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Publications
David Arias-Olivares, Andrés Becerra-Buitrago, Luis Carlos García-Sánchez, Diego V Moreno, Rafael Islas
ACS Omega 2024, 9, 9, 10913–10928
Rodrigo Báez-Grez, Diego Inostroza, Alejandro Vásquez-Espinal, Rafael Islas, Ricardo Pino-Ríos
RSC Advances 2023 13 (35), 24499-24504
38. Core-electron contributions to the molecular magnetic response
Mesías Orozco-Ic, Nickolas D Charistos, Alvaro Muñoz-Castro, Rafael Islas, Dage Sundholm, Gabriel Merino
PCCP 2022, 24 (20) 12158-12166
Jorge I. Martínez-Araya and Rafael Islas
Journal of Computational Chemistry 2022, 43 (1) 29-42
36. Metallaborazines: To Be or Not To Be Delocalized
Rafael Islas, David Arias-Olivares, Andrés Becerra-Buitrago, Luis Carlos García-Sánchez, Lya Neftaly Méndez-Ayón, Bernardo Zúñiga-Gutierrez
ACS Omega 2021, 6 (30), 19629–19641
35. In Silico Analysis of the Electronic Delocalization in Some Double Fused-Ring Metallabenzenes
David Arias-Olivares, Andrés Becerra-Buitrago, Luis Carlos García-Sánchez, Rafael Islas
ACS Omega 2021, 6 (14), 9887–9897
34. Delocalization in Substituted Benzene Dications: A Magnetic Point of View
Mesías Orozco‐Ic, Jorge Barroso, Rafael Islas, Gabriel Merino
ChemistryOpen 2020, 9 (6), 657
Rafael Islas, Diego Inostroza, David Arias-Olivares, Bernardo Zúñiga-Gutiérrez, Jordi Poater, Miquel Solà
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2020, 22, 12245-12259
32. Revisiting the rearrangement of Dewar thiophenes
Sara Gómez, Edison Osorio, Eugenia Dzib, Rafael Islas, Albeiro Restrepo, Gabriel Merino.
Molecules 2020, 25 (2), 284-298.
Cristian Tirapegui, Macarena Rojas-Poblete, Ramiro Arratia-Perez, Cristian Linares-Flores, Rafael Islas, Eduardo Schott, Raul Guajardo-Maturana.
Dyes and Pigments, 2019, 161, 370-381
30. Simple and Rapid One‐Step Electrochemical Synthesis of Nanogranular Cu2O Films
Diego P. Oyarzún, M. I. Broens, O. E. Linarez-Pérez, M. López-Teijelo, Rafael Islas, Ramiro Arratia-Pérez
ChemistrySelect, 2018, 3 (30), 8610-8614
Rafael Islas, Diego P. Oyarzún, Plinio Cantero-López
Structural Chemistry, 2018, 29 (15), 1383-1395
David Arias-Olivares, Dayán Páez-Hernández, Rafael Islas
New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42 (7), 5334-5344
Alejandro Vásquez-Espinal, Jordi Poater, Miquel Solà, William Tiznado, Rafael Islas.
New Journal of Chemistry, 2017, 41 (3), 1168-1178
26. Boron avoids cycloalkane-like strucutres in the LinBnH2n
Alejandro Vásquez-Espinal, Juan Torres-Vega, Luis Alvarez-Thon, Patricio Fuentealba, Rafael Islas, William Tiznado
New Journal of Chemistry, 2016, 40, 2007-2013
25. Dynamical behavior of Borospherene: A Nanobubble
Gerardo Martínez-Guajardo, José Luis Cabellos, Andres Díaz-Celaya, Sudip Pan, Rafael Islas, Pratim K Chattaraj, Thomas Heine, Gabriel Merino
Scientific reports, 2015, 5, 11287. DOI:: 10.1038/srep11287
24. Li7(BH)5+: a new thermodynamically favored star-shaped molecule
Juan J Torres-Vega, Alejandro Vásquez-Espinal, Maria J Beltran, Lina Ruiz, Rafael Islas, William Tiznado
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, 17 (29), 19602-19606
23. Planar tetracoordinate carbons with a double bond in CAl3E clusters
Zhong-hua Cui, Yi-hong Ding, José Luis Cabellos, Edison Osorio, Rafael Islas, Albeiro Restrepo, Gabriel Merino
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, 17 (14), 8769-8775
22. Planar pentacoordinate carbons in CBe5(4−) derivatives
Rafael Grande-Aztatzi, José Luis Cabellos, Rafael Islas, Ivan Infante, José M Mercero, Albeiro Restrepo, Gabriel Merino
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, 17 (6), 4620-4624
21. The inorganic analogues of carbo-benzene
Said Jalife, Martha Audiffred, Rafael Islas, Sigfrido Escalante, Sudip Pan, Pratim K Chattaraj, Gabriel Merino
Chemical Physics Letters, 2014, 610-611, 209-211
20. Carbo-Cages: A Computational Study
Jon M Azpiroz, Rafael Islas, Diego Moreno, María A Fernández-Herrera, Sudip Pan, Pratim K Chattaraj, Gerardo Martínez-Guajardo, Jesus M Ugalde, Gabriel Merino
The Journal of organic chemistry, 2014, 79 (12), 5463-5470
19. Analysis of the aromaticity of five-membered heterometallacycles containing Os, Ru, Rh, and Ir
Rafael Islas, Jordi Poater, Miquel Solà
Organometallics, 2014, 33 (7), 1762-1773
18. Stop rotating! One substitution halts the B19(-) motor
Francisco Cervantes-Navarro, Gerardo Martínez-Guajardo, Edison Osorio, Diego Moreno, William Tiznado, Rafael Islas, Kelling J Donald,
Gabriel Merino
Chemical Communications, 2014, 50 (73), 10680-10682
17. B18(2−): a quasi-planar bowl member of the Wankel motor family
Diego Moreno, Sudip Pan, Lei Liu Zeonjuk, Rafael Islas, Edison Osorio, Gerardo Martínez-Guajardo, Pratim K Chattaraj, Thomas Heine, Gabriel Merino
Chemical Communications, 2014, 50 (60), 8140-8143
16. Is Al2Cl6 Aromatic? Cautions in Superficial NICS Interpretation
Juan José Torres, Rafael Islas, Edison Osorio, Jason G Harrison, William Tiznado, Gabriel Merino
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2013, 117 (26), 5529-553
Rafael Islas, Jordi Poater, Eduard Matito, Miquel Solà
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012, 14, 14850-14859
14. D3h CN3Be3(+) and CO3Li3(+): viable planar hexacoordinate carbon prototypes
Yan-Bo Wu, Yan Duan, Gang Lu, Hai-Gang Lu, Pin Yang, Paul von Ragué Schleyer, Gabriel Merino, Rafael Islas, Zhi-Xiang Wang
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012, 14, 14760-14763
13. The induced magnetic field
Rafael Islas, Thomas Heine, Gabriel Merino
Accounts of chemical research, 2012, 45 (2), 215-228
12. Aromaticity and hydrogen storage capability of planar and rings
Soma Duley, Santanab Giri, Narayanasami Sathyamurthy, Rafael Islas, Gabriel Merino, Pratim Kumar Chattaraj
Chemical Physics Letters, 2011, 506 (4), 315-320
11. Starlike aluminum–carbon aromatic species
Yan‐Bo Wu, Jin‐Liang Jiang, Hai‐Gang Lu, Zhi‐Xiang Wang, Nancy Perez‐Peralta, Rafael Islas, Maryel Contreras, Gabriel Merino, Judy I Wu,
Paul von Rague Schleyer
Chemistry-A European Journal, 2011, 17 (2), 714-719
10. B19(-): An Aromatic Wankel Motor
J Oscar C Jiménez‐Halla, Rafael Islas, Thomas Heine, Gabriel Merino
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010, 49 (33), 5668-5671
9. Bonding, aromaticity, and structure of trigonal dianion metal clusters
Santanab Giri, Debesh Ranjan Roy, Soma Duley, Arindam Chakraborty, Ramakrishnan Parthasarathi, Munusamy Elango, Ramadoss Vijayaraj, Venkatesan Subramanian, Rafael Islas, Gabriel Merino, Pratim Kumar Chattaraj
Journal of computational chemistry, 2010, 31 (9), 1815-1821
8. Not All That Has a Negative NICS Is Aromatic: The Case of the H-Bonded Cyclic Trimer of HF
Rafael Islas, Gerardo Martínez-Guajardo, J Oscar C Jiménez-Halla, Miquel Solà, Gabriel Merino
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2010, 6 (4), 1131-1135
7. CAl4Be and CAl3Be2−: global minima with a planar pentacoordinate carbon atom
J Oscar C Jimenez-Halla, Yan-Bo Wu, Zhi-Xiang Wang, Rafael Islas, Thomas Heine, Gabriel Merino
Chemical Communications, 2010, 46 (46), 8776-8778
6. Designing 3-D molecular stars
William Tiznado, Nancy Perez-Peralta, Rafael Islas, Alejandro Toro-Labbe, Jesús M Ugalde, Gabriel Merino
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131 (26), 9426-9431
5. Planar Tetracoordinate Carbons in Cyclic Semisaturated Hydrocarbons
Nanacy Perez-Peralta, Mario Sanchez, Jesús Martin-Polo, Rafael Islas, Alberto Vela, Gabriel Merino
The Journal of organic chemistry, 2008, 73 (18), 7037-7044
4. Borazine: to be or not to be aromatic
Rafael Islas, Eduardo Chamorro, Juvencio Robles, Thomas Heine, Juan C Santos, Gabriel Merino
Structural Chemistry, 2007, 18 (6), 833-839
3. Boron rings enclosing planar hypercoordinate group 14 elements
Rafael Islas, Thomas Heine, Keigo Ito, Paul R Schleyer, Gabriel Merino
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129 (47), 14767-14774
2. Structure and Electron Delocalization in Al4(2-) and Al4(4-)
Rafael Islas, Thomas Heine, Gabriel Merino
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2007, 3 (3), 775-781
Thomas Heine, Rafael Islas, Gabriel Merino
Journal of computational chemistry, 2007, 28 (1), 302-309