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Bures Research Group

Solvent-free crosslinking of Hydroxypropyl cellulose via esterification: Towards green bioplastics

Ren, H; An, L.; Moy, B.; Ali, C.; Lee, D; Burés, J.*; Gümrah Dumanli, A.*

Carbohydr. Polym. 2026, 371, 124479

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Borate-Catalysed Direct Amidation Reactions of Coordinating Substrates

Procter, R. J.; Alamillo-Ferrer, C.; Shabbir, U.; Britton, P.; Bučar, D.-K.; Dumon, A. S.; Rzepa, H. S.*; Burés, J.*; Whiting, A.*; Sheppard, T.*

Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 4718–4724

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Aerobic Oxidative Coupling of 2-Aminonaphthalenes by Homogenous Nonheme Iron Catalysts

Vershinin, V.; Feruz, L.; Forkosh, H.; Kertzman, L.; Libman, A.; Burés, J.*; Pappo, D.*

ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 8261–8269

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Bismuth-Catalyzed Amide Reduction

Xiuxiu, Y.; Kuziola, J.; Béland, V. A.; Busch, J.; Leutzsch, M.; Burés, J.*; Cornella, J.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202306447

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Organic reaction mechanism classification using machine learning

Burés, J.*; Larrosa, I.*

Nature 2023, 613, 689-695

Highlighted in Nature's News & Views

Featured in Chemistry World

Highlited in the Science AAAS Blog "In The Pipeline"

Showcased in Synform

Spotlighted in Phys.Org

Highlighted in Nature Computational Science

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Mechanistic interpretation of orders in catalyst greater than one

Alamillo-Ferrer, C.; Hutchinson, G.; Burés, J.*

Nat. Rev. Chem. 2023, 7, 26-34

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A Tutorial on Kinetic-Assisted Mechanistic Analysis in Asymmetric Aminocatalysis

Burés, J.; Armstrong, A.; Blackmond, D. G.

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Asymmetric Organocatalysis: New Strategies, Catalysis, and Opportunities, Volume 2 , 2023, 657–678

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A computational tool to accurately and quickly predict 19F NMR chemical shifts of molecules with fluorine-carbon and fluorine-boron bonds

Dumon, A. S.; Rzepa S. H.*; Alamillo-Ferrer, C.; Burés, J.; Procter, R.; Sheppard, T. D.; Whiting, A.

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24, 20409–20425

Organocatalytic Enantioselective α-Bromination of Aldehydes with N-Bromosuccinimide

Hutchinson, G.*; Alamillo-Ferrer, C.; Fernández-Pascual M.; Burés, J.*

J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 7968–7974

This article was one of the top 20 most read in May

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Kinetic Rationalization of Nonlinear Effects in Asymmetric Catalytic Cascade Reactions under Curtin–Hammett Conditions

Ali, C.; Blackmond, D.G.*; Burés, J.*

ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 5776–5785

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Mechanistically Guided Design of an Efficient and Enantioselective Aminocatalytic α‑Chlorination of Aldehydes

Hutchinson, G.; Alamillo-Ferrer, C.; Burés, J.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 6805–6809

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Chirality-Induced Catalyst Aggregation: Insights into Catalyst Speciation and Activity Using Chiral Aluminum Catalysts in Cyclic Ester Ring-Opening Polymerization

Gesslbauer, S.; Hutchinson, G.; White, A. J. P.; Burés, J.*; Romain, C.*

ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 4084–4093

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Understanding the Diastereopreference of Intermediates in Aminocatalysis: Application to the Chiral Resolution of Lactols

Alamillo-Ferrer, C.; Nielsen, D.-T. C.; Salzano, A.; Companyó, X.; Di Sanza, R.; Spivey, A. C.; Rzepa, H. S.; Burés, J.*

J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 4326–4335

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Use of Standard Addition to Quantify In Situ FTIR Reaction Data

Hutchinson, G.; Welsh, C. D. M.; Burés, J.*

J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 2012–2016

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Dual H-bond activation of NHC–Au(I)–Cl complexes with amide functionalized side-arms assisted by H-bond donor substrates or acid additives

Seppänen, O.; Santeri, A.; Mikko, M.; Alamillo-Ferrer, C.; Burés, J.; Helaja, J.*

Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 14697–14700

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Hydroarylation of Alkenes by Protonation/Friedel–Crafts Trapping: HFIP-Mediated Access to Per-aryl Quaternary Stereocenters

Nielsen, D.-T. C.; White, A. J. P.; Sale, D.; Burés, J.; Spivey, A. C.*

J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 14965–14973

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Kinetic Treatments for Catalyst Activation and Deactivation Processes

based on Variable Time Normalization Analysis

Martínez-Carrión, A.; Howlett, M. G.; Alamillo-Ferrer, C.; Clayton, A. D.; Bourne, R. A.; Codina, A.; Vidal-Ferran, A.*; Adams, R. W.*; Burés, J.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 10189–10193

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Visual kinetic analysis

Nielsen, D.-T. C.; Burés, J.*

Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 348–353

This article is part of the themed collection: 2019 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection

This article is part of the themed collection: Editor's choice - Paolo Melchiorre

YouTube video included!

Tencent Video with Chinese subtitles available (thanks to the China Chemical Science team!)

Reversibility and reactivity in an acid catalyzed cyclocondensation to give furanochromanes – a reaction at the ‘oxonium-Prins’ vs. ‘ortho-quinone methide cycloaddition’ mechanistic nexus

Nielsen, D.-T. C.; Mooji, W. J.; Sale, D.; Rzepa H. S.; Burés, J.; Spivey, A. C.*

Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 406–412

This article is part of the themed collection: 2018 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection

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Intermediacy of Ni–Ni species in sp2 C–O bond cleavage of aryl esters: relevance in catalytic C-Si Bond Formation

Somerville, R.; Hale, L. V. A.; Gomez-Bengoa, E.*; Burés, J.*; Martin, R.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 8771–8780

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Gold(I)-Catalyzed 1,3-O-Transposition of Ynones: Mechanism and Catalytic Acceleration with Electron-Rich Aldehydes

Aikonen, S.; Muuronen, M.*; Wirtanen, T.; Heikkinen, S.; Musgreave, J.; Burés, J.*; Helaja, J.*

ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 960–967

Reaction monitoring reveals poisoning mechanism of Pd2(dba)3 and guides catalyst selection

Colletto, C.; Burés, J.*; Larrosa, I.*

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 12890–12893

Distribution of Catalytic Species as an Indicator to Overcome Reproducibility Problems

Companyó , X.; Burés, J.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 8432–8435

Selected for the JACS Young Investigators virtual issue 2018

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A bis(pyridyl)-N-alkylamine/Cu(I) catalyst system for aerobic alcohol oxidation

Marais, L.; Burés, J.; Jordaan, H. L. J.; Mapolie, S.; Swarts, A. J.*

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 6926–6933

Themed issue: Mechanistic Aspects of Organic Synthesis

What is the Order of a Reaction?

Topics in Catalysis 2017, 60, 631–633

Invited article to the special issue dedicated to Prof. Donna Blackmond (ACS Gabor A. Samorjai Award 2016)

Variable Time Normalization Analysis: General Graphical Elucidation of Reaction Orders from Concentration Profiles

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 16084–16087

Higlighted as 'Hot Paper'

Featured in "Kinetics in the Real Word"

Ag(I)-Catalyzed C–H Activation: The Role of the Ag(I) Salt in Pd/Ag-Mediated C–H Arylation of Electron-Deficient Arenes

Whitaker, D.; Burés, J.*; Larrosa, I.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8384–8387

A Simple Graphical Method to Determine the Order in Catalyst

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 2028–2031

Featured in "Kinetics in the Real Word"

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Deciphering the roles of multiple additives in organocatalyzed Michael additions

Günler, Z. I.; Companyó, X.; Alfonso, I.; Burés, J.*; Jimeno, C.*; Pericàs, M. A.*

Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6821–6824

Pre and Post-doctoral publications (Jordi Burés)

Explaining Anomalies in Enamine Catalysis: "Downstream Species" as a New Paradigm for Stereocontrol

Burés, J.; Armstrong, A.; Blackmond, D.G.*

Acc. Chem. Res. 2016, 49, 214–222

Rationalization of an Unusual Solvent-Induced Inversion of Enantio-meric Excess in Organocatalytic Selenylation of Aldehydes

Burés, J.; Dingwall, P.; Armstrong, A.*; Blackmond, D.G.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 8700–8704

Featured in "Kinetics in the Real Word"

Electrospray ionization mass spectra of the reactions of NaAuBr4 and related aurates with nucleophiles

Isart, C.; Burés, J.; Vilarrasa, J.*

J. Mass Spectrom. 2014, 49, 331–334

The interplay of thermodynamics and kinetics in dictating organocatalytic reactivity and selectivity

Burés, J.; Armstrong, A.; Blackmond, D.G.

Pure Appl. Chem. 2013, 85, 1919–1934

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Curtin−Hammett Paradigm for Stereocontrol in Organocatalysis by Diarylprolinol Ether Catalysts

Burés, J.; Armstrong, A.; Blackmond, D.G.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 6741–6750

Kinetic correlation between aldehyde/enamine stereoisomers in reactions between aldehydes with alpha-stereocenters and chiral pyrrolidine-based catalysts

Burés, J.; Armstrong, A.; Blackmond, D.G.*

Chem. Sci. 2012,3, 1273–1277

Relative Tendency of Carbonyl Compounds To Form Enamines

Sánchez, D.; Bastida, D.; Burés, J.; Isart, C.; Pineda, O.; Vilarrasa, J.*

Org. Lett. 2012,14, 536–539

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Mechanistic Rationalization of Organocatalyzed Conjugate Addition of Linear Aldehydes to Nitro-olefins

Burés, J.; Armstrong, A.; Blackmond, D.G.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 132, 8822–8825

Enamine Carboxylates as Stereodetermining Intermediates in Prolinate Catalysis

Hein, J.E.; Burés, J.; Lam, Y-H.; Hughes, M.; Houk, K.N.*; Armstrong, A.*; Blackmond, D.G.*

Org. Lett. 2011,13, 5644–5647

Gold(III) Complexes Catalyze Deoximations/Transoximations at Neutral pH

Isart, C.; Bastida, D.; Burés, J.*; Vilarrasa, J.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 3275–3279

Reaction of Dess–Martin periodinane with 2-(alkylselenyl)pyridines. Dehydration of primary alcohols under extraordinarily mild conditions

Andreou, T.; Burés, J; Vilarrasa, J.*

Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 1863–1866

AuBr3-Catalyzed Thiooxime-to-Carbonyl Conversion: From Chiral Aliphatic Nitro Compounds to Ketones without Racemization

Burés, J.; Isart, C.; Vilarrasa J.*

Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 4414–4417

Catalytic Staudinger–Vilarrasa Reaction for the Direct Ligation of Carboxylic Acids and Azides

Burés, J.; Martin, M.; Urpí, F.; Vilarrasa, J.*

J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 2203–2206

Seebach's oxazolidinone is a good catalyst for aldol reactions

Isart, C.; Burés, J.; Vilarrasa, J.*

Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 5414–5418

Catalytic, PMe(3)-mediated conversion of secondary nitroalkanes to ketones: a very mild Nef-type process

Burés, J.; Vilarrasa, J.*

Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 441–444

Efficient preparation of N-phenylsulfenyl ketimines from oximes or nitro compounds without racemization of alpha-stereocenters

Burés, J.; Isart, C.; Vilarrasa, J.*

Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 4635–4638

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