Selected Publications Classified by Research Field

Alkoxycarbonylation / Hydroesterification

Ali, M.N.V.S., Huang, W., Tian, X., Jiao, H., Jackstell, R., Franke, R., Beller, M.,
Highly selective carbonylation of olefins using CO2 and H2.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 32873–32882.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c09325

Kucmierczyk, P., Duehren, R., Sang, R., Jackstell, R., Beller, M., Franke, R.,
Palladium-catalyzed methoxycarbonylation investigated by design of experiments.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 10, 4822-4830.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c05871

Yang, J., Liu, J., Neumann, H., Franke, R., Jackstell, R., Beller, M.,
Direct synthesis of adipic acid esters via palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of 1,3-dienes.
Science, 2019, 366, 1514-1517.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz1293

Sang, R., Kucmierczyk, P., Dong, K., Franke, R., Neumann, H., Jackstell, R., Beller, M.,
Palladium-catalyzed selective generation of CO from formic acid for carbonylation of alkenes.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 5217-5223.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b01123

Liu, J., Dong, K., Franke, R., Neumann, H., Jackstell, R., Beller, M.,
Selective palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of alkynes: An atom-economic synthesis of 1,4 dicarboxylic acid diesters.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 10282-10288.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b05852

Dong, K., Fang, X., Gülak, S., Franke, R., Spannenberg, A., Neumann, H., Jackstell, R., Beller, M.,
Highly active and efficient catalysts for alkoxycarbonylation of alkenes.
Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 14117.
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14117

Dong, K., Sang, R., Fang, X., Franke, R., Spannenberg, A., Neumann, H., Jackstell, R., Beller, M.,
Efficient palladium‐catalyzed alkoxycarbonylation of bulk industrial olefins using ferrocenyl phosphine ligands.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 5267-5271.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201700317

Liu, J., Liu, Q., Franke, R., Jackstell, R., Beller, M.,
Ligand-controlled palladium-catalyzed alkoxycarbonylation of allenes: Regioselective synthesis of α,β- and β,γ-unsaturated esters.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 8556-8563.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b04052

Chemical Engineering / Industrial Chemistry

Panjikkaran, I.W., Nentwich, C., Franke, R., Seidel-Morgenstern, A.,
Model-based approach for specifying requirements on membranes to be applicable in membrane reactors of the extractor type.
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 507, 158960.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.158960

Kämper, A., Warrelmann, S.J., Reiswich, K., Kuhlmann, R., Franke, R., Behr, A.,
First iridium-catalyzed hydroformylation in a continuously operated miniplant.
Chemical Engineering Science, 2016, 144, 364-371.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2016.01.054

Rollbusch, P., Becker, M., Ludwig, M., Bieberle, A., Grünewald, M., Hampel, U., Franke, R.,
Experimental investigation of the influence of column scale, gas density and liquid properties on gas holdup in bubble columns.
International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2015, 75, 88-106.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2015.05.009

Rollbusch, P., Bothe, M., Becker, M., Ludwig, M., Grünewald, M., Schlüter, M., Franke, R.,
Bubble columns operated under industrially relevant conditions – current understanding of design parameters.
Chemical Engineering Science, 2014, 126, 660-678.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2014.11.061

Chemometrics

Neymeyr, K., Kubis, C., Prestin, L., Franke, R., Sawall, M.,
Why is the peak group analysis so effective for IR spectra analysis?
Journal of Chemometrics, 2026, 40, e70121.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cem.70121

Schröder, H., Sawall, M., Kubis, C., Jürß, A., Selent, D., Brächer, A., Börner, A., Franke, R., Neymeyr, K.,
Comparative multivariate curve resolution study in the area of feasible solutions.
Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, 2017, 163, 55-63.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemolab.2017.02.002

Sawall, M., Kubis, C., Franke, R., Hess, D., Selent, D., Börner, A., Neymeyr, K.,
How to apply the complementarity and coupling theorems in MCR Methods: Practical implementation and application to the Rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation.
ACS Catalysis, 2014, 4, 2836-2843.
https://doi.org/10.1021/cs5003614

Electrochemistry

Röckl, J.L., Schollmeyer, D., Franke, R., Waldvogel, S.R.,
Dehydrogenative anodic C−C coupling of phenols bearing electron‐withdrawing groups.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 59, 315-319.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201910077

Lips, S., Schollmeyer, D., Franke, R., Waldvogel, S.R.,
Regioselective metal‐ and reagent‐free arylation of benzothiophenes by dehydrogenative electrosynthesis.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 13325-13329.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201808555

Wiebe, A., Riehl, B., Lips, S., Franke, R., Waldvogel, S.R.,
Unexpected high robustness of electrochemical cross-coupling for a broad range of current density.
Science Advances, 2017, 3, eaao3920.
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao3920

Schulz, L., Enders, M., Elsler, B., Schollmeyer, D., Dyballa, K.M., Franke, R., Waldvogel, S.R.,
Reagent‐ and metal‐free Anodic C−C cross‐coupling of aniline derivatives.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 4877-4881.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201612613

Wiebe, A., Schollmeyer, D., Dyballa, K.M., Franke, R., Waldvogel, S.R.,
Selective synthesis of partially protected nonsymmetric biphenols by reagent‐ and metal‐free anodic cross‐coupling reaction.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55, 11801-11805.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201604321

Lips, S., Wiebe, A., Elsler, B., Schollmeyer, D., Dyballa, K.M., Franke, R., Waldvogel, S.R.,
Synthesis of meta‐terphenyl‐2,2′′‐diols by anodic C−C cross‐coupling reactions.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55, 10872-10876.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201605865

Elsler, B., Schollmeyer, D., Dyballa, K.M., Franke, R., Waldvogel, S.R.,
Metal‐ and reagent‐free highly selective anodic cross‐coupling reaction of phenols.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2014, 53, 5210-5213.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201400627

Hydroformylation

Kubis, C., Liu, J., Neymeyr, K., Franke, R., Zhang, B.,
Understanding the formation and stability of cobalt-based catalysts for homogeneous carbonylation reactions.
Chem Catalysis, 2025, 6, 101571.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2025.101571

Madani, M., Schill, L., Zahrtmann, N., Portela, R., Arsenjuk, L., Franke, R., Fehrmann, R., Riisager, A.,
Influence of support structure on catalytic performance of supported liquid-phase (SLP) catalysts in hydroformylation of 1-Butene.
Topics in Catalysis, 2023, 66, 1440-1450.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-023-01792-w

Zhang, B., Kubis, C., Franke, R.,
Hydroformylation catalyzed by unmodified cobalt carbonyl under mild conditions.
Science, 2022, 377, 1223-1227.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm4465

Walter, S., Spohr, H., Franke, R., Hieringer, W., Wasserscheid, P., Haumann, M.,
Detailed investigation of the mechanism of Rh-diphosphite supported ionic liquid phase (SILP)-catalyzed 1-butene hydroformylation in the gas phase via combined kinetic and density functional theory (DFT) modeling studies.
ACS Catalysis, 2016, 7, 1035-1044.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b02315

Zhang, B., Jiao, H., Michalik, D., Kloß, S., Deter, L.M., Selent, D., Spannenberg, A., Franke, R., Börner, A.,
Hydrolysis stability of bidentate phosphites utilized as modifying ligands in the Rh-catalyzed n-regioselective hydroformylation of olefins.
ACS Catalysis, 2016, 6, 7554-7565.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b02185

Kaftan, A., Schönweiz, A., Nikiforidis, I., Hieringer, W., Dyballa, K.M., Franke, R., Görling, A., Libuda, J., Wasserscheid, P., Laurin, M., Haumann, M.,
Supported homogeneous catalyst makes its own liquid phase.
Journal of Catalysis, 2014, 321, 32-38.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2014.10.019

Wu, L., Fleischer, I., Jackstell, R., Profir, I., Franke, R., Beller, M.,
Ruthenium-catalyzed hydroformylation/reduction of olefins to alcohols: Extending the scope to internal alkenes.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135, 14306-14312.
https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4060977

Jakuttis, M., Schönweiz, A., Werner, S., Franke, R., Wiese, K., Haumann, M., Wasserscheid, P.,
Rhodium–phosphite SILP catalysis for the highly selective hydroformylation of mixed C4 feedstocks.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50, 4492-4495.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201007164

Piras, I., Jennerjahn, R., Jackstell, R., Spannenberg, A., Franke, R., Beller, M.,
A general and efficient Iridium‐catalyzed hydroformylation of olefins.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010, 50, 280-284.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201001972

Miscellaneous Topics in Catalysis

Zhao, F., Gu, X., Franke, R., Wu, X.,
Copper‐catalyzed 1,2‐dicarbonylative cyclization of alkenes with alkyl bromides via radical cascade process.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202214812.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214812

Geng, H.-Q., Meyer, T., Franke, R., Wu, X.-F.,
Copper-catalyzed hydroformylation and hydroxymethylation of styrenes.
Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 14937-14943.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sc05474k

Reinsdorf, A., Korth, W., Jess, A., Terock, M., Klasovsky, F., Franke, R.,
Insights into deactivation and regeneration of an industrial Cu/Ni/Cr‐Al2O3 catalyst during aldehyde hydrogenation.
ChemCatChem,, 2016, 8, 3592-3599.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201601022

Liu, J., Kubis, C., Franke, R., Jackstell, R., Beller, M.,
From internal olefins to linear amines: Ruthenium-catalyzed domino water–gas shift/hydroaminomethylation sequence.
ACS Catalysis, 2015, 6, 907-912.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b02457

Chowdhury, A.D., Weding, N., Julis, J., Franke, R., Jackstell, R., Beller, M.,
Towards a practical development of light‐driven acceptorless alkane dehydrogenation.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2014, 53, 6477-6481.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201402287

Jennerjahn, R., Jackstell, R., Piras, I., Franke, R., Jiao, H., Bauer, M., Beller, M.,
Benign catalysis with Iron: Unique selectivity in catalytic isomerization reactions of olefins.
ChemSusChem, 2012, 5, 734-739.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201100404

Oligomerisation

Nadolny, F., Bentrup, U., Rockstroh, N., Alscher, F., Reschetilowski, W., Peitz, S., Franke, R., Brückner, A.,
Oligomerization of n-butenes over Ni/SiO2 –Al2O3 : Influence of support modification by steam-treating.
Catalysis Science & Technology, 2021, 11, 4732-4740.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cy00749a

Alscher, F., Nadolny, F., Frenzel, H., Knossalla, J., Peitz, S., Borovinskaya, E., Breitkopf, C., Franke, R., Reschetilowski, W.,
Determination of the prevailing n -butenes dimerization mechanism over nickel containing Al-MCM-41/ZSM-5 mixed-phase catalysts.
Catalysis Science & Technology, 2019, 9, 2456-2468.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cy00055k

Nadolny, F., Hannebauer, B., Alscher, F., Peitz, S., Reschetilowski, W., Franke, R.,
Experimental and theoretical investigation of heterogeneous catalyzed oligomerization of a mixed C4 stream over modified amorphous aluminosilicates.
Journal of Catalysis, 2018, 367, 81-94.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2018.08.014

Theoretical Chemistry / Computational Chemistry

Staemmler, V., Franke, R.,
Why is the eclipsed form of dimethylacetylene more stable than its staggered form?
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2026, 28, 16464-16471.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cp04813c

Warczinski, L., Franke, R., Staemmler, V.,
ESCAPE: A novel approach for a fast estimation of dynamic correlation energies: Application to large organic molecules.
Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2019, 40, 2491-2501.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jcc.26025

Franke, R., Hannebauer, B., Jung, S.,
Accurate pre-calculation of limiting activity coefficients by COSMO-RS with molecular class based parameterization.
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2012, 340, 11-14.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2012.11.016

Franke, R., Hannebauer, B.,
On the influence of basis sets and quantum chemical methods on the prediction accuracy of COSMO-RS.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011, 13, 21344.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cp22317h

Franke, R., Friedrich, J.,
On the solution of the integral equation of the conductor-like screening model for real solvents.
Chemical Physics, 2008, 356, 110-120.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.10.025

Franke, R., Müller, H., Noga, J.,
Static electrical response properties of F−, Ne, and HF using explicitly correlated R12 coupled cluster approach.
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2001, 114, 7746-7752.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1361249

Franke, R., Van Wüllen, C.,
First-order relativistic corrections to MP2 energy from standard gradient codes: Comparison with results from density functional theory.
Journal of Computational Chemistry , year, 19, 1596-1603.
DOI link

Franke, R.,
Numerical study of the iterative solution of the one-electron Dirac equation based on ‘direct perturbation theory.’
Chemical Physics Letters, 1997, 264, 495-501.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0009-2614(96)01361-9

Kutzelnigg, W., Ottschofski, E., Franke, R.,
Relativistic Hartree–Fock by means of stationary direct perturbation theory. I. General theory.
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 1995, 102, 1740-1751.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.468701

Franke, R., Kutzelnigg, W.,
Perturbative relativistic calculations for one-electron systems in a Gaussian basis.
Chemical Physics Letters, 1992, 199, 561-566.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(92)85010-8

Review Articles

Röckl, J.L., Pollok, D., Franke, R., Waldvogel, S.R.,
A decade of electrochemical dehydrogenative C,C-coupling of aryls.
Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019, 53, 45-61.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00511

Marinkovic, J.M., Riisager, A., Franke, R., Wasserscheid, P., Haumann, M.,
Fifteen years of supported ionic liquid phase-catalyzed hydroformylation: Material and process developments.
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2018, 58, 2409-2420.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04010

Pospech, J., Fleischer, I., Franke, R., Buchholz, S., Beller, M.,
Alternative metals for homogeneous catalyzed hydroformylation reactions.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 2852-2872.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201208330

Franke, R., Selent, D., Börner, A.,
Applied hydroformylation.
Chemical Reviews, 2012, 112, 5675-5732.
https://doi.org/10.1021/cr3001803

Becht, S., Franke, R., Geißelmann, A., Hahn, H.,
An industrial view of process intensification.
Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 2008, 48, 329-332.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2008.04.012