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Professor Chris Hardacre

Chris Hardacre

Professor C.Hardacre
BA (University of Cambridge), 1990
MA (University of Cambridge), 1994
PhD (University of Cambridge), 1994

Head of School
Chair of Physical Chemistry

Tel:     + 44 (0) 28 9097 4592
Fax:    + 44 (0) 28 9097 6524
E-mail: c.hardacre@qub.ac.uk

 

Selected Publications

Solid and liquid charge-transfer complex formation between 1-methylnaphthalene and 1-alkyl-cyanopyridinium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}imide ionic liquids
Hardacre, C; Holbrey, JD; Mullan, CL; Nieuwenhuyzen, M; Youngs, TGA; Bowron, DT; Teat, SJ
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS 12 (2010) 1842

Interaction of water, hydrogen and their mixtures with SnO2 based materials: the role of surface hydroxyl groups in detection mechanisms
Pavelko, RG; Daly, H; Hardacre, C; Vasiliev, AA; Llobet, E
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS 12 (2010) 2639

Functionalised ionic liquids: synthesis of ionic liquids with tethered basic groups and their use in Heck and Knoevenagel reactions
Forsyth, SA; Frohlich, U; Goodrich, P; Gunaratne, HQN; Hardacre, C; McKeown, A; Seddon, KR
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY 34 (2010) 723

Thermophysical Properties of Amino Acid-Based Ionic Liquids
Gardas, RL; Ge, R; Goodrich, P; Hardacre, C; Hussain, A; Rooney, DW
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA 55 (2010) 1505

Evaluation of a Microfluidic Device for the Electrochemical Determination of Halide Content in Ionic Liquids
Ge, R; Allen, RWK; Aldous, L; Bown, MR; Doy, N; Hardacre, C; MacInnes, JM; McHale, G; Newton, MI
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 81 (2009) 1628

Gold imidazolium-based ionic liquids, efficient catalysts for cycloisomerization of gamma-acetylenic carboxylic acids
Neatu, F; Parvulescu, VI; Michelet, V; Genet, JP; Goguet, A; Hardacre, C
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY 33 (2009) 102

Transesterification of vegetable oils on basic large mesoporous alumina supported alkaline fluorides-Evidences of the nature of the active site and catalytic performances
Verziu, M; Florea, M; Simon, S; Simon, V; Filip, P; Parvulescu, VI; Hardacre, C
JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 263 (2009) 56

Increased Dispersion of Supported Gold during Methanol Carbonylation Conditions
Goguet, A; Hardacre, C; Harvey, I; Narasimharao, K; Saih, Y; Sa, J
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 131 (2009) 6973

Deactivation and regeneration of ruthenium on silica in the liquid-phase hydrogenation of butan-2-one
Manyar, HG; Weber, D; Daly, H; Thompson, JM; Rooney, DW; Gladden, LF; Stitt, EH; Delgado, JJ; Bernal, S; Hardacre, C
JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 265 (2009) 80

Evaluation of Gas Solubility Prediction in Ionic Liquids using COSMOthermX
Ab Manan, N; Hardacre, C; Jacquemin, J; Rooney, DW; Youngs, TGA
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA 54 (2009) 2005

Selective synthesis of chlorophosphoramidites using ionic liquids
Amigues, EJ; Hardacre, C; Keane, G; Migaud, ME; Norman, SE; Pitner, WR
GREEN CHEMISTRY 11 (2009) 1396

Green photochemistry: photo-Friedel-Crafts acylations of 1,4-naphthoquinone in room temperature ionic liquids
Murphy, B; Goodrich, P; Hardacre, C; Oelgemoller, M
GREEN CHEMISTRY 11 (2009) 1867

Liquid Structure and Dynamics of Aqueous Isopropanol over gamma-Alumina
Youngs, TGA; Weber, D; Gladden, LF; Hardacre, C
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 113 (2009) 21342

Selective catalytic reduction of O-2 with excess H-2 in the presence of C2H4 or C3H6
Inceesungvorn, B; Meunier, FC; Hardacre, C; Burch, R; Griffin, K
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2008) 6212

Catalysis in ionic liquids
V.I. Parvulescu, C. Hardacre, Chem. Rev. 107 (2007) 2615.

Voltammetric studies of gold, protons, and [HCl2]- in ionic liquids
L. Aldous, D.S. Silvester, W.R. Pitner, R.G. Compton, M.C. Lagunas, C. Hardacre J. Phys. Chem. C 111 (2007) 8496.

Supported and liquid phase task specific ionic liquids for base catalysed Knoevenagel reactions
C. Paun, J. Barklie, P. Goodrich, H.Q.N. Gunaratne, A. McKeown, V.I. Parvulescu, C. Hardacre J. Mol. Catal. A269 (2007) 64.

Recyclable copper catalysts based on imidazolium-tagged bis(oxazolines): A marked enhancement in rate and enantioselectivity for Diels-Alder reactions in ionic liquids
S. Doherty, P. Goodrich, C. Hardacre, J.G. Knight, M.T. Nguyen, V.I. Parvulescu, C. Paun Adv. Syn. Catal. 349 (2007) 951.

Understanding the dehydrogenation mechanism of tetrahydrocarbazole over palladium using a combined experimental and density functional theory approach.
P. Crawford, R. Burch, C. Hardacre, K.T. Hindle, P. Hu, B. Kalirai, D.W. Rooney J. Phys. Chem. C111 (2007) 6434.

A comparative study of the synthesis of 3-substituted catechols using an enzymatic and a chemoenzymatic method
V. Berberian, C.C.R. Allen, N.D. Sharma, D.R. Boyd, C. Hardacre Adv. Syn. Catal. 349 (2007) 727.

Identifying critical factors in the regeneration of NOx-trap materials under realistic conditions using fast transient techniques
J.P. Breen, C. Rioche, R. Burch, C. Hardacre, F.C. Meunier Appl. Catal. B72 (2007) 178.

A fast transient kinetic study of the effect of H-2 on the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with octane using isotopically labelled (NO)-N15
J.P. Breen, R. Burch, C. Hardacre, C.J. Hill, C. Rioche J. Catal. 246 (2007) 1.

A molecular dynamics study of glucose solvation in the ionic liquid 1,3-dimethylimidazolium chloride,
T.G.A. Youngs, J.D. Holbrey, M. Deetlefs, M. Nieuwenhuyzen, M.F.C. Gomes, C. Hardacre ChemPhysChem. 7 (2006) 2279.

DFT and in situ EXAFS investigation of gold/ceria-zirconia low-temperature water gas shift catalysts: Identification of the nature of the active form of gold
D. Tibiletti, A. Amieiro-Fonseca, R. Burch, Y. Chen, J.M. Fisher, A. Goguet, C. Hardacre, P. Hu, D.A. Thompsett J. Phys. Chem. B109 (2005) 22553.

Liquid structure of the ionic liquid 1,3-dimethylimidazolium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}amide
M. Deetlefs, C. Hardacre, M. Nieuwenhuyzen, A.A.H. Padua, O. Sheppard, A.K. Soper J. Phys. Chem. B 110 (2006) 12055.

Electrochemistry of phenol in bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}amide ([NTf2]-) based ionic liquids
C. Villagrán, L. Aldous, M.C. Lagunas, R.G. Compton, C. Hardacre J. Electroanal. Chem. 588 (2006) 27.

One-pot multistep synthetic strategies for the production of fenpropimorph using an ionic liquid solvent
S.A. Forsyth, H.Q.N. Gunaratne, C. Hardacre, A. McKeown, D.W. Rooney Org. Proc. Res. Dev. 10 (2006) 94.

Pulse-response TAP studies of the reverse water-gas shift reaction over a Pt/CeO2 catalyst
A. Goguet, S.O. Shekhtman, R. Burch, C. Hardacre, F. Meunier, G.S. Yablonsky J. Catal. 237 (2006) 102.

Ionic liquids - media for unique phosphorus chemistry
E. Amigues, C. Hardacre, G. Keane, M. Migaud, M. O'Neill Chem. Commun. (2006) 72 "Hot Article"

Structural Investigation of the Promotional Effect of Hydrogen during the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with Hydrocarbons over Ag/Al2O3 Catalysts
J.P. Breen, R. Burch, C. Hardacre, C.J. Hill J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 2005, 4805.

Application of EXAFS to molten salts and ionic liquid technology
C. Hardacre Ann. Rev. Mater. Res. 35 (2005) 29.

Use of a rotating disc reactor to investigate the heterogeneously catalysed oxidation of cinnamyl alcohol in toluene and ionic liquids
C. Hardacre, E. Mullan, D. Rooney, J.M. Thompson J Catal. 232 (2005) 355.

Utilisation of ionic liquid solvents for the synthesis of Lily-of-the-Valley fragrance {beta-Lilial (R); 3-(4-t-butylphenyl)-2-methylpropanal}
S. Forsyth, N. Gunaratne, C. Hardacre, A. McKeown, D. Rooney, K. Seddon J. Mol Catal A-Chem 231 (2005) 61.

Chloroindate(III) ionic liquids: recyclable media for Friedel-Crafts acylation
M. Earle, U. Hakala, C. Hardacre, J. Karkkainen, B. McAuley, D. Rooney, K. Seddon, J. Thompson, K. Wahala Chem Commun (2005) 903.

A catalytic and mechanistic study of the Friedel-Crafts benzoylation of anisole using zeolites in ionic liquids
C. Hardacre, S.P. Katdare, D. Milroy, P. Nancarrow, D.W. Rooney, J.M. Thompson J. Catal. 227 (2004) 44.

Liquid-phase oxidation of a pyrimidine thioether on Ti-SBA-15 and UL-TS-1 catalysts in ionic liquids
V. Cimpeanu, A.N. Parvulescu, V.I. Parvulescu, D.T. On, S. Kaliaguine, J.M .Thompson, C. Hardacre J Catal. 232 (2005) 60.

Electroreduction of N-methylphthalimide in room temperature ionic liquids under insonated and silent conditions
C. Villagran, C.E. Banks, W.R. Pitner, C. Hardacre, R.G. Compton Ultrasonics Sonochem 12 (2005) 423.

Structure of Ionic Liquid-Benzene Mixtures
M. Deetlefs,C Hardacre, M Nieuwenhuyzen, O Sheppard, AK Soper J. Phys. Chem B 109 (2005) 1593.

Heterogeneous oxidation of pyrimidine and alkyl thioethers in ionic liquids over mesoporous Ti or Ti/Ge catalysts
V. Cimpeanu, V.I. Parvulescu, P. Amoros, D. Beltran, J.M. Thompson, C. Hardacre Chem. Eur. J. 10 (2004) 4640.

A catalytic and mechanistic study of the Friedel-Crafts benzoylation of anisole using zeolites in ionic liquids
C. Hardacre, S.P. Katdare, D. Milroy, P. Nancarrow, D.W. Rooney, J.M. Thompson J. Catal. 227 (2004) 44.

Guest sorption and desorption in the metal-organic framework [Co(INA)2] (INA = isonicotinate) - evidence of intermediate phases during desorption
Q. Wei, M. Nieuwenhuyzen, F. Meunier, C. Hardacre, S.L. James Dalton Trans (2004) 1807.

Electroreduction of oxygen in a series of room temperature ionic liquids composed of group 15-centered cations and anions
R.G. Evans, O.V. Klymenko, S.A. Saddoughi, C. Hardacre, R.G. Compton J Phys. Chem. B108 (2004) 7878.

A structural and electrochemical investigation of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazollum salts of the nitratodioxouranate(VI) anions [{UO2(NO3)2}2(mu(4)-C2O4)]2-, [UO2(NO3)3]-, and [UO2(NO3)4]2-
A.E. Bradley, C. Hardacre, M. Nieuwenhuyzen, W.R. Pitner, D. Sanders, K.R. Seddon, R.C. Thied Inorg. Chem. 43 (2004) 2503.

Electroanalytical determination of trace chloride in room-temperature ionic liquids
C. Villagran, C.E. Banks, C. Hardacre, R.G. Compton Anal. Chem. 76 (2004) 1998.

Quantification of halide in ionic liquids using ion chromatography
C. Villagran, M. Deetlefs, W.R. Pitner, C. Hardacre Anal. Chem. 76 (2004) 2118.

Marked enantioselectivity enhancements for Diels-Alder reactions in ionic liquids catalysed by platinum diphosphine complexes
S. Doherty, P. Goodrich, C. Hardacre, H.K. Luo, D.W. Rooney, K.R. Seddon, P. Styring Green Chem. 6 (2004) 63.

Comparative study of diastereoisomer interconversion in chiral BINOL-ate and diamine platinum complexes of conformationally flexible NUPHOS diphosphines
S. Doherty, C.R. Newman, R.K. Rath, J.A. van den Berg, C. Hardacre, M. Nieuwenhuyzen, JG Knight Organometallics 23 (2004) 1055.

Structural studies of crystalline 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride salts
A. Downard, M.J. Earle, C. Hardacre, S.E.J. McMath, M. Nieuwenhuyzen, S.J. Teat Chem. Mater. 16 (2004) 43.

Structure of molten 1,3-dimethylimidazolium chloride using neutron diffraction
C. Hardacre, J.D. Holbrey, S.E.J. McMath, D.T. Bowron, A.K. Soper J. Chem. Phys. 118 (2003) 273.

Liquid Structure of 1,3-dimethylimidazolium salts
C. Hardacre, S.E.J. McMath, M. Nieuwenhuyzen, D.T. Bowron, A.K. Soper J. Phys. C. 15 (2003) S159.

Liquid Clathrate Formation in Ionic Liquid/Aromatic Mixtures
J.D. Holbrey, W.M. Reichert, M. Nieuwenhuyzen, O. Sheppard, C. Hardacre, R.D. Rogers Chem. Comm. (2003) 476.

Heterogeneously catalysed selective hydrogenation reactions in Ionic Liquids
K. Anderson, P. Goodrich, C. Hardacre, D.W. Rooney Green Chemistry 5 (2003) 448.

Low temperature oxidation reactions of ethane over a Pt/Al2O3 catalyst
B. Silberova, R. Burch, A. Goguet, C. Hardacre, A. Holmen J. Catal. 219 (2003) 206.

Polymer-supported phosphoramidites: highly efficient and recyclable catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation of dimethylitaconate and dehydroamino acids and esters
S. Doherty, E.G. Robins, I. Pal, C.R. Newman, C. Hardacre, D.W. Rooney, D.A. Mooney Tetrahedron-asymmetry 14 (2003) 1517.

Small angle X-ray scattering studies of liquid crystalline 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium salts
A.E. Bradley, C. Hardacre, J.D. Holbrey, S. Johnston, S.E.J. McMath, M. Nieuwenhuyzen Chem. Mater. 14 (2002) 629.

In-situ XAFS investigation of palladium species present during the Heck reaction in room temperature ionic liquid
N.A. Hamill, C. Hardacre, S.E.J. McMath Green Chem, 4 (2002) 139.

Alternating copolymerisation of styrene and carbon monoxide in ionic liquids
C. Hardacre, J.D. Holbrey, S.P. Katdare, K.R. Seddon Green Chemistry 4 (2002) 143.

The effect of co-precipitation on cadmium(II) adsorption on hydrous aluminium(III) hydroxide in the presence of a range of chelates
M.G. Burnett, C. Hardacre, H.J. Mawhinney Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 4 (2002) 3828.

Crystal and liquid crystalline polymorphism in 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloropalladate (II) salts
C. Hardacre, J.D. Holbrey, P.B. McCormac, S.E.J. McMath, M. Nieuwenhuyzen, K.R. Seddon J. Mater. Chem. 11 (2001) 346.

Use of a batch rotating photocatalytic contactor for the degradation of organic pollutants in waste water
N.A. Hamill, L.R. Weatherley, C. Hardacre Appl. Catal. B30 (2001) 49.

Deuteriation of substituted imidazoles and imidazolium salts
C. Hardacre, J.D. Holbrey, S.E.J. McMath Chem. Comm. (2001) 367.

Molecular layering and local order in thin films of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids using X-ray reflectivity
A.J. Carmichael, C. Hardacre, J.D. Holbrey, M. Nieuwenhuyzen, K.R. Seddon Mol. Phys. 99 (2001) 795.

Gas Phase Photocatalytic Degradation of Dichlorobutenes
N.A. Hamill, C. Hardacre, J. Barth, R.M. Kalin, J.F. Cunningham Environ. Sci. Technol. 35 (2001) 2823.