62. Rodríguez-Cortés, L.A.; Hernández, F.J.; Rodríguez, M.; Toscano, R.A.; Jiménez-Sánchez, A.; Crespo-Otero, R.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “Conformational Emissive States in Dual-State Emitters with Benzotriazole Acceptors” 2023, Accepted paper.

61. Vázquez-Chávez, J., Martínez-Torres, F.C.; Navarro-Huerta, A.; Flores-Alamo, M.; Maldonado-Domínguez, M.; Blahut, J.; Štoček, J.R.; Dračínský, M.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.*; Iglesias-Arteaga, M.A. “A Crystalline Dimeric Steroidal Diboronate with Electronically Impeded Rotation" J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 49-59, DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01676

60. Belmonte-Vázquez, J. L.*; Hernández-Morales, E. A.; Hernández, F.; García-González, M. C.; Miranda, L. D.; Crespo-Otero, R.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “Asymmetric Dual-State Emitters Featuring Thiazole Acceptors” Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2022, DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200372 (Open Access)

59. Rodríguez-Molina, M.; Galicia-Badillo, D.; Cetina-Mancilla, E.; Cardenas, J.; Olvera, L.I.; Toscano, R.A.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.*, Zolotukhin, M.G.; “9-Trifluoromethylxanthenediols: Synthesis and Supramolecular Motifs" ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 16, 13520–13528

58. Vázquez-Matías, J.I.; Hernández-Morales, E.A.; Colin-Molina, A.; Pérez-Estrada, S.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “Synergic properties in crystals: implication of motion at the molecular level", Chapter "Concepts and Design of Materials Nanoarchitectonics" Royal Society of Chemistry; 1st edition (2022), ISBN-10:1788018028, ISBN-13:978-1788018029.

57. Santiago-Sampedro, G.I.; Aguilar-Granda, A.; Torres-Huerta, A.; Maldonado-Dominguez, M.;* Rodríguez-Molina, B.*; Iglesias-Arteaga, M.A.;* “Self-assembly of a bile acid dimeric amphiphile: A theoretical description of the aggregation induced red-shift fluorescence” J. Org. Chem. 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01194

56. Colin-Molina, A.; Arcudia, J.; López-López, E. R.; Jellen, M. J.; García-González, M. C.; Merino, G.*; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “Multicomponent Crystals with Two Fast Reorienting Constituents Over Perpendicular Noncovalent Axes” Cryst. Growth Des., 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01194

55. Belmonte-Vázquez, J. L.; Amador-Sánchez, Y. A.; Rodríguez-Cortés, L. A.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “Dual-State Emission (DSE) in Organic Fluorophores: Design and Applications” Chem. Mater., 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02460

54. Rodríguez-Cortés, L. A.; Navarro-Huerta, A.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “One molecule to light it all: The era of dual-state emission” Matter, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2021.06.023

53. Medina-Mercado, I.; Colin-Molina, A.; Barquera-Lozada, J. E.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Porcel, S.* “Gold-Catalyzed Ascorbic Acid-Induced Arylative Carbocyclization of Alkynes with Aryldiazonium Tetrafluoroborates” ACS Catal., 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01826

52. Vargas-Olvera, E. C.; Salas-Sánchez, F. J.; Colin-Molina, A.; Pérez-Estrada, S.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.*; Alejandre, J.*; Campillo-Alvarado; MacGillivray, L. R.; Höpfl, H.* “Molecular Dynamics Studies of Aromatic Guests in Three Isostructural Inclusion Compounds with Molecular Boron–Nitrogen Hosts” Cryst. Growth Des., 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01140

51. García-González, M. C.; Navarro-Huerta, A.; Rodríguez-Chantal, F. C.; Vera-Alvízar, E. G.; Ramírez, M. A. V.; Rodríguez-Hernández, J.; Rodríguez, M.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “The design of dihalogenated TPE monoboronate complexes as mechanofluorochromic crystals” CrystEngComm, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1CE00442E

50. Rojas-León, I; Gómez-Jaimes, G; Montes-Tolentino, P.; Hiller, W.; Alnasr, H.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Hernández-Ahuactzi, I. F.; Beltrán, H.; Jurkschat, K.; Höpfl, H.* “Molecular Cage Assembly by Sn-O-Sn Bridging of Di-, Tri- and Tetranuclear Organotin Tectons: Extending the Spacing in Double Ladder Structures” Chem. Eur. J., 2021, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101055

49. Gómez-Jaimes, G.; Rojas-León, I.; Martínez-Romero, R.; Beltrán, H.I.;* Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Hiller, W.; Jurkschat, K.;* Hernández-Ahuactzi, I.F.; Höpfl, H.;* "Dinuclear organotin building blocks and their conversion into a tetranuclear macrocycle containing Sn-O-Sn linkages” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2021, DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202100186.

48. Flores, E.; Rivera-Avalos, E.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Frontana, C.; López, L.; Loera, D.* “Study of Organic Radicals Generated upon Naphthoquinone-Hydantoins Reactions in Basic Aqueous Solution” Chem. Proc., 2020, DOI: 10.3390/ecsoc-24-08415

47. García-González, M. C.; Espinosa-Rocha, J.; Rodríguez-Cortés, L. A.; Amador-Sánchez, Y. A.; Miranda, L. D.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “Pairing multicomponent stators with aromatic rotators for new emissive molecular rotors” Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1OB00161B

46. Aguilar-Rodríguez, P.; Mejía-González, A.; Zetina, S.; Colín-Molina, A.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Esturau-Escofet, N.* “Unexpected behavior of commercial artists’ acrylic paints under UVA artificial aging” Microchem. J., 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105743

45. Navarro-Huerta, A.; Jellen, M. J.; Arcudia, J.; Teat, S. J.; Toscano, R. A.; Merino, G.*; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “Tailoring the cavities of hydrogen-bonded amphidynamic molecular rotors using weak contacts: Towards faster molecular machines” Chem. Sci., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05899H

44. Mayorquín-Torres, M. C.; Navarro-Huerta, A.; Maldonado-Domínguez, M.; Flores-Álamo, M.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Iglesias-Arteaga, M. A.* “Palladium-Catalyzed Generation of ortho-Quinone Methides. A Three-Component Synthesis of L-Shaped Dimeric Steroidal Scaffolds” J. Org. Chem., 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02943

43. Gálvez-Martínez, E.; Aguilar-Granda, A.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Haro-Pérez, C.; Kozina, A.* “Catalytic evaluation of citrate-stabilized palladium nanoparticles in the Sonogashira reaction for the synthesis of 1,4-Bis[(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]benzene” Catal. Commun., 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2020.106269

42. Torres-Huerta, A.; Galicia-Badillo, D.; Aguilar-Granda, A; Bryant, J. T.; Uribe-Romo, F. J.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “Multiple rotational rates in a guest-loaded, amphidynamic zirconia metal–organic framework” Chem. Sci., 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04432F

41. Ramos-Enríquez, M. A.; Colin-Molina, A.; Flores-Alamo, M.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.*; Iglesias-Arteaga, M. A.* “Phase Transformations of a Conformational Solvatomorphic Steroid: [23(23E,25R]-23(28)-(3’-acetoxybenzyliden)-5α-spirostan-3β-ol acetate” Cryst. Growth Des. 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00808

40. Vargas-Romero, K.; Martínez-Torres, F. C.; Aguilar-Granda, A.; Pérez-Estrada, S.; Flores-Alamo, M.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.*; Iglesias-Arteaga, M. A.* “Synthesis and Solid-State Dynamics of a Crystalline Steroid Molecular Rotor without the Alkyne Axle: Steroid Dimers Based on a 1,4-Di(1,3-dioxan-2-yl)benzene Moiety” J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 13, 8501–8509, DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00867

39. Colin-Molina, A.; Velázquez-Chávez, D.; Jellen, M. J.; Rodríguez-Cortés, L. A.; Cifuentes-Quintal, M.E.; Merino, G.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “Dynamic characterization of crystalline fluorophores with conformationally flexible tetrahydrocarbazole frameworks” CrystEngComm, 2020, 22, 3789-3796, DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00423E

38. Colin-Molina, A.; Jellen, M. J.; Rodriguez-Hernandez, J.; Cifuentes-Quintal, M. E.; Barroso, J.; Toscano, R. A.; Merino, G.*; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “Hydrogen-Bonded Crystalline Molecular Machines with Ultrafast Rotation and Displacive Phase Transitions” Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26,11727 –11733, (HOT PAPER) DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001156

37. Prasad-Karothu, D.; Halabi, J. M.; Li, L. Colin-Molina, A.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Naumov, P.* “Global Performance Indices for Dynamic Crystals as Organic Thermal Actuators” Advanced Materials, 2020, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201906216

36. Amador-Sánchez, Y. A.; Aguilar-Granda, A.; Flores-Cruz, R. González-Calderón, D.; Orta, C.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Jiménez-Sánchez, A.;* Miranda, L. D.* “Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Fused-isoquinolines for Specific Subcellular Localization” J. Org. Chem. 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02712

35. Vazquez-Amaya, L.Y.; Quintero, L.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Sartillo-Piscil, F.;* “Transition-Metal.Free Total Synthesis and Revision of the Absolute Configuration of Pipermethystine” J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 3949.

34. Penieres-Carrillo, J. G.; Ríos-Guerra, H.; Pérez-Flores, J.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Torres-Reyes, A.; Barrera-Téllez, F.; González-Carrillo, J; Moreno-González, L.; Martínez-Zaldívar, A.; Nolasco-Fidencio, J. J.; Matus-Meza, A. S.; Luna-Mora, R. A.* “Reevaluating the synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted-1Hbenzimidazole derivatives by different green activation techniques and their biological activity as antifungal and antimicrobial inhibitor” J. Het. Chem. 2020, 57, 436-455.

33. Aguilar-Granda, A.; Colin-Molina, A.; Jellen, M. J.; Cifuentes-Quintal; E.; Toscano, R. A.; Merino, G.; Rodriguez-Molina, B.* “Triggering the Dynamics of a Carbazole-p-[phenylene-diethynyl]-xylene Rotor through a Mechanically Induced Phase Transition” Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 14054.

32. Colin-Molina, A.; Karothu, Durga P.; Jellen, Marcus J.; Toscano, Rubén A.; Garcia-Garibay, M.;* Naumov, P.;* Rodríguez-Molina, B.* "Thermosalient Amphidynamic Molecular Machines: Motion at the Molecular and Macroscopic Scales" Matter, 2019, 1, 1033–1046

31. Valdes-Garcia, R.M.; Alarcón-Manjarrez, C.; Galano, A.; Rodriguez-Molina,B.; Flores-Alamo, M.; Iglesias-Arteaga, M.A., "Synthesis of Dimeric Steroid Trioxabispiroacetals Scaffolds by Gold(I)-Catalyzed Hydroxylation-Hydration of Diynediols" Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 30, 4916.

30. Colin-Molina, A.; Jellen, M.J.; Garcia-Quezada, E.; Cifuentes-Quintal, M.E.; Murillo, F.; Barroso, J.; Pérez-Estrada, S.; Toscano, R.A.; Merino, G.;* Rodríguez-Molina, B.;* "Origin of the isotropic motion in crystalline molecular rotors with carbazole stators" Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 4422-4429

29. Ruelas-Alvarez, G.Y.; Cardenas-Valenzuela, A.J.; Cruz-Enriquez, A.*; Hoepfl, H.; Campos-Gaxiola, J.J.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; "Exploration of the Luminescence Properties of Organic Phosphate Salts of 2-Quinoline- and 5-Isoquinolineboronic Acid" Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 22, 2707.

28. Pérez-Estrada, S.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Maverick, E. F.; Khan, S.I.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A.;* "Throwing in a Monkey Wrench to Test and Determine Geared Motion in the Dynamics of a Crystalline One-Dimensional (1D) Columnar Rotor Array" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2413–2420.

27. Bernal, W.; Barbosa-Garcia, O.;* Aguilar-Granda, A.; Pérez-Gutiérrez, E.; Maldonado, J.L.; Percino, M.J.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.;* "White Organic Light emitting diodes based on exciplex states by using a new carbazole derivative as single emitter layer" Dyes and Pigments, 2019, 163, 754-760.

26. Aguilar-Granda, A.; Garcia-Gonzalez, M.C.; Pérez-Estrada, S.; Kozina, A.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.;* "Nanoscale Organization and Solid-State Dynamics of Carbazole-[pi]-carbazole Rotors Edged with Aliphatic Chains" J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (47), pp 27093–27099

25. Campillo-Alvarado, G.; Vargas-Olvera, E.C.; Hopfl, H.;* Herrera-España, A.D.; Sanchez-Guadarrama, O.; Morales-Rojas, H.;* MacGillivray, L.R.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.; Farfán, N; “Self-Assembly of Fluorinated Boronic Esters and 4,4'-Bipyridine into 2:1 N→B Adducts and Inclusion of Aromatic Guest Molecules in the Solid-State - Application for the Separation of o,m,p-Xylene” Cryst. Growth Des., 2018, 18, 2726.

24. Mayorquín-Torres, M.C.; Colín-Molina, A.; Pérez-Estrada, S.; Galano, A;* Rodríguez-Molina, B.;* Iglesias-Arteaga, M.A.;* “Synthesis, Characterization, and Solid State Dynamic Studies of a Hydrogen Bond-Hindered Steroidal Molecular Rotor with A Flexible Axis” J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 3768.

23. García-González M.C.; Aguilar-Granda, A.; Zamudio-Medina, A.; Miranda, L.D.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.,* “Synthesis of Structurally Diverse Emissive Molecular Rotors with Four-Component Ugi Stators” J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83(5), 2570

22. Aguilar-Granda, A, Salvador Pérez-Estrada, Eli Sánchez-González, J. Raziel Álvarez, Joelis Rodríguez-Hernández, Mario Rodríguez, Arian E. Roa, Simón Hernández-Ortega, Ilich A. Ibarra, Braulio Rodríguez-Molina* “Transient Porosity in Densely-Packed Crystalline Carbazole-(p-diethynylphenylene)-Carbazole Rotors: CO₂ and Acetone Sorption Properties” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 7549

21. Sánchez-Gonzalez, E.; López-Olvera, A.; Monroy, O.; Aguilar-Pliego, J.; Gabriel Flores, J.; Islas-Jacome, A.; Rincon-Guevara, M.A.; Gónzalez-Zamora, E.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.*; Ibarra, I.A.* "Synthesis of vanillin via a catalytically active Cu(II)-Metal Organic Polyhedron" CrystEngComm, 2017, 19, 4142

20. López-Olvera, A.; Sánchez-González, E.; Campos-Reales-Pineda, A.; Aguilar-Granda, A.; Ibarra, I.A.* Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “CO₂ capture in a carbazole-based supramolecular polyhedron structure: the significance of Cu(II) open metal sites”, Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 56. (Journal cover)

19. Mendoza-Espinosa, S.; Munoz-Soto, B.; Rodriguez-Molina, B.; Flores, L.; Castrejon; Suarez-Moreno, G.; Zamudio-Medina, A. “Synthesis and cytotoxic evaluation of bisphosphoramidates in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cell line” J. Chem. Pharm. Res. 2017, 9, 169.

18. Colin-Molina, A.; Pérez-Estrada, S.; Roa, A.E.; Hernandez-Ortega, S.; Rodriguez, M.; Brown, S.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “Isotropic rotation in amphidynamic crystals of stacked carbazole-based rotors featuring halogen-bonded stators” Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 12833.

17. Aguilar-Granda, A.; Pérez-Estrada, S.; Roa, A.E.; Rodriguez-Hernandez, J.; Hernandez-Ortega, S.; Rodríguez, M.; Rodríguez-Molina, B.* “Synthesis of a Carbazole-[pi]-carbazole Molecular Rotor with Fast Solid State Intramolecular Dynamics and Crystallization-Induced Emission” Crystal Growth & Design, 2016, 16, 3435.

16. Czajkowska-Szczykowska, D.;* Aguilar-Granda, A., Maj, J., Wilczewska, Agnieska Z.; Witkowski, S.; Santillan, Rosa, Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A.; Morzycki, Jacek W.; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio* “Solid State Characterization of Bridged Steroidal Molecular Rotors: Effect of the Rotator Fluorination on their Crystallization” Crystal Growth & Design, 2016, 16, 1599.

15. Mugica, Laura C.; Rodriguez-Molina, Braulio; Ramos, Salvador; Kozina, Anna, “Surface functionalization of silica particles for their efficient fluorescence and stereo selective modification” Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2016, 500, 79.

14. Arcos-Ramos, Rafael; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, E.; Ramirez-Montes, Pedro I.; Ochoa, M. Eugenia; Santillan, Rosa; Farfán, Norberto; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A.; "Crystalline Arrays of Molecular Rotors with TIPS-Trityl and Phenolic-Trityl Stators Using Phenylene, 1,2-Difluorophenylene and Pyridine Rotators." RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 55201.

Posdoctoral work

13. Pérez-Estrada, Salvador; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Xiao, Leilei; Santillan, Rosa; Jimenez-Osés, Gonzalo; Houk, Kendall N.; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. "Thermodynamic Evaluation of Aromatic CH/π Interactions and Rotational Entropy in a Molecular Rotor." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 2175.

12. Staehle, Ira; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. “Trans-keto Tautomerism in Crystalline Molecular Rotors” Cryst. Growth Des. 2014, 14, 3667.

11. Xing, Jian. Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Nazarian, Narega; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. “Rotation of a Bulky Triptycene in the Solid State: Towards Engineered Nanoscale Artificial Molecular Machines” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8871.

10. Torres-Huerta, Aaron; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Höpfl, Herbert; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. “Synthesis and Solid State Characterization of Self-Assembled Macrocyclic Molecular Rotors of bis(Dithiocarbamate) Ligands with Diorganotin (IV)” Organometallics, 2014, 33, 354.

9. Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Ochoa, Maria Eugenia; Romero, Margarita; Khan, Saeed I.; Farfán, Norberto; Santillan, Rosa; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. “Conformational Polymorphism and Isomorphism of Molecular Rotors with Fluoroaromatic Rotators and Mestranol Stators” Cryst. Growth & Des. 2013, 13, 5107.

8. Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Pérez-Estrada, Salvador; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. “Amphidynamic Crystals of a Steroidal Bicyclo[2.2.2]octane Rotor: A High Symmetry Group that Rotates Faster than Smaller Methyl and Methoxy Groups” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10388.

7. Czajkowska-Szczykowska, Dorota; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Magaña-Vergara, Nancy E.; Santillan, Rosa; Morzycki, Jacek W.; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. “Molecular gyroscopes with steroidal frameworks bridged by olefin metathesis” J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 9970. FEATURED ARTICLE.

6. Escalante-Sánchez, Edgar; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. “Synthesis and characterization of pentiptycene molecular rotors” J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 7428.

5. Arcos-Ramos, Rafael; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Romero, Margarita; Méndez-Stivalet, José M.; Ochoa, María E. Ramírez-Montes, Pedro I.; Santillan, Rosa; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A.; Farfán, Norberto, “Synthesis and Evaluation of Molecular Rotors with Large and Bulky tert-Butyldiphenylsilyloxy-Substituted Trityl Stators” J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 6887.

Doctoral work

4. Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Farfán, Norberto; Romero, Margarita; Méndez-Stivalet, José M.; Santillan, Rosa; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. “Anisochronous Dynamics in a Crystalline Array of Steroidal Molecular Rotors: Evidence of Correlated Motion within 1D Helical Domains” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 7280.

3. Domínguez, Oscar; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Rodríguez, Mario.; Ariza, Armando; Farfán, Norberto; Santillan, Rosa; “X-ray Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Properties of Eight Schiff Bases as Evidence of the Proton Transfer Reaction. Role of the Intermolecular Hydrogen Bond” New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 156.

2. Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Pozos, Arturo; Cruz, Ricardo; Romero, Margarita; Flores, Blas; Farfán, Norberto; Santillan, Rosa; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. “Synthesis and solid state characterization of molecular rotors with steroidal stators: ethisterone and norethisterone” Org. & Biomol. Chem. 2010, 8, 2993.

1. Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Ochoa, María E.; Farfán, Norberto; Santillan, Rosa; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. “Synthesis, characterization, and rotational dynamics of crystalline molecular compasses with N-heterocyclic rotators” J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 8554.