Collaborative Research Center 1333
Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis
in Confined Geometries
Tuning C6/C8 selectivity of Cr-catalyzed oligomerization of ethylene by exploiting confinement effects
– New project since July 2022 –
In this funding period, we will transfer the concept of confinement-governed olefin-metathesis-based macrocyclization to confinement-governed oligomerization of small molecules. Here, the main aim is to exploit confinement effects to selectively produce trimeric or tetrameric products from ethylene, i.e., 1-hexene or 1-octene, respectively. To this end we will use immobilized Cr catalysts that are robust and promising alternatives to existing Cr-complexes. We aim to exploit constrained geometries to selectively stabilize those transition geometries that lead to desired end products and we will leverage acidity, polarity and π-donating abilities of the support.
A. Allgaier, F. Fischer, S. Bhattacharya, K. Balliet, M. R. Buchmeiser, M. Bauer and J. van Slageren
preprint 2025
K. Kundu, S. Haid, P. Probst, L. Stöhr, P. Hauser, W. Frey, J. Kästner and M. R. Buchmeiser
ChemRxiv. 2025
X. Tan, B. Atwi, H. B. Duc, M. R. Buchmeiser and F. Giesselmann
ChemRxiv. 2025
S. Bhattacharya, M. Högler, J. R. Bruckner, B. Atwi, N. Hansen, F. R. Fischer and M. R. Buchmeiser
ChemRxiv. 2025
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
ChemRxiv. 2025
S. Bhattacharya, A. Allgaier, W. Frey, J. van Slageren and M. Buchmeiser
ChemRxiv. 2025
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.
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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