International co
llabora tio ns in the crystal engineering fieldProf. Dario Braga and Prof. Fabrizia Grepioni, University of Bologna, Italy
Selected publications:
Vânia André*, Oleskii Shemchuk, Fabrizia Grepioni, Dario Braga, M. Teresa Duarte, Expanding the pool of multicomponent crystal forms of the antibiotic 4-aminosalicylic acid: the influence of crystallization conditions, Crystal Growth & Design, 2017, 17(2), 6417-6425 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01075)
Vânia André, Dario Braga, Fabrizia Grepioni, M. Teresa Duarte, Crystal forms of the antibiotic 4-aminosalicylic acid: solvates and molecular salts with dioxane, morpholine and piperazine, Crystal Growth and Design, 2009, 9, 5108-5116 (DOI: 10.1021/cg900495s)
Prof. Naír Rodriguez-Hornedo, University of Michigan, USA
Chinmay Maheshwari, Vânia André, Sreenivas Reddy, Lilly Roy,Teresa Duarte, Naír Rodríguez-Hornedo, Tailoring Aqueous Solubility of a Highly Soluble Compound via Co-crystallization: Effect of Coformer Ionization, pHmax, and Solute-Solvent Interactions, CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 4801-4811 (DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06615G)
Prof. Tomislav Friscic, McGill University, Canada
Selected publications:
Karen J. Ardila-Fierro, Vânia André, Davin Tan, M. Teresa Duarte, Robert W. Lancaster, Panagiotis G. Karamertzanis, Tomislav Friscic, Molecular recognition of steroids in the solid state: stark differences in cocrystallization of β-estradiol and estrone, Crystal Growth & Design, 2015, 15(3), 1492–1501 (DOI: 10.1021/cg501865h)
Vânia André, Andrew Hardeman, Ivan Halasz, Robin S. Stein, Graham J. Jackson, David G. Reid, Melinda J. Duer, Caroline Curfs, M. Teresa Duarte , Tomislav Friščić, Mechanosynthesis of the metallodrug bismuth subsalicylate from Bi2O3 and the first structural characterisation of a bismuth salicylate, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50(34), 7858-7861 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201103171).
Listed on the "Hot Topics" of sustainable chemistry by Wiley in August 2011; highlighted in December 2011 in
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/2011/09/2011-1101-mechanochemistry-greener-chemicals/)
Selected publications:
Vânia André*, Oleskii Shemchuk, Fabrizia Grepioni, Dario Braga, M. Teresa Duarte, Expanding the pool of multicomponent crystal forms of the antibiotic 4-aminosalicylic acid: the influence of crystallization conditions, Crystal Growth & Design, 2017, 17(2), 6417-6425 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01075)
Vânia André, Dario Braga, Fabrizia Grepioni, M. Teresa Duarte, Crystal forms of the antibiotic 4-aminosalicylic acid: solvates and molecular salts with dioxane, morpholine and piperazine, Crystal Growth and Design, 2009, 9, 5108-5116 (DOI: 10.1021/cg900495s)
Prof. Naír Rodriguez-Hornedo, University of Michigan, USA
Chinmay Maheshwari, Vânia André, Sreenivas Reddy, Lilly Roy,Teresa Duarte, Naír Rodríguez-Hornedo, Tailoring Aqueous Solubility of a Highly Soluble Compound via Co-crystallization: Effect of Coformer Ionization, pHmax, and Solute-Solvent Interactions, CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 4801-4811 (DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06615G)
Prof. Tomislav Friscic, McGill University, Canada
Selected publications:
Karen J. Ardila-Fierro, Vânia André, Davin Tan, M. Teresa Duarte, Robert W. Lancaster, Panagiotis G. Karamertzanis, Tomislav Friscic, Molecular recognition of steroids in the solid state: stark differences in cocrystallization of β-estradiol and estrone, Crystal Growth & Design, 2015, 15(3), 1492–1501 (DOI: 10.1021/cg501865h)
Vânia André, Andrew Hardeman, Ivan Halasz, Robin S. Stein, Graham J. Jackson, David G. Reid, Melinda J. Duer, Caroline Curfs, M. Teresa Duarte , Tomislav Friščić, Mechanosynthesis of the metallodrug bismuth subsalicylate from Bi2O3 and the first structural characterisation of a bismuth salicylate, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50(34), 7858-7861 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201103171).
Listed on the "Hot Topics" of sustainable chemistry by Wiley in August 2011; highlighted in December 2011 in
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/2011/09/2011-1101-mechanochemistry-greener-chemicals/)
Other international collaborations
Selected publication:
Claudia Simão, Marta Mas-Torrent, Vânia André, M. Teresa Duarte, Jaume Veciana, Concepció Rovira, Photodimerisation product of a tetrathiafulvalene derivative as a component of a ternary molecular switch in solution and on surface, Chemical Science, 2013, 4, 307-310 (DOI: 10.1039/C2SC21134C).
Sub-department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
R.M.M. Sampaio , R.A. Timmers, N. Kocks, V. André, M. T. Duarte, E.D. van Hullebusch, F. Farges and P.N.L. Lens, Zn-Ni sulfide selective precipitation: the role of supersaturation, Separation and Purification Technology, 2010, 74 (1), 108-118 (DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2010.05.013).
R.M.M. Sampaio , R.A. Timmers, N. Kocks, V. André, M. T. Duarte, E.D. van Hullebusch, F. Farges and P.N.L. Lens, Zn-Ni sulfide selective precipitation: the role of supersaturation, Separation and Purification Technology, 2010, 74 (1), 108-118 (DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2010.05.013).
National collabor
ationsCQE - Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Selected publications:
Marina V. Kirillova, Tiago A. Fernandes, Vânia André, Alexander M. Kirillov, Mild Oxidative C−H Functionalization of Alkanes to Alcohols, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids Catalyzed by Bioinspired Copper(II) Aminoalcoholate Cores, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019, 17, 7706-7714 (DOI: 10.1039/C9OB01442J) - Featured as “Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry HOT article”
Tiago F. C. Cruz, Karina Shimizu, José M. S. S. Esperança, Vânia André, M. Teresa Duarte, Luís P. N. Rebelo, Pedro T. Gomes, José N. Canongia Lopes, Ionic Liquids in Wonderland: From Electrostatics to Coordination Chemistry, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123(9), 5804-5811 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00987) - 2019 Catalysis Science & Technology HOT article
Sara S.P. Dias, Marina V. Kirillova, Vânia André, Julia Kłak, Alexander M. Kirillov, New Tetracopper(II) Cubane Cores Driven by a Diaminoalcohol: Self-assembly Synthesis, Structural and Topological Features, Magnetic and Catalytic Oxidation Properties, Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 54, 5204-5212 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00048)
S. M. Marques, T. Tuccinardi, A. Martinelli, S. Santamaria, E. Nuti, A. Rossello, V. André and M. A. Santos, Novel 1-hydroxypiperazine-2,6-diones as new leads in the inhibition of metalloproteinases: biological evaluation and binding mode prediction, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2011, 54(24), 8298-8298 (DOI: 10.1021/jm200593b)
A.P. Carapeto, A.P. Serro, B.M.F. Nunes, M.C.L. Martins, S. Todorovic, O.L. Eryilmaz, A. Erdemir, M. T. Duarte, V. André, R. Colaço, B. Saramago, Characterization of two DLC coatings for joint prosthesis: the role of albumin on the tribological behaviour, Surface & Coatings Technology, 2010, 204(21-22), 3451-3458 (DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2010.04.022).
Selected publications:
Marina V. Kirillova, Tiago A. Fernandes, Vânia André, Alexander M. Kirillov, Mild Oxidative C−H Functionalization of Alkanes to Alcohols, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids Catalyzed by Bioinspired Copper(II) Aminoalcoholate Cores, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019, 17, 7706-7714 (DOI: 10.1039/C9OB01442J) - Featured as “Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry HOT article”
Tiago F. C. Cruz, Karina Shimizu, José M. S. S. Esperança, Vânia André, M. Teresa Duarte, Luís P. N. Rebelo, Pedro T. Gomes, José N. Canongia Lopes, Ionic Liquids in Wonderland: From Electrostatics to Coordination Chemistry, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123(9), 5804-5811 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00987) - 2019 Catalysis Science & Technology HOT article
Sara S.P. Dias, Marina V. Kirillova, Vânia André, Julia Kłak, Alexander M. Kirillov, New Tetracopper(II) Cubane Cores Driven by a Diaminoalcohol: Self-assembly Synthesis, Structural and Topological Features, Magnetic and Catalytic Oxidation Properties, Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 54, 5204-5212 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00048)
S. M. Marques, T. Tuccinardi, A. Martinelli, S. Santamaria, E. Nuti, A. Rossello, V. André and M. A. Santos, Novel 1-hydroxypiperazine-2,6-diones as new leads in the inhibition of metalloproteinases: biological evaluation and binding mode prediction, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2011, 54(24), 8298-8298 (DOI: 10.1021/jm200593b)
A.P. Carapeto, A.P. Serro, B.M.F. Nunes, M.C.L. Martins, S. Todorovic, O.L. Eryilmaz, A. Erdemir, M. T. Duarte, V. André, R. Colaço, B. Saramago, Characterization of two DLC coatings for joint prosthesis: the role of albumin on the tribological behaviour, Surface & Coatings Technology, 2010, 204(21-22), 3451-3458 (DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2010.04.022).
CQFM - Centro de Química-Física Molecular, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Selected publication:
P. M. P. Gois, A. F. Trindade, L. F. Veiros, V. André, M. T. Duarte, C. A. M. Afonso, S. Caddick, F. Geoffrey N. Cloke, Tuning the Reactivity of Di-rhodium (II) Complexes with Axial NHC Ligands: The Arylation of Aldehydes, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, 46, 5750-5753 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.200700924)
Selected publication:
P. M. P. Gois, A. F. Trindade, L. F. Veiros, V. André, M. T. Duarte, C. A. M. Afonso, S. Caddick, F. Geoffrey N. Cloke, Tuning the Reactivity of Di-rhodium (II) Complexes with Axial NHC Ligands: The Arylation of Aldehydes, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, 46, 5750-5753 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.200700924)
Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa
Selected publications:
Andreia Mónico, Cátia Ramalhete, Vânia André, Gabriela Spengler, Silva Mulhovo, M. Teresa Duarte, Maria José U. Ferreira, Cucurbalsaminones A-C: Rearranged Triterpenoids with a 5/6/3/6/5-Fused Pentacyclic Carbon Skeleton from Momordica balsamina as Multidrug Resistance Reversers, Journal of Natural Products, 2019, 82(8), 2138-2143 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00019)
Marta P. Carrasco, Marta Machado, Lídia Gonçalves, Moni Sharma, Jiri Gut, Amanda K. Lukens, Dyann F. Wirth, Vânia André, Maria Teresa Duarte, Rita C. Guedes, Daniel J. V. A. dos Santos, Philip J. Rosenthal, Ralph Mazitschek, Miguel Prudêncio, Rui Moreira, Probing the azaaurone scaffold against the hepatic and erythrocytic stages of malaria parasites, ChemMedChem, 2016, 11(19), 2194-2204 (DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201600327)
L. R. P. Areias, E. F. P. Ruivo, L. M. Gonçalves, M. T. Duarte, V. André, R. Moreira, S. D. Lucas, R. C. Guedes, A Unified approach toward rational design of low nanomolar Human Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitors, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 51717-51721 (DOI: 10.1039/c5ra07783d)
J. A. S. Coelho, A. F. Trindade, V. André, M. T. Duarte, L. F. Veiros, C. A. M. Afonso, Trienamines derived from 5-substituted furfurals: remote ε-functionalization of 2,4-dienals, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014, 12 (46), 9324 – 9328 (DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01759E).
R. Paterna, V. André, M. T. Duarte, L. F. Veiros, N. R. Candeias, P. M. P. Gois, Ring-Expansion Reaction of Isatins with ethyl diazoacetate catalyzed by dirhodium (II)/DBU metal-organic system: En route to virdicatin alkaloids, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013, 6280–6290 (DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300796).
Selected publications:
Andreia Mónico, Cátia Ramalhete, Vânia André, Gabriela Spengler, Silva Mulhovo, M. Teresa Duarte, Maria José U. Ferreira, Cucurbalsaminones A-C: Rearranged Triterpenoids with a 5/6/3/6/5-Fused Pentacyclic Carbon Skeleton from Momordica balsamina as Multidrug Resistance Reversers, Journal of Natural Products, 2019, 82(8), 2138-2143 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00019)
Marta P. Carrasco, Marta Machado, Lídia Gonçalves, Moni Sharma, Jiri Gut, Amanda K. Lukens, Dyann F. Wirth, Vânia André, Maria Teresa Duarte, Rita C. Guedes, Daniel J. V. A. dos Santos, Philip J. Rosenthal, Ralph Mazitschek, Miguel Prudêncio, Rui Moreira, Probing the azaaurone scaffold against the hepatic and erythrocytic stages of malaria parasites, ChemMedChem, 2016, 11(19), 2194-2204 (DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201600327)
L. R. P. Areias, E. F. P. Ruivo, L. M. Gonçalves, M. T. Duarte, V. André, R. Moreira, S. D. Lucas, R. C. Guedes, A Unified approach toward rational design of low nanomolar Human Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitors, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 51717-51721 (DOI: 10.1039/c5ra07783d)
J. A. S. Coelho, A. F. Trindade, V. André, M. T. Duarte, L. F. Veiros, C. A. M. Afonso, Trienamines derived from 5-substituted furfurals: remote ε-functionalization of 2,4-dienals, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014, 12 (46), 9324 – 9328 (DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01759E).
R. Paterna, V. André, M. T. Duarte, L. F. Veiros, N. R. Candeias, P. M. P. Gois, Ring-Expansion Reaction of Isatins with ethyl diazoacetate catalyzed by dirhodium (II)/DBU metal-organic system: En route to virdicatin alkaloids, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013, 6280–6290 (DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300796).
ITQB - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológia (Oeiras)
Selected publications:
Lígia M. Mesquita, Pedro Mateus, Rui D. V. Fernandes, Olga Iranzo, Vânia André, Filipe Tiago de Oliveira, Carlos Platas-Iglesias, Rita Delgado, Recognition of Phosphopeptides by a Dinuclear Copper(II) Macrocyclic Complex in Water:Methanol 50:50 v/v Solution, Dalton Transactions, 2017, 46, 9549-9564 (DOI: 10.1039/C7DT01724C)
Lígia M. Mesquita, Vânia André, Catarina V. Esteves, Tiago Palmeira, Mário N. Berberan-Santos, Pedro Mateus, Rita Delgado, Dinuclear zinc(II) macrocyclic complex as receptor for selective fluorescence sensing of pyrophosphate, Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 55(5), 2212-2219 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02596)
P. Mateus, R. Delgado, V. André, M. T. Duarte, Dicarboxylate recognition properties of a dinuclear copper(II) cryptate, Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 54(1), 229-240 (DOI: 10.1021/ic502230q).
Selected publications:
Lígia M. Mesquita, Pedro Mateus, Rui D. V. Fernandes, Olga Iranzo, Vânia André, Filipe Tiago de Oliveira, Carlos Platas-Iglesias, Rita Delgado, Recognition of Phosphopeptides by a Dinuclear Copper(II) Macrocyclic Complex in Water:Methanol 50:50 v/v Solution, Dalton Transactions, 2017, 46, 9549-9564 (DOI: 10.1039/C7DT01724C)
Lígia M. Mesquita, Vânia André, Catarina V. Esteves, Tiago Palmeira, Mário N. Berberan-Santos, Pedro Mateus, Rita Delgado, Dinuclear zinc(II) macrocyclic complex as receptor for selective fluorescence sensing of pyrophosphate, Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 55(5), 2212-2219 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02596)
P. Mateus, R. Delgado, V. André, M. T. Duarte, Dicarboxylate recognition properties of a dinuclear copper(II) cryptate, Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 54(1), 229-240 (DOI: 10.1021/ic502230q).
LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (Lisboa)
Selected publication:
Fátima C. Teixeira, Carla Lucas, M. João M. Curto, António P. S. Teixeira, M. Teresa Duarte, Vânia André, Novel bisphosphonates derived from 1H-indazole, 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine and 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinoline, Heteroatom Chemistry, 2016, 27(1), 3-11 (DOI: 10.1002/hc.21282)
Selected publication:
Fátima C. Teixeira, Carla Lucas, M. João M. Curto, António P. S. Teixeira, M. Teresa Duarte, Vânia André, Novel bisphosphonates derived from 1H-indazole, 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine and 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinoline, Heteroatom Chemistry, 2016, 27(1), 3-11 (DOI: 10.1002/hc.21282)
UNL - Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Caparica)
Selected publication:
Carolina Tempera, Ricardo Franco, Carlos Caro, Vânia André, Peter Eaton, Peter Burke, Thomas Hänscheid, Characterisation and optimization of the Hemozoin-like crystal (HLC) assay to determine Hz inhibiting effects of anti-malarial compounds, Malaria Journal, 2015, 14(403) (DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0913-y).
Selected publication:
Carolina Tempera, Ricardo Franco, Carlos Caro, Vânia André, Peter Eaton, Peter Burke, Thomas Hänscheid, Characterisation and optimization of the Hemozoin-like crystal (HLC) assay to determine Hz inhibiting effects of anti-malarial compounds, Malaria Journal, 2015, 14(403) (DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0913-y).