Reseach Activities - Prof. Johannes G. de Vries

Expertise

• Homogeneous Catalysis
• Enantioselective Homogeneous Hydrogenation (MonoPhos)
• Enantioselective transfer hydrogenation (Ruthenacycles and iridacycles)
• Palladium-catalysed C-C bond formation (Homeopathic palladium for Heck & Suzuki reactiosn)
• Coppper-catalysed aminations
• Hydroformylation
• Methoxycarbonylation
• Isomerisation
• Use of combinations of enzymes and transition metal catalysts
• Catalysis with nanoparticles
• High Throughput Experimentation

Current Research Interests

• Catalytic conversion of renewable resources and platform chemicals.
• Catalytic conversion of platform chemicals into monomers for polymers such as butadiene, adiponitrile, caprolactam, adipic acid, etc.
• Use of microreactors and flow chemistry
• Selective conversions on sugars.
• Mechanism of homogeneous transition metal catalyzed reactions