Raquel Castillo

Dr. Raquel Castillo

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Academic Career Length

31Years (1996-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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7 October 2004 in Chemistry – A European Journal
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VPVictor Polo
Victor Polo
JAJuan Andres
Juan Andres
RCRaquel Castillo
Raquel Castillo
SBSlawomir Berski
Slawomir Berski
BSBernard Silvi
Bernard Silvi


23 July 2008 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
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RCRaquel Castillo
Raquel Castillo
MOM. Oliva
M. Oliva
SMSergio Martí
Sergio Martí
Vicent MolinerVicent Moliner
Vicent Moliner

23 August 2018 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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ANAlexander R. Nödling
Alexander R. Nödling
Katarzyna SwiderekKatarzyna Swiderek
Katarzyna Swiderek
RCRaquel Castillo
Raquel Castillo
JHJonathan W. Hall
Jonathan W. Hall
AAAntonio Angelastro
Antonio Angelastro
LLLouis Luk
Louis Luk
There has been growing interest in performing organocatalysis within a supramolecular system as a means of controlling reaction reactivity and stereoselectivity. Here, a protein is used as a host for iminium catalysis. A pyrrolidine moiety is covalently linked to biotin and introduced to the protein host streptavidin for organocatalytic activity. Whereas in traditional systems stereoselectivity is largely controlled by the substituents added to the organocatalyst, enantiomeric enrichment by the reported supramolecular system is completely controlled by the host. Also, the yield of the model reaction increases over 10‐fold when streptavidin is included. A 1.1 Å crystal structure of the protein–catalyst complex and molecular simulations of a key intermediate reveal the chiral scaffold surrounding the organocatalytic reaction site. This work illustrates that proteins can be an excellent supramolecular host for driving stereoselective secondary amine organocatalysis.

28 June 2012 in Chemistry – A European Journal
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VLVioleta López‐Canut
Violeta López‐Canut
JPJose Javier Ruiz Pernia
Jose Javier Ruiz Pernia
RCRaquel Castillo
Raquel Castillo
Vicent MolinerVicent Moliner
Vicent Moliner
Iñaki TuñónIñaki Tuñón
Iñaki Tuñón

1 January 2005 in Tetrahedron
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RCR. Contreras
R. Contreras
JAJuan Andres
Juan Andres
Luis R. DomingoLuis R. Domingo
Luis R. Domingo
RCRaquel Castillo
Raquel Castillo
PPPatricia Pérez
Patricia Pérez