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. Jose Gaete, Valdebenito Cristian, Yuvaraja Dibdalli, Juan Luis Arroyo, Angel Norambuena, Fernando Valenzuela, Carlos Basualto, Gabriel Abarca, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. Superparamagnetic energetic nanoparticles: a surface self‑propagation pathway for the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 2023. (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10973-022-11885-5)
2. David Moreno da Costa, Marco A Henriquez, Diego Gonzalez-Torres, César Zuñiga-Loyola, Iván Brito, Iván González, Alondra Villegas-Menares, Desmond MacLeod-Carey, Cesar Morales-Verdejo, Alan R Cabrera. 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 2023, 545, 121249. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020169322004613)
3. Salomé Muñoz, Leonor Alvarado-Soto, José Gaete, Cesar Morales-Verdejo, Rodrigo Ramírez-Tagle. Cluster of Hexamolybdenum [Mo6Cl14]2– for Sensing Nitroaromatic Compounds. ACS Omega 2022, 7, 23, 19152–19157. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsomega.1c07202)
4. Yuvaraja Dibdalli, José Gaete, Claudio Osorio-Gutierrez, Juan Luis Arroyo, Angel Norambuena, Mungalimane K Amshumali, Gabriel Abarca, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. Catalytic Effects of Ruthenocene Bimetallic Compounds Derived from Fused Aromatic Ring Ligands on the Main Oxidizing Agent for Solid Rocket Motor. J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 2022, 33 (05). (https://www.scielo.br/j/jbchs/a/QpPCr8vSv3rsYGw7D33k4qG/abstract/?lang=en)
5. José Gaete, Juan Luis Arroyo, Ángel Norambuena, Gabriel Abarca, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. Mechanistic Insights into the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate: The Role of Amino-Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 3, 1447–1455. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03121)
6. Yuvaraja Dibdalli, Cristian Valdebenito, Mungalimane K Amshumali, Elies Molins, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. An improved synthesis of p-phenylene-bridged methylated binuclear ferrocene. J. Chil. Chem. Soc., 2022, 67, N°1 (https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0717-97072022000105414&script=sci_arttext)
7. Vanessa Molina, Juan Luis Arroyo, Desmond MacLeod-Carey, Alvaro Muñoz-Castro, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. Catalytic effect of [trans-Cu (μ-OH)(μ-dmpz)] 6 on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate. Polyhedron 2021, 209, 115464. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277538721004460)
8. Ángel Norambuena, Patricio Gutiérrez, Juan Luis Arroyo, Héctor Reyes, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. Studies of burning rate and pressure exponent of a new combustion catalyst derived from p-phenylene. Journal of Energetic Materials 2021, 1-14. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07370652.2021.1942329)
9. Manuel A Escobar, Cesar Morales‐Verdejo, Juan Luis Arroyo, Paulina Dreyse, Iván González, Iván Brito, Desmond MacLeod‐Carey, David Moreno da Costa, Alan R Cabrera.  Burning Rate Performance Study of Ammonium Perchlorate Catalyzed by Heteroleptic Copper(I) Complexes with Pyrazino[2,3‐f][1,10]phenanthroline‐Based Ligands. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 1632–1639 (https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejic.202001092)
10. Yuvaraja Dibdalli, Rodrigo Faundez, Marcelo Preite, Elies Molins, Ivonne Chávez, Mungalimane K Amshumali, Cesar Morales-Verdejo, Juan M Manriquez. An Improved Synthesis of 3, 6-Dihydro-as-indacene. Synthesis 2021; 53(03): 569-573 (https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0040-1707372)
11. Arroyo, J. L.; Norambuena, Á.; Reyes, H.; Valdebenito, C.; Abarca, G.; MacLeod Carey, D.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A. Heterobimetallic Catalysts for the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate: Efficient Burning Rate Catalysts for Solid Rocket Motors and Missiles. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60 (3), 1436–1448. [link]Abarca, G.; Ríos, P. L.; Povea, P.; Cerda-Cavieres, C.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Arroyo, J. L.; Camarada, M. B. Nanohybrids of Reduced Graphene Oxide and Cobalt Hydroxide (Co(OH)2|rGO) for the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate. RSC Adv. 2020, 10 (39), 23165–23172. [link]
12. Martínez, I.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Karam, A.; González, T.; Coll, D. S.; Rojas, R.; Rodríguez, B. E. Ethylene Polymerization by Binuclear Chromium Complex with Tetrakis(Pyrazolyl-Methyl)Benzene Ligand. Polym. Bull. 2020, 77 (5), 2269–2284. [link]
13. Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Camarada, M. B.; Arroyo, J. L.; Povea, P.; Carreño, G.; Manriquez, J. M. Effect of the Homo- and Heterobimetallic Compounds Derived from s-Indacene on the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate. J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 2018, 131 (1), 353–361. [link]
14. Rojas-Mancilla, E.; Oyarce, A.; Verdugo, V.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Echeverria, C.; Velásquez, F.; Chnaiderman, J.; Valiente-Echeverría, F.; Ramirez-Tagle, R. The [Mo6Cl14]2− Cluster Is Biologically Secure and Has Anti-Rotavirus Activity In Vitro. Molecules . 2017. [link]
15. Mella, J.; Villegas, F.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Lagos, C. F.; Recabarren-Gajardo, G. Structure-Activity Relationships Studies on Weakly Basic N-Arylsulfonylindoles with an Antagonistic Profile in the 5-HT6 Receptor. J. Mol. Struct. 2017, 1139, 362–370. [link]
16. Muñoz-Castro, A.; Caimanque-Aguilar, W.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A. 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. J. Phys. Chem. A 2017, 121 (13), 2698–2703. [link]
17. Romero-Parra, J.; Chung, H.; Tapia, R. A.; Faúndez, M.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Lorca, M.; Lagos, C. F.; Di Marzo, V.; David Pessoa-Mahana, C.; Mella, J. Combined CoMFA and CoMSIA 3D-QSAR Study of Benzimidazole and Benzothiophene Derivatives with Selective Affinity for the CB2 Cannabinoid Receptor. Eur. J. Pharm. Sci. 2017, 101, 1–10. [link]
18. Apablaza, G.; Montoya, L.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Mellado, M.; Cuellar, M.; Lagos, C. F.; Soto-Delgado, J.; Chung, H.; Pessoa-Mahana, C. D.; Mella, J. 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 . 2017. [link]
19. Camacho Gonzalez, J.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Muñoz-Castro, A. 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 J. Chem. 2015, 39 (6), 4244–4248. [link]
20. Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Zarate, X.; Schott, E.; Correa, S.; Martinez-Díaz, I. Photophysics of Tungsten–Benzylidyne Complexes Derived from s-Indacene: Synthesis{,} Characterization and DFT Studies. RSC Adv. 2015, 5 (32), 25594–25602. [link]
21. MacLeod Carey, D.; Gomez, T.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Muñoz-Castro, A. 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 2015, 4 (5), 651–655. [link]
22. Martinez, I.; Zarate, X.; Schott, E.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Castillo, F.; Manríquez, J. M.; Chávez, I. A Theoretical Study of Substituted Indeno[1,2-b]Fluorene Compounds and Their Possible Applications in Solar Cells. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2015, 636, 31–34. [link]
23. Araneda, J. F.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Adams, C.; Martínez-Díaz, I.; Chávez, I.; Garland, M. T.; Rojas, R. S.; Molins, E.; Manríquez, J. M. A New Series of Zirconium Metallocenes Derived from Partially Alkylated S-Indacene with Potential Applications in the Polymerization of Ethylene. Inorganica Chim. Acta 2015, 434, 121–126. [link]
24. Andrades, J.; Campanini, J.; Vásquez, D.; Silvestri, C.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Romero, J.; Mella, J. A Combined CoMFA and CoMSIA 3D-QSAR Study of Benzamide Type Antibacterial Inhibitors of the FtsZ Protein in Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. SAR QSAR Environ. Res. 2015, 26 (11), 925–942. [link]
25. MacLeod Carey, D.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Muñoz-Castro, A. [As@Ni12@As20]3− and [Sn@Cu12@Sn20]12− Clusters. Related Structures with Different Construction Philosophy. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2015, 638, 99–102. [link]
26. Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Schott, E.; Zarate, X.; Manriquez, J. M. Novel Mono- and Heterobimetallic Chromium−nickel s-Indacene Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and DFT Studies. Can. J. Chem. 2014, 92 (7), 677–683. [link]
27. Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Martínez-Díaz, I.; Adams, C.; Araneda, J. F.; Oehninger, L.; Mac-Leod Carey, D.; Muñoz-Castro, A.; Arratia-Pérez, R.; Chávez, I.; Manríquez, J. M. New Mono and Bimetallic Iron Complexes Derived from Partially Methylated S-Indacene. Evidence of a Trinuclear Iron s-Indacene Complex. Polyhedron 2014, 69, 15–24. [link]
28. Adams, C.; Riviere, P.; Riviere-Baudet, M.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Dahrouch, M.; Morales, V.; Castel, A.; Delpech, F.; Manríquez, J. M.; Chávez, I. Catalytic Study of Heterobimetallic Rhodium Complexes Derived from Partially Alkylated S-Indacene in Dehydrogenative Silylation of Olefins. J. Organomet. Chem. 2014, 749, 266–274. [link
29. Mella-Raipán, J.; Hernández-Pino, S.; Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Pessoa-Mahana, D. 3D-QSAR/CoMFA-Based Structure-Affinity/Selectivity Relationships of Aminoalkylindoles in the Cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 Receptors. Molecules . 2014. [link]
30. Morales-Verdejo, C. A.; Newsom, M. I.; Cohen, B. W.; Vibbert, H. B.; Hopkins, M. D. Dihydrogen Activation by a Tungsten–Alkylidyne Complex: Toward Photoredox Chromophores That Deliver Renewable Reducing Equivalents. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49 (90), 10566–10568. [link]
31. Yuvaraja Dibdalli, José Gaete, Claudio Osorio, Gabriel Abarca, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. 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 2024, 559, 121793. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020169323004188
32. Cristian Valdebenito, José Gaete, Claudio Osorio, Yuvaraja Dibdalli, Ángel Norambuena, Nathalie Lecaros, Cristian Carrasco, Héctor Reyes, Gabriel Abarca, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. Evaluation of Mono and Bimetallic Ferrocene-Based 1,2,3-Triazolyl Compounds as Burning Rate Catalysts for Solid Rocket Motor. ACS Omega 2023, 8, 35242-35255. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsomega.3c04996
33. Alejandro Lopez-Telgie, Jhonathan O. Murcia Piñeros, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. Characterization of Potassium Nitrate/Dextrose Solid Rocket Propellant using Calorimetry. Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society 2023, 68 (1), 5762-5766. https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0717-97072023000105762&script=sci_arttext&tlng=pt
34. Yuvaraja Dibdalli, José Gaete, Claudio Osorio-Gutierrez, David Moreno da Costa, Cesar Morales-Verdejo. 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 2023, 68 (2), 5853-5856. https://jcchems.com/index.php/JCCHEMS/article/view/2388

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.