Keywords: chemical engineering; green chemistry; sustainable reagents/reaction media; chemical transformation and separation in supercritical media; dense carbon dioxide; ionic liquid; vapour-liquid phase and liquid-liquid phase equilibria; carbon dioxide utilisation; biomass-derived platform chemicals

Selected Papers

Solubility of Bioactive, Inorganic and Polymeric Solids in Ionic Liquids — Experimental and Prediction Perspectives
, , 229-276 5 2015
G.V.S.M. Carrera , M.E. Zakrzewska , A.V.M. Nunes , L.C. Branco

Volumetric and phase behaviour of mixtures of fluoroalkylphosphate-based ionic liquids with high pressure carbon dioxide
Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 113, 61-65 7 2016
M. Nunes da Ponte , M.E. Zakrzewska

Volumetric and phase behaviour of mixtures of tetracyanoborate-based ionic liquids with high pressure carbon dioxide
Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 113, 31-38 7 2016
M.E. Zakrzewska , M. Nunes da Ponte

Styrene carbonate synthesis from CO2 using tetrabutylammonium bromide as a non-supported heterogeneous catalyst phase
Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 100, 155-159 5 2015
C.A. Montoya , A.B. Paninho , P.M. Felix , M.E. Zakrzewska , J. Vital , V. Najdanovic-Visak , A.V.M. Nunes

Intramolecular C-H insertion catalyzed by dirhodium(II) complexes using CO2 as the reaction media
Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 5, 211-240 2012
M.E. Zakrzewska , P.M.S.D. Cal , N.R. Candeias , R. Bogel-Lukasik , C.A.M. Afonso , M.N. Ponte , P.M.P. Gois

Ionic Liquid-Mediated Formation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural-A Promising Biomass-Derived Building Block
Chemical Reviews, 111, 397-417 2 2011
M.E. Zakrzewska , E. Bogel-Lukasik , R. Bogel-Lukasik

Solubility of Carbohydrates in Ionic Liquids
Energy & Fuels, 24, 737-745 2 2010
M.E. Zakrzewska , E. Bogel-Lukasik , R. Bogel-Lukasik