个人简介

Baker’s focus is on application of catalysis science to development of efficient energy applications. Collaborative projects include amine-boranes for chemical hydrogen storage, metal-catalyzed lignocellulose disassembly and surface-supported molecular complexes for tandem catalysis. Studies in fundamental transition metal organofluorine chemistry look at ‘greener’ methods for preparing technologically valuable fluorochemicals and –polymers.

研究领域

Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Molecular catalysis Chemical hydrogen storage Surface-supported catalysts Polyalcohol conversion Metal organofluorine chemistry

Focus of our research is on sustainability (base metal tandem catalysis, green routes to fluorocarbons, conversion of renewable feedstocks to chemicals and fuels). We introduce our students to as many analytical techniques as we can, including multinuclear NMR, EPR, MS, e-chem, IR/Raman, UV-vis with TD-DFT modeling, quantitative GC and UPLC/MS. We take advantage of the resources of the Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation (CCRI) www.catalysis.uottawa.ca, including high throughput instrumentation and (soon) flow chemistry tools. Students also benefit from CCRI seminars and workshops, international exchange, visiting scientists and social activities.Research projects span basic to applied chemistry and labs feature enhanced "industry-like" safety envelope.

近期论文

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Lignocellulose Disassembly 115. Aerobic Oxidation of Phenoxyethanol Lignin Models Using Vanadium and Copper Catalysts, Díaz-Urrutia, C.; Sedai, B.; Leckett, K. C. Baker, R. T.; Hanson, S. K. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2016, 4, 6244–6251. Bio-oils Oxidation 114. Catalytic aerobic oxidation of lignin-derived bio-oils using oxovanadium and copper complex catalysts and ionic liquids, Diaz-Urrutia, C.; Hurisso, B. B.; Gauthier, P. M. P.; Singer, R. D.; Baker, R. T. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 2016, 423, 414–422. Fluoroalkenes with N​HC 113. Selective Activation of Fluoroalkenes with N-​Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis of N-​Heterocyclic Fluoroalkenes and Polyfluoroalkenyl Imidazolium Salts, Leclerc, M. C.; Gorelsky, S. I.; Gabidullin, B. M.; Korobkov, I.; Baker, R. T. Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 8063-8067. Iron SNS Complexes 112. Mononuclear, Dinuclear, and Trinuclear Iron Complexes Featuring a New Monoanionic SNS Thiolate Ligand, Das, U. K.; Daifuku, S. L.; Gorelsky, S. I.; Korobkov, I.; Neidig, M. L.; LeRoy, J. J.; Murugesu, M.; Baker, R. T. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 987-997. Ammine Metal Borohydrides 111. Solution-based Routes to Ammine Metal Borohydrides: Formation of Ammonia-borane, Mostajeran, M.; Wolstenholme, D. J.; Frazee, C.; McGrady, G. S.; Baker, R. T. Chem. Comm. 2016, 52, 2581-2584. Cobalt Perfluoroalkyl Complexes 110. Perfluoroalkyl Cobalt(III) Fluoride and Bis(perfluoroalkyl) Complexes: Catalytic Fluorination and Selective Difluorocarbene Formation, Leclerc, M. C.; Bayne, J. M.; Lee, G. M.; Gorelsky, S. I.; Vasiliu, M.; Korobkov, I.; Harrison, D. J.; Dixon, D. A.; Baker, R. T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 16064-16073. Nickel Difluorocarbene 109. d10 Nickel Difluorocarbenes and Their Cycloaddition Reactions with Tetrafluoroethylene, Harrison, D. J.; Daniels, A. L.; Korobkov, I.; Baker, R. T. Organometallics 2015, 34, 5683-5686. Ethanol to Butanol 108. Highly Selective Formation of n-Butanol from Ethanol through the Guerbet Process: A Tandem Catalytic Approach, Chakraborty, S.; Piszel, P. E.; Hayes, C. E.; Baker, R. T.; Jones, W. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14264-14267. Perfluorometallacyclobutane 107. A New Stepwise Mechanism for Formation of a Metallacyclobutane via a Singlet Diradical Intermediate, Fuller, J. T.; Harrison, D. J.; Leclerc, M. C.; Baker, R. T.; Ess, D. H.; Hughes, R. P. Organometallics 2015, 34, 5210-5213. Nickel Perfluorometallacycle 106. Bronsted Acid-promoted C-F Bond Activation in [P,S]-Ligated Neutral and Anionic Perfluoronickelacyclopentanes, Giffin, K. A.; Korobkov, I.; Baker, R. T. Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 19587-19596. Cobalt Fluorocarbene 105. Tetracarbonyl(trifluoromethyl)cobalt(I) [Co(CO)4(CF3)] as a Precursor to New Cobalt Trifluoromethyl and Difluorocarbene Complexes, Harrison, D. J.; Daniels, A. L.; Korobkov, I.; Baker, R. T. Organometallics, 2015, 34, 4598-4604. Lignocellulose Disassembly 104. Towards Lignin Valorisation: Comparing Homogeneous Catalysts for the Aerobic Oxidation and Depolymerisation of Organosolv Lignin, Diaz-Urrutia, C.; Chen, W.-C.; Crites, C.-O.; Daccache, J.; Korobkov, I.; Baker, R. T. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 70502-70511. NHC Perfluoronickelacyclopentane