BREAKING NEWS: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.”

During our last group meeting, Albert told us about "Copper(I)-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Arylsulfonyl Radicals with Diazo Compounds: Assembly of Arylsulfones", by Li-Jun Wu and co-workers, published in J Org Chem/Org Lett. pubs-acs-org.sire.ub.edu/doi/full/10.10…

In this week's group meeting, Elena has told us about "Cobalt-Catalyzed Regioselective para-Amination of Azobenzenes via Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution of Hydrogen", published in J Org Chem/Org Lett by Weiping Su and co-workers. Really cool stuff! pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

In today's group meeting, Albert has dissected Roemer's paper on "Copper(I) Chloride Mediated Amination of Halobenzenes via Azides: Scope, Mechanistic Aspects, and C–C Cleavage Reactions" published in J Org Chem/Org Lett pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

We are very happy to have joined the EURESTOP COST Action COST. Looking forward to the upcoming exciting interactions and collaborations!

Check out our last publication on the Enantioselective Ir-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Terminal Homoallyl Sulfones: Total Synthesis of (−)-Curcumene in Organic Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.102…

In today's group meeting, Xavi has told us about "Stereochemical editing logic powered by the epimerization of unactivated tertiary stereocenters", published by Alison Wendlandt and co-workers in Science Magazine. science.org/toc/science/37…

We are very happy to welcome Lara Lamelza to our lab. She is a visiting PhD student from the group of Prof. Bruno Botta in Università degli Studi di Roma. Wish you a nice stay in Barcelona!

New group picture. Really happy to work with such highly motivated students!

In this week's group meeting, Lara has told us about "Intermolecular Organophotocatalytic Cyclopropanation of Unactivated Olefins", published by CarreiraGroup in J. Am. Chem. Soc. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

As we are entering day 2 of the Artificial Switches and Motors GRC, I want to share with everyone that Doritos contain 3 types of azobenzenes. Not sure if this is a good thing…#GRC_switches_motors, #photoswitches, #tartrazine, #Red40

In our last meeting, Albert told us about "A Shapeshifting Roadmap for Polycyclic Skeletal Evolution" by Dean Tantillo, Thomas maimone and co-workers, published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.. This one was quite a ride! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Our work on the "Synthesis of Tetra-ortho-Methoxylated Azobenzene Photoswitches via Sequential Catalytic C−H Activation and Methoxylation" is now available on ChemRxiv Congratulations Albert, Lara and Elena! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

This year's conference on photopharmacology #ppiv was a total success. Had a great time learning about new advances on the field and meeting amazing people. Big thanks to our hosts in Hong Kong!

Nice talk about Photoswitchable antimicrobial peptides from Xavier Just-Baringo Just-Baringo Research Group in Rome EURESTOP

Had a great time in Rome meeting colleagues and friends from the EURESTOP COST. Congratulations Albert for a very successful poster that spurred many discussions and gathered so much attention!

Congratulations to Albert, Lara and Elena! Their paper on the synthesis of methoxylated azobenzene photoswitches is now out in J Org Chem/Org Lett. Lots of new tetra-ortho-methoxylatedazobenzenes are now available to develop photopharmacological tools. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Want to control a molecule's properties with red light? Check how to prepare tetra-ortho-methoxyazobenzenes with a large variety of functionalities for further derivatization. #JOrgChem #OpenAccess go.acs.org/bAo

Had a blast presenting our latest results among friends at the 1st Organic Chemistry Meeting of the Catalan Chemistry Society (Societat Catalana de Química).

Great talk Albert! He's showed us how to synthesize with ease a large variety of visible light operated tetramethoxylated azobenzenes during the 1st Organic Chemistry Meeting of the Catalan Chemical Society (Societat Catalana de Química).