Collaborative Research Center 1333
Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis
in Confined Geometries
MOF-Assisted Co-Continuous, Selective Ethylene Oligomerization/Isomerization/Cross-Metathesis Under Confinement
We will selectively transform ethylene into odd-numbered alkenes ≤C12. For this purpose, we will use Cr-MIL-101-based MOFs for the MAO-free, confinement-driven oligomerization of ethylene at cationic Cr-nodes located inside mesopores. The Cn-LAOs formed (n ≤ 12) will then undergo isomerization into the corresponding internal Cn-alkenes mediated by a pore-confined Rh-hydride catalyst followed by cross-metathesis promoted by a pore-confined olefin metathesis catalyst. We aim to access valuable a- and internal olefins ≤ C12 including those with an odd carbon number, especially C5, C7, C9 and C11.
Research focus in the second funding period (2022-2026): Tuning C6/C8 selectivity of Cr-catalyzed oligomerization of ethylene by exploiting confinement effects
The concept of confinement-governed olefin-metathesis-based macrocyclization was extended to the confinement-governed oligomerization of small molecules, with the primary objective of exploiting confinement effects to selectively produce trimeric and tetrameric oligomers from ethylene, namely 1-hexene and 1-octene, respectively.
L. Rautenbach, M. Nandeshwar, E. Goldstein, M. Högler, M. Häußler, A. Allgaier, A. Bauer, D. Hornung, A. Beck, C. Franke, J. Osterbrink, J. R. Bruckner, J. Kästner, J. van Slageren, J. Pleiss, N. Hansen, M. R. Buchmeiser and R. Peters
ACS Catal 2026, 16, 11, 10371–10384.
X. Tan, B. Atwi, H. B. Duc, M. R. Buchmeiser, F. Giesselmann
Materials 2026, 19, 10, 1923.
S. Bhattacharya, M. Högler, J. R. Bruckner, B. Atwi, N. Hansen, F. R. Fischer, M. R. Buchmeiser
Catal. Sci. Technol. 2026, 16, 2170-2184.
K. Kundu, S. Haid, P. Probst, L. Stöhr, P. Hauser, W. Frey, J. Kästner and M. R. Buchmeiser
Macromolecules 2026, 59, 3, 1262–1272.
K. Jangid, L. A. Schmoltzi, A. Allgaier, R. Kataria, D. M. Wanner, J. Herrmann, J. Gschwind, S. Münch, J. van Slageren, J. Kästner and R. Peters
Org. Chem. Front. 2026,13, 1014-1028.
A. Allgaier, F. Fischer, S. Bhattacharya, K. Balliet, M. R. Buchmeiser, M. Bauer, J. van Slageren
Inorg. Chem. 2026, accepted.
S. Bhattacharya, A. Allgaier, W. Frey, J. van Slageren, M. Buchmeiser
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2025, (in press)
M. Amann, M. Drosou, T. Al Said, A. Allgaier, Y. Kutin, P. W. Antoni, J. J. Holstein, M. Kasanmascheff, J. van Slageren, A. Schnegg, D. A. Pantazis and M. M. Hansmann
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e16032.
A. Bürstner, P. M. Becker, A. Allgaier, L. Pfitzer, D. M. Wanner, J. Dollinger, F. Willig, J. Herrmann, V. Miskov-Pajic, A. C. Hans, W. Frey, J. van Slageren, J. Kästner and R. Peters
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202508024.
P. Probst, M. Lindemann, J. R. Bruckner, B. Atwi, D. Wang, F. R. Fischer, M. Högler, M. Bauer, N. Hansen, M. Dyballa and M. R. Buchmeiser
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 8741–8750.
K. M. Altus, Y. Shi, P. Probst, J. H. Heaton, M. R. Gyton, L. Lari, M. R. Buchmeiser, P. W. Dyer and A. S. Weller
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202419923.
S. Bhattacharya, B. Atwi, K. Kundu, W. Frey and M. R. Buchmeiser
Organometallics 2025, 44, 315−324.
M. Benz, O. Bunjaku, M. Nowakowski, A. Allgaier, I. Biswas, J. van Slageren, M. Bauer and D. P. Estes
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14, 5854-5863.
P. Probst, J. Groos, D. Wang, A. Beck, K. Gugeler, J. Kästner, W. Frey and M. R. Buchmeiser
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 12, 8435–8446.
F. Ziegler, J. R. Bruckner, M. Nowakowski, M. Bauer, P. Probst, B. Atwi, M. R. Buchmeiser
ChemCatChem, 2023,15 (21), e202300871.
E. L. Goldstein, F. Ziegler, A.-K. Beurer, Y. Traa, J. R. Bruckner, M. R. Buchmeiser
ChemCatChem 2022,14, e202201008.
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