Esna Killian

Trinity College — Canada

Chemistry · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis(8), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis(7), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods(3), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis(3), Crystallization and Solubility Studies(2)

Publications11 total

Rapid Catalytic Recycling of Poly(ethylene terephthalate): Minimal Hydroxide, Minimal Biomass‐Derived Recyclable Cosolvent
ChemSusChem·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Carbon-bridged diphosphine ligands for chromium-catalysed ethylene tetramerisation and trimerisation reactions
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical·2008· 92 cited
CCDC 624694: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
The Cambridge Structural Database·2008Open Access
Ethylene tetramerisation: Subtle effects exhibited by N-substituted diphosphinoamine ligands
Journal of Catalysis·2007· 134 cited
The use of bis(diphenylphosphino)amines with N-aryl functionalities in selective ethylene tri- and tetramerisation
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical·2007· 77 cited
N-substituted diphosphinoamines: Toward rational ligand design for the efficient tetramerization of ethylene
Journal of Catalysis·2006· 103 cited
Mechanistic Investigations of the Ethylene Tetramerisation Reaction
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2005· 242 cited
CCDC 247138: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
The Cambridge Structural Database·2005Open Access
Ethylene trimerisation and tetramerisation catalysts with polar-substituted diphosphinoamine ligands
Chemical Communications·2005· 144 cited
Highly selective chromium-based ethylene trimerisation catalysts with bulky diphosphinoamine ligands
Chemical Communications·2004· 148 cited
Ethylene Tetramerization:  A New Route to Produce 1-Octene in Exceptionally High Selectivities
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2004· 449 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Kevin Blann(10), John T. Dixon(10), Hulisani Maumela(10), D. H. Morgan(9), Matthew J. Overett(9), Annette Bollmann(8), Sven Kuhlmann(5), Munaka Christopher Maumela(5), F.M. Hess(4), A. Neveling(4), Alexandra M. Z. Slawin(4), Peter Wasserscheid(4), David S. McGuinness(3), Marié Pretorius(3), Stephanus Otto(2), Palesa Nongodlwana(2), Raylene de Villiers(2), Andreas Bollmann(2), D.S. McGuinness(2), Stefanus Otto(1)