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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
87
Citations
26370
World Ranking
2421
National Ranking
55

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award

Overview

Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen is affiliated with the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse in France. Their research spans a variety of topics within chemistry and engineering, with a strong focus on catalysis and related materials science.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Hydrodeoxygenation and hydrogenolysis of biomass-based materials using FeNi catalysts and magnetic induction," 2021, Green Chemistry
  • "Secondary Phosphine Oxides: Bifunctional Ligands in Catalysis," 2020, ChemCatChem
  • "Determination of the surface temperature of magnetically heated nanoparticles using a catalytic approach," 2021, Nanoscale
  • "Heterolytic cleavage of dihydrogen (HCD) in metal nanoparticle catalysis," 2021, Catalysis Science & Technology
  • "Advances in catalysis using Xantphos-like ligands; simplicity goes a long way," 2025, Coordination Chemistry Reviews

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Israel Cano
  • Zoraida Freixa
  • Luis M. Martínez-Prieto
  • Juan M. Asensio
  • Bruno Chaudret

They have published in a range of journals and venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Catalysis Science & Technology
  • Supramolecular Catalysis
  • Green Chemistry
  • ChemCatChem
  • Nanoscale

Their expertise covers major fields such as:

  • Chemistry
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, the scientist has contributed significantly to various subfields, including:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering

Key topics of their research focus on catalysis and materials, specifically:

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

In addition to journal articles, Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen has authored a book published by Springer International Publishing titled Recent Advances in Nanoparticle Catalysis (2020), which has also been cited in academic literature.

Best Publications

  • Ligand Bite Angle Effects in Metal-catalyzed C−C Bond Formation

    P.W.N.M. van Leeuwen;P.C.J. Kamer;J.N.H. Reek;P. Dierkes

  • Supramolecular catalysis. Part 2: artificial enzyme mimics

    Matthieu Raynal;Pablo Ballester;Anton Vidal-Ferran;Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen

  • Homogeneous Catalysts Based on Silane Dendrimers Functionalized with Arylnickel(II) Complexes

    Joan W. J. Knapen;Alexander W. van der Made;Janine C. de Wilde;Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen

  • Dendrimers as support for recoverable catalysts and reagents.

    Rieko van Heerbeek;Paul C. J. Kamer;Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen;Joost N. H. Reek

  • Supramolecular catalysis. Part 1: non-covalent interactions as a tool for building and modifying homogeneous catalysts.

    Matthieu Raynal;Pablo Ballester;Anton Vidal-Ferran;Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen

  • Selective Pd-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Anilides with Olefins through C-H Bond Activation at Room Temperature.

    Maarten D.K. Boele;Gino P.F. van Strijdonck;André H.M. de Vries;Paul C.J. Kamer

  • Transition Metal Catalysis Using Functionalized Dendrimers.

    G. Eric Oosterom;Joost N. H. Reek;Paul C. J. Kamer;Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen

  • Bite angle effects of diphosphines in C-C and C-X bond forming cross coupling reactions.

    Mandy-Nicole Birkholz;Zoraida Freixa;Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen

  • Ortho-phosphinobenzenesulfonate: a superb ligand for palladium-catalyzed coordination-insertion copolymerization of polar vinyl monomers.

    Akifumi Nakamura;Timo M. J. Anselment;Jerome Claverie;Brian Goodall

  • NMR study on the coordination behavior of dissymmetric terdentate trinitrogen ligands on methylpalladium(II) compounds

    Richard E. Rulke;Jan M. Ernsting;Anthony L. Spek;Cees J. Elsevier

  • Electronic Effect on Rhodium Diphosphine Catalyzed Hydroformylation: The Bite Angle Effect Reconsidered

    Lars A. van der Veen;Maarten D. K. Boele;Frank R. Bregman;Paul C. J. Kamer

  • Bite angle effects in diphosphine metal catalysts: steric or electronic?Based on the presentation given at Dalton Discussion No. 5, 10?12th April 2003, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.

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  • New neutral and ionic methyl and chloro palladium and platinum complexes containing hemilabile phosphorus-nitrogen ligands. Study of the insertion of carbon monoxide into the metal-methyl bond

    Guido P. C. M. Dekker;Albert Buijs;Cornelis J. Elsevier;Kees Vrieze

  • Influence of ligands and anions on the rate of carbon monoxide insertion into palladium-methyl bonds in the complexes (P-P)Pd(CH3)Cl and [(P-P)Pd(CH3)(L)]+SO3CF3- (P-P = dppe, dppp, dppb, dppf; L = CH3CN, PPh3)

    Guido P. C. M. Dekker;Cornelis J. Elsevier;Kees Vrieze;Piet W. N. M. Van Leeuwen

  • New processes for the selective production of 1-octene

    Piet W.N.M. van Leeuwen;Nicolas D. Clément;Mathieu J.-L. Tschan

  • Alcoholysis of acylpalladium(II) complexes relevant to the alternating copolymerization of ethene and carbon monoxide and the alkoxycarbonylation of alkenes: the importance of Cis-coordinating phosphines.

    Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen;Martin A. Zuideveld;Bert H. G. Swennenhuis;Zoraida Freixa

  • Hydroformylation of Internal Olefins to Linear Aldehydes with Novel Rhodium Catalysts.

    Lars A. van der Veen;Paul C. J. Kamer;Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen

  • Screening of a supramolecular catalyst library in the search for selective catalysts for the asymmetric hydrogenation of a difficult enamide substrate.

    Xiao-Bin Jiang;Laurent Lefort;P. Elsbeth Goudriaan;André H.M. de Vries

  • Rhodium catalysed asymmetric hydroformylation with chiral diphosphite ligands

    Godfried J.H. Buisman;Paul C.J. Kamer;Piet W.N.M. van Leeuwen

  • Accelerated Biphasic Hydroformylation by Vesicle Formation of Amphiphilic Diphosphines

    Marcel Schreuder Goedheijt;Brian E. Hanson;Joost N. H. Reek;and Paul C. J. Kamer

  • Assembly of Encapsulated Transition Metal Catalysts.

    Vincent F. Slagt;Joost N. H. Reek;Paul C. J. Kamer;Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul C. J. Kamer
Paul C. J. Kamer University of Amsterdam
Joost N. H. Reek
Joost N. H. Reek University of Amsterdam
Anthony L. Spek
Anthony L. Spek Utrecht University
Martin Lutz
Martin Lutz Utrecht University
Bruno Chaudret
Bruno Chaudret Paul Sabatier University
Jordi Benet-Buchholz
Jordi Benet-Buchholz University of Barcelona
Carmen Claver
Carmen Claver Rovira i Virgili University
Kees Vrieze
Kees Vrieze University of Amsterdam
Johannes G. de Vries
Johannes G. de Vries Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Eduardo C. Escudero-Adán
Eduardo C. Escudero-Adán Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

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