Publications

Articles in journals
Chapters in books
Collections (editor)
Conference papers
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

Articles in journals

Xu, C. , Deiana, L. , Afewerki, S. , Incerti-Pradillos, C. , Cordova, O. , Guo, P. , Cordova, A. & Hedin, N. (2015). The Use of Porous Palladium(II)-polyimine in Cooperatively-catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Cascade Transformations. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, vol. 357: 9, pp. 2150-2156.

Kohls, H. , Anderson, M. , Dickerhoff, J. , Weisz, K. , Cordova, A. , Berglund, P. , Brundiek, H. , Bornscheuer, U. T. & et al. (2015). Selective Access to All Four Diastereomers of a 1,3-Amino Alcohol by Combination of a Keto Reductase- and an Amine Transaminase-Catalysed Reaction. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, vol. 357: 8, pp. 1808-1814.

Afewerki, S. , Ma, G. , Ibrahem, I. , Liu, L. , Sun, J. & Cordova, A. (2015). Highly Enantioselective Control of Dynamic Cascade Transformations by Dual Catalysis : Asymmetric Synthesis of Polysubstituted Spirocyclic Oxindoles. ACS Catalysis, vol. 5: 2, pp. 1266-1272.

Cordova, A. (2015). Combined heterogeneous metal/organic catalysts for eco-friendly synthesis. Pure and Applied Chemistry, vol. 87: 9-10, pp. 1011-1019.

Afewerki, S. , Guangning, M. , Ibrahem, I. & Cordova, A. (2014). Highly enantioselective organo/metal cooperative catalysis for construction of spirocyclopentaneoxindoles. Abstract of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 248

Jiang, L. , Dziedzic, P. , Spacil, Z. , Zhao, G. , Nilsson, L. , Ilag, L. L. & Cordova, A. (2014). Abiotic synthesis of amino acids and self-crystallization under prebiotic conditions. Scientific Reports, vol. 4, pp. Art. no. 6769

Santoro, S. , Deiana, L. , Zhao, G. -. , Lin, S. , Himo, F. & Córdova, A. (2014). Mechanism of palladium/amine cocatalyzed carbocyclization of aldehydes with alkynes and its merging with "Pd oxidase catalysis". ACS Catalysis, vol. 4: 12, pp. 4474-4484.

Deiana, L. , Ghisu, L. , Afewerki, S. , Verho, O. , Johnston, E. V. , Hedin, N. , Bacsik, Z. & Cordova, A. (2014). Enantioselective Heterogeneous Synergistic Catalysis for Asymmetric Cascade Transformations. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, vol. 356: 11-12, pp. 2485-2492.

Anderson, M. , Afewerki, S. , Berglund, P. & Cordova, A. (2014). Total Synthesis of Capsaicin Analogues from Lignin-Derived Compounds by Combined Heterogeneous Metal, Organocatalytic and Enzymatic Cascades in One Pot. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, vol. 356: 9, pp. 2113-2118.

Deiana, L. , Jiang, Y. , Palo-Nieto, C. , Afewerki, S. , Incerti-Pradillos, C. A. , Verho, O. , Tai, C. , Johnston, E. V. & et al. (2014). Combined Heterogeneous Metal/Chiral Amine : Multiple Relay Catalysis for Versatile Eco-Friendly Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 53: 13, pp. 3447-3451.

Deiana, L. , Ghisu, L. , Córdova, O. , Afewerki, S. , Zhang, R. & Córdova, A. (2014). Efficient and highly enantioselective aerobic oxidation-michael- carbocyclization cascade transformations by integrated Pd(0)-CPG nanoparticle/chiral amine relay catalysis. Synthesis (Stuttgart), vol. 46: 10, pp. 1303-1310.

Deiana, L. , Cordova, A. , Nieto, C. P. , Jiang, Y. , Johnston, E. & Verho, O. (2013). Combined multistep heterogeneous transition metal catalysis and aminocatalysis for asymmetric cascade reactions. Abstract of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 245, pp. Meeting abstract 147-ORGN

Ma, G. , Afewerki, S. , Deiana, L. , Palo-Nieto, C. , Liu, L. , Sun, J. , Ibrahem, I. & Córdova, A. (2013). A palladium/chiral amine co-catalyzed enantioselective dynamic cascade reaction : Synthesis of polysubstituted carbocycles with a quaternary carbon stereocenter. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 52: 23, pp. 6050-6054.

Ibrahem, I. , Ma, G. , Afewerki, S. & Córdova, A. (2013). Palladium/Chiral Amine Co-catalyzed Enantioselective beta-Arylation of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Aldehydes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 52: 3, pp. 878-882.

Deiana, L. , Afewerki, S. , Palo-Nieto, C. , Verho, O. , Johnston, E. V. & Córdova, A. (2012). Highly Enantioselective Cascade Transformations by Merging Heterogeneous Transition Metal Catalysis with Asymmetric Aminocatalysis. Scientific reports, vol. 2, pp. Art. no. 851

Ma, G. , Lin, S. , Ibrahem, I. , Kubik, G. , Liu, L. , Sun, J. & Cordova, A. (2012). Achiral Co-Catalyst Induced Switches in Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions on Racemic Mixtures (RRM) : From Stereodivergent RRM to Stereoconvergent Deracemization by Combination of Hydrogen Bond Donating and Chiral Amine Catalysts. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, vol. 354: 14-15, pp. 2865-2872.

Ibrahem, I. , Breistein, P. & Córdova, A. (2012). One-pot three-component highly selective synthesis of homoallylboronates by using metal-free catalysis. Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 18: 17, pp. 5175-5179.

Shuangzheng, L. , Tseggai, A. & Córdova, A. (2012). Concise catalytic asymmetric total synthesis of biologically active tropane alkaloids. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, vol. 354: 7, pp. 1363-1372.

Shuangzheng, L. , Deiana, L. , Tseggai, A. & Córdova, A. (2012). Concise Total Synthesis of Dihydrocorynanthenol, Protoemetinol, Protoemetine, 3-epi-Protoemetinol and Emetine. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, : 2, pp. 398-408.

Afewerki, S. , Ibrahem, I. , Rydfjord, J. , Breistein, P. & Córdova, A. (2012). Direct Regiospecific and Highly Enantioselective Intermolecular α-Allylic Alkylation of Aldehydes By Combination of Transition Metal and amine Catalysts. Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 18: 10, pp. 2972-2977.

Afewerki, S. , Breistein, P. , Pirttilä, K. , Deiana, L. , Dziedzic, P. , Ibrahem, I. & Córdova, A. (2011). Catalytic Enantioselective beta-Alkylation of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Aldehydes by Combination of Transition-Metal- and Aminocatalysis: Total Synthesis of Bisabolane Sesquiterpenes. Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 17: 32, pp. 8784-8788.

Ma, G. , Bartoszewicz, A. , Ibrahem, I. & Córdova, A. (2011). Highly Enantioselective Co-Catalytic Direct Aldol reactions by Combination of Hydrogen-Bond Donating and Acyclic Amino Acid Catalysts. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, vol. 353: 17, pp. 3114-3122.

Ibrahem, I. , Breistein, P. & Córdova, A. (2011). One-Pot Three-Component Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Homoallylboronates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 50: 50, pp. 12036-12041.

Lin, S. , Deiana, L. , Zhao, G. , Sun, J. & Cordova, A. (2011). Dynamic One-Pot Three-Component Catalytic Asymmetric Transformation by Combination of Hydrogen-Bond-Donating and Amine Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 50: 33, pp. 7624-7630.

Deiana, L. , Dziedzic, P. , Zhao, G. , Vesely, J. , Ibrahem, I. , Rios, R. , Sun, J. & Cordova, A. (2011). Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Aldehydes. Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 17: 28, pp. 7904-7917.

Cordova, A. , Cihalova, S. , Dziedzic, P. & Vesely, J. (2011). Asymmetric Aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman-type reactions: The highly enantioselective reaction between unmodified α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and N-acyl imines by organo-co-catalysis. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, vol. 353: 7, pp. 1096-1108.

Ibrahem, I. , Santoro, S. , Himo, F. & Cordova, A. (2011). Enantioselective Conjugate Silyl Additions to alpha,beta-Unsaturated Aldehydes Catalyzed by Combination of Transition Metal and Chiral Amine Catalysts. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, vol. 353: 2-3, pp. 245-252.

Zhao, G. , Ullah, F. , Deiana, L. , Lin, S. , Zhang, Q. , Sun, J. , Ibrahem, I. , Dziedzic, P. & et al. (2010). Dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (DYKAT) by combined amine and transition metal catalyzed enantioselective cycloisomerization. Chemistry - A European Journal,

Deiana, L. , Zhao, G. , Dziedzic, P. , Rios, R. , Vesely, J. , Ekström, J. & Córdova, A. (2010). One-pot highly enantioselective catalytic Mannich-type reactions between aldehydes and stable a-amido sulfones: Asymmetric synthesis of b-amino aldehydes and b-amino acids. Tetrahedron Letters, vol. 51: 2, pp. 234-237.

Zhao, G. , Hafrén, J. , Deiana, L. & Córdova, A. (2010). Heterogeneous “Organoclick” Derivatization of Polysaccharides : Photochemical Thiol-Ene Click Modification of Solid Cellulose. Macromolecular rapid communications, vol. 31: 8, pp. 740-744.

Zhu, M. , Shuangzheng, L. , Zhao, G. , Sun, J. & Córdova, A. (2010). Organocatalytic diasteroselective dibromination of alkenes. Tetrahedron Letters, vol. 51, pp. 2708-2712.

Nozière, B. , Dziedzic, P. & Córdova, A. (2010). Common Inorganic Ions Catalyze Chemical Reactions of Organic Compounds in Atmospheric Aerosols. Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, vol. 12, pp. 3864

Rios, R. , Schyman, P. , Sundén, H. , Zhao, G. , Ullah, F. , Chen, L. , Laaksonen, A. & Còrdova, A. (2010). Nonlinear effects in asymmetric amino acid catalysis by multiple interconnected stereoselective catalytic networks. Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 16: 47, pp. 13935-13940.

Lin, S. , Zhao, G. , Deiana, L. , Sun, J. , Zhang, Q. , Leijonmarck, H. & Còrdova, A. (2010). Dynamic kinetic asymmetric domino oxa-michael/carbocyclization by combination of transition-metal and amine catalysis: Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of dihydrofurans. Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 16: 47, pp. 13930-13934.

Deiana, L. , Zhao, G. , Lin, S. , Dziedzic, P. , Zhang, Q. , Leijonmarck, H. & Còrdova, A. (2010). Organocatalytic enantioselective aziridination of α-substituted α,β-unsaturated aldehydes: Asymmetric synthesis of terminal aziridines. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, vol. 352: 18, pp. 3201-3207.

Zhao, G. , Lin, S. , Korotvicka, A. , Deiana, L. , Kullberg, M. & Cordova, A. (2010). Asymmetric Synthesis of Maraviroc (UK-427,857). Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, vol. 352: 13, pp. 2291-2298.

Chapters in books

Córdova, A. & R., R. (2012). Aziridine Formation : in C-N Bond Formation. In Comprehensive Chirality. Oxford : Elsevier.

Cordova, A. (2010). Asymmetric Bifunctional Catalysis Using Heterobimetallic and Multimetallic Systems in Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Reactions. In Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Reactions,. Weinheim : Wiley-VCH Verlagsgesellschaft. pp. 169-189.

Zhao, G. & Córdova, A. (2010). ECAs of Organolithium reagents, Grignard reagents and Examples of Cu-Catalyzed ECAs. In Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Reactions. Wiley-VCH Verlagsgesellschaft.

Collections (editor)

Córdova, A. (ed.) (2010). Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Reactions. Wiley-VCH Verlagsgesellschaft

Conference papers

Ibrahem, I. , Afewerki, S. , Breistein, P. & Córdova, A. (2012). One-pot three-component catalytic asymmetric synthesis of homoallylboronates. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. Vol 243. (ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY). pp. 889-INOR-

Afewerki, S. (2012). Direct regiospecific and highly enantioselective intermolecular a-allylic alkylation of aldehydes by combination of transition metal and chiral amine catalysts. .

Córdova, A. , Ibrahem, I. , Afewerki, S. , Breistein, P. , Deiana, L. , Zhao, G. , Dziedzic, P. , Pirttilä, K. & et al. (2010). TOC-Trends in Organic Chemistry : Selective Catalysis. .

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

Afewerki, S. (2014). Development of catalytic enantioselective C-C bond-forming and cascade transformations by merging homogeneous or heterogeneous transition metal catalysis with asymmetric aminocatalysis. Dis. (Comprehensive summary) Sundsvall : Mid Sweden University, 2014 (Mid Sweden University doctoral thesis : 206)