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

  2. 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)

  3. 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)

  4. 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)

  5. 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)

  6. 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)

  7. 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)

  8. 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)

  9. 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)

  10. 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)

  11. 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)

  12. 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)

  13. 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)

  14. 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 Be6B11−” Theory. Chem. Acc. 2020, 139, 41. (link)

  15. 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)

  16. 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)

  17. 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)

  18. 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)

  19. 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)

  20. 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)

  21. 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)

  22. 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)

  23. 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)

  24. 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)

  25. 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)

  26. 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)

  27. 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)

  28. 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)

  29. 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)

  30. 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)