José Elguero Bertolini

José Elguero Bertolini (born 1934) is a Spanish chemist best known for his contributions to heterocyclic chemistry.

Elguero's contributions to chemistry have been numerous thanks to a multitude of interdisciplinary collaborations.

For instance, in the field of heterocyclic chemistry he has studied tautomerism, hydrogen bonding and aromaticity in systems including numerous azoles and phosphaphenalenes.

In synthetic chemistry he has contributed to areas such as phase-transfer catalysis, photochemistry, flash pyrolysis and process optimization.

In medicinal chemistry he has made extensive use of mathematical Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) methods for the design of a variety of biologically active compounds for different therapeutic applications.