Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion

This week I have the pleasure of attending the 9th EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC9) in Dublin. After a phenomenal welcome, I am now looking forward to many interesting talks and discussions. I will be presenting some of my own work on how electrosynthesis can be employed towards critical transformations tomorrow at 13:30 as part of the talks on advances in synthetic organic chemistry #ECC9 #Electrosynthesis

Proud of the latest paper from Walter Leitner, Andreas J. Vorholt and a team of scientists from RWTH Aachen University and ETH Zürich published in Nature Energy Nature Portfolio. 📣 Renewable Fuels with excellent environmental profile. New synfuels can be used directly in today's vehicles. Full-text access (view-only): https://rdcu.be/dM44r

We're excited to share a groundbreaking development in renewable fuels! Researchers from RWTH Aachen University, the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, and ETH Zürich, including Walter Leitner and André Bardow, have developed HyFiT, a new synthetic fuel. 🚀🔋 HyFiT fuels can be used directly in today's engines, significantly reducing particulate matter and nitrogen oxides emissions. Produced from renewable resources like green electricity, water, biomass, and CO₂, these fuels close the carbon cycle and utilize existing industrial infrastructure. Our study shows HyFiT fuels have a superior environmental profile, outperforming even battery-based technologies, especially over long distances. This innovation marks a significant step toward sustainable, carbon-neutral transportation. Read more about the peer-reviewed research in the international journal Nature: https://lnkd.in/e4TmZA7e Pictures: FSC #RenewableEnergy #SustainableTransport #ClimateAction #fuelscience #fuelsciencecenter #fsc #sustainability #propulsionsystems #innovation

Ever wondered how the industrially applied Biphephos ligand deactivates in hydroformylation processes? Check out our recent publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering on the deactivation and distillation recycling of Rh/Biphephos complexes. Thanks to a team effort of Fabian Patzina, Andreas J. Vorholt and Walter Leitner, we showed that hydrolysis is often less of a problem as many would think. Rather, the oxidation through hydroperoxides is the main deactivation pathway. In addition, always keep an eye on the stability of your ligand during storage. ;) https://lnkd.in/eyAA_WNq

𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘄𝗼-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺: Iron-based catalysts are essential in various fields, including medicine, energy, and environmental science. They facilitate reactions that are vital for producing pharmaceuticals, clean fuels, and breaking down pollutants. These catalysts operate by enabling the directed transformation of molecules into desired products, and can do so using energy efficient, environmentally friendly methods. The chemistry that these iron-based catalysts are capable of depends on the oxidation- and spin-state of the iron, and changes to either of these can result in very different reactivity and products. A continuing challenge in catalysis is harnessing these differing states to increase reactivity, or the rate at which the transformation takes place, while maintaining specificity, in order to generate a majority of the desired products. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/e5BAv8pb Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Derek Rice, Deniz Wong, Frank Neese, Sarah Ostermann

Congratulations to the „Kittelverteidiger“ winning the KoFo Cup (again) for the WL Department! 👍⚽️🎉

📢 Attention Green Chemistry Start-ups! 📢 We are excited to invite you to the Scale-up Day for Green Chemistry Start-ups on Tuesday, July 9th, in Berlin-Charlottenburg. This event will feature a “reverse pitching” session where manufacturers, suppliers, and experts will showcase varied possibilities to scale up your chemical reactions from lab to production scale. Join us for interactive workshops to network and discuss your business case in detail. Gain valuable insights into supply chain security, digitalization, pricing trends, and biotechnology. We'll wrap up the day with a regional outlook and more networking opportunities. 🗓️ Date: July 9th, 2024 ⏰ Check-in opens at 09:00, Event from 09:30 to 17:30 📍 Location: Coworking Space EINS, Technical University Berlin (Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1, 10587 Berlin) 🔗 Please register by Thursday, July 4th. Link for registration in the comments below. Please note that only registered attendees will be admitted to the event in order to foster an open exchange culture. Looking forward to seeing you there! #GreenChemistry #Startups #ScaleUp #Networking Science & Startups | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft | Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion | UniSysCat - Cluster of Excellence | DUDE CHEM | KOALA Startup Network | Leistungszentrum Chemie- und Biosystemtechnik | Extantia | chemstars.nrw

What a breakthrough! Together with our friends from Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion some of our scientists have discovered a first experimental methodology for measuring low-energy, spin-forbidden transitions in molecular catalysts. The team has published the results with Science Advances. Read the story on our website! Also, find out what the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has to do with it! :) https://lnkd.in/ed2tmKC5 Max Planck Society

Thomas Wiegand had a very good time at the 20th #EUROMAR conference - a distinguished conference on magnetic resonance - in Bilbao, Spain. Yesterday, Thomas was invited to give a talk on “Molecular Recognition in Organic Mechanochemistry: Insights from Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy".