Gabriel Abranches Dias Castro

Conversion of carbohydrates and biomass into high value-added and fine chemical products, applying new catalysts for this area. Studies in the area of organocatalysis, more specifically of catalysts in the class of calix[n]arenes. Analysis of reaction mixtures and food samples performed by GC-MS, HPLC-UV, HPLC-RI and 1H NMR. Synthesis of ligands for metal quantification by colorimetry and fluorimetry.