• openAccess   Advances in the Development of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Inhibitors 

      Agost Beltrán, Laura; de la hoz rodriguez, Sergio; Bou Iserte, Lledó; Rodríguez, Santiago; Fernández de la Pradilla Ibáñez, Adrián; González, Florenci MDPI (2022-04-14)
      Since the outbreak of COVID-19, one of the strategies used to search for new drugs has been to find inhibitors of the main protease (Mpro) of the virus SARS-CoV-2. Initially, previously reported inhibitors of related ...
    • closedAccess   Amidation through carbamates 

      Latorre, Antonio; Rodríguez, Santiago; Izquierdo Ferrer, Javier; González, Florenci Elsevier (2009)
      N-Alkyl carbamates of primary amines are easily converted into amides under treatment with Grignard reagents. Consequently, primary amines can be converted into amides in a one-pot reaction through carbamate protection and ...
    • closedAccess   Antiprotozoal and cysteine proteases inhibitory activity of dipeptidyl enoates 

      Royo, Santiago; Schirmeister, Tanja; Kaiser, Marcel; Jung, Sascha; Rodríguez, Santiago; Bautista, José Manuel; González, Florenci Elsevier (2018-09-01)
      A family of dipeptidyl enoates has been prepared and tested against the parasitic cysteine proteases rhodesain, cruzain and falcipain-2 related to sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and malaria, respectively. They have also ...
    • openAccess   Breakthroughs in Medicinal Chemistry: New Targets and Mechanisms, New Drugs, New Hopes–7 

      Gütschow, Michael; Vanden Eynde, Jean Jacques; Jampilek, Josef; Kang, Congbao; Mangoni, Arduino Aleksander; Fossa, Paola; Karaman, Rafik; Trabocchi, Andrea; Scott, Peter; Reynisson, Johannes; Rapposelli, Simona; Galdiero, Stefania; Winum, Jean-Yves; Brullo, Chiara; Prokai-Tatrai, Katalin; Sharma, Arun K.; Schapira, Matthieu; Azuma, Yasu-Taka; Cerchia, Laura; Spetea, Mariana; Torri, Giangiacomo; Collina, Simona; Geronikaki, Athina; García-Sosa, Alfonso T.; Vasconcelos, M. Helena; Sousa, Maria Emília; Kosalec, Ivan; Tuccinardi, Tiziano; Duarte, Iola; Salvador, Jorge A. R.; Bertinaria, Massimo; Pellecchia, Maurizio; Amato, Jussara; Rastelli, Giulio; Gomes, Paula A. C.; Guedes, Rita; Sabatier, Jean-Marc; Estevez-Braun, Ana; Pagano, Bruno; Mangani, Stefano; Ragno, Rino; Kokotos, George; Brindisi, Margherita; González, Florenci; Borges, Fernanda; Miloso, Mariarosaria; Rautio, Jarkko; Muñoz-Torrero, Diego MDPI (2020)
      Breakthroughs in Medicinal Chemistry: New Targets and Mechanisms, New Drugs, New Hopes is a series of editorials which is published on a biannual basis by the Editorial Board of the Medicinal Chemistry section of the journal ...
    • closedAccess   Catalytic enantioselective epoxidation of nitroalkenes 

      Vidal-Albalat, Andreu; Świderek, Katarzyna; Izquierdo Ferrer, Javier; Rodríguez, Santiago; Moliner, Vicent; González, Florenci Royal Society of Chemistry (2016)
      Nitroepoxides are potentially exploitable as synthons with vicinal electrophilic centers. Nevertheless, although advances have been made in the field, enantioselective epoxidation of nitroalkenes is still a challenging ...
    • openAccess   Cuestiones previas en Aula Virtual en los laboratorios de Química Orgánica 

      Rodríguez, Santiago; González, Florenci; Bou Iserte, Lledó; Miravet, Juan; Agost Beltrán, Laura; de la hoz rodriguez, Sergio; Fernández de la Pradilla Ibáñez, Adrián Colegio Oficial de Químicos de Galicia (2023-05-18)
      En las prácticas de laboratorio de las asignaturas de Química Orgánica es habitual introducir en el guion de prácticas una serie de preguntas previas que acompañan a la descripción de los experimentos y procedimientos ...
    • openAccess   Design and Synthesis of Cysteine Protease Inhibitors 

      González, Florenci MDPI (2017-09-08)
      We have been preparing new dipeptidyl inhibitors against parasitic cysteine proteases cruzain (related to Chagas disease) and rhodesain (related to Sleeping Sickness disease), and against human cathepsins. Inhibitors display ...
    • closedAccess   Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Fluorescent Analogues of Abscisic Acid 

      González, Florenci; Bou Iserte, Lledó; Miguel-López, Borja; de la hoz rodriguez, Sergio; Kersten, Christian; Sánchez-Sarasúa, Sandra; Espinosa-Fernández, Verónica; Sánchez-Pérez, Ana María Wiley (2020-07-13)
      A fluorescent analogue of abscisic acid has been prepared by combining (S)‐abscisic acid (ABA) with nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD) fluorophore using ethanol amine as a linker. Isomerization of the double bond at the side chain ...
    • openAccess   Development and validation of a liquid chromatography isotope dilution mass spectrometry method for the reliable quantificationof alkylphenols in environmental water samples by isotopepattern deconvolution 

      Fabregat-Cabello, Neus; Sancho, Juan V; Vidal-Albalat, Andreu; González, Florenci; Roig-Navarro, Antoni F. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier (2014-02-07)
      We present here a new measurement method for the rapid extraction and accurate quantification of technical nonylphenol (NP) and 4-t-octylphenol (OP) in complex matrix water samples by UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS. The extraction of ...
    • closedAccess   Dipeptidyl Enoates As Potent Rhodesain Inhibitors That Display a Dual Mode of Action 

      Royo Calvo, Santiago; Rodríguez, Santiago; Schirmeister, Tanja; Kesselring, Jochen; Kaiser, Marcel; González, Florenci Wiley (2015-07-14)
      Dipeptidyl enoates were prepared through a high-yielding two-step synthetic route. They have a dipeptidic structure with a 4-oxoenoate moiety as a warhead with multiple reactive sites. Dipeptidyl enoates were screened ...
    • closedAccess   Dipeptidyl Nitroalkenes as Potent Reversible Inhibitors of Cysteine Proteases Rhodesain and Cruzain 

      Latorre, Antonio; Schirmeister, Tanja; Kesselring, Jochen; Jung, Sascha; Johé, Patrick; Hellmich, Ute A.; Heilos, Anna; Engels, Bernd; Krauth-Siegel, R. Luise; Dirdjaja, Natalie; Bou Iserte, Lledó; Rodríguez, Santiago; González, Florenci American Chemical Society (2016)
      Dipeptidyl nitroalkenes are potent reversible inhibitors of cysteine proteases. Inhibitor 11 resulted to be the most potent one with Ki values of 0.49 and 0.44 nM against rhodesain and cruzain, respectively. According to ...
    • closedAccess   Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Ring-Opening/Reductive Amination Sequence of Racemic Nitroepoxides with Chiral Amines: Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Vicinal Diamines 

      Agut Gregori, Juan; Vidal-Albalat, Andreu; Rodríguez, Santiago; González, Florenci American Chemical Society (2013-05)
      We report a highly diastereoselective synthesis of vicinal diamines by the treatment of nitroepoxides with primary amines and then a reducing agent. When using a chiral primary amine, racemic nitroepoxides are transformed ...
    • openAccess   Elucidating the Dual Mode of Action of Dipeptidyl Enoates in the Inhibition of Rhodesain Cysteine Proteases 

      Arafet Cruz, Kemel; González, Florenci; Moliner, Vicent Wiley (2021-04-14)
      A computational study of the two possible inhibition mechanisms of rhodesain cysteine protease by the dipeptidyl enoate Cbz-Phe-Leu-CH=CH−CO2C2H5 has been carried out by means of molecular dynamics simulations with hybrid ...
    • openAccess   Fast methodology for the reliable determination of nonylphenol in water samples by minimal labeling isotope dilution mass spectrometry 

      Fabregat-Cabello, Neus; Castillo Tirado, Ángel; Sancho, Juan V; González, Florenci; Roig-Navarro, Antoni F. Elsevier (2013-08)
      In this work we have developed and validated an accurate and fast methodology for the determination of 4-nonylphenol (technical mixture) in complex matrix water samples by UHPLC–ESI-MS/MS. The procedure is based on isotope ...
    • openAccess   Formal [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Electron-Rich Aryl Epoxides with Alkenes under Lewis Acid Catalysis Affording Tetrasubstituted Tetrahydrofurans 

      Macías-Villamizar, Víctor; Cuca-Suárez, Luís; Rodríguez, Santiago; González, Florenci MDPI (2020)
      We report on the regio- and stereoselective synthesis of tetrahydrofurans by reaction between epoxides and alkenes in the presence of a Lewis acid. This is an unprecedented formal [3+2] cycloaddition reaction between an ...
    • closedAccess   Highly stereoselective epoxidation of O-protected 3-hydroxy-1-nitroalkenes 

      Jain, Amit; Rodríguez, Santiago; López Martín, Irakusne; González, Florenci Elsevier (2009)
      [No abstract available]
    • openAccess   Impact of the Recognition Part of Dipeptidyl Nitroalkene Compounds on the Inhibition Mechanism of Cysteine Proteases Cruzain and Cathepsin L 

      Arafet Cruz, Kemel; Royo, Santiago; Schirmeister, Tanja; Barthels, Fabian; González, Florenci; Moliner, Vicent American Chemical Society (2023-05-05)
      Cysteine proteases (CPs) are an important class of enzymes, many of which are responsible for several human diseases. For instance, cruzain of protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is responsible for the Chagas disease, ...
    • openAccess   Impact of the Warhead of Dipeptidyl Keto Michael Acceptors on the Inhibition Mechanism of Cysteine Protease Cathepsin L 

      Fernández de la Pradilla Ibáñez, Adrián; Royo, Santiago; Schirmeister, Tanja; Barthels, Fabian; Świderek, Katarzyna; González, Florenci; Moliner, Vicent American Chemical Society (2023-10-03)
      Cathepsin L (CatL) is a lysosomal cysteine protease whose activity has been related to several human pathologies. However, although preclinical trials using CatL inhibitors were promising, clinical trials have been ...
    • openAccess   Influence of the gas atmosphere on the deprotection of (Z)-γ -hydroxy- α , β-unsaturated esters 

      López Martín, Irakusne; Rodríguez, Santiago; Izquierdo Ferrer, Javier; González, Florenci; Vicent Barrera, Cristian Bentham Science Publishers (2009)
      The deprotection of O-protected (Z)-α-methyl-γ-hydroxy-α,β-unsaturated ester 1 furnishes dimer 2 when the reaction is performed under a nitrogen atmosphere, while compound 3 forms when the reaction is performed under an ...
    • openAccess   Investigation of the Compatibility between Warheads and Peptidomimetic Sequences of Protease Inhibitors—A Comprehensive Reactivity and Selectivity Study 

      Müller, Patrick; Meta, Mergim; Meidner, Jan Laurenz; Schwickert, Marvin; Meyr, Jessica; Schwickert, Dr. Kevin; Kersten, Christian; Zimmer, Collin; Hammerschmidt, Stefan Josef; Frey, Ariane; Lahu, Albin; de la hoz rodriguez, Sergio; Agost Beltrán, Laura; Rodríguez, Santiago; Diemer, Kira; Neumann, Wilhelm; González, Florenci; Engels, Bernd; Schirmeister, Tanja MDPI (2023-04-13)
      : Covalent peptidomimetic protease inhibitors have gained a lot of attention in drug development in recent years. They are designed to covalently bind the catalytically active amino acids through electrophilic groups ...