Dr. Elisa Isabel de León Alonso - IPNA-CSIC

Elisa Isabel de León Alonso
IPNA­CSIC
Avda. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez, nº 3
38206 La Laguna
Tel.: +34 922 251004; ext 258 Fax: +34 922 260135
Tenured Scientist
Research Topics
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Intramolecular Hydrogen Abstraction (IHA) reaction promoted from alkoxy radicals generated by hypervalent iodine reagents.
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β­Fragmentation of Carbohydrate Anomeric Alkoxy Radicals (ARF); Synthesis of Chiral Nitriles, Alditols, gem­dihalo Alditols, Vinyl Sulfones, Vinyl Iodides.
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Sugar analogs and enzimes inhibitors: Iminosugars and Carbasugars Synthesis.
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Organoselenium chemistry.
Curriculum Vitae
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1979­1984: Bachelor of Chemistry, Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife).
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October 1984­August 1985: M. Sc. Organic Chemistry holding a scholarship from the Cabildo de Tenerife, under the supervision of Dr. Carmen Betancor and Dr. José Antonio Salazar. Instituto de Productos Naturales Orgánicos (CSIC); “Química de Organoselenio: Ciclaciones Intramoleculares de Ureas y Cianamida Alílicas Promovidas por Cloruro de Fenilselenio”
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September 1985­July 1989: PhD holding a FPI scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Education, under the supervision of Dr. Ernesto Suárez and Dr. José Antonio Salazar. Instituto de Productos Naturales Orgánicos (CSIC); “El Selenio en Síntesis Orgánica: Adiciones Intramoleculares a Olefinas y Ciclaciones de Sistemas Alílicos Inducidas por Reactivos de Organoselenio”
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September 1989­July 1990: Postdoctoral position holding a MEC­Fulbright fellowship in the Professor K.C. Nicolaou group. Department of Chemistry And Biochemistry of the Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California, EE.UU.). “DNA­Cleavage Molecules; Synthesis of Anticancerigens Enediyenes Analogs” •
August 1990­August. 1991: Postdoctoral position holding a MEC­Fulbright in the Professor H. Rapoport group. Chemistry Department of the University of California at Berkeley (Berkeley, California, EE.UU.). “Synthesis of Antiviral Sinefungine Analogs”
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October 1991­May 1992: Postdoctoral position holding a “MEC­Reincorporación en España” fellowship in the Professor E. Suárez group. Departamento de Síntesis de Productos Naturales of the Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (CSIC). “Preparación de Reactivos de Organoselenio Quirales para su Aplicación en Síntesis Asimétrica”
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Since July 1992: Permanent position at the CSIC as Tenured Scientist.