1-      Stefano Banfi, Mauro Cinquini, Stefano Colonna; “Synthesis of new chiral phase-transfer catalyst and their application to Michael additions”. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.  (1981) 54, 1841-43.

2-       Henriette Molinari, Stefano Banfi; “Synthesys of optically active b-halogeno-phosphinates via asymmetric selection”. Synthetic Commun. (1982), 12(10), 749-53.

3-      Stefano Colonna, Henriette Molinari, Stefano Banfi; “Highly enantioselective epoxidation by means of polyaminoacids in a triphase system: influence of structural variations within the catalysts” Tetrahedron (1983), 39(9), 1635-41.

4-      S. Banfi, S. Colonna, S. Julia; “Asymmetric catalytic epoxidation by means of cyclodextrins” Synthetic Commun. (1983), 13(12), 1049-52.

5-      S. Banfi, S. Colonna, H. Molinari , S. Julia; “ Highly stereoselective synthesis of optically active a.b-epoxy alcohols”. Synthetic Commun. (1983), 13(11), 901-4.

6-      Banfi, Stefano; Colonna, Stefano; Molinari, Henriette; Julia, Sebastian; Guixer, Joan.  “Asymmetric epoxidation of electron-poor olefins - V.  Influence of stereoselectivity of the structure of poly-a-amino acids used as catalysts”. Tetrahedron. (1984), 40(24), 5207-11.

7-      S. Colonna, S. Banfi, A. Papagni; “ Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation in the presence of cyclodextrins: part 2”. Gazz. Chim. Ital (1985), 115, 81-83.

8-      Colonna, Stefano; Banfi, Stefano; Fontana, Francesca; Sommaruga, Maurizio.  “Asymmetric periodate oxidation of functionalized sulfides catalyzed by bovine serum albumin”. J. Org. Chem.  (1985), 50(6), 769-71.  ISSN:0022-3263.

9-      Annunziata, Rita; Banfi, Stefano; Colonna, Stefano.  “Catalytic asymmetric Darzens condensation in the presence of bovine serum albumin”. Tetrahedron Lett.  (1985),  26(20),  2471-4. 

10-   Colonna, Stefano; Banfi, Stefano; Annunziata, Rita; Casella, Luigi.  “Enantio and diastereoselectivity in the periodate oxidation of sulfides catalyzed by bovine serum albumin. 2”. J. Org. Chem.  (1986),  51(6),  891-5.

11-  S. Banfi, F. Montanari, M. Penso, V. Sosnovskikh, P. Viganò; “ NaOCl Olefin epoxidations catalyzed by Mn-porphyrins under two-phase conditions. Influence of structural factors on the stability. Catalytic activity and selectivity of porphyrins”. Gazz. Chim. Ital. (1987), 117, 689- -93.

12-  S. Banfi, F.M. Rubino, M. Sommaruga; “Synthesis and Fast Atom Bombardment mass spectrometry of b-Casomorphin-5”. Gazz. Chim. Ital. (1988), 118, 41-45.

13-  Banfi, Stefano; Montanari, Fernando; Quici, Silvio.  “New manganese tetrakis(halogenoaryl)porphyrins featuring sterically hindering electronegative substituents:  synthesis of highly stable catalysts in olefin epoxidation”. J. Org. Chem.  (1988), 53(12),  2863-6.

14-   F. Montanari, S. Banfi, S. Quici; “ Oxidation catalysed by stable metallo-tetraarylporphyrins under aqueous-organic two-phase conditions” Pure & Appl. Chem. (1989), 61(9), 1631- 36.

15-  Banfi, Stefano; Montanari, Fernando; Quici, Silvio.  “Investigation on factors ruling catalytic efficiency and chemical stability of manganese(III) porphyrins in hypochlorous acid-olefin epoxidation: conditions for practical application”. J. Org. Chem.  (1989), 54(8),  1850-9.

16-  Anelli, Pier Lucio; Banfi, Stefano; Montanari, Fernando; Quici, Silvio.  “Synergistic effect of lipophilic carboxylic acids and heterocyclic axial ligands in alkene epoxidation by hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by manganese(III) tetraarylporphyrins”. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. (1989), (12), 779-80. ISSN: 0366-5607.

17-  PL. Anelli, S. Banfi, F. Montanari, S. Quici; “Oxidation of diols with alkali hypochlorites catalyzed by oxammonium salts under two-phase conditions”. J. Org. Chem. (1989), 54, 2970 – 72.

18-   Anelli PL, Banfi S, Montanari F, Quici S. “Synthetic models of Cytochrome P-450”. Rendiconti Lincei (1990), 1(3), 299-305.

19-  Anelli PL, Banfi S, Montanari F, Quici S.”Mn(III)- tetraarylporphyrins bearing a covalently anchored axial lingand: efficient catalyst in olefin epoxidation under two-phase conditions”. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysts, (1990), 55C, 63 – 70.

20-   S. Banfi, F. Montanari, S. Quici; “Steric and electron-withdrawing effects of substituents governing chemical stability and catalytic activity of Mn(III)-tetraarylporphyrins in HOCl/NaClO alkene epoxidations” Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, (1990), 109, 117-22.

21-  S. Banfi, F. Montanari, S. Quici, “ Biomimetic models of Cutochrome P-450. Synthesis and catalytic activity of Mn-Porphryirns bearing covalently attached axial ligands” Gazz. Chim. Ital. (1990), 120, 435- 41.

22-  S. Banfi, A. Maiocchi, F. Montanari, S. Quici; “ Hydrogen peroxide epoxidation ofolefins catalyzed by Mn(III)-tetraarylporphyrins. Synergistic effect of carboxylic acids and of lipophilic heterocyclic axial ligands”. Gazz. Chim. Ital. (1990), 120, 123- 30.

23-   Banfi, Stefano; Maiocchi, Alessandro; Moggi, Alberto; Montanari, Fernando; Quici, Silvio. “Hydrogen peroxide oxygenation of alkanes catalyzed by manganese(III) tetraarylporphyrins: the remarkable cocatalytic effect of lipophilic carboxylic acids and heterocyclic bases”. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. (1990), (24), 1794-6.

24-   Rubino, F. M.; Mascaro, P.; Banfi, S.; Quici, S.  “Structural study of manganese(III)-tetraarylporphyrin complexes by fast-atom-bombardment mass spectrometry”.  Org. Mass Spectrom. (1991), 26(3), 161-6.  ISSN:0030-493X.

25-  Banfi, Stefano; Legramandi, Francesco; Montanari, Fernando; Pozzi, Gianluca; Quici, Silvio.  “Biomimetic models of cytochrome P-450. A doubly tailed manganese(III)-tetraaryl porphyrin; an extremely efficient catalyst for hydrocarbon oxygenations promoted by 30% hydrogen peroxide”. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. (1991), (18), 1285-7.

26-  Montanari F, Banfi S, Pozzi G, Quici S. “Design of chemically robust metallo-porphyrins as efficient biomimetic catalysts in oxygenation reactions “ Review on Heteroatom Chemistry – Vol 9. Ed.  Oae S. MYU, Tokio (1992), 94 – 141.

27-  S. Banfi, F. Montanari, S. Quici, G. Torossian; “ Influence of Quaternary Onium salts, crown ethers and cryptands on olefin epoxidationa promoted by HOCl/NaOCl in the presence of Mn(III)- tetrakis(2,6-dichlorophenyl)porphyrin chloride”. J. Inclusion Phenomena and Mol. Recognition in Chemistry. (1992), 12, 159 – 173.

28-  Tollari, Stefano; Vergani, Domenico; Banfi, Stefano; Porta, Francesca.  “Oxidation of primary aromatic amines to nitro derivatives catalyzed by iron(III) and manganese(III) tetraaryl porphyrins”.  J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun.  (1993), (5), 442-4.  ISSN: 0366-5607. 

29-  Rubino, Federico Maria; Banfi, Stefano; Pozzi, Gianluca; Quici, Silvio.  “A study on the solution and gas-phase chemistry of manganese (III) tetraarylporphyrin complexes by fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry. 1: Generation of molecular signals.  J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom.  (1993), 4(3), 249-54.

30-  Rubino, Federico Maria; Banfi, Stefano; Pozzi, Gianluca; Quici, Silvio.  “A study on the solution and gas-phase chemistry of manganese (III) and iron (III) tetraarylporphyrin complexes by fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry. 2: Synthesis and characterization of molecular complexes”. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. (1993), 4(3), 255-8. 

31-  Anelli, Pier Lucio; Banfi, Stefano; Legramandi, Francesco; Montanari, Fernando; Pozzi, Gianluca; Quici, Silvio.  “Tailed manganese (III)-tetraarylporphyrins bearing on axial ligand and/or a carboxylic group: self-consistent catalysts for hydrogen peroxide or sodium hypochlorite alkene epoxidation”.  J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 (1993), (12), 1345-57.

32-  Minisci, Francesco; Fontana, Francesca; Zha; Banfi, Stefano; Quici, Silvio. “Regio- and-chemo-selectivity of adamantine halogenation by Gif-Barton and Metalloporphyrin Catalysis and by classical free-radical reactions”. Tetrahedron Lett. (1994), 35(43), 8033 – 8036.

33-  Banfi, Stefano; Montanari, Fernando; Pozzi, Gianluca; Quici, Silvio. “Dimeric Mn(III)-tetraarylporphyrins as catalysts for H2O2 promoted olefin epoxidation”. Tetrahedron. (1994), 50(30), 9025-9036.

34-  Montanari F, Banfi S, Pozzi G, Quici S. “Oxygenation reactions under two-phase conditions”  Catalysis by Metal Complexes (vol 17) - Metalloporphyrins Catalyzed Oxidations. Eds. R. Ugo, B.R. James – Kluwer Academic Publisher (1994), 149 – 169.

35-   Banfi S, Montanari F, Quici S, Barkanova SV, Kaliya OL, Kopranenkov VN,   Luk’Yanets EA. “Porphyrins and Azaporphines as catalysts in Alkene Epoxidations with Peracetic Acid” Tetrahedron Letters, (1995), 36(13), 2317 – 20.

36-  Minisci, F.; Fontana, F.; Araneo, S.; Recupero, F.; Banfi, S.; Quici, S.  “Kharasch and Metalloporphyrin Catalysis in the Functionalization of Alkanes, Alkenes, and Alkylbenzenes by t-BuOOH. Free Radical Mechanisms, Solvent Effect, and Relationship with the Gif Reaction”.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. (1995), 117(1), 226-32.

37-   Banfi, Stefano; Manfredi, Amedea; Pozzi, Gianluca; Quici, Silvio; Artan, Trebicka. “Synthesis of regiospecifically meso-functionalized tertaarylporphyrins via arylbis(2-pyrroly)methanes”. Gazz. Chim. Italiana. (1996), 126, 179-85.

38-  Porta F, Colonna F, Arciprete F, Banfi S, Coppa F. “Catalytic oxidation reactions of aromatic diamines by transition metal complexes” J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical.  (1996), 113, 359-368.

39-   Pozzi, Gianluca; Banfi, Stefano; Manfredi, Amedea; Montanari, Fernando; Quici, Silvio.  “Towards epoxidation catalysts for fluorous biphase systems: synthesis and properties of two Mn(III)-tetraarylporphyrins bearing perfluoroalkylamido tails”. Tetrahedron. (1996),  52(36).

40-  Banfi, Stefano; Manfredi, Amedea; Montanari, Fernando; Pozzi, Gianluca; Quici, Silvio; Ursino, Felice.  “Mn(III)-tetraarylporphyrins bearing covalently bonded crown-ethers: synthesis and catalytic activity in 1-dodecene epoxidation promoted by aqueous HOCl/OCl-“. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical.  (1996), 113(1-2), 369-377.

41-  Banfi, Stefano; Manfredi, Amedea; Montanari, Fernando; Pozzi, Gianluca; Quici, Silvio.  “Synthesis of chiral Mn(III)-meso-tetrakis([2.2]-p-cyclophanyl)porphyrin: a new catalyst for enantioselective epoxidation”. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical.  (1996), 113(1-2), 77-86.

42-  Montanari F, Quici S, Banfi S. “Phase Transfer Catalysis” in Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry (Vol. 10). Ed. D. N.  Reinhoudt. (1996), 389 – 416.

43-  Banfi, S.; Cavazzini, M.; Coppa, F.; Barkanova, S.V.; Kaliya, O.L. “Manganese-porphyrins and azaporphyrins as catalysts in alkene epoxidationa with peracetic acid. Part 2. Kinetics and mechanism”. J. Chem. Soc., PerkinTrans. 2. (1997), 1577-83.

44-   Rispens, Minze T.; Manfredi, Amedea; Pozzi, Gianluca; Banfi, Stefano; Quici, Silvio.  “[2.2]-para-Cyclophane-4-carbaldehyde as building-block for chiral ligands. Part II: Epoxidation of alkenes catalyzed by the Mn(III)-complex of an atropoisomerically pure (a,b,a,b)-tetraarylporphyrin”. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical. (1998), 136(1), 13-22.

45-   Banfi, S.; Cavalieri, C.; Cavazzini, M.; Trebicka, A.  “Mn-tetraarylporphyrins bearing N-alkyl sulfonamido tails: effect of the length and polarity of the chains on physical properties and reactivity”. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical. (2000), 151(1-2), 17-28. 

46-  Banfi, Stefano; Cavazzini, Marco; Pozzi, Gianluca; Barkanova, Svetlana V.; Kaliya, Oleg L.  “Kinetic studies on the interactions of manganese-porphyrins with peracetic acid. Part 1. Epoxidation of alkenes and hydroxylation of aromatic rings”.  J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2.  (2000), (4), 871-877. 

47-   Banfi, Stefano; Cavazzini, Marco; Pozzi, Gianluca; Barkanova, Svetlana V.; Kaliya, Oleg L.  “Kinetic studies on the interactions of manganese-porphyrins with peracetic acid. Part 2. The influence of acetic acid and porphyrin substituents”.  J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2.  (2000), (4),  879-885. 

48-  Tisi, Renata; Concetti, Paola; Banfi, Stefano; Martegani, Enzo. “3-Nitrocoumarin is an efficient inhibitor of budding yeast phospholipase-C”. Cell Biochem. Funct. (2001), 19, 229 -235.

49-  Banfi, Stefano; Carlucci, Lucia; Caruso, Enrico; Ciani, Gianfranco; Proserpio, Davide, M. “Using long bis(4-pyridyl)ligands designed for the self-assembly of coordination frameworks and architectures”. J. Chem.Soc., Dalton Trans. (2002), 2714 – 2721.

50-  Banfi, Stefano; Cassani, Elisabetta; Caruso, Enrico; Cazzaro, Mersia. “Oxidative cleavage of plasmid bluescript by water-soluble Mn-porphyrins and artificial oxidants or molecular oxygen”. Bioorg. Med. Chem. (2003), 11, 3595 – 3605.

51-  Banfi, Stefano; Carlucci, Lucia; Caruso, Enrico; Ciani, Gianfranco; Proserpio, Davide, M. “An unusual three-dimensional coordination network formed by parallel polycatenation of two-fold interpenetrated (6.3) layers based on novel three-connecting ligand”. Crystal Growth Design, (2004), 4 (1), 29 – 32.

52-   Banfi, Stefano; Caruso, Enrico; Caprioli, Stefania; Mazzagatti, Luigi; Canti, Gianfranco; Ravizza, Raffaella; Gariboldi, Marzia; Monti, Elena. “Photodynamic effects of porphyrin and chlorin photosensitizers in human colon adenocarcinoma cells”. Bioorg. Med. Chem. (2004), 12, 4853-4860.

53-   Banfi, Stefano; Caruso, Enrico; Buccafurni , Loredana; Murano, Roberto; Monti, Elena; Gariboldi, Marzia, Papa, Ester; Gramatica, Paola. “Comparison between 5,10,15,20-tetraaryl and 5,15-diarylporphyrins as photosensitizers: synthesis, photodynamic activity and quantitative structure-activity relationship modelling”. J. Med. Chem. (2006), 49(11), 3293 – 3304.

54-  Banfi, Stefano; Caruso, Enrico; Buccafurni , Loredana; Battini, Valeria; Zazzaron, Sandro; Barbieri, Paola; Orlandi, Viviana. “Antibacterial activity of tetraaryl-porphyrin photosensitizers: an in vitro study on Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria”.  J.  Photochem. Phobiol. B: Biology. (2006), 85, 28 – 38.

55-  Banfi, Stefano; Caruso, Enrico; Fieni, Emanuele; Buccafurni, Loredana; Gariboldi, Marzia; Ravizza, Raffaella; Monti, Elena. “Synthesis and phodynamic activity of diaryl-porphyrins characterized by the presence of nitro groups”. J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (2006), 11, 1319 – 1326.

56-  Banfi, Stefano; Caruso, Enrico; Buccafurni , Loredana; Ravizza, Raffaella; Gariboldi, Marzia; Monti, Elena. “Zinc-phthalocyanines mediated photodynamic therapy induces cell death in adenocarcinoma cells”. J. Organometallic Chem. (2007), 692, 1269 – 1276.

57-  Banfi, Stefano; Caruso, Enrico; Gariboldi, Marzia; Alemani, Stefano; Nasini, Gianluca; Bombardelli, Ezio. “Synthesis of porphyrin-antraquinone conjugates as photosensitizing agents”.  Synthetic Communications. (2008), 38 (7), 1096 – 1109.

58-  Gariboldi, Marzia; Ravizza, Raffaella; Baranyai, Peter; Banfi, Stefano; Caruso, Enrico; Meschini, Stefania; Monti, Elena. “Photodynamic effects of novel 5,15-diaryl-tetrapyrrole derivative on human colon carcinoma cells”. Bioorg. Med. Chem. (2009), 17, 2009 – 2016.

59-  Gaggero N., Albanese D.C.M., Celentano G., Banfi S., Aresi A. “Stereoselective thio-Michael addition to chalcones in water catalyzed by bovine serum albumin”. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. (2011), 22, 1231-1233.

60-   V.T. Orlandi, E. Caruso, S. Banfi, P. Barbieri “Effect of organic matter on the in vitro photoeradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by means of a cationic tetraaryl-porphyrin” Photochem Photobiol. 88, (2012), 557-564

61-   F.M. Rubino, A. Martinoli, M. Pitton, D. Di Fabio, E. Caruso, S. Banfi, G. Tosi, L.A. Wauters, A. Martinoli “Food choice of Eurasian red squirrels and concentrations of anti-predatory secondary compounds” Mammaliam Biology.  (2012), 77(5), 332-338

62-   E. Caruso, S. Banfi, P. Barbieri, B. Leva, V.T. Orlandi “Synthesis and antibacterial activity of novel cationic BODIPY photosensitizers” J. Photochem Photobiol B: Biology. (2012), 114, 44-51.

63-       S. Banfi, E. Caruso, S. Zaza. M. Mancini. M.B. Gariboldi, E. Monti “Synthesis and photodynamic activity of a panel of BODIPY dyes” J. Photochem Photobiol B. (2012), 114, 52-60

64- S. Banfi, G. Nasini, S. Zaza, E. Caruso “Synthesis and Photo-Physical properties of a series of BODIPY dyes” Tetrahedron. (2013), 69, 4845-4856.

65-   V.T. Orlandi, E. Caruso, G. Tettamanti, S. Banfi, P. Barbieri “Photoinduced antibacterial activity of two dicationic 5,15-diarylporphyrins” Journal Photochem. Photobiol. B. Biology. (2013), 127,123-132.

66-  S. Banfi, E. Caruso, V.T. Orlandi, P. Barbieri, S. Cavallari, P. Viganò, P. Clerici, L. Chiodaroli “Antibacterial activity of leaf extracts from Combretum micranthum and Guiera senegalensis (Combretaceae)” Res. J. Microbiol., (2014), 9(2), 66-81.

67-  V.T. Orlandi, M. Rybtke, E. Caruso, S. Banfi, T. Tolker-Nielsen, P. Barbieri “Antimicrobial and anti-biofilm effect of a novel BODIPY photosensitizer against Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1” Biofuling, (2014), 30 (8), 883-891.