Messinis Antonios
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Education
Antonis Messinis was born in Athens and earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2008. A recipient of a prestigious scholarship from the Foundation for Education and European Culture, he pursued his Master’s degree in synthetic organophosphorus chemistry under the mentorship of Prof. P. W. Dyer at the University of Durham in the United Kingdom. In 2014, he completed his Ph.D. in organometallic chemistry and catalysis at the same institution, funded by SASOL Technology UK and co-supervised by Dr. M. J. Hanton. His doctoral research focused on the development and mechanistic investigation of industrially relevant ethylene and α-olefin dimerization reactions catalyzed by metal-imido complexes.
Academic Career
After obtaining his Ph.D., Antonis moved to the University of Bristol in 2014 for a post-doctoral stay under the guidance of Prof. R. B. Bedford. During this time, he developed heterogeneous ruthenium-based olefin metathesis systems by immobilizing Grubbs catalysts on silica particles with well-defined morphology. Continuing in the same group in 2016, he explored the intricate mechanisms of iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, employing a multidisciplinary approach that included spectroscopies, chemical kinetics, and intermediate isolation. In 2019, Antonis joined the Ackermann group in Göttingen, Germany, where he focused on the development and mechanistic investigation of metal-catalyzed C–H activation reactions, with a particular emphasis on eco-friendly iron catalysis. In 2020, he received a prestigious Marie Curie Individual Fellowship to continue his research on sustainable iron-catalyzed C–H activations within the same group. Embarking on his independent research career, Antonis assumed the role of Assistant Professor in Organic Chemistry at the University of Crete in 2024. His research interests encompass the development, mechanistic investigation, and application of environmentally sustainable catalytic processes with a focus on iron.
Research Interests
Organometallic chemistry, Sustainable Catalysis, Methodology development, Mechanistic investigations, Iron chemistry.
Recent Publications
- Messinis, A. M., von Münchow, T., Surke, M., Ackermann, L. "Room Temperature Iron-Photopromoted Arene C–H Alkenylation without Grignard Reagents", Catal. 2024, In press https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-023-01105-0.
- Mo, J., Messinis, A. M., Li, J., Warratz, S., Ackermann, L. "Chelation-Assisted Iron-Catalyzed C–H Activations: Scope and Mechanism", Chem. Res. 2024, 57, 10-22, https://doi.org:10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00294.
- Messinis, A. M., Oliveira, J. C. A., Stückl, A. C., Ackermann, L. "Cyclometallated Iron(II) Alkoxides in Iron-Catalyzed C–H Activations by Weak O-Carbonyl Chelation", ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 4947-4960, https://doi.org:10.1021/acscatal.2c00772.
- Messinis, A. M., Finger, L. H., Hu, L., Ackermann, L. "Allenes for Versatile Iron-Catalyzed C–H Activation by Weak O-Coordination: Mechanistic Insights by Kinetics, Intermediate Isolation, and Computation", Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13102-13111, https://doi.org:10.1021/jacs.0c04837.
- Messinis, A. M., Luckham, S. L. J., Wells, P. P., Girl, D., Gibson, E. K., O'Brien, H. M., Sparkes, H. A., Davis, S. A., Callison, J., Elorriaga, D., Hernandez-Fajardo, O., Bedford, R. B. "The Highly Surprising Behaviour of Diphosphine Ligands in Iron-Catalysed Negishi Cross-Coupling", Catal. 2019, 2, 123, https://doi.org:10.1038/s41929-018-0197-z.
- Messinis, A. M., Batsanov, A. S., Wright, W. R. H., Howard, J. A. K., Hanton, M. J., Dyer, P. W. "Bis(Imido) Tungsten Complexes: Efficient Precatalysts for the Homogeneous Dimerization of Ethylene", ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 11249-11263, https://doi.org:10.1021/acscatal.8b02202.
