Bilde av Hopmann, Kathrin Helen
Bilde av Hopmann, Kathrin Helen
Department of Chemistry kathrin.hopmann@uit.no +4777623109 Tromsø REALF C 325

Kathrin Helen Hopmann


Professor, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Job description

Professor in Computational Chemistry
Group leader of the CHOCO group (http://site.uit.no/choco)
Project leader of the Innovative Training Network CO2PERATE (www.co2perate.eu)


Short Biography:
My research activity is focused on elucidating the detailed nature of chemical reactions. During my undergraduate studies (1999-2004, Aarhus University in Denmark and Karolinska Inst. in Sweden), I worked several years in the laboratory, investigating enzymatic reactions. During my Ph.D. studies (2004-08, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden), I shifted towards computational chemistry, focusing on modelling of enzymatic catalysis. In my post doc studies (2008-11, University of Tromsø, Norway) and my subsequent researcher position, I have increasingly focused on chirality and enantioselective catalysis. Since 2014, I am leading my own research group, which is applying both experimental organic chemistry and theoretical quantum chemistry tools in the investigation and development of organometallic catalysts. Current research projects involve experimental and theoretical studies of transition metal catalyzed processes, including hydrogenation reactions (Ir, Co, Fe) and organometallic conversion of CO2 to higher value products. I lead several externally funded projects, among others the Innovative Training network CO2PERATE (www.co2perate.eu) and a TFS funded recruitment grant (site.uit.no/choco). Since May 2018, I am appointed Associate Professor at UiT The Arctic University of Tromsø and since September 2020, I am Full Professor in Computational Chemistry. For more details on publications and review activity, please see my ORCID profile.


  • Simon S. Pedersen, Gabriel M. F. Batista, Martin L. Henriksen, Hans Christian D. Hammershøj, Kathrin Helen Hopmann, Troels Skrydstrup :
    Lignocellulose Conversion via Catalytic Transformations Yields Methoxyterephthalic Acid Directly from Sawdust
    JACS Au 2023 FULLTEKST / PROSJEKT / DOI
  • Craig S. Day, Cuong Dat Do, Carlota Odena, Jordi Benet-Buchholz, Liang Xu, Cina Foroutan-Nejad et al.:
    Room-Temperature-Stable Magnesium Electride via Ni(II) Reduction
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022 PROSJEKT / FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Lauren N. Mendelsohn, Ljiljana Pavlovic, Hongyu Zhong, Max R. Friedfeld, Michael Shevlin, Kathrin Helen Hopmann et al.:
    Mechanistic Investigations of the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Enamides with Neutral Bis(phosphine) Cobalt Precatalysts
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022 PROSJEKT / ARKIV / DOI
  • Anthony P. Deziel, Matthew Espinosa, Ljiljana Pavlovic, David J. Charboneau, Nilay Hazari, Kathrin Helen Hopmann et al.:
    Ligand and solvent effects on CO2insertion into group 10 metal alkyl bonds
    Chemical Science 2022 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / PROSJEKT / DOI
  • Aleksi Sahari, Cuong Dat Do, Jere K. Mannisto, Emanuele Antico, Angelo Amaratunga, Kathrin Helen Hopmann et al.:
    Titanium isopropoxide-mediated cis-selective synthesis of 3,4-substituted butyrolactones from CO2
    Chemical Communications 2022 ARKIV / PROSJEKT / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Ljiljana Pavlovic, Lauren N. Mendelsohn, Hongyu Zhong, Paul J. Chirik, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Enamides: Insights into Mechanisms and Solvent Effects
    Organometallics 2022 FULLTEKST / PROSJEKT / ARKIV / DOI
  • Ashot Gevorgyan, Kathrin Helen Hopmann, Annette Bayer :
    Improved Buchwald-Hartwig Amination by the Use of Lipids and Lipid Impurities
    Organometallics 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jere K. Mannisto, Ljiljana Pavlovic, Tony Tiainen, Martin Nieger, Aleksi Sahari, Kathrin Helen Hopmann et al.:
    Mechanistic Insights into Carbamate Formation from CO2 and Amines: The Role of Guanidine–CO2 Adducts,
    Catalysis Science & Technology 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ashot Gevorgyan, Kathrin Helen Hopmann, Annette Bayer :
    Lipids as Versatile Solvents for Chemical Synthesis
    Green Chemistry 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anders Brakestad, Peter Wind, Stig Rune Jensen, Luca Frediani, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Multiwavelets applied to metal–ligand interactions: Energies free from basis set errors
    Journal of Chemical Physics 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ljiljana Pavlovic, Martin Pettersen, Ashot Gevorgyan, Janakiram Vaitla, Annette Bayer, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Computational and experimental insights into asymmetric Rh‐catalyzed hydrocarboxylation with CO2
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2020 ARKIV / PROSJEKT / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Anders Brakestad, Stig Rune Jensen, Peter Wind, Marco D'Alessandro, Luigi Genovese, Kathrin Helen Hopmann et al.:
    Static polarizabilities at the basis set limit: A benchmark of 124 species
    Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Rosie J. Somerville, Carlota Odena, Marc Obst, Nilay Hazari, Kathrin Helen Hopmann, Ruben Martin :
    Ni(I)–alkyl complexes bearing phenanthroline ligands: Experimental evidence for CO2 insertion at Ni(I) centers
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ashot Gevorgyan, Kathrin Helen Hopmann, Annette Bayer :
    Exploration of New Biomass-Derived Solvents: Application to Carboxylation Reactions
    ChemSusChem 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ashot Gevorgyan, Kathrin Helen Hopmann, Annette Bayer :
    Formal C-H carboxylation of unactivated arenes
    Chemistry - A European Journal 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Diego García López, Ljiljana Pavlovic, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    To Bind or Not to Bind: Mechanistic Insights into C–CO2 Bond Formation with Late Transition Metals
    Organometallics 2020 FULLTEKST / PROSJEKT / ARKIV / DOI
  • Marc Obst, Ashot Gevorgyan, Annette Bayer, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Mechanistic Insights into Copper-Catalyzed Carboxylations
    Organometallics 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ashot Gevorgyan, Marc Obst, Yngve Guttormsen, Feliu Maseras, Kathrin Helen Hopmann, Annette Bayer :
    Caesium Fluoride-Mediated Hydrocarboxylation of Alkenes and Allenes: Scope and Mechanistic Insights
    Chemical Science 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Janakiram Vaitla, Annette Bayer, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Vinyl Sulfoxonium Ylide: A New Vinyl Carbenoid Transfer Reagent for the Synthesis of Heterocycles
    Synlett : Accounts and Rapid Communications in Synthetic Organic Chemistry 2019 ARKIV / PROSJEKT / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Janakiram Vaitla, Annette Bayer, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Iron‐Catalyzed Carbenoid Transfer Reactions of Vinyl Sulfoxonium Ylides: An Experimental and Computational Study
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018 ARKIV / PROSJEKT / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Marc Ferry Obst, Ljiljana Pavlovic, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Carbon-carbon bonds with CO2: Insights from computational studies
    Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2018 ARKIV / PROSJEKT / DOI
  • Ljiljana Pavlovic, Janakiram Vaitla, Annette Bayer, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydrocarboxylation: Mechanistic Analysis Reveals Unusual Transition State for Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation
    Organometallics 2018 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / PROSJEKT / DOI
  • Glenn Robert Morello, Hongyu Zhong, Paul J. Chirik, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Cobalt-Catalysed Alkene Hydrogenation: A Metallacycle Can Explain the Hydroxyl Activating Effect and the Diastereoselectivity
    Chemical Science 2018 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jennifer V. Obligacion, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Our Cup of Tea: Sustainable Organometallic Chemistry
    Organometallics 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sahil Gahlawat, Abril C Castro, Per-Ola Norrby, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Mechanistic Insights into the Reduction of CO2 using Molecular Catalysis
    2022
  • Sahil Gahlawat, Abril C Castro, Per-Ola Norrby, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    CO2 Reduction via an Ir-based Catalyst
    2022
  • Jennifer V. Obligacion, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Cover of Journal: https://pubs.acs.org/toc/orgnd7/41/14
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Insights from a successful ITN application
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Mechanistic insights into homogeneous CO2 fixation
    2021
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Computational Catalysis Applied to Hydrogenation & Carboxylation Reactions
    2020 PROSJEKT
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    A Polymer Magician: Professor Charlotte K. Williams
    Organometallics 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Handlingsplan for ulikestilling og ekskludering
    Khrono.no 2020 FULLTEKST
  • Nilay Hazari, Nobuharu Iwasawa, Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Organometallic Chemistry for Enabling Carbon Dioxide Utilization
    Organometallics 2020 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / PROSJEKT / DOI
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Computational & Experimental Insights into the Use of CO2 in Chemical Synthesis
    2019
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    How To Make Your Computational Paper Interesting and Have It Published
    Organometallics 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Is your mechanism correct? Insights into Hydrogenation and Carboxylation Reactions
    2019
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Is your mechanism corect? Insights into Organometallic Hydrogenation and Carboxylation Reactions
    2019
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Is Your Mechanism Correct? A Critical View on the Modelling of Reaction Mechanisms
    2018 PROSJEKT
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Is Your Mechanism Correct? A Critical View on the Modelling of Reaction Mechanisms
    2018 PROSJEKT
  • Karen Oda Hjorth Dundas, Kathrin Helen Hopmann, Maria Olsson :
    Trodde Du? (I Nordnorsk debatt)
    Nordlys 2018 FULLTEKST
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Is Your Mechanism Correct? A Critical View on Computational Catalysis
    2018
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann, Karen Oda Hjorth Dundas :
    Trodde Du / Did you think 20 pages about the exhibition Trodde Du and gender balance in academia
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Useful Chemicals from CO2
    2018 PROSJEKT
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann, Karen Oda Hjorth Dundas :
    Trodde Du Utstilling av kvinner ved UiT
    Trodde Du? / Did you think? 2018 PROSJEKT
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Overview of CHOCO research
    2018
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Selecvtivity!
    2018 OMTALE
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Trodde Du?
    Utstilling 'Trodde Du' 2018 DATA / OMTALE / PROSJEKT
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Overview of NordCO2
    2018
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Faces of CO2
    CO2 days 2018 DATA / OMTALE
  • Kathrin Helen Hopmann :
    Selectivity! (ICIQ)
    2018 PROSJEKT

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    Research interests

    Application of theoretical methods to analyse the properties and mechanisms of transition metal-catalyzed reactions, in particular stereoselective reactions. Conversion of CO2 to products with higher value.

    FOR POSSIBLE BACHELOR OR MASTER PROJECTS: SEE site.uit.no/choco

    Teaching

    KJE-6004, MNF-6001, KJE-3102, KJE-1001, KJE-3001, KJE-8075

    See my digitial teaching portfolio for additional information:

     





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