Ana Catarina Costa Gomes Alves

Assistant Researcher

short CV

February 2019 to present: Researcher

February 2010 to January 2019: post-doctoral associate under the supervision of Professor Isabel Gonçalves and Doctor Martyn Pillinger.

October 2005- November 2009: PhD in chemistry in the group of Prof. Simon Duckett, University of York, United Kingdom.

scientific interests

-Synthesis and characterization of organic ligands, organometallic complexes.

-Immobilization of inorganic/organometallic complexes in MCM-41, metal-organic frameworks,  cyclodextrines, cucurbiturils and layered double hydroxides and respective characterization.

present research group

  • Professor Isabel Gonçalves
  • Doctor Martyn Pillinger
  • Doctor Tatiana Amarante
  • Doctor Sofia Bruno

main present collaborators

CICECO

  • Doctor Filipe Paz
  • Doctor Anabela Valente
  • Doctor Patrícia Neves
  • Doctor Sofia Bruno
  • Doctor Paula Ferreira

Other portuguese institutions

  • Professor Carlos Romão (ITQB-UNL)
  • Doctor Carla Gamelas (Politécnico de Setúbal)
  • Doctor André D. Lopes (University of the Algarve)
  • Doctor Salete Balula (University of Porto)
  • Doctor Luis Cunha Silva (University of Porto)

Selected publications

A.C. Gomes, M.M. Antunes, M. Abrantes, A.A. Valente, F.A. Almeida Paz, I.S. Gonçalves, M. Pillinger, ChemCatChem., 2018, 53, 3481-3489. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201800477

D. Julião, A.C. Gomes, M. Pillinger, R. Valença, J.C. Ribeiro, I.S. Gonçalves, S.S. Balula,Appl. Catal., B2018, 230, 177-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.02.036

A.C. Gomes, C.I.R. Magalhães,T.S.M. Oliveira, A.D. Lopes, I.S. Gonçalves, M. Pillinger, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 17042–17052. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6DT02811J

A.C. Gomes, P. Neves, L. Cunha-Silva, A.A. Valente, I.S. Gonçalves, M. Pillinger, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016, 6, 5207-5218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cy02052b

 A.L. Costa, A.C. Gomes, M. Pillinger, I.S. Gonçalves, J.S. Seixas de Melo, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 12069-12078. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201501344

A.C. Gomes,S.M. Bruno, C.A. Gamelas,A.A. Valente,M. Abrantes,I.S. Gonçalves,C.C. Romão, M. Pillinger, Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 8231-8240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3DT50132A

Projects

Publications

Oxidant-Dependent Switch of a Molybdenum(VI) Tetrazolate Complex from a Homogeneous to a Self-Separating Catalyst for Olefin Epoxidation

Nunes, MS; Gomes, DM; Neves, P; Gomes, AC; Mendes, RF; Paz, FAA; Gonçalves, IS; Valente, AA; Pillinger, M
2025, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 64, 34, 16589-16601.

Silica-Embedded Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as Epoxidation Catalysts: Batch and Continuous Flow Systems

Gomes, DM; Yao, XY; Neves, P; Antunes, MM; Pinna, N; Russo, PA; Valente, AA
2025, CHEMCATCHEM, 17, 8.

Catalytic sulfoxidation and epoxidation using oxomolybdenum compounds generated from tricarbonyl(1-methylimidazole)molybdenum(0)

Antunes, MM; Gomes, AC; Goncalves, IS; Pillinger, M; Valente, AA
2025, APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL, 704.

Host-Guest Complexes of Cyclopentadienyl Iron Dicarbonyl (CpFe(CO)2) CO-Releasing Molecules with Cucurbit[7]uril

Monteiro, RP; Calhau, IB; Gomes, AC; Mendes, RF; Paz, FAA; Lopes, AD; Da Silva, JP; Romao, CC; Gonçalves, IS; Pillinger, M
2025, ORGANOMETALLICS, 44, 7, 824-839.

A Dinuclear Oxoperoxomolybdenum(VI) Complex, [Mo2O6(OH)2(Pyridine Oxide Tetrazolate)2], Displaying the {MoO(O2)(μ-OH)2MoO(O2)}0 Core, and its Catalytic Performance in Olefin Epoxidation

Nunes, MS; Neves, P; Gomes, AC; Mendes, RF; Paz, FAA; Lopes, AD; Da Silva, JP; Pillinger, M; Valente, AA; Gonçalves, IS
2025, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 28, 19.

β-Cyclodextrin and cucurbit[7]uril as protective encapsulation agents of the CO-releasing molecule [CpMo(CO)3Me]

Monteiro, RP; Calhau, IB; Gomes, AC; Lopes, AD; Da Silva, JP; Gonçalves, IS; Pillinger, M
2025, DALTON TRANSACTIONS, 54, 1, 166-180.

Inclusion complexes of cucurbit[n]urils (n=7, 8) with η5-cyclopentadienyl methyl tricarbonyl molybdenum(II) and their use in epoxidation catalysis

Neves, P; Gomes, AC; Monteiro, RP; Santos, MJ; Valente, AA; Lopes, AD; Gonçalves, IS; Pillinger, M
2024, APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, 38, 5.
ISBN: 1099-0739

An organic-organometallic CO-releasing material comprising 4,4′-bipyridine and molybdenum subcarbonyl building blocks

Calhau, IB; Gomes, AC; Mendes, RF; Paz, FAA; Gonçalves, IS; Pillinger, M
2024, DALTON TRANSACTIONS, 53, 30, 12783-12796.
ISBN: 1477-9234

Host-guest complexes of cucurbit[8]uril and [(η5-C5H4R)Mo(CO)3CH3] (R = H, CO2CH3) for controlled release of carbon monoxide

Gomes, AC; Monteiro, RP; Calhau, IB; Lopes, AD; Gonçalves, IS; Pillinger, M
2024, JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, 1019.
ISBN: 1872-8561

Effect of 4,4′-dialkyl-2,2′-bipyridine ligands on the hydrolysis of dichlorodioxomolybdenum(VI) catalyst precursors and the switch from homogeneous epoxidation to heterogeneous systems

Gomes, DM; Gomes, AC; Neves, P; Paz, FAA; Valente, AA; Gonçalves, IS; Pillinger, M
2024, JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, 439.
ISBN: 1090-2694

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