Dr. Cesar Morales Verdejo

Sus líneas de investigación son síntesis inorgánica, orgánica y organometálica, deslocalización electrónica, transferencia electrónica, valencia mixta en sistemas homo- y heterobimetálicos para el desarrollo de nuevos materiales con aplicaciones en catálisis homogénea y materiales energéticos.

1. Concurso de I+D Basada en Innovación UBO/VRA-12: Mejora del ciclo de vida de aceites lubricantes industriales mediante nanopartículas magnéticas (2023)
2. Exploración 2022 – , N° 13220074: Candy Propellants for high-atmosphere Chilean space program (2022-2025)
3. Concurso de I+D Basada en Innovación UBO/VVCMEI-28: Desarrollo de banco de pruebas estático para propulsión a chorro para potenciales cohetes para la puesta en órbita de microsatélites. (2022)
4. Fondecyt Regular N° 1210827: Ferrocene-based ionic liquids applied as burning rate catalysts for composite solid propellants (2021-2024)
5. Proyecto Anillo ACT192175: Rational Design of Molecular Catalytic Materials for Energy Conversion and Electrochemical Reactions (2019-2021)
6. FONDEF IDeA ID18 10085: Desarrollo y validación del apósito prototipo con nanoformulación de cobre para el tratamiento de heridas crónicas infectadas (2018-2019)
7. RDECOM-US ARMY W911NF-18-1-0398: Higher performance burn rate catalysts for composite solid propellants based on graphene and dendrimers (2018-2019)
8. Fondecyt Regular 1161297: Synthesis and characterization of homo- and heterobimetallic complexes ferrocene-type with potential applications as burning rate catalysts in solid propellants (2016-2019)
9. Fondecyt de Iniciación 11110273: Supramolecular Assemblies derived from Tungsten-Alkylidyne with Possible Application in the Reduction of CO2 (2011-2013)

1. Dibdalli, Y., Morales-Verdejo, C., Ortega, D. E., Molins, E., & Amshumali, M. K. (2024b). Synthesis of the bimetallic zirconium compound derived from unsubstituted as-indacene and its catalytic behavior on ethylene polymerization. Journal Of Molecular Structure, 1309, 138163,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2024.138163
2. Dibdalli, Y., Gaete, J., Osorio, C., Abarca, G., & Morales-Verdejo, C. (2024). Synthesis and characterization of iron and ruthenium complexes with the hydrotris(3,5-dimethyl-pyrazolyl)borate ligand and application as burning rate catalysts for solid rocket motor propellant. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 559, 121793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2023.121793
3. Valdebenito, C., Gaete, J., Osorio, C., Dibdalli, Y., Norambuena, Á., Lecaros, N., Carrasco, C., Reyes, H., Abarca, G., & Morales-Verdejo, C. (2023). Evaluation of Mono and Bimetallic Ferrocene-Based 1,2,3-Triazolyl Compounds as Burning Rate Catalysts for Solid Rocket Motor. ACS Omega, 8(38), 35242-35255. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c04996
4. Alejandro Lopez-Telgie, Jhonathan O. Murcia Piñeros, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. Characterization of Potassium Nitrate/Dextrose Solid Rocket Propellant using Calorimetry (2023). Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 68 (1), 5762-5766. https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S071797072023000105762&script=sci_arttext&tlng=pt
5. Yuvaraja Dibdalli, José Gaete, Claudio Osorio-Gutierrez, David Moreno da Costa, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. (2023) Insights from Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Cyclic Voltammetry Analyses: Studies of the Synergistic Effect of two different Metallocenes on the main oxidizing agent for Solid Rocket Motor. Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 68 (2), 5853-5856. https://jcchems.com/index.php/JCCHEMS/article/view/2388
6. Gaete, J., Valdebenito, C., Dibdalli, Y., Arroyo, J. L., Norambuena, Á., Valenzuela, F., Basualto, C., Abarca, G., & Morales-Verdejo, C. (2023). Superparamagnetic energetic nanoparticles: a surface self-propagation pathway for the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate. Journal Of Thermal Analysis And Calorimetry, 148(6), 2313-2321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-022-11885-5
7. Da Costa, D. M., Henriquez, M. A., Gonzalez-Torres, D., Zuñiga-Loyola, C., Brito, I., González, I., Villegas-Menares, A., MacLeod-Carey, D., Morales-Verdejo, C., & Cabrera, A. R. (2022). Influence of the thermal stability of ammonium perchlorate in presence of heteroleptic copper (I) complexes bearing ethane-1,2-diimine and biphosphines. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 545, 121249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2022.121249
8. Muñoz, S., Alvarado-Soto, L., Gaete, J., Morales-Verdejo, C., & Ramírez-Tagle, R. (2022). Cluster of Hexamolybdenum [Mo6Cl14]2– for Sensing Nitroaromatic Compounds. ACS Omega, 7(23), 19152-19157. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c07202
9. Dibdalli, Y., Gaete, J., Osorio-Gutierrez, C., Arroyo, J. L., Norambuena, A., Amshumali, M., Abarca, G., & Morales-Verdejo, C. (2021). Catalytic Effects of Ruthenocene Bimetallic Compounds Derived from Fused Aromatic Ring Ligands on the Main Oxidizing Agent for Solid Rocket Motor. Journal Of The Brazilian Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.21577/0103-5053.20210168
10. Gaete, J., Arroyo, J. L., Norambuena, Á., Abarca, G., & Morales-Verdejo, C. (2022). Mechanistic Insights into the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate: The Role of Amino-Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles. Inorganic Chemistry, 61(3), 1447-1455. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03121
11. Yuvaraja Dibdalli, Cristian Valdebenito, Mungalimane K Amshumali, Elies Molins, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. (2022) An improved synthesis of p-phenylene-bridged methylated binuclear ferrocene. J. Chil. Chem. Soc., , 67, N°1 (https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S071797072022000105414&script=sci_arttext)
12. Molina, V., Arroyo, J. L., MacLeod-Carey, D., Muñoz-Castro, A., & Morales-Verdejo, C. (2021). Catalytic effect of [trans-Cu(μ-OH)(μ-dmpz)]6 on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate. Polyhedron, 209, 115464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2021.115464
13. Norambuena, Á., Gutiérrez, P., Arroyo, J. L., Reyes, H., & Morales-Verdejo, C. (2021). Studies of burning rate and pressure exponent of a new combustion catalyst derived from p-phenylene. Journal Of Energetic Materials, 41(2), 157-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370652.2021.1942329
14. Escobar, M. A., Morales‐Verdejo, C., Arroyo, J. L., Dreyse, P., González, I., Brito, I., MacLeod‐Carey, D., Da Costa, D. M., & Cabrera, A. R. (2021). Burning Rate Performance Study of Ammonium Perchlorate Catalyzed by Heteroleptic Copper(I) Complexes with Pyrazino[2,3‐f][1,10]phenanthroline‐Based Ligands. European Journal Of Inorganic Chemistry, 2021(17), 1632-1639. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202001092
15. Preite, M., Molins, E., Chávez, I., Amshumali, M. K., Morales-Verdejo, C., Dibdalli, Y., Faúndez, R., & Manriquez, J. M. (2020). An Improved Synthesis of 3,6-Dihydro-as-indacene. Synthesis, 53(03), 569-573. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1707372
16. Arroyo, J. L., Norambuena, Á., Reyes, H., Valdebenito, C., Abarca, G., Carey, D. M., & Morales-Verdejo, C. (2021). Heterobimetallic Catalysts for the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate: Efficient Burning Rate Catalysts for Solid Rocket Motors and Missiles. Inorganic Chemistry, 60(3), 1436-1448. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02639
17. Abarca, G., Ríos, P. L., Povea, P., Cerda-Cavieres, C., Morales-Verdejo, C., Arroyo, J. L., & Camarada, M. B. (2020). Nanohybrids of reduced graphene oxide and cobalt hydroxide (Co(OH)2|rGO) for the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate. RSC Advances, 10(39), 23165-23172. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra02853c
18. Martínez, I., Morales-Verdejo, C., Karam, A., González, T., Coll, D. S., Rojas, R., & Rodríguez, B. E. (2019). Ethylene polymerization by binuclear chromium complex with tetrakis(pyrazolyl-methyl)benzene ligand. Polymer Bulletin, 77(5), 2269-2284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-019-02857-1
19. Morales-Verdejo, C., Camarada, M. B., Arroyo, J. L., Povea, P., Carreño, G., & Manriquez, J. M. (2017). Effect of the homo- and heterobimetallic compounds derived from s-indacene on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate. Journal Of Thermal Analysis And Calorimetry, 131(1), 353-361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-017-6534-7
20. Rojas-Mancilla, E., Oyarce, A., Verdugo, V., Morales-Verdejo, C., Echeverria, C., Velásquez, F., Chnaiderman, J., Valiente-Echeverría, F., & Ramirez-Tagle, R. (2017). The [Mo6Cl14]2− Cluster is Biologically Secure and Has Anti-Rotavirus Activity In Vitro. Molecules, 22(7), 1108. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22071108
21. Mella, J., Villegas, F., Morales-Verdejo, C., Lagos, C. F., & Recabarren-Gajardo, G. (2017b). Structure-activity relationships studies on weakly basic N -arylsulfonylindoles with an antagonistic profile in the 5-HT 6 receptor. Journal Of Molecular Structure, 1139, 362-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2017.03.067
22. Muñoz-Castro, A., Caimanque-Aguilar, W., & Morales-Verdejo, C. (2017). Computational Study of 13C NMR Chemical Shift Anisotropy Patterns in C20H10 and [C20H10]4–. Insights into Their Variation upon Planarization and Formation of Concentric Aromatic Species in the Smaller Isolated-Pentagon Structural Motif. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry A, 121(13), 2698-2703. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.7b01477
23. Romero-Parra, J., Chung, H., Tapia, R. A., Faúndez, M., Morales-Verdejo, C., Lorca, M., Lagos, C. F., Di Marzo, V., Pessoa-Mahana, C. D., & Mella, J. (2017). Combined CoMFA and CoMSIA 3D-QSAR study of benzimidazole and benzothiophene derivatives with selective affinity for the CB2 cannabinoid receptor. European Journal Of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 101, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2017.01.037
24. Apablaza, G., Montoya, L., Morales-Verdejo, C., Mellado, M., Cuellar, M., Lagos, C. F., Soto-Delgado, J., Chung, H., Pessoa-Mahana, C. D., & Mella, J. (2017). 2D-QSAR and 3D-QSAR/CoMSIA Studies on a Series of (R)-2-((2-(1H-Indol-2-yl)ethyl)amino)-1-Phenylethan-1-ol with Human β3-Adrenergic Activity. Molecules, 22(3), 404. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22030404
25. Gonzalez, J. C., Morales-Verdejo, C., & Muñoz-Castro, A. (2015). Variation of through-space magnetic response properties upon the formation of cation–π interactions: a survey of [Ag(η-CH2CH2)3]+via DFT calculations. New Journal Of Chemistry, 39(6), 4244-4248. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nj00475f
26. Morales-Verdejo, C. A., Zarate, X., Schott, E., Correa, S., & Martinez-Díaz, I. (2015). Photophysics of tungsten–benzylidyne complexes derived from s-indacene: synthesis, characterization and DFT studies. RSC Advances, 5(32), 25594-25602. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra16874g
27. Carey, D. M., Gomez, T., Morales‐Verdejo, C., & Muñoz‐Castro, A. (2015). Influence of Ag+on the Magnetic Response of [2.2.2]Paracyclophane: NMR Properties of a Prototypical Organic Host for Cation Binding Based on DFT Calculations. ChemistryOpen, 4(5), 651-655. https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201500106
28. Martinez, I., Zarate, X., Schott, E., Morales-Verdejo, C., Castillo, F., Manríquez, J. M., & Chávez, I. (2015). A theoretical study of substituted indeno[1,2-b]fluorene compounds and their possible applications in solar cells. Chemical Physics Letters, 636, 31-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2015.06.085
29. Araneda, J. F., Morales-Verdejo, C., Adams, C., Martínez-Díaz, I., Chávez, I., Garland, M. T., Rojas, R. S., Molins, E., & Manríquez, J. M. (2015). A new series of zirconium metallocenes derived from partially alkylated s-indacene with potential applications in the polymerization of ethylene. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 434, 121-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2015.05.011
30. Andrades, J., Campanini, J., Vásquez, D., Silvestri, C., Morales, C., Romero, J., & Mella, J. (2015). A combined CoMFA and CoMSIA 3D-QSAR study of benzamide type antibacterial inhibitors of the FtsZ protein in drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. SAR And QSAR In Environmental Research, 26(11), 925-942. https://doi.org/10.1080/1062936x.2015.1095798
31. Carey, D. M., Morales-Verdejo, C., & Muñoz-Castro, A. (2015). [As@Ni12@As20]3− and [Sn@Cu12@Sn20]12− clusters. Related structures with different construction philosophy. Chemical Physics Letters, 638, 99-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2015.08.039
32. Morales-Verdejo, C., Schott, E., Zarate, X., & Manriquez, J. M. (2014). Novel mono- and heterobimetallic chromium−nickel s-indacene complexes: synthesis, characterization, and DFT studies. Canadian Journal Of Chemistry, 92(7), 677-683. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjc-2014-0126
33. Morales-Verdejo, C., Martínez-Díaz, I., Adams, C., Araneda, J. F., Oehninger, L., Carey, D. M., Muñoz-Castro, A., Arratia-Pérez, R., Chávez, I., & Manríquez, J. M. (2013). New mono and bimetallic iron complexes derived from partially methylated s-indacene. Evidence of a trinuclear iron s-indacene complex. Polyhedron, 69, 15-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2013.11.023
34. Adams, C., Rivière, P., Riviere, M., Morales-Verdejo, C., Dahrouch, M., Morales, V., Castel, A., Delpech, F., Manríquez, M., & Chávez, I. (2014). Catalytic study of heterobimetallic rhodium complexes derived from partially alkylated s-indacene in dehydrogenative silylation of olefins. Journal Of Organometallic Chemistry, 749, 266-274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2013.10.017
35. Mella-Raipán, J., Hernández-Pino, S., Morales-Verdejo, C., & Pessoa-Mahana, D. (2014). 3D-QSAR/CoMFA-Based Structure-Affinity/Selectivity Relationships of Aminoalkylindoles in the Cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 Receptors. Molecules, 19(3), 2842-2861. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules19032842
36. Morales-Verdejo, C. A., Newsom, M. I., Cohen, B. W., Vibbert, H. B., & Hopkins, M. D. (2013). Dihydrogen activation by a tungsten–alkylidyne complex: toward photoredox chromophores that deliver renewable reducing equivalents. Chemical Communications, 49(90), 10566. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc45606d

1. Solicitud de Patente Provisional, Estados Unidos. Mechanistic insights on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate: the role of amino-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. Jose Gaete Carrasco, Gabriel Abarca Anjari, Cesar Morales Verdejo.
2. PCT/CL2020/050093, 20202.Nanoformulación para el tratamiento y/o prevención de heridas o úlceras infectadas o con colonización crítica, que incluye nanopartículas de cobre y péptidos derivados de colágeno.Silva, Victor; Latrach, María Cecilia; Camarada, María Belén; Morales Verdejo, Cesar; Alburquenque O, Claudio; Galdames., Luz; Aburto, Isabel.