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  1. Design, synthesis and characterisation of new chimeric ruthenium(ii)–gold(i) complexes as improved cytotoxic agents

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Maria Contel

  2. Heterometallic titanium–gold complexes inhibit renal cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Maria Contel

  3. Luminescent iminophosphorane gold, palladium and platinum complexes as potential anticancer agents

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Maria Contel

  4. Potential Anticancer Heterometallic Fe–Au and Fe–Pd Agents: Initial Mechanistic Insights

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, July 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel

  5. Cytotoxic hydrophilic iminophosphorane coordination compounds of d8 metals. Studies of their interactions with DNA and HSA

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, November 2012, Elsevier

    Maria Contel

  6. Organometallic Palladium Complexes with a Water-Soluble Iminophosphorane Ligand As Potential Anticancer Agents

    Article • Organometallics, July 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel

  7. ChemInform Abstract: Reactivity of Unsaturated 5(4H)‐Oxazolones with Hg(II) Acetate: Synthesis of Methyl N‐Benzoylamino‐3‐arylacrylates.

    Article • ChemInform, April 2012, Wiley

    Maria Contel, Dr Esteban P. Urriolabeitia

  8. Luminescent Di‐ and Polynuclear Organometallic Gold(I)–Metal (Au2, {Au2Ag}n and {Au2Cu}n) Compounds Containing Bidentate Phosphanes as Active Antimicrobial Agents

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, February 2012, Wiley

    Maria Contel

  9. Iminophosphorane–organogold(III) complexes induce cell death through mitochondrial ROS production

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, October 2011, Elsevier

    Maria Contel

  10. Titanocene–Phosphine Derivatives as Precursors to Cytotoxic Heterometallic TiAu2 and TiM (M = Pd, Pt) Compounds. Studies of Their Interactions with DNA

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, September 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel

  11. Reactivity of Unsaturated 5(4H)-Oxazolones with Hg(II) Acetate: Synthesis of Methyl N-Benzoylamino-3-arylacrylates

    Article • Synthetic Communications, September 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Maria Contel, Dr Esteban P. Urriolabeitia

  12. Group 11 Metal Compounds with Tripodal Bis(imidazole) Thioether Ligands. Applications as Catalysts in the Oxidation of Alkenes and as Antimicrobial Agents

    Article • Molecules, August 2011, MDPI AG

    Maria Contel

  13. Fluorous Hydrosilylation

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Contel

  14. Mechanistic Insights into the One‐Pot Synthesis of Propargylamines from Terminal Alkynes and Amines in Chlorinated Solvents Catalyzed by Gold Compounds and Nanoparticles

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2010, Wiley

    Maria Contel, Dr Esteban P. Urriolabeitia

  15. Ortho-Palladation of (Z)-2-Aryl-4-Arylidene-5(4H)-Oxazolones. Structure and Functionalization

    Article • Organometallics, February 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel, Dr Esteban P. Urriolabeitia

  16. Gold Chemistry. Applications and Future Directions in the Life Sciences. Herausgegeben von Fabian Mohr.

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, December 2009, Wiley

    Maria Contel

  17. Water‐Soluble (Phosphane)gold(I) Complexes – Applications as Recyclable Catalysts in a Three‐Component Coupling Reaction and as Antimicrobial and Anticancer Agents

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, August 2009, Wiley

    Maria Contel

  18. ChemInform Abstract: Gold(III) Iminophosphorane Complexes as Catalysts in C—C and C—O Bond Formations.

    Article • ChemInform, June 2009, Wiley

    Maria Contel, Dr Esteban P. Urriolabeitia

  19. Gold(III) iminophosphorane complexes as catalysts in C–C and C–O bond formations

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, February 2009, Elsevier

    Maria Contel, Dr Esteban P. Urriolabeitia

  20. Organogold(III) Iminophosphorane Complexes as Efficient Catalysts in the Addition of 2-Methylfuran and Electron-Rich Arenes to Methyl Vinyl Ketone

    Article • Organometallics, August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel, Dr Esteban P. Urriolabeitia

  21. Homogeneous Gold‐Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes.

    Article • ChemInform, July 2007, Wiley

    Maria Contel

  22. Fluorous Phosphine‐Assisted Recycling of Gold Catalysts for Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes

    Article • QSAR & Combinatorial Science, September 2006, Wiley

    Maria Contel

  23. Fluorocarbon Soluble Copper(II) Carboxylate Complexes with Nonfluoroponytailed Nitrogen Ligands as Precatalysts for the Oxidation of Alkenols and Alcohols under Fluorous Biphasic or Thermomorphic Modes:  Structural and Mechanistic Aspects

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, November 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel

  24. Synthesis of Fluorous Nitrogen Ligands and Their Metal Complexes as Precatalysts for Applications in Alkane, Alkene, and Alcohol Oxidation, and Atom Transfer Radical Reactions

    Article • ChemInform, September 2005, Wiley

    Maria Contel

  25. Precatalyst separation paradigms: alkane functionalization in water utilizing in situ formed [Fe2O(η1-H2O)(η1-OAc)(TPA)2]3+, embedded in surface-derivatized silica, as an MMO model, and fluorous biphasic catalysis for alkane, alkene, and alcohol oxidat...

    Article • Topics in Catalysis, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Contel

  26. Highlights of Applications in Synthesis and Catalysis: 10.12 Synthesis of Fluorous Nitrogen Ligands and Their Metal Complexes As Precatalysts for Applications in Alkane, Alkene, and Alcohol Oxidation, and Atom Transfer Radical Reactions

    Article • July 2004, Wiley

    Maria Contel

  27. Preparations: Sections 11.11 – 11.20

    Article • July 2004, Wiley

    Maria Contel

  28. Organometallic Gold(III) Compounds as Catalysts for the Addition of Water and Methanol to Terminal Alkynes

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, September 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel

  29. Fluorous Biphasic Catalysis: Synthesis and Characterization of Copper(I) and Copper(II) Fluoroponytailed 1,4,7‐Rf‐TACN and 2,2′‐Rf‐Bipyridine Complexes—Their Catalytic Activity in the Oxidation of Hydrocarbon...

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, August 2003, Wiley

    Maria Contel

  30. A Bis(ortho-amine)aryl−Gold(I) Compound as an Efficient, Nontoxic, Arylating Reagent

    Article • Organometallics, September 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel

  31. Bis{(2-diphenylphosphino)phenyl}mercury:  A P-Donor Ligand and Precursor to Mixed Metal−Mercury (d8−d10) Cyclometalated Complexes Containing 2-C6H4PPh2

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, February 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel

  32. Reactivity of [2,6-Bis((dimethylamino)methyl)phenyl]gold(I), an Unusual Intermolecularly Stabilized Bis(amino)aryl−Gold(I) Dimer, toward Alkyl Halides. X-ray Crystal Structures of Its Iodomethane and Methylene Diiodide Adducts

    Article • Organometallics, July 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel

  33. A silver(I) center solely bonded to four gold(I) atoms

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1998, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Maria Contel

  34. Bis{(2-diphenylphosphino)phenyl}mercury: a novel bidentate ligand and transfer reagent for the o-C6H4PPh2 group

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 1998, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Maria Contel

  35. Tris(amido)tingold Complexes in Different Oxidation States. First Structural Characterization of a Sn−Au−Au−Sn Linear Chain

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, May 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel

  36. Trinuclear Au2Ag and Au2Cu Complexes with Mesityl Bridging Ligands. X-ray Structure of the Chain Polymer [{Au(μ-mes)AsPh3}2Ag](ClO4)

    Article • Organometallics, November 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel

  37. Triamidogerma- and Triamidostannaaurates(I):  First Structural Characterization of a Ge−Au−Ge Unit

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Contel