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Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink

Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink

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Chemistry

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55
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9303
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National Ranking
228

Overview

Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Materials Science, with specific contributions spanning Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Organic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

They have published frequently in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (41 publications)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal (5 publications)
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis (2 publications)
  • ChemSusChem (2 publications)
  • ChemCatChem (2 publications)

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Aromatic C−H Hydroxylation Reactions with Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Bulky Manganese Complexes," 2021, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • "Combining metal-metal cooperativity, metal-ligand cooperativity and chemical non-innocence in diiron carbonyl complexes," 2022, Chemical Science
  • "Nickel is a Different Pickle: Trends in Water Oxidation Catalysis for Molecular Nickel Complexes," 2020, ChemSusChem
  • "A Cp-based Molybdenum Catalyst for the Deoxydehydration of Biomass-derived Diols," 2020, ChemCatChem
  • "Electrocatalytic Proton Reduction by a Cobalt Complex Containing a Proton-Responsive Bis(alkylimdazole)methane Ligand: Involvement of a C−H Bond in H2 Formation," 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal

Collaborations form a significant part of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Martin Lutz (50 joint publications)
  • Emily C. Monkcom (24 joint publications)
  • Eduard Masferrer-Rius (20 joint publications)
  • Shengfa Ye (16 joint publications)
  • Hidde A. Negenman (16 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Mononuclear non-heme iron enzymes with the 2-His-1-carboxylate facial triad: recent developments in enzymology and modeling studies.

    Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx;Gerard van Koten;Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink

  • A 'Dendritic Effect' in Homogeneous Catalysis with Carbosilane-Supported Arylnickel (II) Catalysts: Observation of Active-Site Proximity Effects in Atom-Transfer Radical Addition

    G. van Koten;A.W. Kleij;R.A. Gossage;R.J.M. Klein Gebbink

  • Where Organometallics and Dendrimers Merge: The Incorporation of Organometallic Species into Dendritic Molecules

    Preston A. Chase;Robertus J.M. Klein Gebbink;Gerard van Koten

  • Rhenium-Catalyzed Dehydration and Deoxydehydration of Alcohols and Polyols: Opportunities for the Formation of Olefins from Biomass

    Suresh Raju;Marc-Etienne Moret;Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink

  • Merging porphyrins with organometallics: synthesis and applications.

    Bart M. J. M. Suijkerbuijk;Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink

  • “Click” 1,2,3-triazoles as tunable ligands for late transition metal complexes

    Bart M. J. M. Suijkerbuijk;Bas N. H. Aerts;Harm P. Dijkstra;Martin Lutz

  • Hexacationic Dendriphos ligands in the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction: scope and mechanistic studies.

    Dennis J. M. Snelders;Gerard van Koten;Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink

  • Synthesis and Properties of para-Substituted NCN-Pincer Palladium and Platinum Complexes

    Martijn Q. Slagt;Gema Rodríguez;Michiel M. P. Grutters;Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink

  • NCN–pincer palladium complexes with multiple anchoring points for functional groups

    Martijn Q. Slagt;Don A.P. van Zwieten;Adrianus J.C.M. Moerkerk;Robertus J.M. Klein Gebbink

  • Encapsulation of Hydrophilic Pincer-Platinum(II) Complexes in Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Polyglycerol Nanocapsules

    Martijn Q. Slagt;Salah-Eddine Stiriba;Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink;Holger Kautz

  • Iron Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Epoxidation of Cyclic Aliphatic Enones with Aqueous H2O2

    Olaf Cussó;Marco Cianfanelli;Xavi Ribas;Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink

  • Modeling the 2-His-1-Carboxylate Facial Triad: Iron−Catecholato Complexes as Structural and Functional Models of the Extradiol Cleaving Dioxygenases

    Pieter C A Bruijnincx;Martin Lutz;Anthony L Spek;Wilfred R Hagen

  • Precursor Geometry Determines the Growth Mechanism in Graphene Nanoribbons

    Fabian Schulz;Peter H. Jacobse;Filippo Federici Canova;Joost Van Der Lit

  • Organic Transformations on σ-Aryl Organometallic Complexes

    Marcella Gagliardo;Dennis J. M. Snelders;Preston A. Chase;Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink

  • Readily Accessible Bulky Iron Catalysts exhibiting Site Selectivity in the Oxidation of Steroidal Substrates.

    David Font;Mercè Canta;Michela Milan;Olaf Cussó

  • Catalytic Performance of Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Sulfur-Containing Pincer Complexes: Synthesis and Tandem Catalytic Activity of the First PCS-Pincer Palladium Complex

    Marcella Gagliardo;Nicklas Selander;Nilesh C. Mehendale;Gerard van Koten

  • Lipase Active-Site-Directed Anchoring of Organometallics: Metallopincer/Protein Hybrids

    Cornelius A. Kruithof;Miguel A. Casado;Gabriela Guillena;Maarten R. Egmond

  • Iron(II) complexes with bio-inspired N,N,O ligands as oxidation catalysts: olefin epoxidation and cis-dihydroxylation.

    Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx;Inge L. C. Buurmans;Silvia Gosiewska;Marcel A. H. Moelands

  • A periodic walk: a series of first-row transition metal complexes with the pentadentate ligand PY5.

    Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink;Robert T. Jonas;Christian R. Goldsmith;T. Daniel P. Stack

  • Highly Active Catalysts for the Telomerization of Crude Glycerol with 1,3‐Butadiene

    Regina Palkovits;Ilenia Nieddu;Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink;Bert M. Weckhuysen

  • Efficient exciton transport in layers of self-assembled porphyrin derivatives

    Annemarie Huijser;Bart M. J. M. Suijkerbuijk;Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink;Tom J. Savenije

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard van Koten
Gerard van Koten Utrecht University
Martin Lutz
Martin Lutz Utrecht University
Anthony L. Spek
Anthony L. Spek Utrecht University
Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx
Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx Utrecht University
Bert M. Weckhuysen
Bert M. Weckhuysen Utrecht University
Maarten R. Egmond
Maarten R. Egmond Utrecht University
Sylvestre Bonnet
Sylvestre Bonnet Leiden University
Krijn P. de Jong
Krijn P. de Jong Utrecht University
Maxime A. Siegler
Maxime A. Siegler Johns Hopkins University

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