Jorge Barroso

Current Appointment

  • Postdoctoral Fellow (September 2021–Present)
    Department of Chemistry, University of South Dakota.

Education

  • Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, CINVESTAV Mérida, México (2021).
    Advisor: Prof. Gabriel Merino
  • M.Sci., Physical Chemistry, CINVESTAV Mérida, México (2017)
    Advisor: Prof. Gabriel Merino
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Universidad de las Américas-Puebla, México (2010)

Publications

  1. J. C. Zgrabik, B. Bhuniya, T. B. Phillips, J. Barroso, B. Vlaisavljevich, and S. R. Daly “Volatile lanthanide complexes with fluorinated heptadentate ligands” Dalton Trans. 2024, Accepted. (link) (data)

  2. R. C. Andeme Ela, J. Barroso, G. Kumar, K. Gawande, M. Shetty, X. Li, W. Fan, B. Vlaisavljevich, and P. Dauenhauer “Sulfurous Zeosils for Dehydra-Decyclization of Tetrahydrofuran to Renewable Butadiene” Green Chem. 2024, Accepted. (Preprint) (link)

  3. J. Barroso, S. Pan, and G. Merino. “Structural Transformations in Boron Clusters Induced by Metal Dopign” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2022, 51, 1098-1123. (link)

  4. L. Leyva-Parra, L. Diego, D. Inostroza, O. Yañez, R. Pumachagua-Huertas, J. Barroso, A. Vásquez-Espinal, G. Merino, and W. Tiznado. “Planar Hypercoordinate Carbons in Alkali Metal Decorated C32− and CE22− Dianions” Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 16701-16706. (link)

  5. M. Orozco-Ic, M. Dimitrova, J. Barroso, D. Sundholm, and G. Merino. “Magnetically Induced Ring-Current Strengths of Planar and Nonplanar Molecules: New Insights from the Pseudo-π Model” J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 125, 5753-5764. (link)

  6. L. Leyva-Parra, L. Diego, O. Yañez, D. Inostroza, J. Barroso, A. Vásquez-Espinal, G. Merino, and W. Tiznado. “Planar Hexacoordinate Carbons: Half Covalent, Half Ionic” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 8700-8704. (link)

  7. M.-H. Wang, M. Orozco-Ic, L. Leyva-Parra, W. Tiznado, J. Barroso, Y.-H. Ding, Z.-H. Cui, and G. Merino “Planar Tetracoordinate Carbons in Allene-Type Structures” J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 125, 3009-3014. (link)

  8. G. Castillo-Toraya, M. Orozco-Ic, E. Dzib, X. Zarate, F. Ortíz-Chi, Z.-H. Cui, J. Barroso, and G. Merino “Planar Tetracoordinate Fluorine Atoms” Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 6699-6704. (link)

  9. A. W. Kaspi-Kaneti, J. Barroso, G. Merino, D. Avnir, I. L. Garzón and I. Tuvi-Arad “Head to Tail Distortion Wave Characterizes the Enantiomerization of Helicenes” J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 15415-15421. (link)

  10. M.-H. Wang, X. Dong, Z. Cui, M. Orozco-Ic, Y. Ding, J. Barroso, and G. Merino “Planar Pentacoordinate Silicon and Germanium Atoms” Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 13772-13775. (link)

  11. R. Yu, J. Barroso, M.-H. Wang, W-.Y. Liang, C. Chen, X. Zarate, M. Orozco-Ic, Z. Cui, and G. Merino “Structure and Bonding of Molecular Stirrers with Formula B7M2 and B8M2 (M=Zn, Cd, Hg)” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2020, 22, 12312-12320. (link)

  12. J.-C. Guo, L.-Y Feng, J. Barroso, G. Merino, and H.-J. Zhai. “Planar or Tetrahedral? A ternary 17-electron CBe5H4+ Cluster with Planar Pentacoordinate Carbon” Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 8305-8308. (link)

  13. G. Hernández-Juárez, E. Ravell, J. Arcudia, X. Zarate, Z.-H. Cui, G. Merino, and J. Barroso “Structural Effects of Alkali-Metals on the B12 Skeleton” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2020, 22, 17344-17350. (link)

  14. M. Orozco-Ic, J. Barroso, N. D. Charistos, A. Muñoz-Castro, and G. Merino “Consequences of Curvature on Induced Magnetic Field: The Case of Helicenes” Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 326-330. (link)

  15. O. Yañez, R. Báez-Grez, J. Garza, S. Pan, J. Barroso, A. Vásquez-Espinal, G. Merino, and W. Tiznado “Embedding a Planar Hypercoordinate Carbon Atom into a [4n+2] π-System” ChemPhysChem 2020, 21, 145-148. (link)

  16. O. Yañez, D. Inostroza, B. Usuga-Acevedo, A-Vásquez-Espinal, R. Pino-Rios, M. Tabilo-Sepulveda, J. Garza, J. Barroso, G. Merino, and W. Tiznado “Evaluation of Restricted Probabilistic Cellular Automata on the Exploration of the Potential Energy Surface of Be6B11Theory. Chem. Acc. 2020, 139, 41. (link)

  17. A. Colin-Molina, M. J. Jellen, J. Rodríguez-Hernández, M. E. Cifuentes-Quintal, J. Barroso, R. A. Toscano, G. Merino, and B. Rodríguez-Molina “Hydrogen-Bonded Crystalline Molecular Machines with Ultrafast Rotation and Displacive Phase Transitions” Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 11727-11733. (link)

  18. M. Orozco-Ic, J. Barroso, R. Islas, and G. Merino “Delocalization in Substituted Benzene Dications: A Magnetic Point of View” ChemistryOpen 2020, 9, 657. (link)

  19. Q. Xie, T. Sun, M. Orozco-Ic, J. Barroso, Y. Zhao, G. Merino, and J. Zhu “Probing Hyper-conjugative Aromaticity of Monosubstituted Cyclopentadienes ” Asian J. Chem. 2019, 8, 123-127. (link)

  20. S. Pan, J. Barroso, S. Jalife, T. Heine, K. R. Asmis, and G. Merino “Fluxional Boron Clusters: From Theory to Reality” Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52, 2732-2744. (link)

  21. X. Dong, S. Jalife, A. Vásquez-Espinal, J. Barroso, M. Orozco-Ic, E. Ravell, J. L. Cabellos, W.-Y. Liang, Z. Cui, and G. Merino “Li2B24: The Simplest Combination for a Three-Ring Boron Tube” Nanoscale 2019, 11, 2143-2147. (link)

  22. Y. Tian, D. Wei, Y. Jin, J. Barroso, C. Lu, and G. Merino “Exhaustive Exploration of MgBn (n=10−20) Clusters and their Anions” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21, 6935-6941. (link)

  23. A. Colin-Molina, M. J. Jellen, E. García-Quezada, M. E. Cifuentes-Quintal, F. Murillo, J. Barroso, S. Pérez-Estrada, R. A. Toscano, G. Merino, and B. Rodríguez-Molina “Origin of the Isotropic Motion in Crystalline Molecular Rotors with Carbazole Stators” Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 4422-4429. (link)

  24. W.-Y. Liang, J. Barroso, S. Jalife, M. Orozco-Ic, X. Zarate, X. Dong, Z.-h. Cui, and G. Merino “B10M2 (M=Rh, Ir): Finally a Stable Boron-Based Icosahedral Cluster” Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 7490-7493. (link)

  25. R. Marrero-Carballo, F. Tun-Rosado, G. J. Mena-Rejón, D. Cáceres-Castillo, J. Barroso, F. Murillo, G. Merino, and R. F. Quijano-Quiñones“The Base-Catalyzed Keto-Enol Tautomerism of Chrysophanol Anthrone. A DFT Investigation of the Base-Catalyzed Reaction” Mol. Simul. 2019, 45, 716-723. (link)

  26. E. Ravell, S. Jalife, J. Barroso, M. Orozco-Ic, G. Hernández-Juárez, F. Ortiz-Chi, S. Pan, J. L. Cabellos, and G. Merino “Structure and Bonding in CE5 (E=Al-Tl) Clusters: Planar Tetracoordinate Carbon versus Pentacoordinate Carbon” Chem. Asian J. 2018, 13, 1467-1473. (link)

  27. A. Vásquez-Espinal, K. Palacio-Rodríguez, E. Ravell, M. Orozco-Ic, J. Barroso, S. Pan, W. Tiznado, and G. Merino “E5M7+ (E=C-Pb, M=Li-Cs): A Source of Viable Star-Shaped Clusters” Chem. Asian. J. 2018, 13, 1751-1755. (link)

  28. J. Barroso, F. Murillo, G. Martínez-Guajardo, F. Ortiz-Chi, S. Pan, M. A. Fernández-Herrera, and G. Merino “Bonding and Mobility of Alkali Metals in Helicenes” Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 11227-11233. (link)

  29. F. A. Vengoechea-Gómez, M. A. Velázquez-Carmona, J. Barroso, G. Merino, and M. A. Muñoz-Hernández “Isomerization and Luminescent Properties of Schiff-Base Aluminum Complexes Containing 1H-pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde Moieties” Inorg. Chim. Acta 2018, 482, 525-541. (link)

  30. F. Murillo, J. Barroso, M. G. de los Santos, G. Ávila, S. Pan, M. A. Fernández-Herrera, and G. Merino “Revisiting the Formation Mechanism of 1,3,4-Oxadiazole-2(3H)-ones from Hydrazonyl Chloride and Carbon Dioxide” J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 13045-13050. (link)

  31. J. Barroso, J. L. Cabellos, S. Pan, F. Murillo, X. Zarate, M. A. Fernández-Herrera, and G. Merino “Revisiting the Racemization Mechanism of Helicenes” Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 188-191. (link)

  32. J. Barroso, S. Mondal, J. L. Cabellos, E. Osorio, S. Pan, and G. Merino “Structure and Bonding of Alkali-Metal Pentalenides” Organometallics 2018, 36, 310-317. (link)