José Barluenga (1940-2016).

José Barluenga, emeritus professor at the University of Oviedo, passed away on September 7, 2016. Barluenga was one of the leading Spanish chemists of his generation, with research interests including metal-mediated activation of alkenes and alkynes, β-functionalized organolithium compounds, iodination reactions, asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions, carbene complexes, and cross-coupling reactions.