Matthias Beller Awarded

Matthias Beller, Director of the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) and chairman of the editorial board of ChemSusChem, will be presented with the first European Sustainable Chemistry Award.

He will receive the prize, along with 10,000 Euro at the Opening Ceremony of the 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress in Nürnberg, Germany, on 29 August.

Matthias Beller is being recognized for his exceptional research in the field of homogeneous catalysis. His team at LIKAT is mainly investigating the environmentally sustainable conversion of small molecules into recyclable or reusable materials.

Recent research by Mattias Beller:

• A New and Practical Grignard-Coupling-Fluorination Sequence: Synthesis of 2-Aryl Fluoroarenes
  P. Anbarasan, H. Neumann, M. Beller
  Chem. Asian J. 2010, 5(8), 1775-1778.
  DOI: 10.1002/asia.201000288

• State-of-the-Art Catalysts for Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide
  C. Federsel, R. Jackstell, M. Beller
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49.
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201000533
• Selective Iron-Catalyzed Oxidation of Phenols and Arenes with Hydrogen Peroxide: Synthesis of Vitamin E Intermediates and Vitamin K3
  K. Möller, G. Wienhöfer, K. Schröder, B. Join, K. Junge, M. Beller
  Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16.
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001429
• Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions: Carbonylative Heck Reactions To Give Chalcones
  X.-F. Wu, H. Neumann, M. Beller
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49(31), 5284-5288.
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201002155

• Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Bicarbonate in Water
  ChemSusChem, 2010, 3.
  C. Federsel, R. Jackstell, A. Boddien, G. Laurenczy, M. Beller
  DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201000151

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