Patrícia Neves (PN) graduated from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, and obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering from the same institution in 2011, followed by postdoctoral work up to 2018. Currently, she holds the position of Assistant Researcher at CICECO. She has been interested mainly in (i) Mo- and W-containing catalytic systems for epoxidation of olefins, oxidation of alcohols/aldehydes/sulfides, alcoholysis of epoxides, and acetalisation of aldehydes, for the production of useful chemicals, and additionally (ii) acid-catalysed conversion of platform chemicals derived from pentose/hexose-based carbohydrate biomass, for the production of bio-derived chemicals. She coauthored 56 papers published in SCI journals (h-index is 23) and she has been collaborating with national (Lisboa, Porto, Aveiro, Évora, Algarve) and international (Poland, Ukraine) research groups. PN is a PI of a project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030075) of three years “Bio-derived olefins conversion using reaction-induced self-separating catalysts “ (BiOle_AcidOxCat), started 26th July 2018. This project´s team includes two students with a MSc degree (two 20-months grants), co-supervised by PN, and a contracted investigator (30 months) to collaborate in various tasks. PN made new, important contributions in the field of applied catalysis for the epoxidation of olefins available in nature or as wastes of industries (unsaturated terpenes and fatty acids), to produce useful compounds as alternatives to (non-renewable) fossil fuel-derived products. For the first time, a dinuclear oxodiperoxo complex was studied as (bio-derived) olefin epoxidation catalysts and this publication was Editor’s choice. Her work deals mainly with homogeneous catalysis (e.g. using (a)chiral complexes, POMs, etc.), but also with heterogeneous catalysis (e.g. MOFs), and, more recently, with organic-inorganic hybrids where she discovered for the first time the reaction-induced self-separating (RI-SS) catalytic behavior of a molybdenum-based hybrid. The hybrid organic-inorganic Mo compound with RI-SS behaviour was a versatile RI-SS catalyst for the epoxidation of bio-derived olefins and the sulfoxidation of sulfides (this paper was Editor-in-Chief’s Featured Article). Very few RI-SS catalysts were reported until now and PN is determined to explore this wonder field between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, and understanding the relationships between the structure and activity. Amongst her most important contributions to catalysis with molybdenum compounds are assessments of catalyst stability and identification of the active species formed which had been poorly investigated in previous works reported by different research groups worldwide. Other contributions have been made in the valorisation of pentose/hexose-based carbohydrate biomass. PN uses advanced mass spectrometry techniques for the identification of products of the complex reaction mixtures obtained from biomass conversion, and also from the oligomerisation of olefins to sulfur-free fuels. PN has participated in catalytic studies involving furfuryl alcohol as substrate, characterization of the catalysts and GC×GC-ToFMS studies. She has also assisted MSc and PhD students in developing the catalytic studies for their theses.
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Homogeneous and heterogeneous oxidation catalytic processes
Reaction-induced self-separating catalysts
Acid-base catalytic reactions
Valorization of biomass through catalytic processes
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Doctor Anabela Tavares Aguiar Valente
Doctor Isabel Gonçalves
Doctor Martyn Pillinger
Doctor Margarida Antunes
Doctor Sofia Bruno
Doctor Ana Gomes
Doctor Tatiana Amarante
MsC Martinique Nunes
MsC Diana Gomes
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Mild Liquid Phase Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol in the Presence of Microporous Framework Copper SilicatesNeves, P; Valente, AA; Lin, Z 2020, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 2020, 13, 1172-1176.
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Optimization of continuous-flow heterogeneous catalytic oligomerization of 1-butene by design of experiments and response surface methodologySilva, AF; Neves, P; Rocha, SM; Silva, CM; Valente, AA 2020, FUEL, 259,
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Simple Hybrids Based on Mo or W Oxides and Diamines: Structure Determination and Catalytic PropertiesBozek, B; Neves, P; Oszajca, M; Valente, AA; Poltowicz, J; Pamin, K; Lasocha, W 2020, CATALYSIS LETTERS, 150, 3, 713-727.
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Intercalation of (eta(5)-Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)trioxomolybdenum(VI) in a Layered Double HydroxideGomes, AC; Neves, P; Gago, S; Valente, AA; Goncalves, IS; Pillinger, M 2020, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 2020, 25, 2408-2416.
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A Comparative Study of Molybdenum Carbonyl and Oxomolybdenum Derivatives Bearing 1,2,3-Triazole or 1,2,4-Triazole in Catalytic Olefin EpoxidationNogueira, LS; Neves, P; Gomes, AC; Amarante, TA; Paz, FAA; Valente, AA; Goncalves, IS; Pillinger, M 2019, MOLECULES, 24, 1,
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A Molybdenum Trioxide Hybrid Decorated by 3-(1,2,4-Triazol-4-yl)adamantane-1-carboxylic Acid: A Promising Reaction-Induced Self-Separating (RISS) CatalystLysenko, AB; Senchyk, GA; Domasevitch, KV; Henfling, S; Erhart, O; Krautscheid, H; Neves, P; Valente, AA; Pillinger, M; Goncalves, IS 2019, INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 58, 24, 16424-16433.
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Performance of chiral tetracarbonylmolybdenum pyrindanyl amine complexes in catalytic olefin epoxidationNeves, P; Nogueira, LS; Valente, AA; Pillinger, M; Goncalves, IS; Sampaio-Dias, IE; Sousa, CAD; Rizzo-Aguiar, F; Rodriguez-Borges, JE 2018, JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, 858, 29-36.
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Molybdenum(0) tricarbonyl and tetracarbonyl complexes with a cationic pyrazolylpyridine ligand: synthesis, crystal structures and catalytic performance in olefin epoxidationNogueira, LS; Neves, P; Gomes, AC; Lavrador, P; Cunha-Silva, L; Valente, AA; Goncalves, IS; Pillinger, M 2018, RSC ADVANCES, 8, 29, 16294-16302.
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Ionic ammonium and anilinium based polymolybdate hybrid catalysts for olefin epoxidationBozek, B; Neves, P; Lasocha, W; Valente, AA 2018, APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL, 564, 13-25.
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Mesostructured Catalysts Based on the BEA Topology for Olefin OligomerisationSilva, AF; Fernandes, A; Neves, P; Antunes, MM; Rocha, SM; Ribeiro, MF; Silva, CM; Valente, AA 2018, CHEMCATCHEM, 10, 13, 2741-2754.
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TUD-1 type aluminosilicate acid catalysts for 1-butene oligomerisationSilva, AF; Fernandes, A; Antunes, MM; Neves, P; Rocha, SM; Ribeiro, MF; Pillinger, M; Ribeiro, J; Silva, CM; Valente, AA 2017, FUEL, 209, 371-382.
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Performance of a tetracarbonylmolybdenum(0) pyrazolylpyridine (pre) catalyst in olefin epoxidation and epoxide alcoholysisNogueira, LS; Neves, P; Gomes, AC; Valente, AA; Pillinger, M; Goncalves, IS 2017, JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, 846, 185-192.
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MFI Acid Catalysts with Different Crystal Sizes and Porosity for the Conversion of Furanic Compounds in Alcohol MediaAntunes, MM; Lima, S; Fernandes, A; Magalhaes, AL; Neves, P; Silva, CM; Ribeiro, MF; Chadwick, D; Hellgardt, K; Pillinger, M; Valente, AA 2017, CHEMCATCHEM, 9, 14, 2747-2759.
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Synthesis, structure and catalytic olefin epoxidation activity of a dinuclear oxo-bridged oxodiperoxomolybdenum(VI) complex containing coordinated 4,4 '-bipyridiniumNeves, P; Gomes, AC; Paz, FAA; Valente, AA; Goncalves, IS; Pillinger, M 2017, MOLECULAR CATALYSIS, 432, 104-114.
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Behavior of Triazolylmolybdenum(VI) Oxide Hybrids as Oxidation Catalysts with Hydrogen PeroxideNeves, P; Lysenko, AB; Gomes, AC; Pillinger, M; Goncalves, IS; Valente, AA 2017, CATALYSIS LETTERS, 147, 5, 1133-1143.
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