Search Results - "Pires, Elísabet"
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Steps Forward toward the Substitution of Conventional Solvents in the Heck–Mizoroki Coupling Reaction: Glycerol-Derived Ethers and Deep Eutectic Solvents as Reaction Media
Published in ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering (31-08-2020)“…Glycerol-derived ethers and their eutectic mixtures with two renewable ammonium salts (ChCl and N00Cl) are effectively used as new green solvents for the…”
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Design of Glycerol-Based Solvents for the Immobilization of Palladium Nanocatalysts: A Hydrogenation Study
Published in ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering (17-05-2021)“…Twenty-one green solvents, including glycerol-derived ethers, and their eutectic mixtures with two renewable ammonium salts, were used for the straightforward…”
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Ferrocenylselenoether and its cuprous cluster modified TiO2 as visible-light photocatalyst for the synergistic transformation of N-cyclic organics and Cr(vi)
Published in RSC advances (03-01-2024)“…In this study, fcSe@TiO2 and [Cu2I2(fcSe)2]n@TiO2 nanosystems based on ferrocenylselenoether and its cuprous cluster were developed and characterized by X-ray…”
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Catalytic performance and deactivation of sulfonated hydrothermal carbon in the esterification of fatty acids: Comparison with sulfonic solids of different nature
Published in Journal of catalysis (01-04-2015)“…[Display omitted] •Sulfonated hydrothermal carbon leads to higher TOF than other sulfonic solids.•Better performance seems to be linked to a high surface…”
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Impact of sulfonated hydrothermal carbon texture and surface chemistry on its catalytic performance in esterification reaction
Published in Catalysis today (01-07-2015)“…•Hydrothermal carbon was calcined at several temperatures and further sulfonated.•773K is the turning point in catalytic activity and textural…”
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Glycerol Ethers as Hydrotropes and Their Use to Enhance the Solubility of Phenolic Acids in Water
Published in ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering (13-04-2020)“…The use of glycerol ethers (with alkyl side chains ranging from one to six methyl groups) as hydrotropes to enhance the solubility of gallic and syringic acids…”
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New insights into the strength and accessibility of acid sites of sulfonated hydrothermal carbon
Published in Carbon (New York) (01-10-2014)“…Sulfonation of hydrothermal carbon leads to a very active acid catalyst, in spite of the very low surface area determined by N2 physisorption and the even…”
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Are deep eutectic solvents a real alternative to ionic liquids in metal-catalysed reactions?
Published in Current opinion in green and sustainable chemistry (01-06-2022)“…This microreview tries to answer the question: Are Deep Eutectic Solvents a real alternative to Ionic Liquids in metal-catalysed reactions? We have gathered…”
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Glycerol ketals: Synthesis and profits in biodiesel blends
Published in Fuel (Guildford) (01-04-2012)“…Surplus of glycerol due to the increase of biodiesel production has become an economic drawback for the development of biofuel itself. In this work, we show…”
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Sulfonated Hydrothermal Carbons from Cellulose and Glucose as Catalysts for Glycerol Ketalization
Published in Catalysts (01-10-2019)“…Solketal is one of the most used glycerol-derived solvents. Its production via heterogeneous catalysis is crucial for avoiding important product losses…”
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Enzymatic synthesis of novel fructosylated compounds by Ffase from Schwanniomyces occidentalis in green solvents
Published in RSC advances (09-07-2021)“…The β-fructofuranosidase from the yeast (Ffase) produces potential prebiotic fructooligosaccharides (FOS) by self-transfructosylation of sucrose, being one of…”
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The influence of alkaline metals on the strong basicity of Mg–Al mixed oxides: The case of transesterification reactions
Published in Applied catalysis. A, General (31-07-2009)“…The strong basic sites of Mg/Al mixed oxides are mainly due to traces of alkaline metals, as shown by the linear correlation between yield and leachable…”
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Predicting the Enantioselectivity of the Copper-Catalysed Cyclopropanation of Alkenes by Using Quantitative Quadrant-Diagram Representations of the Catalysts
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (29-10-2012)“…We present a new methodology to predict the enantioselectivity of asymmetric catalysis based on quantitative quadrant‐diagram representations of the catalysts…”
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The basicity of mixed oxides and the influence of alkaline metals: The case of transesterification reactions
Published in Applied catalysis. A, General (20-10-2010)“…[Display omitted] ▶ Alkaline metals are responsible for the strong basicity of mixed oxides. ▶ Alkaline effect is not dependent on the nature of the mixed…”
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Evaluation of several catalytic systems for the epoxidation of methyl oleate using H2O2 as oxidant
Published in Catalysis today (15-11-2012)“…[Display omitted] ► Epoxidation of methyl oleate using H2O2 as oxidant. ► Fluorinated solvent as suitable epoxidation media. ► Aryldiselenide catalyst and…”
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Surface confinement effects in enantioselective catalysis: Design of new heterogeneous chiral catalysts based on C 1-symmetric bisoxazolines and their application in cyclopropanation reactions
Published in Journal of catalysis (10-09-2008)“…Surface confinement effects are extremely important in determining the stereochemical course of cyclopropanation reactions catalyzed by C 2-symmetric…”
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C 1 ‐Symmetric Versus C 2 ‐Symmetric Ligands in Enantioselective Copper–Bis(oxazoline)‐Catalyzed Cyclopropanation Reactions
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (26-10-2007)“…A thorough experimental and theoretical study of the enantioselective cyclopropanation of alkenes catalyzed by chiral bis(oxazoline)– and…”
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QM/MM Modeling of Enantioselective Pybox-Ruthenium- and Box-Copper-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation Reactions: Scope, Performance, and Applications to Ligand Design
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (01-01-2007)“…An extensive comparison of full‐QM (B3LYP) and QM/MM (B3LYP:UFF) levels of theory has been made for two enantioselective catalytic systems, namely, Pybox–Ru…”
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C1-Symmetric Versus C2-Symmetric Ligands in Enantioselective Copper-Bis(oxazoline)-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation Reactions
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (2007)“…A thorough experimental and theoretical study of the enantioselective cyclopropanation of alkenes catalyzed by chiral bis(oxazoline)– and…”
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Optimization of the Synthesis of Glycerol Derived Monoethers from Glycidol by Means of Heterogeneous Acid Catalysis
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (06-11-2018)“…We present an efficient and green methodology for the synthesis of glycerol monoethers, starting from glycidol and different alcohols, by means of…”
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