We focus on the development of sustainable, green processes for fine chemicals production with the use of modern catalysts.

 In particular, our expertise includes:

Catalysts of our main focus include:

OUR IONIC LIQUIDS

A toolbox with new ionic liquids discovered in our group includes:

Chrobok Group
  • Peroxymonosulphate ionic liquids used as oxidation agents in the synthesis of lactones;
  • Hydrogen-bond-rich ionic liquids used as effective organocatalysts for Diels-Alder reaction;

Acidic ionic liquids:

  • Protic ionic liquids based on nitrogen bases and sulfuric acid with anionic clusters as Brønsted acidic catalysts for esteryfication;
  • Triflometallate ionic liquids as Lewis acidic catalysts in the chromane syntheses and for for the conversion of a-angelica lactone to levulinates;

Peroxymonosulphate ILs

A new method for the rapid synthesis of lactones via one-pot oxidation of alcohols with peroxymonosulphate was developed.

Chrobok Group

K. Matuszek, P. Zawadzki, W. Czardybon, A. Chrobok, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 237.

Bio-ILs

The synthesis and characterisation of new hydrogen-bond-rich ionic liquids and studies of their catalytic performance in Diels-Alder reactions were described.

Chrobok Group

K. Erfurt, I. Wandzik, K. Walczak, K. Matuszek, A. Chrobok, Green Chem., 2014, 16, 3508

PILS

Inexpensive Brønsted-acidic ionic liquids, suitable for industrial-scale catalysis, a family of protonic ionic liquids based on nitrogen bases and sulfuric acid was developed

Chrobok Group

 

A.Brzęczek-Szafran, J. Więcławik, N. Barteczko, A. Szelwicka,  E. Byrne, A. Kolanowska, M. Swadźba-Kwaśny, A. Chrobok, Green Chem., 2021, 23, 4421-4429

K. Matuszek, A. Chrobok, F. Coleman, K. Seddon, M. Swadźba-Kwasny, Green Chem., 2014, 16, 3463,

Trifloaluminate Ionic Liquids

Water-Tolerant Trifloaluminate Ionic Liquids: New and Unique Lewis Acidic Catalysts for the Synthesis of Chromane.

Chrobok Group

P. Latos, N. Barteczko ,A. Chrobok, A. Culkin, L. Brown, P. Nockemann, M. Swadzba-Kwasny, S. Boncel, S. Jurczyk, Front. Chem., 2018, 6, 535.

SILP

Highly selective and reusable triflometallate ionic liquids immobilized on the surface of ionic liquids for the conversion of biobased platform molecule α-angelica lactone to levulinates was presented.

Chrobok Group

 

P. Latos, A. Szelwicka, S. Boncel, S. Jurczyk, M. Swadzba-Kwasny, A. Chrobok, ACS Sus. Chem. Eng., 2019, 7, 5184.

Current Projects

OPUS

National Science Centre Poland

 

Duration: 24 January 2019 – 23 January 2021

Leader: Anna Chrobok

LIDER

The National Centre for Research and Development

IoLacTec: Innovative method for acidic ionic liquids mediated lactams production

Duration: 1 May 2019 – 30 April 2022

Leader: Alina Brzeczek-Szafran

Preludium

National Science Centre Poland

 

Designing of supported ionic liquid phase catalysts dedicated for continuous flow synthesis of fine chemicals

Duration: 14 January 2021 – January 2023

Leader: Piotr Latos

Preludium

National Science Centre Poland

Studies on the catalytic performance of biocatalysts based on supported ionic liquids

Duration: 29 January 2020 – 28 January 2022

Leader: Anna Szelwicka

OPUS

National Science Centre Poland

Tunable liquid metal complexes as catalysts for the model chemical and electrochemical processes

 

Duration:  2 July 2021 – 1 July 2024

 

Leader:  Anna Chrobok

Finished projects

OPUS

National Science Centre Poland

N-doped carbons as catalysts for model electrochemical and chemical processes

Duration: 24 January 2019 – 23 January 2021

Leader: Anna Chrobok

INNOCHEM

The National Centre for Research and Development

Process for the preparation of ε-caprolactam from cyclohexanone and hydrogen peroxide by chemo-enzymatic catalysis

Leader: Azoty Group

OPUS

Heterogeneous catalysts based on carbon nanostructures in model chemical processes

Duration: 26 January 2016 – 25 January 2018

Leader: Anna Chrobok

Sponsors:

National Science Centre Poland

PRELUDIUM

Designing and study on the catalytic performance of a new liquid metal complexes

Duration: 04 March 2015– 03 March 2017

Leader: Karolina Matuszek

Sponsors:

National Science Centre Poland

HARMONIA

A study of the catalytic performance of Lewis and Bronsted acidic ionic liquids in model chemical processes

Duration: 09 April 2013– 08 April 2016

Leader: Anna Chrobok

Sponsors:

National Science Centre Poland

PRELUDIUM

Study on the development of new methods for the synthesis of lactones using chemo-enzymatic Baeyer-Villiger reaction

Duration: 24 March 2014 – 23 March 2016

Leader: Agnieszka Drożdż

Sponsors:

National Science Centre Poland