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Diego Alves is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Pelotas in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of chemistry and medicine, with a particularly strong focus on organic chemistry and materials chemistry, as well as related subfields such as toxicology, pharmacology, and molecular biology.

Themes central to Alves's work include organoselenium and organotellurium chemistry, sulfur-based synthesis techniques, and research related to cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases. Other notable research topics are crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, click chemistry applications, and investigations concerning tryptophan and brain disorders.

Frequent collaborators in their scientific publications include Lucielli Savegnago, Ethel A. Wilhelm, Mariana G. Fronza, Manoela Sacramento, and Cristiane Luchese.

Diego Alves has contributed to various respected journals with multiple publications. The most common venues for their research include The Cambridge Structural Database, New Journal of Chemistry, Molecular Neurobiology, ChemistrySelect, and the European Journal of Organic Chemistry.

Selected recent papers by Diego Alves are:

  • Seleno-Functionalization of Quercetin Improves the Non-Covalent Inhibition of Mpro and Its Antiviral Activity in Cells against SARS-CoV-2 (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • The neurobiology and therapeutic potential of multi-targeting β-secretase, glycogen synthase kinase 3β and acetylcholinesterase in Alzheimer's disease (2023, Ageing Research Reviews)
  • Organoboron compounds as versatile reagents in the transition metal-catalyzed C-S, C-Se and C-Te bond formation (2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews)
  • Selenium-NMR Spectroscopy in Organic Synthesis: From Structural Characterization Toward New Investigations (2020, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry)
  • Beneficial effects of QTC-4-MeOBnE in an LPS-induced mouse model of depression and cognitive impairments: The role of blood-brain barrier permeability, NF-κB signaling, and microglial activation (2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity)

Best Publications

  • α-Keto Acids: Acylating Agents in Organic Synthesis.

    Filipe Penteado;Eric F. Lopes;Diego Alves;Gelson Perin

  • Essential oil of the leaves of Eugenia uniflora L.: antioxidant and antimicrobial properties.

    Francine Novack Victoria;Eder João Lenardão;Lucielli Savegnago;Gelson Perin

  • Antinociceptive properties of diphenyl diselenide: evidences for the mechanism of action.

    Lucielli Savegnago;Larissa G. Pinto;Cristiano R. Jesse;Diego Alves

  • Glycerol as a recyclable solvent for copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of diaryl diselenides with aryl boronic acids

    Vanessa G. Ricordi;Camilo S. Freitas;Gelson Perin;Eder J. Lenardão

  • Synthesis and antioxidant properties of novel quinoline–chalcogenium compounds

    Lucielli Savegnago;Aline I. Vieira;Natália Seus;Bruna S. Goldani

  • Electrophilic cyclization of (Z)-selenoenynes: synthesis and reactivity of 3-iodoselenophenes.

    Diego Alves;Cristiane Luchese;Cristina W. Nogueira;Gilson Zeni

  • CuO nanoparticles: an efficient and recyclable catalyst for cross-coupling reactions of organic diselenides with aryl boronic acids

    Diego Alves;Cayane G. Santos;Márcio W. Paixão;Letiére C. Soares

  • Organocatalytic Synthesis of (Arylselanyl)phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxamides by Cycloaddition between Azidophenyl Arylselenides and β-Oxo-amides

    Natália Seus;Bruna Goldani;Eder J. Lenardão;Lucielli Savegnago

  • 4-Phenylselenyl-7-chloroquinoline, a new quinoline derivative containing selenium, has potential antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory actions

    Mikaela Pinz;Angélica S. Reis;Vanessa Duarte;Márcia J. da Rocha

  • Base-free oxidation of thiols to disulfides using selenium ionic liquid

    Samuel Thurow;Vanda A. Pereira;Débora M. Martinez;Diego Alves

  • Antisecretory and antiulcer effects of diphenyl diselenide

    Lucielli Savegnago;Marcio Trevisan;Diego Alves;Joao Batista Teixeira Rocha

  • Catalyst-free synthesis of benzodiazepines and benzimidazoles using glycerol as recyclable solvent

    Catia S. Radatz;Rodrigo B. Silva;Gelson Perin;Eder J. Lenardão

  • Reduction of diphenyl diselenide and analogs by mammalian thioredoxin reductase is independent of their gluthathione peroxidase-like activity: a possible novel pathway for their antioxidant activity.

    Andressa Sausen de Freitas;Alessandro de Souza Prestes;Caroline Wagner;Jéssie Haigert Sudati

  • Recoverable Cu/SiO2 composite-catalysed click synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles in water media

    Cátia Schwartz Radatz;Liliana do Amaral Soares;Estéfano Roberto Vieira;Diego Alves

  • Imidazolium ionic liquids containing selenium: synthesis and antimicrobial activity

    Eduardo E. Alberto;Luana L. Rossato;Sydney Hartz Alves;Diego Alves

  • Synthesis of arylselanyl-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxylates by organocatalytic cycloaddition of azidophenyl arylselenides with β-keto-esters

    Natália Seus;Loren C. Gonçalves;Anna M. Deobald;Lucielli Savegnago

  • An efficient one-pot strategy for the highly regioselective metal-free synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazoles

    Akbar Ali;Arlene G. Corrêa;Diego Alves;Julio Zukerman-Schpector

  • Synthesis of Organochalcogen Compounds using Non‐Conventional Reaction Media

    Gelson Perin;Diego Alves;Raquel G. Jacob;Angelita M. Barcellos

  • Copper iodide-catalyzed cyclization of (Z)-chalcogenoenynes.

    André L. Stein;Diego Alves;Juliana T. da Rocha;Cristina W. Nogueira

  • Copper‐Catalyzed Direct Arylselenation of Anilines by CH Bond Cleavage

    Vanessa G. Ricordi;Samuel Thurow;Filipe Penteado;Ricardo F. Schumacher

  • Ultrasound-Assisted Synthesis and Antioxidant Activity of 3-Selanyl-1 H-indole and 3-Selanylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine Derivatives

    Beatriz M. Vieira;Samuel Thurow;Monaliza da Costa;Angela M. Casaril

Frequent Co-Authors

Eder J. Lenardão
Eder J. Lenardão Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Cristina W. Nogueira
Cristina W. Nogueira Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Gilson Zeni
Gilson Zeni Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Márcio W. Paixão
Márcio W. Paixão Federal University of São Carlos
Antonio L. Braga
Antonio L. Braga Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Claudio Santi
Claudio Santi University of Perugia
Rafael Luque
Rafael Luque King Saud University
João Rocha
João Rocha Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
André R. Fajardo
André R. Fajardo Universidade Federal de Pelotas

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