Publications
26) New antimicrobial self-assembling short lipopeptides
Vicente-García, C.; Colomer, I.
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2021, 19, 6797–6803
DOI: 10.1039/D1OB01227D
25) Hydroarylation of Alkenes Using Anilines in Hexafluoroisopropanol
Colomer, I.
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 6023–6029
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00872

PhD and Postdoc
24) Selection from a pool of self-assembling lipid replicators.
Colomer, I.; Borissov, A.; Fletcher, S. P.
Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 176.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13903-x
23) Sulfinyl-Mediated Stereoselective Functionalization of Acyclic Conjugated Dienes.
Colomer, I., Ureña, M., Viso, A., Fernández de la Pradilla, R.
Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 4620-4632.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905742
22) Oligomerization driven by phase separation.
Myrgorodska, I.; Colomer, I.; Fletcher, S. P.
ChemSystemsChem., 2020, 2, e1900059.
DOI: 10.1002/syst.201900059
21) A chemically fuelled self-replicator.
Morrow, S.; Colomer, I.; Fletcher, S. P.
Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 1011.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08885-9
20) HFIP solvent enables alcohols to act as alkylating agents in stereoselective heterocyclization.
Zhu, Y.; Colomer, I.; Thompson, A. L.; Donohoe, T.J.;
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 6489-6493.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02198
19) Hypervalent iodine initiated intramolecular alkene dimerisation: a stereodivergent entry to cyclobutanes.
Zhu, Y.; Colomer, I.; Donohoe, T.J.
Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 10316-10319.
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC04383G
18) A transient self-assembling self-replicator.
Colomer, I.; Morrow, S.; Fletcher, S. P.
Nat. Commun., 2018, 9, 2239.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04670-2
17) Hexafluoroisopropanol as a highly versatile solvent.
Colomer, I.*; Chamberlain, A.; Haughey, M.; Donohoe, T.J.
Nat. Rev. Chem., 2017, 1, 0088.
DOI: 10.1038/s41570-017-0088
16) From Allylic Sulfoxides to Allylic Sulfenates: Fifty Years of a Never-Ending [2,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement.
Colomer, I.; Fernández de la Pradilla, R.; Viso, A.
Chem. Rev., 2017, 117, 14201-14243.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00428
15) Orthogonally Protected 1,2-Diols from Electron-Rich Alkenes Using Metal-Free Olefin syn-Dihydroxylation.
Colomer, I.; Coura Barcelos, R.; Christensen, K.; Donohoe, T.J.
Org. Lett., 2016, 18, 5580-5583.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02959
14) Hydrogen Bonding to Hexafluoroisopropanol Controls the Oxidative Strength of Hypervalent Iodine Reagents.
Colomer, I.; Batchelor-McAuley, C.; Odell, B.; Donohoe, T.J.; Compton, R.G.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 8855-8861.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b04057
13) Catalytic Hypervalent Iodine Promoters Lead to Styrene Dimerization and the Formation of Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Cyclobutanes.
Colomer, I.; Coura Barcelos, R.; Donohoe, T.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 4748-4752. Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12, 0527.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201511683
12) Synthesis of Aromatic Heterocycles Using Ring-Closing Metathesis.
Potukuchi, H. K.; Colomer, I.; Donohoe, T.J.
Adv. Heterocycl. Chem., 2016, 120, 43-65.
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aihch.2016.04.006
11) Sulfinyl-Mediated Stereoselective Overman Rearrangements and Diels−Alder Cycloadditions.
Colomer, I.; Gheewala, C.; Fernández de la Pradilla, R.; Simal, C.; Viso, A.
J. Org. Chem., 2016, 81, 4081-4097.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b00365
10) A divergent synthetic approach to diverse molecular scaffolds: assessment of lead-likeness using LLAMA, an open-access computational tool.
Colomer, I.; Empson, C. J.; Craven, P.; Owen, Z.; Doveston, R.; Churcher, I.; Marsden, S.P.; Nelson, A.
Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 7209-7212. Inside front cover.
DOI: 10.1039/C6CC03244C
9) Aminomethylhydroxylation of alkenes: Exploitation in the synthesis of scaffolds for small molecule libraries.
Colomer, I.; Adeniji, O.; Burslem, G. M.; Craven, P.; Rasmussen, M. O.; Willaume, A.; Kalliokoski, T.; Foster, R.; Marsden, S. P.; Nelson, A.
Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2015, 23, 2736-2740.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.01.058
8) Tryptophan dendrimers that inhibit HIV replication, prevent virus entry and bind to the HIV envelope glycoproteins gp120 and gp41.
Rivero-Buceta, E.; Doyagüez, E. G.; Colomer, I.; Quesada, E.; Mathys, L.; Noppen, S.; Liekens, S.; Camarasa, M.-J.; Pérez-Pérez, M.-J.; Balzarini, J.; San-Félix, A.
Eur. J. Med. Chem., 2015, 106, 34-43.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.10.031
7) Remote Stereocontrol in the Synthesis of Acyclic 1,4-Diols and 1,4‑Aminoalcohols from 2‑Sulfinyl Dienes.
Fernández de la Pradilla, R.; Velado, M.; Colomer, I.; Simal, C.; Viso, A.; Gornitzka, H.; Hemmert, C.
Org. Lett., 2014, 16, 5200-5203.
DOI: 10.1021/ol502592y
6) Enantioselective Cyclizations of Silyloxyenynes Catalyzed by Cationic Metal Phosphine Complexes.
Brazeau, J.-F.; Zhang, S.; Colomer, I.; Corkey, B. K.; Toste, F. D.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 2742-2749.
DOI: 10.1021/ja210388g
5) Sulfinyl-Mediated Stereoselective Overman Rearrangements and Diels-Alder Cycloadditions.
Fernández de la Pradilla, R.; Colomer, I.; Viso, A.
Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 3068-3071.
DOI: 10.1021/ol301139a
4) An Approach to the Stereoselective Synthesis of Enantiopure Dihydropyrroles and Aziridines from a Common Sulfinyl-Sulfinamide Intermediate.
Viso, A.; Fernández de la Pradilla, R.; Ureña, M.; Bates, R. H.; del Águila, M. A.; Colomer, I.
J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77, 525-542.
DOI: 10.1021/jo202144k
3) Enantiopure 1,4-Diols and 1,4-Aminoalcohols via Stereoselective Acyclic Sulfoxide-Sulfenate Rearrangement.
Fernández de la Pradilla, R.; Colomer, I.; Ureña, M.; Viso, A.
Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 2468-2471.
DOI: 10.1021/ol200718y
2) Highly Diastereoselective Katsuki-Jacobsen Oxidation-Epoxidation of α-Silyloxy Sulfinyl Dienes: Synthetic Applications.
Fernández de la Pradilla, R.; Castellanos, A.; Osante, I.; Colomer, I.; Sánchez, M. I.
J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74, 170-181.
DOI: 10.1021/jo801803m
1) Highly Diastereoselective Addition of Lithio Vinyl Sulfoxides to N-Sulfinimines: An Entry to Enantiopure 3-Sulfinyl-2,5-cis-dihydropyrroles.
Viso, A.; Fernández de la Pradilla, R.; Ureña, M.; Colomer, I.
Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 4775-4778.
DOI: 10.1021/ol801878f