Imke Bartels

PhD candidate
University Groningen

Department

Stratingh Institute for Chemistry

Contact information

Room
Linnaeusborg 5172.0852

Email address
i.m.a.bartels@rug.nl

Key expertises

Carbohydrates, electrochemistry

About me

I was raised in Bergen, a village close to Alkmaar, the Netherlands. I moved to Groningen where I received my BSc and MSc degrees in Chemistry with the focus on both inorganic chemistry and carbohydrates. In October 2022, I started a PhD at the University of Groningen in the group of prof. dr. ir. A.J. Minnaard within the ARC CBBC program. Besides chemical research, I enjoy playing hockey, skiing, reading and playing golf with my father.

About my research

My research aims to achieve site-selective functionalization of unprotected carbohydrates making use of electrochemical and photo-redox approaches. The selective conversion of carbohydrates is challenging, and will be addressed with photo-redox catalysis and electro synthesis, as these approaches are extremely useful for the development of new, direct and functional group compatible bond functionalization methods. Addressing selectivity issues is a major challenge in such C-H functionalization reactions where similar C-H bonds are present. Careful determination of the site- selectivity of a specific electrochemical reaction in a series of different substrates, will give insight in the mechanism of these electrochemical transformations, which will provide an in-depth understanding of the factors governing the site- selectivity in carbohydrates and thus providing guidelines for tuning of this selectivity.

Academic career

Early Stage Researcher

2018-2022: Master degree in the group of Molecular Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Groningen, under the supervision of prof. dr. E. Otten

ARC CBBC publications

Electrochemical Ammoxidation of Unprotected Glycosides

I.M.A. Bartels, Md A. Hoque, J.P. Kaniraj, M.R. Johnson, S. Beil, S,S. Stahl, M.D. Witte and A. Minnaard,

Practical Site-Selective Oxidation of Glycosides with Palladium(II) Acetate/Neocuproine

N. Reintjens, I. Bartels, N. Marinus, S. Massmann, D. Bunt, M. Walvoort, M. Witte, and A. Minnaard