Joseph Miller, British-born Brazilian organic chemist (Dorking, Surrey 07 October 1918 –

DEVELOPED

Production of cattle food from cellulosic materials (1985)

Production of furfural from cellulosic materials (1985)

Production of addictive from furfural that enables ethanol utilization as a fuel in Diesel engines (1985)

PATENTS

With J.C. C. Gerez & M.C.A. Gerez. Process and installation for obtaining ethanol by the continuous acid hydrolysis of cellulosic materials (1981)

Magneto-optics recording system of materials (1993)

Extraction process of components from plants (2008) 

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

 Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution. ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 1968.

 With Z. Rapoport. Chemistry Of The Azido Group. WILEY – INTERSCIENCE, 1971.

Papers

Kinetic and Thermodynamic nucleophilicity in aromatic Sn reactions and thermodynamic basicity. Journ. Chem. Soc. B 299, 1966

With K.C. Ho & D.C. Hill. Theoretical calculation and Experimental Measurement of halogen Exchange. J. Chem. Soc. B 1521, 1971

With A. Federman Neto. Improved Synthesis Of Arene Cyclopentadienyl Iron (II) Salts. Synthesis of (Hydrazinobenzene) (Cyclopentadienyl) Iron (II) Picrate. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 54(2): 331-333, 1982.

With A. Federman Neto. Alguns Novos Aspectos de Química dos Areno Complexos de Ferro (II). Ciência e Cultura 36(10):1765-1766, 1984.

With Gino del Ponte. Kinetic And Mechanisms Of The Hydrolysis And Methanolysis Of Some Alkoxytropylium Perclorates. Some Comments On Electrophylic And Nucleophilic Strenght And Nucleofugality. J. Chem. Research 914-931, 1988.

With A. Federman Neto et al. Synthesis Of Substituted Ferrocenes. Part I – An Improved Tecnique For The Preparation Of Acylferrocenes.. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 61(4): 413-417, 1989.

With A. Federman Neto, N. Z. Kiyan & Y. Miyata. Synthesis Of Substituted Ferrocenes. Part II – Convenient Synthesis Of Chloromercurioferrocene And Ferrocenemonocarboxylic Acid. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 61(4):419-423, 1989.

With N.M. Grynberg, A. Echevarria et al. Some New Arylsidnones: Effects On Murine Tumours. Anticancer Research 12:1025-1028, 1992.

With A. Echevarria, S. Galembeck, V.M. Rumjanek et al. Reaction Of Aroyl Chlorides With 1,4-Diphenylthiosemicarbazide: Formation Of Both 1,3,4-Thiadiazolium-2-Aminides And 1,3,4-Triazolium-2-Thiolate. Heterocyclic Communications 1:129-136, 1995.

With E. J. S. Vichi, A. Federman Neto et al. Marked Changes In Relative Nucleophilicity In Comparing SN2Ar Reactions Of Free Arenes And Coordinated Arenes. Kinetic Studies Of Reactions O(Chlorobenzene) (Cyclopentadienyl) Iron(II) With Anionic And Neutral Nucleophiles. Organometallics 15:3198-3203, 1996.

With R. E. Banks, L. R. Kelland et al. New Perfluorophthalate Complexes Of Platinum (Ii) With Chemotherapeutic Potential. METAL-BASED DRUGS 3(3):117-122, 1996.

With N.M. Grynberg & A. Echevarria. Synthesis And In Vivo Antitumor Activity Of New Heterocyclic Derivatives Of The 1,3,4-Thiadiazolium-2-Aminide Class. Synthetic Communications  8:88-91, 1997.

With A. Federman Neto, A.D.L. Borges & V.A. Darin. Improvements In The Preparation Of Cyclopentadienyl Thallium And Methylcyclopentadienyl Thallium And In Their Use In Organometallic Chemistry. Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, 27(9):1299-1314, 1997.

With A. Federman Neto, A. D. L. Borges & I. P. A.  Campos. Mercury(II) Trichloroacetate. Part I. Formation, Stabilization, Isolation And Decomposition.. Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry 27(9):1373-1380, 1997.

With A. Federman Neto, A. D. L. Borges & I. P. A. Campos. Mercury(II) Trichloroacetate. Part II. Formation And Use As A Versatile Reagent In Ferrocene Chemistry. Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry 27(10):1543-1551, 1997.

With P. T. Sousa Junior & A. Giesbrecht. An Improved Synthesis Of Bis-(4-Alkylamino-3-Nitrophenyl)-Sulphones And In Vitro Evaluation Of Biological Activity. Interciencia 22(4):194-196, 1997.

With V.A. Darin, A. Federman Neto et al. Boron Trifluoride Etherate As a Catalyst In Acylation Of Ferrocene.. Journal für Praktische Chemie. Chemiker-Zeitung, 341(6):588-591, 1999.

With V. A. Darin, A. Federman Neto & A D L Borges. Potassium Borohydride: Improved Use As Reducing Agent For Organic And Organometallic Ketones. Main Group Metal Chemistry  22(8): 503-507, 1999.

With A. Federman Neto & M. L. A. Silva. Improved Synthesis And Analgesic Activity of (Anisole) Triscarbonyl Chromium (0). Metal-Based Drugs 6(1):25-29, 1999.

With M. L. A. Silva, A. Federman Neto et al. Synthesis and In Vitro Tripanocidal Activity Evaluation of Some Organo-Iron Compounds. Metal-Based Drugs 8(6):329-332, 2002.

With A. Federman Neto, V. A. Darin, M. L. A. Silva, G. Ponte et al. New Synthesis of Ferrocenemonocarboxylic Acid and Systematic Studies on the Preparation of Related Key Intermediates. Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 628(1):209-216, 2002.

With B.F. Lira, P. F. Athayde Filho et al.  Synthesis and characterization of three new organo-selenium compounds. A convenient synthesis of aroylselenoglycolic acids. Arkivoc 6:22-26, 2004.

With R. O. Silva, A. M. Simas, B. F. Lira et al. Synthesis and complete assignments of 1-H and 13-C NMR spectra of mesoionic 2-(p-trifuoromethylphenyl)-3-methyl-4-(p-tolyl)-1,3-thiazolium-5-thiolate and 2-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-methyl-4-(p-isopropylphenyl)-1,3-thiazolium-5-thiolate. ARKIVOC 7: 12-21, 2004.