Selected Articles (last 10 years):

1. “Hydrogen Tunneling Exhibiting Unexpectedly Small Primary Kinetic Isotope Effects”, J. P. L. Roque, C. M. Nunes, P. R. Schreiner and R. Fausto, Chem. Eur. J., 30 (2024) e202401323. – Cover.

2. “The meta and para OH Substitution Effect on C-Phenyl-Nitrilimine Bond-Shift Isomers“ G. A Ferreira, C. M. Nunes, A. J. Lopes Jesus and Rui Fausto, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 26 (2023) e202300310. – VIP paper.

3. “Simultaneous Tunneling Control in Conformer-Specific Reactions“ C. M. Nunes, J. P. L. Roque, S. Doddipatla, S. A. Wood, R. J. McMahon, and Rui Fausto, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144 (2022)  20866. – in Chemistry View and Chemistry World.

4. “Differential Tunneling-Driven and Vibrationally-Induced Reactivity in Isomeric Benzazirines”, J. P. L. Roque, C. M. Nunes, P. R. Schreiner and R. Fausto, Chem. Eur. J., 28 (2022) e20220230. – VIP paper.

5. “IR-induced and Tunneling Reactions in Cryogenic Matrices: The (Incomplete) Story of a Successful Endeavor”, R. Fausto, Gulce O. Ildiz and C. M. Nunes, Chem. Soc. Rev., 51 (2022) 2853.

6. “Inducing Bond-Breaking/Bond-Forming Reactions by Infrared Vibrational Excitation of a Remote Antenna”, C. M. Nunes, N. A. M. Pereira, L. P. Viegas, T. M. V. D. Pinho e Melo and R. Fausto, Chem. Comm. 57 (2021) 9570.

7. “Switching on H-tunneling Through Conformation Control”, J. P. L. Roque, C. M. Nunes, L. P. Viegas, N. A. M. Pereira, T. M. D. V. Pinho e Melo, P. R. Schreiner and R. Fausto, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143 (2021) 8266. – JACS Spotlight.

8. “Bond-Breaking/Bond-Forming Reactions by Vibrational Excitation: Infrared-Induced Bidirectional Tautomerization of Matrix-Isolated Thiotropolone”, C. M. Nunes, N. A. M. Pereira, I. Reva, P. S. M. Amado, M. L. S. Cristiano and R. Fausto, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 11 (2020) 8034.

9. “Heavy-Atom Tunneling Through Crossing Potential Energy Surfaces: Cyclization of a Triplet 2-Formylarylnitrene to a Singlet 2,1-Benzisoxazole”, C. M. Nunes, L. P. Viegas, S. A. Wood, J. P. L. Roque, R. J. McMahon and R. Fausto, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59 (2020) 17622 – VIP paper.

10. “Conformational Control over Thiol Forms of Thioacetamide by Selective Excitation of NH Imino Vibrational Antennas”, S. Góbi, I. Reva, I. Csonka, C. M. Nunes, G. Tarczay and R. Fausto, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 21 (2019) 24935. – HOT ARTICLE.

11. “Conformational Isomerization Triggered by Vibrational Excitation of a Second Stretching Overtones”, C. M. Nunes, I. Reva and R. Fausto, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 21 (2019) 24993. – HOT ARTICLE.

12. “Competitive Nitrogen versus Carbon Tunnelling”, C. M. Nunes, A. K. Eckhardt, I. Reva, R. Fausto and P. R. Schreiner, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141 (2019) 14340.

13. “Formic Acid Dimers in a Nitrogen Matrix”, S. Lopes, R. Fausto and L. Khriachtchev, J. Chem. Phys., 148 (2018) 034301.

14. “Conformational Control Over an Aldehyde Fragment by Selective Vibrational Excitation of Interchangeable Remote Antennas”, A. J. S. Lopes, C. M. Nunes, I. Reva and R. Fausto, Chem. Comm. 54 (2018) 4778. – Cover.

15. “Photochemistry of 2-Formyl-Phenylnitrene: A Doorway to Heavy-Atom Tunneling of a Benzazirine to a Cyclic Ketenimine”, C. M. Nunes, I. Reva, S. Kozuch, R. J. McMahon and R. Fausto, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139 (2017) 17649.

16. “Evidence of a Nitrene Tunneling Reaction: Spontaneous Rearrangement of 2-Carboxyaldehyde Phenylnitrene to Imino Ketene in Low-Temperature Matrices”, C. M. Nunes, S. N. Knezz, I. Reva, R. Fausto and R. J. McMahon, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138 (2016) 15287.

17. “Conformational Switching by Vibrational Excitation of a Remote NH Bond”, A. J. Lopes Jesus, I. Reva and R. Fausto, J. Am. Chem.Soc., 137 (2015) 14240. – Cover!

18. “Bond-Shift Isomers: The Co-existence of Allenic and Propargylic Phenylnitrile Imines”, C. M. Nunes, I. Reva, R. Fausto, D. Bégué and C. Wentrup, Chem. Comm., 51 (2015) 14712. – Cover!

19. “Photogeneration of the Thione Forms of Thiophenol”, I. Reva, M. J. Nowak, L. Lapinski and R. Fausto, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 17 (2015) 4775. – Cover.

20. “Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of E- and Z- Isomers of Azobenzene”, L. Duarte, I. Reva and R. Fausto, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16 (2014) 16849. – Cover.

Selected Books and Book Chapters (last 10 years):

1. “Matrix Isolation in Heterocyclic Chemistry”, J. P. L. Roque, C. M. Nunes and R. Fausto, in “Heterocycles- Synthesis, Catalysis, Sustainability and Characterization”, T. M. V. D.Pinho e Melo and M. Piñeiro, Eds., Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2022, Ch. 12, pp 401-452

2. “Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding: Shaping Conformers’ Structure and Stability”, G. O. Ildiz and R. Fausto, in “Spectroscopy and Computation of Hydrogen-Bonded Systems”, M. J. Wojcik and Y. Ozaki, Eds., Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2022, Ch. 8, pp 213-232

3. “Direct Observation of Tunneling Reactions by Matrix Isolation Spectroscopy”, C. M. Nunes, I. Reva and R. Fausto, in “Tunnelling in Molecules: Nuclear Quantum Effects from Bio to Physical Chemistry”, Eds. J. Kastner and S. Kozuck, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2021, Ch. 1, pp 1-60.

4. “Photogeneration of Rare Molecules in Cryogenic Matrices: Spectroscopists’ Adventures in Wonderland”, R. Fausto, in Frontiers and Advances in Molecular Spectroscopy, Ed. J. Laane, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2017, Ch. 19, pp. 631-663.

5. “Biologically Relevant Molecules Studied in Low Temperature Inert Matrices”, R. Fausto and N. Kus, in “Optical Spectroscopy and Computatinal Methods in Biology and Medicine”, Ed. M. Baranska, Springer International Publishers, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2014, Ch. 7, pp. 179-211.