Finished projects: results

Please select a project to find out more about its achievements, or take a look at the overview of scientific publications.

Selective catalytic substitution of hydroxyl groups by C- or N-nucleophiles
Group: F.P.J.T. Rutjes, F.L. van Delft (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Appointed researcher: H.A. van Kalkeren (promotion 19 June 2013, thesis 'An in situ reduction approach to organophosphorus catalysis')

Catalytic partial dehydration of carbohydrates
Group: R.J.M. Klein Gebbink, J.T.B.H. Jastrzebski (Utrecht University)
Appointed researcher: T.J. Korstanje (thesis 'Rhenium- and molybdenum-catalyzed dehydration reactions. A fundamental step in the conversion of bio-based alcohols to olefins')

C-H activation in asymmetric addition reactions
Group: A. J. Minnaard (University of Groningen)
Appointed researcher: A.L.N.R. Gottumukkala (thesis 'Palladium catalyzed carbon-carbon bond formation under reductive, oxidative and redox neutral conditions')

Physical chemistry of catalytic sugar conversion
Project leaders: R.A. van Santen, E.J.M. Hensen (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Appointed researchers: E.A. Pidko, G. Yang

Catalytic hydrolysis of cellulose: an alternative technology for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into sugars
Project leader: Dr R.J.H. Grisel (Energy research Centre of the Netherlands, ECN)
Appointed researchers: R.J.H. Grisel, A.T. Smit, J.W. van Hal

Catalytic Staged Degasification of Biomass for the production of Furfural and Levoglucosan
Project leader: Dr P.J. de Wild (Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands)
Researchers: Dr P.J. de Wild, in cooperation with R. Wilberink, J. Kalivodova, R. v/d Laan, P. Bonouvrie, G.J. Herder, C. Daza Montano

Synthesis of chiral amines derived from biorenewable substrates
Project leader: Dr ir. Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt
Appointed researchers: Dr Michel Ferreira; Dr Arnaud Perrier (PD)