Overview
Background
David Cantillo studied chemistry at the University of Extremadura, Spain. In 2011, he obtained his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Jose Luis Jimenez at the same university. His PhD work focused on the experimental and theoretical study of 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of mesoionic compounds. Then, he moved to the University of Graz as a postdoctoral researcher within the group of Prof. C. Oliver Kappe, where he gained experience in flow chemistry. In 2018, he started his independent academic career at the University of Graz as an Assistant Professor and became an Area Leader at the Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH. David has joined the University of Queensland in 2023.
His research group focuses on synthetic organic electrochemistry. In particular, the group explores the use of electrical current to develop novel synthetic methodologies and more sustainable routes for the synthesis of medicines, as well as process scale up using continuous flow technology.
Availability
- Dr David Cantillo is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Licentiate of Chemistry, Universidad de Extremadura
- Doctoral (Research) of Organic Chemistry, Universidad de Extremadura
Research interests
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Synthetic organic electrochemistry
Development of novel synthetic methods of organic compounds, such as active pharmaceutical ingredients and agrochemicals, using electrolysis instead of chemical reagents. Scale up of electrochemical reactions using flow electrolysis cells to ensure industrial application of electrochemical methods
Research impacts
David has published over 90 papers in scientific journals that have been cited over 5000 times (H-Index=32). His research has been recognized with several awards, including the 2020 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award, the 2024 OPRD award from the ACS and the Inventor Award from UniGraz. David is member of the scientific advisory boards of Axplora and Chimica Oggi.
Works
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2010
Journal Article
Push-pull 1,3-thiazolium-5-thiolates. Formation via concerted and stepwise pathways, and theoretical evaluation of NLO properties
Cantillo, David, Avalos, Martin, Babiano, Reyes, Cintas, Pedro, Jimenez, Jose L., Light, Mark E., Palacios, Juan C. and Rodriguez, Valentin (2010). Push-pull 1,3-thiazolium-5-thiolates. Formation via concerted and stepwise pathways, and theoretical evaluation of NLO properties. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 8 (23), 5367-5374. doi: 10.1039/c0ob00416b
2009
Journal Article
Dissecting competitive mechanisms: thionation vs. cycloaddition in the reaction of thioisomunchnones with isothiocyanates under microwave irradiation
Cantillo, David, Avalos, Martin, Babiano, Reyes, Cintas, Pedro, Jimenez, Jose L., Light, Mark E. and Palacios, Juan C. (2009). Dissecting competitive mechanisms: thionation vs. cycloaddition in the reaction of thioisomunchnones with isothiocyanates under microwave irradiation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 74 (20), 7644-7650. doi: 10.1021/jo900960a
2009
Journal Article
Thionation of mesoionics with isothiocyanates: evidence supporting a four-step domino process and ruling out a [2+2] mechanism
Cantillo, David, Avalos, Martin, Babiano, Reyes, Cintas, Pedro, Jimenez, Jose L., Light, Mark E. and Palacios, Juan C. (2009). Thionation of mesoionics with isothiocyanates: evidence supporting a four-step domino process and ruling out a [2+2] mechanism. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 74 (10), 3698-3705. doi: 10.1021/jo900028c
2008
Journal Article
Stepwise cycloadditions of mesoionic systems: thionation of thioisomunchnones by isothlocyanates
Cantillo, David, Avalos, Martin, Babiano, Reyes, Cintas, Pedro, Jimenez, Jose L., Light, Mark E. and Palacios, Juan C. (2008). Stepwise cycloadditions of mesoionic systems: thionation of thioisomunchnones by isothlocyanates. Organic Letters, 10 (6), 1079-1082. doi: 10.1021/ol702929k
Supervision
Availability
- Dr David Cantillo is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Synthetic organic electrochemisty
This project deals with the development of novel methods for the preparation of pharmaceutical intermediates using electrochemistry
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