Salomó i Prat, Ernest (Date of defense: 2018-10-19)
Asymmetric hydrogenation of double bonds by means of organometallic catalysis is a powerful tool for organic synthesis; it is an efficient and simple method to produce valued chiral compounds. Among the ...
Aiguabella Font, Nuria (Date of defense: 2014-02-07)
The Pauson-Khand reaction (PKR) is, formally, a [2+2+1] cycloaddition involving an alkene, an alkyne and a carbon monoxide molecule, typically mediated or catalyzed by a cobalt (0) complex. The product ...
Cabré Montesinos, Albert (Date of defense: 2020-01-31)
The main contribution of this doctoral thesis has been devoted to the field of synthetic organic chemistry. The Pauson-Khand reaction (PKR) is a metal-catalyzed [2+2+1] cycloaddition between an alkyne, ...
Donoghue, Craig (Date of defense: 2019-07-24)
The thesis consists of two main projects: a) the development of a novel strategy to gain genetic control with spatiotemporal precision, and b) the optimisation of inhibitors of the protein kinase p38α, ...
Gallen Ortiz, Albert (Date of defense: 2019-02-01)
The Thesis deals with the preparation, coordination chemistry and use in asymmetric homogeneous catalysis of several optically pure P-stereogenic ligands containing a tert-butylmethylphosphino fragment. In ...
Frigolé Vivas, Marta (Date of defense: 2020-09-23)
[eng] Drug discovery is the process by which new drugs are found and developed into the market. Given the scope of this thesis, the term “drug” will refer to small molecules and the term “target” to ...
Matarín Morales, Joan Antoni (Date of defense: 2021-12-15)
Peptides are defined as compounds that contain between two and fifty amino acids connected together by amide bonds. Inside our body, peptides are natural biological messengers that play critical roles ...
Martín-Gago, Pablo (Date of defense: 2013-10-11)
Somatostatin, a peptidic hormone also known as somatotropin release-inhibiting factor (SRIF), is implicated in multiple biological functions, mediated by direct interaction of the peptide with a family ...
Byrom, Daniel (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)
During this doctoral thesis, we have synthesised hundreds of grams of the TGF-β inhibitor LY2157299 (Galunisertib). This product was used by the group of Eduard Batlle in their investigations into the ...
Ros Simó, Enric (Date of defense: 2020-12-16)
The present doctoral thesis has been devoted to the use of 1,2,4,5-tetrazines as potential tools for chemical biology. Tetrazines have become extremely interesting functionalities due ...