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Saravanakumar Elangovan
Researcher at University of Rostock
Publications - 23
Citations - 3747
Saravanakumar Elangovan is an academic researcher from University of Rostock. The author has contributed to research in topics: Catalysis & Alkylation. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 22 publications receiving 2783 citations. Previous affiliations of Saravanakumar Elangovan include Leibniz Association & Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology.
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Bright Side of Lignin Depolymerization: Toward New Platform Chemicals
TL;DR: Following the whole value chain from raw lignocellulose through depolymerization to application whenever possible, specific lignin-based compounds emerge that could be in the future considered as potential lignIn-derived platform chemicals.
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Efficient and selective N-alkylation of amines with alcohols catalysed by manganese pincer complexes.
Saravanakumar Elangovan,Jacob Neumann,Jean-Baptiste Sortais,Kathrin Junge,Christophe Darcel,Matthias Beller +5 more
TL;DR: It is shown that the selective N-alkylation of amines with alcohols can be catalysed by defined PNP manganese pincer complexes and the chemoselective monomethylations of primary amines using methanol under mild conditions are reported.
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Selective Catalytic Hydrogenations of Nitriles, Ketones, and Aldehydes by Well-Defined Manganese Pincer Complexes
Saravanakumar Elangovan,Christoph Topf,Steffen Fischer,Haijun Jiao,Anke Spannenberg,Wolfgang Baumann,Ralf Ludwig,Kathrin Junge,Matthias Beller +8 more
TL;DR: This study describes for the first time specific molecular-defined manganese complexes that allow for the hydrogenation of various polar functional groups and achieves good functional group tolerance, and industrially important substrates, e.g., for the flavor and fragrance industry, are selectively reduced.
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Manganese‐Catalyzed Hydrogen‐Autotransfer C−C Bond Formation: α‐Alkylation of Ketones with Primary Alcohols
TL;DR: A novel catalytic hydrogen-autotransfer protocol for the atom-efficient α-alkylation of ketones with readily available alcohols and Mechanistic investigations suggest the participation of an intramolecular amidate-assisted alcohol-dehydrogenation process.
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Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols Catalyzed by Defined Manganese Pincer Complexes.
Saravanakumar Elangovan,Marcel Garbe,Haijun Jiao,Anke Spannenberg,Kathrin Junge,Matthias Beller +5 more
TL;DR: The first manganese-catalyzed hydrogenation of esters to alcohols has been developed and related pincer complexes with isopropyl or cyclohexyl substituents showed very low activity.