Research Topics

Reviews S. Alvarez, E. Ruiz.  «Self-Assembly of Coordination Compounds: Design Principles», in Supramolecular Chemistry, From Molecules to Nanomaterials, J. W. Steed, P. A. Gale, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, 2012, 5, 1993-2044.  ISBN 978-0-470-74640-0 E. Ruiz, J. Cirera and S. Alvarez, «Spin density distribution in transition metal complexes», Coord. Chem. Rev. 2005, 249, 2649-2660. S. Alvarez, «Bonding and stereochemistry of three-coordinated transition metal compounds», Coord. Chem. Rev. 1999, 193-5, 13-41. Bonding and Stereochemistry S. Alvarez. «Coordinating Ability of Anions, Solvents and Gases Towards Ions of Alkaline and alkaline-Earth Metals, Transition Metals, and Lanthanides. Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 4350-4377. doi: 10.1002/chem.201905453. J. D. Velasquez, J. Echeverría, S. Alvarez.  “Delocalized Bonding in Li2X2 Frameowrks. Probing the Limits of the Covalent and Ionic Bonding Models”. Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 345-356. P. Alemany, A. D’Aléo, M. Giorgi, E. Canadell and F. Fages. «C-H···BF2O2 interactions in crystals: a case for boron hydrogen bonding?».Cryst. Growth Des., 2014, 14, 3700-3703. J. Echeverría, G. Aullón and S. Alvarez.  «Dihydrogen Interactions in Group 13 Compounds».  Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 2844-2854. Doi: 10.1039/c6dt02854c. Open access. M. Ferrer, D. Gómez-Bautista, A.  Gutiérrez, G. Orduña-Marco, L. A. Oro, J. J. Pérez-Torrente, O. Rossell and E. Ruiz. «Pyridinethiolate Titanocene Metalloligands and their Self-Assembly Reactions to Yield Early-Late Metallamacrocycles.» Organometallics, 2016, 35, 336-345. R. Hoffmann, S. Alvarez, C. Mealli, A. Falceto, T. J. Cahill, T. Zeng and G. Manca.  «From Widely Accepted Concepts in Coordination Chemistry to Inverted Ligand Fields».  Chem. Rev., 2016, 116, 8173-8192. Doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00251. A. Falceto, K. H. Theopold and S. Alvarez, «Cr-Cr Quintuple Bonding: Ligand Topology and Interplay Between Metal-Metal and Metal-Ligand Bonding».  Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 10966-10977.  Doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02059, open access. S. Alvarez, «What do we mean when we talk about bonds».  Chem. World, 2015, 12, 36-37. J. Adhikary, P. Kundu, S. Dasgupta, S. Mukherjee, S. Chattopadhyay, G. Aullón, D. Das, «Nickel(II) Complexes having Different Configurations controlled by N,N,O-donor Schiff-base Ligands in Presence of Isothiocyanate as Co-ligand: Synthesis, Structures, Comparative Biological Activity and DFT Study». Polyhedron 2015, 101, 93-102,  Doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2015.07.055 J. Fernández-Valparís and S. Alvarez. «Design of a Structural Database for Homoleptic Transition Metal Complexes». Struct. Chem., 2015, 26, 1715-1723.  Doi:10.1007/s11224-015-0651-3. A. Falceto, E. Carmona and S. Alvarez.  «Electronic and Structural Effects of Low Hapticity Coordination of Arene Rings to Transition Metals».  Organometallics 2014, 33, 6660-6668. Doi: 10.1021/om5009583. A. Falceto, D. Casanova and S. Alvarez.  «Distortions of π-coordinated Arenes with Anionic Character».  Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 14674-14689.Doi: 10.1002/chem.201403889. G. Aullón and B. Peigné.  «Structural Analysis of the Coordination of Dinitrogen to Transition Metal Complexes”.  Acta Cryst., Sect B, 2015, 71, 369-386. Doi: 10.1107/S2052520615006083. A. Mondragón, M. Flores-Alamo, P. R. Martínez-Alanis, G. Aullón, V. M. Ugalde-Saldívar and I. Castillo.  «Electrocatalytic Proton Reduction by Dimeric Nickel Complex of a Sterically Demanding Pincer-type NS2 Aminobis(thiophenolate) Ligand”.  Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 619−627. M. Carrasco, I. Mendoza, E. Alvarez, C. Maya, R. Peloso, A. Rodríguez, A. Falceto, S. Alvarez and E. Carmona.  «Experimental and Computational Studies of the Molybdenum-Flanking Arene Interaction in Quadruply Bonded Dimolybdenum Complexes with Terphenyl Ligands».  Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 410-421. Doi: 10.1002/chem.201404057 L. J. K. Cook, R. Mohammed, G. Sherborne, S. Alvarez and M. Halcrow, “Spin-state Behaviour of Iron(II)Dipyrazolylpyridine Complexes. New Insights from Crystallographic and Solution Measurements». Coord. Chem. Rev., 2015, 289-290, 2-12. Doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.08.006. C. Fliedel, V. Rosa, C. I. M. Santos, P. J. Gonzalez, R. M. Almeida, C. S. B. Gomes, P. T. Gomes, M. A. N. D. A. Lemos, G. Aullón, R. Welter and T. Avilés, “Synthesis, Structural Characterisation, and Density Functional Theory Studies of Ar-BIAN Cu(II) Complexes: Application in the Reverse Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerisation of Styrene” Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 13041-13054. A. G. Algarra, G. Aullón,P. V. Bernhardt, M. Martínez, “Computational Insights on the Chemistry of Cu(II) with a Mixed-donor N3S3 Macrobicyclic Ligand” Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 512-521. S. Alvarez, B. Menjón.  «Modulation of the Coordination Sphere of f-Element Complexes by Fluorocarbons», highlight, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 2810-2811.  Doi 10.1002/anie.201310916. C. Dryzun, P. Alemany, D. Casanova, D. Avnir.  «A Continuous Symmetry Analysis of Chemical Bonding».  Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 6129-6141 R. Diaz-Torres and S. Alvarez, «Coordinating ability of anions and solvents towards transition metals and lanthanides», Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 10742-10750. J. C. Knight, S. Alvarez, A. J. Amoroso, P. G. Edwards and N. Singh, «A novel bipyridine-based hexadentate tripodal framework with a strong preference for trigonal prismatic co-ordination geometries», Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 3870-3883. E. Cremades, J. Echeverría, S. Alvarez.  «The Trigonal Prism in Coordination Chemistry».  Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 10389-10396 A. Ruiz-Martínez, D. Casanova, S. Alvarez.  «Ligand Association/Dissociation Paths and Ill Defined Coordination Numbers».  Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 6567-6581 G. Aullon and S. Alvarez, «Oxidation states, atomic charges and orbital populations in transition metal complexes», Theor. Chem. Acc. 2009, 123, 67-73. A. Ruiz-Martínez, S. Alvarez.  “Stereochemistry of Compounds with Coordination Number Ten”.  Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 7470-7480 J. Echeverría, E. Cremades, A. J. Amoroso, S. Alvarez.  «Jahn-Teller Distortions of Six-coordinate Copper(II) Compounds: Cis or Trans?». Chem. Commun. 2009, 4242-4244 D. Aguila, E. Escribano, S. Speed, D. Talancon, L. Yerman and S. Alvarez, «Calibrating the coordination chemistry tool chest: metrics of bi- and tridentate ligands», Dalton Trans. 2009, 6610-6625. A. Ruiz-Martínez, D. Casanova, S. Alvarez.  «Polyhedral Structures with an Odd Number of Vertices: Nine-Coordinate Metal Compounds». Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 1291-1303 A. Ruiz-Martínez, D. Casanova, S. Alvarez.  «Polyhedral Structures with an Odd Number of Vertices: Nine-atom  Clusters and Supramolecular Architectures».  Dalton Trans., 2008, 2583-2591 B. Cordero, V. Gomez, A. E. Platero-Prats, M. Reves, J. Echeverria, E. Cremades, F. Barragan and S. Alvarez, «Covalent radii revisited», Dalton Trans. 2008, 2832-2838. G. Aullon and S. Alvarez, «On the existence of molecular palladium(VI) compounds: Palladium hexafluoride», Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 2700-2703. S. Alvarez.  «Nesting of Fullerenes and Frank-Kasper Polyhedra».  Dalton Trans., 2006, 2045-2051. D. Casanova, M. Llunell, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez.  «The Rich Stereochemistry of Eight-Vertex Polyhedra in Chemistry.  A Continuous Shape Measures Study».  Chem. Eur. J.2005, 11, 1479-1494 S. Alvarez.  «Polyhedra in (Inorganic) Chemistry».  Dalton Trans. 2005, 2209-2233. G. Aullon and S. Alvarez, «Formation of sulfur-sulfur bonds in copper complexes», Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2004, 4430-4438. E. C. Brown, N. W. Aboelella, A. M. Reynolds, G. Aullon, S. Alvarez and W. B. Tolman, «A new class of (μ-η2:η2-disulfido)dicopper complexes: Synthesis characterization and disulfido exchange», Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 3335-3337. J. Cirera, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez.  «Mapping the Stereochemistry and Symmetry of Tetracoordinate Transition Metal Complexes».  Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 190-207. D. Casanova, P. Alemany, J. M. Bofill, S. Alvarez.  «Shape and Symmetry of Heptacoordinated Transition Metals: Structural Trends».  Chem. Eur. J., 2003, 9, 1281-1295 G. Aullon and S. Alvarez, «Molecular structure and isomerization in square-planar edge-sharing dinuclear complexes with alkynyl bridges», Organometallics 2002, 21, 2627-2634. G. Aullon, E. Ruiz and S. Alvarez, «Theoretical clues to the mechanism of dioxygen formation at the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II», Chem. Eur. J. 2002, 8, 2508-2515.

Relevant Publications M. Ding, G. E. Cutsail III, D. Aravena, D.; M. Amoza, M. Rouzieres, P. Dechambenoit, Y. Losovyj, M. Pink, E. Ruiz, R. Clérac and J. M. Smith. «A low spin manganese(iv) nitride single molecule magnet.» Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 6132-6140. Doi: 10.1039/C6SC01469K S. Gómez-Coca, E. Cremades, N. Aliaga-Alcalde, E. Ruiz, “Huge Magnetic Anisotropy in a Trigonal-Pyramidal Nickel(II) Complex”, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 676-678. D. Aravena, E. Ruiz. «Shedding Light on the Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior of Mononuclear DyIII Complexes», Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 13770-13778. E. Colacio, J. Ruiz, E. Ruiz, E. Cremades, J. Krzystek, S. Carretta, J. Cano, T. Guidi, W. Wernsdorfer, E. K. Brechin. «Slow Magnetic Relaxation in a Co(II)-Y(III) Single-Ion Magnet with Positive Zero-Field Splitting», Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9130-9134. S. Gómez-Coca, E. Cremades, N. Aliaga-Alcalde, E. Ruiz. «Mononuclear Single-Molecules Magnets: Tailoring the Magnetic Anisotropy of First-Row Transition-Metal Complexes», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 7010-7018. E. Cremades, S. Gomez-Coca, D. Aravena, S. Alvarez, E. Ruiz, “Theoretical Study of Exchange Coupling in 3d-Gd Complexes: Large Magnetocaloric Effect Systems”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 10532−10542 J. Cirera, E. Ruiz, S. Alvarez, F. Neese and J. Kortus, «How to Build Molecules with Large Magnetic Anisotropy», Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 4078-4087. E. Ruiz, T. Cauchy, J. Cano, R. Costa, J. Tercero and S. Alvarez, «Magnetic structure of the large-spin Mn10 and Mn19 complexes: A theoretical complement to an experimental milestone», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 7420-7426. T. Cauchy, E. Ruiz and S. Alvarez, «Magnetostructural correlations in polynuclear complexes: The Fe4 butterflies», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 15722-15727. E. Ruiz, J. Cano, S. Alvarez and P. Alemany, «Magnetic coupling in end-on azido-bridged transition metal complexes: A density functional study», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 11122-11129. E. Ruiz, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez and J. Cano, «Toward the prediction of magnetic coupling in molecular systems: Hydroxo- and alkoxo-bridged Cu(II) binuclear complexes», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 1297-1303. Single Molecule Magnets M. Fondo, J. Corredoira-Vazquez, A. M. Garcia-Deibe, J. Sanmartin-Matalobos, S. Gómez-Coca, E. Ruiz and E. Colacio.  “Slow magnetic relaxation in dinuclear dysprosium and holmium phenoxide bridged complexes: a Dy2 single molecule magnet with a high energy barrier”. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 2532-2541. J. J. Baldoví, Y. Duan, R. Morales, A. Gaita-Arino, E. Ruiz and E. Coronado. «Rational Design of Lanthanoid Single-Ion Magnets: Predictive Power of the Theoretical Models». Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 13532-13539. N. Gallego-Planas, A. Martín-Rodríguez and E. Ruiz. «Magnetic and transport properties of Fe-4 single-molecule magnets: a theoretical insight». Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 18867-18875.  J. R. Jiménez, I. F. Díaz-Ortega, E. Ruiz, D. Aravena, S. J. A. Pope, E. Colacio and J. M. Herrera. «Lanthanide Tetrazolate Complexes Combining Single-Molecule Magnet and Luminescence Properties: The Effect of the Replacement of Tetrazolate N-3 by -Diketonate Ligands on the Anisotropy Energy Barrier». Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 14548-14559. T. J. Woods, M. F. Ballesteros-Rivas, S. Gómez-Coca, E. Ruiz and K. R. Dunbar. «Relaxation Dynamics of Identical Trigonal Bipyramidal Cobalt Molecules with Different Local Symmetries and Packing Arrangements: Magnetostructural Correlations and ab inito Calculations». J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 16407-16416.   G. Brunet, D. A. Safin, J. Jover, E. Ruiz and M. Murugesu. «Single-molecule magnetism arising from cobalt(ii) nodes of a crystalline sponge». J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 835-841. A. Martín-Rodríguez, D. Aravena and E. Ruiz. «DFT approaches to transport calculations in magnetic single-molecule devices.» Theor. Chem. Acc., 2016, 135, 1-10. R. Díaz-Torres, M. Menelaou, O. Roubeau, A. Sorrenti, G. Brandáriz-de-Pedro, E. C. Sañudo, S. J. Teat, J. Fraxedas, E. Ruiz and N. Aliaga-Alcalde. «Multiscale study of mononuclear Co-II SMMs based on curcuminoid ligands.» Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 2793-2803. L.-F. Wang, J.-Z. Qiu, J.-L. Liu, Y.-C. Chen, J.-H. Jia, J. Jover, E. Ruiz and M.-L. Tong, «Modulation of single-molecule magnet behaviour via photochemical 2+2 cycloaddition».  Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 15358-15361. I. Oyarzábal, J. Ruiz, E. Ruiz, D. Aravena, J. M. Seco and E. Colacio, «Increasing the effective energy barrier promoted by the change of a counteranion in a Zn-Dy-Zn SMM: slow relaxation via the second excited state».  Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 12353-12356. A. K. Jassal, N. Aliaga-Alcalde, M. Corbella, D. Aravena, E. Ruiz and G. Hundal, «Neodymium 1D systems: targeting new sources for field-induced slow magnetization relaxation».  Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 15774-15778. M. M. Hanninen,A. J. Mota, D. Aravena, E. Ruiz, R. Sillanpaa, A. Camon, M. Evangelisti, E. Colacio. Two C3-Symmetric Dy3(III) Complexes with Triple Di-μ-methoxo-μ-phenoxo Bridges, Magnetic Ground State, and Single-Molecule Magnetic Behavior. Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 8410-8420. S. Gómez-Coca, E. Cremades, N. Aliaga-Alcalde, E. Ruiz, “Huge Magnetic Anisotropy in a Trigonal-Pyramidal Nickel(II) Complex”, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 676-678. J.-L. Liu, W.-Q. Lin, Y.-C. Chen, S. Gómez-Coca, D. Aravena, E. Ruiz, J.-D. Leng, M.-L. Tong, «CuII–GdIII Cryogenic Magnetic Refrigerants and Cu8Dy9 Single-Molecule Magnet Generated by In Situ Reactions of Picolinaldehyde and Acetylpyridine: Experimental and Theoretical Study», Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 17567-17577. D. Aravena, E. Ruiz. «Shedding Light on the Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior of Mononuclear DyIII Complexes», Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 13770-13778. E. Colacio, J. Ruiz, E. Ruiz, E. Cremades, J. Krzystek, S. Carretta, J. Cano, T. Guidi, W. Wernsdorfer, E. K. Brechin. «Slow Magnetic Relaxation in a Co(II)-Y(III) Single-Ion Magnet with Positive Zero-Field Splitting», Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9130-9134. Liu, J. Chen, Y. Li, Q. Gómez-Coca, S. Aravena, D. Ruiz, E. Lin, W. Leng, J. Tong,M. «Two 3d-4f nanomagnets formed via a two-step in situ reaction of picolinaldehyde», Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 6549. E. Cremades, C. Pemmaraju, S. Samvito, E. Ruiz. «Spin-polarized transport through single-molecule magnet Mn6 complexes», Nanoscale. 2013, 5, 4751. S. Gómez-Coca, E. Cremades, N. Aliaga-Alcalde, E. Ruiz. «Mononuclear Single-Molecules Magnets: Tailoring the Magnetic Anisotropy of First-Row Transition-Metal Complexes», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 7010-7018. J. Ruiz, A. J. Mota, A. Rodrıguez-Dieguez, S. Titos, J. M. Herrera, E. Ruiz, E, Cremades, J. P Costes, E, Colacio. “Field and dilution effects on the slow relaxation of a luminescent DyO9 low-symmetry single-ion magnet”, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 7916-7918. J. M. Lillo, A. R. Tomsa, Y. Li, L. M. Chamoreau, E. Cremades, E. Ruiz, A. L. Barra, A. Proust, M. Verdaguer, P. Gouzerh. “Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetism of new salicylamidoxime-based hexanuclear manganese(III) single-molecule magnets”, Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 13668. S. Gómez-Coca, E. Ruiz «Exchange coupling and magnetic anisotropy of exchanged-biased quantum tunnelling single-molecule magnet Ni3Mn2 complexes using theoretical methods based on Density Functional Theory», Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 2659-2666. G. Wu, J. Huang, L. L. Sun, J. Q. Bai, G. H. Li, E. Cremades, E. Ruiz, R. Clerac and S. L. Qiu, «ST = 22 [Mn10] Supertetrahedral Building-Block to Design Extended Magnetic Networks», Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 8580-8587. J. S. Costa, G. A. Craig, L. A. Barrios, O. Roubeau, E. Ruiz, S. Gomez-Coca, S. J. Teat and G. Aromi, «The Use of a

P. Alemany, D. Casanova, S. Alvarez, C. Dryzun and D. Avnir.  «Continuous Symmetry Measures: A New Tool in Quantum Chemistry».  Rev. Comput. Chem., 2017, 30, 289-352. S. Alvarez, «Distortion Pathways of Transition Metal Coordination Polyhedra Induced by Chelating Topology».  Chem. Rev., 2015, 115, 13447-13483.  Doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00537. Open access. L. J. K. Cook, R. Mohammed, G. Sherborne, S. Alvarez and M. Halcrow, “Spin-state Behaviour of Iron(II)Dipyrazolylpyridine Complexes. New Insights from Crystallographic and Solution Measurements». Coord. Chem. Rev., 2015, 289-290, 2-12. Doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.08.006. S. Alvarez, E. Ruiz.  «Self-Assembly of Coordination Compounds: Design Principles», in Supramolecular Chemistry, From Molecules to Nanomaterials, J. W. Steed, P. A. Gale, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, 2012, 5, 1993-2044.  ISBN 978-0-470-74640-0 S. Alvarez, J. Echeverría.  «New Perspectives on Polyhedral Molecules and their Crystal Structures».  J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2010, 23, 1080-1087. S. Alvarez.  «Nesting of Fullerenes and Frank-Kasper Polyhedra».  Dalton Trans., 2006, 2045-2051. S. Alvarez, P. Alemany, D. Casanova, J. Cirera, M. Llunell, D. Avnir.  «Shape Maps and Polyhedral Interconversion Paths in Transition Metal Chemistry».  Coord. Chem. Rev.2005, 249, 1693-1708. J. Cirera, E. Ruiz, S. Alvarez.  «Continuous Shape Measures as a Stereochemical Tool in Organometallic Chemistry».  Organometallics 2005, 24, 1556-1562. S. Alvarez, P. Alemany, D. Avnir.  «Continuous Chirality Measures in Transition Metal Chemistry».  Chem. Soc. Rev. 2005, 34, 313-326. S. Alvarez.  «Polyhedra in (Inorganic) Chemistry».  Dalton Trans. 2005, 2209-2233. S. Alvarez.  «Poliedros y sus distorsiones en la descripción de la estructura molecular y en el diseño de edificios supramoleculares».  An. Real Soc. Esp. Quím. 2003, 99, 29-44. Symmetry Concepts and Tools P. Alemany, D. Casanova, S. Alvarez, C. Dryzun and D. Avnir.  «Continuous Symmetry Measures: A New Tool in Quantum Chemistry».  Rev. Comput. Chem., 2017, 30, 289-352. A. Falceto, D. Casanova, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez.  «Pseudosymmetry Analysis of the d-block Molecular Orbitals in Four-coordinate Complexes», Inorg. Chem.2013, 52, 6510-6519. D. Casanova, P. Alemany, A. Falceto, A. Carreras, S. Alvarez.  «Pseudosymmetry Analysis of Molecular Orbitals», J. Comput. Chem. 2013, 34, 1321. J. Echeverría, A. Carreras, D. Casanova, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez.  «Concurrent Symmetries.  The Interplay Between Local and Global Molecular Symmetries».  Chem. Eur. J.2011, 17, 359-367. S. Alvarez.  «How Icosahedral are Icosahedral Clusters?»  Inorg. Chim. Acta 2010, 363, 4392-4398. M. Pinsky, C. Dryzun, D. Casanova, P. Alemany, D. Avnir, Z. Kizner, A. Sterkin.  «Analytical methods for calculating continuous symmetry measures and the chirality measure.»  J. Comput. Chem. 2008, 29, 2712-2721. M. Pinsky, D. Casanova, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez, D. Avnir, C. Dryzun, Z. Kizner, A. Sterkin.  «Symmetry Operation Measures».  J. Comput. Chem. 2008, 29, 190-197. J. Echeverría, D. Casanova, M. Llunell, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez. «Molecules and Crystals with Both Icosahedral and Cubic Symmetry».  Chem. Commun., 2008, Feature Article, 2717-2725. Chirality M. Llunell, P. Alemany, J. M. Bofill.  «Narcissistic Reaction Pathways: An Example of Maxwell’s Theorem of Geometrical Optics Applied to the Intrinsic Reaction Coordinate Model».  Theor. Chem. Acc. 2008, 121, 279-288. S. Alvarez, S. Schefzick, D. Avnir, K. Lipkowitz.  «Quantitative Chirality Analysis of Molecular Sub-units of Bis(oxazoline)copper(II) Complexes in Relation to their Enantioselective Catalytic Activity».  Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, 5832-5837. P. Alemany, S. Alvarez, D. Avnir.  «Theoretical Evidence of Persistent Chirality in D3 Homoleptic Hexacoordinated Complexes with Monodentate Ligands». Chem. Eur. J.2003, 9, 1952-1957. S. Alvarez, D. Avnir.  «Continuous Chirality Measures of Tetracoordinate Bis-chelate Metal Complexes».  Dalton Trans., 2003, 562-569. S. Alvarez, M. Pinsky, M. Llunell, D. Avnir.  «Continuous Chirality Analysis of Hexacoordinated Tris-Chelated Complexes».  Cryst. Eng. 2001, 4, 179-200. S. Alvarez, M. Pinsky, D. Avnir.  «A Continuous Chirality Analysis of Homoleptic Hexacoordinated Complexes».  Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2001, 1499-1503. Stereochemistry of Coordination Compounds S. Alvarez.  “Continuous Shape Measures Study of the Coordination Spheres of Actinide Complexes. Part 1: Low Coordination Numbers”.  Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2021, 3632-3647, open Access. I. Sanchez-Lombardo, B. Baruah, S. Alvarez, K. R. Werst, N. A. Segaline, N. E. Levinger and D. C. Crans.  «Size and shape trump charge in interactions of oxovanadates with self-assembled interraces: application of continuous shape measure analysis to the decavanadate anion». New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 962-975. Doi: 10.1039/c5nj01788b. S. Alvarez, «Distortion Pathways of Transition Metal Coordination Polyhedra Induced by Chelating Topology».  Chem. Rev., 2015, 115, 13447-13483.  Doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00537. Open access. S. Alvarez, B. Menjón, A. Falceto, D. Casanova and P. Alemany.  «Stereochemistry of Complexes with Double and Triple Metal-Ligand Bonds: A Continuous Shape Measures Analysis».  Inorg. Chem.  2014, 53, 12151-12163. Doi: 10.1021/ic5021077. S. Canton, X. Zhang, L. Lawson Daku, Y. Liu, J. Zhang and S. Alvarez.  «Mapping the Ultrafast Changes of Continuous Shape Measures in Photoexcited Spin Crossover Complexes without Long-Range Order».  J. Phys. Chem. C.  2015, 119, 3322-3330.  Doi:10.1021/jp5117189. I. Sánchez-Lombardo, S. Alvarez, C. C. McLauchlan and D. C. Crans.  «Evaluating Transition State Structures of vanadium-phosphatase protein complexes using shape analysis».  J. Inorg. Biochem., 2015, 147, 153-164. Doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.04.005. S. Alvarez, B. Menjón.  «Modulation of the Coordination Sphere of f-Element Complexes by Fluorocarbons», highlight, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 2810-2811.  Doi 10.1002/anie.201310916. M. Ferrer, A. Gutiérrez, L. Rodríguez, O. Rossell, E. Ruiz, M. Engeser, Y. Lorenz, R. Schilling, P. Gómez-Sal, A. Martín. «Self-Assembly of Heterometallic Metallomacrocycles via Ditopic Fluoroaryl Gold(I) Organometallic Metalloligands», Organometallics 2012, 31, 1533-1545 E. Cremades, J. Echeverría, S. Alvarez.  «The Trigonal Prism in Coordination Chemistry».  Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 10389-10396 A. Ruiz-Martínez, S. Alvarez.  “Stereochemistry of Compounds with Coordination Number Ten”.  Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 7470-7480 J. Echeverría, E. Cremades, A. J. Amoroso, S. Alvarez.  «Jahn-Teller Distortions of Six-coordinate Copper(II) Compounds: Cis or Trans?». Chem. Commun. 2009, 4242-4244 J. Cirera, E. Ruiz and S. Alvarez, «Stereochemistry and spin state in four-coordinate transition metal compounds», Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 2871-2889. A. Ruiz-Martínez, D. Casanova, S. Alvarez.  «Polyhedral Structures with an Odd Number of Vertices: Nine-Coordinate Metal Compounds». Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 1291-1303 D. Casanova, M. Llunell, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez.  «The Rich Stereochemistry of Eight-Vertex Polyhedra in Chemistry.  A Continuous Shape Measures Study».  Chem. Eur. J.2005, 11, 1479-1494 J. Cirera, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez.  «Mapping the Stereochemistry and Symmetry of Tetracoordinate Transition Metal Complexes».  Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 190-207. S. Alvarez.  «Relationships Between Temperature, Magnetic Moment and Continuous Symmetry Measures in Spin Crossover Complexes». J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 6795-6802 D. Casanova, P. Alemany, J. M. Bofill, S. Alvarez.  «Shape and Symmetry of Heptacoordinated Transition Metals: Structural Trends».  Chem. Eur. J., 2003, 9, 1281-1295 S. Alvarez, D. Avnir, M. Llunell, M. Pinsky.  «Continuous Symmetry Maps and Shape Classification.  The Case of Six-Coordinated Metal Compounds».  New J. Chem., 2002, 26, 996-1009 S. Alvarez, M. Pinsky, M. Llunell, D. Avnir.  «Continuous Chirality Analysis of Hexacoordinated Tris-Chelated Complexes».  Cryst. Eng. 2001, 4, 179-200. S. Alvarez, M. Pinsky, D. Avnir.  «A Continuous Chirality Analysis of Homoleptic Hexacoordinated Complexes».  Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2001, 1499-1503. S. Alvarez, M. Llunell.  «Continuous Symmetry Measures of Pentacoordinate Molecules: Berry and non-Berry Distortions