Dr Ulrich Hintermair
Profile
Ulrich Hintermair is Whorrod Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath. His research focuses on applied catalysis with metal complexes to develop more sustainable processes and alternative energy conversion schemes in a multi-disciplinary approach.
Uli received a dual education in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from the University of Würzburg and the École Supérieure de Chimie, Physique et Électronique de Lyon. After finishing with a master level thesis with Prof. David Cole-Hamilton at the University of St Andrews in 2007, he did his PhD with Prof. Walter Leitner at the RWTH Aachen on continuous-flow asymmetric catalysis using supercritical fluids. He graduated summa cum laude and won the Silver Medal of the European Young
Chemist Awards in 2010. As a Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow he worked on water- and CH-oxidation catalysis with Prof. Bob Crabtree at Yale University before starting his independent career at the CSCT in 2013.
Current research areas include:
- polymetallic base metal complexes for cooperative catalysis and energyapplications
- in-operando spectroscopy for homogeneous catalyst development
- process and phase engineering with near- and supercritical fluids for continuous-flow catalysis
Publications
Hintermair, U., Sheehan, S. W., Parent, A. R., Ess, D. H., Richens, D. T., Vaccaro, P. H., Brudvig, G. W. and Crabtree, R. H., 2013. Forthcoming. Precursor transformation during molecular oxidation catalysis with organometallic iridium complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society
Hintermair, U., Franciò, G. and Leitner, W., 2013. A fully integrated continuous-flow system for asymmetric catalysis: Enantioselective hydrogenation with supported ionic liquid phase catalysts using supercritical CO2 as the mobile phase. Chemistry - A European Journal, 19 (14), pp. 4538-4547.
Zhou, M., Hintermair, U., Hashiguchi, B. G., Parent, A. R., Hashmi, S. M., Elimelech, M., Periana, R. A., Brudvig, G. W. and Crabtree, R. H., 2013. Cp* iridium precatalysts for selective C–H oxidation with sodium periodate as the terminal oxidant. Organometallics, 32 (4), pp. 957-965.
Wesselbaum, S., Hintermair, U. and Leitner, W., 2012. Continuous-flow hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to pure formic acid using an Integrated scCO2 process with immobilized catalyst and base. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 51 (34), pp. 8585-8588.
Leitner, Walter, 2012. CO2 Hydrogenation Method for Producing Formic Acid. C07C51/083; C07C53/02-WO2012095345, 19 July 2012.
Hintermair, U., Hashmi, S. M., Elimelech, M. and Crabtree, R. H., 2012. Particle formation during oxidation catalysis with Cp* iridium complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134 (23), pp. 9785-9795.
Hintermair, U., Chinnusamy, T. and Leitner, W., 2012. Transition-metal complexes in supported liquid phase and supercritical fluids: A beneficial combination for selective continuous-flow catalysis with integrated product separation. In: Pignataro, B., ed. New Strategies in Synthesis and Catalysis. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, pp. 273-297.
Hintermair, U., Roosen, C., Kaever, M., Kronenberg, H., Thelen, R., Aey, S., Leitner, W. and Greiner, L., 2011. A versatile lab to pilot scale continuous reaction system for supercritical fluid processing. Organic Process Research & Development, 15 (6), pp. 1275-1280.
Hintermair, U., Englert, U. and Leitner, W., 2011. Distinct reactivity of mono- and bis-NHC silver complexes: Carbene donors versus carbene–halide exchange reagents. Organometallics, 30 (14), pp. 3726-3731.
Hintermair, U., Franciò, G. and Leitner, W., 2011. Continuous flow organometallic catalysis: New wind in old sails. Chemical Communications, 47 (13), pp. 3691-3701.
Desset, S. L., Hintermair, U., Gong, Z., Santini, C. C. and Cole-Hamilton, D. J., 2010. Biphasic and flow systems involving water or supercritical fluids. Topics in Catalysis, 53 (13-14), pp. 963-968.
Hintermair, U., Leitner, W. and Jessop, P., 2010. Expanded liquid phases in catalysis: Gas-expanded liquids and liquid-supercritical fluid biphasic systems. In: Handbook of Green Chemistry. Vol. 4. Wiley-VCH, pp. 103-188.
Hintermair, U., Höfener, T., Pullmann, T., Franciò, G. and Leitner, W., 2010. Continuous enantioselective hydrogenation with a molecular catalyst in supported ionic liquid phase under supercritical CO2 flow. ChemCatChem, 2 (2), pp. 150-154.
Hintermair, U., Gong, Z., Serbanovic, A., Muldoon, M. J., Santini, C. C. and Cole-Hamilton, D. J., 2010. Continuous flow hydroformylation using supported ionic liquid phase catalysts with carbon dioxide as a carrier. Dalton Transactions, 39 (36), pp. 8501-8510.
Hintermair, U., Gutel, T., Slawin, A. M. Z., Cole-Hamilton, D. J., Santini, C. C. and Chauvin, Y., 2008. Direct in situ synthesis of cationic N-heterocyclic carbene iridium and rhodium complexes from neat ionic liquid: Application in catalytic dehydrogenation of cyclooctadiene. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 693 (14), pp. 2407-2414.
