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Ronald Hage is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands and specializes in chemistry with a focus on inorganic and materials chemistry. Their research portfolio includes significant work in areas such as metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms and porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry.

Hage's research output spans various interrelated topics including:

  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Vanadium and Halogenation Chemistry
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing

Their publication record emphasizes frequent contributions to journals such as ACS Catalysis, ChemCatChem, and Inorganic Chemistry, reflecting a continuous engagement with catalytic and inorganic chemistry topics. Notable frequent venues also include Catalysis Science & Technology and the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Hage include:

  • "Reversible Deactivation of Manganese Catalysts in Alkene Oxidation and H2O2 Disproportionation" (2023, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Toward Environmentally Benign Electrophilic Chlorinations: From Chloroperoxidase to Bioinspired Isoporphyrins" (2022, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • "Reaction of (N4Py)Fe with H2O2 and the relevance of its Fe(IV)=O species during and after H2O2 disproportionation" (2024, ChemCatChem)
  • "A Common Active Intermediate in the Oxidation of Alkenes, Alcohols and Alkanes with H2O2 and a Mn(II)/Pyridin-2-Carboxylato Catalyst" (2022, ChemCatChem)
  • "Generation of [(N4Py)Fe(IV)O]2+ through Heterolytic O-O Bond Cleavage in [(N4Py)Fe(II)(OOH)]+" (2025, Inorganic Chemistry)

Hage has collaborated often with the following researchers, indicating an active network in the field:

  • Wesley R. Browne
  • C. Maurits de Roo
  • Marcel Swart
  • Andy S. Sardjan
  • Marika Di Berto Mancini

Their scholarly work mainly concentrates on inorganic chemistry and materials chemistry, but also includes contributions in organic chemistry, cell biology, and molecular biology, illustrating a multidisciplinary approach.

Best Publications

  • Applications of Transition-Metal Catalysts to Textile and Wood-Pulp Bleaching

    Ronald Hage;Achim Lienke

  • Catalytic oxidations by vanadium complexes

    Alette G.J Ligtenbarg;Ronald Hage;Ben L Feringa

  • Efficient manganese catalysts for low-temperature bleaching

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  • End-on and side-on peroxo derivatives of non-heme iron complexes with pentadentate ligands: models for putative intermediates in biological iron/dioxygen chemistry.

    Gerard Roelfes;Vladislav Vrajmasu;Kui Chen;Raymond Y.N. Ho

  • Catalytic Oxidation with a Non-Heme Iron Complex That Generates a Low-Spin FeIIIOOH Intermediate

    Gerard Roelfes;Marcel Lubben;Ronald Hage;Lawrence Que

  • Iron Chemistry of a Pentadentate Ligand That Generates a Metastable Fe(III)-OOH Intermediate.

    J.G. Roelfes;M Lubben;K. Chen;R.Y.N. Ho

  • Synthesis and spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of mononuclear and dinuclear bis(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium complexes containing 3,5-bis(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole

    Ronald Hage;Anouk H. J. Dijkhuis;Jaap G. Haasnoot;Rob Prins

  • cis-Dihydroxylation and Epoxidation of Alkenes by [Mn2O(RCO2)2(tmtacn)2]: Tailoring the Selectivity of a Highly H2O2-Efficient Catalyst

    Johannes W. de Boer;Jelle Brinksma;Wesley R. Browne;Auke Meetsma

  • Synthesis, x-ray structure, and spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of novel heteronuclear ruthenium-osmium complexes with an asymmetric triazolate bridge

    Ronald Hage;Jaap G. Haasnoot;Heleen A. Nieuwenhuis;Jan Reedijk

  • Selective catalytic oxidation of benzyl alcohols to benzaldehydes with a dinuclear manganese(IV) complex

    Charon Zondervan;Ronald Hage;Ben L. Feringa

  • Electrochemical and photophysical properties of new triazole-bridged heterobimetallic ruthenium-rhodium and ruthenium-iridium complexes

    J.H. van Diemen;R. Hage;J.G. Haasnoot;H.E.B. Lempers

  • Homogeneous cis-dihydroxylation and epoxidation of olefins with high H2O2 efficiency by mixed manganese/activated carbonyl catalyst system

    Jelle Brinksma;Lizette Schmieder;Gerbert van Vliet;Rob Boaron

  • Synthesis, Structure, and Characterization of a Novel Manganese(IV) Monomer, [Mn(IV)(Me(3)TACN)(OMe)(3)](PF(6)) (Me(3)TACN = N,N',N"-Trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane), and Its Activity toward Olefin Oxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide.

    Vikki Chin Quee-Smith;Lisa DelPizzo;Sharon H. Jureller;Judith L. Kerschner

  • Mechanism of Cis-Dihydroxylation and Epoxidation of Alkenes by Highly H2O2 Efficient Dinuclear Manganese Catalysts

    Johannes W. de Boer;Wesley R. Browne;Jelle Brinksma;Paul L. Alsters

  • Modeling Dinuclear Copper Sites of Biological Relevance: Synthesis, Molecular Structure, Magnetic Properties, and 1H NMR Spectroscopy of a Nonsymmetric Dinuclear Copper(II) Complex. Microcalorimetric Determination of Stepwise Complexation of Copper(II) by

    Marcel Lubben;Ronald Hage;Auke Meetsma;Koos Bÿma

  • Mononuclear and dinuclear ruthenium complexes with triazole containing ligands; fine-tuning of the spectroscopic properties

    Ronald. Hage;Jaap G. Haasnoot;Jan. Reedijk;Renyi. Wang

  • Photophysical, photochemical, and electrochemical properties of mononuclear and dinuclear ruthenium(II) complexes containing 2,2'-bipyridine and the 3,5-bis(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazolate ion

    Francesco Barigelletti;Luisa De Cola;Vincenzo Balzani;Ronald Hage

  • Tuning interaction in dinuclear ruthenium complexes : HOMO versus LUMO mediated superexchange through azole and azine bridges

    Wesley R. Browne;Ronald Hage;Johannes G. Vos

  • Manganese catalysed asymmetric cis-dihydroxylation with H2O2

    Johannes W. de Boer;Wesley R. Browne;Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan;Laura Bini

  • pH control of the photophysical properties of ruthenium complexes containing 3-(pyrazin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole ligands

    Heleen A. Nieuwenhuis;Jaap G. Haasnoot;Ronald. Hage;Jan. Reedijk

  • pH control of photoreactivity of Ru(II) pyridyltriazole complexes: Photoinduced linkage isomerism and photoanation

    R. Wang;J. G. Vos;R. H. Schmehl;R. Hage

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes G. Vos
Johannes G. Vos Dublin City University
Jaap G. Haasnoot
Jaap G. Haasnoot Leiden University
Jan Reedijk
Jan Reedijk Leiden University
Wesley R. Browne
Wesley R. Browne University of Groningen
Ben L. Feringa
Ben L. Feringa University of Groningen
Lawrence Que
Lawrence Que University of Minnesota
Gerard Roelfes
Gerard Roelfes University of Groningen
Anthony L. Spek
Anthony L. Spek Utrecht University
Derk J. Stufkens
Derk J. Stufkens University of Amsterdam
Auke Meetsma
Auke Meetsma University of Groningen

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