Publications
Independent Research Line:
Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,3-Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as meta-Benzene Bioisosteres
Carla Pérez-Sánchez, Pablo Garrido-García, Daniel Fernández, Silvia Ortega-Gutiérrez, Mar Martín-Fontecha, Daniel González-Pinardo, Israel Fernández, Thomas Rigotti,* and Mariola Tortosa*
Nat. Synth. 2026, 5, 1374
(Highlighted in Synfacts 2026, 22, 965 by Matthew J. Gaunt and François Richard)
Enantioselective Photocatalytic Synthesis of Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as ortho-Disubstituted Benzene Bioisosteres with Improved Biological Activity
Pablo Garrido-García, Irene Quirós, Paula Milán-Rois, Silvia Ortega-Gutiérrez, Mar Martín-Fontecha, Luis A. Campos, Álvaro Somoza, Israel Fernández, Thomas Rigotti,* and Mariola Tortosa*
Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 734
(Highlighted in Synfacts 2025, 25, 631 by Antonia F. Stepan and Seong Heon Kim)
Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes by Visible Light-Driven Intramolecular Crossed [2 + 2] Photocycloadditions
Thomas Rigotti,* and Thorsten Bach*
Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 8821
(Highlighted in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2023, 27, 1-9)
(Highlighted in ChemistryViews 2022, Nov 24th)
(Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal 2023)
(Most viewed articles in Org. Lett. – December 2022)
Other Articles:
Endo-selective [2+2] cycloaddition of norbornadienes enables the synthesis of homocubanes
Thomas Rigotti*
Nat. Chem. 2026, 18, 1360
(Invited News&Views article by Editorial Board of Springer Nature)
Supervised Works:
Visible Light-Mediated Deaminative Alkylation of Primary Amines with Silacarboxylic Acids via Isonitrile Formation
Carla Pérez-Sánchez, Thomas Rigotti,* and Mariola Tortosa*
Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 583
(Highlighted in Synfacts 2025, 21, 431 by Hisashi Yamamoto and Abhijit Paul)
Trityl Isocyanide as a General Reagent for Visible Light Mediated Photoredox-Catalyzed Cyanations
Irene Quirós, María Martín, Carla Pérez-Sánchez, Thomas Rigotti,* and Mariola Tortosa*
Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 14188
Photoinduced B−Cl Bond Fission in Aldehyde-BCl3 Complexes as a Mechanistic Scenario for C−H Bond Activation
Thomas Rigotti, Daniel P. Schwinger, Martin T. Peschel, Piotr Kabaciński, Thomas Knoll,
Erling Thyrhaug, Giulio Cerullo, Jürgen Hauer,* Regina de Vivie-Riedle,* and Thorsten Bach*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 18927
Enantioselective Crossed Intramolecular [2+2] Photocycloaddition Reactions Mediated by a Chiral Chelating Lewis Acid
Thomas Rigotti, Daniel P. Schwinger, Raphaela Graßl, Christian Jandl and Thorsten Bach*
Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 2378
(Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal 2022, December 12)
Enantioselective Photochemical Reactions Enabled by Triplet Energy Transfer
Johannes Großkopf, Thilo Kratz, Thomas Rigotti and Thorsten Bach*
Chem. Rev. 2022, 122, 1626
Asymmetric [2+2] Photocycloaddition via Charge Transfer Complex for the Synthesis of Tricyclic Chiral Ethers
Ana M. Martínez-Gualda, Pablo Domingo-Legarda, Thomas Rigotti, Sergio Díaz-Tendero, Alberto Fraile and José Alemán*
Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 3046
(Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal 2021, November 29)
Visible Light Photocatalysis – from Racemic to Asymmetric Activation Strategies
Thomas Rigotti and José Alemán*
Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 11169
Enantioselective Aminocatalytic [2+2] Cycloaddition through Visible Light Excitation
Thomas Rigotti, Rubén Mas-Ballesté and José Alemán*
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 5335
(Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal 2020, December 21)
Boron Dipyrromethene (BODIPY) as Electron-Withdrawing Group in Asymmetric Copper-Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloadditions for the Synthesis of Pyrrolidine-Based Biological Sensors
Thomas Rigotti, Juan Asenjo-Pascual, Ana Martín-Somer, Paula Milán-Rois, Marco Cordani, Sergio Díaz-Tendero, Álvaro Somoza, Alberto Fraile* and José Alemán*
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 362, 1345
Mesityl or Imide Acridinium PhotoCatalysts: Accessible or not Accessible Charge-Transfer State in Photoredox Catalysis
Andrea Gini, Thomas Rigotti, Raúl Pérez-Ruiz, Mustafa Uygur, Rubén Mas-Ballesté, Inés Corral, Lara Martínez-Fernández, Victor A. de la Peña O'Shea, Olga García Mancheño* and José Alemán*
ChemPhotoChem 2019, 3, 609
Novel Oxidative Ugi Reaction for the Synthesis of Highly Active, Visible Light, Imide‐Acridinium Organophotocatalysts
Andrea Gini, Mustafa Uygur, Thomas Rigotti, José Alemán* and Olga García Mancheño*
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 12509
(Highlighted in Synfacts 2018, 14, 1133 by Timothy Manning Swager and Monika Stolar)
A Bifunctional Photoaminocatalyst for the Alkylation of Aldehydes: Design, Analysis, and Mechanistic Studies
Thomas Rigotti, Antonio Casado-Sánchez, Silvia Cabrera, Raúl Pérez-Ruiz, Marta Liras, Víctor A. de la Peña O’Shea and José Alemán*
ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 5928
(Highlighted in Synfacts, 2018, 14, 984 by Benjamin List and Diana Sun)
Visible-Light Photocatalytic Intramolecular Cyclopropane Ring Expansion
Javier Luis-Barrera, Víctor Laina-Martín, Thomas Rigotti, Francesca Peccati, Xavier Solans-Monfort, Mariona Sodupe, Rubén Mas-Ballesté, Marta Liras and José Alemán*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 7826
Synthesis and Preliminary Results on the Catalytic Activity of Metal Complexes Obtained from C2‐Symmetric Ligands Derived from R‐(+)‐Betti base
Thomas Rigotti, Paolo Righi, Emanuela Marotta and Claudio Paolucci*
ChemistrySelect 2016, 1, 2624