Organometallic catalysis and synthetic methodologies

Our research interests go from ligand design to the development of highly active catalysts applied to organic methodologies.
We focus on new redox non-innocent ligands, which include novel switchable carbenes, original NacNac ligands and o-phenylenediamine-derived polydentate ligands, among other.
These platforms provide earth-abundant transition metal catalysts with promising properties in homogeneous catalysis. In addition, another strategy aims to combine organocatalytic and transition-metal approaches in a cooperative manner.

Tomás-Mendivil, E., M. Devillard, V. Regnier, J. Pécaut, and D. Martin, "Air-Stable Oxyallyl Patterns and a Switchable N-Heterocyclic Carbene", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 59, pp. 11516-11520, 2020.