Prof. David Diaz Diaz

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsOrganic Molecular Chemistry,Preparative and Physical Chemistry of Polymers,Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials
KeywordsCatalysis and Biomedical Applications, Click Chemistry, Hydrogels, Organogels, Soft Functional Materials

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityRegensburg
InstitutionUniversität Regensburg
InstituteInstitut für Organische Chemie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Oliver ReiserInstitut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2010

Programme(s)

2009Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2011Díaz, D. D.; Kühbeck, D.; Koopmans, R. J. Stimuli-Responsive Nanostructured Gels as Reaction Vessels and Reusable Catalysts. In: Chem. Soc. Rev. , 2011, 427-448
2011Díaz, D. D.; Morin, E.; Schön, E.-M.; Budin, G.; Wagner, A.; Remy, J.-S. Tailoring drug release profile of low molecular weight hydrogels by supramolecular co-assembly and controlled thiol-ene orthogonal coupling. In: J. Mater. Chem. , 2011, 641-644
2010Carreras, C. R.; García, C. E.; Martín, V. S.; Tonn, C. E.; Díaz, D. D.; Ceñal, J. P. 5-((4R,5R)-5-((benzyloxy)methyl)-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)-2,2-dimethyl-4,7-dihydro-1,3-dioxepine. In: Molbank, 2010, M680
2010Díaz, D. D.: Click Chemistry: A Quote for Function. In: Pignataro, B. Pignataro: Ideas in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences. Advances in Nanotechnology, Materials and Devices (Vol. 3). Wiley−VCH Verlag GmbH, 2010.
2010Huber, T.; Díaz, D. D. Dipropargyl 2,2'-isophthaloylbis(hydrazinecarboxylate). In: Molbank, 2010, M701
2010Morin, E.; Guenet, J.-M.; Díaz, D. D.; Remy, J.-S.; Wagner, A. Fine-tuning the morphology of self-assembled nanostructures of propargyl ammonium-based amphiphiles. In: J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, 12495-12500
2010Díaz, D. D.; Munuera, L.; Finn, M. G.: Hacia la búsqueda de nuevos electrófilos: Formamidinas de urea. In: An. Quim. , 2010, 104-111
2010Bachl, J.; Díaz, D. D. N,N'-(1,2-Phenylene)-bis[4-(azidomethyl)benzamide]. In: Molbank, 2010, M707
2010Bachl, J.; Díaz, D. D. N,N'-1,2-Phenylenebis[4-(chloromethyl)benzamide]. In: Molbank, 2010, M705
2010Carreras, C. R.; García, C. E.; Martín, V. S.; Tonn, C. E.; Díaz, D. D.; Ceñal, J. P. Stereocontrolled synthesis of (E)-2-((4R,5R)-5-((benzyloxy)methyl)-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)but-2-ene-1,4-diol. In: Molbank, 2010, M676
2009Martinez, V.; Díaz, D. D. Functionalization of phthalocyanines: synthesis as a tool for the preparation of new materials. In: J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines , 2009, 397-407
2009Díaz, D. D.; Martín, V. S.: Synthesis of 2-(1-Methyl-hept-2-ynyloxy)-non-3-yne. In: Molbank, 2009, M612
2008Díaz, D. D.; Finn, M. G., Sharpless, K. B.; Fokin, V. V.; Hawker, C. J. Cicloadición 1,3-dipolar de azidas y alquinos. I. Principales aspectos sintéticos. In: An. Quim. , 2008, 169-252
2008Campidelli, S.; Filoramo, A.; Jegou, P.; Ballesteros, B.; de la Torre, G.; Díaz, D. D.; Tomas Torres, T.; Jost, O.; Cioffi, C.; Prato, M.; Bourgoin, J.-P.: Easy Derivatisation of Functionalized Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Phthalocyanines via Click Chemistry. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2008, 11503-11509
2008Díaz, D. D.; Ceñal, J. P.; Martín, V. S.: Oxygen-Containing 10-, 15-, and 20-Membered Macrocyclic Cobalt Complexes from Co2(CO)6-Bispropargylic Alcohol. In: Molbank, 2008, M561
2008Díaz, D. D.; Marrero-Tellado, J. J.; Velázquez, D. G.; Ravelo, A. G.: Selective Polymers Organogelators Formed by Click Chemistry. In: Tetrahedron Lett. , 2008, 1340-1343
2008Díaz, D. D.; Cid, J. J.; Vázquez, P.; Torres, T.: Strength enhancement of organic gels by inclusion of phthalocyanines moieties-containing complementary organogelator structures and in situ cross-link via ‘click’ chemistry: synthesis of photoactive smart materials. In: Chem. Eur. J. , 2008, 9261-9273
2007Le Baut, N.; Díaz, D. D.; Sreenivas, P.; Finn, M. G.; Brown, H.: Elaboration of high glass transition temperature thermosets made from copper (I)-catalyzed cycloaddition. In: Polymer , 2007, 239-244
2007Velázquez, D. G.; Díaz, D. D.; Ravelo, A. G.; Marrero-Tellado, J. J.: Hunter’s Oligoamide: A Functional Molecule for Gel Formation. In: Eur. J. Org. Chem. , 2007, 1841-1845
2007Rodionov, V. O.; Presolski, S.; Díaz, D. D.; Fokin, V.; Finn, M. G. Ligand-Accelerated Cu-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition: a Mecanistic Report. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 12705-12712
2007Liu, Y.; Díaz, D. D.; Sharpless, K. B.; Fokin, V. V.; Finn, M. G.: Metal-adhesive polymers from Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition. In: J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. , 2007, 5182-5189
2007Díaz, D. D.; Finn, M. G.: Nanotecnología sobre virus: una plataforma supramolecular, natural y accesible para la química orgánica. In: An. Quim. , 2007, 5-13
2007Díaz, D. D.; Torres, T.; Zentel, R.; Davis, R.; Brehmer, M. Physicochemical characterization of octakis(alkyloxy)-substituted Zn(II)-phthalocyanines noncovalently incorporated into an organogel and their remarkable morphological effect on the nanoscale-fibers. In: Chem. Commun. , 2007, 2369-2371
2007Díaz, D. D.; Bolink, H. J.; Capelli, L.; Claessens, C. G.; Torres, T. Subphthalocyanines as novel narrow bandwidth emitters. In: Tetrahedron Lett. , 2007, 4657-4660
2007Díaz, D. D.; Betancort. J. M.; Martín, V. S.: The Nicholas Reaction: a Powerful Tool for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds. In: Synlett, 2007, 343-359
2006Díaz, D. D.; Rajagopal, K.; Strable, E.; Schneider, J.; Finn, M. G.: .,“Click” Chemistry in a Supramolecular Environment: Stabilization of Organogels by Copper(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne [3+2] Cycloaddition. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2006, 6056-6057
2006Díaz, D. D.; Ramírez, M. A.; Martín, V. S.: 1,3-Chirality transfer during the Nicholas reaction in γ-benzyloxy propargylic alcohols. In: Chem. Eur. J. , 2006, 2593-2606
2006Díaz, D. D.; Converso, A.; Finn, M. G.; Sharpless, K. B.: 2,6-Dichloro-9-thiabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane. In: Molecules , 2006, 212-218
2006Bottari, G.; Díaz, D. D.; Torres, T.: Alkynyl-substituted phthalocyanines: versatile building blocks for molecular materials synthesis. In: J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines , 2006, 1083-1100
2006Díaz, D. D.; Gupta, S. S.; Kuzelka, J.; Cymborowski, M.; Sabat, M.; Finn, M. G.: Catalytic epoxidation of unfuctionalized olefins with molecular oxygen using a novel bis(formamidine urea)nickel complex. In: Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. , 2006, 4489-4493
2006García-Frutos, Díaz, D. D.; E. M.; Vázquez, P.; Torres, T.: First homo- and heteronuclear bridged bis-ethynylphthalocyaninatoM(II) triad. In: Synlett, 2006, 3231-3236
2006Díaz, D. D. Los geles: una maravilla de la Ciencia al servicio de la Sociedad. In: Ed. Universidad de La Rioja, Servicio de Publicaciones. Un breve viaje por la ciencia. II Certamen Teresa Pinillos de ensayos de divulgacion cientifica. Junio 2005. 2006. 19-23
2006Díaz, D. D.; Miranda, P. O.; Padrón, J. I.; Martín, V. S.: Recent uses of iron(III) chloride in organic synthesis. In: Curr. Org. Chem. , 2006, 457-476
2006Díaz, D. D.; Finn, M. G.; Mishima, M.: Substituent Effects on the Gas Phase Basicity of Formamidine Ureas. In: Eur. J. Org. Chem. , 2006, 235-240
2006Johnson, J. A.; Lewis, D. R.; Díaz, D. D.; Finn, M. G.; Koberstein, J. T.; Turro, N. J.: Synthesis of degradable model networks via ATRP and click chemistry. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2006, 6564-6565
2006Yang, H.-B; Das, N.; Huang, F.; Hawkridge, A. M.; Díaz, D. D.; Arif, A. M.; Finn, M. G.; Muddiman, D. C.; Stang, P. J. Thiabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane into discrete 2D supramolecules via coordination-driven self-assembly. In: J. Org. Chem. , 2006, 6644-6647
2005Díaz, D. D.; Ripka, A. S.; Finn, M. G.: 1-(tert-Butylimino-methyl)-1,3-dimethyl-urea hydrochloride. In: Org. Synth. , 2005, 59-63
2005Díaz, D. D.; Finn, M. G.: A facile synthesis of N,N’-bis[formamidine]ureas and symmetrical N,N’-disubstituted formamidines. In: Lett. Org. Chem. , 2005, 621-627
2005Díaz, D. D.; Lewis, W. G.; Finn, M. G.: Acid-Mediated Amine Exchange of N,N-Dimethylformamidines: Preparation of Electron-Rich Formamidines. In: Synlett, 2005, 2214-2218
2005Ceñal, J. P.; Carreras, C. R.; Tonn, C. E.; Padrón, J. I.; Ramírez, M. A.; Díaz, D. D.; García-Tellado, F.; Martín, V. S.: Acid-mediated highly Regioselective oxidation of 3,4-substituted furans to α,β-substituted butenolides. In: Synlett, 2005, 1575-1578
2005Díaz, D. D.; Lewis, W. G.; Finn, M. G.: Activation of urea as a leaving group in substitution reactions of formamidine ureas. In: Chem. Lett. , 2005, 78-79
2005Díaz, D. D.; Rajagopal, K.; Strable, E.; Schneider, J.; Finn, M. G.: Engineering New Materials Using Click Chemistry. In: Polymeric Materials Preprints , 2005, 1000-1001
2005Miranda, P. O.; Díaz, D. D.; Padrón, J. I.; Ramírez, M. A.; Martín, V. S.: Fe(III)-Halides as effective catalysts in carbon-carbon bond formation: Synthesis of 1,5-dihalo-1,4-dienes, α,β-unsaturated ketones, and cyclic ethers. In: J. Org. Chem. , 2005, 57-62
2005Le Baut, N.; Brown, H.; Finn, M. G. Díaz, D. D.; Sreenivas, P.: Properties and adhesion of thin films made by copper catalyzed cycloaddition. In: Polymer Preprints , 2005, 456
2004Díaz, D. D.; Sreenivas, P.; Holzer, P.; McPherson, A.; Sharpless, K. B.; Fokin, V. V.; Finn, M. G.: Click chemistry in materials synthesis. 1. Adhesive polymers from copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition. In: J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. , 2004, 4394-4403
2004Sreenivas, P.; Díaz, D. D.; Chunmei, Li; Sharpless, K. B.; Fokin, V. V.; Finn, M. G.: Click chemistry in polymer synthesis. In: Polymer Preprints , 2004, 778-779
2004Díaz, D. D.; Finn, M. G.: Expanded chemistry of formamidine ureas. In: Org. Lett. , 2004, 43-46
2004Díaz, D. D.; Finn, M. G.: Formamidine ureas as tunable electrophiles. In: Chem. Eur. J. , 2004, 303-309
2004Díaz, D. D.; Finn, M. G.: Modular synthesis of formamidines and their formation of stable organogels. In: Chem. Commum. , 2004, 2514-2516
2004Sreenivas, P.; Díaz, D. D.; Finn, M. G.: Palladium-catalyzed homocoupling of arylboronic acids and esters using fluoride in aqueous solvents. In: Synlett, 2004, 2351-2354
2003Ripka, A. S.; Díaz, D. D.; Sharpless, K. B.; Finn, M. G.: First practical synthesis of formamidine ureas and derivatives. In: Org. Lett. , 2003, 1531-1533
2003Miranda, P. O.; Díaz, D. D.; Padrón, J. I.; Bermejo, J.; Martín, V. S.: Iron(III)-catalyzed Prins-type cyclization using homopropargylic alcohol A method for the synthesis of 2-alkyl-4-halo-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyrans. In: Org. Lett. , 2003, 1979-1982
2003Díaz, D. D.; Ramírez, M. A.; Saad, J. R.; Cenal, J. P.;Tonn, C. E.; Martín, V. S.: Stereocontrolled synthesis of 1-acetylen-2,3-di-O-benzyl-tetrahydrofurans, 1,4-anhydro-arabinitol, and α,β-dihydroxy-γ-alkyl-butyrolactones. In: Chirality , 2003, 148-155
2002Díaz, D. D.; Betancort. J. M.; Crisóstomo, R. P. F.; Martín, T.; Martín, V. S.: Stereoselective synthesis of syn-2,7-disubstituted-4,-5-oxepenes. In: Tetrahedron, 2002, 1913-1919
2001Díaz, D. D.; Crisóstomo, R. P. F.; Martín, V. S.: Asymmetric synthesis of the (2S,4S,6S)-2,4,6-trimethylnonyl subunit of siphonarienes. In: Israel J. Chem. , 2001, 297-302
2001Díaz, D.; Martín, T; Martín, V. S.: Double cationic propargylation: from linear to policyclic ether. In: Org. Lett. , 2001, 3289-3291
2001Díaz, D. D.; Yao, S.; Finn, M. G.: Measurement of enantiomeric excess of amines by mass spectrometry following kinetic resolution with solid-phase chiral acylating agents. In: Tetrahedron Lett. , 2001, 2617-2619
2001Díaz, D. D.; Martín, T; Martín, V. S.: Stereocontrolled synthesis of unsaturated halohydrins from unsaturated epoxides. In: J. Org. Chem. , 2001, 7231-7233
2000Díaz, D. D.; Martín, V. S.: Co2(CO)8-Assisted synthesis of propargylic unsymmetrical ethers by reaction of alcohols with propargylic alcohols. In: Tetrahedron Lett. , 2000, 9993-9996
2000Díaz, D.; Martín, V. S.: Enantiocontrolled synthesis of trialkyl-substituted stereogenic carbons. A general route to cis-3,5-dialkyl γ-lactone. In: Org. Lett. , 2000, 335-337
2000Díaz, D. D.; Martín, V. S.: Enantioselective synthesis of alkyl-branched alkanes. Synthesis of the stereoisomers of 7,11-dimethylheptadecane and 7-methylheptadecane, components of the pheromone of Lambdina species. In: J. Org. Chem. , 2000, 7896-7901
2000Díaz, D. D.; Martín, V. S.: Intramolecular propargylic reduction in γ-benzyl protected Co2(CO)6-α-γ-acetylenic diols under Nicholas reaction conditions. In: Tetrahedron Lett. , 2000, 743-746