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  1. Mechanical Bonding as a Promoter of Crystalline Diversity in Halogenated [2]Rotaxanes

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, April 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna

  2. Reactivity of Glutaconamides Within [2]Rotaxanes: Mechanical Bond Controlled Chemoselective Synthesis of Highly Reactive α‐KetoAmides and their Light‐Triggered Cyclization

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, April 2023, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  3. Reactivity of Glutaconamides Within [2]Rotaxanes: Mechanical Bond Controlled Chemoselective Synthesis of Highly Reactive α‐KetoAmides and their Light‐Triggered Cyclization

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2023, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  4. Control of the assembly of a cyclic hetero[4]pseudorotaxane from a self-complementary [2]rotaxane

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  5. Main Determinants Affecting the Antiproliferative Activity of Stilbenes and Their Gut Microbiota Metabolites in Colon Cancer Cells: A Structure–Activity Relationship Study

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Jose Berna

  6. Ring‐to‐Thread Chirality Transfer in [2]Rotaxanes for the Synthesis of Enantioenriched Lactams

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, August 2022, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  7. Ring‐to‐Thread Chirality Transfer in [2]Rotaxanes for the Synthesis of Enantioenriched Lactams

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, August 2022, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  8. Lunularin Producers versus Non-producers: Novel Human Metabotypes Associated with the Metabolism of Resveratrol by the Gut Microbiota

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, August 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna

  9. Maximizing the [c2]daisy chain to lasso ratio through competitive self-templating clipping reactions

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  10. Modulating the catalytic activity by the mechanical bond: organocatalysis with polyamide [2]rotaxanes bearing a secondary amino function at the thread

    Article • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna

  11. Mechanically interlocked molecules in metal–organic frameworks

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  12. 4-Hydroxydibenzyl: a novel metabolite from the human gut microbiota after consuming resveratrol

    Article • Food & Function, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna

  13. Mechanically Interlocked Profragrances for the Controlled Release of Scents

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna

  14. Effective Encapsulation of C 60 by Metal–Organic Frameworks with Polyamide Macrocyclic Linkers

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  15. Effective Encapsulation of C 60 by Metal–Organic Frameworks with Polyamide Macrocyclic Linkers

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  16. Cyclization of interlocked fumaramides into β-lactams: experimental and computational mechanistic assessment of the key intercomponent proton transfer and the stereocontrolling active pocket

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna

  17. Mechanical bonding activation in rotaxane-based organocatalysts

    Article • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna

  18. Copper-Linked Rotaxanes for the Building of Photoresponsive Metal Organic Frameworks with Controlled Cargo Delivery

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  19. Mechanically Interlocked Catalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis

    Article • ACS Catalysis, June 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  20. Enhancing the selectivity of prolinamide organocatalysts using the mechanical bond in [2]rotaxanes

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna

  21. Synthesis of an Adamantane-Based Tetralactam and Its Association with Dicarboxamides

    Article • Proceedings, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Jose Berna

  22. Interlocking the Catalyst: Thread versus Rotaxane-Mediated Enantiodivergent Michael Addition of Ketones to β-Nitrostyrene

    Article • Organic Letters, June 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna

  23. Crystallization Mechanisms Applied to Understand the Crystal Formation of Rotaxanes

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  24. Thermally and Photochemically Induced Dethreading of Fumaramide-Based Kinetically Stable Pseudo[2]rotaxanes

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  25. Stereocontrol in the Synthesis of β-Lactams Arising from the Interlocked Structure of Benzylfumaramide-Based Hydrogen-Bonded [2]Rotaxanes

    Article • Synlett, January 2019, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Jose Berna

  26. Homo and heteroassembly of amide-based [2]rotaxanes using α,α′-dimethyl-p-xylylenediamines

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna

  27. Cover Feature: Conformer Distribution in Rotaxanes Containing Nonsymmetric Threads: A Systematic Approach (Eur. J. Org. Chem. /2018)

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 2018, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  28. Conformer Distribution in Rotaxanes Containing Nonsymmetric Threads: A Systematic Approach

    Article • August 2018, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  29. Enantioselective Formation of 2-Azetidinones by Ring-Assisted Cyclization of Interlocked N -(α-Methyl)benzyl Fumaramides

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  30. Enantioselective Formation of 2-Azetidinones by Ring-Assisted Cyclization of Interlocked N -(α-Methyl)benzyl Fumaramides

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  31. Action of tyrosinase on caffeic acid and its n-nonyl ester. Catalysis and suicide inactivation

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  32. Photoinduced Pedalo-Type Motion in an Azodicarboxamide-Based Molecular Switch

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  33. Photoinduced Pedalo-Type Motion in an Azodicarboxamide-Based Molecular Switch

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  34. Light-driven exchange between extended and contracted lasso-like isomers of a bistable [1]rotaxane

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  35. Photoinduced Pedalo-Type Motion in an Azodicarboxamide-Based Molecular Switch

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  36. Photoinduced Pedalo-Type Motion in an Azodicarboxamide-Based Molecular Switch

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  37. Structural and kinetic considerations on the catalysis of deoxyarbutin by tyrosinase

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2017, PLOS

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  38. Density Functional Theory and Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules Analysis: Influence of Intramolecular Interactions on Pirouetting Movement in Tetraalkylsuccinamide[2]rotaxanes

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, October 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna

  39. Effects on Rotational Dynamics of Azo and Hydrazodicarboxamide-Based Rotaxanes

    Article • Molecules, June 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  40. Action of tyrosinase on alpha and beta-arbutin: A kinetic study

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2017, PLOS

    Dr Jose Berna

  41. Action of 2,2′,4,4′-tetrahydroxybenzophenone in the biosynthesis pathway of melanin

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  42. Remote Photoregulated Ring Gliding in a [2]Rotaxane via a Molecular Effector

    Article • Organic Letters, January 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna

  43. Photoswitchable interlocked thiodiglycolamide as a cocatalyst of a chalcogeno-Baylis–Hillman reaction

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr. Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

  44. Competition between the donor and acceptor hydrogen bonds of the threads in the formation of [2]rotaxanes by clipping reaction

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna

  45. Study of the inhibition of 3-/4-aminoacetophenones on tyrosinase

    Article • Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jose Berna

  46. Characterization of the action of tyrosinase on resorcinols

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  47. Stereocontrolled Synthesis of β-Lactams within [2]Rotaxanes: Showcasing the Chemical Consequences of the Mechanical Bond

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, July 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna

  48. 4-n-butylresorcinol, a depigmenting agent used in cosmetics, reacts with tyrosinase

    Article • IUBMB Life, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  49. Action of ellagic acid on the melanin biosynthesis pathway

    Article • Journal of Dermatological Science, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  50. Further insight into the pH effect on the catalysis of mushroom tyrosinase

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  51. Co-conformational Exchange Triggered by Molecular Recognition in a Di(acylamino)pyridine-Based Molecular Shuttle Containing Two Pyridine Rings at the Macrocycle

    Article • ChemPhysChem, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  52. Dethreading of Tetraalkylsuccinamide-Based [2]Rotaxanes for Preparing Benzylic Amide Macrocycles

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna

  53. Kinetic characterization of oxyresveratrol as a tyrosinase substrate

    Article • IUBMB Life, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  54. Tyrosinase-Catalyzed Hydroxylation of 4-Hexylresorcinol, an Antibrowning and Depigmenting Agent: A Kinetic Study

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, August 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna

  55. Identification of p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, tyrosol, phloretin and its derivate phloridzin as tyrosinase substrates

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  56. Versatile control of the submolecular motion of di(acylamino)pyridine-based [2]rotaxanes

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr Mark D Symes

  57. Light-responsive peptide [2]rotaxanes as gatekeepers of mechanised nanocontainers

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna

  58. Action of tyrosinase on hydroquinone in the presence of catalytic amounts of o-diphenol. A kinetic study

    Article • Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jose Berna

  59. Small-Molecule Recognition for Controlling Molecular Motion in Hydrogen-Bond-Assembled Rotaxanes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, May 2014, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  60. Small-Molecule Recognition for Controlling Molecular Motion in Hydrogen-Bond-Assembled Rotaxanes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, May 2014, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  61. Catalysis and inactivation of tyrosinase in its action on hydroxyhydroquinone

    Article • IUBMB Life, February 2014, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  62. Competitive binding for triggering a fluorescence response in a hydrazodicarboxamide-based [2]rotaxane

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna

  63. Hydrogen Peroxide Helps in the Identification of Monophenols as Possible Substrates of Tyrosinase

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jose Berna

  64. Synthesis of novel [2]rotaxanes using hydrogen-bonding template

    Article • December 2013, Editora Edgard Blucher, Ltda.

    Dr Jose Berna

  65. Catalysis and inactivation of tyrosinase in its action on o-diphenols, o-aminophenols and o-phenylendiamines: Potential use in industrial applications

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  66. Hydroxylation of p-substituted phenols by tyrosinase: Further insight into the mechanism of tyrosinase activity

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  67. Kinetic characterisation of o-aminophenols and aromatic o-diamines as suicide substrates of tyrosinase

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  68. Unravelling the suicide inactivation of tyrosinase: A discrimination between mechanisms

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic, March 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  69. Dampened circumrotation by CH⋯π interactions in hydrogen bonded [2]rotaxanes

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna

  70. Redox divergent conversion of a [2]rotaxane into two distinct degenerate partners with different shuttling dynamics

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna

  71. Comparative inhibitory activity of the stilbenes resveratrol and oxyresveratrol on African swine fever virus replication

    Article • Antiviral Research, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  72. Bimodal dynamics of mechanically constrained hydrogen bonds revealed by vibrational photon echoes

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, April 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Jose Berna

  73. A Dynamic Molecular Shuttle

    Article • Synfacts, September 2010, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Jose Berna

  74. Azodicarboxamides as Template Binding Motifs for the Building of Hydrogen-Bonded Molecular Shuttles

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, August 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna

  75. Synthesis and Molecular Structure of β-Phosphinoyl Carboxamides: An Unexpected Case of Chiral Discrimination of Hydrogen-Bonded Dimers in the Solid State

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  76. ChemInform Abstract: (Arylimino) Phosphines and (Arylimino) Phosphoranes

    Article • ChemInform, July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  77. ChemInform Abstract: P-Heteroatom-Substituted Arylphosphines

    Article • ChemInform, June 2009, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  78. ChemInform Abstract: N-Phosphinoarylamines

    Article • ChemInform, June 2009, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  79. Core level photoemission of rotaxanes: A summary on binding energies

    Article • Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  80. Cadiot–Chodkiewicz Active Template Synthesis of Rotaxanes and Switchable Molecular Shuttles with Weak Intercomponent Interactions

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, May 2008, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr Mark D Symes

  81. Cadiot–Chodkiewicz Active Template Synthesis of Rotaxanes and Switchable Molecular Shuttles with Weak Intercomponent Interactions

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, May 2008, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna, Dr Mark D Symes

  82. Component exchange as a synthetically advantageous strategy for the preparation of bicyclic cage compounds

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna, Professor Jonathan W Steed

  83. Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Rotaxanes

    Article • Synfacts, November 2007, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Jose Berna

  84. Helical Chirality Transmission through a p -Phenylene Fragment in a Hexa-λ 5 -phosphazene

    Article • Organic Letters, October 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna

  85. Catalytic “Active-Metal” Template Synthesis of [2]Rotaxanes, [3]Rotaxanes, and Molecular Shuttles, and Some Observations on the Mechanism of the Cu(I)-Catalyzed Azide−Alkyne 1,3-Cycloaddition

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, October 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose Berna

  86. A Catalytic Palladium Active-Metal Template Pathway to [2]Rotaxanes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, July 2007, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  87. A Catalytic Palladium Active-Metal Template Pathway to [2]Rotaxanes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, July 2007, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  88. Amide‐Based Molecular Shuttles

    Article • ChemInform, May 2007, Wiley

    Dr Emilio M Pérez, Dr Jose Berna

  89. Modulating the propeller-like shape of a tripodal C(CH2PPh2)3 fragment by the size of the substituent at the pivotal carbon atom in macrobicyclic tri-λ5-phosphazenes

    Article • Tetrahedron, May 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  90. Center-to-propeller and propeller-to-propeller stereocontrol in a series of macrobicyclic tri-λ5-phosphazenes

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, May 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  91. Macrobicyclic triphosphazides and tri-λ5-phosphazenes derived from PhC(CH2PPh2)3. Two propeller-shaped diastereoisomers in the crystals

    Article • Tetrahedron, February 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna, Professor Jonathan W Steed

  92. A rotaxane mimic of the photoactive yellow protein chromophore environment: effects of hydrogen bonding and mechanical interlocking on a coumaric amide derivative

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose Berna

  93. Amide-based molecular shuttles (2001-2006)

    Article • Pure and Applied Chemistry, January 2007, De Gruyter

    Dr Jose Berna

  94. The class of molecules with mobile parts: Catenanes and rotaxanes for nonlinear optical applications

    Article • January 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Jose Berna

  95. Linear and nonlinear optical properties of a rotaxane molecule

    Article • September 2006, SPIE

    Dr Jose Berna

  96. On the protonation of a macrobicyclic cage: an inert tribenzylamine fragment and three robust aminophosphonium units

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, July 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna, Professor Jonathan W Steed

  97. New macrobicyclic triphosphazides and triphosphazenes formed by self-assembly of tripodal triazides with triphosphanes

    Article • Tetrahedron, June 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  98. Macroscopic transport by synthetic molecular machines

    Article • Nature Materials, August 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jose Berna

  99. Helical Sense Bias Induced by Point Chirality in Cage Compounds

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2002, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  100. Helical Sense Bias Induced by Point Chirality in Cage Compounds

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, April 2002, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna, Professor Jonathan W Steed

  101. ChemInform Abstract: Diels-Alder Cycloaddition of 5-Aryl-2-pyrones.

    Article • ChemInform, September 2000, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  102. Diels–Alder cycloaddition of 5-aryl-2-pyrones

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, June 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna

  103. Tripod–Tripod Coupling of Triazides with Triphosphanes. The Synthesis, Characterization, and Stability in Solution of New Cage Compounds: Chiral Macrobicyclic Triphosphazides

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, December 1998, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  104. Tripod-Tripod Coupling of Triazides with Triphosphanes. The Synthesis, Characterization, and Stability in Solution of New Cage Compounds: Chiral Macrobicyclic Triphosphazides

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, December 1998, Wiley

    Dr Jose Berna

  105. Design and synthesis of a new macrobicyclic tris(phosphazide)

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, October 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Jose Berna