1. Article. Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Disubstituted, Trisubstituted, and Tetrasubstituted Minimally Functionalized Olefins and Cyclic β-Enamides with Easily Accessible Ir-P,Oxazoline Catalysts. Biosca, M.; Magre, M.; Pàmies, O.; Diéguez, M. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 10316-10320. Highlighted in Synfacts 2018, 1277.
2. Article. Computationally-guided design of a readily assembled phosphite-thioether ligand for a broad range of Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitutions. Biosca, M.; Margalef, J.; Caldentey, X.; Besora, M.; Rodríguez-Escrich, C.; Saltó, J.; Cambeiro, X. C.; Maseras, F.; Pàmies, O.; Diéguez, M.; Pericàs, M. A. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 3587-3601.
3. Article. Pyrrolidine-based P,O ligands from carbohydrates: Easily accessible and modular ligands for the Ir-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of minimally functionalized olefins. Elías-Rodríguez, P.; Borràs, C.; Carmona, A. T.; Faiges, J.; Robina, I.; Pàmies, O.; Diéguez, M. ChemCatChem, 2018, 10, 5414-5424. Selected as Front Cover.
4. Article. Synthesis, Application and Kinetic Studies of Chiral Phosphite-Oxazoline Palladium Complexes as Active and Selective Catalysts in Intermolecular Heck Reactions. Mazloomi, Z.; Magre, M.; Del Valle, E.; Pericàs, M. A.; Pàmies, O.; van Leeuwen, P. W. N. M.; Diéguez, M. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, 360, 1650-1664. Selected as Inside Front Cover.
5. Article. Enantioselective Synthesis of Sterically Hindered Tertiary a-Aryl Oxindoles via Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Protonation. An Experimental and Theoretical Mechanistic Investigation. Biosca, M.; Jackson, M.; Magre, M.; Pàmies, O.; Norrby, P.-O.; Diéguez, M.; Guiry, P. J. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, 360, 3124-3137.
6. Article. Amino-P Ligands from Iminosugars: New Readily Available and Modular Ligands for Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Substitutions. Borràs, C.; Elías-Rodríguez, P.; Carmona, A. T.; Robina, I.; Pàmies, O.; Diéguez, M. Organometallics, 2018, 37, 1682-1694.