Prof. Dr. Martin Nielsen

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsOrganic Molecular Chemistry,Inorganic Molecular Chemistry
KeywordsSustainable catalysis development, Small molecules transformations, (de)hydrogenation, homogeneous catalysis, transition metals

Current contact address

CountryDenmark
CityKongens Lyngby
InstitutionTechnical University of Denmark (DTU)
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry, Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry
Homepagehttps://www.kemi.dtu.dk/martinnielsen

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Matthias BellerLeibniz-Institut für Organische Katalyse, Universität Rostock, Rostock
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2010

Programme(s)

2010Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2021Pinheiro, Danielle and Nielsen, Martin: {Base-Free Synthesis of Furfurylamines from Biomass Furans Using Ru Pincer Complexes}. In: Catalysts, 11, 2021, 558
2021Padilla, Rosa and Koranchalil, Sakhitha and Nielsen, Martin: {Homogeneous Catalyzed Valorization of Furanics: A Sustainable Bridge to Fuels and Chemicals}. In: Catalysts, 11, 2021, 1371
2020Padilla, Rosa and Koranchalil, Sakhitha and Nielsen, Martin: {Efficient and selective catalytic hydrogenation of furanic aldehydes using well defined Ru and Ir pincer complexes}. In: Green Chemistry, 22, 2020, 6767--6772
2020Nielsen, Mathias T. and Padilla, Rosa and Nielsen, Martin: {Homogeneous Catalysis by Organometallic Polynuclear Clusters}. In: Journal of Cluster Science, 31, 2020, 11--61
2020Piccirilli, Luca and {Lobo Justo Pinheiro}, Danielle and Nielsen, Martin: {Recent Progress with Pincer Transition Metal Catalysts for Sustainability}. In: Catalysts, 10, 2020, 773
2019Padilla, Rosa and J{\o}rgensen, Mike S. B. and Paix{\~{a}}o, M{\'{a}}rcio W. and Nielsen, Martin: {Efficient catalytic hydrogenation of alkyl levulinates to $\gamma$-valerolactone}. In: Green Chemistry, 21, 2019, 5195--5200
2018Nielsen, Martin: {Catalyst Kinetics and Stability in Homogeneous Alcohol Acceptorless Dehydrogenation}. In: Advanced Chemical Kinetics, 2018,
2017Gallas-Hulin, Agata and Kotni, Rama Krishna and Nielsen, Martin and Kegn{\ae}s, S{\o}ren: {Catalytic Oxidation of Allylic Alcohols to Methyl Esters}. In: Topics in Catalysis, 2017,
2016Nielsen, Martin: {Efficient hydrogen peroxide decomposition to oxygen and water catalysed by a ruthenium pincer complex}. In: Environmental Chemistry Letters, 14, 2016, 359--365
2016Alberico, Elisabetta and Lennox, Alastair J J and Vogt, Lydia K and Jiao, Haijun and Baumann, Wolfgang and Drexler, Hans-Joachim and Nielsen, Martin and Spannenberg, Anke and Checinski, Marek P and Junge, Henrik and Beller, Matthias: {Unravelling the Mechanism of Basic Aqueous Methanol Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by Ru–PNP Pincer Complexes}. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138, 2016, 14890--14904
2015Nielsen, Martin: {Hydrogen Production by Homogeneous Catalysis: Alcohol Acceptorless Dehydrogenation}. Hydrogen Production and Remediation of Carbon and Pollutants. 2015. 1--60
2015Li, Yang and Sponholz, Peter and Nielsen, Martin and Junge, Henrik and Beller, Matthias: {Iridium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Production from Monosaccharides, Disaccharide, Cellulose, and Lignocellulose}. In: ChemSusChem, 8, 2015, 804--808
2015Li, Yang and Nielsen, Martin and Li, Bin and Dixneuf, Pierre H. and Junge, Henrik and Beller, Matthias: {Ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogen generation from glycerol and selective synthesis of lactic acid}. In: Green Chemistry, 17, 2015, 193--198
2015Alberico, E and Nielsen, M: {Towards a methanol economy based on homogeneous catalysis: methanol to H 2 and CO 2 to methanol}. In: Chem. Commun., 51, 2015, 6714--6725
2014Sponholz, Peter and Mellmann, D{\"{o}}rthe and Cordes, Christoph and Alsabeh, Pamela G. and Li, Bin and Li, Yang and Nielsen, Martin and Junge, Henrik and Dixneuf, Pierre and Beller, Matthias: {Efficient and Selective Hydrogen Generation from Bioethanol using Ruthenium Pincer-type Complexes}. In: ChemSusChem, 7, 2014, 2419--2422
2014Junge, H. and Alberico, E. and Nielsen, M. and Monney, A. and Cordes, C. and Sponholz, P. and Beller, M.: {Low temperature aqueous-phase methanol dehydrogenation to hydrogen and carbon dioxide}. 20th World Hydrogen Energy Conference, WHEC 2014. 2014.
2013Martin Nielsen, Elisabetta Alberico, Wolfgang Baumann, Hans-Joachim Drexler, Henrik Junge, Serafino Gladiali, Matthias Beller: Low-temperature aqueous-phase methanol dehydrogenation to hydrogen and carbon dioxide. In: Nature, 2013, 85-89
2013Westerhaus, Felix a and Jagadeesh, Rajenahally V and Wienh{\"{o}}fer, Gerrit and Pohl, Marga-Martina and Radnik, J{\"{o}}rg and Surkus, Annette-Enrica and Rabeah, Jabor and Junge, Kathrin and Junge, Henrik and Nielsen, Martin and Br{\"{u}}ckner, Angelika and Beller, Matthias: {Heterogenized cobalt oxide catalysts for nitroarene reduction by pyrolysis of molecularly defined complexes}. In: Nature Chemistry, 5, 2013, 537--543
2013Boddien, A. and G{\"{a}}rtner, F. and Nielsen, M. and Losse, S. and Junge, H.: {Hydrogen Generation from Formic Acid and Alcohols}. Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II. Elsevier, 2013. 587--603
2013Nielsen, Martin and Alberico, Elisabetta and Baumann, Wolfgang and Drexler, Hans-Joachim and Junge, Henrik and Gladiali, Serafino and Beller, Matthias: {Low-temperature aqueous-phase methanol dehydrogenation to hydrogen and carbon dioxide}. In: Nature, 495, 2013, 85--89
2013Alberico, Elisabetta and Sponholz, Peter and Cordes, Christoph and Nielsen, Martin and Drexler, Hans-Joachim Joachim and Baumann, Wolfgang and Junge, Henrik and Beller, Matthias: {Selective hydrogen production from methanol with a defined Iron pincer catalyst under mild conditions}. In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 52, 2013, 14162--14166
2012Martin Nielsen, Henrik Junge, Anja Kammer, Matthias Beller: Towards a Green Process for Bulk-Scale Synthesis of Ethyl Acetate: Efficient Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Ethanol. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 5711-5713
2012Nielsen, Martin and Junge, Henrik and Kammer, Anja and Beller, Matthias: {Towards a Green Process for Bulk-Scale Synthesis of Ethyl Acetate: Efficient Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Ethanol}. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51, 2012, 5711--5713
2011Martin Nielsen, Anja Kammer, Daniela Cozzula, Henrik Junge, Serafino Gladiali, Matthias Beller: Efficient Hydrogen Production from Alcohols under Mild Reaction Conditions. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 9593-9597
2011Nielsen, Martin and Jacobsen, Christian Borch and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Asymmetric organocatalytic electrophilic phosphination}. In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 50, 2011, 3211--3214
2011Jacobsen, Christian Borch and Nielsen, Martin and Worgull, Dennis and Zweifel, Theo and Fisker, Esben and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Asymmetric organocatalytic monofluorovinylations}. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133, 2011, 7398--7404
2011Nielsen, Martin and Kammer, Anja and Cozzula, Daniela and Junge, Henrik and Gladiali, Serafino and Beller, Matthias: {Efficient hydrogen production from alcohols under mild reaction conditions}. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50, 2011, 9593--9597
2011Nielsen, Martin and Worgull, Dennis and Zweifel, Theo and Gschwend, Bj{\"{o}}rn and Bertelsen, S{\o}ren and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Mechanisms in aminocatalysis.}. In: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 47, 2011, 632--649
2011Zweifel, Theo and Nielsen, Martin and Overgaard, Jacob and Jacobsen, Christian Borch and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Practical Synthesis of $\beta$-Carbonyl Phenyltetrazolesulfones and Investigations of Their Reactivities in Organocatalysis}. In: European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011, 2011, 47--52
2010Nielsen, Martin and Jacobsen, Christian Borch and Holub, Nicole and Paix{\~{a}}o, Marcio Weber and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Asymmetric organocatalysis with sulfones}. In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 49, 2010, 2668--2679
2010Lykke, Lennart and Monge, David and Nielsen, Martin and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Asymmetric organocatalytic formal aza-Michael addition of ammonia to nitroalkenes}. In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 16, 2010, 13330--13334
2010Zweifel, T. and Hollmann, D. and Pr{\"{u}}ger, B. and Nielsen, M. and J{\o}rgensen, K.A.: {Combined organo- and gold-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of bicyclic enones}. In: Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 21, 2010,
2010Pr{\"{u}}ger, Birgit and Hofmeister, Gretchen E. and Jacobsen, Christian Borch and Alberg, David G. and Nielsen, Martin and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Transition-Metal-Free Formal Sonogashira Coupling and $\alpha$-Carbonyl Arylation Reactions}. In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 16, 2010, 3783--3790
2009Jacobsen, Christian Borch and Lykke, Lennart and Monge, David and Nielsen, Martin and Ransborg, Lars Krogager and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {An asymmetric organocatalytic approach towards allylic amines and beta-keto amino compounds.}. In: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 4, 2009, 6554--6556
2009Nielsen, Martin and Jacobsen, Christian Borch and Paix{\~{a}}o, M{\'{a}}rcio W. and Holub, Nicole and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Asymmetric organocatalytic formal alkynylation and alkenylation of $\alpha$,$\beta$-unsaturated aldehydes}. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131, 2009, 10581--10586
2009Paix{\~{a}}o, M{\'{a}}rcio Weber and Holub, Nicole and Vila, Carlos and Nielsen, Martin and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Trends in organocatalytic conjugate addition to enones: an efficient approach to optically active alkynyl, alkenyl, and ketone products}. In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 48, 2009, 7338--7342
2008Paix{\~{a}}o, M{\'{a}}rcio W and Nielsen, Martin and Jacobsen, Christian Borch and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Organocatalytic asymmetric ring-opening of aziridines}. In: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 6, 2008, 3467
2007Nielsen, Martin and Zhuang, Wei and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Asymmetric conjugate addition of azide to $\alpha$,$\beta$-unsaturated nitro compounds catalyzed by cinchona alkaloids}. In: Tetrahedron, 63, 2007, 5849--5854
2007Din{\'{e}}r, Peter and Nielsen, Martin and Marigo, Mauro and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Enantioselective Organocatalytic Conjugate Addition of N Heterocycles to $\alpha$,$\beta$-Unsaturated Aldehydes}. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46, 2007, 1983--1987
2007Jiang, Hao and Nielsen, Johanne B. and Nielsen, Martin and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Organocatalysed Asymmetric $\beta$-Amination and Multicomponentsyn-Selective Diamination of $\alpha$,$\beta$-Unsaturated Aldehydes}. In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 13, 2007, 9068--9075
2007Bertelsen, S{\o}ren and Nielsen, Martin and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Radicals in Asymmetric Organocatalysis}. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46, 2007, 7356--7359
2005Bertelsen, S{\o}ren and Nielsen, Martin and Bachmann, Stephan and J{\o}rgensen, Karl Anker: {Rhodium-Catalyzed Synthesis of $\alpha$-Amido- and $\alpha$-Carboxylic-$\beta$-Ketoesters}. In: Synthesis, 2005, 2234--2238