Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II
Job History
2010 | Offer from the Humboldt University of Berlin, declined |
2006 | Offer from the University of Rostock, declined |
Since 2002 | Full Professor (Chair Inorganic Chemistry II, University of Bayreuth |
2001 – 2002 | Professor C3, Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oldenburg |
1998 – 2000 | Group Leader in the „Institut für Organische Katalyseforschung Rostock“ (IfOK now LIKAT) |
Education
1994 – 1998 | Habilitation: Max Planck Group „Complex Catalysis“, Rostock, Prof. Dr. U. Rosenthal (formerly associated at the University of Rostock, IfOK) |
1993 – 1994 | Postdoc AG C. Krüger, MPI für Kohleforschung, Mühlheim |
1992 – 1993 | Postdoc AG R.R. Schrock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
1990 – 1992 | Ph.D. Student at the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Leipzig under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sieler |
1984 – 1989 | Study of Chemistry, University of Leipzig |
Awards and other responsibilities
Since 10/2013 | Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences at the University of Bayreuth |
2009 – 2013 | Vice Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences at the University of Bayreuth |
2004 – 2010 | Initiator und coordinator of the DFG SPP 1166 „Lanthanide-specific functions in the molecule and material“ |
2004 – 2007 | Speaker of the Department of Chemistry, University of Bayreuth |
2000 / 2001 | Visiting Research Scholar Award of the University of Melbourne |
2000 | Heisenberg-Stipendium |
1998 | Karl-Winnacker-Stipendium |
1992 / 1993 | DAAD-Postdoc-Stipendium |
1988 | Karl-Marx-Stipendium |
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II
The research is focused on catalyst design – developing novel homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. Working techniques of Organometallic Chemistry, Material Science and Catalysis Research are combined.
The center of our interest is:
- Photocatalysis
- Sustainable catalytic synthesis
- Controlled polymerisation of ethylene
- Synthesis of oligoethylenes
- Catalysts based on most common metals
- Energy storage
- Bimetallic complexes
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II
Selected publications
2024
Leinert, Max; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
A Catalytic Version of the Knorr Pyrrole Synthesis Permits Access to Pyrroles and Pyridines
in Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024)
doi:10.1021/jacs.4c13266 ...
Sila, Niko; Dürrmann, Andreas; Weber, Birgit; Heinemann, Frank W.; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
A Selective Iron(I) Hydrogenation Catalyst
in Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024)
doi:10.1021/jacs.4c07959 ...
Lukas, Fabian; Simon, Paula A.; Dietel, Thomas; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis of Branched α-Olefins via Trimerization and Tetramerization of Ethylene
in Advanced Science (2024)
doi:10.1002/advs.202405653 ...
Unger, Christoph; Schmalz, Holger; Lipp, Jannis; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
A Closed‐Loop Recyclable Low‐Density Polyethylene
in Advanced Science volume 11 (2024) issue 13
doi:10.1002/advs.202307229 ...
Heber, Christian; Dietel, Thomas; Haas, Isabelle; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
Elongation and branching of α-olefins by ethylene employing an easily accessible Zr catalyst
in Journal of Catalysis volume 434 (2024)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00008029 ...
2023
Schleser, Sebastian W.; Köhler, Leonhard; Riethmüller, Florian; Reich, Sebastian; Fertig, Robin; Schlotte, Luca; Seib, Jonathan; Goller, Alexander; Begemann, Gerrit; Kempe, Rhett; Schobert, Rainer
Anti-Tumoural NHC(thiolato) Gold(I) Complexes Derived from HIF-1α Inhibitor AC1-004 Target the ...
in ChemPlusChem volume 88 (2023) issue 5
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007243 ...
Loukrakpam, Rameshwori; Ferreira Gomes Lobo, Bruna; Prokop, Martin; Bauer, Christof; Kutter, Maximilian; Baier, Felix; Kempe, Rhett; Roth, Christina
Challenges and limitations of accelerated stress testing in GDE half-cell set-ups
in Journal of Power Sources volume 569 (2023)
doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.232905 ...
Stachowiak-Dłużyńska, Hanna; Kuciński, Krzysztof; Wyrzykiewicz, Bożena; Kempe, Rhett; Hreczycho, Grzegorz
Co-catalyzed Selective syn-Hydrosilylation of Internal Alkynes
in ChemCatChem volume 15 (2023) issue 14
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007234 ...
Elfinger, Matthias; Bauer, Christof; Schmauch, Jörg; Moritz, Michael; Wichmann, Christoph; Papp, Christian; Kempe, Rhett
General Synthesis of Alkyl Amines via Borrowing Hydrogen and Reductive Amination
in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis volume 365 (2023) issue 24. - page 4654-4661
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007506 ...
Bauer, Christof; Müller, Felix; Keskin, Sercan; Zobel, Mirijam; Kempe, Rhett
A Highly Active Cobalt Catalyst for the General and Selective Hydrogenation of Aromatic Heteroc ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 29 (2023) issue 30
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007273 ...
Klausfelder, Barbara; Kempe, Rhett
A Highly Active Nickel Catalyst for the Selective Hydrogenation of Functionalized Nitroarenes
in Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie volume 649 (2023) issue 14
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007235 ...
Goller, Alexander; Obenauf, Johannes; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
The Highly Controlled and Efficient Polymerization of Ethylene
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 62 (2023) issue 8
doi:10.1002/ange.202216464 ...
Leinert, Max; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese-catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Amido Alcohols with Liberation of Hydrogen for the Synth ...
in ChemCatChem volume 15 (2023) issue 22
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007354 ...
Fertig, Robin; Leowsky-Künstler, Felix; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Rational design of N-heterocyclic compound classes via regenerative cyclization of diamines
in Nature Communications volume 14 (2023)
doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36220-w ...
2022
Stachowiak, Hanna; Kuciński, Krzysztof; Kallmeier, Fabian; Kempe, Rhett; Hreczycho, Grzegorz
Cobalt-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative C−H Silylation of Alkynylsilanes
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 28 (2022) issue 1
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006121 ...
Dietel, Thomas; Lukas, Fabian; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
Elongation and branching of α-olefins by two ethylene molecules
in Science volume 375 (2022) issue 6584. - page 1021-1024
doi:10.1126/science.abm5281 ...
Klausfelder, Barbara; Blach, Patricia; de Jonge, Niels; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydro-2H-Pyrroles from Ketones, Aldehydes, and Nitro Alkanes via Hydrogenati ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 28 (2022) issue 47
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006679 ...
2021
Klarner, Mara; Bieger, Sandra; Drechsler, Markus; Kempe, Rhett
Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Olefins Using a Nanostructured Nickel Catalyst
in Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie volume 647 (2021) issue 22. - page 2157-2161
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005970 ...
Elfinger, Matthias; Schönauer, Timon; Thomä, Sabrina; Stäglich, Robert; Zobel, Mirijam; Senker, Jürgen; Drechsler, Markus; Kempe, Rhett
Co Catalyzed Synthesis of Primary Amines via Reductive Amination employing Hydrogen under very ...
in ChemSusChem volume 14 (2021) issue 11. - page 2360-2366
doi:10.1002/cssc.202100553 ...
Hammon, Sebastian; Klarner, Mara; Hörner, Gerald; Weber, Birgit; Friedrich, Martin; Senker, Jürgen; Kempe, Rhett; Branquinho de Queiroz, Thiago; Kümmel, Stephan
Combining Metal Nanoparticles with an Ir(III) Photosensitizer
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C volume 125 (2021) issue 46. - page 25765-25773
doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c05756 ...
Schönauer, Timon; Thomä, Sabrina; Kaiser, Leah; Zobel, Mirijam; Kempe, Rhett
General Synthesis of Secondary Alkylamines by Reductive Alkylation of Nitriles by Aldehydes and ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 27 (2021) issue 5. - page 1609-1614
doi:10.1002/chem.202004755 ...
Klarner, Mara; Blach, Patricia; Wittkämper, Haiko; de Jonge, Niels; Papp, Christian; Kempe, Rhett
Key Parameters for the Synthesis of Active and Selective Nanostructured 3d Metal Catalysts Star ...
in ChemCatChem volume 13 (2021) issue 14. - page 3257-3261
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005787 ...
Zhang, Guoying; Irrgang, Torsten; Schlagbauer, Martin; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis of 1,3-diketones from esters via liberation of hydrogen
in Chem Catalysis volume 1 (2021) issue 3. - page 681-690
doi:10.1016/j.checat.2021.05.007 ...
2020
Kallmeier, Fabian; Fertig, Robin; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Chromium Catalyzed Alkylation of Amines by Alcohols
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 59 (2020) issue 29. - page 11789-11793
doi:10.1002/anie.202001704 ...
Schlagbauer, Martin; Kallmeier, Fabian; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese catalyzed ß‐methylation of alcohols by methanol
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 59 (2020) issue 4. - page 1485-1490
doi:10.1002/anie.201912055 ...
Bäumler, Christoph; Bauer, Christof; Kempe, Rhett
The Synthesis of Primary Amines through Reductive Amination Employing an Iron Catalyst
in ChemSusChem volume 13 (2020) issue 12. - page 3110-3114
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005026 ...
Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reductive Amination Employing Hydrogen
in Chemical Reviews volume 120 (2020) issue 17. - page 9583-9674
doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00248 ...
Klarner, Mara; Hammon, Sebastian; Feulner, Sebastian; Kümmel, Stephan; Kador, Lothar; Kempe, Rhett
Visible Light-driven Dehydrogenation of Benzylamine under Liberation of H2
in ChemCatChem volume 12 (2020) issue 18. - page 4593-4599
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005019 ...
2019
Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
3d-Metal Catalyzed N- and C-Alkylation Reactions via Borrowing Hydrogen or Hydrogen Autotransfe ...
in Chemical Reviews volume 119 (2019) issue 4. - page 2525-2549
doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00306 ...
Kempe, Rhett
The co-catalyst is the key
in Nature Catalysis volume 2 (2019) . - page 184-185
doi:10.1038/s41929-019-0251-5 ...
Schwob, Tobias; Ade, Mirco; Kempe, Rhett
A Cobalt Catalyst Permits the Direct Hydrogenative Synthesis of 1H‐Perimidines from a Dinitroar ...
in ChemSusChem volume 12 (2019) issue 13. - page 3013-3017
doi:10.1002/cssc.201900498 ...
Schwob, Tobias; Kunnas, Peter; de Jonge, Niels; Papp, Christian; Steinrück, Hans-Peter; Kempe, Rhett
General and selective deoxygenation by hydrogen using a reusable earth-abundant metal catalyst
in Science Advances volume 5 (2019) issue 11
doi:10.1126/sciadv.aav3680 ...
Hahn, Gabriela; Kunnas, Peter; de Jonge, Niels; Kempe, Rhett
General synthesis of primary amines via reductive amination employing a reusable nickel catalys ...
in Nature Catalysis volume 2 (2019) . - page 71-77
doi:10.1038/s41929-018-0202-6 ...
Tilgner, Dominic; Klarner, Mara; Hammon, Sebastian; Friedrich, Martin; Verch, Andreas; de Jonge, Niels; Kümmel, Stephan; Kempe, Rhett
H₂-Generation from Alcohols by the MOF-Based Noble Metal-Free Photocatalyst Ni/CdS/TiO₂@MIL-101 ...
in Australian Journal of Chemistry volume 72 (2019) issue 10. - page 842-847
doi:10.1071/CH19255 ...
Freitag, Frederik; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Mechanistic Studies of Hydride Transfer to Imines from a Highly Active and Chemoselective Manga ...
in Journal of the American Chemical Society volume 141 (2019) issue 29. - page 11677-11685
doi:10.1021/jacs.9b05024 ...
2018
Forberg, Daniel; Schwob, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett
Catalytic condensation for the formation of polycyclic heteroaromatic compounds
in Nature Communications volume 9 (2018)
doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04143-6 ...
Bäumler, Christoph; Kempe, Rhett
The Direct Synthesis of Imines, Benzimidazoles and Quinoxalines from Nitroarenes and Carbonyl C ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 24 (2018) issue 36. - page 8989-8993
doi:10.1002/chem.201801525 ...
Kallmeier, Fabian; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese Complexes for (De)Hydrogenation Catalysis : A Comparison to Cobalt and Iron Catalysts
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 57 (2018) issue 1. - page 46-60
doi:10.1002/anie.201709010 ...
Fertig, Robin; Irrgang, Torsten; Freitag, Frederik; Zander, Judith; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese-Catalyzed and Base-Switchable Synthesis of Amines or Imines via Borrowing Hydrogen or ...
in ACS Catalysis volume 8 (2018) issue 9. - page 8525-8530
doi:10.1021/acscatal.8b02530 ...
Zhang, Guoying; Irrgang, Torsten; Dietel, Thomas; Kallmeier, Fabian; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese‐catalyzed Dehydrogenative Alkylation or α‐Olefination of Alkyl‐N‐Heteroaromatics by A ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 57 (2018) issue 29. - page 9131-9135
doi:10.1002/anie.201801573 ...
Eckardt, Mirco; Zaheer, Muhammad; Kempe, Rhett
Nitrogen-doped mesoporous SiC materials with catalytically active cobalt nanoparticles for the ...
in Scientific Reports volume 8 (2018)
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-20976-z ...
2017
Gollwitzer, Andreas; Dietel, Thomas; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
A Broadly Tunable Synthesis of Linear α-Olefins
in Nature Communications volume 8 (2017)
doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01507-2 ...
Deibl, Nicklas; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese-Catalyzed Multicomponent Synthesis of Pyrimidines from Alcohols and Amidines
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 56 (2017) issue 6. - page 1663-1666
doi:10.1002/anie.201611318 ...
Kallmeier, Fabian; Dudziec, Beata; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese-Catalyzed Sustainable Synthesis of Pyrroles from Alcohols and Amino Alcohols
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 56 (2017) issue 25. - page 7261-7265
doi:10.1002/anie.201702543 ...
Riberio, Luis; Flores, Octavio; Furtat, Plinio; Gervais, Christel; Kempe, Rhett; Machado, Ricardo A. F.; Motz, Günter
A novel PAN/silazane hybrid polymer for processing of carbon-based fibres with extraordinary ox ...
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A volume 5 (2017) issue 2. - page 720-729
doi:10.1039/c6ta09293d ...
Hille, Toni; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis of meta-Functionalized Pyridines via Selective Dehydrogenative Heterocondensation of ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 56 (2017) issue 1. - page 371-374
doi:10.1002/anie.201610071 ...
2016
Deibl, Nicklas; Kempe, Rhett
General and Mild Cobalt-Catalyzed C-Alkylation of Unactivated Amides and Esters with Alcohols
in Journal of the American Chemical Society volume 138 (2016) issue 34. - page 10786-10789
doi:10.1021/jacs.6b06448 ...
Kallmeier, Fabian; Irrgang, Torsten; Dietel, Thomas; Kempe, Rhett
Highly Active and Selective Manganese C=O Bond Hydrogenation Catalysts : The Importance of the ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 55 (2016) issue 39. - page 11806-11809
doi:10.1002/anie.201606218 ...
Schmidt, Tobias; Albuquerque, Rodrigo Q.; Kempe, Rhett; Kümmel, Stephan
Investigating the electronic structure of a supported metal nanoparticle : Pd in SiCN
in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics volume 18 (2016) issue 46. - page 31966-31972
doi:10.1039/C6CP06520A ...
Schwob, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett
A Reusable Co Catalyst for the Selective Hydrogenation of Functionalized Nitroarenes and the Di ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 55 (2016) issue 48. - page 15175-15179
doi:10.1002/anie.201608321 ...
Forberg, Daniel; Schwob, Tobias; Zaheer, Muhammad; Friedrich, Martin; Miyajima, Nobuyoshi; Kempe, Rhett
Single-catalyst high-weight% hydrogen storage in an N-heterocycle synthesized from lignin hydro ...
in Nature Communications volume 7 (2016)
doi:10.1038/ncomms13201 ...
2015
Zaheer, Muhammad; Kempe, Rhett
Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Aryl Ethers : A Key Step in Lignin Valorization to Valuable Chemica ...
in ACS Catalysis volume 5 (2015) issue 3. - page 1675-1684
doi:10.1021/cs501498f ...
Rösler, Sina; Ertl, Michael; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Cobalt-Catalyzed Alkylation of Aromatic Amines by Alcohols
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 54 (2015) issue 50. - page 15046-15050
doi:10.1002/anie.201507955 ...
Ewert, Julia-Katharina; Weingarth, Daniel; Denner, Christine; Friedrich, Martin; Zeiger, M.; Schreiber, Anna; Jäckel, Nicolas; Presser, Volker; Kempe, Rhett
Enhanced capacitance of nitrogen-doped hierarchically porous carbide-derived carbon in matched ...
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A volume 3 (2015) issue 37. - page 18906-18912
doi:10.1039/C5TA04773K ...
Rösler, Sina; Obenauf, Johannes; Kempe, Rhett
A Highly Active and Easily Accessible Cobalt Catalyst for Selective Hydrogenation of C═O Bonds ...
in Journal of the American Chemical Society volume 137 (2015) issue 25. - page 7998-8001
doi:10.1021/jacs.5b04349 ...
Leppert, Linn; Kempe, Rhett; Kümmel, Stephan
Hydrogen binding energies and electronic structure of Ni–Pd particles : a clue to their special ...
in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics volume 17 (2015) issue 39. - page 26140-26148
doi:10.1039/C5CP04174K ...
Schlamp, Stephan; Lochenie, Charles; Bauer, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett; Weber, Birgit
Iron(II) Spin-Crossover Complexes with Schiff Base Like Ligands and N-Alkylimidazoles
in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry volume 2015 (2015) issue 3. - page 408-413
doi:10.1002/ejic.201403021 ...
Noor, Awal; Schwarz, Stefan; Kempe, Rhett
Low-Valent Aminopyridinato Chromium Methyl Complexes via Reductive Alkylation and via Oxidative ...
in Organometallics volume 34 (2015) issue 11. - page 2122-2125
doi:10.1021/om501230g ...
Noor, Awal; Kempe, Rhett
M5M — Key compounds of the research field metal-metal quintuple bonding
in Inorganica Chimica Acta volume 424 (2015) . - page 75-82
doi:10.1016/j.ica.2014.08.030 ...
Deibl, Nicklas; Ament, Kevin; Kempe, Rhett
A Sustainable Multicomponent Pyrimidine Synthesis
in Journal of the American Chemical Society volume 137 (2015) issue 40. - page 12804-12807
doi:10.1021/jacs.5b09510 ...
2014
Sobaczynski, Adam; Obenauf, Johannes; Kempe, Rhett
Alkane Elimination Reactions between Yttrium Alkyls and Tungsten Hydrides
in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry volume 2014 (2014) issue 7. - page 1211-1217
doi:10.1002/ejic.201301476 ...
Noor, Awal; Qayyum, Sadaf; Bauer, Tobias; Schwarz, Stefan; Weber, Birgit; Kempe, Rhett
CO₂ and SO₂ activation by a Cr–Cr quintuple bond
in Chemical Communications volume 50 (2014) issue 86. - page 13127-13130
doi:10.1039/C4CC05071A ...
Obenauf, Johannes; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
Efficient Synthesis of Aluminium-Terminated Polyethylene by Means of Irreversible Coordinative ...
in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry volume 2014 (2014) issue 9. - page 1446-1453
doi:10.1002/ejic.201301610 ...
Noor, Awal; Sobgwi Tamne, Emmanuel; Oelkers, Benjamin; Bauer, Tobias; Demeshko, Serhiy; Meyer, Franc; Heinemann, Frank W.; Kempe, Rhett
From chromium-chromium quintuple bonds to molecular squares and porous coordination polymers
in Inorganic Chemistry volume 53 (2014) issue 23. - page 12283-12288
doi:10.1021/ic501400n ...
Butovskii, Mikhail V.; Oelkers, Benjamin; Bauer, Tobias; Bakker, Jacinta M.; Bezugly, Viktor; Wagner, Frank R.; Kempe, Rhett
Lanthanoid-transition-metal bonding in bismetallocenes
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 20 (2014) issue 10. - page 2804-2811
doi:10.1002/chem.201304125 ...
Ruch, Susanne; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
New iridium catalysts for the selective alkylation of amines by alcohols under mild conditions ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 20 (2014) issue 41. - page 13279-13285
doi:10.1002/chem.201402952 ...
Zaheer, Muhammad; Hermannsdörfer, Justus; Kempe, Rhett; Motz, Günter; Kretschmer, Winfried
Robust Heterogeneous Nickel Catalysts with Tailored Porosity for the Selective Hydrogenolysis o ...
in ChemCatChem volume 6 (2014) issue 1. - page 91-95
doi:10.1002/cctc.201300763 ...
Wrackmeyer, Bernd; Thoma, Peter; Marx, Simone; Bauer, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett
Selective Synthesis of Stannoles by 1,1-Carboboration of Bis(trimethylsilylethynyl)tin Compound ...
in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry volume 2014 (2014) issue 12. - page 2103-2112
doi:10.1002/ejic.201400028 ...
Khan, Sher Ali; Noor, Awal; Kempe, Rhett; Subhan, Hanif; Shah, Afzal; Khan, Ezzat
Syntheses, molecular structure, and electrochemical investigations of cobalt(II), copper(II), p ...
in Journal of Coordination Chemistry volume 67 (2014) issue 14. - page 2425-2434
doi:10.1080/00958972.2014.938066 ...
Khan, Ezzat; Wrackmeyer, Bernd; Döring, Christian; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis and Characterization of Spirosilanes : 1,2-Hydroboration and 1,1-Carboboration
in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry volume 2014 (2014) issue 21. - page 3411-3419
doi:10.1002/ejic.201402286 ...
Hille, Toni; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
The synthesis of benzimidazoles and quinoxalines from aromatic diamines and alcohols by iridium ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 20 (2014) issue 19. - page 5569-5572
doi:10.1002/chem.201400400 ...
Forberg, Daniel; Obenauf, Johannes; Friedrich, Martin; Hühne, Sven-Martin; Kempe, Rhett; Mader, Werner; Motz, Günter
The synthesis of pyrroles via acceptorless dehydrogenative condensation of secondary alcohols a ...
in Catalysis Science & Technology volume 4 (2014) issue 12. - page 4188-4192
doi:10.1039/C4CY01018C ...
2013
Haas, Isabelle; Dietel, Thomas; Press, Konstantin; Kol, Moshe; Kempe, Rhett
Aminopyridinate-FI Hybrids, Their Hafnium and Titanium Complexes, and Their Application in the ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 19 (2013) issue 42. - page 14254-14262
doi:10.1002/chem.201301511 ...
Hermannsdörfer, Justus; Friedrich, Martin; Kempe, Rhett
Colloidal Size Effect and Metal-Particle Migration in M@MOF/PCP Catalysis
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 19 (2013) issue 41. - page 13652-13657
doi:10.1002/chem.201302809 ...
Haas, Isabelle; Hübner, Christian G.; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
A Highly Efficient Titanium Catalyst for the Synthesis of Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethyle ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 19 (2013) issue 28. - page 9132-9136
doi:10.1002/chem.201301176 ...
Noor, Awal; Bauer, Tobias; Todorova, Tanya K.; Weber, Birgit; Gagliardi, Laura; Kempe, Rhett
The Ligand-Based Quintuple Bond-Shortening Concept and Some of Its Limitations
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 19 (2013) issue 30. - page 9825-9832
doi:10.1002/chem.201301240 ...
Schlamp, Stephan; Thoma, Peter; Bauer, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett; Weber, Birgit
A New Iron(II) Complex with Strongly Saddle Shaped Schiff Base like Ligand
in Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie volume 639 (2013) issue 10. - page 1763-1767
doi:10.1002/zaac.201300176 ...
Michlik, Stefan; Kempe, Rhett
Regioselectively functionalized pyridines from sustainable resources
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 52 (2013) issue 24. - page 6326-6329
doi:10.1002/anie.201301919 ...
Pillai, Saravana K. T.; Kretschmer, Winfried; Denner, Christine; Motz, Günter; Hund, Markus; Fery, Andreas; Trebbin, Martin; Kempe, Rhett; Förster, Stephan
SiCN : SiCN Nanofibers with a Diameter Below 100 nm Synthesized via Concerted Block Copolymer F ...
in Small volume 9 (2013) issue 7. - page 983
doi:10.1002/smll.201370042 ...
Pillai, Saravana K. T.; Kretschmer, Winfried; Denner, Christine; Motz, Günter; Hund, Markus; Fery, Andreas; Trebbin, Martin; Förster, Stephan; Kempe, Rhett
SiCN Nanofibers with a Diameter Below 100 nm Synthesized via Concerted Block Copolymer Formatio ...
in Small volume 9 (2013) issue 7. - page 984-989
doi:10.1002/smll.201202121 ...
Michlik, Stefan; Kempe, Rhett
A sustainable catalytic pyrrole synthesis
in Nature Chemistry volume 5 (2013) issue 2. - page 140-144
doi:10.1038/nchem.1547 ...
Bauer, Tobias; Wagner, Frank R.; Kempe, Rhett
Ternary Rare-Earth Transition-Metal Polyhydride Cluster Compounds
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 19 (2013) issue 27. - page 8732-8735
doi:10.1002/chem.201301290 ...
2012
Oelkers, Benjamin; Butovskii, Mikhail V.; Kempe, Rhett
f-Element–Metal Bonding and the Use of the Bond Polarity To Build Molecular Intermetalloids
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 18 (2012) issue 43. - page 13566-13579
doi:10.1002/chem.201200783 ...
Devarajan, V. Perumal; Nataraj, Devaraj; Pazhanivel, Thangavelu; Senthil, Karuppanan; Seol, Minsu; Yong, Kijung; Hermannsdorfer, Justus; Kempe, Rhett
Molecular conformation dependent emission behaviour (blue, red and white light emissions) of al ...
in Journal of Materials Chemistry volume 22 (2012) issue 35. - page 18454-18462
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004759 ...
Hermannsdörfer, Justus; Friedrich, Martin; Miyajima, Nobuyoshi; Albuquerque, Rodrigo Q.; Kümmel, Stephan; Kempe, Rhett
Ni/Pd@MIL-101: synergistic catalysis with cavity-conform Ni/Pd nanoparticles
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 51 (2012) issue 46. - page 11473-11477
doi:10.1002/anie.201205078 ...
Zaheer, Muhammad; Schmalz, Thomas; Motz, Günter; Kempe, Rhett
Polymer derived non-oxide ceramics modified with late transition metals
in Chemical Society Reviews volume 41 (2012) issue 15. - page 5102-5116
doi:10.1039/C2CS15326B ...
Zaheer, Muhammad; Keenan, Caroline D.; Hermannsdörfer, Justus; Rößler, Ernst; Motz, Günter; Senker, Jürgen; Kempe, Rhett
Robust Microporous Monoliths with Integrated Catalytically Active Metal Sites Investigated by H ...
in Chemistry of Materials volume 24 (2012) issue 20. - page 3952-3963
doi:10.1021/cm302379b ...
Dulle, Jana; Nemeth, Silke; Skorb, Ekaterina V.; Irrgang, Torsten; Senker, Jürgen; Kempe, Rhett; Fery, Andreas; Andreeva, Daria V.
Sonochemical Activation of Al/Ni Hydrogenation Catalyst
in Advanced Functional Materials volume 22 (2012) issue 15. - page 3128-3135
doi:10.1002/adfm.201200437 ...
Pillai, Saravana K. T.; Kretschmer, Winfried; Trebbin, Martin; Förster, Stephan; Kempe, Rhett
Tailored Nanostructuring of End-Group-Functionalized High-Density Polyethylene Synthesized by a ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 18 (2012) issue 44. - page 13974-13978
doi:10.1002/chem.201202506 ...
2011
Schmalz, Thomas; Hausherr, Jan-Marcel; Müller, Walter; Kraus, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett; Motz, Günter; Krenkel, Walter
Analysis of Polethylene-Particle Filled SiCN Precursor and the Resulting Porous Ceramics with E ...
in Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan volume 119 (2011) issue 1390. - page 477-482
doi:10.2109/jcersj2.119.477 ...
Schmalz, Thomas; Kraus, Tobias; Günthner, Martin; Liebscher, Christian H.; Glatzel, Uwe; Kempe, Rhett; Motz, Günter
Catalytic formation of carbon phases in metal modified, porous polymer derived SiCN ceramics
in Carbon volume 49 (2011) issue 9. - page 3065-3072
doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2011.03.027 ...
Noor, Awal; Sobgwi Tamne, Emmanuel; Qayyum, Sadaf; Bauer, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett
Cycloaddition Reactions of a Chromium–Chromium Quintuple Bond
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 17 (2011) issue 25. - page 6900-6903
doi:10.1002/chem.201100841 ...
Schwarzmaier, Christoph; Noor, Awal; Glatz, Germund; Zabel, Manfred; Timoshkin, Alexey Y.; Cossairt, Brandi M.; Cummins, Christopher C.; Kempe, Rhett; Scheer, Manfred
Formation of cyclo-E₄²⁻ units (E₄=P₄, As₄, AsP₃) by a complex with a Cr-Cr quintuple bond ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 50 (2011) issue 32. - page 7283-7286
doi:10.1002/anie.201102361 ...
Zaheer, Muhammad; Motz, Günter; Kempe, Rhett
The generation of palladium silicide nanoalloy particles in a SiCN matrix and their catalytic a ...
in Journal of Materials Chemistry volume 21 (2011) issue 46. - page 18825-18831
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004769 ...
Irrgang, Torsten; Friedrich, Denise; Kempe, Rhett
Highly enantioselective amido iridium catalysts for the hydrogenation of simple ketones
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 50 (2011) issue 9. - page 2183-2186
doi:10.1002/anie.201004665 ...
Butovskii, Mikhail V.; Tok, Oleg L.; Bezugly, Viktor; Wagner, Frank R.; Kempe, Rhett
Molecular lanthanoid-transition-metal cluster through C-H bond activation by polar metal-metal ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 50 (2011) issue 33. - page 7695-7698
doi:10.1002/anie.201102363 ...
Kutlescha, Kathrin; Venkanna, Gopaladasu T.; Kempe, Rhett
The potassium hydride mediated trimerization of imines
in Chemical Communications volume 47 (2011) issue 14. - page 4183-4185
doi:10.1039/C0CC04565A ...
Hermannsdörfer, Justus; Kempe, Rhett
Selective Palladium-Loaded MIL-101 Catalysts
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 17 (2011) issue 29. - page 8071-8077
doi:10.1002/chem.201101004 ...
Lyubov, Dmitrii M.; Döring, Christian; Ketkov, Sergej Yu.; Kempe, Rhett; Trifonov, Alexander A.
Selective Protonation of the Y-C Bond in Trinuclear Yttrium Alkyl–Hydrido Clusters and Formatio ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 17 (2011) issue 14. - page 3824-3826
doi:10.1002/chem.201003616 ...
Wrackmeyer, Bernd; Klimkina, Elena V.; Milius, Wolfgang; Bauer, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis and Reactivity of 4,5-[1,2-Dicarba-closo-dodecaborano(12)]-1,3-diselenacyclopentane : ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 17 (2011) issue 11. - page 3238-3251
doi:10.1002/chem.201002277 ...
2010
Wrackmeyer, Bernd; Bayer, Stefan; Tok, Oleg L.; Klimkina, Elena V.; Milius, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rhett; Khan, Ezzat
Alkynylsilanes and Alkynyl(vinyl)silanes : Synthesis, Molecular Structures
and Multinuclear Mag ...
in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B volume 65 (2010) issue 6. - page 725-744
doi:10.1515/znb-2010-0609 ...
Motz, Günter; Schmalz, Thomas; Glatz, Germund; Kempe, Rhett; Milius, Wolfgang; Wrackmeyer, Bernd
Ammonolysis of 1,2‐Bis[dichloro(methyl)silyl]ethane : On the Structure of 1,3,6,8‐Tetramethyl‐2 ...
in Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie volume 636 (2010) issue 6. - page 1056-1060
doi:10.1002/zaac.200900553 ...
Blank, Benoît; Kempe, Rhett
Catalytic Alkylation of Methyl-N-Heteroaromatics with Alcohols
in Journal of the American Chemical Society volume 132 (2010) issue 3. - page 924-925
doi:10.1021/ja9095413 ...
Lu, Yan; Lunkenbein, Thomas; Preußner, Johannes; Proch, Sebastian; Breu, Josef; Kempe, Rhett; Ballauff, Matthias
Composites of Metal Nanoparticles and TiO₂ Immobilized in Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes
in Langmuir volume 26 (2010) issue 6. - page 4176-4183
doi:10.1021/la904227f ...
Glatz, Germund; Schmalz, Thomas; Kraus, Tobias; Haarmann, Frank; Motz, Günter; Kempe, Rhett
Copper-Containing SiCN Precursor Ceramics (Cu@SiCN) as Selective Hydrocarbon Oxidation Catalyst ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 16 (2010) issue 14. - page 4231-4238
doi:10.1002/chem.200902836 ...
Wrackmeyer, Bernd; Shahid, Khadija; Kempe, Rhett; Döring, Christian; Milius, Wolfgang
Indazaboles : synthesis and molecular structure
in Applied Organometallic Chemistry volume 24 (2010) issue 5. - page 398-401
doi:10.1002/aoc.1627 ...
Döring, Christian; Dietel, Anna-Maria; Butovskii, Mikhail V.; Bezugly, Viktor; Wagner, Frank R.; Kempe, Rhett
Molecular [Yb(TM)2] Intermetalloids (TM=Ru, Re)
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 16 (2010) issue 35. - page 10679-10683
doi:10.1002/chem.201001310 ...
Butovskii, Mikhail V.; Döring, Christian; Bezugly, Viktor; Wagner, Frank R.; Grin, Yuri; Kempe, Rhett
Molecules containing rare-earth atoms solely bonded by transition metals
in Nature Chemistry volume 2 (2010) issue 9. - page 741-744
doi:10.1038/nchem.718 ...
Michlik, Stefan; Kempe, Rhett
New Iridium Catalysts for the Efficient Alkylation of Anilines by Alcohols under Mild Condition ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 16 (2010) issue 44. - page 13193-13198
doi:10.1002/chem.201001871 ...
Wrackmeyer, Bernd; Khan, Ezzat; Badshah, Amin; Molla, Elias; Thoma, Peter; Tok, Oleg L.; Milius, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rhett; Senker, Jürgen
Tetra(alkynyl)silanes, a 3,6-Disila-triyne, a 3,6,9-Trisila-tetrayne,
a 1,3,4,6-Tetrasiladiyne, ...
in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B volume 65 (2010) . - page 119-127
doi:10.1515/znb-2010-0204 ...
2009
Noor, Awal; Glatz, Germund; Müller, Robert; Kaupp, Martin; Demeshko, Serhiy; Kempe, Rhett
Carboalumination of a chromium-chromium quintuple bond
in Nature Chemistry volume 1 (2009) issue 4. - page 322-325
doi:10.1038/nchem.255 ...
Blank, Benoît; Michlik, Stefan; Kempe, Rhett
Selective iridium-catalyzed alkylation of (hetero)aromatic amines and diamines with alcohols un ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 15 (2009) issue 15. - page 3790-3799
doi:10.1002/chem.200802318 ...
Blank, Benoît; Michlik, Stefan; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis of Selectively Mono-N-Arylated Aliphatic Diamines via Iridium-Catalyzed Amine Alkylat ...
in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis volume 351 (2009) issue 17. - page 2903-2911
doi:10.1002/adsc.200900548 ...
Lu, Yan; Proch, Sebastian; Schrinner, Marc C.; Drechsler, Markus; Kempe, Rhett; Ballauff, Matthias
Thermosensitive core-shell microgel as a "nanoreactor" for catalytic active metal nanoparticles
in Journal of Materials Chemistry volume 19 (2009) issue 23. - page 3955-3961
doi:10.1039/B822673N ...
Wagner, Frank R.; Noor, Awal; Kempe, Rhett
Ultrashort metal–metal distances and extreme bond orders
in Nature Chemistry volume 1 (2009) issue 7. - page 529-536
doi:10.1038/nchem.359 ...
2008
Butovskii, Mikhail V.; Tok, Oleg L.; Wagner, Frank R.; Kempe, Rhett
Bismetallocenes : lanthanoid-transition-metal bonds through alkane elimination
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 47 (2008) issue 34. - page 6469-6472
doi:10.1002/anie.200800407 ...
Noor, Awal; Wagner, Frank R.; Kempe, Rhett
Metal-metal distances at the limit : a coordination compound with an ultrashort chromium-chromi ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 47 (2008) issue 38. - page 7246-7249
doi:10.1002/anie.200801160 ...
Proch, Sebastian; Hermannsdörfer, Justus; Kempe, Rhett; Kern, Christoph; Jess, Andreas; Seyfarth, Lena; Senker, Jürgen
Pt@MOF-177 : Synthesis, Room-Temperature Hydrogen Storage and Oxidation Catalysis
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 14 (2008) issue 27. - page 8204-8212
doi:10.1002/chem.200801043 ...
Schrinner, Marc C.; Proch, Sebastian; Mei, Yu; Kempe, Rhett; Miyajima, Nobuyoshi; Ballauff, Matthias
Stable Bimetallic Gold–Platinum Nanoparticles Immobilized on Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes ...
in Advanced Materials volume 20 (2008) issue 10. - page 1928-1933
doi:10.1002/adma.200702421 ...
2005
Mei, Yu; Sharma, Geeta; Lu, Yan; Ballauff, Matthias; Drechsler, Markus; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
High Catalytic Activity of Platinum Nanoparticles Immobilized on Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brus ...
in Langmuir volume 21 (2005) issue 26. - page 12229-12234
doi:10.1021/la052120w ...
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Department of Chemistry
University of Bayreuth
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