BOOK CHAPTER

Maximilian N. Kopylovich, Ana P.C. Ribeiro, Elisabete C.B.A. Alegria, “Mechanochemical Activation and Catalysis”, in Noncovalent Interactions in Catalysis, edited by Kamran T. Mahmudov, Maximilian N. Kopylovich, M Fatima C. Guedes da Silva, Armando J.L. Pombeiro, RSC, 2019, Ch. 25, 548-563 (ISBN 978-1-78801-468-7). http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781788016490

Ana P.C. Ribeiro, Elisabete C.B.A. Alegria, António Palavra, Armando J.L. Pombeiro,"Alkane functionalization under unconventional conditions: in ionic liquid, in supercritical CO2 and microwave assisted", in C-H activation in Alkanes, edited by A.J.L. Pombeiro and M.F.C. Guedes, Chapter 24, Wiley, 2018, DOI: 10.1002/9781119379256.ch24.

Martins L.M.D.R.S., Alegria E.C.B.A., Pombeiro A.J.L. Synthesis and Biological Applications of Tris(pyrazol-1-yl)-methane and -borate Metal Complexes, invited ch. by P. Smolenski, P. Gawryszewska (Eds.), Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization and Role in Biotechnology,  Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , New York, 2014, Ch. 4, 117-140. ISBN: 978-1-63117-143-7.


PAPERS IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

​86. M.M.A. Soliman, C.M. Granadeiro, S.S. Balula, A.J.L. Pombeiro, K.T. Mahmudov,  E.C.B.A. Alegria, Iron(III) Arylydrazone Complexes Immobilized on Amine Functionalized Mesoporous Silica: Catalysts for the Valorization of Biomass-Derived Furfuryl Alcohol, ChemPlusChem 2023, e202200363. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202200363

85. M. Sutradhar, G. Marques, M.M.A. Soliman, M.F.C. Guedes da Silva, D.S.S. Flores, C.M. Granadeiro, S.S. Balula, A.J.L. Pombeiro, E.C.B.A. Alegria, Vanadium(V) complexes supported on porous MIL-100(Fe) as catalysts for the selective oxidation of toluene,  Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 341, 2022, 112091, ISSN 1387-1811.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2022.112091
 
84. Serafinelli, C.; Fantoni, A.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Vieira, M. Hybrid Nanocomposites of Plasmonic Metal Nanostructures and 2 Na
nomaterials for Improved Colorimetric Detection. Chemosensors 2022, 10, 237. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/chemosensors10070237

83.  A. Paul, T.A.R. Silva, M.M.A. Soliman, J. Karačić, B. Šljukić, E.C.B.A. Alegria, R.A. Khan, M.F.C. Guedes da Silva, A.J.L. Pombeiro, Schiff base copper(II) complexes as catalysts for environmental and energy applications: VOC oxidation, oxygen reduction and water splitting reactions, Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 2022. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.04.271

82. M. Sutradhar, M.G. Martins, D.H.B.G.O.R. Simões, R.M.N. Serôdio, H.M. Lapa,  E.C.B.A. Alegria, M.F.C. Guedes da Silva, A. J.L. Pombeiro, Ultrasound and photo-assisted oxidation of toluene and benzyl alcohol with oxidovanadium(V) complexes, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2022, 638, 118623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2022.118623

81. Serafinelli, C.; Fantoni, A.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Vieira, M. Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles Hybridized with 2D Nanomaterials for SERS Detection: A Review. Biosensors 2022, 12, 225. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12040225

80. A. Karmakar, M.M.A. Soliman, E.C.B.A. Alegria, M.F.C. Guedes da Silva, A.J.L. Pombeiro, Polyaromatic Carboxylate Ligands Based Zn(II) Coordination Polymers for Ultrasound-assisted One-pot Tandem Deacetali-zation−Knoevenagel Reactions, Catalysts, 2022,  12, 294. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12030294

79. A.P.G. Carvalho, E.C.B.A. Alegria, A. Fantoni, A.M. Ferraria, A.M. Botelho do Rego, A.P.C. Ribeiro, Effect of Graphene vs. Reduced Graphene Oxide in Gold Nanoparticles for Optical Biosensors-A Comparative Study, Biosensors, 2022, 12, 163. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12030163

78. L.M.M. Correia, M.M.A. Soliman, C.M. Granadeiro,* S.S. Balula, L.M.D.R.S. Martins,* A.J.L. Pombeiro, E.C.B.A. Alegria,*  Vanadium C-scorpionate supported on mesoporous aptes-functionalized SBA-15 as catalyst for the peroxidative oxidation of benzyl alcohol, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Volume 320, 2021,111111, ISSN 1387-1811.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2021.111111.

77. H. Lapa, N. Silva, A. Fantoni, A.F. Maçarico, G. Almeida, E.C.B.A. Alegria, Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles and their deposition on ITO surfaces, Proceedings Volume 11659, Colloidal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications XVI; 116590Q, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2582983

76. M. Sutradhar,* E.C.B.A. Alegria,* T.R. Barman, H.M. Lapa, M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, A.J.L. Pombeiro*, Catalytic oxidation of a model volatile organic compound (toluene) with tetranuclear Cu(II) complexes, Inorg. Chim. Acta., 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2021.120314

​75. A.F. Peixoto, M.M.A. Soliman, T.V. Pinto, S.M. Silva, P. Costa, E.C.B.A. Alegria, C. Freire, Highly active organosulfonic aryl-silica nanoparticles as efficient catalysts for biomass derived biodiesel and fuel additives, Biomass Bioenerg. 2021, 145, 105936.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2020.105936

74. M. Sutradhar,* T.R. Barman, E.C.B.A. Alegria,* M. F.C. Guedes da Silva, A.J.L. Pombeiro*, Synthesis and characterization of metal coordination compounds, and their application in catalysis in cyclohexane oxidation by different energy stimuli, Catalysts, 2020, 10, 1175. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10101175
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73. H.M. Lapa, M.F.C. Guedes da Silva, A.J.L. Pombeiro, E.C.B.A. Alegria*, L.M.D.R.S. Martins,* C-scorpionate Au(III) complexes as catalysts for industrially significant toluene oxidation and benzaldehyde esterification reactions, Inorg. Chim. Acta., 2020, 512, 119881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2020.119881

72. M.M.A. Soliman, A.F. Peixoto, A.P.C. Ribeiro, M.N. Kopylovich,* E.C.B.A. Alegria,* A.J.L. Pombeiro, Mechanochemical preparation of Pd(II) and Pt(II) composites with carbonaceous materials and their application in the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction at several energy inputs, Molecules 2020, 25, 2951. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25122951

71. M. Sutradhar, T.R. Barman, E.C.B.A. Alegria, H.M. Lapa, M.F.C. Guedes da Silva, A.J.L. Pombeiro, Cd(II) coordination compounds as heterogeneous catalysts for microwave-assisted peroxidative oxidation of toluene and 1-phenyletanol, New J. Chem., 2020, 44, 9163-9171. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nj01408g. Front Cover

70. M.M.A. Soliman, A. Karmakar, Elisabete C.B.A. Alegria,* A.P.C. Ribeiro, G.M.D.M. Rúbio, M.S. Saraiva, M.F.C. Guedes da Silva, A.J.L. Pombeiro, ZnO nanoparticles: an efficient catalyst for transesterification reaction of α-keto carboxylic esters, Catal. Today, 2020, 348, 72-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2019.08.053
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69.  M.M.A. Soliman, E.C.B.A. Alegria,* A.P.C. Ribeiro, M.M. Alves, M.S. Saraiva, M.F. Montemor, A.J.L. Pombeiro, Green Synthesis of zin oxide particles with apple-derived compounds and their application as catalysts in the transesterification of methyl benzoates, Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 6488-6494.  https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT01069C

68. M. Sutradhar, E.C.B.A. Alegria, T.R. Barman, M.F.C. Guedes da Silva, C.-M. Liu, A.J.L. Pombeiro, Aroylhydrazone-Copper(II) 1D Coordination Polymers: Magnetic Properties and Microwave Assisted Oxidation of a Secondary Alcohol. Front. Chem. 2020, 8:157. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00157. Inorganic Chemistry Editor’s Pick 2021

67. M.M.A. Soliman, M.N. Kopylovich, E.C.B.A. Alegria,* A.P.C. Ribeiro, A.M. Ferraria, A.M. Botelho do Rego, L. Correia, M.S. Saraiva, A.J.L. Pombeiro, Ultrasound and radiation-induced catalytic oxidation of 1-phenylethanol to acetophenone with iron-containing particulate catalysts, Molecules, 2020, 25(3), 740. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25030740

66. A. Fantoni, V. Stojkovic, Ana Carvalho, Ana P.C. Ribeiro, Elisabete C.B.A. Alegria, Characterization of AuNP+rGO as a functionalized layer for LSPR sensors, Mater. Lett., 2020, 5, 100032, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mlblux.2019.100032
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65.  M. Sutradhar, E.C.B.A. Alegria, F. Ferretti, L.R. Raposo, M. F.C. Guedes da Silva, P.V. Baptista, A.R. Fernandes, A.J.L. Pombeiro, Antiproliferative activity of heterometallic sodium or potassium-dioxidovanadium(V) polymers, J. Inorg. Biochem. 2019,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110811.

64. M. Sutradhar,* T.R. Barman, E.C.B.A. Alegria,* M.F.C. Guedes da Silva, C.-M. Liu, H.-Z. Kou, A.J.L. Pombeiro, Cu(II) complexes of N-rich aroylhydrazone: magnetism and catalytic activity towards microwave-assisted oxidation of xylenes, Dalton Trans., 2019, Advance Article. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9DT02196E. Front Cover

63. A. Fantoni, V. Stojkovic, M. Fernandes, P. Louro, M. Vieira, E.C.B.A. Alegria, A.P.C. Ribeiro, A. Carvalho, M. G. Almeida, Characterization of plasmonic effects in AuNP+rGO composite as a sensing layer for a low-cost lab-on-chip biossensor. In Proceedings of PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium — Spring (PIERS — SPRING). Rome, Italy: SPRING, 2019. ISSN 1559-9450. Pp. 4180- 4186. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PIERS-Spring46901.2019.9017299
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62. A. Karmakar, M.M.A. Soliman, E.C.B.A. Alegria, G.M.D.M. Rúbio M.F.C. Guedes da Silva, A.J.L. Pombeiro, Copper-amidocarboxylate Based Metal Organic Macrocycle and Framework: Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Activities towards Microwave assisted Oxidation and Knoevenagel reactions, New J. Chem., 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9NJ02064KA.

61. A. Fantoni, V. Stojkovic, M. Fernandes, M. Vieira, E.C.B.A. Alegria, A.P.C. Ribeiro, Plasmonic properties of gold nanospheres coupled to reduced graphene oxide for biosensing applications, 2019 IEEE 6th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG). https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ENBENG.2019.8692559

60. Z. Ma, Q. Wang, H. Yang, E.C.B.A. Alegria, M.F.C. Guedes da Silva, L.M.D.R.S. Martins, J.P. Telo, I. Correia, A.J.L. Pombeiro, Synthesis and Structure of Copper Complexes of a N6O4 Macrocyclic Ligand and Catalytic Application in Alcohol Oxidation,
Catalysts, 2019, 9, 424. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/catal9050424

59. I.A.S. Matias, A.P.C. Ribeiro, E.C.B.A. Alegria, A.J.L. Pombeiro, L.M.D.R.S. Martins, C-scorpionate iron(II) complexes as highly selective catalysts for the hydrocarboxylation of cyclohexane,  Inorg. Chim. Acta., 2019, 489, 269-274. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2019.02.035

58. F. Ferretti, A.P.C. Ribeiro, E.C.B.A. Alegria,* A.M. Ferraria, M.N. Kopylovich,* M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, F. Marchetti, A.J.L. Pombeiro,* Synergistic catalytic action of vanadia-titania composites towards the microwave-assisted benzoin oxidation, Dalton Transactions, 2019, 48, 3198-3203. https://doi.10.1039/C8DT04274H.

57. A. Fantoni, M. Fernandes, Y. Vygranenko, M. Vieira, Rui P. Oliveira-Silva, Miguel Prazeres, A.P.C. Ribeiro, E.C.B.A. Alegria, Optical properties of metal nanoparticles embedded in amorphous silicon analysed using discrete dipole approximation, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXVI, 2018, Vol. 10526, p. 1052609). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289983.

56. M. Sutradhar,* E.C.B.A. Alegria,* M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva,* C.-M. Liu, A.J. L. Pombeiro, Peroxidative oxidation of alkanes and alcohols under mild conditions by di and tetranuclear copper(II) complexes of bis(2-hydroxybenzylidene)isophthalohydrazide, Molecules, 2018, 23, 2699 https://doi.10.3390/molecules23102699.

55. T.R. Barman, M. Sutradhar,* E.C.B.A. Alegria, M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva,* M.L. Kuznetsov, A.J.L. Pombeiro, Efficient solvent-free Friedel-Crafts benzoylation and acylation of m-xylene by N-acetylpyrazine-2-carbohydrazide-Fe(III)-chloro complexes, ChemistrySelect,  2018, 3, 8349-8355. https://doi.10.1002/slct.201801656.​

54. A.P.C. Ribeiro, E.C.B.A. Alegria,* M.N. Kopylovich, A. M. Ferraria, A.M. Botelho do Rego, A. M. Ferraria, A.M. Botelho do Rego, A.J.L. Pombeiro,* On the comparison of microwave and mechanochemical energy inputs in catalytic oxidation of cyclohexane, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 8193-8198. https://doi.10.1039/C8DT00866C

53. E.C.B.A. Alegria,* A.P.C. Ribeiro,* M. Mendes, A. M. Ferraria, A.M. Botelho do Rego, A.J.L. Pombeiro,* Effect of phenolic compounds on the synthesis of gold nanoparticles and its catalytic activity in the reduction of nitro compounds, Nanomaterials, 2018, 8, 320. https://doi:10.3390/nano8050320

52. G.S. Mishra, E.C.B.A. Alegria,* A.J.L. Pombeiro, L.M.D.R.S. Martins,* Highly Active and Selective Supported Rhenium Catalysts for Aerobic Oxidation of n-Hexane and n-Heptane, Catalysts, 2018, 8(3), 114-130.
https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8030114
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51. A. Fantoni, M. Fernandes, Y. Vygranenko, P. Louro, M. Vieira, D. Texeira, A.P.C. Ribeiro, Rui P. Oliveira-Silva, Miguel Prazeres, E.C.B.A. Alegria, Analysis of metallic nanoparticles embedded in thin film semiconductors for optoelectronic applications, Optical and Quantum Electronics, 2018, 50:246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-018-1523-z
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50. A.P.C. Ribeiro, S. Anbu, E.C.B.A. Alegria,* A.R. Fernandes, P.V. Baptista,* R. Mendes, A.S. Matias, M. Mendes, M.F.C. Guedes da Silva, A.J.L. Pombeiro, Evaluation of cell toxicity and DNA and protein binding of green synthesized silver nanoparticles, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 2018, 101,137-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2018.02.069.

49. A.P.C. Ribeiro, I.A. S. Matias, E.C. B. A. Alegria, A.M. Ferraria, A.M. Botelho do Rego, A.J. L. Pombeiro, L.M.D.R.S. Martins, New Trendy Magnetic C-Scorpionate Iron Catalyst and Its Performance towards Cyclohexane Oxidation, Catalysts 2018, 8(2), 69, invited paper for the special issue " New Trends in Scorpionate Catalysts". http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/catal8020069

48. R. Jlassi, A.P.C. Ribeiro,* E.C.B.A Alegria,* Naïli Houcine,* G.A.O. Tiago, T. Rüffer, H. Lang, F.I. Zuukov, A.J.L. Pombeiro, W. Rekik, Copper(II) complexes with an arylhydrazone of methyl 2-cyanoacetate as effective catalysts in the microwave-assisted oxidation of cyclohexane, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2018, 471, 658-663. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2017.12.001

47. Ribeiro A.P.C., Martins L.M.D.R.S., Alegria E.C.B.A., Matias I.A.S., Duarte T.A.G., Pombeiro A.J.L., Catalytic performance of Fe(II)-scorpionate complexes towards cyclohexane oxidation in organic, ionic liquid and/or supercritical CO2 media: a comparative study, Catalysts, 2017, 7, 230 - invited paper for the special issue "Catalysis in Innovative Solvents".  http://doi.org/10.3390/catal7080230

46.  Fantoni A., Fernandes M., Vygranenko Y., Louro P., Vieira M., Alegria E.C.B.A., Ribeiro,  A.,  Texeira D., Simulation study of surface plasmons in metallic nanoparticles: dependence on the properties of an embedding a-Si:H matrix, Phys. Status Solidi A 2017 , 215, 1700487. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201700487

45.  Fantoni A., Fernandes M. ,  Vygranenko Y.,  Louro P., Vieira M.,  Texeira D., Ribeiro A., Alegria E.  , "Simulation of localized surface plasmon in metallic nanoparticles embedded in amorphous silicon", Proc. SPIE 10453, Third International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 104530D, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2271552.

44. Alegria, E.C.B.A.*; Fontolan, E.; Ribeiro, A.P.C.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Domingos, C.; Ferraria, A.M.; Bertani, R.; Rego, A.M.B.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Direct mechanochemical preparation of 3d metal catalytic composites and their application in oxidation and hydrocarboxylation in aqueous medium of cyclohexane”, Materials Today Chemistry, 2017, 5, 52-62.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2017.07.002

43. Sutradhar M.,  Alegria E.C.B.A., Barman T.R., Scorcelletti F., Guedes da Silva M.F.C., Pombeiro A.J.L., Microwave-assisted peroxidative oxidation of toluene and 1-phenylethanol with monomeric keto and polymeric enol aroylhydrazone Cu(II) complexes, Molecular Catalysis, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2017.07.00

42. Fontolan, E.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.*; Ribeiro, A.P.C.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Bertani, R.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Ball milling as an effective method to prepare magnetically recoverable heterometallic catalysts for alcohol oxidation”, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2017, 455, 653-658.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2016.04.042

41. Ribeiro, A.P.C.; Fontolan, E.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.*; Kopylovich, M.N.; Bertani, R.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., The influence of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide additives on the catalytic activity of 3d metal catalysts towards alcohol oxidation,  J. Molec. Catal, A: Chem. 2017, 426, 557-563. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2016.07.015

40. Mendes, M.; Ribeiro, A.P.C.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.*, Luísa M.D.R.S. Martins,1,2,* Armando J.L. Pombeiro, Liquid phase oxidation of xylenes catalyzed by the tripodal C-scorpionate iron(II) complex [FeCl2{η3-HC(pz)3}], Polyhedron, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2016.10.037

39. Nesterov*, Alegria, E.C.B.A., D.M.; Jezierska, J.; “A New Member of CuII8 Family: Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic Properties of an Octanuclear Copper Complex with N-tert-butyldiethanolamine”, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2017, 460, 83-88.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2016.09.036

38. Frija, L.M.T.*; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Sutradhar, M.; Cristiano, M.L.S.; Ismael, A.; Kopylovich, M.N.;  Pombeiro, A.J.L.*; “Copper(II) and cobalt(II) tetrazole-saccharinate complexes as effective catalysts for oxidation of secondary alcohols”; J. Mol. Cat. A: Chem., 2016, 425, 283-290. 

37. Alegria, E.C.B.A.*; Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.*; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Mono-alylation of cyanoimide ligand at a molybdenum(IV) diphosphinic centre by different alkyl halides. Crystal structure trans- [Mo(NCN)(NCNCH3)(dppe)2]”, Electrochim. Acta, 2016, 218, 252-262. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.09.120

36. Sutradhar, M.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Barman, T.R.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Mahmudov, K.T.; Guseynov, F.I.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “New copper(II) tetramer with arylhydrazone of barbituric acid  and its catalytic activity in the oxidation of cyclic C5-C8 alkanes”, Polyhedron, 2016, 117, 666-671. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2016.07.002

35. Sutradhar, M.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S;. Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Aroylhydrazone Cu(II) complexes in keto form: structural characterization and catalytic activity towards cyclohexane oxidation”, Molecules, 2016, 21, 425.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules21040425

34. Tăbăcaru, A.; Xhaferaj, N.; Luísa M.D.R.S. Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.;  Chay, R.S.; Giacobbe, C.; Domasevitch, K.V.; Pombeiro, A.J.L.; Galli, S.; Pettinari, C., “Metal Azolate/Carboxylate Frameworks as Catalysts in Oxidative and C-C Coupling Reactions”, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55 (12), 5804-5817.   http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02997

33. Sutradhar, M.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Mahmudov, K.T.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Iron(III) and cobalt(III) complexes with both tautomeric (keto and enol) forms of aroylhydrazone ligands: catalysts for the microwave assisted oxidation of alcohols”, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 8079-8088.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5RA25774C

32. M.N. Kopylovich, A.P.C. Ribeiro, E.C.B.A. Alegria,  N.M.R. Martins, L.M.D.R.S. Martins,  A.J.L. Pombeiro, Catalytic oxidation of alcohols: recent advances, Adv. Organomet. Chem., 2015, 63, Ch.3, 91-174 (invited).  

31. Alegria, E.C.B.A.*; Anbu, S.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Electrochemical Properties of Robson type macrocyclic dicopper(II) complexes”, Port. Electrochim. Acta, 2015, 33(4), 201-207.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4152/pea.201504201. 

30. Timokhin, I.; Pettinari, C.;  Marchetti, F.; Pettinari, R.; Condello, F.; Galli, S.;  Alegria, E.C.B.A.;  Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Novel Coordination Polymers with (Pyrazolato)-based Tectons: Catalytic Activity in the Peroxidative Oxidation of Alcohols and Cyclohexane”, Cryst. Growth Des., 2015, 15 (5), pp 2303-2317.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00083

29. Anbu, S; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Catalytic activity of a benzoyl hydrazone based dimeric dicopper(II) complex in catechol and alcohol oxidation reactions”, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2015, 431, 139-144.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2014.11.038

28. Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Pettinari, C.; Marchetti, F.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Pombeiro A.J.L., “Electrochemical Properties of (5-C5Me5)-Rhodium and -Iridium Complexes Containing Bis(pyrazolyl)alkane Ligands”, Port. Electrochim. Acta, 2014, 32(4), 253-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.4152/pea.201404253

27. Zaltariov, Mirela-Fernanda; Alexandru, Mihaela; Cazacu, M.; Shova,S.; Novitchi, G.; Train, C.; Dobrov,A.; Kirillova, M.V. Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Pombeiro, A.J.L.; Arion; V.B., “Tetranuclear copper(II) complexes with macrocyclic and open-chain  disiloxane ligands as catalyst precursors for hydrocarboxylation and oxidation of alkanes and 1-phenylethanol”, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2014, 29, 4946-4956. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201402578

26. Orbisaglia, S.; Di Nicola, C.; Marchetti, F.; Pettinari, C.; Pettinari, R.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Rocha, B.G.M.; Kuznetsov, M.L.; Pombeiro, A.J.L.; Skelton, B.W.; Sobolev, A.N.; White, A.H. “Novel (arene)Ru(II) complexes with halogen-substituted bis- and tris-(pyrazol-1-yl)borate ligands”, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 3689-3704.   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201304406

25. Arroyo, M.; Gómez-Iglesias, P.; Antón, N.; García-Rodríguez, R.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Pombeiro, A.J.L.; Miguel, D.; Villafañe, F., “Homo- and Heteropolymetallic 3-(2-Pyridyl)pyrazolate Manganese and Rhenium Complexes”,  Dalton Trans., 2014, 43 (10), 4009-4020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3dt53439a

24. Sutradhar, M.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Liu, Cai-Ming; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Dinuclear Mn(II,II) complexes: magnetic properties and microwave assisted oxidation of alcohols”, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43 (10), 3966-3977.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3dt52774c

23. Nunes, P.; Nagy, N.V.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; A. Pombeiro, A.J.L.; Correia, I., “The solvation and electrochemical behaviour of copper acetylacetonate complexes in ionic liquids”, J. Molec. Struct., 2014, 1060, 142-149.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2013.12.025

22. Nunes, P.; Nagy, N.V.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Pombeiro, A.J.L.; Correia, I., “The solvation and redox behaviour of mixed ligand copper(II) complexes of acetylacetonate and aromatic diimines in ionic liquids”, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2014, 409, 465-471.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2013.09.040

21. Alexandru, M.; Cazacu, M.; Arvinte, A.; Shova, Turta, S.C.; Simionescu, B.C.; Dobrov, A.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Pombeiro, A.J.L.; Arion, V.B. “m-Chlorido-bridged dimanganese(II) complexes of the Schiff base derived from [2+2]condensation of 2,6-diformyl-4-methylphenol and 1,3-bis(3-aminopropyl)tetramethyldisiloxane: Structure, Magnetism, Electrochemical Behaviour and Catalytic Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols”, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2014, 120-131.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201300969

20. Ma, Z.; Mai, F.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S, Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Pombeiro, A.J.L.,  “Synthesis and Characterization of Copper(II) 4’-phenyl-terpyridine Compounds and Catalytic Application for Aerobic Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols”, Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 4048-4058.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3dt53054j

19. Anbu, S.; Killivalavan A., Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Mathan, G.; Kandaswamy, M., “Effect of 1,10–phenanthroline moiety on DNA Binding, DNA cleavage, cytotoxic and Lactate Dehydrogenase inhibition properties of Robson type macrocyclic dicopper(II) complex”, J. Coord. Chem., 2013, 66:22, 3989-4003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2013.858136

18. Milunovic M.N.M., Martins L.M.D.R.S.,  Alegria E.C.B.A., Pombeiro A.J.L., Krachler R., Trettenhahn G., Turta C., Shova S., Arion V.B., “Hexanuclear and Undecanuclear Iron(III) Carboxylates as Catalyst Precursors for Cyclohexane Oxidation”, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42 (40), 14388-14401.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3dt50966d

17. Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Martins, A.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Carvalho, A.P.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Efficient Cyclohexane Oxidation Catalysed in Heterogeneous Media over Scorpionate Complexes Immobilized on MOR Zeolite”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2013, 464-465, 43-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2013.05.022

16. Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Smolenski, P.; Kuznetsov, M.L.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Oxorhenium complexes bearing the water-soluble tris(pyrazol-1-yl)methanesulfonate, 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane or related ligands, as catalysts for Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of ketones”, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52 (8), 4534-4546.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic400024r 

15. Shang. X.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Li, Q.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Redox-Active Antitumor Diorganotin(IV) Cycloalkylhydroxamate Complexes with Different Ring Sizes: Correlation of in Vitro Potency and Reduction Potential”, J. Inorg. Biochem, 2012, 117, 147-156.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2012.08.019

14. Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S; Kirillova, M.V.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of ketones by rhenium complexes bearing N- or O-ligands”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2012, 443-444, 27-32.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2012.07.007

13. Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.;  Kuznetov, M.L.; Cunha, S.M.P.R.M.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Pombeiro, A.J.L.; “Acylated Cyanoimido-Complexes trans-[Mo(NCN){NCNC(O)R}(dppe)2]Cl and their reactions with Electrophiles: Chemical, Electrochemical and Theoretical Study”, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41(45), 13876-13890.   http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C2DT30867C

12. Arroyo, M.; Miguel, D.; Villafañe, F. Alegria, E.C.B.; Pombeiro, A.J.L., “Molybdenum- and Tungsten(II) Monometallic 3-(2-Pyridyl)pyrazole and Bimetallic 3-(2-Pyridyl)pyrazolate Complexes”, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 7017-7025.   http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C2DT12388F

11. Shang, X. ; Meng, X.G.; Alegria, E.C.B.A. ; Li, Q.S. ; da Silva, M.F.C.G. ; Pombeiro, A.J.L., ”Syntheses, Molecular Structures, Electrochemical Behavior, Theoretical Study, and Antitumor Activities of Organotin(IV) complexes containing 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-cyclopentanecarboxylato ligands”, Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 8158-8167.
 http://dx.doi.org/10.10021/ic200635g

10. Dinoi, C.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.; Alegria, E.C.B.A., Smoleński, P.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Poli, R.; Pombeiro, A.J.L.; ”Molybdenum complexes bearing the tris(1-pyrazolyl)methanesulfonate ligand: synthesis, characterization and electrochemical behavior”, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2010, 16, 2415-2424. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201000018

9. Kirillov A.M., Alegria E.C.B.A., Guedes da Silva M.F., Martins L.M.D.R.S., Sousa C., Pombeiro A.J.L., Synthesis, characterization and redox behaviour of benzoyldiazenido- and oxorhenium complexes bearing N,N- and S,S-type ligands”, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2010, 363, 1269-1274.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2009.08.030

8. Mishra G.S., Alegria E.C.B., Martins L.M.D.R.S., Pombeiro A.J.L., Cyclohexane Oxidation with Dioxygen Catalyzed by Supported Pyrazole Rhenium Complexes, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 2008, 285, 92-100.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2008.01.022 

​7. Silva T.F.S., Alegria E.C.B.A., Martins L.M.D.R.S., Pombeiro A.J.L., Half-sandwich Scorpionate Vanadium, Iron and Copper Complexes: Synthesis and Application in the Catalytic Peroxidative Oxidation of Cyclohexane under Mild Conditions, Adv., Synth. Cat., 2008, 350, 706-716. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.200700529

6. Alegria E.C.B., Kirillova M.V., Martins L.M.D.R.S., Pombeiro A.J.L.,”Pyrazole and tris(pyrazolylmethane Rhenium(III, V and VII) Complexes as Catalysts for Ethane and cyclohexane oxidations”, Appl. Cat. A: General, 2007, 317, 43-52.
 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/apcata.2006.09.038

5. Alegria E.C.B., Martins L.M.D.R.S., Haukka M., Pombeiro A.J.L., Rhenium Complexes of Tris(pyrazolyl)methanes and Sulfonate derivative,  J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 2006, 4954-4961. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b611209a

4. Alegria E.C.B., Martins L.M.D.R.S., da Silva M.F.C.G., Pombeiro A.J.L., Syntheses and properties of Re(III) complexes derived from hydrotris(1-pyrazolyl)methanes. Molecular structure of [ReCl2(HCpz3)(PPh3)][BF4], J. Organomet. Chem., 2005, 690, 1947-1958. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2004.11.005

3. Alegria E.C.B.A., Cunha S.M.P.R.M., Martins L.M.D.R.S., Guedes da Silva M.F.C., Pombeiro A.J.L., Comparative Electrochemical Behaviour of the Complexes trans-[Mo(NCN){NCNC(O)R(dppe)2}]Cl (R = Et or Ph) and trans-[Mo(NCN)Cl(dppe)2][BF4], Portugalie Electrochim. Acta, 2004, 22(1), 19-23, ISSN 1647-1571. 

2. Martins L.M.D.R.S., Alegria E.C.B.A., Hughes D.L., Fraústo da Silva J.J.R., Pombeiro A.J.L., Synthesis and Properties of Hydride-cyanamide and Derived Hydrogen-cyanamide Complexes of Molybdenum (IV). Crystal Structure of [MoH2(NCNH2)2(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2][BF4]2 , J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 2003, 3743-3754.
 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b306368b

1. Alegria E.C.B.A., Martins L.M.D.R.S., Fraústo da Silva  J.J.R., Pombeiro A.J.L., Redox Behaviour of a Biscyanamide-dihydride Mo Complex, a Preliminary Study, Portugaliae Electrochim. Acta, 2001, 19(3), 357-360.