Buchard, Antoine - University of Bath - Department of Chemistry

个人简介

Antoine is a Whorrod Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT), researching the use of renewable resources for sustainable production of degradable polymers, high-value chemicals and clean energy using organometallic catalysis. Originally from France Antoine completed his PhD at Ecole Polytechnique in 2009 under the supervision of Professor Pascal Le Floch. He then moved to Imperial College London to undertake a postdoctoral research fellowship with Professor Charlotte Williams which involved the development of CO2/epoxide copolymers. Antoine returned to France in 2011 to gain industrial experience as a research engineer at Air Liquide. In April 2013 Antoine began independent research at the CSCT. His work is based on a joint experimental/theoretical approach. Experiments focus on simple ligand design and abundant metal complexes synthesis, and computational chemistry is used as a tool to guide research targets, elucidate reaction mechanisms and help devise better catalysts.

研究领域

Polymers The synthesis of monomers from renewable resources such as glycerol and sugars are investigated to develop polymers that offer an alternative to those derived from petrochemicals. The structure and mechanical properties of the polymers are then analysed to assess their potential for application. Small molecules Activation of abundant small molecules such as N2, CO2 and O2 by coordination to metal complexes is investigated to catalytically transform them into valuable chemicals including amines, carbonates and nitrates. Collaboration with the Chemical Engineering Department aims to develop the small molecule activation into a flow process to enable intensification.

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Gregory, G. L., Jenisch, L. M., Charles, B., Kociok-K?hn, G. and Buchard, A., 2016. Polymers from sugars and CO2:synthesis and polymerization of a d-Mannose-based cyclic carbonate. Macromolecules Kirk, S. M., Quilter, H. C., Buchard, A., Thomas, L. H., Kociok-Kohn, G. and Jones, M. D., 2016. Monomeric and dimeric Al(III) complexes for the production of polylactide. Dalton Transactions, 45 (35), pp. 13846-13852. Yakabi, K., Milne, K., Buchard, A. and Hammond, C., 2016. Selectivity and lifetime effects in zeolite-catalyzed Baeyer-Villiger oxidation investigated in batch and continuous flow. ChemCatChem Ahn, S. D., Fisher, A. C., Buchard, A., Bull, S. D., Bond, A. M. and Marken, F., 2016. Hydrodynamic rocking disc electrode study of the TEMPO-mediated catalytic oxidation of primary alcohols. Electroanalysis, 28 (9), pp. 2093-2103. Romain, C., Zhu, Y., Dingwall, P., Paul, S., Rzepa, H. S., Buchard, A. and Williams, C. K., 2016. Chemoselective Polymerizations from Mixtures of Epoxide, Lactone, Anhydride, and Carbon Dioxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138 (12), pp. 4120-4131. Ahn, S. D., Kolodziej, A., Malpass-evans, R., Carta, M., Mckeown, N. B., Bull, S., Buchard, A. and Marken, F., 2016. Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity Induces Host-Guest Substrate Selectivity in Heterogeneous 4-Benzoyloxy-TEMPO-Catalysed Alcohol Oxidations. Electrocatalysis, 7 (1), pp. 70-78. Buchard, A., North, M., Kozak, C., Remiezowicz, E., Abrantes, P., Bardow, A., Dodson, J., Williams, C., Albo, J., Ingram, I., V S M Carrera, G., Styring, P., Poliakoff, M., Lamb, K., Quadrelli, E. A., MacDowell, N., Dowson, G., Aresta, M., Heyn, R., Castro-Osma, J. A., Webb, W., Silva, R., Marciniak, A., Jones, C., Yavuz, C. T., Capacchione, C., Coogan, A. and Priestnall, M., 2015. Atom efficiency in small molecule and macromolecule synthesis:general discussion. Faraday Discussions King, A. K., Buchard, A., Mahon, M. F. and Webster, R. L., 2015. Facile, catalytic dehydrocoupling of phosphines using β-diketiminate iron(II) complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 21 (45), pp. 15960-15963. Jones, M., Brady, L., Mckeown, P. M., Buchard, A., Schafer, P. M., Thomas, L. H., Mahon, M. F., Woodman, T. J. and Lowe, J. P., 2015. Metal influence on the iso- and hetero-selectivity of complexes of bipyrrolidine derived Salan ligands for the polymerisation of rac-lactide. Chemical Science, 6 (8), pp. 5034-5039. Nekoueian, K., Hotchen, C. E., Amiri, M., Sillanp??, M., Nelson, G. W., Foord, J. S., Holdway, P., Buchard, A., Parker, S. C. and Marken, F., 2015. Interfacial electron shuttling processes across Kolliphor?EL monolayer grafted electrodes. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7 (28), pp. 15458-15465. Gregory, G. L., Ulmann, M. and Buchard, A., 2015. Synthesis of 6-membered cyclic carbonates from 1,3-diols and low CO2 pressure: a novel mild strategy to replace phosgene reagents. RSC Advances, 5 (49), pp. 39404-39408. Jones, M. D., Hancock, S. L., McKeown, P., Sch?fer, P. M., Buchard, A., Thomas, L. H., Mahon, M. F. and Lowe, J. P., 2014. Zirconium complexes of bipyrrolidine derived salan ligands for the isoselective polymerisation of rac-lactide. Chemical Communications, 50 (100), pp. 15967-15970. Buchard, A., Carbery, D. R., Davidson, M. G., Ivanova, P. K., Jeffery, B. J., Kociok-K?hn, G. and Lowe, J. P., 2014. Preparation of stereoregular isotactic poly(mandelic acid) through organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization of a cyclic O-carboxyanhydride. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 53 (50), pp. 13858-13861. Betts, H.M., Pascu, S. I., Buchard, A., Bonnitcha, P.D. and Dilworth, J.R., 2014. One-pot synthesis, characterisation and kinetic stability of novel side-bridged pentaazamacrocyclic copper(ii) complexes. RSC Advances, 4 (25), pp. 12964-12970. Williams, Charlotte K, 2013. Method of synthesising polycarbonates in the presence of a bimetallic catalyst and a chain transfer agent. C08G 63/64- WO2013034750 A2, 14 March 2013. Tognetti, V., Buchard, A., Auffrant, A., Ciofini, I., Le Floch, P. and Adamo, C., 2013. Ethylene dimerization catalyzed by mixed phosphine–iminophosphorane nickel(II) complexes: a DFT investigation. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 19 (5), pp. 2107-2118. Buchard, A., Jutz, F., Kember, M. R., White, A. J. P., Rzepa, H. S. and Williams, C. K., 2012. Experimental and computational investigation of the mechanism of carbon dioxide/cyclohexene oxide copolymerization using a dizinc catalyst. Macromolecules, 45 (17), pp. 6781-6795. Kember, M. R., Jutz, F., Buchard, A., White, A. J. P. and Williams, C. K., 2012. Di-cobalt(ii) catalysts for the copolymerisation of CO2 and cyclohexene oxide: support for a dinuclear mechanism? Chemical Science, 3 (4), pp. 1245-1255. Cao, T.-P.-A., Buchard, A., Le Goff, X. F., Auffrant, A. and Williams, C. K., 2012. Phosphasalen yttrium complexes: Highly active and stereoselective initiators for lactide polymerization. Inorganic Chemistry, 51 (4), pp. 2157-2169. Buchard, A., Bakewell, C., Weiner, J. and Williams, C., 2012. Recent developments in catalytic activation of renewable resources for polymer synthesis. In: Meier, M. A.R., Weckhuysen, B. M. and Bruijnincx, P. C. A., eds. Organometallics and Renewables. Berlin: Springer, pp. 175-224.