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Timo Repo is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of materials science and chemistry, with significant contributions to materials chemistry and organic chemistry. Additionally, their work extends into mechanical engineering, process chemistry and technology, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist has a considerable publication record in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemical Communications
  • Green Chemistry

Timo Repo's research addresses several key scientific topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Sustainable and Selective Modern Methods of Noble Metal Recycling (2022) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Hydrogen release from liquid organic hydrogen carriers catalysed by platinum on rutile-anatase structured titania (2020) published in Chemical Communications
  • Facile synthesis of vanillin from fractionated Kraft lignin (2020) published in Industrial Crops and Products
  • Mechanistic insights into carbamate formation from CO2 and amines: the role of guanidine-CO2 adducts (2021) published in Catalysis Science & Technology
  • Origin of Stereoselectivity in FLP-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Imines (2020) published in ACS Catalysis

The researcher frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Martin Nieger
  • Markku Leskelä
  • Aleksi Eronen
  • Ahlam Sibaouih
  • Marianna Kemell

Timo Repo's primary areas of study at the intersection of Materials Science and Chemistry are complemented by expertise in related subfields such as materials chemistry and process chemistry. Their work often involves in-depth structural analysis techniques such as X-ray diffraction and crystallization studies, along with applied research in catalysis and biomass conversion processes.

Best Publications

  • Liquid organic hydrogen carriers for transportation and storing of renewable energy: Review and discussion

    Päivi T. Aakko-Saksa;Päivi T. Aakko-Saksa;Chris Cook;Jari Kiviaho;Timo Repo

  • A frustrated-Lewis-pair approach to catalytic reduction of alkynes to cis -alkenes

    Konstantin Chernichenko;Ádám Madarász;Imre Pápai;Martin Nieger

  • Molecular tweezers for hydrogen: synthesis, characterization, and reactivity.

    Victor Sumerin;Felix Schulz;Michiko Atsumi;Cong Wang

  • Facile heterolytic H2 activation by amines and B(C6F5)3.

    Victor Sumerin;Felix Schulz;Martin Nieger;Markku Leskelä

  • Highly Active Metal-Free Catalysts for Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Nitrogen-Containing Compounds

    Victor Sumerin;Konstantin Chernichenko;Martin Nieger;Markku Leskelä

  • Aerobic Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols in Water by 2,2,6,6‐Tetramethylpiperidine‐1‐oxyl (TEMPO)/Copper(II) 2‐N‐Arylpyrrolecarbaldimino Complexes

    Paweł J. Figiel;Paweł J. Figiel;Ahlam Sibaouih;Jahir Uddin Ahmad;Martin Nieger

  • TEMPO‐Copper(II) Diimine‐Catalysed Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols in Aqueous Media

    Paweł J. Figiel;Markku Leskelä;Timo Repo

  • Einfache heterolytische H2‐Aktivierung mit Aminen und B(C6F5)3

    Victor Sumerin;Felix Schulz;Martin Nieger;Markku Leskelä

  • Metal-Free sp2-C–H Borylation as a Common Reactivity Pattern of Frustrated 2-Aminophenylboranes

    Konstantin Chernichenko;Markus Lindqvist;Bianka Kótai;Martin Nieger

  • Hydrogen activation by 2-boryl-N,N-dialkylanilines: a revision of Piers’ ansa-aminoborane

    Konstantin Chernichenko;Martin Nieger;Markku Leskelä;Timo Repo

  • Chiral molecular tweezers: synthesis and reactivity in asymmetric hydrogenation.

    Markus Lindqvist;Katja Borre;Kirill Axenov;Bianka Kótai

  • New bis(imino)pyridine-iron(II)- and cobalt(II)-based catalysts: synthesis, characterization and activity towards polymerization of ethylene

    Adnan S Abu-Surrah;Kristian Lappalainen;Ulla Piironen;Petri Lehmus

  • Ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato)zirconium dichloride : Crystal structure and use as a heterogeneous catalyst in the polymerization of ethylene

    Timo Repo;Martti Klinga;Pekka Pietikäinen;Markku Leskelä

  • Enantioselective Incorporation of CO2: Status and Potential

    Janakiram Vaitla;Yngve Guttormsen;Jere K. Mannisto;Ainara Nova

  • Copper catalyzed oxidation of benzylic alcohols in water with H2O2

    Jahir Uddin Ahmad;Minna T. Räisänen;Markku Leskelä;Timo Repo

  • Oxidation of veratryl alcohol by molecular oxygen in aqueous solution catalyzed by cobalt salen-type complexes: the effect of reaction conditions

    Kaisa Kervinen;Heikki Korpi;Markku Leskelä;Timo Repo

  • Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pair with the Smallest Boryl Site: Reversible H2 Addition and Kinetic Analysis

    Konstantin Chernichenko;Bianka Kótai;Imre Pápai;Vladimir Zhivonitko

  • Aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols with bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylaldimine)copper(II) complexes

    Jahir Uddin Ahmad;Pawel J. Figiel;Minna T. Räisänen;Markku Leskelä

  • Sustainable and Selective Modern Methods of Noble Metal Recycling

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  • Experimental and theoretical treatment of hydrogen splitting and storage in boron–nitrogen systems

    Victor Sumerin;Felix Schulz;Martin Nieger;Michiko Atsumi

  • Cover Picture: Facile Heterolytic H2 Activation by Amines and B(C6F5)3 (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 32/2008)

    Victor Sumerin;Felix Schulz;Martin Nieger;Markku Leskelä

  • Chiral Molecular Tweezers: Synthesis and Reactivity in Asymmetric Hydrogenation.

    Markus Lindqvist;Katja Borre;Kirill Axenov;Bianka Kotai

Frequent Co-Authors

Markku Leskelä
Markku Leskelä University of Helsinki
Martin Nieger
Martin Nieger University of Helsinki
Bernhard Rieger
Bernhard Rieger Technical University of Munich
Marianna Kemell
Marianna Kemell University of Helsinki
Imre Pápai
Imre Pápai Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Israel Fernández
Israel Fernández Complutense University of Madrid
Matti Siika-aho
Matti Siika-aho VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Jouko Yliruusi
Jouko Yliruusi University of Helsinki
Tapani A. Pakkanen
Tapani A. Pakkanen University of Eastern Finland
Jukka Seppälä
Jukka Seppälä Aalto University

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