Janet Bluemel

Professor - Chemistry

Contact Information

Phone: (979) 845-7749

Fax: (979) 845-5629

E-mail: bluemel@tamu.edu

Departmental Page

Experience

  • 2007 – Present           Professor, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
  • 1998 – 2007                Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
  • 1996 – 1998                Privatdozentin (no US equivalent), Technical University of Munich, Germany
  • 1991 – 1996                Assistant Professor (Habilitandin), Technical University of Munich, Germany
  • 1989 – 1990                Post-Doctoral Organometallic Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Education

  • 1989 Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  • 1986 B.S., Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Research Interests

Immobilized catalysts, the surface chemistry of oxide materials, and solid-state NMR spectroscopy.

Experience

  • 2007 – Present           Professor, Texas A&M University
  • 1998 – 2007                Associate Professor, University of Heidelberg
  • 1996 – 1998                Privatdozentin (no US equivalent), Technical University of Munich
  • 1991 – 1996                Assistant Professor (Habilitandin), Technical University of Munich

Publications

Five Selected Publications Most Relevant for Peroxide Projects:

  • "Di(hydroperoxy)adamantane Adducts: Synthesis, Characterization and Application as Oxidizers for the Direct Esterification of Aldehydes", F. F. Arp, R. Ashirov, N. Bhuvanesh, J. Blümel, Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 15296-15309. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/dt/d1dt03243g
  • "Di(hydroperoxy)cycloalkane Adducts of Triarylphosphine Oxides: A Comprehensive Study Including Solid-State Structures and Association in Solution", F. F. Arp, N. Bhuvanesh, J. Blümel, Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 13719-13732. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02087
  • "Hydrogen Peroxide Adducts of Triarylphosphine Oxides", F. F. Arp, N. Bhuvanesh, J. Blümel, Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 14312-14325. Themed collection of Dalton Transactions HOT Articles. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/dt/c9dt03070k#!divAbstract
  • "Selective Synthesis and Stabilization of Peroxides via Phosphine Oxides", F. F. Arp, S. H. Ahn, N. Bhuvanesh, J. Blümel, New J. Chem. 2019, 43, 17174-17181. Awarded NJC HOT Article. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/nj/c9nj04858h#!divAbstract
  • "Synthesis, Purification, and Characterization of Phosphine Oxides and Their Hydrogen Peroxide Adducts", C. R. Hilliard, N. Bhuvanesh, J. A. Gladysz, J. Blümel, Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 1742-1754. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2012/dt/c1dt11863c

 

Other Significant Publications:

  • Jordon W. Benzie, Gabrielle E. Harmon-Welch, John C. Hoefler, Vladimir I. Bakhmutov, Janet Blümel, "Molecular Dynamics and Surface Interactions of Nickelocene Adsorbed on Silica: A Paramagnetic Solid-State NMR Study", Langmuir 2022, 38, 7422-7432. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00301
  • "Ferrocene Adsorbed on Silica and Activated Carbon Surfaces: A Solid-State NMR Study of Molecular Dynamics and Surface Interactions", P. J. Hubbard, J. W. Benzie, V. I. Bakhmutov, J. Blümel, Organometallics 2020, 39, 1080-1091. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00800
  • "Synthesis and Characterization of Tridentate Phosphine Ligands Incorporating Long Methylene Chains and Ethoxysilane Groups for Immobilizing Molecular Rhodium Catalysts", J. Guenther, J. Reibenspies, J. Blümel, Mol. Catal. 2019, 479, 110629. https://www.x-mol.com/paper/5869076
  • "Disentangling Different Modes of Mobility of Triphenylphosphine Oxide Adsorbed on Alumina", P.J. Hubbard, J. W. Benzie, V. I. Bakhmutov, J. Blümel, J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 152, 054718. Selected as "Editor's Pick". https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5142568
  • "Di(hydroperoxy)cycloalkanes Stabilized via Hydrogen Bonding by Phosphine Oxides: Safe and Efficient Baeyer-Villiger Oxidants", S. H. Ahn, D. Lindhardt, N. Bhuvanesh, J. Blümel, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2018, 6, 6829-6840. This paper was featured on the front cover page of the issue. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b00652
  • "Di(hydroperoxy)alkane Adducts of Phosphine Oxides: Safe, Solid, Stoichiometric, and Soluble Oxidizing Agents", S. H. Ahn, et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 16998-17009. This paper was declared as "HOT Article" and the front cover page and an author profile were awarded. Article: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201703676/epdf  Author profile: Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 16919, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704703
  • "Hydrogen Peroxide and Di(hydroperoxy)propane Adducts of Phosphine Oxides as Stoichiometric and Soluble Oxidizing Agents", S. H. Ahn, K. J. Cluff, N. Bhuvanesh, J. Blümel, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13341-13345. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ange.201505291/epdf