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02/20/2024

Biodiesel as a Sustainable Platform Chemical Enabled by Selective Partial Hydrogenation: Compounds Outplace Combustion?!

Natural plant oil derivatives such as biodiesels hold a big share of polyunsaturated components, which cause tremendous selectivity and activity issue

09/26/2023

Polymer-Grade Bio-Monomers from Oleochemicals by Combining Homogeneous Catalysis and Selective Product Crystallization in an Integrated Process

The homogeneously catalyzed methoxycarbonylation of bio-based methyl 10-undecenoate (C11-DME) produces linear 1,12-dimethyl dodecanedioate…

08/23/2023

Stable and Continuous Production of Amines via Reductive Amination in a Green Switchable Solvent System with Efficient Water Removal

We present highly selective Rh-catalyzed reductive amination (RA) with integrated recycling of the homogeneous catalyst via a thermomorphic multiphase…

07/26/2023

Synthesis of Tertiary Fatty Amines in Water: The Dual Role of Dimethylamine as Reagent and Phase Mediator in the Homogeneously Catalyzed Fatty Alcohol Amination

The amination of long-chain fatty alcohols with dimethylamine to the desired tertiary amines proceeds in water as the solvent with unprecedented…

01/20/2023

Homogeneous Catalysis at its Edge: High-Temperature Ru-Catalysed Amination of Alcohols under Continuous Flow Conditions

A homogeneous ruthenium-based alcohol amination at unique conditions is presented: Continuous flow conditions allowed very high temperatures to be rea

08/03/2022

Selective Synthesis of Primary Amines by Kinetic-based Optimization of the Ruthenium-Xantphos Catalysed Amination of Alcohols with Ammonia

A highly selective and reliable protocol for the synthesis of primary amines directly from ammonia and alcohols using a robust and commercially...

06/20/2022

Norman Hermann completes his doctorate

Smiling like a winner. You did it! Congratulations Norman!

03/21/2022

Johanna Vondrans review is Chemical Reviews Favorite Review 2022

Johanna Vondran's review on the bidentate phosphine ligand 1,2-bis(di-tert-butylphosphinomethyl)benzene (1,2-DTBPMB) was voted Favorite Review in…

03/15/2022

Thomas Seidensticker wins the DECHEMA Prize for up-and-coming Teachers

Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Seidensticker from the Department of Technical Chemistry at TU Dortmund University received the DECHEMA Young University Teachers…