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Anders Riisager is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering, chemistry, and chemical engineering, with a notable focus on biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, organic chemistry, and mechanical engineering as subfields of study.

The scientist's work covers various topics including catalysis for biomass conversion, catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, and biofuel production and bioconversion.

Recent publications by Anders Riisager demonstrate engagement with sustainable chemical processes and catalysis, featuring the following papers:

  • Recent advances in heterogeneous catalytic transfer hydrogenation/hydrogenolysis for valorization of biomass-derived furanic compounds (2020, Green Chemistry)
  • Sustainable access to renewable N-containing chemicals from reductive amination of biomass-derived platform compounds (2020, Green Chemistry)
  • On the Oxidative Valorization of Lignin to High-Value Chemicals: A Critical Review of Opportunities and Challenges (2022, ChemSusChem)
  • On the Role of Cu+ and CuNi Alloy Phases in Mesoporous CuNi Catalyst for Furfural Hydrogenation (2023, ACS Catalysis)
  • Versatile CO 2 Hydrogenation-Dehydrogenation Catalysis with a Ru-PNP/Ionic Liquid System (2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Riisager include:

  • Leonhard Schill (23 publications)
  • Rasmus Fehrmann (12 publications)
  • Sebastián Meier (10 publications)
  • Wenting Fang (9 publications)
  • Song Yang (7 publications)

The scientist has published multiple papers in several key venues, including:

  • Green Chemistry (6 publications)
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts (4 publications)
  • ChemSusChem (3 publications)
  • Catalysis Science & Technology (3 publications)
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (3 publications)

In addition to journal publications, Anders Riisager has contributed to book literature, including one book published by Elsevier BV titled Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals (2020), which has accrued citations relevant to the field.

Best Publications

  • Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (SILP) Catalysis: An Innovative Concept for Homogeneous Catalysis in Continuous Fixed-Bed Reactors

    Anders Riisager;Rasmus Fehrmann;Marco Haumann;Peter Wasserscheid

  • Hydroformylation in room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs): catalyst and process developments.

    Marco Haumann;Anders Riisager

  • Supported ionic liquids: versatile reaction and separation media

    Anders Riisager;Rasmus Fehrmann;Marco Haumann;Peter Wasserscheid

  • Gold-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in water at ambient temperature.

    Yury Y. Gorbanev;Søren K. Klitgaard;John M. Woodley;Claus H. Christensen

  • Reversible physical absorption of SO2 by ionic liquids

    Jun Huang;Anders Riisager;Peter Wasserscheid;Rasmus Fehrmann

  • Carbon-Increasing Catalytic Strategies for Upgrading Biomass into Energy-Intensive Fuels and Chemicals

    Hu Li;Anders Riisager;Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan;Ashok Pandey

  • Very stable and highly regioselective supported ionic-liquid-phase (SILP) catalysis: continuous-flow fixed-bed hydroformylation of propene.

    Anders Riisager;Rasmus Fehrmann;Stephan Flicker;Roy van Hal

  • Continuous fixed-bed gas-phase hydroformylation using supported ionic liquid-phase (SILP) Rh catalysts

    Anders Riisager;Anders Riisager;Peter Wasserscheid;Roy van Hal;Rasmus Fehrmann

  • Synthesis of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural in Ionic Liquids: Paving the Way to Renewable Chemicals

    Tim Ståhlberg;Wenjing Fu;John M Woodley;Anders Riisager

  • Deactivation of solid catalysts in liquid media: the case of leaching of active sites in biomass conversion reactions

    Irantzu Sádaba;Manuel López Granados;Anders Riisager;Esben Taarning

  • Sn-Beta catalysed conversion of hemicellulosic sugars

    Martin S. Holm;Yomaira J. Pagán-Torres;Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan;Anders Riisager

  • Formation of Acetic Acid by Aqueous‐Phase Oxidation of Ethanol with Air in the Presence of a Heterogeneous Gold Catalyst

    Claus H. Christensen;Betina Jørgensen;Jeppe Rass-Hansen;Kresten Egeblad

  • Direct conversion of glucose to 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural in ionic liquids with lanthanide catalysts

    Tim Ståhlberg;Mathilde Grau Sørensen;Anders Riisager

  • Efficient isomerization of glucose to fructose over zeolites in consecutive reactions in alcohol and aqueous media.

    Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan;Marta Paniagua;Juan A. Melero;Anders Riisager

  • Metal‐Free Dehydration of Glucose to 5‐(Hydroxymethyl)furfural in Ionic Liquids with Boric Acid as a Promoter

    Tim Ståhlberg;Sergio Rodriguez‐Rodriguez;Peter Fristrup;Anders Riisager

  • Tuning ionic liquids for high gas solubility and reversible gas sorption

    Jun Huang;Anders Riisager;Rolf W. Berg;Rasmus Fehrmann

  • Propene and 1-Octene Hydroformylation with Silica-Supported, Ionic Liquid-Phase (SILP) Rh-Phosphine Catalysts in Continuous Fixed-Bed Mode

    Anders Riisager;Anders Riisager;K. Michael Eriksen;Peter Wasserscheid;Rasmus Fehrmann

  • Process integration for the conversion of glucose to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid

    A. Boisen;T.B. Christensen;W. Fu;Y.Y. Gorbanev

  • Hydrodeoxygenation of waste fat for diesel production: Study on model feed with Pt/alumina catalyst

    Anders Theilgaard Madsen;El Hadi Ahmed;Claus Hviid Christensen;Rasmus Fehrmann

  • Synergy of boric acid and added salts in the catalytic dehydration of hexoses to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in water

    Thomas Steen Hansen;Jerrik Jørgen Mielby;Anders Riisager

Frequent Co-Authors

Rasmus Fehrmann
Rasmus Fehrmann Technical University of Denmark
Peter Wasserscheid
Peter Wasserscheid University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Song Yang
Song Yang Guizhou University
Hu Li
Hu Li Guizhou University
John M. Woodley
John M. Woodley Technical University of Denmark
Sebastian Meier
Sebastian Meier Technical University of Denmark
Claus H. Christensen
Claus H. Christensen Aarhus University
Anker Degn Jensen
Anker Degn Jensen Technical University of Denmark
Zhiwen Qi
Zhiwen Qi East China University of Science and Technology
Matthias Wessling
Matthias Wessling RWTH Aachen University

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