Kleij
Research group
Abstract
Our current research activities focus on the valorization of carbon dioxide and renewable feed stocks into value-added organic matter using organocatalytic and metal-mediated catalytic approaches. We have and continue to be active in the preparation of highly functional organic carbonates, focusing on sustainable solutions and improving activity and stereo-selectivity profiles. We have recently expanded our portfolio activities to other classes of relevant compounds such as oxazolidinones, CO2-based (bio)polymers and more complex organic matter derived from stereo-selective, multi-component coupling approaches. An important part of our work puts attention to new catalyst design and efforts to get a higher degree of understanding concerning the observed reactivity/selectivity features by means of mechanistic and computational studies. Collaborations with the industrial sector form part of our work in order to be able to potentially transfer technological advancements from bench to pilot scale and beyond.
Topics addressed
- Carbon dioxide conversion
- New catalysts design based on zinc and cobalt complexes
- Building blocks for the development of new materials
Articles
“Conversion of Oxiranes and CO2 to Organic Cyclic Carbonates using a Recyclable, Bifunctional Polystyrene-Supported Organocatalyst”
Green Chem. (2014) 16, 1552-1559
Whiteoak, C. J.; Henseler, A. H.; Ayats, C; Kleij, A. W.*; Pericàs, M. A.*
“Highly Active Aluminium Catalysts for the Ring-Expansion Addition of CO2 to Oxiranes”
Chem. Eur. J. (2014) 20, 2264-2275
Whiteoak, C. J.; Kielland, N.; Laserna, V.; Martin, E.; Escudero-Adán, E. C.; Kleij, A. W.*
“Spectroscopic Properties of Zn(Salphenazine) Complexes and their Application in Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells”
Dalton Trans. (2014) 20, 210-221
Whiteoak, C. J.; Kielland, N.; Laserna, V.; Martin, E.; Escudero-Adán, E. C.; Kleij, A. W.*
“Easily accessible bifunctional Zn(salpyr) Catalysts for the formation of organic carbonates”
Catal. Sci. Technol. (2014) 4, 1615-1621
Martín, C.; Whiteoak, C. J.; Martin, E.; Martínez Belmonte, M.; Escudero-Adán, E. C.; Kleij, A. W.*
“Exploring the Building Block Potential of Readily Accessible Chiral Zn(salen) Complexes”
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. (2014) 4632-4641
Martin, E.; Martínez Belmonte, M.; Escudero-Adán, E. C.; Kleij, A. W.*
“Catalytic Conversion and Use of Carbon Dioxide”
Catal. Sci. Technol. (2014) 4, 1481-1481
Kleij, A. W.*
“Comparing kinetic profiles between bifunctional and binary type of Zn(salen) based catalysts for organic carbonate formation”
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. (2014) 10, 1817-1825
Martín, C.; Kleij, A. W.*
“Preparation of CO2-diene copolymers: advan-cing carbon dioxide based materials”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2014) 53, 7402-7404
Fiorani, G.; Kleij, A. W.*
“Synthesis and Structural Features of Co(II) and Co(III) Complexes Supported by Amino-trisphenolate Ligand Scaffolds”
Inorg. Chem. (2014) 53, 11675-11681
Martín, C.; Whiteoak, C. J.; Martin, E.; Escudero-Adán, E. C.; Galán-Mascarós, J. R.; Kleij, A. W.*
“Carbon Dioxide as a Protecting Group: Highly Efficient and Selective Catalytic Access to Cyclic Cis-Diol Scaffolds”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2014) 53, 10416-10419
Laserna, V.; Fiorani, G.; Whiteoak, C. J.*; Martin, E.; Escudero-Adán, E. C.; Kleij, A. W.*