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Mercedes Villacampa Sanz, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

School of Pharmacy, Universidad Complutense
Madrid, Spain
Phone: (+34) 913941840
E-mail: mvsanz@ucm.es

Education

1989 Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Universidad Complutense, Madrid SPAIN
1984 B.Sc. in Optics, Universidad Complutense, Madrid SPAIN
1982 M.Sc. in Pharmacy, Universidad Complutense, Madrid SPAIN
1980 B.Sc. in Pharmacy, Universidad Complutense, Madrid SPAIN

Biography

Prof. Dr. Mercedes Villacampa was born in Madrid. She studied Pharmacy and Optics at UCM. For her PhD thesis, she worked on the synthesis of natural product-based serotonin analogues. After postdoctoral studies with Professor Nicholas Bodor (University of Florida, Gainesville, 1990-1991), she obtained a position of Profesor Titular (Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry) at the Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Department, UCM. She has also done postdoctoral work at the laboratory of Professor Kendall N. Houk (University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, 1999). Her research interests include computational chemistry and the development of new synthetic methodologies, including multicomponent reactions, for their application to the preparation of bioactive heterocycles.


Research Interest

  • Development of new multi-component and domino reactions for diversity-oriented synthesis.
  • New chemotherapeutic compounds: Anti-tubercular, antiviral, anti-leishmanial, anticancer.
  • Synthesis of bioactive compounds related to natural models: anti-tumor and anti-MDR compounds.
  • Marine alkaloids: pyridoacridines and pyrroloiminoquinones.
  • Computational chemistry.

Scientific Activities

AWARDS
  • Santos Ruiz Prize (Best Ph. D. Thesis), 1989, Spanish Royal Academy of Pharmacy.
  • Laboratorios Alter Research Prize, 1991, Spanish Royal Academy of Pharmacy.
Other Appointments

Head of the Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Department, UCM, 2006-2010. Erasmus Delegate, School of Pharmacy, UCM, 2011-2014.


Publications

  1. M. Leonardi, M. Villacampa, J. C. Menéndez. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017, 82, 2570-2578.
  2. A. Cores, V. Estévez, M. Villacampa, J. C. Menéndez, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 39433–39443.
  3. V. Estévez, V. Sridharan, S. Sabaté, M. Villacampa, J. C. Menéndez, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, 5, 652–662.
  4. V. Estévez, M. Villacampa, J. C. Menéndez, Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2014, 1, 458-463.
  5. V. Estévez, M. Villacampa, J. C. Menéndez, Chemical Society Reviews, 2014, 43, 4633-4657.
  6. J. C. Menéndez, M. Villacampa, Anales de la Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia, 2013, 79, 580-612.
  7. P. Ribelles, V. Sridharan, M. Villacampa, M. T. Ramos, J. C. Menéndez, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2013, 11, 569-579 and cover of the 11(5) issue.
  8. V. Estévez, M. Villacampa, J. C. Menéndez, Chemical Communications, 2013, 49, 591-593.
  9. J. D. Sánchez, R. Egris, S. Perumal, M. Villacampa, J. C. Menéndez, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012, 2375–2385.
  10. V. Sridharan, P. Ribelles, V. Estévez, M. Villacampa, M. T. Ramos, P. T. Perumal, J. C. Menéndez, Chemistry: A European Journal, 2012, 18, 5056–5063.
  11. P. Cledera, M. Villacampa, C. Avendaño, J. C. Menéndez. Arkivoc, 2011 (iii), 72-98.
  12. V. Estévez, M. Villacampa, J. C. Menéndez. Chemical Society Reviews, 2010, 39, 4402-4421.
  13. R. Egris, M. Villacampa, J. C. Menéndez. Chemistry: A European Journal, 2009, 15, 10930-10939.
  14. J. C. Menéndez, M. Villacampa, E. de la Cuesta, P. López-Alvarado, M. T. Ramos. "A laboratory oriented approach to the teaching of drug synthesis", in L. Gómez Chova, D. Martí Belenguer, I. Candel Torres (Eds.). INTED-2009 CD, pp. 4381-4384 (2009). ISBN 978-84-612-7578-6.
  15. J. I. Ubeda, M. Villacampa, C. Avendaño. Letters in Organic Chemistry, 2, 374-377 (2005).
  16. D. Gree, L. Vallerie, R. Gree, L. Toupet, I. Washington, J. P. Pelicier, M. Villacampa, J. M. Perez, K. N. Houk. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 66, 2374-2381 (2001).
  17. J. I. Ubeda, M. Villacampa, C. Avendaño. Synthesis, 1335-1340 (1998).
  18. J. I. Ubeda, M. Villacampa, C. Avendaño. Synthesis, 1176-1180 (1998).
  19. J. I. Ubeda, M. Villacampa, C. Avendaño. Synlett, 285-286 (1997).
  20. P. J. Sánchez-Soto, M. Villacampa, J. M. Ginés, A. Ruiz-Conde, M. A. Avilés, M. J. Arias. Journal of Thermal Analysis, 50, 665-683 (1997).
  21. M. Villacampa, E. de la Cuesta, C. Avendaño. Tetrahedron, 51, 1259-1264, (1995).
  22. J. I. Ubeda, C. Avendaño, J. C. Menéndez, M. Villacampa. Heterocycles 38, 2677-2689 (1994).
  23. M. Villacampa, J. M. Pérez, C. Avendaño, J. C. Menéndez, Tetrahedron 50, 10047-10054 (1994).
  24. M. A. Alonso, J. I. Úbeda, C. Avendaño, J. C. Menéndez, M. Villacampa. Tetrahedron 49, 10997-11008 (1993).
  25. M. Villacampa, M. Martínez, G. G. Trigo, M. M. Söllhuber. Heterocycles, 34, 1885-1895 (1992).
  26. M. Villacampa, M. Martínez, G. G. Trigo, M. M. Söllhuber. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 29, 1541-1544 (1992).
  27. M. V. García, J. C. Menéndez, M. Villacampa, M. M. Söllhuber. Synthesis 697-698 (1991).
  28. J. C. Menéndez, M. Villacampa, M. M. Söllhuber. Heterocycles 32, 469-476 (1991).
  29. M. Villacampa, M. C. Marcuerquiaga, G. G. Trigo, N. Cabezas, M. Martínez. Anales de la Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia 53, 377-381 (1987).
  30. M. Villacampa, M. C. Marcuerquiaga, G. G. Trigo, J. C. Menéndez, M. Martínez. Anales de la Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia 53, 233-237 (1987).

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