Fañanás Mastral Lab

Sustainable Catalysis & Asymmetric Synthesis

Introduction

We are a research group active in the fields of Catalysis and Synthetic Organic Chemistry at the Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Materials (CIQUS) at the University of Santiago de Compostela.

Our research interests focus on the development of atom-efficient and sustainabled reactions and asymmetric transformations. Concepts such as bimetallic catalysis, enantioselective synthesis and alkane functionalization are currently being explored in our lab.

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Promotors

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  1. Our congratulations to Hugo for winning one of the poster awards at the OMCOS XXII Conference.

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  2. We welcome Gerardo Ripoll, from Prof. Guillermo Mingues-Espallargas' group, ICMol - University of Valencia, who will join the group as a visiting PhD student.

  3. We welcome Guruprakash Muthu to our group as a new MSCA Predoctoral Researcher!!

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  4. We are pleased to announce that Andrés Manuel has been awarded the Second Ícarus Prize 2025 in the category of Doctoral Theses, in the field of Experimental Sciences. Congratulations!

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  5. We are proud to announce that Martín has been awarded with the 2025 José Barluenga Medal by GEQOR — congratulations!

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  6. Victor has successfully defended his PhD Thesis on May 23, 2025. Congratulations to our new Doctor!

  7. Many congratulations to our new doctor, Andrea Chaves Pouso, who defended her thesis on May 9, 2025

  8. José Luis Nova has been awarded with one of the RSC poster prizes at the conference Flow Chemistry Europe 2025.

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  9. Now it is turn for Pol who successfully defended his PhD thesis on April 1st. Congratulations to our newest doctor!

  10. A huge congratulations to our newest doctor, Andrés, who successfully defended his remarkable PhD thesis on March 20, 2025

Recent publications

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  1. 81

    Copper-Catalyzed Defluorinative Allylboration of Allenes with Trifluoromethyl Alkenes

    M. Piñeiro-Suárez, H. Jiménez-Cristóbal, I. Fernández, M. Fañanás-Mastral

    ChemistryEurope 2025, 3, e202500296.

  2. 80

    Photocatalytic Hydroalkylation of Trifluoromethyl Alkenes with Gaseous Alkanes in Flow

    José L. Nova-Fernández , M. Fañanás-Mastral

    Synlett 2025, 36, 1753–1758.

  3. 79

    Cu–Bpin-mediated dimerization of 4,4-dichloro-2-butenoic acid derivatives enables the synthesis of densely functionalized cyclopropanes

    P. Gómez-Roibás , A. Chaves-Pouso and M. Fañanás Mastral

    Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 877–883.

  4. 78

    Cross-Coupling of Gaseous Alkanes with (Hetero)Aryl Bromides via Dual Nickel/Photoredox Catalysis

    A. M. Nair, P. Martínez-Balart, S. Barbeira-Arán, M. Fañanás-Mastral

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202416957.

  5. 77

    Chemodivergent alkylation of trifluoromethyl alkenes via photocatalytic coupling with alkanes

    P. Martínez-Balart, Á. Velasco-Rubio, S. Barbeira-Arán, H. Jiménez-Cristóbal and M. Fañanás-Mastral

    Green Chem. 2024, 26, 11196-11205.

  6. 76

    Switching Selectivity in Borylative Allyl–Allyl Cross-Coupling through Synergistic Catalysis

    N. Vázquez-Galiñanes, G. Sciortino, M. Piñeiro-Suárez, B.L. Tóth, F. Maseras, M. Fañanás-Mastral

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 21977–21988.

  7. 75

    Enantioselective Allylboration of Acetylene: A Versatile Tool for the Stereodivergent Synthesis of Natural Products

    A. M. Álvarez-Constantino, A. Chaves-Pouso, M. Fañanás-Mastral

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202407813.

  8. 74

    Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Chiral Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes via Multicomponent Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation

    S. Barbeira-Arán, I. Sánchez-Sordo, and M. Fañanás-Mastral

    Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 3784–3789.

  9. 73

    Enantioselective synthesis of chiral BCPs

    I. Sánchez-Sordo, S. Barbeira-Arán and M. Fañanás-Mastral

    Org. Chem. Front. 2024, 11, 916-928.

  10. 72

    Catalytic Alkyne Allylboration: A Quest for Selectivity

    A. Chaves-Pouso, E. Rivera-Chao, and M. Fañanás-Mastral

    ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 12656–12664.

Gallery

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OMCOS XXII Poster Award Ceremony — Hugo was among the recipients
Our research group delegation participating in the OMCOS XXII Conference.
Group Annual Summer BBQ: Sunshine, good food, good vibes, and swimming pool!— a perfect summer day with the team! July 2025.
Group Annual Summer BBQ: Sunshine, good food, good vibes, and swimming pool!— a perfect summer day with the team! July 2025.
PhD Defense Víctor Fariña Torres. May 2025
PhD Defense Andrea Chaves Pouso. May 2025
PhD Defense Andrea Chaves Pouso. May 2025
PhD Defense Pol Martínez Balart. April 2025.
PhD Defense Andrés M. Álvarez Constantino. March 2025
March 2025