Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor
Universidad de Cordoba
Professor, Chemistry
Spain
My co-authors include
Dr Ana B. Arauzo
Dr Francisco Balas
Dr Alina M. BALU
My Publications
Hydrotalcites in Organic Synthesis: Multicomponent Reactions
Current Organic Synthesis
December 2018
Plants and residues into chemicals: what has been done and what we can improve.
Current Green Chemistry
June 2018
TiO2 @C Nanostructured Electrodes for the Anodic Removal of Cocaine
Electroanalysis
June 2018
Microalgae cultivation and metabolites production: a comprehensive review
Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining
February 2018
A review of progress in (bio)catalytic routes from/to renewable succinic acid
Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining
June 2017
Seed-mediated growth of MOF-encapsulated Pd@Ag core–shell nanoparticles: toward advance...
Chemical Science
January 2016
Mechanistic insights into the hydroconversion of cinnamaldehyde using mechanochemically...
Green Chemistry
January 2015
Mechanochemical synthesis of advanced nanomaterials for catalytic applications
Chemical Communications
January 2015
Efficient and selective hydrogenation of biomass-derived furfural to cyclopentanone usi...
Green Chemistry
January 2015
Catalysis for production of renewable energy
Chemical Society Reviews
October 2014
Current and future trends in food waste valorization for the production of chemicals, m...
Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining
July 2014
Unprecedented photocatalytic activity of carbonized leather skin residues containing ch...
Applied Catalysis B Environmental
May 2014
Mechanochemical Synthesis of Maghemite/Silica Nanocomposites: Advanced Materials for Aq...
ChemSusChem
April 2014
Microwave-assisted oxidation of benzyl alcohols using supported cobalt based nanomateri...
Green Processing and Synthesis
April 2014
Efficient aromatic C–H bond activation using aluminosilicate-supported metal nanoparticles
Catalysis Communications
March 2014
Solventless acetylation of alcohols and phenols catalyzed by supported iron oxide nanop...
Catalysis Communications
February 2014
Microwave-assisted depolymerisation of organosolv lignin via mild hydrogen-free hydroge...
Applied Catalysis B Environmental
February 2014
Continuous flow transformations of glycerol to valuable products: an overview
Sustainable Chemical Processes
January 2014
To be or not to be metal-free: trends and advances in coupling chemistries
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
January 2014
Heterogeneous photocatalytic nanomaterials: prospects and challenges in selective trans...
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2014
Facile preparation of a nanostructured functionalized catalytically active organosalt
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
January 2014
Nanoparticle tracking analysis of gold nanomaterials stabilized by various capping agents
RSC Advances
January 2014
Catalytic conversion of starch into valuable furan derivatives using supported metal na...
Catalysis Science & Technology
January 2014
An efficient renewable-derived surfactant for aqueous esterification reactions
RSC Advances
January 2014
Bio(chemo)technological strategies for biomass conversion into bioethanol and key carbo...
Green Chemistry
January 2014
Development and characterization of novel poly(ether ether ketone)/ZnO bionanocomposites
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
January 2014
Efficient and simple reactive milling preparation of photocatalytically active porous Z...
Green Chemistry
January 2014
Solventless mechanochemical synthesis of magnetic functionalized catalytically active m...
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
January 2014
Pollutants remotion by ionic liquids
Energy & Environmental Science
January 2014
Mesoporous Zr–SBA-16 catalysts for glycerol valorization processes: towards biorenewabl...
Catalysis Science & Technology
January 2014
Editorial for the special issue on greener catalysis
Catalysis Communications
January 2014
Metal−organic framework encapsulated Pd nanoparticles: towards advanced heterogeneous c...
Chemical Science
January 2014
Microwave-induced low temperature pyrolysis of macroalgae for unprecedented hydrogen-en...
RSC Advances
January 2014
Lignin depolymerisation strategies: towards valuable chemicals and fuels
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2014
Solvent-Free and Catalysts-Free Chemistry: A Benign Pathway to Sustainability
ChemSusChem
December 2013
Catalytic Transformations of Biomass-Derived Acids into Advanced Biofuels
November 2013
Efficient and recyclable carbon-supported Pd nanocatalysts for the Suzuki–Miyaura react...
Applied Catalysis A General
November 2013
Producing Fuels and Fine Chemicals from Biomass Using Nanomaterials
October 2013
Introduction to Production of Valuable Compounds from Biomass and Waste Valorization Us...
October 2013
Valorisation of food residues: waste to wealth using green chemical technologies
Sustainable Chemical Processes
July 2013
Advances on waste valorization: new horizons for a more sustainable society
Energy Science & Engineering
July 2013
Molecular-Level Understanding of the Carbonisation of Polysaccharides
Chemistry - A European Journal
June 2013
An overview of novel technologies to valorise coke oven gas surplus
Fuel Processing Technology
June 2013
Simple Preparation of Novel Metal-Containing Mesoporous Starches
Materials
May 2013
From Waste to Healing Biopolymers: Biomedical Applications of Bio-Collagenic Materials ...
Materials
April 2013
Editorial: From Mesoporous Supports to Mesoporous Catalysts: Introducing Functionality ...
ChemCatChem
March 2013
Cover Picture: Sol-Gel Coordination Chemistry: Building Catalysts from the Bottom-Up / ...
ChemCatChem
March 2013
A Comprehensive Study on the Activity and Deactivation of Immobilized Lecitase Ultra in...
ChemSusChem
March 2013
Iron oxide functionalised MIL-101 materials in aqueous phase selective oxidations
Applied Catalysis A General
March 2013
Activity of amino-functionalised mesoporous solid bases in microwave-assisted condensat...
Catalysis Communications
March 2013
Fractionation of Organosolv Lignin from Olive Tree Clippings and its Valorization to Si...
ChemSusChem
February 2013
Natural porous agar materials from macroalgae
Carbohydrate Polymers
February 2013
Microwave-assisted catalysis by iron oxide nanoparticles on MCM-41: Effect of the suppo...
Applied Catalysis A General
February 2013
Benign by design: catalyst-free in-water, on-water green chemical methodologies in orga...
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2013
Food waste as a valuable resource for the production of chemicals, materials and fuels....
Energy & Environmental Science
January 2013
Chemical transformations of glucose to value added products using Cu-based catalytic sy...
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
January 2013
Microcystin-LR removal from aqueous solutions using a magnetically separable N-doped Ti...
Chemical Communications
January 2013
Continuous flow nanocatalysis: reaction pathways in the conversion of levulinic acid to...
Green Chemistry
January 2013
Versatile low-loaded mechanochemically synthesized supported iron oxide nanoparticles f...
RSC Advances
January 2013
Nanocatalysis in continuous flow: supported iron oxide nanoparticles for the heterogene...
Green Chemistry
January 2013
Evaluation of biomass-derived stabilising agents for colloidal silver nanoparticles via...
RSC Advances
January 2013
The Role of Heterogeneous Catalysis in the Biorefinery of the Future
January 2013
Aqueous oxidation of alcohols catalysed by recoverable iron oxide nanoparticles support...
Green Chemistry
January 2013
SnTUD-1: a solid acid catalyst for three component coupling reactions at room temperature
Green Chemistry
January 2013
Laser-driven heterogeneous catalysis: efficient amide formation catalysed by Au/SiO2 sy...
Green Chemistry
January 2013
Unprecedented oxidative properties of mesoporous silica materials: Towards microwave-as...
Catalysis Communications
January 2013
Catalytic applications of a versatile magnetically separable Fe–Mo (Nanocat-Fe–Mo) nano...
Green Chemistry
January 2013
Continuous flow valorization of fatty acid waste using silica-immobilized lipases
Green Chemistry
January 2013
A highly stable and active magnetically separable Pd nanocatalyst in aqueous phase hete...
Green Chemistry
January 2013
Heterogeneously Catalysed Mild Hydrogenolytic Depolymerisation of Lignin Under Microwav...
ChemCatChem
December 2012
Microwave‐Assisted Heterogeneously Catalyzed Processes
December 2012
Catalytic transformations of biomass-derived acids into advanced biofuels
Catalysis Today
November 2012
Microwave-assisted mild-temperature preparation of neodymium-doped titania for the impr...
Applied Catalysis A General
October 2012
From Alkyl Aromatics to Aromatic Esters: Efficient and Selective CH Activation Promote...
ChemSusChem
September 2012
Efficient Room-Temperature O-Silylation of Alcohols Using a SBA-15-Supported Cobalt(II)...
Chemistry & Biodiversity
September 2012
Helical Al- and Ce-MCM-41 materials as novel catalyst for acid and redox processes
Applied Catalysis A General
September 2012
Valorisation of Orange Peel Residues: Waste to Biochemicals and Nanoporous Materials
ChemSusChem
August 2012
Green Chemistry, Biofuels, and Biorefinery
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
July 2012
Continuous-Flow Processes in Heterogeneously Catalyzed Transformations of Biomass Deriv...
Challenges
July 2012
Unprecedented Selective Oxidation of Styrene Derivatives using a Supported Iron Oxide N...
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
June 2012
High alkylation activities of ball-milled synthesized low-load supported iron oxide nan...
Catalysis Today
June 2012
Low temperature microwave-assisted vs conventional pyrolysis of various biomass feedstocks
Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry
May 2012
Carbonaceous residues from biomass gasification as catalysts for biodiesel production
Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry
May 2012
Editorial [Hot Topic: New Biotechnologies for Biofuels and Advanced Chemicals Productio...
Current Chemical Biology
March 2012
Maximizing the Accessibility of Active Species in Weakly Acidic Zr‐SBA‐15 Materials
ChemCatChem
February 2012
Biofuels as Suitable Replacement for Fossil Fuels
January 2012
Facile preparation of controllable size monodisperse anatase titania nanoparticles
Chemical Communications
January 2012
Significant promoting effects of Lewis acidity on Au–Pd systems in the selective oxidat...
Chemical Communications
January 2012
Metallacarboranes and their interactions: theoretical insights and their applicability
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2012
Design and development of catalysts for Biomass-To-Liquid-Fischer–Tropsch (BTL-FT) proc...
Energy & Environmental Science
January 2012
Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of biomass feedstocks: the way forward?
Energy & Environmental Science
January 2012
Sustainable Preparation of Metal Nanoparticles
January 2012
Advances in biodiesel production
January 2012
CHAPTER 1. Introduction
January 2012
Tailor-made biopolymers from leather waste valorisation
Green Chemistry
January 2012
Versatile dual hydrogenation–oxidation nanocatalysts for the aqueous transformation of ...
Green Chemistry
January 2012
Investigations on microalgal oil production from Arthrospira platensis: towards more su...
RSC Advances
January 2012
Efficient microwave-assisted production of furfural from C5 sugars in aqueous media cat...
Catalysis Science & Technology
January 2012
Insights into the microwave-assisted preparation of supported iron oxide nanoparticles ...
Green Chemistry
January 2012
Efficient and straightforward preparation of a building block for (−)-teubrevin G synth...
Tetrahedron Letters
December 2011
A Tuneable Bifunctional Water-Compatible Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Selective Aqueo...
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
November 2011
Wheat-based biorefining strategy for fermentative production and chemical transformatio...
Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining
October 2011
Starbon® acids in alkylation and acetylation reactions: Effect of the Brönsted-Lewis ac...
Catalysis Communications
September 2011
A Dry Milling Approach for the Synthesis of Highly Active Nanoparticles Supported on Po...
ChemSusChem
August 2011
ChemInform Abstract: Magnetically Recoverable Nanocatalysts
ChemInform
August 2011
Efficient and Highly Selective Aqueous Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides at Room Temp...
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
July 2011
Co(salen)/SBA-15 catalysed oxidation of a β-O-4 phenolic dimer under microwave irradiation
Catalysis Communications
June 2011
Production of a new second generation biodiesel with a low cost lipase derived from The...
Catalysis Today
June 2011
Magnetically Recoverable Nanocatalysts
Chemical Reviews
March 2011
Spontaneous Orthogonal Self-Assembly of a Synergetic Gelator System
Chemistry - A European Journal
March 2011
Editorial [Hot topic: C-C and C-X Couplings in Organic Synthesis Part 2. C-C Couplings ...
Current Organic Synthesis
February 2011
A silica supported cobalt (II) Salen complex as efficient and reusable catalyst for the...
Catalysis Communications
February 2011
Al-promoted increase of surface area and adsorption capacity in ordered mesoporous sili...
Chemical Communications
January 2011
Incorporation of chemical functionalities in the framework of mesoporous silica
Chemical Communications
January 2011
Transformations of biomass-derived platform molecules: from high added-value chemicals ...
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2011
Heteronuclear (Co–Ca, Co–Ba) 2,3-pyridinedicarboxylate complexes: synthesis, structure ...
Dalton Transactions
January 2011
Advances on biomass pretreatment using ionic liquids: An overview
Energy & Environmental Science
January 2011
A seawater-based biorefining strategy for fermentative production and chemical transfor...
Energy & Environmental Science
January 2011
Novel organogelators based on amine-derived hexaazatrinaphthylene
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
January 2011
Handbook of biofuels production
January 2011
Chapter 4. Secondary Processing of Plant Oils
January 2011
A versatile supported cobalt(ii) complex for heterogeneously catalysed processes: conve...
Catalysis Science & Technology
January 2011
Heterogeneously catalysed Strecker-type reactions using supported Co(ii) catalysts: mic...
Green Chemistry
January 2011
Valorisation of corncob residues to functionalised porous carbonaceous materials for th...
Green Chemistry
January 2011
Magnetically separable nanocomposites with photocatalytic activity under visible light ...
Green Chemistry
January 2011
Biodiesel-Like Biofuels from Simultaneous Transesterification/Esterification of Waste O...
ChemCatChem
December 2010
Editorial [Hot Topic: C-C and C-X Couplings in Organic Synthesis Part 1. C-C Couplings ...
Current Organic Synthesis
December 2010
Industrial Applications of C-C Coupling Reactions
Current Organic Synthesis
December 2010
Towards Greener and More Efficient C-C and C-Heteroatom Couplings: Present and Future
Current Organic Synthesis
December 2010
Biomaterials supported CdS nanocrystals
Materials Chemistry and Physics
November 2010
A comprehensive study of reaction parameters in the enzymatic production of novel biofu...
Bioresource Technology
September 2010
Phytosterols from Dunaliella tertiolecta and Dunaliella salina: A potentially novel ind...
Bioresource Technology
June 2010
Efficient hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds using low-loaded supported copper nanopar...
Applied Catalysis A General
May 2010
Water-tolerant Ru-Starbon® materials for the hydrogenation of organic acids in aqueous ...
Catalysis Communications
May 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Tuneable Porous Carbonaceous Materials from Renewable Resources
ChemInform
April 2010
Amino Acids from Mytilus galloprovincialis (L.) and Rapana venosa Molluscs Accelerate S...
The Protein Journal
January 2010
One-step microwave-assisted asymmetric cyclisation/hydrogenation of citronellal to ment...
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
January 2010
Biodiesel as feasible petrol fuel replacement: a multidisciplinary overview
Energy & Environmental Science
January 2010
Fe/Al synergy in Fe2O3 nanoparticles supported on porous aluminosilicate materials: exc...
Chemical Communications
January 2010
Introducing catalytic activity in helical nanostructures: microwave assisted oxathioace...
Chemical Communications
January 2010
Algal biofuels: the eternal promise?
Energy & Environmental Science
January 2010
Magnetically separable nanoferrite-anchored glutathione: aqueous homocoupling of arylbo...
Green Chemistry
January 2010
Effect of Olive Oil on the Skin
January 2010
Catalytically active self-assembled silica-based nanostructures containing supported na...
Green Chemistry
January 2010
Highly active and selective supported iron oxide nanoparticles in microwave-assisted N-...
Green Chemistry
January 2010
Supported cobalt complex-catalysed conjugate addition of indoles, amines and thiols to ...
Green Chemistry
January 2010
Nanostructured Photocatalysts and Their Applications in the Photocatalytic Transformati...
Materials
December 2009
Evidences of the in situ generation of highly active Lewis acid species on Zr-SBA-15
Applied Catalysis A General
December 2009
Gas-phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclododecanone oxime on Al,B-MCM-41 mesoporous mat...
Journal of Materials Science
December 2009
Biofuels for Transport: Prospects and Challenges
October 2009
Tunable shapes in supported metal nanoparticles: From nanoflowers to nanocubes
Materials Chemistry and Physics
October 2009
Efficient hydrogenation of alkenes using a highly active and reusable immobilised Ru co...
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical
August 2009
Efficient preparation of silver nanoparticles supported on hybrid films and their activ...
Applied Catalysis A General
July 2009
Sustainable preparation of a novel glycerol-free biofuel by using pig pancreatic lipase...
Process Biochemistry
March 2009
Modified SBA-1 materials for the Knoevenagel condensation under microwave irradiation
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
February 2009
Sustainable Preparation of Supported Metal Nanoparticles and Their Applications in Cata...
ChemSusChem
January 2009
Efficient aqueous hydrogenation of biomass platform molecules using supported metal nan...
Chemical Communications
January 2009
Tuneable porous carbonaceous materials from renewable resources
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2009
Nanotubular self-assembly of n-dodecylamine–TEOS–water–acetonitrile mixtures
Chemical Communications
January 2009
Microwave-assisted versatile hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds using supported metal ...
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
January 2009
Para-hydrogen induced polarisation effects in liquid phase hydrogenations catalysed by ...
Dalton Transactions
January 2009
Microwave efficient S-arylation of thiols with aryl iodides using supported metal nanop...
Chemical Communications
January 2009
Supported metal nanoparticles on porous materials. Methods and applications
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2009
Efficient solvent- and metal-free Sonogashira protocol catalysed by 1,4-diazabicyclo(2....
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
January 2009
Microwave-assisted preparation of amides using a stable and reusable mesoporous carbona...
Green Chemistry
January 2009
Selective epoxidation of alkenes using highly active V-SBA-15 materials: microwave vs. ...
Journal of Materials Chemistry
January 2009
Chemical transformations of succinic acid recovered from fermentation broths by a novel...
Green Chemistry
January 2009
Microwave oxidation of alkenes and alcohols using highly active and stable mesoporous o...
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical
October 2008
Activity of Gallium and Aluminum SBA-15 materials in the Friedel–Crafts alkylation of t...
Applied Catalysis A General
October 2008
Efficient Microwave Oxidation of Alcohols Using Low-Loaded Supported Metallic Iron Nano...
ChemSusChem
September 2008
Preparation of Mesoporous Organically Modified Titanium Materials and their Activity in...
Catalysis Letters
August 2008
Glycerol transformations on polysaccharide derived mesoporous materials
Applied Catalysis B Environmental
August 2008
Physico-Chemical Characterisation of Lipids from Mytilus galloprovincialis (L.) and Rap...
Lipids
July 2008
Preparation of Highly Active and Dispersed Platinum Nanoparticles on Mesoporous Al‐MCM‐...
Chemistry - A European Journal
June 2008
Controlling selectivity in catalysis: Selective greener oxidation of cyclohexene under ...
Applied Catalysis A General
June 2008
A Simple and Efficient Route to Active and Dispersed Silica Supported Palladium Nanopar...
Catalysis Letters
April 2008
Microwave-assisted synthesis of oligothiophene semiconductors in aqueous media using si...
Green Chemistry
January 2008
Biofuels: a technological perspective
Energy & Environmental Science
January 2008
Palladium nanoparticles on polysaccharide-derived mesoporous materials and their cataly...
Green Chemistry
January 2008
Microwave facile preparation of highly active and dispersed SBA-12 supported metal nano...
Green Chemistry
January 2008
Towards a Bio-Based Industry: Benign Catalytic Esterifications of Succinic Acid in the ...
Chemistry - A European Journal
August 2007
Ga-MCM-41 synthesis and catalytic activity in the liquid-phase isomerisation of α-pinene
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
June 2007
Catalytic performance of Al-MCM-41 materials in the N-alkylation of aniline
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical
May 2007
Versatile mesoporous carbonaceous materials for acid catalysis
Chemical Communications
January 2007
A microwave approach to the selective synthesis of ω-laurolactam
Green Chemistry
January 2007
Tunable mesoporous materials optimised for aqueous phase esterifications
Green Chemistry
January 2007
Starbons: New Starch-Derived Mesoporous Carbonaceous Materials with Tunable Properties
Angewandte Chemie
June 2006
Starbons: New Starch-Derived Mesoporous Carbonaceous Materials with Tunable Properties
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
June 2006
New Heterogeneous Catalysts Derived from Chitosan for Clean Technology Applications
January 2006
Catechol O-methylation with dimethyl carbonate over different acid–base catalysts
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2006
Green chemistry and the biorefinery: a partnership for a sustainable future
Green Chemistry
January 2006
Structural and Catalytic Properties of Amorphous Mesoporous AlPO4 Materials Prepared in...
January 2006
Aryl alkynylation versus alkyne homocoupling: unprecedented selectivity switch in Cu, p...
Tetrahedron
October 2005
A novel highly active biomaterial supported palladium catalyst
Green Chemistry
January 2005
Structured mesoporous organosilicas from an acetonitrile–water template system
Journal of Materials Chemistry
January 2005
Catalytic applications of mesoporous silica-based materials