About

Ana María Martín Castro (Madrid, 1964) received her Ph.D. (1993, Special Doctoral Award with honours) under supervision of Prof. J. L. García Ruano, in the field of the sulfoxide-assisted asymmetric synthesis. As a postdoctoral fellow she joined the groups of Professors P. R. Raithby (Cambridge, 1997) and V. K. Aggarwal (Sheffield, 1998-2000). Dr. Martin Castro is currently an Associate Professor and a member of Prof. D. J. Cárdenas’ research group at the Organic Chemistry Department of the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid.

Research-id Web Of Science: 6701385216
Orcid code:: 0000-0003-4253-8426
Research group web page: Diego J. Cardenas Research Group

Reserach Interest

C-C Bond formation by nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions Development of novel asymmetric catalytic methodologies

Relevant publications

• “Use of Lithiated Chiral -Sulfinylbenzyl Carbanions for the One-Pot Building of Linear Fragments Containing up to Four Connected Stereocenters” J. L. García Ruano, E. Torrente, A. M. Martín-Castro, Journal of Organic Chemistry 78, 647-657 (2013).
• “Stereodivergent Quaternization of 2-Alkyl-2-p-tolylsulfinylacetonitriles. NMR Spectroscopic Evidence of Planar and Pyramidal Benzylic Carbanions J. L. García Ruano, A. M. Martín Castro, F. Tato, E. Torrente, A. M. Poveda Chemistry – A European Journal 16, 6317-6325 (2010).
• “Claisen Rearrangement over the Past Nine Decades” A. M. Martín Castro Chemical Reviews 104, 2939-3002 (2004).

IadChem Section

CATALYTIC METHODS FOR ORGANIC SYNTHESIS: Synthetic Organometallic Chemistry

Contact

Departamento de Química Orgánica
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco
28049 Madrid

Phone: +34 91 4974717
E-mail: martin.castro@uam.es