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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Green Chemistry Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) for his work on Carbon Dioxide as a chemical feedstock.

Overview

Michael North is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, including:

  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions

Michael North has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Recent developments in organocatalysed transformations of epoxides and carbon dioxide into cyclic carbonates (2020, Green Chemistry)
  • Rapid and efficient adsorption of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution by hierarchically porous, activated starbons®: Mechanism and porosity dependence (2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • Heterogeneous catalysts for cyclic carbonate synthesis from carbon dioxide and epoxides (2020, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry)
  • Carboxylcellulose hydrogel confined-Fe3O4 nanoparticles catalyst for Fenton-like degradation of Rhodamine B (2021, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules)
  • Spectroscopic characterization and thermal behavior of baru nut and macaw palm vegetable oils and their epoxidized derivatives (2020, Industrial Crops and Products)

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • Katie J. Lamb
  • Haibo Xie
  • Adrian C. Whitwood
  • José A. Castro-Osma
  • Yuri N. Belokoń

Michael North's publications often appear in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Green Chemistry
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • ChemistrySelect
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

In addition to journal articles, Michael North has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Böhlau Verlag in 2021 titled Das Goldene Zeitalter global.

Their research has been recognized with the Green Chemistry Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2014, awarded for work on carbon dioxide as a chemical feedstock.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO2

    Michael North;Riccardo Pasquale;Carl Young

  • Mechanism of Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis from Epoxides and CO2

    Michael North;Riccardo Pasquale

  • Sustainable metal-based catalysts for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates containing five-membered rings

    James W. Comerford;Ian D. V. Ingram;Michael North;Xiao Wu

  • Recent developments in organocatalysed transformations of epoxides and carbon dioxide into cyclic carbonates

    Liping Guo;Katie J. Lamb;Michael North

  • Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis Catalysed by Bimetallic Aluminium-Salen Complexes

    William Clegg;Ross W. Harrington;Michael North;Riccardo Pasquale

  • Lewis acid catalyzed asymmetric cyanohydrin synthesis.

    Michael North;Dmitry L. Usanov;Carl Young

  • The Asymmetric Addition of Trimethylsilyl Cyanide to Aldehydes Catalyzed by Chiral (Salen)Titanium Complexes

    Yuri N. Belokon;† Susana Caveda-Cepas;Brendan Green;Nicolai S. Ikonnikov

  • Synthesis and applications of non-racemic cyanohydrins

    Unknown

  • Cr(salophen) Complex Catalyzed Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis at Ambient Temperature And Pressure

    José A. Castro-Osma;Katie J. Lamb;Michael North

  • CO 2 Catalysis

    Arjan W. Kleij;Michael North;Atsushi Urakawa

  • Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from Atmospheric Pressure Carbon Dioxide Using Exceptionally Active Aluminium(salen) Complexes as Catalysts

    Jaisiel Meléndez;Michael North;Riccardo Pasquale

  • Comparative biochemistry of the proteinases of eucaryotic microorganisms

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  • Rapid and efficient adsorption of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution by hierarchically porous, activated starbons®: Mechanism and porosity dependence.

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  • One-component catalysts for cyclic carbonate synthesis.

    Jaisiel Meléndez;Michael North;Pedro Villuendas

  • The greening of peptide synthesis

    Stefan B. Lawrenson;Roy Arav;Michael North

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Cyanohydrin Synthesis

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  • Metal- and Halide-Free Catalyst for the Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from Epoxides and Carbon Dioxide

    Xiao Wu;Chentuo Chen;Ziyang Guo;Michael North

  • Optimized catalysts for the asymmetric addition of trimethylsilyl cyanide to aldehydes and ketones

    Yuri N Belokon;Brendan Green;Nicolai S Ikonnikov;Michael North

  • Vanadium-catalyzed asymmetric cyanohydrin synthesis

    Yuri N. Belokon;Michael North;Teresa Parsons

  • Influence of temperature and pressure on cyclic carbonate synthesis catalyzed by bimetallic aluminum complexes and application to overall syn-bis-hydroxylation of alkenes.

    Christopher Beattie;Michael North;Pedro Villuendas;Carl Young

  • Aluminum(salen) Complexes as Catalysts for the Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Epoxides via CO2 Coupling

    Michael North;Sophie C. Z. Quek;Natalie E. Pridmore;Adrian C. Whitwood

  • One-component bimetallic aluminium(salen)-based catalysts for cyclic carbonate synthesis and their immobilization

    Jaisiel Meléndez;Michael North;Pedro Villuendas;Carl Young

  • A Gas-Phase Flow Reactor for Ethylene Carbonate Synthesis from Waste Carbon Dioxide

    Michael North;Pedro Villuendas;Carl Young

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of O‐Acetylcyanohydrins from Potassium Cyanide, Acetic Anhydride, and Aldehydes, Promoted by Chiral Salen Complexes of Titanium(IV) and Vanadium(V)

    Yuri N. Belokon;Paola Carta;Andrey V. Gutnov;Viktor Maleev

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuri N. Belokon
Yuri N. Belokon A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds
William Clegg
William Clegg Newcastle University
Adrian C. Whitwood
Adrian C. Whitwood University of York
Agustín Lara-Sánchez
Agustín Lara-Sánchez University of Castilla-La Mancha
Antonio Otero
Antonio Otero University of Castilla-La Mancha
Vernon C. Gibson
Vernon C. Gibson Imperial College London
James H. Clark
James H. Clark University of York
André Bardow
André Bardow ETH Zurich
A. John Blacker
A. John Blacker University of Leeds
Michele Aresta
Michele Aresta University of Bari Aldo Moro

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