphosphine complexes: from organometallic chemistry to catalysis, In Iridium Complexes in Organic Synthesis, L.A. Oro and C. Claver, Eds, Wiley-Blackwelll 15- 38 (2008).
J. Langer, M.J. Fabra, P. García-Orduña, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. A C-H activation/CO2-carboxylation reaction sequence mediated by an “Iridium(dppm)” species. Formation of the anionic ligand (Ph2P)2CCOOH Chem. Commun., 4822-4824 (2008).
M.V. Jiménez, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, M.I. Bartolomé and L.A. Oro Convenient methods of synthesis for a library of hemilabile phosphines Synthesis, 1916-1922 (2009).
A. Alvarez, R. Macías, J. Bould, C. Cunchillos, F.J. Lahoz, M.J. Fabra and L.A. Oro.
Alkyne-promoted H2-loss in a metallaborane: nido-to-closo cluster transformation and sp C-H bond oxidative addition. Chem. Eur. J., 15, 5428-5431 (2009).
D. Carmona, M.P. Lamata, F. Viguri, R. Rodríguez, F.J. Lahoz, M.J. Fabra and L.A. Oro. Asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of a,b–unsaturated nitriles with nitrones catalyzed by chiral-at-metal rhodium and iridium complexes. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 20, 1197-1205 (2009).
P.J. Alonso, O. Benedí, M.J. Fabra, F.J. Lahoz, L.A. Oro, and J,J. Pérez-Torrente Synthesis of tetranuclear rhodium and iridium complexes directed by 6-mercaptopyridin-2- ol: electrochemical behavior, chemical oxidation and coordination chemistry. Inorg. Chem., 48, 7984-7993 (2009).
M.V. Jiménez, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, M.I. Bartolomé, E. Vispe, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro Cationic rhodium complexes with hemilabile phosphine ligands as polymerization catalyst for high molecular weight stereoregular polyphenylacetylene. Macromolecules, 42, 8146-8156 (2009).
J.J. Pérez-Torrente, M.V. Jiménez, M.A.F. Hernandez-Gruel, M.J. Fabra, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro On the synthesis and chemical behaviour of the elusive bis(hydrosulfido)-bridged dinuclear rhodium(I) complexes [Rh(µ-SH)(CO)(PR3)]2. Chem. Eur. J., 15, 12212-12222 (2009).
J. Langer, W. Imhof, M.J. Fabra, P. García-Orduña, H. Görls, F.J. Lahoz, L.A. Oro, and M. Westerhausen.
Reversible CO2 fixation by iridium(I) complexes containing Me2PhP as ligand. Organometallics, 29, 1642-1651 (2010).
M.V Jiménez, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, M.I. Bartolomé, F.J. Lahoz, and L.A. Oro Rational design of efficient rhodium catalysts for the anti-Markovnikov oxidative amination of styrene Chem. Commun., 46, 5322-5324 (2010).
New Iridathiaboranes with reversible isonido ↔ nido cluster flexibility J. Bould, C. Cunchillos, F.J. Lahoz, L.A. Oro, J.D. Kennedy and R. Macías. Inorg. Chem., 49, 7353-7361 (2010).
L.A. Oro and D. Carmona. Homogeneous hydrogenation. In Encyclopedia of Catalysis, I.V. Horváth, E. Iglesia, M.T. Klein, J.A. Lercher. A.J. Rusell and E.I. Stiefel, Eds, John Wiley & Sons, 1-81 (2010).
J. Langer, M.J. Fabra, P. García-Orduña, F.J. Lahoz, H. Görls, L.A. Oro, and M. Westerhausen.
An iridium-mediated C-H activation/CO2-carboxylation reaction of 1,1-bisdiphenyl- phosphinomethane. Dalton Trans., 39, 7813-7821 (2010).
D. Carmona and L.A. Oro Iridium–catalyzed 1,3–dipolarcycloadditions In Iridium Catalysis, P Andersson, Ed, Book Series: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Springer- Verlag, Vol. 34, 209-229 (2011).
A. Di Giuseppe, R. Castarlenas, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, F.J. Lahoz, V. Polo, and L.A. Oro. Mild and selective H/D exchange at the b-position of aromatic a-olefins by N-heterocyclic carbene-hydride-rhodium catalysts. Angew. Chem., 123, 4024-4028 (2011). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50, 3938-3942 (2011).
M.V. Jiménez, F.J. Lahoz, L. Lukešová, J.R. Miranda, F.J. Modrego, D.H. Nguyen, L.A. Oro and J.J. Pérez-Torrente.
Hydride mobility in trinuclear sulfido clusters with the core [Rh3(µ-H)(µ3-S)2]: molecular models for hydrogen migration on metal sulfide hydrotreating catalysts. Chem. Eur. J., 17, 8115-8128 (2011).
L. Palacios, X. Miao, A. Di Giuseppe, S. Pascal, C. Cunchillos, R. Castarlenas, J.J. Perez-Torrente, F.J. Lahoz, P. Dixneuf and L.A. Oro. Synthesis of a square-planar rhodium alkylidene N-heterocyclic carbene complex and its reactivity towards alkenes. Organometallics, 30, 5208-5213 (2011).
D.H. Nguyen, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, L. Lomba, M.V. Jiménez, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. Unsaturated iridium pyridinedicarboxylate pincer complexes with catalytic activity in borylation of arenes. Dalton Trans., 40, 8429-8435 (2011).
M.V. Jiménez, J. Fernández-Tornos, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, F.J. Modrego, S. Winterle, C. Cunchillos, F.J. Lahoz, and L.A. Oro. Iridium(I) complexes with hemilabile N-heterocyclic carbenes: efficient and versatile transfer hydrogenation catalysts. Organometallics, 30, 5493-5508 (2011).
I. Mena, M.A. Casado, P. García-Orduña, V. Polo, F.J. Lahoz, A. Fazal and L.A. Oro. Direct access to parent amido complexes of rhodium and Iiidium through N-H activation of ammonia. Angew. Chem., 123, 11939-11942 (2011). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,, 50, 11735-11738 (2011).
B. Calvo, R. Macías, C. Cunchillos, F. J. Lahoz and L. A. Oro.
Brønsted acid/base driven chemistry with rhodathiaboranes: a labile {SB9H9}-thiodecaborane fragment system Organometallics, 31, 2526-2529 (2012).
D. Carmona, F. Viguri, A. Asenjo, F.J. Lahoz, P. García-Orduña and L.A. Oro. Enantioselective catalytic Diels-Alder ractions with enones as dienophiles. Organometallics,31, 4551-4557 (2012).
A. Di Giuseppe, R. Castarlenas, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, M. Crucianelli, V. Polo, R. Sancho, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. Ligand-controlled regioselectivity in the hydrothiolation of alkynes by rhodium N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 8171-8183 (2012).
D. Carmona, F.J. Lahoz, P. García-Orduña, L.A. Oro, M.P. Lamata and F. Viguri Half-sandwich complexes of osmium(II) with L-α-amino carboxylate ligands as asymmetric transfer hydrogenation catalysts. On the origin of the enantioselectivity. Organometallics, 31, 3333-3345 (2012).
I. Mena, M.A. Casado, V. Polo, P. García-Orduña, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. The dehydrogenation of alcohols through a concerted bimetallic mechanism Involving an amido- bridged diiridium complex. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 8259-8263 (2012).
D. Carmona, F. Viguri, A. Asenjo, F.J. Lahoz, P. García-Orduña and L.A. Oro. Enantioselective catalytic Diels-Alder ractions with enones as dienophiles. Organometallics, 31, 4551-4557 (2012).
M.V. Jiménez, M.I. Bartolomé, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, F.J. Lahoz, and L.A. Oro. Rhodium(I) complexes with hemilabile phosphines: rational design for efficient oxidative amination catalysts. ChemCatChem., 4, 1298-1310 (2012).
R. Lalrempuia, M. Iglesias, V. Polo, P.J. Sanz Miguel, F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, J. J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro. Effective Fixation of CO2 by Iridium-Catalysed Hydrosilylation Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 12824-12827 (2012).
R. Castarlenas, A. Di Giuseppe, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro. The emergence of transition metal-mediated hydrothiolation of unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds: a mechanistic outlook Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52, 211-222 (2013).
M.V. Jiménez, M.I. Bartolomé, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, D. Gómez, F.J. Modrego and L.A. Oro Mechanistic studies on the catalytic oxidative amination of alkenes by rhodium(I) complexes with hemilabile phosphines ChemCatChem, 5, 263-276 (2013).
R. Azpíroz, A. Di Giuseppe, R. Castarlenas, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro Novel Access to 4H-Quinolizines from 2-Vinylpyridine and Alkynes Promoted by Rhodium-N- Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts. Chem. Eur. J., 19, 3812-3816 (2013).
B. Calvo, R. Macías, M.J. Artigas, F.J. Lahoz, and L.A. Oro Proton-Assisted Hydrogen Activation on Polyhedral Cations Chem. Eur. J., 19, 3905-3912 (2013).
B. Calvo, R. Macías, V. Polo, M.J. Artigas, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. Heterolytic H2 activation on a carbene-ligated rhodathiaborane promoted by isonido-nido cage opening. Chem. Commun., 49, 9863-9865 (2013).
I. Mena, E. A. Jaseer, M. A. Casado, P. García-Orduña, F. J. Lahoz, and L. A. Oro. Terminal and bridging parent amido 1,5-cyclooctadiene complexes of rhodium and iridium. Chem. Eur. J., 19, 5665-5676 (2013).
M. Blanco, P. Álvarez, C. Blanco, M.V. Jiménez, J. Fernández-Tornos, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, L.A. Oro and R. Menéndez. Enhanced hydrogen-transfer catalytic activity of iridium N-heterocyclic carbenes by covalent attachment on carbon nanotubes. ACS Catalysis, 3, 1307-1317 (2013).
F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, M. Iglesias, L.A. Oro and V. Passarelli Bond activation and catalysis In Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II, J, Reedijk and K. PoeppelmeierI, Eds. Vol. 8, 399-432 (2013).
L. Rubio-Pérez, R. Azpíroz, A. Di Giuseppe, V. Polo, R. Castarlenas, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, and L.A. Oro Pyridine-enhanced head-to-tail dimerization of terminal alkynes by a rhodium–N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst. Chem. Eur. J., 19, 15304-15314 (2013).
F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, M. Iglesias, L.A. Oro and V. Polo CO2 activation and catalysis driven by iridium complexes ChemCatChem, 5, 3481-3494 (2013).
L. Palacios, M.J. Artigas, V. Polo, F.J. Lahoz, R. Castarlenas, J.J. Perez-Torrente, and L.A. Oro. Hydroxide-rhodium–N-heterocyclic carbene complexes as efficient catalysts for alkyne hydrothiolation ACS Catalysis, 3, 2910-2919 (2013).
M. Iglesias, P.J. Sanz Miguel, F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro. An alternative mechanistic paradigm for the b-(Z)-hydrosilylation of terminal alkynes: the role of acetone as silane shuttle. Chem. Eur. J., 19, 17559 (2013).
I. Mena, M. A. Casado, V. Polo, P. García-Orduña, F. J. Lahoz, and L. A. Oro. P-H activation of secondary phospanes on a parent amido diiridium complex Dalton Trans., 43, 1609-1619 (2014).
I. Mena, M.A. Casado, V. Polo, P. García-Orduña, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro
C-NH2 bond formation mediated by iridium complexes Angew. Chem., 126, 9781-9785 (2014). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53, 9627 –9631 (2014)
F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, A.M. Aitani and L.A. Oro. Homogeneous catalytic reduction of CO2 with hydrosilanes. Catal. Sci. Technol., 4, 611-624 (2014).
K. Garcés, F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, V. Polo, R. Lalrempuia, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro. Iridium-catalyzed hydrogen production from hydrosilanes and water. ChemCatChem, 6, 1691-1697 (2014).
A. Di Giuseppe, R. Castarlenas, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. Hydride-rhodium(III)-N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts for vinyl-selective H/D exchange: a structure-activity study. Chem. Eur. J., 20, 8391-8403 (2014).
M. Iglesias, F.J. Fernández-Alvarez and L.A. Oro. Outer-sphere ionic hydrosilylation catalysis. ChemCatChem., 6, 2486-2489 (2014).
R. Azpíroz, L. Rubio-Pérez, R. Castarlenas, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro. Gem-selective cross-dimerization and trimerization of alkynes with silylacetylenes promoted by a rhodium-pyridine-N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst. ChemCatChem., 6, 2587-2592 (2014).
R. Azpiroz, L. Rubio-Pérez, A. Di Giuseppe, Andrea, V. Passarelli, F.J. Lahoz, R. Castarlenas, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro. Rhodium(I)-N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst for selective coupling of N-vinylpyrazoles with alkynes via C-H activation. ACS Catalysis, 4, 4244-4253 (2014).
E. A. Jaseer, M.N. Akhtar, O. Mogahid, A. Al-Shammari, H. Oladipo B., K. Garcés, F.J. Fernández- Alvarez, S. Al-Khattaf, and L.A. Oro.
Solvent-free iridium catalyzed CO2 hydrosilylation: experimental and kinetic modelling study. Catal. Sci. Technol., 5, 274-279 (2015).
M. Blanco, P. Alvarez, C Blanco, M.V. Jiménez, J. Fernández-Tornos, J.J. Perez-Torrente, L.A. Oro, and R. Menendez. Hydrogen transfer by graphene-NHC-iridium hybrid catalysts built through -OH covalent linkage. Carbon, 83, 21-32 (2015).
G. Lázaro, V. Polo, F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, P. García-Orduña, F.J. Lahoz, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, M. Iglesias and L.A. Oro. Catalytic hydrodechlorination of benzyl chloride promoted by Rh-NHC catalysts. ChemSusChem, 8, 495-503 (2015).
M. Iglesias, M. Aliaga-Lavrijsen, P.J. Sanz Miguel, F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro. Preferential a-hydrosilylation of terminal alkynes by bis-NHC Rh(III) catalysts. Adv. Synth. Catal., 357, 350-354 (2015).
G. Lázaro, F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, J. Munárriz, V. Polo, M. Iglesias, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro. Orthometallation of N-substituents at the NHC ligand of [Rh(Cl)(COD)(NHC)] complexes: its role on the catalytic hydrosilylation of ketones. Catal. Sci. Technol., 5, 1878-1887 (2015).
L. Palacios, A. Di Giuseppe, R. Castarlenas, F.J. Lahoz, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro. Pyridine versus acetonitrile coordination in rhodium–N-heterocyclic carbene square-planar complexes. Dalton Trans., 44, 5777-5789 (2015).
L. Rubio-Pérez, M. Iglesias, J. Munárriz, V. Polo, P.J. Sanz Miguel, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro.
A bimetallic iridium(II) catalyst: [{Ir(IDipp)(H)}2][BF4]2 (IDipp = 1,3-bis(2,6- diisopropylphenylimidazol-2-ylidene)). Chem. Commun., 51, 9860-9863 (2015).
E. A. Jaseer, M.N. Akhtar, O. Mogahid, A. Al-Shammari, H. Oladipo B., K. Garcés, F.J. Fernández- Alvarez, S. Al-Khattaf, and L.A. Oro.
Solvent-free iridium catalyzed CO2 hydrosilylation: experimental and kinetic modelling study. Catal. Sci. Technol., 5, 274-279 (2015).
M. Iglesias, A. Iturmendi, P.J. Sanz Miguel, V. Polo, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro. Tuning PCP-Ir complexes: the impact of a N-heterocyclic olefin Chem. Commun., 51, 12431-12434 (2015).
M.V. Jiménez, J. Fernández-Tornos, F.J. Modrego, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, and L.A. Oro. Oxidation and β-alkylation of alcohols catalysed by iridium(I) complexes with functionalized N- heterocyclic carbene ligands. Chem. Eur. J., 21, 17877-17889 (2015).
M. Blanco, P. Álvarez, C. Blanco, M.V. Jiménez, J. Fernández-Tornos, Jesús J. Pérez-Torrente, J. Blasco, G. Subías, V. Cuartero, L.A. Oro, and R. Menéndez Effect of structural differences of carbon nanotubes and graphene based iridium-NHC materials on the hydrogen transfer catalytic activity. Carbon, 90, 66-74 (2016).
L. Rubio-Pérez, E. A. Jaseer, N. García, V. Polo, M. Iglesias and L. A. Oro. Experimental and computational studies on the reactivity and binding mode of thiophen with N‑heterocyclic carbene iridium complexes. Organometallics, 35, 569-578 (2016).
M.P. Betoré, M.A. Casado, P. García-Orduña, F.J. Lahoz, V. Polo and L.A. Oro Oxidative addition of N–H bond of ammonia to iridium bis(phosphane) complexes: a combined experimental and theoretical study. Organometallics, 35, 720-731 (2016).
A. Di Giuseppe, R. De Luca, R. Castarlenas, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, M. Crucianelli and L.A. Oro Double hydrophosphination of alkynes promoted by rhodium: the key role of an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand. Chem. Commun., 52, 5554-5557 (2016).
A. Julián, E. A. Jaseer, K. Garcés, F. J. Fernández-Alvarez, P. García-Orduña, F. J. Lahoz and L. A. Oro.
Tuning the activity and selectivity of iridium-NSiN catalyzed CO2 hydrosilylation processes. Catal. Sci. Technol., 6, 4410-4417 (2016).
A. Iturmendi, N. García, E. A. Jaseer, J. Munárriz, P. J. Sanz Miguel, V. Polo, M. Iglesias and L. A. Oro N-Heterocyclic olefins as ancillary ligands in catalysis: a study of their behaviour in transfer hydrogenation reactions. Dalton Trans., 45, 12835-12845 (2016).
K. Garcés, R. Lalrempuia, V. Polo, F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, P. García-Orduña, F.J. Lahoz, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro. Rhodium catalyzed dehydrogenative silylation of acetophenone derivatives: formation of silyl enol ethers versus silyl ethers. Chem. Eur. J., 22, 14717-14729 (2016).
A. Iturmendi, P.J. Sanz Miguel, S.A. Popoola, A.A. Al-Saadi, M. Iglesias, L.A. Oro Dimethylphosphinate bridged binuclear Rh(I) catalysts for the alkoxycarbonylation of aromatic C–H bond. Dalton Trans., 45, 16955-16965 (2016).
V. Polo, R.R. Schrock and L.A. Oro. A DFT study of the role of water in the rhodium-catlyzed hydrogenation of acetone. Chem. Commun., 52, 13881-13884 (2016).
L. Palacios, A. Di Giuseppe, M.J. Artigas, V. Polo, F.J. Lahoz, R. Castarlenas, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro Mechanistic insight into the pyridine enhanced α-selectivity in alkyne hydrothiolation catalysed by quinolinolate−rhodium(I)−N-heterocyclic carbene complexes. Catal. Sci. Technol., 6, 8548-8561 (2016).
A. Iturmendi, M. Iglesias, J. Munárriz, V. Polo, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro Efficient preparation of carbamates by Rh-catalysed oxidative carbonylation: unveiling the role of the oxidant. Chem. Commun., 53, 404-407 (2017).
E. Wächtler, L.A. Oro, M. Iglesias, B. Berke, R. Pöttgen, R. Gericke and J. Wagler Synthesis and oxidation of a paddlewheel-shaped rhodium/antimony complex featuring pyridine- 2-thiolate ligands. Chem. Eur. J., 23, 3447-3454 (2017).
A. Julián, V. Polo, F.J. Fernández-Alvarez and L.A. Oro.
Iridium-NSiN catalyzed formation of silylphosphinecarboxylates from reaction of CO2 with
P(SiMe3)R2 (R = Ph, Cy). Catal. Sci. Technol., 7, 1372-1378 (2017).
L. Palacios, Y. Meheut, M. Galiana, M.J. Artigas, A. Di Giuseppe, F.J. Lahoz, V. Polo, R. Castarlenas, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro Design of highly selective alkyne hydrothiolation Rh(I)-NHC catalysts: carbonyl-triggered non- oxidative mechanism. Organometallics, 36, 2198−2207 (2017).
L. Rubio-Pérez, M. Iglesias, J. Munárriz, V. Polo, V. Passarelli, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and L.A. Oro. A well-defined NHC-Ir(III) catalyst for the silylation of aromatic C–H bonds: substrate survey and mechanistic insights. Chemical Science, 8, 4811-4822 (2017).
I. Mena, P. Garcia-Orduña, V. Polo, F.j. Lahoz, M.A. Casado, and L.A. Oro Reactivity of the parent amido complexes of iridium with olefins: C-NH2 bond formation versus C-H activation. Dalton Trans., 46, 11459-11468 (2017)
A. Julián, J. Guzmán. E.A. Jaseer, F. J. Fernández-Alvarez, R. Royo, P. García-Orduña, F. J. Lahoz and L. A. Oro.
Mechanistic insights on the reduction of CO2 to silylformates catalyzed by Ir-NSiN species. Chem. Eur. J., 23, 11898-11907 (2017).
J. Bould, V. Passarelli, L.A. Oro, and R. Macias. Reversible small molecule interactions with coordinatively unsaturated metal centres held in metallathiaborane clusters. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 4599-4617 (2017).
F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, R. Lalrempuia and L.A. Oro. Monoanionic NSiN-type ligands in transition metal coordination chemistry and catalysis. Coord. Chem. Rev., 350, 49-60 (2017).
M.O. Karatas, A. Di Giuseppe, V. Passarelli, B. Alici, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, L.A. Oro, I. Ozdemir and R. Castarlenas. Pentacoordinated rhodium(I) complexes supported by coumarin-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. Organometallics, 37, 191-202 (2018).
A. Julián, K. Garcés, R. Lalrempuia, E.A. Jaseer, P. García-Orduña, F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, F.J. Lahoz and L.A. Oro. Reactivity of Ir-NSiN complexes: Ir-catalyzed dehydrogenative silylation of carboxylic acids ChemCatChem., 10, 1027-1024 (2018).
D. Funes-Hernando, P. Hermosilla, E. Vispe, A. Di Giuseppe, R. Castarlenas, L.A. Oro and J.J. Pérez-Torrente. Vinylidene-based polymers by Rh(I)-NHC catalyzed thiol-yne click polymerization: synthesis, characterization and chemical modification. Polymer Chemistry, 9, 1298-1302 (2018).
M. Iglesias and L.A. Oro. A leap forward in iridium-NHC catalysis: new horizons and mechanistic insights. Chem. Soc. Rev., 47, 2772-2808 (2018).
M. Iglesias and L.A. Oro. Mechanistic considerations on homogeneously catalyzed formic acid dehydrogenation. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2125-2138 (2018).
R. Azpiroz, A. Di Giuseppe, V. Passarelli, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, L.A. Oro and R. Castarlenas. Rhodium–N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed hydroalkenylation reactions with 2-vinylpyridine and 2-vinylpyrazine: preparation of nitrogen-bridgehead heterocycles Organometallics, 37, 1695-1707 (2018).
M.V. Jiménez, J. Fernández-Tornos, M. González-Lainez, B. Sánchez-Page, F.J Modrego Pérez, L.A. Oro and J-J- Pérez-Torrente. Mechanistic studies on the N-alkylation of amines with alcohols catalysed by iridium(I) complexes with functionalised N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. Catal. Sci. Technol., 8, 2381-2393 (2018).
M. Angoy, M.V. Jiménez, F.J. Modrego, L.A. Oro, V. Passarelli and J.J. Pérez-Torrente. Mechanistic investigation on the polymerization of phenylacetylene by 2-diphenylphosphino- pyridine rhodium(I) catalysts: understanding the role of the cocatalyst and alkynyl intermediates. Organometallics, 37, 2778-2794 (2018).
A. Iturmendi, L. Rubio-Pérez, J. Munárriz, V. Polo J.J. Pérez-Torrente, M. Iglesias, and L.A. Oro. Highly efficient Ir-catalyst for the solventless dehydrogenation of formic acid: the key role of an N-heterocyclic olefin. Green Chemistry, 20, 4875-4879 (2018).
A. Iturmendi, M. Iglesias, V. Passarelli, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, M. Iglesias, and L.A. Oro. Impact of protic ligands in the Ir-catalyzed dehydrogenation of formic acid in water. Organometallics, 37, 3611-3618 (2018).
F. J. Fernández-Alvarez, R. Royo, P. García-Orduña, F. J. Lahoz and L. A. Oro.
Homogeneous catalytic reduction of CO2 with silicon-hydrides, state of the art. ChemCatChem, 10, 4783-4796 (2018).
M. Iglesias, F. J. Fernández-Alvarez and L. A. Oro. Non-classical hydrosilane mediated reductions promoted by transition metal complexes. Coord. Chem. Rev., 386, 240-266 (2019).
J. Guzmán, A.M. Bernal, P. García-Orduña, F.J. Lahoz, L.A. Oro and F.J. Fernández-Alvarez.
Selective Reduction of formamides to O-silylated hemiaminals or methylamines with HSiMe2Ph catalyzed by iridium complexes. Dalton Trans., 48, 4255-4262 (2019).
M. Angoy, Marta, M.V. Jiménez, P. García-Orduña, L.A. Oro, E. Vispe and J.J. Pérez-Torrente.
Dinuclear phosphine-amido [Rh2(diene){μ-NH(CH2)3PPh2}2] complexes as efficient catalysts precursors for phenylacetylene polymerization. Organometallics, 38, 1991-2006 (2019).
J. Guzmán, P. García-Orduña, V. Polo, F.J. Lahoz, L.A. Oro and F.J. Fernández-Alvarez.
Ir-catalyzed selective reduction of CO2 to the methoxy or to formate level with HSiMe(OSiMe3)2. Catal. Sci. Technol. 9, 2858-2867 (2019).
Books (from 1992)
L. A. Oro La Investigación Española en la Encrucijada 53 pgs, Prensas Universitarias, Zaragoza (2013).
L.A. Oro and C. Claver, Editors Iridium Complexes in Organic Synthesis, 450 pgs, Wiley-Blackwell, Wenheim (2008).
L.A. Oro y E. Sola, Editores. Fundamentos y Aplicaciones de la Catálisis Homogénea,
1a Edición, 216 pgs, CYTED, Zaragoza (2000).
2a Edición, 222 pgs, Prensas Universitarias, Zaragoza (2000).
P. Braunstein, L.A. Oro and P.R. Raithby, Editors. Metal Clusters in Chemistry, 1798 pgs, 3 volumes, Wiley-VCH, Wiley-VCH, Wenheim (1999).
L.A. Oro, J.L. Andreu, M.C. Fernández y J. Pérez-Torrente Química, 320 pgs, Santillana, Madrid (1997).
P.A. Chaloner, M.A. Esteruelas, F. Joó and L.A. Oro. Homogeneous Hydrogenation, 288 pgs., Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, The Netherlands (1994).
L.A. Oro y J. Sebastián, Editores. Los Sistemas de Ciencia y Tecnología en Iberoamérica,
1a Edición (355 pgs.), FUNDESCO, Madrid (1992).
2a Edición (413 pgs.), FUNDESCO, Madrid (1993). 3ª Edición, (413 pgs.), EUDEBA, Buenos Aires (1993).
A. Lafuente y L.A. Oro. El Sistema Español de Ciencia y Tecnología en el marco internacional: evolución y perspectivas, 135 pgs, FUNDESCO, Madrid (1992).
A Selection of Scientific Reviews and Books Chapters (from 1992)
M. Iglesias, F. J. Fernández-Alvarez and L. A. Oro. Non-classical hydrosilane mediated reductions promoted by transition metal complexes. Coord. Chem. Rev., 386, 240-266 (2019).
F. J. Fernández-Alvarez, R. Royo, P. García-Orduña, F. J. Lahoz and L. A. Oro.
Homogeneous catalytic reduction of CO2 with silicon-hydrides, state of the art. ChemCatChem, 10, 4783-4796 (2018).
M. Iglesias and L.A. Oro. Mechanistic considerations on homogeneously catalyzed formic acid dehydrogenation. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2125-2138 (2018)
M. Iglesias and L.A. Oro A leap forward in iridium-NHC catalysis: new horizons and mechanistic insights. Chem. Soc. Rev., 47, 2772-2808 (2018).
A. Di Giuseppe, R. Castarlenas and L.A. Oro. Rhodium Catalysts for C-S Bond Formation. In Rhodium Catalysis, C Claver, Ed, Book Series: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Springer- Verlag, Vol. 61, 31-67 (2018).
F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, R. Lalrempuia and L.A. Oro. Monoanionic NSiN-type ligands in transition metal coordination chemistry and catalysis. Coord. Chem. Rev., 350, 49-60 (2017).
M. Iglesias, E. Sola and L.A. Oro Binuclear Iridium Complexes in Catalysis In Homo- and Heterobimetallic Complexes in Catalysis: Cooperative Catalysis, P. Kalck, Ed, Book Series: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 59, 31-58 (2016).
A. Di Giuseppe, R. Castarlenas and L.A. Oro. Mechanistic considerations on catalytic H/D exchange mediated by organometallic transition metal complexes. C.R. Chimie, 18, 713-741 (2015).
F.J. Fernández-Alvarez, M. Iglesias, l.A. Oro and V. Passarelli Bond Activation and Catalysis In Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II, J, Reedijk and K. PoeppelmeierI, Eds. Vol. 8, 399-432 (2013).
R. Castarlenas, A. Di Giuseppe, J.J. Pérez-Torrente, L.A. Oro. The emergence of transition metal-mediated hydrothiolation of unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds: a mechanistic outlook Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52, 211-222(2013).
M.A. Ciriano and L.A. Oro. Pyridopyridines Elsevier Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, 14 pgs, (2013).
D. Carmona and L.A. Oro Iridium–catalyzed 1,3–dipolarcycloadditions In Iridium Catalysis, P Andersson, Ed, Book Series: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry Springer- Verlag, Vol. 34, 209-229 (2011).
L.A. Oro and D. Carmona. Homogeneous hydrogenation. In Encyclopedia of Catalysis, I.V. Horváth, E. Iglesia, M.T. Klein, J.A. Lercher. A.J. Rusell and E.I. Stiefel, Eds, John Wiley & Sons, 1-81 (2010).
L.A. Oro Dihydrido iridium triisopropylphosphine complexes: from organometallic chemistry to catalysis, In Iridium Complexes in Organic Synthesis, L.A. Oro and C. Claver, Eds, Wiley. 15-38 (2009).
L.A. Oro, D. Carmona and J.M. Fraile Hydrogenation Reactions In Metal-Catalysis in Industrial Organic Processes, G. P. Chiusoli and P.M. Maitlis, Eds, RSC, 79-113 (2006).
L.A. Oro and D. Carmona. Historic introduction, organometallic aspects and mechanism of homogeneous hydrogenation. Rhodium In The Handbook of Homogeneous Hydrogenation, J.G. de Vries and K. Elsevier, Eds, Wiley-VCH, 3-30 (2006).
L.A. Oro Hydrogenation by homogeneous catalysts. In Encyclopedia of Catalysis, I.V. Horváth, E. Iglesia, M.T. Klein, J.A. Lercher. A.J. Rusell and E.I. Stiefel, Eds, John Wiley & Sons, Vol. 4, 55-107 (2003).
L.A. Oro, E. Sola and J. Navarro. Recent developments on hydride iridium triisopropylphosphine complexes: [IrH2(NCCH3)3(PiPr3}]BF4 as hydrogenation catalyst In Perspectives in Organometallic Chemistry, C.G. Screttas and B.R. Steele, Eds, RSC, 297-305 (2003).
M.A. Ciriano and L.A. Oro. Pyridopyridines In Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II: From Biology to Nanotechnology, J.A. McCleverty and T.J. Meyer, Eds, Pergamon, Vol. 1, 55-61 (2003).
L.A. Oro and E. Sola. Labile hydrido iridium complexes modelling homogeneous hydrogenation catalysis. Organotransition Metal Chemistry and Catalysis, Education in Advanced Chemistry, B. Marciniec, Ed., Poznan, 8, 141-150 (2002).
D. Carmona, M.P. Lamata and L.A. Oro Half-sandwich complexes with aminocarboxylate ligands and their use as enantioselective hydrogen transfer catalysts. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2239-2251 (2002).
L.A. Oro and E. Sola Mechanistic aspects of dihydrogen activation and catalysis by dinuclear complexes. In Recent Advances in Hydride Chemistry, R. Poli and M. Peruzzini, Eds, Elsevier, 299-327 (2001).
M.A. Esteruelas and L.A. Oro.
The chemical and catalytic reactions of hydride-chloro-carbonylbis(triisopropylphosphine)-osmium (II) and its major derivatives. Adv. Organomet. Chem., 47, 1-59 (2001).
L.A. Oro Hidrogenación Homogénea. en Fundamentos y Aplicaciones de la Catálisis Homogénea, L.A. Oro y E. Sola, Eds., P.U. Zaragoza. 33-51 (2000).
D. Carmona, M.P. Lamata and L.A. Oro Recent advances in homogeneous enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions catalyzed by chiral transition-metal complexes. Coord. Chem. Rev., 200, 717-772 (2000).
L.A. Oro, M.A. Ciriano, C. Tejel, Y. Shi and J. Modrego. Novel imido rhodium clusters: synthesis and perspectives. In Metal Clusters in Chemistry, P. Braunstein, L.A. Oro and P.R. Raithby, Eds, Wiley-VCH, Vol. 1, 381-398 (1999).
L.A. Oro Molecular dihydrogen complexes in homogeneous catalysis: mechanistic aspects. In Mechanistic aspects of molecular catalysis, Education in Advanced Chemistry, B. Marciniec, Ed., Poznan, 6, 133-151 (1999).
L.A. Oro, M.A. Ciriano, J.J. Pérez-Torrente and B.E. Villarroya. Controlling the molecular architecture of low nuclearity rhodium and iridium complexes using bridging N-C-X (X = N, O, S) ligands. Coord. Chem. Rev., 193, 941-975 (1999).
M.A. Esteruelas and L.A. Oro. Iridium and rhodium complexes with tetrafluorobenzobarrelene diolefins. Coord. Chem. Rev., 193, 557-618 (1999).
M.A. Esteruelas and L.A. Oro. Dihydrogen complexes as homogeneous reduction catalysts. Chem. Rev., 98, 577-588 (1998).
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