University Assistant Professor

Research

The Dydio group is researching new ways to improve the efficiency and capacity of organic synthesis.

Areas of interest include:

  • Complex Networks of Reactions
  • Mechanism-based design of new transformations
  • Advancing key industrial processes driven by elucidating their mechanistic features

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Publications

An artificial metalloenzyme with the kinetics of native enzymes.
P Dydio, HM Key, A Nazarenko, JY-E Rha, V Seyedkazemi, DS Clark, JF Hartwig
Science
(2016)
354
Abiological catalysis by artificial haem proteins containing noble metals in place of iron
HM Key, P Dydio, DS Clark, JF Hartwig
Nature
(2016)
534
Cofactor-Controlled Chirality of Tropoisomeric Ligand
L Theveau, R Bellini, P Dydio, Z Szabo, A van der Werf, RA Sander, JNH Reek, C Moberg
Organometallics
(2016)
35
A hybrid macrocyclic anion receptor exploiting the pyrrole-2,5-diacetamide unit
J Jurczak, P Dydio, P Stepniak, T Zielinski
RSC Advances
(2016)
6
Beyond classical reactivity patterns: hydroformylation of vinyl and allyl arenes to valuable β- and γ-aldehyde intermediates using supramolecular catalysis.
P Dydio, RJ Detz, B de Bruin, JNH Reek
J Am Chem Soc
(2014)
136
Scalable and chromatography-free synthesis of 2-(2-formylalkyl) arenecarboxylic acid derivatives through the supramolecularly controlled hydroformylation of vinylarene-2-carboxylic acids
P Dydio, JNH Reek
Nature Protocols
(2014)
9
Supramolecular control of selectivity in transition-metal catalysis through substrate preorganization
P Dydio, JNH Reek
Chemical Science
(2014)
5
Selective Isomerization–Hydroformylation Sequence: A Strategy to Valuable α-Methyl-Branched Aldehydes from Terminal Olefins
P Dydio, M Ploeger, JNH Reek
ACS Catalysis
(2013)
3
Precise supramolecular control of selectivity in the Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation of terminal and internal alkenes.
P Dydio, RJ Detz, JNH Reek
J Am Chem Soc
(2013)
135
Supramolecular Control of Selectivity in Hydroformylation of Vinyl Arenes: Easy Access to Valuable β‐Aldehyde Intermediates
P Dydio, JNH Reek
Angewandte Chemie
(2013)
125

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