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  1. Acid-Catalyzed Reactions of Isopropenyl Esters and Renewable Diols: A 100% Carbon Efficient Transesterification/Acetalization Tandem Sequence, from Batch to Continuous Flow

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, November 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  2. Single-Step Methylation of Chitosan Using Dimethyl Carbonate as a Green Methylating Agent

    Article • Molecules, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  3. A Multiphase Protocol for Selective Hydrogenation and Reductive Amination of Levulinic Acid with Integrated Catalyst Recovery

    Article • ChemSusChem, June 2019, Wiley

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  4. Reaction of Glycerol with Trimethyl Orthoformate: Towards the Synthesis of New Glycerol Derivatives

    Article • Catalysts, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  5. Applications of Dimethyl Carbonate for the Chemical Upgrading of Biosourced Platform Chemicals

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, March 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  6. Benign-by-design advanced nanomaterials for environmental and energy-related applications

    Article • Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, February 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  7. Waste-to-wealth: biowaste valorization into valuable bio(nano)materials

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  8. Design of Carbon Dots for Metal-free Photoredox Catalysis

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, October 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  9. Carbon Dots from Sugars and Ascorbic Acid: Role of the Precursors on Morphology, Properties, Toxicity, and Drug Uptake

    Article • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, July 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  10. Two-Step Synthesis of Dialkyl Carbonates through Transcarbonation and Disproportionation Reactions Catalyzed by Calcined Hydrotalcites

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, May 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  11. High-Temperature Batch and Continuous-Flow Transesterification of Alkyl and Enol Esters with Glycerol and Its Acetal Derivatives

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, January 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  12. Phosphonium salts and P-ylides

    Article • January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  13. Dimethyl carbonate: a versatile reagent for a sustainable valorization of renewables

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  14. Metal Nanoparticles Stabilized in Ionic Liquids for Catalytic Multiphase Reactions

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, December 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  15. Renewable Aromatics from Kraft Lignin with Molybdenum-Based Catalysts

    Article • ChemCatChem, June 2017, Wiley

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  16. Multiphase hydrodechlorination of polychlorinated aromatics – Towards scale-up

    Article • Chemosphere, April 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  17. Continuous-FlowO-Alkylation of Biobased Derivatives with Dialkyl Carbonates in the Presence of Magnesium-Aluminium Hydrotalcites as Catalyst Precursors

    Article • ChemSusChem, March 2017, Wiley

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  18. Continuous niobium phosphate catalysed Skraup reaction for quinoline synthesis from solketal

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  19. The design of efficient carbonate interchange reactions with catechol carbonate

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  20. Towards life in hydrocarbons: aggregation behaviour of “reverse” surfactants in cyclohexane

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  21. Extractive Denitrogenation of Fuel Oils with Ionic Liquids: A Systematic Study

    Article • Energy & Fuels, December 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  22. Phosphonium salts and P-ylides

    Article • January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  23. Ionic liquid mediated deposition of ruthenium mirrors on glass under multiphase conditions

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  24. Microwave-assisted methylation of dihydroxybenzene derivatives with dimethyl carbonate

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  25. Upgrading of glycerol acetals by thermal catalyst-free transesterification of dialkyl carbonates under continuous-flow conditions

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  26. ChemInform Abstract: Phosphonium Salts and P-Ylides

    Article • ChemInform, November 2014, Wiley

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  27. Synthesis of dibenzyl carbonate: towards a sustainable catalytic approach

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  28. Chapter 3. Phosphonium salts and P-ylides

    Article • January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Alvise Perosa, Professor Maurizio Selva

  29. Carbonate phosphonium salts as catalysts for the transesterification of dialkyl carbonates with diols. The competition between cyclic carbonates and linear dicarbonate products

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Alvise Perosa, Professor Maurizio Selva

  30. ChemInform Abstract: Phosphonium Nitrate Ionic Liquid Catalyzed Electrophilic Aromatic Oxychlorination.

    Article • ChemInform, December 2010, Wiley

    Alvise Perosa, Professor Maurizio Selva

  31. ChemInform Abstract: The Chemistry of Dimethyl Carbonate

    Article • ChemInform, May 2010, Wiley

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  32. Formation and Reaction of Diazonium Salts in a CO2/H2O System.

    Article • ChemInform, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  33. Dimethyl Carbonate as a Green Reagent

    Article • ChemInform, October 2007, Wiley

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  34. The Chemistry of Dimethyl Carbonate

    Article • Accounts of Chemical Research, September 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  35. ChemInform Abstract: Efficient Synthesis of N‐Alkylformimidoyl Cyanides.

    Article • ChemInform, January 2000, Wiley

    Alvise Perosa, Professor Maurizio Selva

  36. Efficient synthesis of N-alkylformimidoyl cyanides

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, October 1999, Elsevier

    Alvise Perosa, Professor Maurizio Selva

  37. Dimethyl Carbonate as a Green Reagent

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Maurizio Selva

  38. Phosphonium salts and P-ylides

    Article • Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Selva