Interests and Research#

Summary of research interests in general fields of Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis towards sustainability: #

• Activation of small molecules with biological, pharmacological, environmental or industrial interest or related ones, including metal-mediated synthesis and catalysis under mild/sustainable and unconventional conditions to the preparation of added-value compounds [e.g., alkanes (functionalization under mild conditions) and derived oxidized and carboxylated products, water, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, alkynes, phosphaalkynes, isocyanides, dinitrogen, nitriles, cyanamides, nitric oxide, oximes, oxadiazolines, carboxamides, amidines, olefins, azides or cyanates], namely by searching for mimetic systems of biological processes (e.g. catalysed by peroxidases, particulate methane monooxygenase, nitrile hydratases and nitrogenases), alternatives for industrial processes and new types of molecular activation with significance in either fine chemistry (including compounds with bioactivity) or in bulk chemistry. Also comprehending: non-covalent interactions in synthesis; crystal engineering of coordination compounds; self-assembly of polynuclear and supramolecular structures, metal-organic frameworkds (MOFs) and coordination polymers, and their application as (pro-)catalysts; nano and functional materials and their use as catalysts; transition metal and organometallic chemistries and catalysis in aqueous media; metal-ligand cooperation; high pressure gas reactions; catalysis in non-conventional media, such as supercritical fluids and ionic liquids; tandem catalysis; energy conversion reactions; oxygen evolution, hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions; bioactive complexes; selective chemosensors of biological ions.

• Molecular Electrochemistry of coordinationand organic compounds: applications in electrosynthesis, electrocatalysis, mechanistic studies, establishment of potential-structure relationships and induction of chemical reactivity by electron-transfer.

• Theoretical calculations for interpretation of properties and reactivity at the molecular level, namely towards the establishment of reaction mechanisms.

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