Publications/Patents
Funding/Awards
26.
Unlocking Metal-Ligand Cooperative Catalytic Photochemical Benzene Carbonylation: A Mechanistic Approach; F. Crisanti, M. Montag, D. Milstein, J. Bonin and N. von Wolff, Chem. Sci, 2024, 10.1039/D4SC05683C
25.
An anthropocene-framed transdisciplinary dialog at the chemistry-energy nexus; M. S. Prévot, V. Finelli, X. Carrier, G. Deplano, M. Cavallo, E. A. Quadrelli, J. Michel, M.-H. Pietraru, C. Camp, G. Forghieri, A. Gagliardi, S. Seidel, A. Missemer, B. Reuillard, B. Centrella, S. Bordiga, M. G. Salamanca González, V. Artero, K. V. A. Birkelbach, N. von Wolff, Chem. Sci, 2024, 10.1039/D4SC00099D
24.
Visible light-driven CO2 reduction with homobimetalliccomplexes. Cooperativity between metals and activation of different pathways; J. Bharti, L. Chen, Z. Guo, L. Cheng, J. Wellauer, O. S. Wenger, N. von Wolff, K.-C. Lau, T.-C. Lau,* G. Chen* and M. Robert*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 10.1021/jacs.3c07799
23. Merging Electrocatalytic Alcohol Oxidation with C-N Bond Formation by Electrifying Metal-Ligand Cooperative Catalysts; S. Kasemthaveechok,P. Gérardo, N. von Wolff*, Chem. Sci. 2023, 10.1039/D3SC03408A
22.
Interdisciplinary electrosynthesis: general discussion
; L. Ackermann, N. von Wolff et al. Faraday Discussions, 2023, 10.1039/D3FD90037A
21.
Predicting Ruthenium Catalysed Hydrogenation of Esters using Machine Learning; C. Mishra*, N. von Wolff*, A. Tripathi, E. Brémond, A. Preiss, A.Kumar*,Digital Discovery, 2023, 10.1039/d3dd00029j
20.Electrification of a Milstein-type Catalyst for Alcohol Reformation; , D. Tocqueville, F. Crisanti, J. Guerrero, E. Nubret, M. Robert, D. Milstein and N. von Wolff*, Chem. Sci., 2022, 10.1039/d2sc04533h
19. Molecular Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Carbonyls and Dehydrogenation of Alcohols; N. von Wolff*, O. Rivada-Wheelaghan*, D. Tocqueville,ChemElectroChem, 2021, 10.1002/celc.202100617
18. Taming Electron Transfers: From Breaking Bonds to Creating Molecules; N. von Wolff*, M. Robert*, Chem. Rec, 2021, 10.1002/tcr.202100151
17. Homogeneous Reforming of Aqueous Ethylene Glycol to Glycolic Acid and Pure Hydrogen Catalyzed by Pincer-Ruthenium Complexes Capable of Metal–Ligand Cooperation; Y.-Q. Zou, N. von Wolff (Co-first author),M. Rauch, M. Feller, Q.-Q. Zhou, A. Aviel, Y. Diskin-Posner, L. Shimon, L. Avram, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein*, Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 10.1002/chem.202005450
16. Hydrogenative Depolymerization of Nylons; A. Kumar, N. von Wolff, M. Rauch, Y.-Q. Zou, G. Shmul, Y. Ben-David, G. Leitus, L. Avram, D. Milstein*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 10.1021/jacs.0c05675
15. Emergence of CO2 electrolyzers including supported molecular catalyst; K. Torbensen, B. Boudy, D. Joulié, N. von Wolff, M. Robert*, Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 2020, 10.1016/j.coelec.2020.07.001
14. Iron Porphyrin Allows Fast and Selective Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to CO in a Flow Cell; K. Torbensen, C.Han, B. Boudy, N. von Wolff, C. Bertail, W. Braun, M. Robert*, Chem. Eur. J.2020, 10.1002/chem.202000160
13. SO2 conversion to sulfones: development and mechanistic insights of a sulfonylative Hiyama cross-coupling; A. Adenot, J. Char, N. von Wolff, G. Lefèvre, L. Anthore-Dalion, T. Cantat*, Chem. Comm. 2019, 10.1039/c9cc06858a
12. Formamides as Isocyanate Surrogates: A Mechanistically Driven Approach to the Development of Atom-Efficient, Selective Catalytic Syntheses of Ureas, Carbamates, and Heterocycle; J. Bruffaerts, N. von Wolff, Y. Diskin-Posner, Y. Ben-David. D. Milstein*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 10.1021/jacs.9b08942
11. Pyridine-Based PCP-Ruthenium Complexes: Unusual Structures and Metal–Ligand Cooperation;
S. Tang, N. von Wolff (Co-first author), Y. Diskin-Posner, G. Leitus, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 10.1021/jacs.9b02669
10. Activation of SO2 by N/Si+ and N/B Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Experimental and Theoretical Comparison with CO2 Activation; A. Adenot, N. von Wolff, G. Lefevre, J.-C. Berthet, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat*, Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 10.1002/chem.201901088 (Hot Paper)
09. Ethylene glycol as an efficient and reversible liquid-organic hydrogen carrier; Y.-Q. Zou, N. von Wolff, A. Anaby, Y. Xie, D. Milstein*, Nature Catalysis, 2019, 10.1038/s41929-019-0265-z
08. C−C Bond Formation of Benzyl Alcohols and Alkynes Using a Catalytic Amount of KOtBu: Unusual Regioselectivity through a Radical Mechanism;Kumar, T. Janes, S. Chakraborty, P. Daw, N. von Wolff, R. Carmieli, Y. Diskin-Posner and David Milstein*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019,10.1002/anie.201812687
07. A process for the synthesis of sulfones and sulfonamides; N. von Wolff, J. Char, T. Cantat, 2018, B1 EP 3178811 and A1 US 20170166542
06. Synthesis of Aromatic Sulfones from SO2 and Organosilanes Under Metal-free Conditions; N. von Wolff, J. Char, X. Frogneux, T. Cantat*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 10.1002/anie.201702311
05. Reactivity and Structural Diversity in the Reaction of Guanidine 1,5,7-Triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene with CO2, CS2, and Other Heterocumulenes; N. von Wolff, C. Villiers, P. Thuéry, G. Lefèvre, M. Ephritikhine and T. Cantat*, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2017, 10.1002/ejoc.201601267
04. Implications of CO2 Activation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs in the Catalytic Hydroboration of CO2: A View Using N/Si+ Frustrated Lewis Pairs; N. von Wolff, G. Lefèvre, J.-C. Berthet, P. Thuéry and T. Cantat*, ACS Catal., 2016, 10.1021/acscatal.6b00421
03. CO2 Conversion into Esters by Fluoride-Mediated Carboxylation of Organosilanes and Halide Derivatives; X. Frogneux, N. von Wolff (Co-first author), P. Thuéry, G. Lefèvre and T. Cantat*, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 10.1002/chem.201505092
02. Oxidative Addition of Haloheteroarenes to Palladium(0): Concerted versus SNAr-Type Mechanism; B. U. W. Maes, S. Verbeeck, T. Verhelst, A. Ekomié, N. von Wolff, G. Lefèvre, E. A. Mitchell, A. Jutand*, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 10.1002/chem.201406210
01. Autocatalytic Intermolecular versus Intramolecular Deprotonation in C–H Bond Activation of Functionalized Arenes by Ruthenium(II) or Palladium(II) Complexes; I. Fabre, N. von Wolff, G. Le Duc, E. Ferrer Flegeau, C. Bruneau, P.H. Dixneuf, A. Jutand*, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 10.1002/chem.2012038
Unlocking Metal-Ligand Cooperative Catalytic Photochemical Benzene Carbonylation: A Mechanistic Approach; F. Crisanti, M. Montag, D. Milstein, J. Bonin and N. von Wolff, Chem. Sci, 2024, 10.1039/D4SC05683C
25.
An anthropocene-framed transdisciplinary dialog at the chemistry-energy nexus; M. S. Prévot, V. Finelli, X. Carrier, G. Deplano, M. Cavallo, E. A. Quadrelli, J. Michel, M.-H. Pietraru, C. Camp, G. Forghieri, A. Gagliardi, S. Seidel, A. Missemer, B. Reuillard, B. Centrella, S. Bordiga, M. G. Salamanca González, V. Artero, K. V. A. Birkelbach, N. von Wolff, Chem. Sci, 2024, 10.1039/D4SC00099D
24.
Visible light-driven CO2 reduction with homobimetalliccomplexes. Cooperativity between metals and activation of different pathways; J. Bharti, L. Chen, Z. Guo, L. Cheng, J. Wellauer, O. S. Wenger, N. von Wolff, K.-C. Lau, T.-C. Lau,* G. Chen* and M. Robert*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 10.1021/jacs.3c07799
23. Merging Electrocatalytic Alcohol Oxidation with C-N Bond Formation by Electrifying Metal-Ligand Cooperative Catalysts; S. Kasemthaveechok,P. Gérardo, N. von Wolff*, Chem. Sci. 2023, 10.1039/D3SC03408A
22.
Interdisciplinary electrosynthesis: general discussion
; L. Ackermann, N. von Wolff et al. Faraday Discussions, 2023, 10.1039/D3FD90037A
21.
Predicting Ruthenium Catalysed Hydrogenation of Esters using Machine Learning; C. Mishra*, N. von Wolff*, A. Tripathi, E. Brémond, A. Preiss, A.Kumar*,Digital Discovery, 2023, 10.1039/d3dd00029j
20.Electrification of a Milstein-type Catalyst for Alcohol Reformation; , D. Tocqueville, F. Crisanti, J. Guerrero, E. Nubret, M. Robert, D. Milstein and N. von Wolff*, Chem. Sci., 2022, 10.1039/d2sc04533h
19. Molecular Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Carbonyls and Dehydrogenation of Alcohols; N. von Wolff*, O. Rivada-Wheelaghan*, D. Tocqueville,ChemElectroChem, 2021, 10.1002/celc.202100617
18. Taming Electron Transfers: From Breaking Bonds to Creating Molecules; N. von Wolff*, M. Robert*, Chem. Rec, 2021, 10.1002/tcr.202100151
17. Homogeneous Reforming of Aqueous Ethylene Glycol to Glycolic Acid and Pure Hydrogen Catalyzed by Pincer-Ruthenium Complexes Capable of Metal–Ligand Cooperation; Y.-Q. Zou, N. von Wolff (Co-first author),M. Rauch, M. Feller, Q.-Q. Zhou, A. Aviel, Y. Diskin-Posner, L. Shimon, L. Avram, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein*, Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 10.1002/chem.202005450
16. Hydrogenative Depolymerization of Nylons; A. Kumar, N. von Wolff, M. Rauch, Y.-Q. Zou, G. Shmul, Y. Ben-David, G. Leitus, L. Avram, D. Milstein*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 10.1021/jacs.0c05675
15. Emergence of CO2 electrolyzers including supported molecular catalyst; K. Torbensen, B. Boudy, D. Joulié, N. von Wolff, M. Robert*, Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 2020, 10.1016/j.coelec.2020.07.001
14. Iron Porphyrin Allows Fast and Selective Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to CO in a Flow Cell; K. Torbensen, C.Han, B. Boudy, N. von Wolff, C. Bertail, W. Braun, M. Robert*, Chem. Eur. J.2020, 10.1002/chem.202000160
13. SO2 conversion to sulfones: development and mechanistic insights of a sulfonylative Hiyama cross-coupling; A. Adenot, J. Char, N. von Wolff, G. Lefèvre, L. Anthore-Dalion, T. Cantat*, Chem. Comm. 2019, 10.1039/c9cc06858a
12. Formamides as Isocyanate Surrogates: A Mechanistically Driven Approach to the Development of Atom-Efficient, Selective Catalytic Syntheses of Ureas, Carbamates, and Heterocycle; J. Bruffaerts, N. von Wolff, Y. Diskin-Posner, Y. Ben-David. D. Milstein*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 10.1021/jacs.9b08942
11. Pyridine-Based PCP-Ruthenium Complexes: Unusual Structures and Metal–Ligand Cooperation;
S. Tang, N. von Wolff (Co-first author), Y. Diskin-Posner, G. Leitus, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 10.1021/jacs.9b02669
10. Activation of SO2 by N/Si+ and N/B Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Experimental and Theoretical Comparison with CO2 Activation; A. Adenot, N. von Wolff, G. Lefevre, J.-C. Berthet, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat*, Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 10.1002/chem.201901088 (Hot Paper)
09. Ethylene glycol as an efficient and reversible liquid-organic hydrogen carrier; Y.-Q. Zou, N. von Wolff, A. Anaby, Y. Xie, D. Milstein*, Nature Catalysis, 2019, 10.1038/s41929-019-0265-z
08. C−C Bond Formation of Benzyl Alcohols and Alkynes Using a Catalytic Amount of KOtBu: Unusual Regioselectivity through a Radical Mechanism;Kumar, T. Janes, S. Chakraborty, P. Daw, N. von Wolff, R. Carmieli, Y. Diskin-Posner and David Milstein*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019,10.1002/anie.201812687
07. A process for the synthesis of sulfones and sulfonamides; N. von Wolff, J. Char, T. Cantat, 2018, B1 EP 3178811 and A1 US 20170166542
06. Synthesis of Aromatic Sulfones from SO2 and Organosilanes Under Metal-free Conditions; N. von Wolff, J. Char, X. Frogneux, T. Cantat*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 10.1002/anie.201702311
05. Reactivity and Structural Diversity in the Reaction of Guanidine 1,5,7-Triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene with CO2, CS2, and Other Heterocumulenes; N. von Wolff, C. Villiers, P. Thuéry, G. Lefèvre, M. Ephritikhine and T. Cantat*, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2017, 10.1002/ejoc.201601267
04. Implications of CO2 Activation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs in the Catalytic Hydroboration of CO2: A View Using N/Si+ Frustrated Lewis Pairs; N. von Wolff, G. Lefèvre, J.-C. Berthet, P. Thuéry and T. Cantat*, ACS Catal., 2016, 10.1021/acscatal.6b00421
03. CO2 Conversion into Esters by Fluoride-Mediated Carboxylation of Organosilanes and Halide Derivatives; X. Frogneux, N. von Wolff (Co-first author), P. Thuéry, G. Lefèvre and T. Cantat*, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 10.1002/chem.201505092
02. Oxidative Addition of Haloheteroarenes to Palladium(0): Concerted versus SNAr-Type Mechanism; B. U. W. Maes, S. Verbeeck, T. Verhelst, A. Ekomié, N. von Wolff, G. Lefèvre, E. A. Mitchell, A. Jutand*, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 10.1002/chem.201406210
01. Autocatalytic Intermolecular versus Intramolecular Deprotonation in C–H Bond Activation of Functionalized Arenes by Ruthenium(II) or Palladium(II) Complexes; I. Fabre, N. von Wolff, G. Le Duc, E. Ferrer Flegeau, C. Bruneau, P.H. Dixneuf, A. Jutand*, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 10.1002/chem.2012038
2023
Young Researcher Price of the French Chemical Society (Transversal Energy Division)
2021
Maturation grant (ERGANEO)
European cruciblist
European crucible project fund
European crucible Audience Choice
Pitching Award
IDEX University of Paris, PhD grant
2020
IDEX University of Paris, Emergence en recherche grant
2018
Excellence Postdoc Fellowship, Israel Academy of Science and Humanities
Feinberg Fellowship, Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science
2017
René Dabard thesis award (2nd place), ENSCR (Rennes)
BASF thesis award, SCF (IDF-section)
2014-2015
ISOC travel grant (International School of Organometallic Chemistry, Camerino, Italy)
ESR travel grant (COST Meeting, Taragonna, Spain)
Young Researcher Price of the French Chemical Society (Transversal Energy Division)
2021
Maturation grant (ERGANEO)
European cruciblist
European crucible project fund
European crucible Audience Choice
Pitching Award
IDEX University of Paris, PhD grant
2020
IDEX University of Paris, Emergence en recherche grant
2018
Excellence Postdoc Fellowship, Israel Academy of Science and Humanities
Feinberg Fellowship, Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science
2017
René Dabard thesis award (2nd place), ENSCR (Rennes)
BASF thesis award, SCF (IDF-section)
2014-2015
ISOC travel grant (International School of Organometallic Chemistry, Camerino, Italy)
ESR travel grant (COST Meeting, Taragonna, Spain)
niklas.von_wolff@sorbonne-universite.fr