List of works - Armando J. L. Pombeiro

Chalcogen bonding in synthesis, catalysis and design of materials.

scientific article published on 7 July 2017

Additions to metal-activated organonitriles

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Tuning of redox potentials for the design of ruthenium anticancer drugs -- an electrochemical study of [trans-RuCl(4)L(DMSO)](-) and [trans-RuCl(4)L(2)](-) complexes, where L = imidazole, 1,2,4-triazole, indazole.

scientific article

Multinuclear copper triethanolamine complexes as selective catalysts for the peroxidative oxidation of alkanes under mild conditions.

scientific article published in July 2005

Cu(II) complexes bearing the 2,2,2-tris(1-pyrazolyl)ethanol or 2,2,2-tris(1-pyrazolyl)ethyl methanesulfonate scorpionates. X-Ray structural characterization and application in the mild catalytic peroxidative oxidation of cyclohexane.

scientific article published on 2 September 2009

Tuning of redox properties for the design of ruthenium anticancer drugs: part 2. Syntheses, crystal structures, and electrochemistry of potentially antitumor [Ru III/II Cl6-n(Azole)n]z(n = 3, 4, 6) complexes.

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Heterometallic Co(III)4Fe(III)2 Schiff base complex: structure, electron paramagnetic resonance, and alkane oxidation catalytic activity.

scientific article published in August 2012

Direct and remarkably efficient conversion of methane into acetic acid catalyzed by amavadine and related vanadium complexes. A synthetic and a theoretical DFT mechanistic study.

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Cobalt complexes bearing scorpionate ligands: synthesis, characterization, cytotoxicity and DNA cleavage.

scientific article published in November 2012

Self-assembled copper(II) coordination polymers derived from aminopolyalcohols and benzenepolycarboxylates: structural and magnetic properties.

scientific article published on 11 December 2007

Heterometallic Cu/Co and Cu/Co/Zn complexes bearing rare asymmetric tetranuclear cores: synthesis, structures, and magnetic and catalytic properties toward the peroxidative oxidation of cycloalkanes.

scientific article published on 20 April 2011

Synthesis, X-ray diffraction structures, spectroscopic properties, and in vitro antitumor activity of isomeric (1H-1,2,4-triazole)Ru(III) complexes.

scientific article published on September 2003

Zinc metal-organic frameworks: efficient catalysts for the diastereoselective Henry reaction and transesterification.

scientific article

Insights into the mechanisms underlying the antiproliferative potential of a Co(II) coordination compound bearing 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione: DNA and protein interaction studies

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

Facile Ni(II)/ketoxime-mediated conversion of organonitriles into imidoylamidine ligands. Synthesis of imidoylamidines and acetyl amides.

scientific article published in November 2003

Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen Bonding as a Driving Force in Synthesis and a Synthon in the Design of Materials.

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Template syntheses of copper(II) complexes from arylhydrazones of malononitrile and their catalytic activity towards alcohol oxidations and the nitroaldol reaction: hydrogen bond-assisted ligand liberation and E/Z isomerisation.

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Synthesis, antimicrobial and antiproliferative activity of novel silver(I) tris(pyrazolyl)methanesulfonate and 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphadamantane complexes.

scientific article published on 14 October 2011

Solvent-free microwave-assisted peroxidative oxidation of secondary alcohols to the corresponding ketones catalyzed by copper(ii) 2,4-alkoxy-1,3,5-triazapentadienato complexes.

scientific article published on 25 February 2010

Synthesis, characterization, solid-state photo-luminescence and anti-tumor activity of zinc(II) 4'-phenyl-terpyridine compounds.

scientific article published on 21 March 2010

An unprecedented heterotrimetallic Fe/Cu/Co core for mild and highly efficient catalytic oxidation of cycloalkanes by hydrogen peroxide

scientific article published on 22 September 2006

An efficient synthesis of phthalocyanines based on an unprecedented double-addition of oximes to phthalonitriles.

scientific article published in November 2004

Single-pot conversion of methane into acetic acid in the absence of CO and with vanadium catalysts such as amavadine.

scientific article published in February 2003

A new family of luminescent compounds: platinum(II) imidoylamidinates exhibiting pH-dependent room temperature luminescence.

scientific article

Diorganotin(IV) derivatives of substituted benzohydroxamic acids with high antitumor activity.

scientific article published on March 2004

Self-assembled dicopper(II) diethanolaminate cores for mild aerobic and peroxidative oxidation of alcohols.

scientific article published on 16 September 2010

Lanthanide derivatives comprising arylhydrazones of β-diketones: cooperative E/Z isomerization and catalytic activity in nitroaldol reaction.

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Self-assembled 3D heterometallic Cu(II)/Fe(II) coordination polymers with octahedral net skeletons: structural features, molecular magnetism, thermal and oxidation catalytic properties.

scientific article published on 28 October 2010

Barbituric acids as a useful tool for the construction of coordination and supramolecular compounds

Azametallacycles from Ag(I)- or Cu(II)-promoted coupling reactions of dialkylcyanamides with oximes at Pt(II).

scientific article published in March 2001

Water-soluble and stable dinitrogen phosphine complexes trans-[ReCl(N2)(PTA-H)n(PTA)4-n]n+ (n = 0-4), the first with 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane.

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Iminoacylation. 3. Formation of Platinum(IV)-Based Metallaligands Due to Facile One-End Addition ofvic-Dioximes to Coordinated Organonitriles1-3

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Differentially selective chemosensor with fluorescence off-on responses on Cu(2+) and Zn(2+) ions in aqueous media and applications in pyrophosphate sensing, live cell imaging, and cytotoxicity.

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Synthesis, structure and catalytic application of lead(ii) complexes in cyanosilylation reactions

scientific article published on 01 January 2015

Amavadin and other vanadium complexes as remarkably efficient catalysts for one-pot conversion of ethane to propionic and acetic acids.

scientific article published in January 2008

Pop-the-cork strategy in synthetic utilization of imines: stabilization by complexation and activation via liberation of the ligated species.

scientific article published in June 2003

Silver(I) 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane Coordination Polymers Driven by Substituted Glutarate and Malonate Building Blocks: Self-Assembly Synthesis, Structural Features, and Antimicrobial Properties.

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[2 + 3] cycloaddition of nitrones to platinum-bound organonitriles: effect of metal oxidation state and of nitrile substituent.

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Supramolecular Assemblies of Trinuclear Triangular Copper(II) Secondary Building Units through Hydrogen Bonds. Generation of Different Metal−Organic Frameworks, Valuable Catalysts for Peroxidative Oxidation of Alkanes

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Magnetic, high-field EPR studies and catalytic activity of Schiff base tetranuclear CuII2FeIII2 complexes obtained by direct synthesis.

scientific article published on 3 October 2013

Aroylhydrazone Cu(II) Complexes in keto Form: Structural Characterization and Catalytic Activity towards Cyclohexane Oxidation

scientific article published on 29 March 2016

Unsymmetrical NiII–Imidoylamidine Complexes Derived from a Novel Oxime-Mediated Single-Pot Reaction of Nitriles

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Mild, single-pot hydrocarboxylation of gaseous alkanes to carboxylic acids in metal-free and copper-promoted aqueous systems.

scientific article published in August 2010

Recent advances in organocatalytic enantioselective transfer hydrogenation

scientific article published on 23 February 2017

Bioactive Silver–Organic Networks Assembled from 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane and Flexible Cyclohexanecarboxylate Blocks

scientific article published on 26 January 2016

Reactivity of Pt- and Pd-bound nitriles towards nitrile oxides and nitrones: substitution vs. cycloaddition.

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Novel reactivity mode of hydroxamic acids: a metalla-pinner reaction

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

3D hydrogen bonded metal-organic frameworks constructed from [M(H2O)6][M′(dipicolinate)2]·mH2O (M/M′= Zn/Ni or Ni/Ni). Identification of intercalated acyclic (H2O)6/(H2O)10 clusters

Synthesis and characterization of copper(II) 4'-phenyl-terpyridine compounds and catalytic application for aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols

scientific article published in March 2014

Syntheses, structures, and antimicrobial activity of new remarkably light-stable and water-soluble tris(pyrazolyl)methanesulfonate silver(I) derivatives of N-methyl-1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane salt - [mPTA]BF4.

scientific article published on 22 December 2014

List of works by Armando J. L. Pombeiro

Chalcogen bonding in synthesis, catalysis and design of materials.

Additions to metal-activated organonitriles

Tuning of redox potentials for the design of ruthenium anticancer drugs -- an electrochemical study of [trans-RuCl(4)L(DMSO)](-) and [trans-RuCl(4)L(2)](-) complexes, where L = imidazole, 1,2,4-triazole, indazole.

Multinuclear copper triethanolamine complexes as selective catalysts for the peroxidative oxidation of alkanes under mild conditions.

Cu(II) complexes bearing the 2,2,2-tris(1-pyrazolyl)ethanol or 2,2,2-tris(1-pyrazolyl)ethyl methanesulfonate scorpionates. X-Ray structural characterization and application in the mild catalytic peroxidative oxidation of cyclohexane.

Tuning of redox properties for the design of ruthenium anticancer drugs: part 2. Syntheses, crystal structures, and electrochemistry of potentially antitumor [Ru III/II Cl6-n(Azole)n]z(n = 3, 4, 6) complexes.

Heterometallic Co(III)4Fe(III)2 Schiff base complex: structure, electron paramagnetic resonance, and alkane oxidation catalytic activity.

Direct and remarkably efficient conversion of methane into acetic acid catalyzed by amavadine and related vanadium complexes. A synthetic and a theoretical DFT mechanistic study.

Cobalt complexes bearing scorpionate ligands: synthesis, characterization, cytotoxicity and DNA cleavage.

Self-assembled copper(II) coordination polymers derived from aminopolyalcohols and benzenepolycarboxylates: structural and magnetic properties.

Heterometallic Cu/Co and Cu/Co/Zn complexes bearing rare asymmetric tetranuclear cores: synthesis, structures, and magnetic and catalytic properties toward the peroxidative oxidation of cycloalkanes.

Synthesis, X-ray diffraction structures, spectroscopic properties, and in vitro antitumor activity of isomeric (1H-1,2,4-triazole)Ru(III) complexes.

Zinc metal-organic frameworks: efficient catalysts for the diastereoselective Henry reaction and transesterification.

Insights into the mechanisms underlying the antiproliferative potential of a Co(II) coordination compound bearing 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione: DNA and protein interaction studies

Facile Ni(II)/ketoxime-mediated conversion of organonitriles into imidoylamidine ligands. Synthesis of imidoylamidines and acetyl amides.

Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen Bonding as a Driving Force in Synthesis and a Synthon in the Design of Materials.

Template syntheses of copper(II) complexes from arylhydrazones of malononitrile and their catalytic activity towards alcohol oxidations and the nitroaldol reaction: hydrogen bond-assisted ligand liberation and E/Z isomerisation.

Synthesis, antimicrobial and antiproliferative activity of novel silver(I) tris(pyrazolyl)methanesulfonate and 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphadamantane complexes.

Solvent-free microwave-assisted peroxidative oxidation of secondary alcohols to the corresponding ketones catalyzed by copper(ii) 2,4-alkoxy-1,3,5-triazapentadienato complexes.

Synthesis, characterization, solid-state photo-luminescence and anti-tumor activity of zinc(II) 4'-phenyl-terpyridine compounds.

An unprecedented heterotrimetallic Fe/Cu/Co core for mild and highly efficient catalytic oxidation of cycloalkanes by hydrogen peroxide

An efficient synthesis of phthalocyanines based on an unprecedented double-addition of oximes to phthalonitriles.

Single-pot conversion of methane into acetic acid in the absence of CO and with vanadium catalysts such as amavadine.

A new family of luminescent compounds: platinum(II) imidoylamidinates exhibiting pH-dependent room temperature luminescence.

Diorganotin(IV) derivatives of substituted benzohydroxamic acids with high antitumor activity.

Self-assembled dicopper(II) diethanolaminate cores for mild aerobic and peroxidative oxidation of alcohols.

Lanthanide derivatives comprising arylhydrazones of β-diketones: cooperative E/Z isomerization and catalytic activity in nitroaldol reaction.

Self-assembled 3D heterometallic Cu(II)/Fe(II) coordination polymers with octahedral net skeletons: structural features, molecular magnetism, thermal and oxidation catalytic properties.

Barbituric acids as a useful tool for the construction of coordination and supramolecular compounds

Azametallacycles from Ag(I)- or Cu(II)-promoted coupling reactions of dialkylcyanamides with oximes at Pt(II).

Water-soluble and stable dinitrogen phosphine complexes trans-[ReCl(N2)(PTA-H)n(PTA)4-n]n+ (n = 0-4), the first with 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane.

Iminoacylation. 3. Formation of Platinum(IV)-Based Metallaligands Due to Facile One-End Addition ofvic-Dioximes to Coordinated Organonitriles1-3

Differentially selective chemosensor with fluorescence off-on responses on Cu(2+) and Zn(2+) ions in aqueous media and applications in pyrophosphate sensing, live cell imaging, and cytotoxicity.

Synthesis, structure and catalytic application of lead(ii) complexes in cyanosilylation reactions

Amavadin and other vanadium complexes as remarkably efficient catalysts for one-pot conversion of ethane to propionic and acetic acids.

Pop-the-cork strategy in synthetic utilization of imines: stabilization by complexation and activation via liberation of the ligated species.

Silver(I) 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane Coordination Polymers Driven by Substituted Glutarate and Malonate Building Blocks: Self-Assembly Synthesis, Structural Features, and Antimicrobial Properties.

[2 + 3] cycloaddition of nitrones to platinum-bound organonitriles: effect of metal oxidation state and of nitrile substituent.

Supramolecular Assemblies of Trinuclear Triangular Copper(II) Secondary Building Units through Hydrogen Bonds. Generation of Different Metal−Organic Frameworks, Valuable Catalysts for Peroxidative Oxidation of Alkanes

Magnetic, high-field EPR studies and catalytic activity of Schiff base tetranuclear CuII2FeIII2 complexes obtained by direct synthesis.

Aroylhydrazone Cu(II) Complexes in keto Form: Structural Characterization and Catalytic Activity towards Cyclohexane Oxidation

Unsymmetrical NiII–Imidoylamidine Complexes Derived from a Novel Oxime-Mediated Single-Pot Reaction of Nitriles

Mild, single-pot hydrocarboxylation of gaseous alkanes to carboxylic acids in metal-free and copper-promoted aqueous systems.

Recent advances in organocatalytic enantioselective transfer hydrogenation

Bioactive Silver–Organic Networks Assembled from 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane and Flexible Cyclohexanecarboxylate Blocks

Reactivity of Pt- and Pd-bound nitriles towards nitrile oxides and nitrones: substitution vs. cycloaddition.

Novel reactivity mode of hydroxamic acids: a metalla-pinner reaction

3D hydrogen bonded metal-organic frameworks constructed from [M(H2O)6][M′(dipicolinate)2]·mH2O (M/M′= Zn/Ni or Ni/Ni). Identification of intercalated acyclic (H2O)6/(H2O)10 clusters

Synthesis and characterization of copper(II) 4'-phenyl-terpyridine compounds and catalytic application for aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols

Syntheses, structures, and antimicrobial activity of new remarkably light-stable and water-soluble tris(pyrazolyl)methanesulfonate silver(I) derivatives of N-methyl-1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane salt - [mPTA]BF4.