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Xavier Ottenwaelder
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Research
Latest papers
Cu/TEMPO Alcohol Oxidation Follows an Open-Shell HAT Mechanism.
Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026 · senior author
Overlap and Covalency in a κN-Arylnitrosyl Cu(II) Metalloradical Formed by Hydroxylamine Oxidative Binding.
Inorganic chemistry · 2026 · senior author
Mechanochemistry for Metal-Organic Frameworks and Covalent-Organic Frameworks (MOFs, COFs): Methods, Materials, and Mechanisms.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
Latest funding
- $144,000
Oxidation of organics catalyzed by earth--abundant transition metal ions
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $140,000
Novel oxidative functionalizations using earth-abundant transition metals
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
- $150,000
Transition metal complexes for oxidative transformations of hydrocarbons
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
19 publications.
Cu/TEMPO Alcohol Oxidation Follows an Open-Shell HAT Mechanism.
MacKay A, Ottenwaelder X
Overlap and Covalency in a κN-Arylnitrosyl Cu(II) Metalloradical Formed by Hydroxylamine Oxidative Binding.
MacKay A, Zsombor-Pindera J, Effaty F, Sheibany N, Gennarini F, Habibian M, Chen F, Askari MS, Brytskyi M, Kroeker S, Kennepohl P, Ottenwaelder X
Mechanochemistry for Metal-Organic Frameworks and Covalent-Organic Frameworks (MOFs, COFs): Methods, Materials, and Mechanisms.
Marrett JM, Effaty F, Ottenwaelder X, Friščić T
Mechanochemical Synthesis of Boroxine-linked Covalent Organic Frameworks.
Hamzehpoor E, Effaty F, Borchers TH, Stein RS, Wahrhaftig-Lewis A, Ottenwaelder X, Friščić T, Perepichka DF
Cooperative Sensitization Upconversion in Solution Dispersions of Co-Crystal Assemblies of Mononuclear Yb3+ and Eu3+ Complexes.
Sun G, Xie Y, Wang Y, Mandl GA, Maurizio SL, Zhang H, Ottenwaelder X, Capobianco JA, Sun L
Resonant acoustic mixing (RAM) for efficient mechanoredox catalysis without grinding or impact media.
Effaty F, Gonnet L, Koenig SG, Nagapudi K, Ottenwaelder X, Friščić T
Intramolecular H-bond stabilization of a primary hydroxylamine in salen-type metal complexes.
Singh H, MacKay A, Sheibany N, Chen F, Mosser M, Rouet PÉ, Rousseau F, Askari MS, Ottenwaelder X
Programmed Synthesis of Tetra-Aryl Thiophenes with Stepwise, Ester-Controlled Regioselectivity.
Messina C, Ottenwaelder X, Forgione P
Five Nitrogen Oxidation States from Nitro to Amine: Stabilization and Reactivity of a Metastable Arylhydroxylamine Complex.
Zsombor-Pindera J, Effaty F, Escomel L, Patrick B, Kennepohl P, Ottenwaelder X
Tuning Inner-Sphere Electron Transfer in a Series of Copper/Nitrosoarene Adducts.
Askari MS, Effaty F, Gennarini F, Orio M, Le Poul N, Ottenwaelder X
Oxidation of organics catalyzed by earth--abundant transition metal ions
Principal investigators: Ottenwaelder, Xavier
Keywords: oxidation of organic molecules; homogeneous catalysis; organic methodology development; redox non-innocent ligands; metal-radical complexes; reaction mechanisms; oxygen-atom transfer (oat); nitrene transfer; oxygen and aerobic reactions; activation of small molecules
Novel oxidative functionalizations using earth-abundant transition metals
Principal investigators: Ottenwaelder, Xavier
Transition metal complexes for oxidative transformations of hydrocarbons
Principal investigators: Ottenwaelder, Xavier
A gas chromatograph for organic chemistry research
Principal investigators: Muchall, Heidi
An inert-atmosphere glovebox workstation for inorganic synthesis
Principal investigators: Ottenwaelder, Xavier
Transition metal complexes for hydroxylation of unactivated hydrocarbons
Principal investigators: Ottenwaelder, Xavier
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Jean-Philip Lumb and Xavier Ottenwaelder: 2 shared papers
- Pierre Kennepohl and Xavier Ottenwaelder: 2 shared papers
- Pat Forgione and Xavier Ottenwaelder: 1 shared paper
- Pierre Kennepohl and Scott Kroeker: 1 shared paper
- Scott Kroeker and Xavier Ottenwaelder: 1 shared paper
- Chemistry
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
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