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  1. Green Acetylation of Solketal and Glycerol Formal by Heterogeneous Acid Catalysts to Form a Biodiesel Fuel Additive

    Article • ChemSusChem, July 2014, Wiley

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  2. Glycerol acetals with antioxidant properties

    Article • Pure and Applied Chemistry, June 2014, De Gruyter

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  3. Synthesis of amine-functionalized mesoporous silica basic catalysts for biodiesel production

    Article • Catalysis Today, May 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota, Professor Celia Machado Ronconi

  4. Solid solvents: activation parameters for the rearrangement of cyclopropylcarbinyl bromide on mordenite zeolite

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  5. Theoretical Studies of the Insertion of Carbenes in the Zeolite Framework: Modification of the Acidity and Creation of Chiral Sites

    Article • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, January 2014, GN1 Genesis Network

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  6. Carbon Dioxide as a Feedstock for the Chemical Industry. Production of Green Methanol

    Article • Revista Virtual de Química, January 2014, GN1 Genesis Network

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  7. Dynamic behaviour of carbocations on zeolites: mobility and rearrangement of the C4H7+ system

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota, Professor José Walkimar Carneiro

  8. Química e sustentabilidade: novas fronteiras em biocombustíveis

    Article • Química Nova, January 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  9. Oxidative dehydration of glycerol to acrylic acid over vanadium-impregnated zeolite beta

    Article • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, January 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  10. Reactivity of glycerol/acetone ketal (solketal) and glycerol/formaldehyde acetals toward acid-catalyzed hydrolysis

    Article • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, May 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  11. Levulinic acid esterification with ethanol to ethyl levulinate production over solid acid catalysts

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  12. Zeolite-Catalyzed Glycerol Transformation

    Article • Current Physical Chemistrye, April 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  13. Zeolite-Catalyzed Glycerol Transformation

    Article • Current Physical Chemistry, April 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  14. ChemInform Abstract: Carbocations on Zeolites. Quo Vadis?

    Article • ChemInform, November 2011, Wiley

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  15. Acid Strength of Pt-Zeolite Catalysts: Evidence of Metal-Support Interaction from Linear Free-Energy Relationship

    Article • Catalysis Letters, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  16. The influence of impurities on the acid-catalyzed reaction of glycerol with acetone

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, August 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  17. Carbocations on zeolites: quo vadis?

    Article • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, July 2011, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  18. A theoretical study of the hydride transfer between 1-Adamantyl cation and isopentane

    Article • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, December 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  19. Infrared spectroscopic characterization of basic properties: Nitromethane as probe molecule

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, September 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  20. Glycerol acetals as anti-freezing additives for biodiesel

    Article • Bioresource Technology, August 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  21. Catalytic acetylation of glycerol with acetic anhydride

    Article • Catalysis Communications, July 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  22. Glycerin Derivatives as Fuel Additives: The Addition of Glycerol/Acetone Ketal (Solketal) in Gasolines

    Article • Energy & Fuels, March 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  23. The tert-butyl cation on zeolite Y: A theoretical and experimental study

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  24. Catalytic conversion of chloromethane to methanol and dimethyl ether over metal-exchanged zeolite Y

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, October 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  25. Gliceroquímica: novos produtos e processos a partir da glicerina de produção de biodiesel

    Article • Química Nova, January 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  26. Water-tolerant zeolitecatalyst for the acetalisation of glycerol

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  27. Etherification of glycerol with benzyl alcohol catalyzed by solid acids

    Article • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, January 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  28. Topological Insights into the Nature of the Halogen−Carbon Bonds in Dimethylhalonium Ylides and Their Cations

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, October 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  29. Acetylation of glycerol catalyzed by different solid acids

    Article • Catalysis Today, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  30. A DFT–ONIOM study on the effect of extra-framework aluminum on USY zeolite acidity

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  31. Rearrangement, Nucleophilic Substitution, and Halogen Switch Reactions of Alkyl Halides over NaY Zeolite:  Formation of the Bicyclobutonium Cation Inside the Zeolite Cavity

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  32. Theoretical study of the gas-phase reaction between formyl cation and aromatics

    Article • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, January 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  33. Mechanistic aspects of Friedel-Crafts alkylation over FeY zeolite

    Article • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, August 2006, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  34. Intrinsic Acidity of Dimethylhalonium Ions:  Evidence for Hyperconjugation in Dimethylhalonium Ylides in the Gas Phase

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  35. A DFT study of SN2 and E2 reactions of butylhalides on zeolite Y: The effect of the leaving group

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM, October 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  36. Isobutane/2-butene alkylation with zeolite Y without BrÆnsted acidity

    Article • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, August 2005, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  37. Natural gas chemical transformations: The path to refining in the future

    Article • Catalysis Today, March 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  38. Conversion of chloromethane to light olefins catalyzed by ZSM-5 zeolites

    Article • Catalysis Today, March 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  39. Activation of alkanes on zeolites: A DFT study of hydride abstraction and dehydrogenation on extra‐framework aluminum species

    Article • International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  40. A DFT Study of the Acidity of Ultrastable Y Zeolite: Where Is the Broensted/Lewis Acid Synergism?

    Article • ChemInform, July 2004, Wiley

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  41. DFT Cluster Calculations for Alkali Cation-Exchanged Zeolites Interacting with Ethylchloride and HCl

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, June 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  42. A DFT Study of the Acidity of Ultrastable Y Zeolite: Where Is the Brønsted/Lewis Acid Synergism?

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, June 2004, Wiley

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  43. A DFT Study of the Acidity of Ultrastable Y Zeolite: Where Is the Brønsted/Lewis Acid Synergism?

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, June 2004, Wiley

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  44. Effect of the compensating cation on the adsorption of t-butylchloride on zeolite Y

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, December 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  45. A Density Functional Theory Based Approach to Extraframework Aluminum Species in Zeolites

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, April 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  46. Reactivity of isobutane in fluorosulfonic based superacids

    Article • Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, November 2002, Wiley

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota, Dr Alain Goeppert

  47. ChemInform Abstract: The Nature of Superacid Electrophilic Species in HF/SbF5: A Density Functional Theory Study.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2002, Wiley

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  48. A Fast and Easy Computational Method to Calculate the 13C NMR Chemical Shift of Organic Species Adsorbed on the Zeolite Surface

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  49. The Nature of Superacid Electrophilic Species in HF/SbF5:   A Density Functional Theory Study

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, February 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  50. Ab Initio Topological Analysis of the Electronic Density inn-Butonium Cations and Their van der Waals Complexes

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, February 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  51. Theoretical study of protonation of butene isomers on acidic zeolite: the relative stability among primary, secondary and tertiary alkoxy intermediates

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  52. SN2, E2 reactions of butylchlorides on NaY zeolite: A potential method for studying the formation and reactivity of alkoxy species on the zeolite surface

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  53. DFT Calculations on the Protonation of Alkanes on HF/SbF5 Superacids Using Cluster Models

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, April 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  54. Ab Initio Study of the Adamantonium Cations:  the Protonated Adamantane

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, April 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  55. A theoretical study of alkane protonation in HF/SbF5 superacid system

    Article • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, August 2000, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  56. Ab Initio Topological Analysis of the Electronic Density in Proponium Cations

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, July 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  57. The n-Butonium Cation (n-C4H11+):  The Potential Energy Surface of Protonated n-Butane

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, June 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  58. Íons carbônio

    Article • Química Nova, June 2000, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  59. Protonation of Small Alkanes in Liquid Superacids:  Absence of Intramolecular 13C and 2H Scrambling in Propane and Isobutane

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota, Dr Alain Goeppert

  60. Reactivity of Alkanes on Zeolites:  A Theoretical ab Initio Study of the H/H Exchange

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, November 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  61. Ab Initio Topological Analysis of the Electronic Density in Isobutonium Cations

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, October 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  62. The Alkane σ-Bond Basicity Scale Revisited

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, July 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  63. Íons nitrênio

    Article • Química Nova, July 1998, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  64. Potential Energy Surface of the C3H9+ Cations. Protonated Propane

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  65. Protonated Isobutane. A Theoretical ab Initio Study of the Isobutonium Cations

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, June 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  66. Mechanistic studies of isopentane activation over solid acid catalysts. H-D exchange with USY zeolite, amorphous silica-alumina and Amberlyst-15

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, October 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  67. Theoretical Studies of Carbocations Adsorbed over a Large Zeolite Cluster. Implications on Hydride Transfer Reactions

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  68. Catalytic cracking of decalin isomers over REHY-zeolites with different crystallite sizes

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  69. Mechanism of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Formation in FCC Naphtha

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, December 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  70. Reactivity of zeolite hydroxy groups toward σ-donor bases. H–D exchange with 3-methylpentane

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions, January 1994, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  71. Rearrangement of pentacoordinated carbonium ions over zeolite Y

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 1992, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota

  72. Hydrogen–deuterium exchange between zeolite Y and 3-methylpentane

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications, January 1991, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Claudio J. A. Mota