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·Alajarin, M.; Bonillo, B.; Ortin, M.-M.; Vidal, A. Ketenimine for nitrile rearrangements in N-arylmethyl ketenimines: [1,n] migrations of bulky arylmethyl groups. Letters in Organic Chemistry, 2010, 7, 528–532.

http://doi.org/10.2174/157017810793362280

·Alajarin, M.; Bonillo, B.; Ortin, M.-M.; Sanchez-Andrada, P.; Vidal, A.; Orenes, R.-A. Domino reactions initiated by intramolecular hydride transfers from tri(di)arylmethane fragments to ketenimine and carbodiimide functions. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2010, 8, 4690–4700. http://doi.org/10.1039/c0ob00193g

·Alajarin, M.; Bonillo, B.; Sanchez-Andrada, P.; Vidal, A. Tandem 1,5-Hydride Shift/1,5-S,N-Cyclization with Ethylene Extrusion of 1,3-Oxathiolane-Substituted Ketenimines and Carbodiimides. An Experimental and Computational Study. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010, 75, 3737–3750. http://doi.org/10.1021/jo100502p

·Alajarin, M., Orenes, R.-A.; Steed, J. W.; Pastor, A. Self-assembly of tris(ureidobenzyl)amines: flexible bricks for robust architectures. Chemical Communications, 2010, 46, 1394–1403. http://doi.org/10.1039/b922531e

·Alajarin, M.; Bonillo, B.; Marin-Luna, M., Sanchez-Andrada, P.; Vidal, A. N-Phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (PTAD) as a dienophilic dinitrogen equivalent: a simple synthesis of 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazines from arylcarbodiimides. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010, 4, 694–704, S694/1–S694/8. http://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.200901103

·Berna, J.; Alajarin, M., Orenes, R.-A. Azodicarboxamides as Template Binding Motifs for the Building of Hydrogen-Bonded Molecular Shuttles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 10741–10747. http://doi.org/10.1021/ja101151t

·Alajarin, M.; Lopez-Leonardo, C.; Alvarez-Garcia, A.; Llamas-Lorente, P.; Sanchez-Andrada, P.; Berna, J.; … Jones, P. G. Synthesis and Molecular Structure of β-Phosphinoyl Carboxamides: An Unexpected Case of Chiral Discrimination of Hydrogen-Bonded Dimers in the Solid State. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010, 16, 3728–3735. http://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200901845

·Alajarin, M.; Bonillo, B.; Marin-Luna, M.; Vidal, A.; Orenes, R.-A. [4 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction of C-Aryl Ketenimines with PTAD as a Synthetic Equivalent of Dinitrogen. Synthesis of Triazolocinnolines and Cinnolines. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009, 74, 3558–3561. http://doi.org/10.1021/jo900304a

·Alajarin, M.; Bonillo, B.; Sanchez-Andrada, P., Vidal, A.; Bautista, D. Unexpected Formation of 2,1-Benzisothiazol-3-ones from Oxathiolano Ketenimines: A Rare Tandem Process. Organic Letters, 2009, 11, 1365–1368. http://doi.org/10.1021/ol9001416

·Alajarin, M.; Marin-Luna, M., Ortin, M.-M.; Sanchez-Andrada, P.; Vidal, A. Benzylic Newman-Kwart rearrangement of O-azidobenzyl thiocarbamates triggered by phosphines: pseudopericyclic [1,3] shifts via uncoupled concerted mechanisms. Tetrahedron, 2009, 65, 2579–2590. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2009.01.064

·Alajarin, M.; Lopez-Leonardo, C., Raja, R. Regiodivergent approach to α- and β-(arylthio)alkenylphosphane oxides and sulfides: aminophosphanes as synthetic auxiliaries. Synlett, 2008, 20, 3172–3176. http://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1087416

·Alajarin, M., Pastor, A.; Orenes, R.-A.; Goeta, A. E.; Steed, J. W. Highly diastereoselective self-assembly of chiral tris(m-ureidobenzyl)amino capsules. Chemical Communications, 2008, 34, 3992–3994. http://doi.org/10.1039/b809835b

·Alajarin, M., Cabrera, J.; Pastor, A.; Sanchez-Andrada, P.; Bautista, D. Polar Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions of 4-Alkenylthiazoles with 1,2,4-Triazoline-3,5-diones: An Experimental and Computational Study. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008, 73, 963–973. http://doi.org/10.1021/jo7021668

·Alajarin, M.; Bonillo, B.; Vidal, A.; Bautista, D. Bis(heterocumulenes) Derived from the 1,4-Diphenyl-1,3-butadiyne Framework. Synthesis of Three New Classes of Axially Chiral Biheteroaryls. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008, 73, 291–294. http://doi.org/10.1021/jo7021058

·Berna, J.; Goldup, S. M.; Lee, A.-L.; Leigh, D. A.; Symes, M. D.; Teobaldi, G.; Zerbetto, F. Cadiot-Chodkiewicz active template synthesis of rotaxanes and switchable molecular shuttles with weak intercomponent interactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2008, 47, 4392–4396. http://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200800891

·Alajarin, M.; Berna, J.; Lopez-Leonardo, C.; Steed, J. W. Component exchange as a synthetically advantageous strategy for the preparation of bicyclic cage compounds. Chemical Communications, 2008, 20, 2337–2339. http://doi.org/10.1039/b801299g

·Alajarin, M.; Lopez-Leonardo, C.; Llamas-Lorente, P.; Raja, R. Regio- and stereoselective nucleophilic additions of amines, thiols and aminophosphines to the CC bond of P,P-diphenyl-P-(2-phenylethynyl)-λ5-phosphazenes. Tetrahedron Letters, 2007, 48, 6987–6991. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.07.148

·Alajarin, M.; Bonillo, B.; Sanchez-Andrada, P.; Vidal, A.; Bautista, D. Intramolecular ketenimine-ketenimine [2+2] and [4+2] cycloadditions. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2007, 72, 5863–5866. http://doi.org/10.1021/jo0704661

·Alajarin, M.; Cabrera, J.; Pastor, A.; Villalgordo, J. M. A new modular and flexible approach to [1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a][1,4]benzodiazepines. Tetrahedron Letters, 2007, 48, 3495–3499. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.03.121

·Alajarin, M.; Vidal, A.; Ortin, M.-M. Synthesis of 6H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridin-7-ones from N-(2-X-carbonyl)-3-thienyl ketenimines (X = RS, ArO, R2N) via consecutive [1,5]-X sigmatropic rearrangement and 6π-electrocyclization. Synthesis, 2007, 4, 590–596. http://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-965874

·Alajarin, M.; Pastor, A.; Orenes, R.-A.; Martinez-Viviente, E.; Ruegger, H.; Pregosin, P. S. Structure, stability and guest affinity of tris(3-ureidobenzyl)amine capsules in solution. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2007, 13, 1559–1569. http://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200601022

·Alajarin, M.; Cabrera, J., Pastor, A.; Sanchez-Andrada, P., Bautista, D. Diels-Alder Reactions of 4-Alkenylthiazoles: A New Approach to Thiazole Functionalization. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2007, 72, 2097–2105. http://doi.org/10.1021/jo062417e

·Watts, A. S.; Gavalas, V. G.; Cammers, A.; Andrada, P. S.; Alajarin, M.; Bachas, L. G. Nitrate-selective electrode based on a cyclic bis-thiourea ionophore. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 2007, 121, 200–207. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2006.09.048

·Alajarin, M.; Lopez-Leonardo, C.; Berna, J. Helical Chirality Transmission through a p-Phenylene Fragment in a Hexa-λ5-phosphazene. Organic Letters, 2007, 9, 4631–4634. http://doi.org/10.1021/ol702183d

·Aucagne, V.; Berna, J.; Crowley, J. D.; Goldup, S. M.; Haenni, K. D.; Leigh, D. A.; … Walker, D. B. Catalytic “Active-Metal” Template Synthesis of [2]Rotaxanes, [3]Rotaxanes, and Molecular Shuttles, and Some Observations on the Mechanism of the Cu(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne 1,3-Cycloaddition. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 11950–11963. http://doi.org/10.1021/ja073513f

·Berna, J.; Crowley, J. D.; Goldup, S. M.; Haenni, K. D.; Lee, A.-L.; Leigh, D. A. A catalytic palladium active-metal template pathway to [2]rotaxanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, 46, 5709–5713. http://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200701678

·Berna, J.; Brouwer, A. M.; Fazio, S. M.; Haraszkiewicz, N.; Leigh, D. A.; Lennon, C. M. A rotaxane mimic of the photoactive yellow protein chromophore environment: effects of hydrogen bonding and mechanical interlocking on a coumaric amide derivative. Chemical Communications, 2007, 19, 1910–1912. http://doi.org/10.1039/b618781a

·Alajarin, M.; Lopez-Leonardo, C.; Berna, J.; Sanchez-Andrada, P. Center-to-propeller and propeller-to-propeller stereocontrol in a series of macrobicyclic tri-λ5-phosphazenes. Tetrahedron Letters, 2007, 48, 3583–3586.

http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.03.087

·Alajarin, M.; Lopez-Leonardo, C.; Berna, J. Modulating the propeller-like shape of a tripodal C(CH2PPh2)3 fragment by the size of the substituent at the pivotal carbon atom in macrobicyclic tri-λ5-phosphazenes. Tetrahedron, 2007, 63, 4450–4458. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2007.03.076

·Alajarin, M.; Lopez-Leonardo, C.; Berna, J.; Steed, J. W. Macrobicyclic triphosphazides and tri-λ5-phosphazenes derived from PhC(CH2PPh2)3. Two propeller-shaped diastereoisomers in the crystals. Tetrahedron, 2007, 63, 2078–2083. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2006.12.027

·Berna, J.; Bottari, G.; Leigh, D. A.; Perez, E. M. Amide-based molecular shuttles (2001-2006). Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2007, 79, 39–54. http://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779010039

·Alajarin, M.; Bonillo, B.; Ortin, M.-M.; Sanchez-Andrada, P.; Vidal, A. Hydricity-Promoted [1,5]-H Shifts in Acetalic Ketenimines and Carbodiimides. Organic Letters, 2006, 8, 5645–5648. http://doi.org/10.1021/ol062373w

·Alajarin, M.; Ortin, M.-M.; Sanchez-Andrada, P.; Vidal, A. Tandem Pseudopericyclic Reactions: [1,5]-X Sigmatropic Shift/6π-Electrocyclic Ring Closure Converting N-(2-X-Carbonyl)phenyl Ketenimines into 2-X-Quinolin-4(3H)-ones. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006, 71, 8126–8139. http://doi.org/10.1021/jo061286e

·Alajarin, M.; Cabrera, J.; Pastor, A., Sanchez-Andrada, P.; Bautista, D. On the [2+2] Cycloaddition of 2-Aminothiazoles and Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate. Experimental and Computational Evidence of a Thermal Disrotatory Ring Opening of Fused Cyclobutenes. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006, 71, 5328–5339. http://doi.org/10.1021/jo060664c

·Lisowskaya, N. A.; Alajarin, M.; Sanchez-Andrada, P. New cyclization mode of [N-(diarylmethyleneamino)carbonimidoyl]ketenes: synthesis of 9H-pyrazolo[3,2-b][1,3]benzoxazines. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006, 6, 1468–1475. http://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.200500768

·Alajarin, M., Pastor, A.; Orenes, R.-A.; Martinez-Viviente, E.; Pregosin, P. S. Pulsed gradient spin echo (PGSE) diffusion measurements as a tool for the elucidation of a new type of hydrogen-bonded bicapsular aggregate. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2006, 12, 877–886. http://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200500021

·Alajarin, M.; Lopez-Leonardo, C.; Berna, J.; Steed, J. W. On the protonation of a macrobicyclic cage: an inert tribenzylamine fragment and three robust aminophosphonium units. Tetrahedron Letters, 2006, 47, 5405–5408. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.05.112

Alajarin, M.; Lopez-Leonardo, C.; Berna, J. New macrobicyclic triphosphazides and triphosphazenes formed by self-assembly of tripodal triazides with triphosphanes. Tetrahedron, 2006, 62, 6190–6202.

http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2006.04.056

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