Staff
- Academic Staff
- Dr M.N. Ahmad
- Dr F. Aiouache
- Professor S.J. Allen
- Professor S.E.J. Bell
- Professor D.R. Boyd
- Professor R. Burch OBE
- Dr M.J. Cook
- Professor A.P. de Silva
- Dr A.P. Doherty
- Dr N.C. Fletcher
- Dr Q. Gan
- Dr A. Goguet
- Dr W. P.D.Goldring
- Professor K.J. Hale
- Professor C. Hardacre
- Professor P. Hu
- Dr M. Huang
- Dr. J. Jacquemin
- Professor S.L. James
- Dr M.C. Lagunas
- Dr I.C. Lane
- Dr W.F. Lin
- Professor T.R.A. Magee
- Professor J. Mann
- Dr A.C. Marr
- Dr P.C. Marr
- Professor J.J. McGarvey
- Professor A. Mills
- Dr M. Mirzaeian
- Dr M.J. Muldoon
- Dr P. Nancarrow
- Dr P. Nockemann
- Professor E.V. Rebrov
- Dr D.W. Rooney
- Professor K.R. Seddon
- Dr G.N. Sheldrake
- Dr P.J. Stevenson
- Dr K. Tchabanenko
- Dr J. Thompson
- Dr J.S. Vyle
- Dr G.M. Walker
- Dr P.J. Walsh
- All Staff
Dr David W. Rooney
Dr D.W. Rooney
B.Eng (Queens University) 1994
PhD (Queens University) 1998
Director of Research, CeTACat
Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
Tel: + 44 (0) 28 9097 4050
Fax: + 44 (0) 28 9097 6524
E-mail: d.rooney@qub.ac.uk
Selected Publications
One-pot multistep synthetic strategies for the production of fenpropimorph using an ionic liquid solvent.
S. A. Forsyth, N. Gunaratne, C. Hardacre, D. Rooney
Org. Proc. Res. Dev. 10 (1) (2006) 94-102
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. Catal. 232 (2) (2005), 355-365
Utilisation of ionic liquid solvents for the synthesis of Lily-of-the-Valley fragrance {beta-Lilial (R); 3-(4-t-butylphenyl)-2-methylpropanal}.
S. A. Forsyth, N. Gunaratne, C. Hardacre, D. Rooney
J. Mol. Cat- A, 231 (1-2) (2005), 61-66
Synthesis of 3-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2-propen-1-one, a precursor to Lilial (R), via an aldol condensation in an ionic liquid.
P. Davy, S. A. Forsyth, N. Gunaratne, C. Hardacre, D. Rooney
Green Chem. 7 (4), (2005), 224-229
Chloroindate(III) ionic liquids: recyclable media for Friedel-Crafts acylation reactions.
M. Earle, U. Hakala, C. Hardacre, D. Rooney
Chem. Com. 7,(2005), 903-905
A catalytic and mechanistic study of the Friedel-Crafts benzoylation of anisole using zeolites in ionic liquids.
C. Hardacre, S. Katdare, D. Milroy, D. Rooney
J. Catal. 227 (1) (2004): 44-52
Marked enantioselectivity enhancements for Diels-Alder reactions in ionic liquids catalysed by platinum diphosphine complexes.
S. Doherty, P. Goodrich, C. Hardacre, D. Rooney
Green Chem. 6 (1) (2004), 63-67
Heterogeneously catalysed selective hydrogenation reactions in ionic liquids.
K. Anderson, P. Goodrich, C. Hardacre, D. Rooney
Green Chem. 5 (4), (2003) 448-453
