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Alois Fürstner

Alois Fürstner

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Chemistry
Germany
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
138
Citations
68105
World Ranking
228
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2003 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2002 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry

Overview

Alois Fürstner is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their research spans numerous areas including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and related subfields.

Research topics central to their work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products

Frequent publication venues for Alois Fürstner comprise:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Notable recent publications include:

  • "The Ascent of Alkyne Metathesis to Strategy-Level Status," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Lessons from Natural Product Total Synthesis: Macrocyclization and Postcyclization Strategies," 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research

Additional relevant papers, though authored primarily by collaborators, relate closely to their field of study:

  • ""Canopy Catalysts" for Alkyne Metathesis: Molybdenum Alkylidyne Complexes with a Tripodal Ligand Framework," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "A New Ligand Design Based on London Dispersion Empowers Chiral Bismuth-Rhodium Paddlewheel Catalysts," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Productive Alkyne Metathesis with "Canopy Catalysts" Mandates Pseudorotation," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Alois Fürstner collaborates frequently with several researchers in their field. Key coauthors include:

  • Markus Leutzsch
  • Julius Hillenbrand
  • Christophe Copéret
  • Christopher P. Gordon
  • Nils Nöthling

Alois Fürstner has been recognized with awards such as the Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2003 and membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2002 for contributions to Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Olefin Metathesis and Beyond

    Alois Fürstner

  • Catalytic Carbophilic Activation: Catalysis by Platinum and Gold π Acids

    Alois Fürstner;Paul W. Davies

  • The Promise and Challenge of Iron-Catalyzed Cross Coupling

    Benjamin D. Sherry;Alois Fürstner

  • Gold and platinum catalysis—a convenient tool for generating molecular complexity

    Alois Fürstner

  • Chemistry and Biology of Roseophilin and the Prodigiosin Alkaloids: A Survey of the Last 2500 Years

    Alois Fürstner

  • Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions

    Alois Fürstner;Andreas Leitner;María Méndez;Helga Krause

  • Ring-Closing Alkyne Metathesis: Application to the Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Prostaglandin E2-1,15-Lactone

    Alois Fürstner;Karol Grela

  • Iron Catalysis in Organic Synthesis: A Critical Assessment of What It Takes To Make This Base Metal a Multitasking Champion

    Alois Fürstner

  • Carbon−Carbon Bond Formations Involving Organochromium(III) Reagents

    Alois Fürstner

  • Katalytische carbophile Aktivierung: Platin- und Gold-π-Säuren als Katalysatoren

    Alois Fürstner;Paul W. Davies

  • Coordination chemistry at carbon

    Manuel Alcarazo;Christian W. Lehmann;Anakuthil Anoop;Walter Thiel

  • Synthesis of Phenanthrenes and Polycyclic Heteroarenes by Transition‐Metal Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Reactions

    Victor Mamane;Peter Hannen;Alois Fürstner

  • Olefinmetathese und mehr

    Alois Fürstner

  • Comparative investigation of ruthenium-based metathesis catalysts bearing N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands.

    Alois Fürstner;Lutz Ackermann;Barbara Gabor;Richard Goddard

  • Advances in Iron Catalyzed Cross Coupling Reactions

    Alois Fürstner;Rubén Martin

  • Preparation, Structure, and Reactivity of Nonstabilized Organoiron Compounds. Implications for Iron-Catalyzed Cross Coupling Reactions

    Alois Fürstner;Rubén Martin;Helga Krause;Günter Seidel

  • Platinum- and Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Reactions of Hydroxylated Enynes

    Victor Mamane;Tobias Gress;Helga Krause;Alois Fürstner

  • Ruthenium Carbene Complexes with N,N‘-Bis(mesityl)imidazol-2-ylidene Ligands: RCM Catalysts of Extended Scope

    Alois Furstner;Oliver R. Thiel;Lutz Ackermann;Hans-Joerg Schanz

  • Ruthenium Carbene Complexes with Imidazolin-2-ylidene Ligands Allow the Formation of Tetrasubstituted Cycloalkenes by RCM

    Lutz Ackermann;Alois Fürstner;Thomas Weskamp;Florian J. Kohl

  • Coordination Chemistry of Ene‐1,1‐diamines and a Prototype “Carbodicarbene”

    Alois Fürstner;Manuel Alcarazo;Richard Goddard;Christian W. Lehmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Goddard
Richard Goddard Max Planck Society
Christian W. Lehmann
Christian W. Lehmann Max Planck Society
Richard Mynott
Richard Mynott Max Planck Society
Manuel Alcarazo
Manuel Alcarazo University of Göttingen
Walter Thiel
Walter Thiel Max Planck Society
Lutz Ackermann
Lutz Ackermann University of Göttingen
Herbert Waldmann
Herbert Waldmann Max Planck Society
Ruben Martin
Ruben Martin Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Karol Grela
Karol Grela University of Warsaw
Rolf Müller
Rolf Müller Saarland University

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