ANDREA MELE Born: 16 March 1961 Age: 59 Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta” Politecnico di Milano Via L. Mancinelli, 7 – 20131 Milano (Italy) Ph.: +39 02 2399 3006 e-mail: andrea.mele@polimi.it EDUCATION Ph.D. (Dottorato di Ricerca) Chemical Sciences, Università di Genova, 1987-1990 Concentrations: Physical Organic Chemistry Degree (Laurea) Chemistry, Università di Genova, 1986 Concentrations: Synthetic Organic Chemistry WORKING POSITION 2011: Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Dept. Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering

“G. Natta” (SSC: 03/B2; SSD: CHIM/07) 2002- 2010: Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Dept. “G. Natta” (03/B2 – CHIM/07) 1994-2001: Research Assistant (Ricercatore), Politecnico di Milano, Dept. “G.Natta” 1991-1993: Technical Assistant (Tecnico Laureato), Politecnico di Milano, Dept. “G. Natta” 1990-1991: Post-doctoral fellow, Glycobiology Institute – Dept. of Biochemistry,University di Oxford

(UK) EU grant, SCIENCE project, Grant Science Plan - ERB SC1*CT00058 – Research project: New NMR Methods for Conformational Studies on Oligosaccharides and Glycoproteins

ACADEMIC ACTIVITY Chair: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Mass Spectrometry Facilities of Dept. “G. Natta” of

Politecnico di Milano Coordinator: Chemistry Section of Dept. “G. Natta” – Politecnico di Milano (2013-2015) and (2016-2019) Member: Scientific Board of Dept “G. Natta” – Politecnico di Milano (2013-2015) and (2016-2019,

Director's Delegate) Member: Executive Board (Giunta) of Dept “G. Natta” – Politecnico di Milano (2013-2015) and (2016-

2019) Member: Scientifc Board of the PhD course in Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering –

Politecnico di Milano (2013 - today) MANAGEING ACTIVITY Member of the Board of Director European Society of Ionic Matter (2019 – today) Member: Italian member of the Managing Committee of the EU COST Action CM1206 EXIL -

Exchange on Ionic Liquids. 22 February 2013 – 30 March 2017. Member: Italian member of the European Cyclodextrin Society. Co-Chair: Associazione italiana Chimica e Tecnologia delle Ciclodestrine (CDTec

http://www.cdtec.unito.it/) 12 October 2006 - today Member: Board of Directors (Consiglio d’Amministrazione) Istituto di Chimica e Biochimica

“G. Ronzoni” – Milano (25 September 2012 – 31 December 2018). Member: Joint Commitee (Comitato Paritetico) CNR – Politecnico di Milano 24 February 2015-today.

AWARDS 2019 Winner of Switch2Product – Innovation Challenge 2019 with Bi-Rex Project

(Biomass recovery, recycling and extraction) 2019 Honorable Mention at “Premio per l’innovazione amica dell’ambiente –

Lagambiente 2019” competition with project Bi-Rex. 2017 Gold Medal of GIDRM/GIRM for Nuclear Magnetic Resoanace Spectroscopy GIRM: https://www.soc.chim.it/it/gruppi/risonanze/home GIDRM: http://www.gidrm.org/ Motivation for the award: http://www.gidrm.org/index.php/activities/gidrm-

girm-gold-medal PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS Member: American Chemical Society Member: Scientific Board of The European Cyclodextrin Society Associate: National Research Council – Institute of Molecular Recognition Chemistry (CNR-ICRM)

5 October 2006-31 December 2019 National Research Council – Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technology (Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche – SCITEC), 1 January 2020 – today.

TEACHING 1) General Chemistry (1993-present) for 1st year Engineering students 2) Quality Control of Chemical Products (1999-present) for 3rd year Chemical Engineering students 3) Physical Methods for Chemical Analysis (2003-2008; 2020 - present) for Chemical Engineering

master students (Laurea Magistrale) 4) Advanced analytical methods and data analysis (2004-present) for Ph.D programme in Industrial

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano VISITING PROFESSOR 1) Université du Littoral – Côte d’Opale Dunkerque (France) 16 – 28 April 2016 2) Université du Littoral – Côte d’Opale Dunkerque (France) 17 – 23 June 2018 (within Galileo Project

Grant G18_392) 3) École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (France) 2 – 6 September 2019 (within Galileo Project Grant

G18_392)

AREAS OF RESEARCH AND EXPERTISE 2) Molecular encapsulation of biologically active compounds in polymeric matrixes: structure and dynamics by NMR spectroscopy, high-resolution magic angle spinning NMR, vibrational spectroscopies and molecular dynamics. 3) Non-covalent Interactions in Supramolecular Assemblies (host-guest complexes and micellar aggregates) via NOE data and diffusion NMR. 4) Cyclodextryn chemistry: inclusion complexes and their structural characterization. Synthesis, characterization and applications of cyclodextrin nanospognges (CDNS) and related hydrogels. 5) Molecular Characterization of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs) and Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES). Solute-Solvent Interactions in RTILs and DES: intermolecular NOEs, diffusion measurements via pulsed field gradient spin-echo NMR. 6) Structure and Conformation of Organic Molecules by multinuclear NMR methods and molecular modelling. 7) Photoluminescent nanostructured materials: synthesis, characterization and spectral properties of aza-helicenes and transition metal complexed of aza-helicenes.

PUBLICATIONS and BIBLIOMETRIC DATA (1988-present) 208 published papers on ISI indexed international journals, 3 book chapters. WoS ResearcherID: C-7448-2011 ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0351-0538 H-index / citations (13 Aug 2020) Scopus: 36 / 4671 Google Scholar (public profile): 38 / 5467 PATENTS Italian Patent Application 102019000007175 (23 May 2019) Italian Patent Application 102019000016973 (29 September 2019) International Application PCT/IB2020/054727 (19 May 2020) ACTIVITY AS EDITOR Guest Editor 2013 – The Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, vol 75 special issue

for the 2nd European Conference on Cyclodextrins Guest Editor 2019 – Polymers, special issue on Cyclodextrin-Containing Polymers. Editor 2019 – Nanosponges and their applications, Andrea Mele and Francesco Trotta Eds, Wiley Co-Editor 2020 – International Journal of Pharmaceutics (Wiley). Special section in Honor of Professor

Thorsteinn Loftsson on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday; edited by Dr. Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo and Dr. Andrea Mele

SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS École Normale Supérieur (ENS) de Lyon (F), Imperial College London (UK), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland (New Zealand), University of Tübingen (D), University of Ulm (D), University of Salamanca (E), King’s College London (UK), Marquette University, Milwaukee (USA), Osaka University (JP), CNRS - Université Rennes1 (F), CNRS – Villeurbanne (F), Université Littoral Côte d’Opal Dunkerque (F), University of Palermo, Bergamo, Milano, Pisa, Ferrara, Trento, Salento, Politecnico di Bari, National Research Council (CNR), ENEA – Rome, ELETTRA Synchrotron Trieste. MAIN PROPONENT IN LARGE SCALE FACILITIES EXPERIMENTS-APPROVED PROPOSALS Elettra Synchrotron Trieste A systematic investigation of Deep Eutectic Solvents / water mixtures Proposal 20192397 IUVS beamline@ELETTRA Exploring the H-bond features in Deep Eutectic Solvents-Cyclodextrin-Water ternary systems Proposal 20185445 IUVS beamline@ELETTRA

CERIC Enzymes in ionic liquids. What is the effect of Ionic Liquids (ILs) on the structure of an enzyme? A molecular investigation on a cellulase in different ILs Proposal 20162014 IUVS beamline@ELETTRA, SISSI beamline@ELETTRA

CERIC-ERIC Relaxation properties of a drug model in cyclodextrin-based cross-linked polymers: a combined NMR and Raman spectroscopy investigation Proposal 20147045 IUVS beamline@ELETTRA, 600 MHz NMR (magic) spectrometer@Slovenian NMR Centre

FUNDINGS H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019 – WORLD (Waste Oils RecycLe and Development – Project Number: 873005) Project Coordinator. Project accepted December 2019. French-Italian Competitive Call “Galileo” 2018 – Grant G18-392 “New Supramolecular Green Solvents for VOC Abatement”. PI of the Italian Partnership.

January 2018- January 2020.

COST Action CM1206 EXIL - Exchange on Ionic Liquids. 22 February 2013 – 31 March 2017. Delegate for Italy in the Managing Committee.

PRIN 2010-2011 Progetto 2010FPTBSH_008 “Nanotecnologie molecolari per il rilascio controllato di farmaci – NANOMED” (2010FPTBSH). Local Coordinator of the Research Unit Politecnico di Milano. 1 February 2013 - 31 January 2016

FP7 EU project “GREENLION: Advanced Manufacturing Processes for Low Cost GREENer Li-ION Batteries”. GA: NMP2-LA-2011-285268. Local Coordinator of the Research Unit Politecnico di Milano. 1 November 2011 – 31 October 2015.

CARIPLO Bank Foundation Research Grant. Project: “Nanostructured Photoluminescent Materials”. Grant 2007.5378. Project PrincipaI Investigator (PI). 14 February 2008-13 February 2010.

Other fundings:

PRIN 2002, 2003, 2006: Participant in Politecnico di Milano local unit.

The research activity and the recruitment of young scientist have been extensively based also on Research Contracts, Consultancy, Testing for Large and Small-Medium Enterprises since 2000. A non-exhaustive list of companies includes: Agrolinz-Melamine Int. Italia – Lusochimica - ICAP-SIRA Chemicals and Polymers – Intercos Cosmetics – Mapei – ENI – Recordati Farmaceutici – Nearchimica – Oxon Sipcam Agrochemicals – Dipharma – OLON – BAXTER - AKZO NOBEL - NOURYON. REVIEWING ACTIVITY Referee: Italian Agency for Research Evaluation (CIVR, Comitato Indirizzo Valutazione Ricerca),

Research Projects of National Relevance (PRIN), Italian Ministry for University and Research (MIUR) and VQR (Valutazione Qualità della Ricerca) since 16 November 2004

Referee: ERA-Chemistry “Open Initiative 2010”, EU Funding plan for Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Ireland and Spain participating countries.

Referee: National Research Foundation – South Africa. SOUTH AFRICA – ARGENTINA Science and Technology Research Cooperation - Joint call for project proposal 2011.

Referee: FRS-FNRS (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique – Belgium), calls Large equipments – Infrastructures, Credit de Recherche 2011-2019.

Member: International referees panel for the defense of PhD Thesis, CNRS-Université de Lyon 1-ESCPE Lyon (28 June 2016)

Member: International referees panel for the defense of PhD Thesis, University of Iceland at Reykjavik (18 January 2019)

Referee: ISI Indexed Journals: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, Angewandte Chemie, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Catalysis Today, Chemical Reports (Nature Publishing Group), ChemPhysChem, Chemistry – A European Journal, Chemistry – An Asian Journal, Chemical Sciences (RSC), Chemical Communications (RSC), Carbohydrate Polymers, Carbohydrate Research, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Journal of Organic Chemistry (ACS), Journal of Physical Chemistry (ACS), Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (ACS), Journal of Chemical Physics (APS), Journal of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (ACS), Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), Journal of Chromatography, Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chem. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, Langmuir (ACS), New Journal of Chemistry (RSC), PhysChemChemPhys (RSC), RSC Advances, Supramolecular Chemistry.

INTERNATIONAL INVITED AND PLENARY LECTURES 13) Update on NMR spectroscopy in cyclodextrin chemistry Plenary Lecture 6th European Conference on Cyclodextrins October 2-4, 2019 Santiago de Compostela (E) Chair: Prof. Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo - University of Santiago de Compostela--- 12) NMR Methods for Ionic Liquids Technology Invited Lecture ReGaLIs Autumn School 2018 November 7-8, 2018 Santiago de Compostela (E) Chair: Prof. Louis Miguel Varela Cabo - Faculty of Physics. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela 11) NMR Methods for Ionic Liquids Invited Speaker GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE August 14-19, 2016 Newry, ME (USA) Chair: Prof. Anja-Verena Mudring---- 10) Azahelicenes: synthesis, structural properties and use as ligands Invited Conference Institut de Sciences Chimique de Rennes UMR 6626 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1 April 26, 2016 Chair: Prof. Jeanne Crassous----///---- 9) Inside new materials: structure and dynamics of cyclodextrin-based polymers in solution and in the gel state Plenary Lecture EUROCD 2015 – 4rd European Conference on Cyclodextrins Lille (France) 6 – 9 October 2013 Chair: Prof. Bernard Martel – Université Lille 1 (France)----///---- 8) Room Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs) for oil industry. A case study Invited Conference ELETTRA Synchrotron Trieste https://www.elettra.trieste.it/science/seminars-archive.html?xid=20150012 Trieste 27 May 2015 Chair: Dr Claudio Masciovecchio----///---- 7) Cyclodextrin Nanosponges: Present and Perspectives Invited Lecture 3rd European Conference on Cyclodextrins Antalya (Turkey) 2 – 4 October 2013 Chair: Prof. Erem Bilensoy – Hacettepe Univesity (Ankara, Turkey)----///----

6) Mass Spectrometric Investigations on Host-Guest Complexes of Cyclodextrins. Keynote lecture. 1st French Italian Conference on Mass Spectrometry: Fundamentals and Applications of Mass Spectrometry. Siena, 30 June – 4 July 2008. Chair: Prof. Gianluca Giorgi – Università di Siena, Prof. Jean-Claude Tabet – Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI).----///---- 5) Local Structure and Solvation Properties of Model Ionic Liquid [BMIm]+ [BF4]–: an NMR and Molecular Dynamics Study. Invited Lecture Global COE Program – Bio-Environmental Chemistry. Osaka (Japan), 7 maggio 2008. Chair: Prof. Yoshihisa Inoue – Osaka University.----///---- 4) Reverse Micelles: Structural Features and Synthesis of Nanoparticles. Invited lecture Molecular Captors and Encapsulation Days. Bruxelles (B), 3-4 Aprile 2008. Chair: Prof. Kristin Bartik – ULB Bruxelles.----///---- 3) The Structure of Some Complexes of -Cyclodextrin with Glycoconjugates via X-ray Crystallography and NMR Spectroscopy Invited oral communication 3rd Asian Cyclodextrin Conference. Nankai University – Tianjin (P. R. China) 8 – 12 maggio 2005. Chair: Prof. Yu Liu – Nankai University.----///---- 2) NOE Studies on 1-n-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Tetrafluoroborate ([BMIm]+ [BF4]–) with and without Added Water. Invited lecture CERC3-Chairman of the European Research Councils’ Chemistry Committees. Young Chemists’ Workshop: Neoteric Solvents as Reaction Media: Reality and Future. St. Malo (F), 17 – 21 aprile 2004. Chair: Prof. Michel Vaultier – Université de Rennes.----///---- 1) Investigation of the Structure of Ionic Liquids and their Interactions with Water by Nuclear Overhauser Effect. Invited oral communication 226th American Chemical Society National Meeting. New York (USA), 7 – 11 settembre 2003. Chair: Prof. Ken Seddon – QUILL Center at Queen’s Univeristy in Belfast (UK) Prof. R. D. Rogers – University of Alabama Dr. S. Pandey – Indian Institute of Technology----///----

ORGANIZATION OF WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIA 9) 4th International Cyclodextrin Summer School Milano, June 10 – 12, 2019 Chair of the School 8) HR-MAS NMR: metabolomics and multivariate analysis. GIDRM NMR Day Milano, 6 June 2017 Chair of the Workshop----///---- 7) Smart materials for technology: preparation, self-assembly, characterization, modeling VII WORKSHOP NAZIONALE AICING (Associazione Italiana Chimica per Ingegneria) Milano, 12-13 June 2017 Chair of the Workshop----///---- 6) Third International Summer School on Cyclodextrins June 29-July 1, 2016, Asti (Italy) http://www.cdtec.unito.it/summer2016/CD.htm Chair of the School----///---- 5) Ionic liquids@polimi: technology and science International Workshop Milano, 23 October 2013 Chair of the Workshop----///---- 4) Third European Conference on Cyclodextrins October 2-4, 2013, Antalya (Turkey) Member of the International Scientific Board----///---- 3) Second International Summer School On Cyclodextrins May 8-9, 2013, Giardini Naxos (Messina, Italy) Member of the Scientific Board----///---- 2) 1H High Resolution MAS NMR: perspectives and applications from physical-chemistry to biomedicine One-day workshop in collaboration with Società Chimica Italiana – GIDRM Milano 9 July 2012 Chair of the Workshop----///---- 1) First Summer School on Cyclodextrins. Pharmaceutical Applications and State of the Art. June 6-8, 2010 – Research Centre of Porto Conte – Alghero (SS) Italy http://www.cdtec.unito.it/summer2010/committee.html Member of the Scientific Board----///----

LIST OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

208. Monica Ferro, Alberto Mannu, Walter Panzeri, Con H.J. Theeuwen and Andrea

Mele An Integrated Approach to Optimizing Cellulose Mercerization Polymers 2020, 12, 1559 (15 pag) ISSN: 2073-4360 DOI: 10.3390/polym12071559 Scimago: Q1 – H61 207. Franca Castiglione, Giacomo Saielli, Michele Mauri, Roberto Simonutti, and Andrea

Mele Xenon Dynamics in Ionic Liquids: a Combined NMR and MD Simulations Study J. Phys. Chem. B 2020, 124, 6617-6627 ISSN: 1520-5207 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c03357 Scimago: Q1 – H378 206. Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Monica Ferro, Andrea Mele Drug encapsulation and chiral recognition in deep eutectic solvents/β- cyclodextrin mixtures J. Mol. Liq. 2020, 311, 113279 (7 pag). ISSN: 0167-7322 DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113279 Scimago: Q1 – H96 205. Mosè Casalegno, Franca Castiglione, Guido Raos, Giovanni Battista Appetecchi,

Stefano Passerini, Andrea Mele, Enzio Ragg Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Molecular Dynamics Characterization of Ionic

Liquid in Poly(ethylene oxide)-Based Polymer Electrolytes ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2020, 12, 23800-23811 ISSN: 1944-8252 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c01890 Scimago: Q1 – H199 204. Greta Colombo Dugoni, Alberto Baggioli, Antonino Famulari, Alessandro Sacchetti,

Javier Martì -Rujas, Mario Mariani, Elena Macerata, Eros Mossini, Andrea Mele Structural properties of the chelating agent 2,6-bis(1-(3-hydroxypropyl)-1,2,3-triazol-

4-yl)pyridine: a combined XRD and DFT structural study RSC Adv. 2020, 10, 19629–19635. ISSN:2046-2069

DOI: 10.1039/d0ra04142d Scimago: Q1 – H113 203. Alberto Mannu, Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Andrea Mele Band-Gap Energies of Choline Chloride and Triphenylmethylphosphoniumbromide-

Based Systems Molecules, 2020, 25, 1495. ISSN: 1420-3049 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25071495

Scimago: Q1 – H116 202. Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Alberto Mannu, Andrea Mele NMR Determination of Free Fatty Acids in Vegetable Oils Processes 2020, 8, 410 ISSN 2227-9717 DOI: 10.3390/pr8040410 Scimago: Q2 – H16 201. Alberto Mannu, Sebastiano Garroni, Jesus Ibanez Porras, Andrea Mele Available Technologies and Materials for Waste Cooking Oil Recycling Processes 2020, 8, 366 ISSN 2227-9717 DOI: 10.3390/pr8030366 Scimago: Q2 – H16 200: Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Franca Castiglione, Andrea Mele Anions as Dynamic Probes for Ionic Liquid Mixtures J. Phys. Chem. B 2020, 124, 2879-2891 ISSN: 1520-5207 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c00026 Scimago: Q1 – H363 199. Biagia Musio, Rosa Ragone, Stefano Todisco, Antonino Rizzuti, Mario Latronico,

Piero Mastrorilli, Stefania Pontrelli, Nicola Intini, Pasquale Scapicchio, Maurizio Triggiani, Tommaso Di Noia, Domenico Acquotti, Cristina Airoldi, Michael Assfalg, Alessandro Barge, Lorraine Bateman, Francesca Benevelli, Davide Bertelli, Fabio Bertocchi, Aurimas Bieliauskas, Anna Borioni, Augusta Caligiani, Emanuela Callone, Ales Čamra, Flaminia Cesare Marincola, Dinesh Chalasani, Roberto Consonni, Paolo Dambruoso, Silvia Davalli, Taylor David, Bernd Diehl, James Donarski, Ana M. Gil, Roberto Gobetto, Luca Goldoni, Erwann Hamon, John S. Harwood, Andrea Kobrlová, Francesco Longobardia, Renzo Luisi, Domenico Mallamace, Stefano Mammi, Magali Martin-Birana, Pierluigi Mazzei, Andrea Mele, Salvatore Milone, Dolores Molero Vilchez, Roger J. Mulder, Claudia Napoli, Daniele Ragno, Antonio Randazzo, Maria Cecilia Rossi, Archimede Rotondo, Algirdas Šačku, Elena Sáez Barajas, Elisabetta Schievano, Bhavaraju Sitaram, Livio Stevanato, Panteleimon G. Takis, Jan Teipel, Freddy Thomas, Elisabetta Torregiani, Daniela Valensin, Marina Veronesi, John Warren, Julien Wist, Elina Zailer-Hafer, Cristiano Zuccaccia, Vito Gallo

A community-built calibration system: The case study of quantification of metabolites in grape juice by qNMR spectroscopy

Talanta 2020, 214, 120855 (9 pages) ISSN: 0039-9140 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.120855 Scimago: Q1 – H146 198. Andrea Fiorati, Nicola Contessi Negrini, Elena Baschenis, Lina Altomare, Silvia

Faré Alberto Giacometti Schieroni, Daniele Piovani, Raniero Mendichi, Monica Ferro, Franca Castiglione, Andrea Mele, Carlo Punta, Lucio Melone

TEMPO-Nanocellulose/Ca2+ Hydrogels: Ibuprofen Drug Diffusion and In Vitro Cytocompatibility

Materials 2020, 13, 183 ISSN: 1996-1944 DOI: 10.3390/ma13010183 Scimago: Q2 – H83 197. Alberto Mannu, Monica Ferro, Greta Colombo Dugoni, Maria Enrica Di Pietro

Sebastiano Garroni, Andrea Mele “From deep eutectic solvents to deep band gap systems” J. Mol. Liq. 2020, 301, 112441. ISSN: 0167-7322 DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.112441 Scimago: Q1 – H80 196. Alberto Mannu, Monica Ferro, Greta Colombo Dugoni, Sebastiano Garroni,

Alessandro Taras, Andrea Mele “Response Surface Analysis of density and flash point in recycled Waste Cooking

Oils” Chemical Data Collections, 2020, 25. 100329 ISSN: 2405-8300 DOI: 10.1016/j.cdc.2019.100329 Scimago: Q3 – H5 195. Eros Mossini, Elena Macerata, Luigi Brambilla, Walter Panzeri, Andrea Mele,

Chiara Castiglioni, Mario Mariani “Radiolytic degradation of hydrophilic PyTri ligands for minor actinide recycling” J. Radioanal. Nucl. Ch., 2019, xxxx ISSN:0236-5731

DOI:10.1007/s10967-019-06772-7 Scimago: Q2 – H60

194. M. E. Di Pietro, G. Colombo Dugoni, M. Ferro, A. Mannu, F. Castiglione, M. Costa

Gomes, S. Fourmentin, A. Mele “Do Cyclodextrins Encapsulate Volatiles in Deep Eutectic Systems?” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 17397-17405. ISSN: 2168-0485

DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04526 Scimago: Q1 – H65

193. Alberto Mannu, Monica Ferro, Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Andrea Mele

“Innovative applications of waste cooking oil as raw material” Science Progress, 2019, 102, 153-160 ISSN: 0036-8504

DOI: 10.1177/0036850419854252 Scimago: Q2 – H31 192. Alberto Mannu, Monica Ferro, Greta Colombo Dugoni, Walter Panzeri, Giacomo

Luigi Petretto, Paolo Urgeghe, Andrea Mele “Improving the recycling technology of waste cooking oils: Chemical fingerprint as tool for non-biodiesel application”

Waste Management, 2019, 96, 1-8

ISSN:0956-053X DOI:10.1016/j.wasman.2019.07.014

Scimago: Q1 – H127 191. Franca Castiglione, Mosè Casalegno, Monica Ferro, Filippo Rossi, Guido Raos and

Andrea Mele “Evidence of superdiffusive nanoscale motion in anionic polymeric hydrogels: Analysis of PGSE-NMR data and comparison with drug release properties” J. Control. Release, 2019, 305, 110-119. ISSN: 0168-3659 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.05.027 Scimago: Q1 – H237

190. M. Penconi, M. Cazzaniga, W. Panzeri, A. Mele, F. Cargnoni, D. Ceresoli, A. Bossi

“Unraveling the degradation mechanism in FIrpic based Blue OLEDs: II. Trap and detect molecules at the interfaces” Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 2277–2285. ISSN: 0897-4756 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04502 Scimago: Q1 – H337

189. G. Colombo Dugoni, M. E. Di Pietro, M. Ferro, F. Castiglione, S. Ruellan, T.

Moufawad, L. Moura, M. F. Costa Gomes, S. Fourmentin, A. Mele “Effect of Water on Deep Eutectic Solvent/β-Cyclodextrin Systems” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 7277-7285. ISSN: 2168-0485

DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00315 Scimago: Q1 – H65

188. C. C. Weber, N. J. Brooks, F. Castiglione, M. Mauri, R. Simonutti, A. Mele, T. Welton

“On the structural origin of free volume in 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquid mixtures: a SAXS and 129Xe NMR study”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21, 5999-6010. ISSN: 1463-9076 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp00587k Scimago: Q1 – H199 187. B. Rossi, C. Bottari, L. Comez, S. Corezzi, M. Paolantoni, A. Gessini, C.

Masciovecchio, A. Mele, C. Punta, L. Melone, A. Fiorati, A. Radulescu, G. Mangiapia, A. Paciaroni

“Structural and molecular response in cyclodextrin-based pH-sensitive hydrogels by the joint use of Brillouin, UV Raman and Small Angle Neutron Scattering techniques”

J. Mol. Liq. 2018, 271, 738–746. ISSN: 0167-7322 DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.08.141 Scimago: Q1 – H82 186. Ewelina Bolimowska, Franca Castiglione, Julien Devemy, Helene Rouault, Andrea

Mele, Agilio A. H. Pádua, Catherine C. Santini

“Investigation of Li+ Cation Coordination and Transportation, by Molecular Modeling and NMR Studies, in a LiNTf2-Doped Ionic Liquid −Vinylene Carbonate Mixture”

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122, 8560−8569. ISSN: 1520-5207 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b05231 Scimago: Q1 – H363 185. Elena Macerata, Annalisa Ossola, Walter Panzeri, Marco Giola, Federica Faroldi,

Dario Alberto Tinonin, Andrea Mele, Alessandro Casnati, Mario Mariani “Actinide–lanthanide co-extraction by rigidified diglycolamides” Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange 2018, 36, 41-53, ISSN: 0736-6299 DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2017.1415670 Scimago: Q2 – H55 184. Franca Castiglione, Monica Ferro, Evangelos Mavroudakis, Rosalia Pellitteri,

Patrizia Bossolasco, Damiano Zaccheo, Massimo Morbidelli, Vincenzo Silani, Andrea Mele, Davide Moscatelli, Lidia Cova “NMR Metabolomics for Stem Cell type discrimination”

Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 15808 (1-12) ISSN: 2045-2322 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16043-8 Scimago: Q1 – H149 183. Mose’ Casalegno, Guido Raos, Giovanni Battista Appetecchi, Stefano Passerini,

Franca Castiglione, Andrea Mele “From nanoscale to microscale: crossover in the diffusion dynamics within two pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquids”

J. Phys. Chem. Letters 2017, 8, 5196−5202 ISSN:1948-7185 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02431 Scimago: Q1 – H161 182. C. Bottari, L. Comez, S. Corezzi, F. D’Amico, A. Gessini, A. Mele, C. Punta, L.

Melone, A. Pugliese, C. Masciovecchio, B. Rossi “ Correlation between collective and molecular dynamics in pH-responsive cyclodextrin-based hydrogels”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 25555-25563. ISSN: 1463-9076 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04190j Scimago: Q1 – H199 181. Nicholas J. Brooks, Franca Castiglione, Cara M. Doherty, Andrew Dolan, Anita J.

Hill, Patricia A. Hunt, Richard P. Matthews, Michele Mauri, Andrea Mele, Roberto Simonutti, Ignacio J. Villar-Garcia, Cameron C. Weber, Tom Welton “Linking the spatial arrangement, free volume, and properties of ionic liquid mixtures”

Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 6359-6379. ISSN: 2041-6520 DOI: 10.1039/C7SC01407D Scimago: Q1 – H135 180. Rossi, Filippo; Castiglione, Franca; Salvalaglio, Matteo; Ferro, Monica; Moioli,

Marta; Mauri, Emanuele; Masi, Maurizio; Mele, Andrea “On the parallelism between

the mechanisms behind chromatography and drug delivery: the role of interactions with a stationary phase”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 11518-11528. ISSN: 1463-9076 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP00832E Scimago: Q1 – H199 179. F. Lo Celso, Y. Yoshida, F. Castiglione, M. Ferro, A. Mele, C. J. Jafta, A. Triolo and

O. Russina “Direct Experimental Observation of Mesoscopic Fluorous Domains in Fluorinated Room Temperature Ionic Liquids”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017,19, 13101-13110. ISSN: 1463-9076 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP01971H Scimago: Q1 – H199 178. F. Castiglione, F. Ganazzoli, L. Malpezzi, A. Mele, W. Panzeri, G. Raffaini “Inclusion

complexes of beta cyclodextrin with tricyclic drugs: an X-ray diffraction, NMR and molecular dynamics study” Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2017, 13, 714-719.

ISSN:1860-5397 DOI: :10.3762/bjoc.13.70 Scimago: Q2 – H57 177. M. Ferro, F. Castiglione, W. Panzeri, R. Dispenza, L. Santini, H.J. Karlsson, P.P. de

Wit, A. Mele “Non-destructive and direct determination of the degree of substitution of carboxymethyl cellulose by HR-MAS 13C NMR spectroscopy”

Carbohydrate Polymers 2017, 169, 16-22. ISSN: 0144-8617 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.03.097 Scimago: Q1 – H177 176. M. Ferro, F. Castiglione, C. Punta, L. Melone, W. Panzeri, B. Rossi, F. Trotta, A.

Mele, “Dynamics and interactions of ibuprofen in cyclodextrin nanosponges by solid-state NMR spectroscopy”

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2017, 13, 182-194. ISSN:1860-5397 DOI: :10.3762/bjoc.11.299 Scimago: Q2 – H57 175: B. Rossi, A. Paciaroni, V. Venuti, G. C. Fadda, L. Melone, C. Punta, V. Crupi, D.

Majolino, A. Mele, “SANS investigation of water adsorption in tunable cyclodextrin-based polymeric hydrogels”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 6022-6029. ISSN: 1463-9076 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP00331E 174. M. Ferro, M. F. Castiglione, C. Punta, L. Melone, A. Mele, W. Panzeri, , B. Rossi, F.

Trotta, “Transport Properties of Ibuprofen Encapsulated in Cyclodextrin Nanosponge Hydrogels: a Proton HR-MAS NMR Spectroscopy Study ”

J. Vis. Exp. 2016, 114, e53769 ISSN: 1940087X

DOI: 10.3791/53769 Scimago: Q1 – H67 173. Margarita Valero, Franca Castiglione, Andrea Mele, Marcelo Alves da Silva, Isabelle

Grillo, Gustavo González-Gaitano, and Cecile A. Dreiss “Competitive and synergistic interactions between polymer micelles, drugs, and

cyclodextrins: the importance of drug solubilisation locus” Langmuir, 2016, 32, 13174-13186. ISSN: 0743-7463 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03367 Scimago: Q1 – H300 172. Barbara Rossi, Valentina Venuti, Francesco D'Amico, Alessandro Gessini, Andrea

Mele, Carlo Punta, Lucio Melone, Vincenzina Crupi, Domenico Majolino, Claudio Masciovecchio

“Guest-matrix interactions affect the solvation of cyclodextrin-based polymeric hydrogels: a UV Raman scattering study.”

Soft Matter, 2016, 12, 8861—8868 ISSN: 1744-683X DOI: 10.1039/c6sm01647b Scimago: Q1 – H143 171. Valentina Venuti, Barbara Rossi, Andrea Mele, Lucio Melone, Carlo Punta,

Domenico Majolino, Claudio Masciovecchio, Fabrizio Caldera, Francesco Trotta “Tuning structural parameters for the optimization of drug delivery performance of cyclodextrin-based nanosponges” Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery 2017, 14, 331-340 ISSN: 1742-5247 DOI: /10.1080/17425247.2016.1215301 Scimago: Q1 – H88

170. Jan von Zamory, Guinevere A. Giffin, Sebastian Jeremias, Franca Castiglione, Andrea Mele, Elie Paillard, Stefano Passerini

“Influence of oligo(ethylene oxide) substituents on pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquid properties, Li+ solvation and transport”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016,.18, 21539-21547. ISSN:1463-9076 DOI:10.1039/C6CP02092E 169. Mosè Casalegno, Franca Castiglione, Marco Passarello, Andrea Mele, Stefano

Passerini, Guido Raos. “Association and Diffusion of Li+ in Carboxymethylcellulose Solutions for

Environmentally Friendly Li-ion Batteries” ChemSusChem. 2016, 9, 1804-1813. ISSN:1864-5631 DOI:10.1002/cssc.201600160 168. Elena Macerata, Eros Mossini, Stefano Scaravaggi, Mario Mariani, Andrea Mele,

Walter Panzeri, Walter; Nathalie Boubals, Laurence Berthon, Marie-Christine Charbonnel,Francesco Sansone, Francesco; Arturo Arduini, Alessandro Casnati.

“Hydrophilic Clicked 2,6-Bis-triazolyl-pyridines Endowed with High Actinide Selectivity and Radiochemical Stability: Toward a Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7232-7235. ISSN: 0002-7863 DOI:10.1021/jacs.6b03106 167. Barbara Rossi, Valentina Venuti, Andrea Mele, Carlo Punta, Lucio Melone,

Francesco D'Amico, Antonio Gessini, Vincenzina Crupi, Domenico Majolino, Francesco Trotta, Claudio Masciovecchio

“Vibrational signatures of the water behaviour upon confinement in nanoporous hydrogels”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 12252-12259. ISSN: 1463-9076 DOI: 10.1039/C5CP07936E 166. Maria Vittoria Diamanti, Ursenna Vittoria Velardi, Andrea Brenna, Andrea Mele,

Maria Pia Pedeferri, Marco Ormellese “Compatibility of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids for CO2 Capture with Steel Alloys: a Corrosion Perspective” Electrochim. Acta 2016, 192, 414-421.

ISSN: 0013-4686 DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.02.003

165. Filippo Rossi, Franca Castiglione, Monica Ferro, Marta Moioli, Andrea Mele,

Maurizio Masi “The Role of Drug–Drug Interactions in Hydrogel Delivery Systems: Experimental

and Model Study” ChemPhysChem. 2016, 17, 1615-1622. ISSN:1439-4235 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600069 164. Franca Castiglione, Andrea Mele and Guido Raos 17O NMR: a “rare and sensitive” probe of molecular interactions and dynamics ANNUAL REPORTS ON NMR SPECTROSCOPY 2015, 85, 143-193 ISSN: DOI: 10.1016/bs.arnmr.2014.12.004 163. Daniele Mendola, Nidal Saleh, Nora Hellou, Nicolas Vanthuyne, Christian Roussel,

Loïc Toupet, Franca Castiglione, Federica Melone, Tullio Caronna, Francesca Fontana, Javier Martí-Rujas, Emilio Parisini, Luciana Malpezzi, Andrea Mele, and Jeanne Crassous

“Synthesis and Structural Properties of Aza[n]helicene Platinum Complexes: Control of Cis and Trans Stereochemistry”

Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 2009-2017 ISSN: 0020-1669 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02276 162. Isabelle Mallard, Davy Baudelet, Franca Castiglione, Monica Ferro, Walter Panzeri,

Enzio Ragg and Andrea Mele “Polydisperse methyl β-cyclodextrin–epichlorohydrin polymers: variable contact time

13C CP-MAS solid-state NMR characterization”

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2015, 11, 2785–2794. ISSN:1860-5397 DOI: :10.3762/bjoc.11.299 161. F. Caglieris, L. Melone, F. Canepa, G. Lamura, F. Castiglione, M. Ferro, L.

Malpezzi, A. Mele, C. Punta, P. Franchi, M. Lucarini, B. Rossi, F. Trotta “Effective magnetic moment in cyclodextrin-polynitroxides: potential supramolecular vectors for magnetic resonance imaging”

RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 76133-76140. ISSN:2046-2069

DOI:10.1039/C5RA14597J 160. T. Caronna, A. Mele, A. Famulari, D. Mendola, F. Fontana, M. Juza, M. Kamuf, K.

Zawatzky, O. Trapp, “A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Stereodynamics of Monoaza[5]helicenes: Solvent-Induced Increase of the Enantiomerization Barrier in 1-Aza-[5]helicene”

Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 13919-13924. ISSN:0947-6539

DOI:10.1002/chem.201502288 159. Maurizio Sansotera, Federico Persico, Valentina Rizzi, Walter Panzeri, Carlo Pirola,

Claudia L. Bianchi, Andrea Mele, Walter Navarrini “The effect of oxygen in the photocatalytic oxidation pathways of perfluorooctanoic acid”

J. Fluor. Chem. 2015, 179, 159–168 ISSN:0022-1139 DOI:10.1016/j.jfluchem.2015.06.019 158. F. Rossi, F. Castiglione, M. Ferro, P. Marchini, E. Mauri, M. Moioli, A. Mele, M. Masi

“Drug-Polymer Interactions in Hydrogel-based Drug-Delivery Systems: An Experimental and Theoretical Study”

ChemPhysChem. 2015, 13, 2818-2825. ISSN:1439-4235 DOI:10.1002/cphc.201500526 157. F. Castiglione, G. B. Appetecchi, S. Passerini, W. Panzeri, S. Indelicato, A. Mele

“Multiple points of view of heteronuclear NOE: Long range vs short range contacts in pyrrolidinium based ionic liquids in the presence of Li salts”

J. Mol. Liq. 2015, 210, 215-222. ISSN: 0167-7322 DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2015.05.036 156. B. Rossi, V. Venuti, F. D’Amico, A. Gessini, A. Mele, C. Punta, L. Melone, V. Crupi,

D. Majolino, F. Trotta, C. Masciovecchio, "Toward an understanding of the thermosensitive behaviour of pH-responsive hydrogel based on cyclodextrins”

Soft Matter 2015, 11, 5862-5871 ISSN: 1744-683X DOI: 10.1039/C5SM01093D

155. L. Melone, B. Rossi, N. Pastori, W. Panzeri, A. Mele, C. Punta “TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Cross-Linked with Branched Polyethyleneimine: Nanostructured Adsorbent Sponges for Water Remediation”

ChemPlusChem 2015, ISSN: ISSN:2192-6506 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201500145 154. Filippo Rossi, Raffaele Ferrari, Franca Castiglione, Andrea Mele, Giuseppe Perale

and Davide Moscatelli “Polymer Hydrogel Functionalized with Biodegradable Nanoparticles as Composite System for Controlled Drug Delivery”

Nanotechnology 2015, 26, 015 ISSN: 1361-6528 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/1/015602 153. Diego Frezzato, Alessandro Bagno, Franca Castiglione, Andrea Mele, Giacomo

Saielli “MD simulation of xenon in ionic liquids: Disentangling the cationic and anionic cage

effects on the structural and dynamic properties” J. Mol. Liq. 2015 ISSN: 0167-7322 DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2015.03.039 152. V. Venuti, B. Rossi, F. D’Amico, A. Mele, C. Punta, L. Melone, V. Crupi, D. Majolino,

F. Trotta, A. Gessini, and C. Masciovecchio “Combining Raman and Infrared spectroscopy as a powerful tool for the structural elucidation of cyclodextrin-based hydrogels”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 10274-10282. ISSN: 1463-9076 DOI: 10.1039/x0xx00000x 151. Xueqin Wei, Wenting Liang, Wanhua Wu, Cheng Yang, Francesco Trotta, Fabrizio

Caldera, Andrea Mele, Tomoyuki Nishimotoe and Yoshihisa Inoue “Solvent- and phase-controlled photochirogenesis. Enantiodifferentiating photoisomerization of (Z)-cyclooctene sensitized by cyclic nigerosylnigerose-based nanosponges crosslinked by pyromellitate”

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13, 2905-2912. ISSN: ISSN 1477-0520 DOI: 10.1039/c4ob02390k 150 B. Rossi, V. Venuti, A. Paciaroni, A. Mele, S. Longeville, F. Natali, V. Crupi, D.

Majolino, F. Trotta, “Thermal fluctuations in chemically cross-linked polymers of cyclodextrins”,

Soft Matter 2015, 11, 2183–2192. ISSN: 1744-683X DOI: 10.1039/C4SM02000F 149 B. Rossi, V. Venuti, A. Mele, C. Punta, L. Melone, V. Crupi, D. Majolino, F. Trotta, F.

D’Amico, A. Gessini and C. Masciovecchio “Probing the structure and dynamics of confined water in a paradigmatic model of hydrogel network”,

J. Chem. Phys. 2015, 142, 014901, 1-13 ISSN

DOI: 10.1039/c4ob02390k 148 B. Rossi, V. Venuti, F. D’Amico, A. Gessini, F. Castiglione, A. Mele, C. Punta, L.

Melone, V. Crupi, D. Majolino, F. Trotta and C. Masciovecchio “Water and polymer dynamics in a model polysaccharide hydrogel: the role of hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 963-971. ISSN:1463-9076 DOI: 10.1039/c4cp04045g 147 Giacomo Saielli, Alessandro Bagno, Franca Castiglione, Roberto Simonutti, Michele

Mauri, Andrea Mele “Understanding Cage Effects in Imidazolium Ionic Liquids by 129Xe NMR: MD

Simulations and Relativistic DFT Calculations” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2014, 186, 13963−13968. ISSN: 1520-5207 DOI: 10.1021/jp511207s 146 Franca Castiglione, Antonino Famulari, Guido Raos, Stefano V. Meille, Andrea

Mele, Giovanni Battista Appetecchi, Stefano Passerini. “Pyrrolidinium-Based Ionic Liquids Doped with Lithium Salts: How Does Li+

Coordination Affect Its Diffusivity?” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2014, 186, 13679-13688. ISSN: 1520-5207 DOI: 10.1021/jp509387r 145 Monica Ferro, Franca Castiglione, Carlo Punta, Lucio Melone, Walter Panzeri,

Barbara Rossi, Francesco Trotta, Andrea Mele “Anomalous diffusion of Ibuprofen in cyclodextrin nanosponge hydrogels: an

HRMAS NMR study” Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2014, 10, 2715–2723. ISSN:1860-5397 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.10.286 144 F. Trotta, F. Caldera, R. Cavalli, A. Mele, C. Punta, L. Melone, F. Castiglione, B.

Rossi, M. Ferro, V. Crupi, D. Majolino, V. Venuti, D. Scalarone “Synthesis and characterization of a hyper-branched water-soluble β-cyclodextrin

polymer” Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2014, 10, 2586–2593. ISSN:1860-5397 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.10.271 143. S. Indelicato, D. Bongiorno, V. Turco Liveri, A. Mele, W. Panzeri, F. Castiglione, L.

Ceraulo “Self-assembly and intra-cluster reactions of erbium and ytterbium bis(2-

ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinates in the gas phase” Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2014, 28, 2523–2530. ISSN: 0951-4198 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7045

142. M. Bellardita, V. Loddo, A. Mele, W. Panzeri, F. Parrino, I. Pibiri, L. Palmisano “Photocatalysis in dimethyl carbonate green solvent: degradation and partial

oxidation of phenanthrene on supported TiO2” RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 40859–40864. ISSN: 2046-2069 DOI: 10.1039/c4ra06222a 141. Paola D’Arrigo, Chiara Allegretti, Stefano Tamborini, Cristina Formantici, Yves

Galante, Loredano Pollegioni, Andrea Mele “Single-batch, homogeneous phase depolymerization of cellulose catalyzed by a

monocomponent endocellulase in ionic liquid [BMIM][Cl]” J. Mol. Cat. B 2014, 106, 76-80 ISSN: 1381-1177 DOI: 10.1016/jmolcatb.2014.04.021 140. Daniele Mendola, Nidal Saleh, Nicolas Vanthuyne, Christian Roussel, Loïc Toupet,

Franca Castiglione, Tullio Caronna, Andrea Mele, and Jeanne Crassous “Aza[6]helicene platinum complexes: chirality control of cis-trans isomerism” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5786 –5790 ISSN: 1433-7851 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201401004 140. Daniele Mendola, Nidal Saleh, Nicolas Vanthuyne, Christian Roussel, Loïc Toupet,

Franca Castiglione, Tullio Caronna, Andrea Mele, and Jeanne Crassous “Aza[6]helicene platinum complexes: chirality control of cis-trans isomerism” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5786 –5790 Frontispiece 139. S. Abbate, M. Passarello, F. Lebon, G. Longhi, A. Ruggirello, V. Turco Liveri, F.

Viani, F. Castiglione, D. Mendola, A. Mele “Chiroptical Phenomena in Reverse Micelles: The Case of (1R,2S)-Dodecyl (2-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-phenylethyl)dimethylammonium Bromide (DMEB)”

Chirality, 2014, 26, 532-538. Published on line 26 March 2014 ISSN: 0899-0042 DOI: 10.1002/chir.22309 138. F. Castiglione, V. Crupi, D. Majolino, A. Mele, L. Melone, W. Panzeri, C. Punta, B.

Rossi, F. Trotta, V. Venuti “Gel-sol evolution of cyclodextrin-based nanosponges: role of the macrocycle size” J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocyc. Chem.,2014, 80, 77-83. Published on line14 February 2014 ISSN: 1388-3127 DOI: 10.1007/s10847-014-0391-9 137. V. Crupi, A. Fontana, D. Majolino, A. Mele, L. Melone, C. Punta, B. Rossi, F. Rossi,

F. Trotta, V. Venuti1 “Hydrogen-bond dynamics of water confined in cyclodextrin nanosponges hydrogel” J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocyc. Chem., 2014, 80, 69-75. Published on line 06 February 2014

ISSN: 1388-3127 DOI: 10.1007/s10847-014-0387-5 136. B. Rossi, A. Fontana, M. Giarola, G. Mariotto, A. Mele, C. Punta, L. Melone, F.

Toraldo, F. Trotta "Glass-like dynamics of new cross-liked polymeric systems: behavior of the Boson

peak", J. Non Cryst. Solids, 2014, 401, 73-77. Published on line 21 January 2014 ISSN: 0022-3093 DOI 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2014.01.016 135. V. Crupi D. Majolino, A. Mele, L. Melone, C. Punta, B. Rossi, F. Toraldo, F. Trotta,

V. Venuti "Direct evidence of gel-sol transition in cyclodextrin-based hydrogel as revealed by

FTIR-ATR spectroscopy", Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 2320-2326 ISSN: 1744-683X DOI: 10.1039/C3SM52354C 134. Vincenza Crupi, Aldo Fontana, Marco Giarola, Stéphane Longeville, Domenico

Majolino, Gino Mariotto, Andrea Mele, Alessandro Paciaroni, Barbara Rossi, Francesco Trotta, and Valentina Venuti

“Vibrational Density of States and Elastic Properties of Cross-linked Polymers: Combining Inelastic Light and Neutron Scattering”

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2014, 186, 24-633 ISSN: 1520-5207 DOI:10.1021/jp410448y 133. Sergio Abbate, Giovanna Longhi, France Lebon, Ettore Castiglioni, Stefano

Superchi, Laura Pisani, Francesca Fontana, Franck Torricelli, Tullio Caronna, Claudio Villani, Rocchina Sabia, Matteo Tommasini, Andrea Lucotti, Daniele Mendola, Andrea Mele, David A. Lightner

“Helical Sense-responsive and Substituent-sensitive Features in Vibrational and Electronic Circular Dichroism, in Circularly Polarized Luminescence and in Raman Spectra of Some Simple Optically Active Hexahelicenes”

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 1682-1695. ISSN: 1932-7447 DOI:10.1021/jp4105695 132. Olga Russina, Fabrizio Lo Celso, Marco Di Michiel, Stefano Passerini, Giovanni

Battista Appetecchi, Franca Castiglione, Andrea Mele, Ruggero Caminiti, Alessandro Triolo

“Mesoscopic structural organization in triphilic room temperature ionic liquids” Faraday Discuss. 2014, 167, 499-513. ISSN: 1359-6640 DOI: 10.1039/c3fd00056g 131 Michele Galletta, Stefano Scaravaggi, Elena Macerata, Antonino Famulari, Andrea

Mele, Walter Panzeri, Francesco Sansone, Alessandro Casnati, Mario Mariani

“2,9-Dicarbonyl-1,10-phenanthroline derivatives with an unprecedented Am(III)/Eu(III) selectivity under highly acidic conditions”

Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 16930-16938. ISSN: 1477-9226 DOI: 10.1039/c3dt52104d 130 Vincenza Crupi, Domenico Majolino, Andrea Mele, Barbara Rossi, Francesco

Trotta, Valentina Venuti “Modelling the interplay between covalent and physical interactions in cyclodextrin-

based hydrogel: effect of water confinement” Soft Matter, 2013, 9 (28), 6457 - 6464…. ISSN: 1744-683X DOI: 10.1039/c3sm50827g 129 Castiglione, Franca; Crupi, Vincenza; Majolino, Domenico; Mele, Andrea; Rossi,

Barbara; Trotta, Francesco; Venuti, Valentina “Vibrational spectroscopy investigation of swelling phenomena in cyclodextrin

nanosponges” J. Raman Spectrosc. 2013, 44, 1463–1469. ISSN:0377-0486 DOI:10.1002/jrs.4282 128B Vincenza Crupi, Aldo Fontana, Marco Giarola, Domenico Majolino, Gino Mariotto,

Andrea Mele, Lucio Melone, Carlo Punta, Barbara Rossi, Francesco Trotta, Valentina Venuti

“Connection between the vibrational dynamics and the cross-linking properties in cyclodextrins-based polymers”

J. Raman Spectrosc. 2013, 44, 1457–1462. ISSN:0377-0486 DOI: 10.1002/jrs.4255 128. Franca Castiglione, Roberto Simonutti, Michele Mauri, Andrea Mele “Cage-Like Local Structure of Ionic Liquids Revealed by a 129Xe Chemical Shift” J. Phys. Chem. Letters 2013, 4, 1608−1612 ISSN:1948-7185 DOI:10.1021/jz400617v ACS LiveSlidesTM:

http://pubs.acs.org/iapps/liveslides/pages/index.htm?mscNo=jz400617v 127. Wenting Liang, Cheng Yang, Dayang Zhou, Hitoshi Haneoka, Masaki Nishijima,

Gaku Fukuhara, Tadashi Mori, Franca Castiglione, Andrea Mele, Fabrizio Caldera, Francesco Trotta, Yoshihisa Inoue

“Phase-controlled supramolecular photochirogenesis in cyclodextrin nanosponges” Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 3510-3512 ISSN: 1359-7345 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc40542g 126. Vincenza Crupi, Aldo Fontana, Marco Giarola, Domenico Majolino, Gino Mariotto,

Andrea Mele, Lucio Melone, Carlo Punta, Barbara Rossi, Francesco Trotta, Valentina Venuti

“Connection between the vibrational dynamics and the cross-linking properties in cyclodextrins-based polymers”

J. Raman Spectrosc. 2013, 44, 1457–1462. ISSN:0377-0486 DOI:10.1002/jrs.4255 125. Cinzia Chiappe, Angelo Sanzone, Daniele Mendola, Franca Castiglione, Antonino

Famulari, Guido Raos, and Andrea Mele “Pyrazolium- Versus Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids: Structure, Dynamics and

Physico-Chemical Properties” J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 668-676. ISSN:1520-5207 DOI: 10.1021/jp3107793 124. Castiglione, Franca; Crupi, Vincenza; Majolino, Domenico; Mele, Andrea; Rossi,

Barbara; Trotta, Francesco; Venuti, Valentina “Inside New Materials: An Experimental-Numerical Approach for the Structural Elucidation of Nanoporous Cross-Linked Polymers” J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 13133-13140. ISSN:1520-5207 DOI:10.1021/jp307978e 123. Paola D’Arrigo, Lorenzo Cerioli, Cinzia Chiappe, Walter Panzeri, Davide Tessaro,

Andrea Mele “Improvements in the enzymatic synthesis of phosphatidylserine employing ionic

liquids” J. Mol. Cat. B 2012, 84, 132-135. ISSN: 1381-1177 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2012.04.011 122. Liang, Wenting; Yang, Cheng; Nishijima, Masaki; Fukuhara, Gaku; Mori, Tadashi;

Mele, Andrea; Castiglione, Franca; Caldera, Fabrizio; Trotta, Francesco; Inoue, Yoshihisa

“Cyclodextrin nanosponge-sensitized enantiodifferentiating photoisomerization of cyclooctene and 1,3-cyclooctadiene”

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2012, 8, 1305-1311 ISSN:1860-5397 DOI:10.3762/bjoc.8.149 121. Castiglione, Franca; Crupi, Vincenza; Majolino, Domenico; Mele, Andrea; Rossi,

Barbara; Trotta, Francesco; Venuti, Valentina “Effect of Cross-Linking Properties on the Vibrational Dynamics of Cyclodextrins-

Based Polymers: An Experimental-Numerical Study J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 7952-7958. ISSN:1520-5207

DOI:10.1021/jp303006a 120. Rossi, Barbara; Caponi, Silvia; Castiglione, Franca; Corezzi, Silvia; Fontana, Aldo;

Giarola, Marco; Mariotto, Gino; Mele, Andrea; Petrillo, Caterina; Trotta, Francesco; Viliani, Gabriele

“Networking Properties of Cyclodextrin-based Cross-linked Polymers Probed by Inelastic Light Scattering Experiment”

J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 5323−5327. ISSN: 1520-5207 DOI:10.1021/jp302047u 119. Giuseppina Raffaini, Fabio Ganazzoli, Andrea Mele, Franca Castiglione “A molecular dynamics study of cyclodextrin nanosponge models” J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocyc. Chem., 2013, 75, 263-268. ISSN: 1388-3127 DOI: 10.1007/s10847-012-0126-8 118. Franca Castiglione, Vincenza. Crupi, Domenico. Majolino, Andrea. Mele, Walter. Panzeri, Barbara Rossi, Francesco Trotta, Valentina Venuti “Vibrational dynamics and hydrogen bond properties of β-CD nanosponges: a FTIR-

ATR, Raman and solid-state NMR spectroscopic study” J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocyc. Chem., 2013, 75, 247-254. ISSN: 1388-3127 DOI: 10.1007/s10847-012-0106-z 117. Franca Castiglione, Alberto Baggioli, Attilio Citterio, Andrea Mele and Guido Raos “Organic peracids: a structural puzzle for 17O NMR and ab initio chemical shift

calculations” J. Phys. Chem. A 2012, 116, 1814−1819. ISSN: 1089-5639 DOI: 10.1021/jp210679y 116. Tullio Caronna, Franca Castiglione, Antonino Famulari, Francesca Fontana,

Luciana Malpezzi, Andrea Mele, Daniele Mendola, Isabella Natali Sora “Quantum mechanics calculations, basicity and crystal structure: the route to

transition metal complexes with azahelicenes” Molecules, 2012, 17, 463-479; ISSN: 1420-3049 doi:10.3390/molecules17010463 115. Zhou, Qian; Boyle, Paul D.; Malpezzi, Luciana; Mele, Andrea; Shin, Joon-Ho; Passerini, Stefano; Henderson, Wesley A.

“Phase Behavior of Ionic Liquid-LiX Mixtures: Pyrrolidinium Cations and TFSI- Anions - Linking Structure to Transport Properties”

. Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 4331-4337 ISSN: 0897-4756 DOI: 10.1021/cm201427k 114. Gaku Fukuhara, Takahiro Okazaki, Marco Lessi, Masaki Nishijima, Cheng Yang,

Tadashi Mori, Andrea Mele, Fabio Bellina, Cinzia Chiappe ,Yoshihisa Inoue “Chiral ionic liquid-mediated photochirogenesis. Enantiodifferentiating

photocyclodimerization of 2-anthracenecarboxylic acid” Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7105–7112. ISSN: 1477-0520 DOI: 10.1039/c1ob05716b

113. Loredana Latterini, Enrico Galletti, Rosita Passeri, Arianna Barbafina, Lorena Urbanelli, Carla Emiliani, Fausto Elisei, Francesca Fontana, Andrea Mele, Tullio Caronna

“Fluorescence properties of aza-helicenium derivatives for cell imaging” J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2011, 222, 307-313. ISSN: 1010-6030 DOI: 1016/j.jphotochem.2011.06.013 112. Elisabetta Maccaroni, Andrea Mele, Renato Del Rosso and Luciana Malpezzi “Clostebol Acetate” Acta Cryst. E 2011, E67, o1952-o1953 111. Franca Castiglione, Margarita Valero, Cécile A. Dreiss, Andrea Mele “Selective

Interaction of 2,6-di-O-Methyl-β-cyclodextrin and Pluronic F127 micelles leading to micellar rupture: a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance study”

J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115, 9005-9013. ISSN: 1520-6106 DOI: 10.1021/jp203753r 110. Castiglione, Franca; Lanzani, Guglielmo; Mele, Andrea; Monguzzi, Angelo;

Passarello, Marco; Ruggirello, Angela; Scotognella, Francesco; Liveri, Vincenzo Turco. “Spectroscopic characterization of red perylimide/surfactant nanocomposites”.

J. Mater Sci. 2011, 46, 6402–6407 ISSN: 0022-2461 DOI: 10.1007/s10853-011-5589-2 109. Filippo Rossi, Tommaso Casalini, Marco Santoro, Andrea Mele, Giuseppe Perale “Methylprednisolone release from agar–Carbomer-based hydrogel: a promising tool for local drug delivery” Chem. Pap. 2011, 65, 903-908 ISSN: 0366-6352 DOI: 10.2478/s11696-011-0059-5 108. Alberto Marra, Cinzia Chiappe, Andrea Mele “ Sugar-Derived Ionic Liquids” Chimia 2011, 65, 76-80. ISSN: 0009-4293 DOI:10.2533/chimia.2011.76 107. Marco Santoro, Patrizia. Marchetti, Filippo Rossi, Giuseppe. Perale, Franca. Castiglione, Andrea Mele. Maurizio Masi “Smart Approach To Evaluate Drug Diffusivity in Injectable Agar-Carbomer Hydrogels for Drug Delivery” J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115, 2503-2510. ISSN: 1520-6106 DOI: 10.1021/jp1111394 106. Maria Vittoria Diamanti, Marco Ormellesea, E. Marin, A. Lanzutti, Andrea Mele,

Maria Pia Pedeferri “Anodic titanium oxide as immobilized photocatalyst in UV or visible light devices”

Journal of Hazardous Materials 2011, 186, 2103–2109. ISSN: 0304-3894

DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.12.128 105. Andrea Mele, Franca Castiglione “2002: The golden year of structural chemistry” Chimica Oggi / Chemistry Today, 2011, 29, 12-16. 104. Francesca Ungaro, Concetta Giovino, Ovidio Catanzano, Agnese Miro, Andrea

Mele, Fabiana Quaglia, Maria Immacolata La Rotonda “Use of cyclodextrins as solubilizing agents for simvastatin: Effect of hydroxypropyl-.beta.-cyclodextrin on lactone/hydroxyacid aqueous equilibrium”

Int. J. Pharm. 2011, 404, 49-56. 103. Franca Castiglione, Enzio Ragg, Andrea Mele, Giovanni Battista Appetecchi, Maria

Montanino, Stefano Passerini “Molecular Environment and Enhanced Diffusivity of Li+ Ions in Lithium-Salt-Doped Ionic Liquid Electrolytes”

J. Phys. Chem. Letters 2011, 2, 153-157. ISSN:1948-7185

DOI:10.1021/jz101516c 102. Giuseppe Perale, Filippo Rossi, Marco Santoro, Patrizia Marchetti, Andrea Mele,

Franca Castiglione, Edoardo Raffa, Maurizio Masi “Drug Release from Hydrogel: a New Understanding of Transport Phenomena” J. Biomed. Nanotechnol. 2011, 7, 476-481. ISSN:1550-7033 101. Luigi Brivio, Tullio Caronna, Francesca Fontana, Cristian Gambarotti, Andrea Mele,

Isabella Natali Sora, Carlo Punta, Francesco Recupero “Reactivity of benzyl radicals: The trapping of primary, secondary and tertiary benzyl radicals with heterocyclic bases”

J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2010, 214, 1112-114. ISSN:1010-6030

DOI:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.05 100. Elena Macerata, Franca Castiglione, Walter Panzeri, Mario Mariani, Francesco Sansone, Alessandro Casnati, Andrea Mele “Assessing the Mechanism of the Synergistic Action of Calixarenes and Co-dicarbollides in Lanthanides Extraction” New J. Chem. 2010, 11, 2552 – 2557.

ISSN:1144-0546 DOI:10.1039/c0nj00269k

99. Pietro Calandra, Angela Ruggirello, Andrea Mele, Vincenzo Turco Liveri “Self-

assembly in surfactant-based liquid mixtures: Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid/bis(2- ethylhexyl)amine systems”

J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2010, 348, 183-188. ISSN:0021-9797 DOI:10.1016/j.jcis.2010.04.031

98. Cinzia Chiappe, Alberto Marra, Andrea Mele “Synthesis and Applications of Ionic Liquids Derived from Natural Sugars” Top. Curr. Chem. 2010, 295, 177-195.

ISSN:0340-1022 DOI:10.1007/128_2010_47

97. Andrea Mele “NOE experiments for ionic liquids: Tools and strategies” Chimica Oggi / Chemistry Today, 2010, 28, 48-55. ISSN:0392-839X 96. Gaku Fukuhara, Cinzia Chiappe, Andrea Mele, Bernardo Melai, Fabio Bellina, Yoshihisa Inoue “Photochirogenesis in chiral ionic liquid: Enantiodifferentiating [4+4] photocyclodimerization of 2-anthracenecarboxylic acid in (R)-1-methyl-3-(2,3- dihydroxypropyl)imidazolium bistriflimide” Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 3472–3474. ISSN: 1359-7345 DOI: 10.1039/c002448a 95. Andrea Mele, Franca Castiglione, Luciana Malpezzi, Fabio Ganazzoli, Giuseppina

Raffaini, Francesco Trotta, Barbara Rossi, Aldo Fontana, Giovanni Giunchi “HR MAS NMR, powder XRD and Raman spectroscopy study of inclusion phenomena in β-CD nanosponges”

J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocyc. Chem., 2010, DOI : 10.1007/s10847-010-9772-x. (web) J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocyc. Chem., 2011, 69, 403-409. (paper) ISSN: 1388-3127 DOI: 10.1007/s10847-010-9772-x 94. V. Augugliaro, H.A. Hamed El Nazer, V. Loddo, A. Mele, G. Palmisano, L.

Palmisano S. Yurdakal “Partial photocatalytic oxidation of glycerol in TiO2 water suspensions” Catalysis Today 2010, 151, 21-28. SSN:0920-5861 DOI:10.1016/j.cattod.2010.01.022

93. Franca Castiglione, Guido Raos, Giovanni Battista Appetecchi, Maria Montanino, Stefano Passerini, Margherita Moreno, Antonino Famulari, Andrea Mele “Blending Ionic Liquids: How Physico-chemical Properties Change” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 1784-1792.

ISSN:1463-9076 DOI:10.1039/b921816e

92. Franca Castiglione, Margherita Moreno, Guido Raos, Antonino Famulari, Andrea Mele, Giovanni Battista Appetecchi, Stefano Passerini “Structural Organization and Transport Properties of Novel Pyrrolidinium-based Ionic Liquids with Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonylimide Anions” J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 10750–10759.

ISSN:1520-6106 DOI:10.1021/jp811434e

91. Giuseppina Raffaini, Fabio Ganazzoli, Luciana Malpezzi, Claudio Fuganti, Giovanni Fronza, Walter Panzeri Andrea Mele “Validating a Strategy for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes through Single-Crystal X-ray and NMR Experimental Data: a Case Study” J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 9110–9122.

ISSN:1520-6106 DOI:10.1021/jp901581e

90. Massimo Maccagno, Andrea Mele, Roberta Musio, Giovanni Petrillo, Fernando Sancassan, Oronzo Sciacovelli, Domenico Spinelli “17O vs 13C NMR Chemical Shifts as Effective Indicators of π-Electron-Density Distribution in Hindered Methyl Benzoates”

ARKIVOC, 2009, viii, 212-221. 89. S. Bigotti, L. Malpezzi, M. Molteni, A. Mele, W. Panzeri, M. Zanda “Functionalized

Fluoroalkyl Heterocycles by 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions with γ-Fluoro-α-nitroalkenes” Tetrahedron Letters, 2009, 50, 2540-2542.

88. D. Bongiorno, L. Ceraulo, L. Camarda, M. Ciofalo, M. Ferrugia, S. Indelicato, A.

Mele, V. Turco Liveri “Gas-phase Ion Chemistry of Protonated Melatonin” Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 2009, 15, 199-208. 87. T. Caronna, F. Fontana, G. Longhi, A. Mele, I. Natali Sora, L. Viganò “2,13-

Diaza[5]helicene: Synthesis, Theoretical Calculations and Spectroscopic Properties” ARKIVOC, 2009, viii, 145-155.

86. S. Abbate, F. Castiglione, F. Lebon, G. Longhi, A. Longo, A. Mele, W. Panzeri, A. Ruggirello, V. Turco Liveri “Spectroscopic and Structural Investigation of the Confinement of d and l Dimethyl Tartrate in Lecithin Reverse Micelles” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2009, 113, 3024-3033. 85. P. D’Arrigo, A. Mele, C. Rossi, D. Tessaro, S. Servi “Discrimination of Chain

Positions in Mixed Short/Long-Chain Glycerophosphocholines by NMR Chemical Shift Variations”

J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 2008, 85, 1008-1011. 84. C. Bazzini, T. Caronna, F. Fontana, P. Macchi, A. Mele, I. Natali Sora, W. Panzeri, A. Sironi “Synthesis, crystal structure and crystal packing of diaza[5]helicene” New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1710–1717. 83. M. Moreno, F. Castiglione, A. Mele, C. Pasqui, G. Raos “Interaction of Water with

the Model Ionic Liquid [bmim][BF4]: Molecular DynamicsSimulations and Comparison with NMR Data”

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2008, 112, 7826-7836. ISSN:1520-6106 DOI:10.1021/jp800383g

82. T. Caronna, F. Fontana, A. Mele, I. Natali Sora, W. Panzeri, L. Viganò “A Simple

Approach to the Synthesis of 7,8-Diaza[5]Helicene” Synthesis, 2008, 413-416 81. L. Ceraulo, S. Fanara, V. Turco Liveri, A. Ruggirello, W. Panzeri, A. Mele “Orientation

and Molecular Contacts of Melatonin Confined into AOT and Lecithin Reversed Micellar Systems”

Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 2008, 316, 307-312. 80. S. Abbate, C. Bazzini, T. Caronna, F. Fontana, F. Cangemi, F. Lebon, G. Longhi, A.

Mele, I. Natali Sora “Experimental and calculated circolar dichroism spectra of monoaza[5]helicenes.”

Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2007, 360, 908-912. 79. T. Caronna, C. Gambarotti, A. Mele, M. Pierini, C. Punta, F. Recupero “A green

approach to the amidation of heterocyclic bases: the use of sunlight and air.” Research on Chemical Intermediates, 2007, 33, 311-317. 78. D. Bongiorno, L. Ceraulo, M. Ferrugia, F. Filizzola, A. Longo, A. Mele, A. Ruggirello,

V. Liveri, Turco. “Interactions of α -tocopherol with biomembrane models: Binding to dry lecithin reversed micelles.”

Int. J. Pharm., 2006, 312, 96-104. 77. A. Mele, G. Romanò, M. Giannone, E. Ragg, G. Fronza, G. Raos, V. Marcon “The

Local Structure of Ionic Liquids: Cation-Cation NOE Interactions and Internuclear Distances in Neat [BMIM][BF4] and [BDMIM][BF4] ”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2006, 45, 1123-1126. ISSN:1433-7851

DOI:10.1002/anie.200503745 76. S. Abbate, C. Bazzini, T. Caronna, F. Fontana, C. Gambarotti, F. Gangemi, G.

Longhi, A. Mele, I. Natali Sora, W. Panzeri “Monoaza[5]helicenes. Part 2: Synthesis, characterisation and theoretical calculations.”

Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 139-148. 75. A. Mele, P. Metrangolo, H. Neukirch, T. Pilati, G. Resnati, “A Halogen-Bonding-

Based Heteroditopic Receptor for Alkali Metal Halides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 14972-14973. 74. F. Antonietti, C. Gambarotti, A. Mele, F. Minisci, R. Paganelli, C. Punta, F. Recupero

“New, simple and selective synthesis of perfluoroalkylquinones by perfluoroalkyl radicals. Enthalpic and polar effects”

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 4434-4440. 73. A. Mele “Investigation of the Structure of 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium

Tetrafluoroborate and Its Interaction with Water by Homo- and Heteronuclear Overhauser Enhancement” in Ionic Liquids III: Fundamentals, Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities, R.D. Rogers and K. Seddon, Eds. ACS Symposium Serie 901, American Chemical Society: Washington DC, 2005, pp. 2-17.

ISSN:0097-6156 DOI:10.1021/bk-2005-0901.ch001

72. C. Bazzini, S. Brovelli, T. Caronna, C Gambarotti, M. Giannone, P. Macchi, F.

Meinardi, A. Mele, W. Panzeri, F. Recupero, A. Sironi, R. Tubino “Synthesis and Characterization of some Aza[5]helicenes”

Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2005, 1247-1257. 71. F. Lebon, G. Longhi, F. Gangemi, S. Abbate, J. Priess, M. Juza, C. Bazzini, T.

Caronna, A. Mele “Chiroptical properties of some monoazapentahelicenes” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2004, 108, 11752-11761.

70. L. Malpezzi, G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, A. Mele, S. Brückner “Crystal architecture and conformational properties of the inclusion complex neohesperidin dihydrochalcone–β-cyclodextrin by X-ray diffraction.”

Carbohydr. Res., 2004, 339, 2117-2125. 69. F. Antonietti , A. Mele, F. Minisci, C. Punta, F. Recupero, F. Fontana “Enthalpic and

polar effects in the reactions of perfluoroalkyl radicals. New, selective synthetic developments with alkenes and heteroaromatic bases.”

J. Fluor. Chem., 2004, 125, 205-211. 68. A. Mele, C. D. Tran, S. H. De Paoli Lacerda “The Structure of a Room-Temperature

Ionic Liquid with and without Trace Amounts of Water: The Role of C-H....O and C-H....F Interactions in 1-n-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Tetrafluoroborate”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 2003, 42, 4364-4366. ISSN:1433-7851

DOI:10.1002/anie.200351783 67. L. Ceraulo, E. Dormond, A. Mele, V. Turco Liveri “FT-IT and Nuclear Overhauer

Enhancement Study of the State of Urea Confined in AOT-Reversed Micelles.” Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 2003, 218, 255-264. 66. A. Mele, G. Raffaini, F. Ganazzoli, M. Juza, V. Schurig “Macrocycle Conformation

and Self-inclusion Phenomena in Octakis(3-O-butanoyl-2,6-di-O-n-pentyl)-γ-cyclodextrin (Lipodex E) by NMR Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics.”

Carbohydr. Res., 2003, 338, 625-635. 65. G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, E. Genesio, A. Mele, “Structural Features of β-CD

Complexes with Naringin and its Dihydrochalcone and Aglycon Derivatives by 1H-NMR”

J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocyc. Chem., 2002, 44, 225-228. 64. A. Mele, G. Raffaini, F. Ganazzoli, A. Selva “β-Cyclodextrin and 5-

Methoxytriptammonium Ion. Host-Guest Association in vacuo: Simulation of Non-covalent Inclusion by Molecular Dynamics”

J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocyc. Chem., 2002, 44, 219-223. 63. A. Mele, R. Mendichi, A. Selva, P. Molnar, Gy. Toth “Non-covalent Associations of

Cyclomaltooligosaccharides (Cyclodextrins) with Carotenoids in Water. A Study on the α- and β-cyclodextrin / ψ,ψ-carotene (Lycopene) Systems by Light-scattering, Ionspray Ionization and Tandem Mass Spectrometry”

Carbohydr. Res., 2002, 337, 1129-1136. 62. D. Bongiorno, L. Ceraulo, A. Mele, W. Panzeri, A. Selva, V. Turco Liveri “Structural

and Physicochemical Characterization of the Inclusion Complexes of Cyclomaltooligosaccharides (Cyclodextrins) with Melatonin”

Carbohydr. Res., 2002, 337, 743-754. 61. T. Caronna, S. Gabbiadini, A. Mele, F. Recupero “Approaches to Azahelicene:

Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Some Diazapentahelicenes” Helv. Chim. Acta, 2002, 85, 1-8.

60. D. Bongiorno, L. Ceraulo, A. Mele, W. Panzeri, A. Selva, V. Turco Liveri “Guest-to Host Proton Transfer in Melatonin—β-cyclodextrin Inclusion Complex by Ionspray, Fast Atom Bombardment and Tandem Mass Spectrometry”

J. Mass Spectrom., 2001, 36, 1189-1194. 59. L. Bossi, P. D’Arrigo, G. Pedrocchi-Fantoni, A. Mele, S. Servi, I. Leiros “The

Substrate Requirements of Phospholipase D.” J. Mol. Catalysis B, 2001, 11, 433-438. 58. T. Caronna, M. Catellani, S. Luzzati, L. Malpezzi, S. V. Meille, A. Mele, C. Richter, R.

Sinisi, “Molecular Crystal Architecture and Optical Properties of a Thiohelicenes Series Containing 5, 7, 9, and 11 Rings Prepared via Photochemical Synthesis.”

Chem. Mater. 2001, 13, 3906-3914. 57. T. Caronna, R. Sinisi, M. Catellani, L. Malpezzi, S. V. Meille, A. Mele "Photochemical

Synthesis and structural properties of high membered thiohelicenes" Chem. Commun., 2000, 1139-1140. 56. A. Alberti, S. Bertini, M. Comoli, M.Guerrini, A. Mele, E. Vismara

"Acetobromomaltose, a New Source of Carbohydrate Radicals. EPR Characterisation of Maltosyl and 2-Deoxymaltos-2-yl Radicals and Syntheses of Tetrasaccharide-like Mimics, Maltal, 3-α-Maltosyl Propiononitrile, 1,5-Anhydromaltitol and 2-Deoxymaltopyranoside." Tetrahedron, 2000, 6291-6297.

55. A. Mele, W. Panzeri, A. Selva, P. Mauri "Fast Atom Bombardment, Electrospray,

Ionspray and Tandem Mass Spectrometry of 1:1 β-Cyclodextrin / 5-metoxytriptamine Hydrocloride Host-guest Complex: Host Protonation and Fragmentation Ensuing Guest Deamination."

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom., 2000, 169-174. 54. A. Arnone, C. De Gregorio, A. Mele, G. Nasini, O. Vajna de Pava "Secondary Mould

Metabolites: Part 58. Modifications in Basic Conditions and Michael Additions of the Protoilluidane Sesquiterpene Tsugicoline A, Some Implications for the Biogenesis of Other Sesquiterpenoids Produced by Basidiomycetes."

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, 2000, 745-751. 53. A. Mele, L. Malpezzi "Non-covalent Association Phenomena of 2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic

Acid with Cyclic and Linear Oligosaccharides. A Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometric and X-ray Crystallographic Study."

J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2000, 11, 228-236. 52. A. Mele, D. Pezzetta and A. Selva "Ionspray Ionization and Tandem Mass

Spectrometry of Li+ or NH4+ Coordinated 1:1 γ-Cyclodextrin/12-Crown-4-ether Double Macrocyclic Inclusion Complex."

Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 1999, 193, L1-L6. 51. C. Pettinari, M. Pellei, A. Cingolani, A. Drozdov, S. Troyanov, W. Panzeri, A. Mele

"Synthesis, Spectrosopic and X-ray Diffraction Study of Tin Derivatives with Tris-(pyrazol-1-yl)methanes."

Inorg. Chem., 1999, 38, 5777-5787.

50. C. Santini, C. Pettinari, M. Pellei, G. Gioia Lobbia, A Pifferi, M. Carmalli, A. Mele

"Synthesis, Characterization and Crystal Structure of New Copper (II) Complexes with Tris- and Tetrakis-(pyrazol-1-yl)borate Ligands."

Polyhedron, 1999, 18, 2255-2263. 49. A. Arnone, P. Bravo, M. Frigerio, A. Mele, B. Vergani and F. Viani "Synthesis of

Enantiomerically Pure 2’,3’,5’-Trideoxy-4’-[(diethoxyphosphoryl)difluoromethyl] thymidine Analogues."

Eur. J. Org. Chem., 1999, 2149-2157. 48. A. Mele, W. Panzeri, A. Selva, E. Canu "Ready Detection of β-Carotene form Large

Aggregates of Cyclodextrins Complexes in Water Solution by Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry with and without Matrix Assistance."

Eur. Mass Spectrom., 1999, 5, 7-10. 47. R. Bernardi, T. Caronna, A. Mele, S. Morrocchi and M. Ursini "The Trapping of 1,X-

Biradicals, Photochemically Produced, with 4-Cyanopyridine in Neutral and Acidic Medium."

J. Heterocyclic Chem., 1999, 36, 17-23. 46. A. Mele, B. Vergani, F. Viani, S. V. Meille, A. Farina and P. Bravo "Experimental

Evidence for Intramolecular Attractive Nonbonded C–F…H–C Interactions in 2’,3’-Dideoxy-4’-(fluoromethyl)nucleosides – Through-Space JCF and JHF NMR Coupling Constants, Correlation with Empirical Parameters of Solvent Polarity and Single-Crystal X-ray Structures."

Eur. J. Org. Chem., 1999, 187-196. 45. A. Mele, A. Selva and R. Mendichi "Non-Covalent associations of Cyclodextrins with

trans-β-Carotene in Water: Evidence for the Formation of Large Aggregates by Light Scattering and NMR."

Carbohydr. Res., 1998, 310, 261-267. 44. F. Caccia, R. Dispenza, G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, L. Malpezzi and A. Mele "Structure of

Neohesperidin Dihydrochalcone / β-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complex, a NMR, MS and X-Ray Spectroscopic Investigation."

J. Agric. Food Chem., 1998, 46, 1500-1505. 43. A. Mele, W. Panzeri and A. Selva "Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometric and

Tandem Mass Spectrometric Study on (-)-Menthol-β-(D)-Glucopyranoside, Neohesperidin Dihydrochalcone and Their Non Covalent Associations of β-Cyclodextrin. Two Examples of Interaction of a Carbohydrate Host with Glycoconjugate Guests."

Eur. Mass Spectrom., 1997, 3, 347-354. 42. A. Bravo, H.-R. Bjorsvik, F. Fontana, L. Liguori, A. Mele and F. Minisci "New Methods

of Free-Radical Perfluoroalkylation of Aromatics and Alkenes. Absolute Rate Constants and Partial Rate Factors for the Homolytic Aromatic Substitution by n-Perfluorobutyl Radical"

J. Org. Chem., 1997, 62, 7128-7136.

41. A. Mele, W. Panzeri and A. Selva "Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometric and Tandem Mass Spectrometric Investigation in Thioglycerol on Protonated Non Covalent Associations of β-Cyclodextrin with 2-Acetyl-, 2-Propionyl-1-pyrroline and 5-Acetyl-2,3-dihydro-1,4-thiazine, Roast Smelling Odorants in Food. The Role of Matrix."

J. Mass Spectrom., 1997, 32, 807-812. 40. A. Mele and A. Selva "A Study by Mass Spectrometry on the Volatility of trans-β-

Carotene after Complexation with β-Cyclodextrin", Eur. Mass Spectrom, 1997, 3, 161-163. 39. A. Citterio, M. Fochi, M. Maronati, A. Mele and R. Sebastiano "Synthesis of 2-Oxy-3-

(Pyridinium-1'-yl)-1,4-Naphtoquinone Derivatives by Iodine or Hydrogen Peroxide Oxidation of 1,4-Naphtoquinones in the Presence of Substituted Pyridines."

Synthesis, 1997, 614-616. 38. A. Mele, G. Salani, F. Viani and P. Bravo "Through-Space 7JHF and 6JCF Spin-Spin

Couplings in 2',3'-dideoxy-4'-fluoroalkylnucleosides. The Role of Sugar Ring Conformation and Solvent Effect."

Magn. Reson. Chem., 1997, 35, 168-174. 37. T. F. Favino, G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, D. Fuganti, P. Grasselli and A. Mele "Penicillin

Acylase Mediated Synthesis of 2-Acethyl-1-pyrroline and of 2-Propionyl-1-pyrroline, Key Roast-Smelling Odorants in Food. Inclusion Complexes with β-Cyclodextrin and their NMR and MS Characterization."

J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 8975-8979. 36. G. Fronza, A. Mele, E. Redenti and P. Ventura, "1H-NMR and Molecular Modeling

Study on the β-Cyclodextrin-Indomethacin Inclusion Complex." J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 909-914. 35. C. Boschetti, G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, P. Grasselli, A. G. Magnone, A. Mele and C.

Pellegatta "A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Method for the Determination of the Purity of Commercial Dequalinium Chloride."

Arzneim.-Forsch./Drug Res., 1995, 45, 1217-1221. 34. G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, A. Mele, G. Pedrocchi-Fantoni, A. Sarra and S. Servi "On the

Mechanism of Baker's Yeast Mediated Synthesis of S-Benzyl (R)-Thioglycerate. Experiments with C3 Precursors."

Gazz. Chim. It, 1995, 125, 305-308. 33. P. Bravo, A. Mele, G. Salani and F. Viani and P. La Colla, "Synthesis of 4'-Fluoroalkyl

Nucleoside Analogues." Gazz. Chim. It, 1995, 125, 295-303. 32. A. Bravo, F. Fontana, G. Fronza, A. Mele and F. Minisci, "Induced Homolysis if

Dimethyldioxirane By Alkanes and Alkyl Radicals in Oxidation Process. The Dramatic Role of Molecular Oxygen and Radical Inhibitors."

J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1995, 1573-1574.

31. M. Cavicchioli, A. Mele, V. Montanari and G. Resnati "A stereoselective and Preparative Entry to 1,2-Anhydrosugars through Oxidation of Glycals with Perfluoro-cis-2,3-dialkyloxaziridine."

J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1995, 901-902. 30. A. Mele, A. Selva and G. Vago "Water Soluble Complexes of β-carotene with β- and

γ-Cyclodextrin detected by Electron Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ESIMS)." Eur. Mass Spectrom, 1995, 1, 215-216. 29. A. Mele and A. Selva "Detection of Piroxicam Adducts with β-Cyclodextrin or

Maltohexaose by FAB-MS." J. Mass Spectrom., 1995, 30, 645-647. 28. P. Bravo, A. Mele, G. Salani and F. Viani "Asymmetric Synthesis of Enantiomerically

Pure 4'-Fluoroalkyl-2',3'-Dideoxy Nucleosides", Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 1994, 4, 1577-1580. 27. M. Turconi, A. Gozzo, G. Schiavi, G. Fronza, A. Mele and P. Bravo "Synthesis,

Absolute Configuration, Conformational Analysis and Binding Affinity Properties of Enantiomeric Forms of DAU 5750, a novel M1-M3 Muscarinic Receptor Antagonist."

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 1994, 2, 1375-1383. 26. G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, P. Grasselli, L. Malpezzi and A. Mele "Baker's Yeast Mediated

Preparation of Esters of (R) and (S)-Ethyl 2-Formyl-3-hydroxy-2-methylpropionate." J. Org. Chem., 1994, 59, 3487-3489. 25. G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, P. Grasselli and A. Mele "On the Asymmetric Dihydroxylation

of (2S,3R) 5-Phenylpent-4-en-2,3-diol Derivatives." Tetrahedron, 1994, 50, 5021-5026. 24. D. Uhrin, A. Mele, K. Kover, J. Boyd and R.A. Dwek "One-Dimentional Inverse-

Detected Methods for Measurement of Long-Range Proton-Carbon Coupling Constants. Applications to Saccharides"

J. Magn. Reson. A, 1994, 108, 160-170. 23. G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, A. Mele, G. Pedrocchi Fantoni and S. Servi "On the

Mechanism of Baker's Yeast Mediated Synthesis of (R) S-Benzyl Thioglycerate. Experiments in Deuterated Water."

Tetrahedron, 1994, 50, 857-864. 22. A. Citterio, M. Caceres Carvajal, A. Mele, M. Nicolini, R. Santi and R. Sebastiano

"Oxidation of Ketones by Ferric Perchlorate in the Presence of Conjugated Dienes to Hexahydrofuro[2,3-b]furanes and 1,6-Dioxaspiro[4,4]nonanes."

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1993, 1973-1993. 21. G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, P. Grasselli, A. Mele, A. Sarra, G. Allegrone and M. Barbeni,

"On the Mode of Baker's Yeast Reduction of C-7 --- C-10 2-Alken-4-Olides.", Tetr. Lett., 1993, 6467-6470. 20. D. Uhrin, A. Mele and R. A. Dwek "Selective Inverse Correlation by Using Chemical-

Shift-Selective Filters and Selective Pulses",

J. Magn. Reson. A, 1993, 101, 98-102. 19. G. Fronza, A. Mele, E. Redenti and P. Ventura "Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Spectroscopy Studies of the Inclusion Complex of Piroxycam with β-Cyclodextrin." J. Pharm. Sci., 1992, 81, 1162-1165. 18. C. Dell'Erba, A. Mele, R. Musio, M. Novi, G. Petrillo, F. Sancassan, O. Sciacovelli

and D. Spinelli "Substituent Effect on One-Bond 13C-13C NMR Coupling Constants between the Carbonyl Carbon and C1 in Methyl Benzoates. Is there a Dependence on π-Bond-Order Changes?"

J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 4061-4063. 17. C. Sottani, A. Mele, D. Favretto and P. Traldi "Collision Spectroscopy in Isomer

Characterization: the Case of (E)- and (Z)-p-Nitrophenylazo tert-Buthyl Sulphides." Org. Mass Spectrom., 1992, 27, 169-173. 16. D. Uhrin, A. Mele, J. Boyd, M. Wormald and R. A. Dwek, "New Methods for

Measurement of Long-Range Proton-Carbon Coupling Constants in Oligosaccharides"

J. Magn. Reson., 1992, 97, 411-418. 15. C. Dell'Erba, A. Mele, M. Novi, G. Petrillo and P. Stagnaro "Synthetic Exploitation of

the Ring-Opening of 3,4- Dinitrothiophene. Access to 1,4-Disubstituted 2,3-Dinitro- 1,3-Butadienes and 2,3-Butanedione Dioximes"

Tetrahedron, 1992, 48, 4407-4418. 14. S. Auricchio, G. Fronza, A. Mele and D. Favara "Structure and Conformation of

Erythronolide B and (8S)-8-Fluoroerythronolide B Spiroacetals and of Their Acetyl Derivatives. A 1H NMR Study"

J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 452-455. 13. G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, A. Mele, G. Pedrocchi Fantoni and S. Servi "On the Origin of

the C3 Framework of Yeast-Generated (R)-S-Benzyl Thioglycerate", J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 999-1002. 12. G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, P. Grasselli and A. Mele "On the Mode of Bakers' Yeast

Transformation of 3- Chloropropiophenone and Related Ketones. Synthesis of (2S)- [2-2H]Propiophenone, (R)-Fluoxetine, and (R)- and (S)-Fenfluramine"

J. Org. Chem., 1991, 56, 6019-6023. 11. R. Cardillo, G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, P. Grasselli, A. Mele, D. Pizzi, G. Allegrone, M.

Barbeni and A. Pisciotta "Stereochemistry of the Microbial Generation of δ- Decanolide, γ-Dodecanolide and γ-Nonanolide from C18 13-Hydroxy, C18 10-Hydroxy, and C19 14-Hydroxy Unsaturated Fatty Acids"

J. Org. Chem., 1991, 56, 5237-5239. 10. G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, A. Mele and G. Pedrocchi Fantoni "On the Use of (4S,5S)-2-

Phenyl-4,5-Dimethyl-4-Formyl-4,5- Dihydro-Oxazole in the Synthesis of N-Protected 2,3,4,6-Tetradeoxy-4-C-Methyl-4-Amino-L-Hexose Derivatives"

J. Carbohydr. Chem., 1991, 10, 197-213.

9. G. Ronsisvalle, M. S. Pappalardo, S. Spampinato and A. Mele "Opioid Receptors: Development of Selective Peptidomimetics with Agonist or Antagonist Activity"

Il Farmaco, 1991, 46, 171-175. 8. C. Evans, P. Traldi, A. Mele and C. Sottani "A Comparison between Ion Trap and

Triple Quadrupole Collision-results" Org. Mass Spectrom. 1991, 26, 347-349. 7. P. Bravo, L. Bruche, A. Mele and G. Zecchi "Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl-substituted

Isoxazolidines and 4,5- Dihydroisoxazoles by 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions", J. Chem. Research (S), 1991, 81. J. Chem. Research (M), 1991, 719. 6. S. Auricchio, G. Fronza, S. V. Meille, A. Mele and D. Favara "8-Bromoerytronolide

5,9:6,9-Spiroacetal B: Synthesis, Structure, Conformation and Nucleophilic Substitution Reactivity"

J. Org. Chem., 1991, 56, 2250-2253. 5. G. Fronza, C. Fuganti, P. Grasselli, A. Mele, G. Allegrone, M. Barbeni and A.

Pisciotta "Stereochemistry of the Methyne-Methylene Conversion in the Biogeneration of (S)-δ-Decanolide and (S)-γ-Dodecanolide from (13RS)-13- Hydroxyoctadeca-9Z,11E-dienoic and (10RS)-10-Hydroxyoctadec-8E-enoic Acid",

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, 1991, 2977-2981. 4. G. Fronza, A. Mele, G. Pedrocchi Fantoni, D. Pizzi and S. Servi "Addition of Activated

Grignard Reagents to 2- Phenyloxazolines" J. Org. Chem., 1990, 55, 6216-6219. 3. C. Dell'Erba, A. Mele, M. Novi, G. Petrillo and P. Stagnaro "Synthetic Exploitation of

the Ring-Opening of 3,4- Dinitrothiophene. A Novel Access to 1,4-Dialkyl- and 1,4- Diaryl-2,3-Dinitro-1,3-Butadienes",

Tetr. Letters, 1990, 4933-4936. 2. C. Dell'Erba, A. Mele, M. Novi, G. Petrillo, F. Sancassan and D. Spinelli "On the

Nature of Resonance Interactions in Substituted Benzenes. Part 3. A 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Substituent Effects in 4-Substituted Benzamides and Methyl Benzoates in Dimethyl Sulphoxide"

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1990, 2055-2058. 1. C. Dell'Erba, F. Sancassan, G. Leandri, M. Novi, G. Petrillo, A. Mele, D. Spinelli and

G. Consiglio "On the Nature of Resonance Interactions in Substituted Benzenes. II. 13C NMR Investigations on Aryl 4-X-Benzoates",

Gazz. Chim. It., 1989, 119, 643-647.