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Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe

Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe
Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II


Job History

2010Offer from the Humboldt University of Berlin, declined
2006Offer from the University of Rostock, declined
Since 2002

Full Professor (Chair Inorganic Chemistry II, University of Bayreuth

2001 – 2002Professor C3, Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oldenburg
1998 – 2000Group Leader in the „Institut für Organische Katalyseforschung Rostock“ (IfOK now LIKAT)

Education

1994 – 1998

Habilitation: Max Planck Group „Complex Catalysis“, Rostock, Prof. Dr. U. Rosenthal (formerly associated at the University of Rostock, IfOK)

1993 – 1994Postdoc AG C. Krüger, MPI für Kohleforschung, Mühlheim
1992 – 1993

Postdoc AG R.R. Schrock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

1990 – 1992Ph.D. Student at the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Leipzig under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sieler
1984 – 1989Study of Chemistry, University of Leipzig

Awards and other responsibilities

Since 10/2013Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences at the University of Bayreuth
2009 – 2013Vice Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences at the University of Bayreuth
2004 – 2010

Initiator und coordinator of the DFG SPP 1166 „Lanthanide-specific functions in the molecule and material“

2004 – 2007Speaker of the Department of Chemistry, University of Bayreuth
2000 / 2001Visiting Research Scholar Award of the University of Melbourne
2000Heisenberg-Stipendium
1998Karl-Winnacker-Stipendium
1992 / 1993DAAD-Postdoc-Stipendium
1988Karl-Marx-Stipendium
Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II


The research is focused on catalyst design – developing novel homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. Working techniques of Organometallic Chemistry, Material Science and Catalysis Research are combined.

The center of our interest is:

  • Photocatalysis
  • Sustainable catalytic synthesis
  • Controlled polymerisation of ethylene
  • Synthesis of oligoethylenes
  • Catalysts based on most common metals
  • Energy storage
  • Bimetallic complexes
Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II


Selected publications

2024

Unger, Christoph; Schmalz, Holger; Lipp, Jannis; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
A Closed‐Loop Recyclable Low‐Density Polyethylene
in Advanced Science (2024)
doi:10.1002/advs.202307229 ...

2023

Schleser, Sebastian W.; Köhler, Leonhard; Riethmüller, Florian; Reich, Sebastian; Fertig, Robin; Schlotte, Luca; Seib, Jonathan; Goller, Alexander; Begemann, Gerrit; Kempe, Rhett; Schobert, Rainer
Anti-Tumoural NHC(thiolato) Gold(I) Complexes Derived from HIF-1α Inhibitor AC1-004 Target the ...
in ChemPlusChem volume 88 (2023) issue 5
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007243 ...

Loukrakpam, Rameshwori; Ferreira Gomes Lobo, Bruna; Prokop, Martin; Bauer, Christof; Kutter, Maximilian; Baier, Felix; Kempe, Rhett; Roth, Christina
Challenges and limitations of accelerated stress testing in GDE half-cell set-ups
in Journal of Power Sources volume 569 (2023)
doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.232905 ...

Stachowiak-Dłużyńska, Hanna; Kuciński, Krzysztof; Wyrzykiewicz, Bożena; Kempe, Rhett; Hreczycho, Grzegorz
Co-catalyzed Selective syn-Hydrosilylation of Internal Alkynes
in ChemCatChem volume 15 (2023) issue 14
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007234 ...

Elfinger, Matthias; Bauer, Christof; Schmauch, Jörg; Moritz, Michael; Wichmann, Christoph; Papp, Christian; Kempe, Rhett
General Synthesis of Alkyl Amines via Borrowing Hydrogen and Reductive Amination
in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis volume 365 (2023) issue 24. - page 4654-4661
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007506 ...

Bauer, Christof; Müller, Felix; Keskin, Sercan; Zobel, Mirijam; Kempe, Rhett
A Highly Active Cobalt Catalyst for the General and Selective Hydrogenation of Aromatic Heteroc ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 29 (2023) issue 30
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007273 ...

Klausfelder, Barbara; Kempe, Rhett
A Highly Active Nickel Catalyst for the Selective Hydrogenation of Functionalized Nitroarenes
in Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie volume 649 (2023) issue 14
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007235 ...

Goller, Alexander; Obenauf, Johannes; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
The Highly Controlled and Efficient Polymerization of Ethylene
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 62 (2023) issue 8
doi:10.1002/ange.202216464 ...

Leinert, Max; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese-catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Amido Alcohols with Liberation of Hydrogen for the Synth ...
in ChemCatChem volume 15 (2023) issue 22
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007354 ...

Fertig, Robin; Leowsky-Künstler, Felix; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Rational design of N-heterocyclic compound classes via regenerative cyclization of diamines
in Nature Communications volume 14 (2023)
doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36220-w ...

2022

Stachowiak, Hanna; Kuciński, Krzysztof; Kallmeier, Fabian; Kempe, Rhett; Hreczycho, Grzegorz
Cobalt-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative C−H Silylation of Alkynylsilanes
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 28 (2022) issue 1
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006121 ...

Dietel, Thomas; Lukas, Fabian; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
Elongation and branching of α-olefins by two ethylene molecules
in Science volume 375 (2022) issue 6584. - page 1021-1024
doi:10.1126/science.abm5281 ...

Klausfelder, Barbara; Blach, Patricia; de Jonge, Niels; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydro-2H-Pyrroles from Ketones, Aldehydes, and Nitro Alkanes via Hydrogenati ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 28 (2022) issue 47
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006679 ...

2021

Klarner, Mara; Bieger, Sandra; Drechsler, Markus; Kempe, Rhett
Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Olefins Using a Nanostructured Nickel Catalyst
in Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie volume 647 (2021) issue 22. - page 2157-2161
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005970 ...

Elfinger, Matthias; Schönauer, Timon; Thomä, Sabrina; Stäglich, Robert; Zobel, Mirijam; Senker, Jürgen; Drechsler, Markus; Kempe, Rhett
Co Catalyzed Synthesis of Primary Amines via Reductive Amination employing Hydrogen under very ...
in ChemSusChem volume 14 (2021) issue 11. - page 2360-2366
doi:10.1002/cssc.202100553 ...

Hammon, Sebastian; Klarner, Mara; Hörner, Gerald; Weber, Birgit; Friedrich, Martin; Senker, Jürgen; Kempe, Rhett; Branquinho de Queiroz, Thiago; Kümmel, Stephan
Combining Metal Nanoparticles with an Ir(III) Photosensitizer
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C volume 125 (2021) issue 46. - page 25765-25773
doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c05756 ...

Schönauer, Timon; Thomä, Sabrina; Kaiser, Leah; Zobel, Mirijam; Kempe, Rhett
General Synthesis of Secondary Alkylamines by Reductive Alkylation of Nitriles by Aldehydes and ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 27 (2021) issue 5. - page 1609-1614
doi:10.1002/chem.202004755 ...

Klarner, Mara; Blach, Patricia; Wittkämper, Haiko; de Jonge, Niels; Papp, Christian; Kempe, Rhett
Key Parameters for the Synthesis of Active and Selective Nanostructured 3d Metal Catalysts Star ...
in ChemCatChem volume 13 (2021) issue 14. - page 3257-3261
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005787 ...

Zhang, Guoying; Irrgang, Torsten; Schlagbauer, Martin; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis of 1,3-diketones from esters via liberation of hydrogen
in Chem Catalysis volume 1 (2021) issue 3. - page 681-690
doi:10.1016/j.checat.2021.05.007 ...

2020

Kallmeier, Fabian; Fertig, Robin; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Chromium Catalyzed Alkylation of Amines by Alcohols
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 59 (2020) issue 29. - page 11789-11793
doi:10.1002/anie.202001704 ...

Schlagbauer, Martin; Kallmeier, Fabian; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese catalyzed ß‐methylation of alcohols by methanol
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 59 (2020) issue 4. - page 1485-1490
doi:10.1002/anie.201912055 ...

Bäumler, Christoph; Bauer, Christof; Kempe, Rhett
The Synthesis of Primary Amines through Reductive Amination Employing an Iron Catalyst
in ChemSusChem volume 13 (2020) issue 12. - page 3110-3114
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005026 ...

Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reductive Amination Employing Hydrogen
in Chemical Reviews volume 120 (2020) issue 17. - page 9583-9674
doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00248 ...

Klarner, Mara; Hammon, Sebastian; Feulner, Sebastian; Kümmel, Stephan; Kador, Lothar; Kempe, Rhett
Visible Light-driven Dehydrogenation of Benzylamine under Liberation of H2
in ChemCatChem volume 12 (2020) issue 18. - page 4593-4599
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005019 ...

2019

Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
3d-Metal Catalyzed N- and C-Alkylation Reactions via Borrowing Hydrogen or Hydrogen Autotransfe ...
in Chemical Reviews volume 119 (2019) issue 4. - page 2525-2549
doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00306 ...

Kempe, Rhett
The co-catalyst is the key
in Nature Catalysis volume 2 (2019) . - page 184-185
doi:10.1038/s41929-019-0251-5 ...

Schwob, Tobias; Ade, Mirco; Kempe, Rhett
A Cobalt Catalyst Permits the Direct Hydrogenative Synthesis of 1H‐Perimidines from a Dinitroar ...
in ChemSusChem volume 12 (2019) issue 13. - page 3013-3017
doi:10.1002/cssc.201900498 ...

Schwob, Tobias; Kunnas, Peter; de Jonge, Niels; Papp, Christian; Steinrück, Hans-Peter; Kempe, Rhett
General and selective deoxygenation by hydrogen using a reusable earth-abundant metal catalyst
in Science Advances volume 5 (2019) issue 11
doi:10.1126/sciadv.aav3680 ...

Hahn, Gabriela; Kunnas, Peter; de Jonge, Niels; Kempe, Rhett
General synthesis of primary amines via reductive amination employing a reusable nickel catalys ...
in Nature Catalysis volume 2 (2019) . - page 71-77
doi:10.1038/s41929-018-0202-6 ...

Tilgner, Dominic; Klarner, Mara; Hammon, Sebastian; Friedrich, Martin; Verch, Andreas; de Jonge, Niels; Kümmel, Stephan; Kempe, Rhett
H₂-Generation from Alcohols by the MOF-Based Noble Metal-Free Photocatalyst Ni/CdS/TiO₂@MIL-101 ...
in Australian Journal of Chemistry volume 72 (2019) issue 10. - page 842-847
doi:10.1071/CH19255 ...

Freitag, Frederik; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Mechanistic Studies of Hydride Transfer to Imines from a Highly Active and Chemoselective Manga ...
in Journal of the American Chemical Society volume 141 (2019) issue 29. - page 11677-11685
doi:10.1021/jacs.9b05024 ...

2018

Forberg, Daniel; Schwob, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett
Catalytic condensation for the formation of polycyclic heteroaromatic compounds
in Nature Communications volume 9 (2018)
doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04143-6 ...

Bäumler, Christoph; Kempe, Rhett
The Direct Synthesis of Imines, Benzimidazoles and Quinoxalines from Nitroarenes and Carbonyl C ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 24 (2018) issue 36. - page 8989-8993
doi:10.1002/chem.201801525 ...

Kallmeier, Fabian; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese Complexes for (De)Hydrogenation Catalysis : A Comparison to Cobalt and Iron Catalysts
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 57 (2018) issue 1. - page 46-60
doi:10.1002/anie.201709010 ...

Fertig, Robin; Irrgang, Torsten; Freitag, Frederik; Zander, Judith; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese-Catalyzed and Base-Switchable Synthesis of Amines or Imines via Borrowing Hydrogen or ...
in ACS Catalysis volume 8 (2018) issue 9. - page 8525-8530
doi:10.1021/acscatal.8b02530 ...

Zhang, Guoying; Irrgang, Torsten; Dietel, Thomas; Kallmeier, Fabian; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese‐catalyzed Dehydrogenative Alkylation or α‐Olefination of Alkyl‐N‐Heteroaromatics by A ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 57 (2018) issue 29. - page 9131-9135
doi:10.1002/anie.201801573 ...

Eckardt, Mirco; Zaheer, Muhammad; Kempe, Rhett
Nitrogen-doped mesoporous SiC materials with catalytically active cobalt nanoparticles for the ...
in Scientific Reports volume 8 (2018)
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-20976-z ...

2017

Gollwitzer, Andreas; Dietel, Thomas; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
A Broadly Tunable Synthesis of Linear α-Olefins
in Nature Communications volume 8 (2017)
doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01507-2 ...

Deibl, Nicklas; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese-Catalyzed Multicomponent Synthesis of Pyrimidines from Alcohols and Amidines
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 56 (2017) issue 6. - page 1663-1666
doi:10.1002/anie.201611318 ...

Kallmeier, Fabian; Dudziec, Beata; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Manganese-Catalyzed Sustainable Synthesis of Pyrroles from Alcohols and Amino Alcohols
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 56 (2017) issue 25. - page 7261-7265
doi:10.1002/anie.201702543 ...

Riberio, Luis; Flores, Octavio; Furtat, Plinio; Gervais, Christel; Kempe, Rhett; Machado, Ricardo A. F.; Motz, Günter
A novel PAN/silazane hybrid polymer for processing of carbon-based fibres with extraordinary ox ...
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A volume 5 (2017) issue 2. - page 720-729
doi:10.1039/c6ta09293d ...

Hille, Toni; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis of meta-Functionalized Pyridines via Selective Dehydrogenative Heterocondensation of ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 56 (2017) issue 1. - page 371-374
doi:10.1002/anie.201610071 ...

2016

Deibl, Nicklas; Kempe, Rhett
General and Mild Cobalt-Catalyzed C-Alkylation of Unactivated Amides and Esters with Alcohols
in Journal of the American Chemical Society volume 138 (2016) issue 34. - page 10786-10789
doi:10.1021/jacs.6b06448 ...

Kallmeier, Fabian; Irrgang, Torsten; Dietel, Thomas; Kempe, Rhett
Highly Active and Selective Manganese C=O Bond Hydrogenation Catalysts : The Importance of the ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 55 (2016) issue 39. - page 11806-11809
doi:10.1002/anie.201606218 ...

Schmidt, Tobias; Albuquerque, Rodrigo Q.; Kempe, Rhett; Kümmel, Stephan
Investigating the electronic structure of a supported metal nanoparticle : Pd in SiCN
in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics volume 18 (2016) issue 46. - page 31966-31972
doi:10.1039/C6CP06520A ...

Schwob, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett
A Reusable Co Catalyst for the Selective Hydrogenation of Functionalized Nitroarenes and the Di ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 55 (2016) issue 48. - page 15175-15179
doi:10.1002/anie.201608321 ...

Forberg, Daniel; Schwob, Tobias; Zaheer, Muhammad; Friedrich, Martin; Miyajima, Nobuyoshi; Kempe, Rhett
Single-catalyst high-weight% hydrogen storage in an N-heterocycle synthesized from lignin hydro ...
in Nature Communications volume 7 (2016)
doi:10.1038/ncomms13201 ...

2015

Zaheer, Muhammad; Kempe, Rhett
Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Aryl Ethers : A Key Step in Lignin Valorization to Valuable Chemica ...
in ACS Catalysis volume 5 (2015) issue 3. - page 1675-1684
doi:10.1021/cs501498f ...

Rösler, Sina; Ertl, Michael; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
Cobalt-Catalyzed Alkylation of Aromatic Amines by Alcohols
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 54 (2015) issue 50. - page 15046-15050
doi:10.1002/anie.201507955 ...

Ewert, Julia-Katharina; Weingarth, Daniel; Denner, Christine; Friedrich, Martin; Zeiger, M.; Schreiber, Anna; Jäckel, Nicolas; Presser, Volker; Kempe, Rhett
Enhanced capacitance of nitrogen-doped hierarchically porous carbide-derived carbon in matched ...
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A volume 3 (2015) issue 37. - page 18906-18912
doi:10.1039/C5TA04773K ...

Rösler, Sina; Obenauf, Johannes; Kempe, Rhett
A Highly Active and Easily Accessible Cobalt Catalyst for Selective Hydrogenation of C═O Bonds ...
in Journal of the American Chemical Society volume 137 (2015) issue 25. - page 7998-8001
doi:10.1021/jacs.5b04349 ...

Leppert, Linn; Kempe, Rhett; Kümmel, Stephan
Hydrogen binding energies and electronic structure of Ni–Pd particles : a clue to their special ...
in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics volume 17 (2015) issue 39. - page 26140-26148
doi:10.1039/C5CP04174K ...

Schlamp, Stephan; Lochenie, Charles; Bauer, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett; Weber, Birgit
Iron(II) Spin-Crossover Complexes with Schiff Base Like Ligands and N-Alkylimidazoles
in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry volume 2015 (2015) issue 3. - page 408-413
doi:10.1002/ejic.201403021 ...

Noor, Awal; Schwarz, Stefan; Kempe, Rhett
Low-Valent Aminopyridinato Chromium Methyl Complexes via Reductive Alkylation and via Oxidative ...
in Organometallics volume 34 (2015) issue 11. - page 2122-2125
doi:10.1021/om501230g ...

Noor, Awal; Kempe, Rhett
M5M — Key compounds of the research field metal-metal quintuple bonding
in Inorganica Chimica Acta volume 424 (2015) . - page 75-82
doi:10.1016/j.ica.2014.08.030 ...

Deibl, Nicklas; Ament, Kevin; Kempe, Rhett
A Sustainable Multicomponent Pyrimidine Synthesis
in Journal of the American Chemical Society volume 137 (2015) issue 40. - page 12804-12807
doi:10.1021/jacs.5b09510 ...

2014

Sobaczynski, Adam; Obenauf, Johannes; Kempe, Rhett
Alkane Elimination Reactions between Yttrium Alkyls and Tungsten Hydrides
in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry volume 2014 (2014) issue 7. - page 1211-1217
doi:10.1002/ejic.201301476 ...

Noor, Awal; Qayyum, Sadaf; Bauer, Tobias; Schwarz, Stefan; Weber, Birgit; Kempe, Rhett
CO₂ and SO₂ activation by a Cr–Cr quintuple bond
in Chemical Communications volume 50 (2014) issue 86. - page 13127-13130
doi:10.1039/C4CC05071A ...

Obenauf, Johannes; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
Efficient Synthesis of Aluminium-Terminated Polyethylene by Means of Irreversible Coordinative ...
in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry volume 2014 (2014) issue 9. - page 1446-1453
doi:10.1002/ejic.201301610 ...

Noor, Awal; Sobgwi Tamne, Emmanuel; Oelkers, Benjamin; Bauer, Tobias; Demeshko, Serhiy; Meyer, Franc; Heinemann, Frank W.; Kempe, Rhett
From chromium-chromium quintuple bonds to molecular squares and porous coordination polymers
in Inorganic Chemistry volume 53 (2014) issue 23. - page 12283-12288
doi:10.1021/ic501400n ...

Butovskii, Mikhail V.; Oelkers, Benjamin; Bauer, Tobias; Bakker, Jacinta M.; Bezugly, Viktor; Wagner, Frank R.; Kempe, Rhett
Lanthanoid-transition-metal bonding in bismetallocenes
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 20 (2014) issue 10. - page 2804-2811
doi:10.1002/chem.201304125 ...

Ruch, Susanne; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
New iridium catalysts for the selective alkylation of amines by alcohols under mild conditions ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 20 (2014) issue 41. - page 13279-13285
doi:10.1002/chem.201402952 ...

Zaheer, Muhammad; Hermannsdörfer, Justus; Kempe, Rhett; Motz, Günter; Kretschmer, Winfried
Robust Heterogeneous Nickel Catalysts with Tailored Porosity for the Selective Hydrogenolysis o ...
in ChemCatChem volume 6 (2014) issue 1. - page 91-95
doi:10.1002/cctc.201300763 ...

Wrackmeyer, Bernd; Thoma, Peter; Marx, Simone; Bauer, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett
Selective Synthesis of Stannoles by 1,1-Carboboration of Bis(trimethylsilylethynyl)tin Compound ...
in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry volume 2014 (2014) issue 12. - page 2103-2112
doi:10.1002/ejic.201400028 ...

Khan, Sher Ali; Noor, Awal; Kempe, Rhett; Subhan, Hanif; Shah, Afzal; Khan, Ezzat
Syntheses, molecular structure, and electrochemical investigations of cobalt(II), copper(II), p ...
in Journal of Coordination Chemistry volume 67 (2014) issue 14. - page 2425-2434
doi:10.1080/00958972.2014.938066 ...

Khan, Ezzat; Wrackmeyer, Bernd; Döring, Christian; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis and Characterization of Spirosilanes : 1,2-Hydroboration and 1,1-Carboboration
in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry volume 2014 (2014) issue 21. - page 3411-3419
doi:10.1002/ejic.201402286 ...

Hille, Toni; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
The synthesis of benzimidazoles and quinoxalines from aromatic diamines and alcohols by iridium ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 20 (2014) issue 19. - page 5569-5572
doi:10.1002/chem.201400400 ...

Forberg, Daniel; Obenauf, Johannes; Friedrich, Martin; Hühne, Sven-Martin; Kempe, Rhett; Mader, Werner; Motz, Günter
The synthesis of pyrroles via acceptorless dehydrogenative condensation of secondary alcohols a ...
in Catalysis Science & Technology volume 4 (2014) issue 12. - page 4188-4192
doi:10.1039/C4CY01018C ...

2013

Haas, Isabelle; Dietel, Thomas; Press, Konstantin; Kol, Moshe; Kempe, Rhett
Aminopyridinate-FI Hybrids, Their Hafnium and Titanium Complexes, and Their Application in the ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 19 (2013) issue 42. - page 14254-14262
doi:10.1002/chem.201301511 ...

Hermannsdörfer, Justus; Friedrich, Martin; Kempe, Rhett
Colloidal Size Effect and Metal-Particle Migration in M@MOF/PCP Catalysis
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 19 (2013) issue 41. - page 13652-13657
doi:10.1002/chem.201302809 ...

Haas, Isabelle; Hübner, Christian G.; Kretschmer, Winfried; Kempe, Rhett
A Highly Efficient Titanium Catalyst for the Synthesis of Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethyle ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 19 (2013) issue 28. - page 9132-9136
doi:10.1002/chem.201301176 ...

Noor, Awal; Bauer, Tobias; Todorova, Tanya K.; Weber, Birgit; Gagliardi, Laura; Kempe, Rhett
The Ligand-Based Quintuple Bond-Shortening Concept and Some of Its Limitations
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 19 (2013) issue 30. - page 9825-9832
doi:10.1002/chem.201301240 ...

Schlamp, Stephan; Thoma, Peter; Bauer, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett; Weber, Birgit
A New Iron(II) Complex with Strongly Saddle Shaped Schiff Base like Ligand
in Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie volume 639 (2013) issue 10. - page 1763-1767
doi:10.1002/zaac.201300176 ...

Michlik, Stefan; Kempe, Rhett
Regioselectively functionalized pyridines from sustainable resources
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 52 (2013) issue 24. - page 6326-6329
doi:10.1002/anie.201301919 ...

Pillai, Saravana K. T.; Kretschmer, Winfried; Denner, Christine; Motz, Günter; Hund, Markus; Fery, Andreas; Trebbin, Martin; Kempe, Rhett; Förster, Stephan
SiCN : SiCN Nanofibers with a Diameter Below 100 nm Synthesized via Concerted Block Copolymer F ...
in Small volume 9 (2013) issue 7. - page 983
doi:10.1002/smll.201370042 ...

Pillai, Saravana K. T.; Kretschmer, Winfried; Denner, Christine; Motz, Günter; Hund, Markus; Fery, Andreas; Trebbin, Martin; Förster, Stephan; Kempe, Rhett
SiCN Nanofibers with a Diameter Below 100 nm Synthesized via Concerted Block Copolymer Formatio ...
in Small volume 9 (2013) issue 7. - page 984-989
doi:10.1002/smll.201202121 ...

Michlik, Stefan; Kempe, Rhett
A sustainable catalytic pyrrole synthesis
in Nature Chemistry volume 5 (2013) issue 2. - page 140-144
doi:10.1038/nchem.1547 ...

Bauer, Tobias; Wagner, Frank R.; Kempe, Rhett
Ternary Rare-Earth Transition-Metal Polyhydride Cluster Compounds
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 19 (2013) issue 27. - page 8732-8735
doi:10.1002/chem.201301290 ...

2012

Oelkers, Benjamin; Butovskii, Mikhail V.; Kempe, Rhett
f-Element–Metal Bonding and the Use of the Bond Polarity To Build Molecular Intermetalloids
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 18 (2012) issue 43. - page 13566-13579
doi:10.1002/chem.201200783 ...

Devarajan, V. Perumal; Nataraj, Devaraj; Pazhanivel, Thangavelu; Senthil, Karuppanan; Seol, Minsu; Yong, Kijung; Hermannsdorfer, Justus; Kempe, Rhett
Molecular conformation dependent emission behaviour (blue, red and white light emissions) of al ...
in Journal of Materials Chemistry volume 22 (2012) issue 35. - page 18454-18462
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004759 ...

Hermannsdörfer, Justus; Friedrich, Martin; Miyajima, Nobuyoshi; Albuquerque, Rodrigo Q.; Kümmel, Stephan; Kempe, Rhett
Ni/Pd@MIL-101: synergistic catalysis with cavity-conform Ni/Pd nanoparticles
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 51 (2012) issue 46. - page 11473-11477
doi:10.1002/anie.201205078 ...

Zaheer, Muhammad; Schmalz, Thomas; Motz, Günter; Kempe, Rhett
Polymer derived non-oxide ceramics modified with late transition metals
in Chemical Society Reviews volume 41 (2012) issue 15. - page 5102-5116
doi:10.1039/C2CS15326B ...

Zaheer, Muhammad; Keenan, Caroline D.; Hermannsdörfer, Justus; Rößler, Ernst; Motz, Günter; Senker, Jürgen; Kempe, Rhett
Robust Microporous Monoliths with Integrated Catalytically Active Metal Sites Investigated by H ...
in Chemistry of Materials volume 24 (2012) issue 20. - page 3952-3963
doi:10.1021/cm302379b ...

Dulle, Jana; Nemeth, Silke; Skorb, Ekaterina V.; Irrgang, Torsten; Senker, Jürgen; Kempe, Rhett; Fery, Andreas; Andreeva, Daria V.
Sonochemical Activation of Al/Ni Hydrogenation Catalyst
in Advanced Functional Materials volume 22 (2012) issue 15. - page 3128-3135
doi:10.1002/adfm.201200437 ...

Pillai, Saravana K. T.; Kretschmer, Winfried; Trebbin, Martin; Förster, Stephan; Kempe, Rhett
Tailored Nanostructuring of End-Group-Functionalized High-Density Polyethylene Synthesized by a ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 18 (2012) issue 44. - page 13974-13978
doi:10.1002/chem.201202506 ...

2011

Schmalz, Thomas; Hausherr, Jan-Marcel; Müller, Walter; Kraus, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett; Motz, Günter; Krenkel, Walter
Analysis of Polethylene-Particle Filled SiCN Precursor and the Resulting Porous Ceramics with E ...
in Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan volume 119 (2011) issue 1390. - page 477-482
doi:10.2109/jcersj2.119.477 ...

Schmalz, Thomas; Kraus, Tobias; Günthner, Martin; Liebscher, Christian H.; Glatzel, Uwe; Kempe, Rhett; Motz, Günter
Catalytic formation of carbon phases in metal modified, porous polymer derived SiCN ceramics
in Carbon volume 49 (2011) issue 9. - page 3065-3072
doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2011.03.027 ...

Noor, Awal; Sobgwi Tamne, Emmanuel; Qayyum, Sadaf; Bauer, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett
Cycloaddition Reactions of a Chromium–Chromium Quintuple Bond
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 17 (2011) issue 25. - page 6900-6903
doi:10.1002/chem.201100841 ...

Schwarzmaier, Christoph; Noor, Awal; Glatz, Germund; Zabel, Manfred; Timoshkin, Alexey Y.; Cossairt, Brandi M.; Cummins, Christopher C.; Kempe, Rhett; Scheer, Manfred
Formation of cyclo-E₄²⁻ units (E₄=P₄, As₄, AsP₃) by a complex with a Cr-Cr quintuple bond ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 50 (2011) issue 32. - page 7283-7286
doi:10.1002/anie.201102361 ...

Zaheer, Muhammad; Motz, Günter; Kempe, Rhett
The generation of palladium silicide nanoalloy particles in a SiCN matrix and their catalytic a ...
in Journal of Materials Chemistry volume 21 (2011) issue 46. - page 18825-18831
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004769 ...

Irrgang, Torsten; Friedrich, Denise; Kempe, Rhett
Highly enantioselective amido iridium catalysts for the hydrogenation of simple ketones
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 50 (2011) issue 9. - page 2183-2186
doi:10.1002/anie.201004665 ...

Butovskii, Mikhail V.; Tok, Oleg L.; Bezugly, Viktor; Wagner, Frank R.; Kempe, Rhett
Molecular lanthanoid-transition-metal cluster through C-H bond activation by polar metal-metal ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 50 (2011) issue 33. - page 7695-7698
doi:10.1002/anie.201102363 ...

Kutlescha, Kathrin; Venkanna, Gopaladasu T.; Kempe, Rhett
The potassium hydride mediated trimerization of imines
in Chemical Communications volume 47 (2011) issue 14. - page 4183-4185
doi:10.1039/C0CC04565A ...

Hermannsdörfer, Justus; Kempe, Rhett
Selective Palladium-Loaded MIL-101 Catalysts
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 17 (2011) issue 29. - page 8071-8077
doi:10.1002/chem.201101004 ...

Lyubov, Dmitrii M.; Döring, Christian; Ketkov, Sergej Yu.; Kempe, Rhett; Trifonov, Alexander A.
Selective Protonation of the Y-C Bond in Trinuclear Yttrium Alkyl–Hydrido Clusters and Formatio ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 17 (2011) issue 14. - page 3824-3826
doi:10.1002/chem.201003616 ...

Wrackmeyer, Bernd; Klimkina, Elena V.; Milius, Wolfgang; Bauer, Tobias; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis and Reactivity of 4,5-[1,2-Dicarba-closo-dodecaborano(12)]-1,3-diselenacyclopentane : ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 17 (2011) issue 11. - page 3238-3251
doi:10.1002/chem.201002277 ...

2010

Wrackmeyer, Bernd; Bayer, Stefan; Tok, Oleg L.; Klimkina, Elena V.; Milius, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rhett; Khan, Ezzat
Alkynylsilanes and Alkynyl(vinyl)silanes : Synthesis, Molecular Structures and Multinuclear Mag ...
in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B volume 65 (2010) issue 6. - page 725-744
doi:10.1515/znb-2010-0609 ...

Motz, Günter; Schmalz, Thomas; Glatz, Germund; Kempe, Rhett; Milius, Wolfgang; Wrackmeyer, Bernd
Ammonolysis of 1,2‐Bis[dichloro(methyl)silyl]ethane : On the Structure of 1,3,6,8‐Tetramethyl‐2 ...
in Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie volume 636 (2010) issue 6. - page 1056-1060
doi:10.1002/zaac.200900553 ...

Blank, Benoît; Kempe, Rhett
Catalytic Alkylation of Methyl-N-Heteroaromatics with Alcohols
in Journal of the American Chemical Society volume 132 (2010) issue 3. - page 924-925
doi:10.1021/ja9095413 ...

Lu, Yan; Lunkenbein, Thomas; Preußner, Johannes; Proch, Sebastian; Breu, Josef; Kempe, Rhett; Ballauff, Matthias
Composites of Metal Nanoparticles and TiO₂ Immobilized in Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes
in Langmuir volume 26 (2010) issue 6. - page 4176-4183
doi:10.1021/la904227f ...

Glatz, Germund; Schmalz, Thomas; Kraus, Tobias; Haarmann, Frank; Motz, Günter; Kempe, Rhett
Copper-Containing SiCN Precursor Ceramics (Cu@SiCN) as Selective Hydrocarbon Oxidation Catalyst ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 16 (2010) issue 14. - page 4231-4238
doi:10.1002/chem.200902836 ...

Wrackmeyer, Bernd; Shahid, Khadija; Kempe, Rhett; Döring, Christian; Milius, Wolfgang
Indazaboles : synthesis and molecular structure
in Applied Organometallic Chemistry volume 24 (2010) issue 5. - page 398-401
doi:10.1002/aoc.1627 ...

Döring, Christian; Dietel, Anna-Maria; Butovskii, Mikhail V.; Bezugly, Viktor; Wagner, Frank R.; Kempe, Rhett
Molecular [Yb(TM)2] Intermetalloids (TM=Ru, Re)
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 16 (2010) issue 35. - page 10679-10683
doi:10.1002/chem.201001310 ...

Butovskii, Mikhail V.; Döring, Christian; Bezugly, Viktor; Wagner, Frank R.; Grin, Yuri; Kempe, Rhett
Molecules containing rare-earth atoms solely bonded by transition metals
in Nature Chemistry volume 2 (2010) issue 9. - page 741-744
doi:10.1038/nchem.718 ...

Michlik, Stefan; Kempe, Rhett
New Iridium Catalysts for the Efficient Alkylation of Anilines by Alcohols under Mild Condition ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 16 (2010) issue 44. - page 13193-13198
doi:10.1002/chem.201001871 ...

Wrackmeyer, Bernd; Khan, Ezzat; Badshah, Amin; Molla, Elias; Thoma, Peter; Tok, Oleg L.; Milius, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rhett; Senker, Jürgen
Tetra(alkynyl)silanes, a 3,6-Disila-triyne, a 3,6,9-Trisila-tetrayne, a 1,3,4,6-Tetrasiladiyne, ...
in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B volume 65 (2010) . - page 119-127
doi:10.1515/znb-2010-0204 ...

2009

Noor, Awal; Glatz, Germund; Müller, Robert; Kaupp, Martin; Demeshko, Serhiy; Kempe, Rhett
Carboalumination of a chromium-chromium quintuple bond
in Nature Chemistry volume 1 (2009) issue 4. - page 322-325
doi:10.1038/nchem.255 ...

Blank, Benoît; Michlik, Stefan; Kempe, Rhett
Selective iridium-catalyzed alkylation of (hetero)aromatic amines and diamines with alcohols un ...
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 15 (2009) issue 15. - page 3790-3799
doi:10.1002/chem.200802318 ...

Blank, Benoît; Michlik, Stefan; Kempe, Rhett
Synthesis of Selectively Mono-N-Arylated Aliphatic Diamines via Iridium-Catalyzed Amine Alkylat ...
in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis volume 351 (2009) issue 17. - page 2903-2911
doi:10.1002/adsc.200900548 ...

Lu, Yan; Proch, Sebastian; Schrinner, Marc C.; Drechsler, Markus; Kempe, Rhett; Ballauff, Matthias
Thermosensitive core-shell microgel as a "nanoreactor" for catalytic active metal nanoparticles
in Journal of Materials Chemistry volume 19 (2009) issue 23. - page 3955-3961
doi:10.1039/B822673N ...

Wagner, Frank R.; Noor, Awal; Kempe, Rhett
Ultrashort metal–metal distances and extreme bond orders
in Nature Chemistry volume 1 (2009) issue 7. - page 529-536
doi:10.1038/nchem.359 ...

2008

Butovskii, Mikhail V.; Tok, Oleg L.; Wagner, Frank R.; Kempe, Rhett
Bismetallocenes : lanthanoid-transition-metal bonds through alkane elimination
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 47 (2008) issue 34. - page 6469-6472
doi:10.1002/anie.200800407 ...

Noor, Awal; Wagner, Frank R.; Kempe, Rhett
Metal-metal distances at the limit : a coordination compound with an ultrashort chromium-chromi ...
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition volume 47 (2008) issue 38. - page 7246-7249
doi:10.1002/anie.200801160 ...

Proch, Sebastian; Hermannsdörfer, Justus; Kempe, Rhett; Kern, Christoph; Jess, Andreas; Seyfarth, Lena; Senker, Jürgen
Pt@MOF-177 : Synthesis, Room-Temperature Hydrogen Storage and Oxidation Catalysis
in Chemistry : a European Journal volume 14 (2008) issue 27. - page 8204-8212
doi:10.1002/chem.200801043 ...

Schrinner, Marc C.; Proch, Sebastian; Mei, Yu; Kempe, Rhett; Miyajima, Nobuyoshi; Ballauff, Matthias
Stable Bimetallic Gold–Platinum Nanoparticles Immobilized on Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes ...
in Advanced Materials volume 20 (2008) issue 10. - page 1928-1933
doi:10.1002/adma.200702421 ...

2005

Mei, Yu; Sharma, Geeta; Lu, Yan; Ballauff, Matthias; Drechsler, Markus; Irrgang, Torsten; Kempe, Rhett
High Catalytic Activity of Platinum Nanoparticles Immobilized on Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brus ...
in Langmuir volume 21 (2005) issue 26. - page 12229-12234
doi:10.1021/la052120w ...

Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II


Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe

Department of Chemistry

University of Bayreuth
Universitätsstrasse 30
95447 Bayreuth

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