Publications (2021-1999)

 

135.- Stereoselective Cyclopropanation of Boron Dipyrromethene (BODIPY) Derivatives by an Organocascade Reaction. Vojtěch Dočekal,Tereza Koberová,Jan Hrabovský,Andrea Vopálenská,Róbert Gyepes,Ivana Císařová,Ramon Rios,Jan Veselý, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022, doi: doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202101286

134.- “Organocatalytic Amination of Pyrazolones with Azodicarboxylates: Scope and Limitations” Bedhich Formnanek, Vit Seferna, Marta Meazza, Ramon Rios*, Mahendra Patil*, Jan Vesely* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, DOI:10.1002/ejoc.202100167

133.-“Studying the reactivity of alkyl substituted BODIPY. First enantioselective addition of BODIPY to MBH carbonates” Marta Meazza, Carlos M. Cruz, Ana Maria Ortuno, Juan Manuel Cuerva, Luis Crovetto,* Ramon Rios*, Chem. Sci. 2021, DOI:10.1039/D0SC06574A

132- “Highly Regio‐ and Enantioselective Organocatalytic γ‐Allylic Alkylation of Quinolines” Marta Meazza*, Ramon Rios, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, DOI:10.1002/adsc.202001213

131-“Cobalt-containing zeolitic imidazole frameworks for C–H activation using visible-light redox photocatalysis” Matthew E. Potter, Cameron P. Ross, Diego Gianolio, Ramon Rios and Robert Raja Catal. Sci. Technol. 2020, 10, 7262-7269.

130- “Synthesis, Photophysics, and Solvatochromic Studies of an Aggregated-Induced-Emission Luminogen Useful in Bioimaging” Laura Espinar-Barranco, Marta Meazza, Azahara Linares-Perez, Ramon Rios, Jose Manuel Paredes, and Luis Crovetto Sensors 2019, 19(22), 4932-4943.

129- “Hybrid catalysts based on N-heterocyclic carbene anchored on hierarchical zeolites” Enrica Gianotti, Ivana Miletto, Chiara Ivaldi, Geo Paul, Leonardo Marchese, Marta Meazza, Ramon Rios and Robert Raja RSC Adv. 2019, 9, 35336-35344.

128- “Acid Properties of Organosiliceous Hybrid Materials Based on Pendant (Fluoro)Aryl-Sulfonic Groups through Spectroscopic Study with Probe Molecules” Andrea Erigoni, Geo Paul, Marta Meazza, María Consuelo Hernández-Soto, Ivana Miletto, Ramon Rios, Candela Segarra, Leonardo Marchese, Robert Raja, Fernando Rey, Enrica Gianotti and Urbano Díaz Cat. Sci. Tech. 2019, 9, 6308-6317.

127- “Enantioselective Synthesis of Alkyl Azaarenes” Ramon Rios and Marta Meazza Asian J. Org. Chem. 2019, 8, 1800-1812.

126- “Synergistic Catalysis: Highly Enantioselective Cascade Reaction for the Synthesis of Dihydroacridines” Sara Meninno, Marta Meazza, Jung Woon Yang, Tomas Tejero, Pedro Merino and Ramon Rios Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 7623-7627.

125- “Proline Bulky Substituents Consecutively Act as Steric Hindrances and Directing Groups in a Michael/Conia-Ene Cascade Reaction under Synergistic Catalysis” Salil Putatunda, Juan V. Alegre-Requena, Marta Meazza, Dominika Rohaľová, Pooja Vemuri, Ivana Císařová, Raquel, P. Herrera, Ramon Rios, and Jan Veselý Chem. Sci.  2019, 10, 4107-4115.

124- “Photochemically Aerobic Oxidative Hydroxylation of Boronic Acids” Yanbin Zhang, Yang Chen, Jie Xu, Ramon Rios, Aishun Ding, Guangxin Gu, Hao Guo Tetrahedron Lett. 2019, 60, 660-663.

123- “Synergistic Catalysis: Highly Enantioselective Acetyl Azaarenes Addition to Enals” Marta Meazza,  Gabriela Sitinova, Cecilia Poderi, Michele Mancinelli, Kaiheng Zhang, Andrea Mazzanti and Ramon Rios Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 13306-13310.

122- “Synthesis of Lactams by tandem reactions” Marta Meazza, Xavier Companyo and Ramon Rios Asian J. Org. Chem. 2018, 7, 1934-1936.

121- “New Developments in the enantioselective synthesis of Spiro Compounds” Aishun Ding, Marta Meazza, Jung Woon Yang, Hao Guo, and Ramon Rios Chem. Soc. Rev. 2018, 47, 5946-5996.

120- “Synergistic formal ring contraction for the enantioselective synthesis of spiropyrazolones” Marta Meazza, Martin Kamlar, Lucie Jašíková, Bedřich Formánek, Andrea Mazzanti, Jana Roithová, Jan Veselý and Ramon Rios, Chem. Sci.  2018, 9, 6368-6373

119- “Organocatalytic Cyclopropanation of Enals: An Undergraduate Experiment Combining Synthesis, Spectral Analysis and Mechanistic Understanding”; Marta Meazza, Agnieszka Kowalczuk, Sarah Watkins, Simon Holland, Thomas Logothetis, Ramon Rios, J. Chem. Edu. 2018,95, 1832-1839.

118- “Synergistic Catalysis: Enantioselective Cyclopropanation of alkylidene benzoxazoles by Pd(II) and Secondary Amine Catalysis. Scope, Limitations and Mechanistic Insight”; Marta Meazza, Victor Polo, Pedro Merino, Ramon Rios*; Org. Chem. Frontiers 2018, 5 (5), 806-812.

117- “Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective synthesis of a-spiro-d-lactams by an Organocascade Reaction ” Kaiheng Zhang, Marta Meazza, Vohtech Docekal, Mark E.Light, Jan Vesely, Ramon Rios*; Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 1749-1756. (Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Highlights webpage)

116- “Synthetic Applications of vinyl cyclopropane opening” Marta Meazza, Hao Guo, and Ramon Rios* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 2479-2490.

115- “Highly enantioselective synthesis of alkylazaarenes derivatives through a Michael-Michael-Aldol cascade reaction” Marta Meazza, Michael Potter, and Ramon Rios* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 719-725.

114- “Synergistic Catalysis Asymmetric Synthesis of Cyclopentanes bearing four stereogenic centers” Kaiheng Zhang, Marta Meazza, Anabel Izaga, Clotilde Contamine, M. Cocepcion Gimeno, Raquel P. Herrera, Ramon Rios*; Synthesis 2017, 49, 167-174.

113- “Photoinduced intramolecular Haloarylation and Hydroarylation of alkynes” Dawen Xu, Ramon Rios, Feifei Ba, Dongmei Ma, Guangxin Gu, Aishun Ding, Yunyan Kuang, Hao Guo; Asian J. Org. Chem. 2016, 5, 981-985.

112- “Synergistic Catalysis: Enantioselective Ring Expansion of Vinyl Cyclopropanes combining 4 catalytic cycles. Synthesis of Highly substituted cyclopentanes bearing 3 stereocenters” Marta Meazza, and Ramon Rios* Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 9923-9928.

111- “Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Cyclopropanation of Enals using Benzyl Chlorides” Maria Ashe, Marta Meazza, Hun Yi Shin, Hye Sung Yang, Andrea Mazzanti, Jung Woon Yang,* and Ramon Rios,* J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 3488-3500.

110- “Merging transition metal activation and aminocatalysis” Marta Meazza and Ramon Rios* Synthesis 2016, 48, 960-973.

109- “Organophotocatalytic synthesis of phosphoramidates” Marta Meazza, Agnieszka Kowalczuk, Luke Shirley, Hao Guo* and Ramon Rios*.Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 358, 719-723.

108- “Synergistic Catalysis: cis-Cyclopropanation of benzoxazoles” Marta Meazza, Mark E. Light, Andrea Mazzanti and Ramon Rios* Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 984-988.

107- “Acetaldehyde: Small Organic Molecule with a Big Impact on Chemistry” Sun Min Kim, Young Sug Kim, Dong Wan Kim, Ramon Rios,* and Jung Woon Yang*, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 2214-2234.

106- “Organocatalytic Cross Dehydrogenative copling for Synthesis of Fluorinated Compounds” Luke Shirley, Victor Ceban, Marta Meazza and Ramon Rios. ChemistrySelect 2016, 1, 13-15.

105- “Expanding the scope of Metal-Free enantioselective allylic substitutions: Anthrones” Victor Ceban, Jiří Tauchman, Marta Meazza, Greg Gallagher, Mark E. Light, Ivana Gergelitsová, Jan Veselý* and Ramon Rios* Sci. Rep. 2015, 5, 16886.

104- “Catalyst-Free Photocyclopropanation of Dibromomalonates with Alkenes: An Approach to Multisubstituted Cyclopropanes” Yanbin Zhang, Yong An, Jing Sun, Aishun Ding, Yu Wang,* Ramon Rios,* and Hao Guo*; Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 6499-6502.

103- “Catalyst-Free Photooxidation of Triarylphosphines under Aerobic Conditions” Aishun Dinga, Yu Wang, Ramon Rios, Jing Sun, Han Li, and Hao Guo,* J. Saudi Chem. Soc. 2015, 19, 706-709.

102- “Highly diastreoseletive synthesis of piropyrazolones” Victor Ceban, Temitope O. Olomola, Marta Meazza, Ramon Rios* Molecules 2015, 20, 8574-8582.

101- “Highly effective design strategy for the heterogenisation of chemo- and enantioselective organocatalysts” Stephanie Newland, David Xuereb, Enrica Gianotti, Leonardo Marchese Ramon Rios, Robert Raja* Cat. Sci. Tech. 2015, 5, 660-665.

100- "Synergistic catalysis: Enantioselective addition of alkylbenzoxazoles to enals" Marta Meazza, Victor Ceban, Mateusz B. Pitak, Simon J. Coles, Ramon Rios Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 16853-16857 (Highlighted in Synfacts Synfacts; 01, 2015).

99- “Synergistic catalysis: Highly diastereoselective benzoxazole addition to Morita–Baylis-Hillman carbonates” Victor Ceban, Piotr Putaj, Marta Meazza, Mateusz B. Pitak, Simon J. Coles, Jan Vesely, and Ramon Rios* Chem. Commun. 2014, 7447-7450.

98- “Expanding the scope of organocatalytic monofluorination of enals. Enantioselective synthesis of fluoroindanes and fluorochromanols” B. Wang, Y.-S. Kim, S. Kim, X. Companyó, J. W. Yang, Jing Li , A. Moyano, R. Rios, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014,356, 437-446.

97- “Enantioseletive methodologies with N-carbamoil amines” Jan Vesely and Ramon Rios* Chem. Soc, Rev. 2014, 43, 611-630.

96- “One-pot organocatalytic synthesis of a-methylene-g-lactams”, Xavier Companyó, P. Geant, A. Moyano, A. Mazzanti, A. Janecka, R. Rios* Tetrahedron, 2014, 70, 75-82.

95- “Three-component diastereoselective cascade synthesis of thiohydantoins” Victor Ceban, Kane Hands, Marta Meazza, Mark Light and Ramon Rios* Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 7183-7187.

94- “First One-pot organocatalytic synthesis of a-methylene-g-lactones” Xavier Companyó, A. Moyano, A. Mazzanti, A. Janecka, R. Rios* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49(12), 1184-1186. Highlighted in Synfacts (Synfacts; 02, 2013)

93- “Enantioselective organocatalytic amination of Pyrazolones” M. Šimek, M. Remeš, J. Veselý* and R. Rios* Asian, J. Org. Chem. 2013, 2(1), 64-68. Top 25 downloaded paper in Asian J. Org. Chem. in 2013.

92- “First enantioselective organocatalytic addition of nitromethylphenylsulfone to enals. Enantioselective synthesis of cyclohexen carbaldehydes bearing 3 consecutive chiral centers” R. Rios,* J. Vesely*, Curr. Org. Synth. 2013, 10, 467-471.

91- “Exciting time in Organocatalysis” R. Rios and Tecla Gasperi Asymmetric Organocatalysis 2012, DOI: 10.2478/asorg-2012-0001.

90- “Enantioselective Fluoromalonate Addition to MBH Carbonates” B. Wing, X. Companyo, A. Moyano, R. Rios, Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 4124-4129.

89- "Organocatalytic a-alkylation of aldehydes" J. Vesely*, R.Rios*, ChemCatChem 2012,  4(7), 942-953.

88- “Enantioselective methodologies for the synthesis of spiro compounds” R. Rios*, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 1060-1074.

87- “Organocatalytic enantioselective Pyrazol-3-one addition to maleimides” A. Mazzanti, T. Calvet, M. Font-Bardia, A. Moyano, R. Rios*, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 1645-1652.

86- “Organocatalytic enantioselective methodologies using Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates and acetates” R. Rios*, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2012, 2, 267-278. (Hot paper by RSC)

85- “Enantioselective addition of oxazolones to maleimides. An easy entry to quaternary aminoacids” A.-N. R. Alba, G. Valero, T. Calbet, M. Font-Bardía, A. Moyano* and R. Rios*. New J. Chem. 2012, 36, 613-618.

84- “Enantioselective Organocatalytic Oxyamination of Unprotected 3-Substituted Oxindoles“ X. Companyó, G. Valero, O. Pineda, T. Calvet, M. Font-Bardía, A. Moyano,* and R. Rios*, Org. Biomol. Chem.. 2012, 10, 431-439.

83- “Enantioselective organocatalytic asymmetric allylic alkylation. Bis(phenylsulfonyl)methane addition to MBH carbonates” X. Companyo, G. Valero, V. Ceban, T. Calbet, M. FontBardia, A. Moyano, R. Rios,  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 7986-7899.

82- “Highly enantioselective organocatalytic cascade reaction for the synthesis of piperidines and oxazolidines” S. Číhalová, G. Valero, J. Schimer, M. Humpl, M. Dračínský, A. Moyano, R. Rios,* and J. Vesely*, Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 8942-8950. Highlighted in Synfacts (Synfacts; 01, 2012)

81- “Highly enantioselective cascade synthesis of spiropyrazolones” A. Zea, A.-N. R. Alba, A. Mazzanti, A. Moyano, R. Rios*, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 6519-6523.

80- “Asymmetric Organocatalytic Cyclization and Cycloaddition Reactions” A. Moyano*, R. Rios*, Chem. Rev. 2011, 111, 4703-4832.

79- "Asymmetric Organocatalytic Anthrone Additions to Activated Alkenes" A. Zea, A.-N. R. Alba, N. Bravo, A. Moyano*, R. Rios*, Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 2513-2529.

78- "Alkylation of oxazolones and related heterocycles via a SN1 reaction" A.-N. R. Alba, T. Calbet, M. Font-Bardía, A. Moyano, R. Rios*. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 2053-2056.

77- "Highly stereoselective synthesis of spiropyrazolones" A. Zea, A.-N. R. Alba, G. Valero, T. Calbet, M. Font-Bardía, A. Moyano, R. Rios*. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 1318-1334.

76- "Enantioselective Organocatalytic Synthesis of 5 and 6 Heterocycles" J. Vesely*, R. Rios*. Current Organic Chemistry 2011, 4046-4082.

75- "Oxazolones in Organocatalysis, New Tricks for an Old Reagent" A.-N. R. Alba, R. Rios*. Chem. Asian J. 2011, 720.

74- "Enantioselective Organocatalytic Synthesis of Fluorinated Molecules" G. Valero, X. Companyó, R. Rios*. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 2018-2037.

73- "Organocatalytic synthesis of spiro compounds via a cascade Michael-Michael-Aldol reaction" X. Companyó, A. Zea, A.-N. R. Alba, A. Mazzanti, A. Moyano and R. Rios*. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 6953-6955.

72- "Asymmetric Organocatalytic Michael Addition of Azlactones to cis-1,2-Bis(phenylsulfonyl)ethene. A Simple Entry to Quaternary alpha-Amino Acids" G. Valero, N. Bravo, A.-N. R. Alba, X. Companyó, A. Moyano*, R. Rios*. New J. Chem 2010, 34, 1816-1819.

71-"Searching for Untrodden Paths in the Organocatalysis Territory" G. Valero, N. Bravo, A.-N. R. Alba, X. Companyó, A. Moyano*, R. Rios*. Synlett 2010, 1883-1908.

70- "Highly enantioselective addition of 1-fluoro-1-nitro(phenylsulfonyl)methane to alpha-beta-unsaturated aldehydes" M. Kamlar, N. Bravo, A.-N. R. Alba, S. Hybelbauerová, I. Císařová, J. Vesely*, A. Moyano*, R. Rios* Eur. JOC 2010, 5464-5470.

69- "Bifunctional thiourea-catalyzed asymmetric addition of anthrones to maleimides" A. Zea, G. Valero, A.-N. R. Alba, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Adv. Synth. Catal., 2010, 352, 1102-1106.

68- "Enantioselective organocatalytic addition of azlactones to maleimides: A highly stereocontrolled entry to 2,2-disubstituted-2H-oxazol-5-ones" A.-N. R. Alba, G. Valero, T. Calvet, M. Font-Bardia, A. Moyano*, R. Rios*. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 9884-9889.

67-"Sulfones: New reagents in Organocatalysis" A.-N. R. Alba, X. Companyó, R. Rios*. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 2018-2033.

66- “Enantioselective Organocatalytic Addition of Oxazolones to 1,1-Bis(phenylsulfonyl)ethylene: A Convenient Asymmetric Synthesis of Quaternary alpha-Amino Acids”. A.-N. R. Alba, X. Companyó, G. Valero, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 5354-5361.

65- “Substrate-dependent nonlinear effects in proline-thiourea catalyzed aldol reactions. Unraveling the role of the thiourea co-catalyst”. N. El-Hamdouni, X. Companyó, R. Rios*, A. Moyano*. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 1142-1148.

64- “Improving Organocatalysts via supramolecular interactions”. X. Companyó, M. Viciano, R. Rios. Mini Reviews in Organic Chemistry 2010, 1-7.

63- “Highly Z- and Enantioselective Ring-Opening/Cross-Metathesis and Z-Selective Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization”. A. Córdova, R. Rios. Angew. Chem. 2009, 48, 8827-8831.

62- “Asymmetric Organocatalytic Cyclopropanation. Highly Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Chiral Cyclopropanes with Quaternary Stereocenters”. X. Companyó, A.-N. Balaguer, F. Cárdenas, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 3075-3080.

61- “A First Highly Regio- and Diastereoselective Oxazolone Addition to Nitrostyrenes”. A.-N. Balaguer, X. Companyó, T. Calvet, M. Font-Bardia, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 199-203.

60- “A mild and convenient Synthesis of 4-Tosyl-2-oxazolines”. X. Companyó, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Letters in Organic Chemistry 2009, 293-296.

59- “Highly enantioselective organocatalitic synthesis of piperidines. Formal synthesis of (-)-Paroxitene”. G. Valero, J. Schimer, I. Cisarova, J. Vesely, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Tetrahedron Letters 2009, 50, 1943-1946.

58- “Highly Enantio- and Diastereoselective Organocatalytic Desymmetrization of Prochiral Cyclohexanones by Simple Direct Aldol Reaction Catalyzed by Proline”. X. Companyó, G. Valero, L. Crovetto, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 6556-6558.

57- “Enantioselective addition of anthrones to alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes”. A.-N. Alba, N. Bravo, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Tetrahedron Letters 2009, 50, 3067-3069.

56- “Organocatalytic kinetic resolution of a planar-chiral ferrocenecarbaldehyde”. A.-N. Alba, P. Gomez-Sal, R. Rios, A. Moyano. Tetrahedron Asymmetry 2009, 20, 1314-1318.

55- “Formal Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Addition of Fluoromethyl anion to alpha,beta-unsaturated Aldehydes”. A.-N. Alba, X. Companyó, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Chem Eur. J. 2009, 15, 7035-7038.

54- “Organocatalytic Tandem Reactions”. A.-N. Alba, X. Companyó, M. Viciano, R. Rios. Current Organic Chemistry 2009, 1432-1474.

53- “Highly Enantioselective 2-fluoromalonate Addition to a,ß-unsaturated aldehydes”. X. Companyó, M. Hejnová, M. Kamlar, J. Vesely, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 5021-5024.

52- “Formal highly enantioselective organocatalytic addition of alkyl anions to a,ß-unsaturated aldehydes. Aplication to the synthesis of isotope-enantiomers”. A.-N. Alba, X. Companyó, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 11095-11099.

51- “Asymmetric Amine Synthesis”. R. Rios, A. Cordova. Current Opinion in drug discovery and development 2009, 12, 824-847.

50- “The Holy Grail of Organocatalysis achieved: Intermolecular alpha-Alkylation of aldehydes becomes true”. A.-N. Alba, M. Viciano, R. Rios. Chem. Cat. Chem. 2009, 1, 437-442.

49- “Enantioselective addition of oxindoles to aliphatic alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes”. N. Bravo, I. Mon, X. Companyó, A.-N. Alba, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 6432-6435.

48- “Kinetic Resolution: A powerful tool for the synthesis of Planar-Chiral Ferrocenes Sulfones”. A.-N. R. Alba, R. Rios. Molecules 2009, 14, 4747-4757.

47- “Three component, highly diastereoselective metal free synthesis of 2,3,4,5 tetrasubstituted pyrrolidines”. L. Crovetto, R. Rios. Synlett 2008, 12, 1840-1844. Highlighted in Synfacts (Synfacts; 10, 2008)

46- “Enantioselective Organocatalityc Mannich Reactions of Ferrocenecarbaldehyde”. G. Valero, A.-N. Balaguer, A. Moyano, R. Rios. Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 6559-6562.

45- “Organocatalytic asymmetric 5-hidroxypyrrolidine synthesis: a highly enantioselective route to 3-substituted proline derivatives”. R. Rios, I. Ibrahem, J. Vesely, A. Cordova. Tetrahedron Letters 2007, 48, 8695-8699.

 

As co-author (1999-present)

44- “Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes” L. Deiana, P. Dziedzic, G.-L. Zhao, J. Vesely, I. Ibrahem, R. Rios, J. Sun, A. Córdova*. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 7904-7917.

43- "Nonlinear Effects in Asymmetric Amino Acid Catalysis by Multiple Interconnected Stereoselective Catalytic Networks" R. Rios, P. Schyman, H. Sundén, G.-L. Zhao, F. Ullah, L. Chen, A. Laaksonen, A. Cordova*. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 13935-13940.

42- "Photophysics of a fluorescent xanthenic derivative useful to label amine residues" P. Lozano-Velez, A. Orte, L. Crovetto, J. M. Paredes,R. Rios, J. M. Alvarez-Pez*, E. M. Talavera. Luminiscence 2010, 25, 86-87.

41- “Kinetic Uniformity Between Buffer-Mediated Ground- and Excited-State Proton Exchange Reactions”. J. M. Paredes, A. Orte, L. Crovetto, J. M. Alvarez-Pez, R. Rios, M. J. Ruedas-Rama, E. M. Talavera. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 323-327.

40- “One-pot highly enantioselective catalytic Mannich-type reactions between aldehydes and stable ?-amido sulfones: Asymmetric synthesis of beta-amino aldehydes and beta-amino acids”. L. Deiana, G.-L. Zhao, P. Dziedzic, R. Rios, J. Vesely, J. Ekström, A. Córdova. Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 234-237.

39- “En Route to New Chiral Ferrocene Derivatives: Dead-ends, Detours, and Avenues”. A. Moyano, R. Rios, Synlett 2009, 1863-1886.

38- “Tuned Lifetime, at the ensemble and single molecule level, of a Xanthenic Fluorescent Dye by Means of Buffer-Mediated Excited-State Proton Exchange Reaction”. J. M. Paredes, L. Crovetto, R. Rios, A. Orte, J. M. Alvarez-Pez, E. M. Talavera. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2009, 29, 5400-5407.

37- “Highly diastereo- and enantioselective catalytic domino Michael/Aldol reactions: synthesis of benzothiopyrans with three contiguous chiral centers”. G.-L. Zhao, J. Vezely, R. Rios, I. Ibrahem, H. Sunden, A. Cordova Adv. Synth. Cat. 2008, 350, 237-242.

36- “A one-pot catalytic asymmetric cascade synthesis of highly substituted cycloheptanes”. J. Vesely, R. Rios, I. Ibrahem, G.-L. Zhao, L. Eriksson, A. Córdova, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 2693-2698.

35- “Catalytic Enantioselective 5-hydroxyisoxazolidine Synthesis: An Asymmetric Entry to beta-Amino Acids”. I. Ibrahem, R. Rios, J. Vesely, G.-L. Zhao, A. Córdova; Synthesis 2008, 7, 1152-1157.

34- “Proline and Lewis base co-catalyzed addition of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes to nitrostyrenes”. J. Vesely, R. Rios, A. Córdova, Tetrahedron Letters 2008, 49, 1137-1140.

33- “Synthesis of a Fluorescent Xanthenic Derivative Useful for Labeling Amine Residues”. L. Crovetto, R. Rios, J. M. Alvarez-Pez, J. M. Paredes, P. Lozano-Velez, C. del Valle, E. M. Talavera.J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 10082-10085.

32- “One-Pot Organocatalytic Domino Michael/alpha-Alkylation Reactions: Direct Catalytic Enantioselective Cyclopropanation and Cyclopentanation Reactions”. I. Ibrahem, G.-L. Zhao, R. Rios, J. Vesely, H. Sundén, P. Dziedzic, A. Córdova; Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 7867-7879.

31- “Organocatalytic Asymmetric Hydrophosphination of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes: Development, Mechanism and DFT Calculations”. I. Ibrahem, P. Hammar, J. Vesely, R. Rios, L. Erickson, A. Cordova; Adv. Synth. Catal. 2008, 350, 1875-1884.

30- “Organocatalytic Enantioselective Aminosulfenylation of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes”. G.-L. Zhao, R. Rios, J. Vesèly, L. Erickson, A. Córdova. Angew. Chem. 2008, 47, 8468-8472. Highlighted in Synfacts (Synfacts; 12, 2008)

29 - “A Highly Enantioselective Catalytic Domino aza-Michael/Aldol Reaction: One Pot Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of 1,2-Dehydroquinolines”. H. Sundén, R. Rios, I. Ibrahem, G.-L. Zhao, L. Eriksson, A. Córdova. Adv. Synth. Cat., 2007, 349, 827-832.

28- “Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of 2H-1-Benzothiopyrans by a Catalytic Domino Reaction”. R. Rios, H. Sundén, I. Ibrahem, G.-L. Zhao, L. Eriksson, A. Córdova. Tetrahedron Lett., 2006, 47, 8679-8682. Highlighted in Synfacts (Synfacts; 01, 2007)

27- “Organocatalytic Asymmetric 5-Hydroxyisoxazolidine Synthesis: A Highly Enantioselective Route to beta-Amino Acids”. I. Ibrahem, R. Rios, J. Vesely, G.-L. Zhao, A. Córdova. Chem. Commun., 2007, 849-852. Synfacts of the Month (Synfacts; 02, 2007).

26- “Organocatalytic Enantioselective Aziridination of alpha,beta-unsaturated Aldehydes”. J. Vesely, I. Ibrahem, G.-L. Zhao, R. Rios, A. Córdova. Angew. Chem. 2007, 46, 778-781. Highlighted in Synfacts (Synfacts; 03, 2007)

25- “A Simple Organocatalytic Enantioselective cyclopropanation of alpha,beta-unsaturated Aldehydes”. R. Rios, H. Sundén, J. Vesely, G.-L. Zhao, P. Dziedzic, A. Córdova, Adv. Synth. Cat., 2007, 349, 1028-1032. Highlighted in Synfacts (Synfacts; 08, 2007)

24- “Highly enantioselective organocatalytic addition of unmodified aldehydes to N-BOC protected imines: one-pot asymmetric synthesis of b-amino acids”. J. Vesely, R. Rios, I. Ibrahem, A. Córdova. Tetrahedron Letters 2007, 48, 421-425.

23- “A simple and concise asymmetric entry to tetrahydroxanthenones”. R. Rios, H. Sundén, I. Ibrahem, A. Córdova. Tetrahedron Letters, 2007, 48, 2181-2184.

22- “Enantioselective organocatalytic conjugate addition of amines to a,ß-unsaturated aldehydes: one-pot asymmetric synthesis of ß-amino acids and 1,3-diamines”. J. Vesely, I. Ibrahem, R. Rios G.-L. Zhao, Y. Xu, A. Córdova. Tetrahedron Letters 2007, 48, 2193-2198.

21- “Direct enantioselective synthesis of bicyclic Diels-Alder products”. H. Sundén, R. Rios, Y. Xu, L. Eriksson, A. Córdova. Adv. Synth. Cat. 2007, 349, 2549-2555. Highlighted in Synfacts (Synfacts; 02, 2008)

20- “Asymmetric Amplification in the Amino Acid-Catalyzed Amino Acid Synthesis”. I. Ibrahem, H. Sundén, P. Dziedzic, R. Rios, A. Córdova. Adv. Synth. Cat. 2007, 349, 1858-1872.

19- “Enantioselective Organocatalytic Hydrophosphination of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Aldehydes”. I. Ibrahem, R. Rios, J. Vesely, P. Hammar, L. Eriksson, F. Himo, A. Córdova. Angew. Chem. 2007, 46, 4507-4510.

18- “A simple one-pot, three component, highly enantioselective isoxazolidine synthesis”. R. Rios, Ismail Ibrahem, Jan Vesely, and Armando Cordova. Tetrahedron Letters 2007, 48, 5701-5705.

17- “One pot organocatalytic domino Michael/a-alkylation reactions. Highly enantioselective synthesis of functionalized cyclopentanones and cyclopentanols”. R. Rios, H. Sundén, J. Vesely, G.-L. Zhao, I. Ibrahem, A. Córdova Tetrahedron Letters 2007, 48, 5835-5839.

16- “Organocatalytic asymmetric multi-component [C+NC+CC] synthesis of highly functionalized pyrrolidine”. I. Ibrahem, R. Rios, J. Vesely, A. Cordova. Tetrahedron Letters 2007, 48, 6252-6257.

15- “Highly Organocatalytic Enantioselective alpha-Selenylation of aldehydes”. H. Sunden, R. Rios, A. Cordova. Tetrahedron Letters 2007, 48, 7865-7869.

14- “One Pot Pyrrolidine-Catalyzed Synthesis of Benzopyranes, Benzothiopyranes and Dihydroquinolidines”. I. Ibrahem, H. Sunden, R. Rios, G.-L. Zhao, A. Cordova. Chimia, 2007, 61 (5), 221-228.

13- “Photophysics of a Xanthenic Derivative Dye Useful as “on/of” Fluorescence Probe”. L. Crovetto, J. M. Paredes, R. Rios, E. M. Talavera, J. M. Alvarez-Pez. J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111, 13311-13320.

12- “A one-pot organocatalytic asymmetric entry to tetrahydrothioxanthenones”. R. Rios, H. Sundén, I. Ibrahem, G.-L. Zhao, A. Córdova.Tetrahedron Letters, 2006, 47, 8547-8551.

11- “A practical, Efficient, and Atom economy alternative to the Wittig and Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reactions for the synthesis of (E)-a,b-Unsaturated Esters from Aldehydes”. B. List, A. Doehring, M.T.H Fonseca., A.Job, R. Rios. Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 476-482.

10- “Chiral Cyclopentadiene-Mediated Approach to Enantioselective Heterobimetallic Pauson-Khand Reactions”. R. Rios, S. Paredes, A. Moyano; Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2005, 690, 358-362.

9- “Practical Synthesis of (E)-alpha,beta-Unsaturated Esters from Aldehydes”. B. List, A. Doehring, M.T.H Fonseca, K. Wobser, H. Van Thienen, R. Rios, P. Llamas. Adv. Synth. Cat. 2005, 347, 1558-1560.

8- “Diastereoselective Addition of Organometallic Reagents to Atropisomeric 2-Formylarylamides”. C. Jimeno, R. Rios, P. J. Carroll, P. J. Walsh, Tetrahedron 2004, 60, 4543-4548.

7- “Reversing the stereoselectivity of the intermolecular Pauson-Khand reaction: Formation of endo-fused norbornadiene adducts”. R. Rios, M. A. Pericàs, A. Moyano, M. A. Maestro, J. Mahia; Organic Letters 2002, 4 (7), 1205-1208.

6- “An intramolecular Pauson-Khand approach to the synthesis of chiral cyclopentadienes”. R. Rios, M. A. Pericàs, A. Moyano, Tetrahedron Letters 2002, 43, (6), 1023-1026.

5- “Kinetic Resolution of Atropisomeric Amides”. R. Rios, C. Jimeno, P. J. Carroll, P. J. Walsh, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 10272-10273.

4- “Heterobimetallic (Co–W) Intermolecular Pauson-Khand Reactions: Scope and Selectivity”. R. Rios, A. Moyano, M. A. Pericàs. Tetrahedron Letters 2002, 43, 4903-4906.

3- “Synthesis, resolution and crystallographic characterization of a new C2-symmetric planar-chiral bipyridine ligand: application to the catalytic enantioselective cyclopropanation of olefins”. R. Rios, J. Liang, M. Lo, G. C. Fu, Chem. Commun., 2000, 377-378.

2- “A convenient synthesis of chiral 2-alkynyl-1,3-oxazolines”. A. Cevallos, R. Rios, A. Moyano, M.A. Pericàs, A. Riera Tetrahedron Asymetry 2000, 11, 4407-4416.

1- “Stereoselective Inter- and Intramolecular Pauson-Khand reactions of N-(2-alkynoyl) derivatives of chiral oxazolidin-2-ones”. S. Fonquerna, R. Rios, A. Moyano, M. A. Pericas, A. Riera, Eur J. Org. Chem., 1999, 3459-3478.