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  1. Hydrothermal carbonization of Colombian plantain peels: Physicochemical properties, thermal behavior, and bioactive potential

    Article • Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, August 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  2. Evaluation of hydrothermal carbonization of biomass residues for bioenergy: A life-cycle based comparison against incumbent technologies

    Article • EFB Bioeconomy Journal, November 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  3. Methyl ketones from carboxylic acids as valuable target molecules in the biorefinery

    Article • Catalysis Today, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  4. Evaluation of hydrothermal carbonization in urban mining for the recovery of phosphorus from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  5. Making hydrochar suitable for agricultural soil: A thermal treatment to remove organic phytotoxic compounds

    Article • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  6. Evaluating climate change mitigation potential of hydrochars: compounding insights from three different indicators

    Article • GCB Bioenergy, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  7. Ketone Formation from Carboxylic Acids by Ketonic Decarboxylation: The Exceptional Case of the Tertiary Carboxylic Acids

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  8. High Quality Biowaxes from Fatty Acids and Fatty Esters: Catalyst and Reaction Mechanism for Accompanying Reactions

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, July 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Renz

  9. Hydrothermal Carbonization and Its Role in Catalysis

    Article • June 2017, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  10. Cerium oxide as a catalyst for the ketonization of aldehydes: mechanistic insights and a convenient way to alkanes without the consumption of external hydrogen

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Renz

  11. Environmental Performance of Hydrothermal Carbonization of Four Wet Biomass Waste Streams at Industry-Relevant Scales

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, October 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Renz

  12. Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation and Hydrogen Production in the Ketonization of Aldehydes

    Article • ChemSusChem, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  13. Direct conversion of carboxylic acids (Cn) to alkenes (C2n−1) over titanium oxide in absence of noble metals

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  14. Fuel and chemicals from wet lignocellulosic biomass waste streams by hydrothermal carbonization

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Renz

  15. Effect of the Cα substitution on the ketonic decarboxylation of carboxylic acids over m-ZrO2: the role of entropy

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Renz

  16. The hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) plant as a decentral biorefinery for wet biomass

    Article • Catalysis Today, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  17. Conversion of levulinic acid derived valeric acid into a liquid transportation fuel of the kerosene type

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  18. Effect of Gas Atmosphere on Catalytic Behaviour of Zirconia, Ceria and Ceria–Zirconia Catalysts in Valeric Acid Ketonization

    Article • Topics in Catalysis, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Renz

  19. From MOFs to zeolites: zirconium sites for epoxide rearrangement

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Renz

  20. Ketonic Decarboxylation Reaction Mechanism: A Combined Experimental and DFT Study

    Article • ChemSusChem, November 2012, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  21. Production of high quality diesel from cellulose and hemicellulose by the Sylvan process: catalysts and process variables

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Renz

  22. High-Quality Diesel from Hexose- and Pentose-Derived Biomass Platform Molecules

    Article • ChemSusChem, October 2011, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  23. Production of High-Quality Diesel from Biomass Waste Products

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  24. Biomass to chemicals: Rearrangement of β-pinene epoxide into myrtanal with well-defined single-site substituted molecular sieves as reusable solid Lewis-acid catalysts

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, May 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  25. Water Resistant, Catalytically Active Nb and Ta Isolated Lewis Acid Sites, Homogeneously Distributed by Direct Synthesis in a Beta Zeolite

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, June 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Francesc X. Llabrés i Xamena, Dr Michael Renz

  26. Transformation of Biomass Products into Fine Chemicals Catalyzed by Solid Lewis- and Brønsted-acids

    Article • Topics in Catalysis, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Renz

  27. Reactivity in the confined spaces of zeolites: the interplay between spectroscopy and theory to develop structure–activity relationships for catalysis

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Renz

  28. Coupling Fatty Acids by Ketonic Decarboxylation Using Solid Catalysts for the Direct Production of Diesel, Lubricants, and Chemicals

    Article • ChemSusChem, September 2008, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  29. Catalysis by Lewis Acids: Basic Principles for Highly Stereoselective Heterogeneously Catalyzed Cyclization Reactions

    Article • November 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Renz

  30. Peculiarities of Sn-Beta and potential industrial applications

    Article • Catalysis Today, March 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  31. A General Method for the Preparation of Ethers Using Water-Resistant Solid Lewis Acids

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  32. Mechanism of the Meerwein−Ponndorf−Verley−Oppenauer (MPVO) Redox Equilibrium on Sn− and Zr−Beta Zeolite Catalysts

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, October 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Renz

  33. Predicting the Activity of Single Isolated Lewis Acid Sites in Solid Catalysts

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, September 2006, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  34. A Multisite Molecular Mechanism for Baeyer–Villiger Oxidations on Solid Catalysts Using Environmentally Friendly H2O2 as Oxidant

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, November 2005, Wiley

    Dr German Sastre, Dr Michael Renz

  35. Determination of the catalytically active oxidation Lewis acid sites in Sn-beta zeolites, and their optimisation by the combination of theoretical and experimental studies

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  36. A new, alternative, halogen-free synthesis for the fragrance compound Melonal using zeolites and mesoporous materials as oxidation catalysts

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  37. Ketonization of Carboxylic Acids by Decarboxylation: Mechanism and Scope

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2005, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  38. Experimental Evidence for a Dual Site Mechanism in Sn-Beta and Sn-MCM-41 Catalysts for the Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation

    Article • Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, January 2005, Institute of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry

    Dr Michael Renz

  39. Ketonic Decarboxylation Catalysed by Weak Bases and Its Application to an Optically Pure Substrate

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, May 2004, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  40. Sn-Beta zeolite as diastereoselective water-resistant heterogeneous Lewis-acid catalyst for carbon–carbon bond formation in the intramolecular carbonyl–ene reaction

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Renz

  41. One-pot synthesis of phenols from aromatic aldehydes by Baeyer–Villiger oxidation with H2O2 using water-tolerant Lewis acids in molecular sieves

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  42. Lewis acidic Sn(IV) centers—grafted onto MCM-41—as catalytic sites for the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation with hydrogen peroxide

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, October 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  43. Selective and Shape-Selective Baeyer–Villiger Oxidations of Aromatic Aldehydes and Cyclic Ketones with Sn-Beta Zeolites and H2O2

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, October 2002, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  44. Sn-zeolite beta as a heterogeneous chemoselective catalyst for Baeyer–Villiger oxidations

    Article • Nature, July 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Renz

  45. Preparation, characterization and crystal structures of manganese(II), iron(III) and copper(II) complexes of the bis[di-1,1-(2-pyridyl)ethyl]amine (BDPEA) ligand; evaluation of their DNA cleavage activities

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Renz

  46. Influence of the anion of FeIII salts on the product distribution in the oxidative degradation of a tetrapyridyl ligand

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 1999, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Renz

  47. Oxidative degradation of chlorinated phenols catalyzed by a non-heme iron(III) complex

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, January 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  48. Diastereoselective Catalytic Epoxidation of Chiral Allylic Alcohols by the TS-1 and Ti-β Zeolites:  Evidence for a Hydrogen-Bonded, Peroxy-Type Loaded Complex as Oxidizing Species

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, May 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Renz

  49. Diastereoselective epoxidation of allylic alcohols with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by titanium-containing zeolites or methyltrioxorhenium versus stoichiometric oxidation with dimethyldioxirane: Clues on the active species in the zeolite lattice

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, March 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Renz

  50. Tridentate ?-Hydroperoxy Alcohols as Novel Oxygen Donors for the Titanium-Catalyzed Epoxidation of ?,?-Unsaturated ?,?-Diols: A Direct Diastereoselective Synthesis of Epoxy Diols

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, June 1994, Wiley

    Dr Michael Renz

  51. Crystal structure of 2-phenyl-1-(3-phenyloxiran-2-yl)-1,2-ethanediol, C16H16O3

    Article • Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials, January 1994, De Gruyter

    Dr Michael Renz