Selected Publications

1. Puigcerver, J.; Marin-Luna, M.; Iglesias-Siguenza, J.; Alajarin, M.; Martinez-Cuezva, A.; Berna, J. Mechanically Planar-to-Point Chirality Transmission in [2]Rotaxanes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146 (5), 2882–2887.
2. Perez, J. de M..; Alajarin, M.; Martinez‐Cuezva, A.; Berna, J. Reactivity of Glutaconamides within [2]Rotaxanes: Mechanical Bond-Controlled Chemoselective Synthesis of Highly Reactive α-Ketoamides and their Light-Triggered Cyclization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202302681.
3. Lopez‐Leonardo, C.; Saura‐Sanmartin, A.; Marin‐Luna, M.; Alajarin, M.; Martinez‐Cuezva, A.; Berna, J. Ring‐to‐Thread Chirality Transfer in [2]Rotaxanes for the Synthesis of Enantioenriched Lactams. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61 (39), e202209904.
4. Saura‐Sanmartin, A.; Nicolas-Garcia, T.; Pastor, A.; Quiñoñero, D.; Alajarin, M.; Martinez‐Cuezva, A.; Berna, J. Control of the Assembly of a Cyclic Hetero[4]Rotaxane from a Complementary [2]Rotaxane. Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 4143-4151.
5. Saura‐Sanmartin, A.; Pastor, A.; Martinez‐Cuezva, A.; Cutillas-Font, G.; Alajarin, M.; Berna, J. Mechanically Interlocked Molecules in Metal-Organic Frameworks. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2022, 51, 4949-4976.
6. Saura-Sanmartin, A.; Martinez-Cuezva, A.; Marin-Luna, M.; Bautista, D.; M. Alajarin, J. Berna. Effective Encapsulation of C60 by Metal–Organic Frameworks with Polyamide Macrocyclic Linkers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 10814–10819.
7. Saura-Sanmartin, A.; Martinez‐Cuezva, A.; Bautista, D.; Marzari, M. R. B.; Martins, M. A. P.; Alajarin, M.; Berna, J. Copper-Linked Rotaxanes for the Building of Photoresponsive Metal Organic Frameworks with Controlled Cargo Delivery. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13442-13449.
8. Martinez‐Cuezva, A.; Saura-Sanmartin, A.; Alajarin, M.; Berna, J. Mechanically Interlocked Catalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 7719-7733.
9. Calles, M.; Puigcerver, J.; Alonso, D. A.; Martinez‐Cuezva, A.; Alajarin, M.; Berna, J. Enhancing the Selectivity of Prolinamide Organocatalysts by the Mechanical Bond in [2]Rotaxanes. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 3629-3635.
10. Lopez-Leonardo, C.; Martinez-Cuezva, A.; Bautista, D.; Alajarin, M.; Berna, J. Homo and heteroassembly of amide-bases [2]rotaxanes using α,α’-dimethyl-p-xylylenediamines. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 6787-6790.
11. Martinez-Cuezva, A.; Bautista, D.; Alajarin, M.; Berna, J. Enantioselective Formation of 2-Azetidinones by Ring-Assisted Cyclization of Interlocked N-(α-Methyl)benzyl Fumaramides. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6563-6567.
12. Martinez-Cuezva, A.; Lopez-Leonardo, C.; Bautista, D.; Alajarin, M.; Berna, J. Stereocontrolled Synthesis of -Lactams within [2]Rotaxanes: Showcasing the Chemical Consequences of the Mechanical Bond. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8726-8729.