Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

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

Applications of ionic liquids in the removal of contaminants from refinery feedstocks: ...

• 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

Microwave-Assisted Heterogeneously Catalyzed Processes

• February 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

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 CH 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
• May 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

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

Chapter 4. Secondary Processing of Plant Oils

Catalytic applications of mesoporous silica-based materials