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2. Souza, R. F.; Alencar, M.; Meneghetti, M. R.; Dupont, J.; Hickmann, J. M., Nonlocal optical nonlinearity of ionic liquids. Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 2008, 20 (15). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/20/15/155102

3. Silva, D. O.; Scholten, J. D.; Gelesky, M. A.; Teixeira, S. R.; Dos Santos, A. C. B.; Souza-Aguiar, E. F.; Dupont, J., Catalytic gas-to-liquid processing using cobalt nanoparticles dispersed in imidazolium ionic liquids. Chemsuschem 2008, 1 (4),291-294. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.200800022

4. Schrekker, H. S.; Silva, D. O.; Gelesky, M. A.; Stracke, M. P.; Schrekker, C. M. L.; Goncalves, R. S.; Dupont, J., Preparation, cation-anion interactions and physicochemical properties of ether-functionalized imidazolium ionic liquids. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society 2008, 19 (3),426-433. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-50532008000300009

5. Scholten, J. D.; Dupont, J., Alkene hydroformylation catalyzed by rhodium complexes in ionic liquids: Detection of transient carbene species. Organometallics 2008, 27 (17),4439-4442. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om8003948

6. Scheeren, C. W.; Domingos, J. B.; Machado, G.; Dupont, J., Hydrogen Reduction of Adams' Catalyst in Ionic Liquids: Formation and Stabilization of Pt(0) Nanoparticles. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2008, 112 (42),16463-16469. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp804870j

7. Scariot, M.; Silva, D. O.; Scholten, J. D.; Machado, G.; Teixeira, S. R.; Novak, M. A.; Ebeling, G.; Dupont, J., Cobalt Nanocubes in Ionic Liquids: Synthesis and Properties. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2008, 47 (47),9075-9078. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200804200

8. Rubim, J. C.; Trindade, F. A.; Gelesky, M. A.; Aroca, R. F.; Dupont, J., Surface-Enhanced Vibrational Spectroscopy of Tetrafluoroborate 1-n-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium (BMIBF4) Ionic Liquid on Silver Surfaces. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2008, 112 (49),19670-19675. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp808101g

9. Prechtl, M. H. G.; Scariot, M.; Scholten, J. D.; Machado, G.; Teixeira, S. R.; Dupont, J., Nanoscale Ru(0) particles: Arene hydrogenation catalysts in imidazolium ionic liquids. Inorganic Chemistry 2008, 47 (19),8995-9001. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic801014f

10. Pinto, L. D.; Dupont, J.; de Souza, R. F.; Bernardo-Gusmao, K., Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of limonene using manganese Schiff-base complexes immobilized in ionic liquids. Catalysis Communications 2008, 9 (1),135-139. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2007.05.025

11. Pinto, A. C.; Lapis, A. A. M.; da Silva, B. V.; Bastos, R. S.; Dupont, J.; Neto, B. A. D., Pronounced ionic liquid effect in the synthesis of biologically active isatin-3-oxime derivatives under acid catalysis. Tetrahedron Letters 2008, 49 (39),5639-5641. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.07.067

12. Nachtigall, F. M.; Corilo, Y. E.; Cassol, C. C.; Ebeling, G.; Morgon, N. H.; Dupont, J.; Eberlin, M. N., Multiply charged (Di-)radicals. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2008, 47 (1),151-154. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200703858

13. Migliorini, M. V.; Donato, R. K.; Benvegnu, M. A.; Dupont, J.; Goncalves, R. S.; Schrekker, H. S., Imidazolium ionic liquid-water mixtures: The formation of a new species that inhibits the electrocatalytical charge transfer processes on a platinum surface. Catalysis Communications 2008, 9 (6),971-975. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2007.09.027

14. Kuhn, M. C. A.; da Silva, J. L.; Casagrande, A. C. A.; Casagrande, O. L., Styrene Polymerization by Nickel and Titanium Catalysts Based on Tris(pyrazolyl)borate Ligands. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society 2008, 19 (8),1560-1566. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-50532008000800016

15. Gamba, M.; Lapis, A. A. M.; Dupont, J., Supported ionic liquid enzymatic catalysis for the production of biodiesel. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2008, 350 (1),160-164. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.200700303

16. Dupont, J.; Dias, L. C., Renewal of Qualis: Example of chemistry. Quimica Nova 2008, 31 (6),1283-1284. doi:

17. de Oliveira, L. L.; Campedelli, R. R.; Kuhn, M. C. A.; Carpentier, J. F.; Casagrande, O. L., Highly selective nickel catalysts for ethylene oligomerization based on tridentate pyrazolyl ligands. Journal of Molecular Catalysis a-Chemical 2008, 288 (1-2),58-62. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2008.03.020

18. Czekster, C. M.; Lapis, A. A. M.; Souza, G.; Eberlin, M. N.; Basso, L. A.; Santos, D. S.; Dupont, J.; Neto, B. A. D., The catalytic mechanism of indole-3-glycerol phosphate synthase (IGPS) investigated by electrospray ionization (tandem) mass spectrometry. Tetrahedron Letters 2008, 49 (41),5914-5917. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.07.149

19. Consorti, C. S.; Aydos, G. L. P.; Ebeling, G.; Dupont, J., Ionophilic phosphines: Versatile ligands for ionic liquid biphasic catalysis. Organic Letters 2008, 10 (2),237-240. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ol702664a

20. Lapis, A. A. M.; deOliveira, L. F.; Neto, B. A. D.; Dupont, J., Ionic Liquid Supported Acid/Base-Catalyzed Production of Biodiesel. ChemSusChem 2008, 1,759-762. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.200800077

21. Zheng, Z. J.; Zhao, G.; Fablet, R.; Bouyahyi, M.; Thomas, C. M.; Roisnel, T.; Casagrande, O.; Carpentier, J. F., Zinc and enolato-magnesium complexes based on bi-, tri- and tetradentate aminophenolate ligands. New Journal of Chemistry 2008, 32 (12),2279-2291. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b812754a