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Anke Spannenberg is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines within materials science and chemistry, with a notable focus on catalysis and related processes.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Within these broader domains, their research further concentrates on several subfields:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Process Chemistry and Technology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

The key topics covered in their scientific output are:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

They have contributed to a significant number of publications, some of which include notable recent papers such as:

  • Development of a practical non-noble metal catalyst for hydrogenation of N-heteroarenes, 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • Methyl formate as a hydrogen energy carrier, 2023, Nature Catalysis
  • Chemoselective semihydrogenation of alkynes catalyzed by manganese(i)-PNP pincer complexes, 2020, Catalysis Science & Technology
  • Efficient methylation of anilines with methanol catalysed by cyclometalated ruthenium complexes, 2021, Catalysis Science & Technology
  • 3,3-Difluoroallyl ammonium salts: highly versatile, stable and selective gem-difluoroallylation reagents, 2021, Nature Communications

Their research is regularly published in several frequent venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • IUCrData
  • Catalysis Science & Technology
  • ChemCatChem
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Anke Spannenberg has collaborated extensively with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Matthias Beller
  • Kathrin Junge
  • Torsten Beweries
  • Helfried Neumann
  • Ralf Jackstell

Best Publications

  • Selective Catalytic Hydrogenations of Nitriles, Ketones, and Aldehydes by Well-Defined Manganese Pincer Complexes

    Saravanakumar Elangovan;Christoph Topf;Steffen Fischer;Haijun Jiao

  • Well-Defined Iron Catalyst for Improved Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide and Bicarbonate

    Carolin Ziebart;Christopher Federsel;Pazhamalai Anbarasan;Ralf Jackstell

  • The Titanocene Complex of Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene: Synthesis, Structure, and Chemistry†

    Uwe Rosenthal;Vladimir V. Burlakov;Perdita Arndt;and Wolfgang Baumann

  • Inside Cover: A General and Efficient Iridium‐Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Olefins (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2011)

    Irene Piras;Reiko Jennerjahn;Ralf Jackstell;Anke Spannenberg

  • Cobalt(I)-catalyzed asymmetric [2+2+2] cycloaddition of alkynes and nitriles: synthesis of enantiomerically enriched atropoisomers of 2-arylpyridines.

    Andrey Gutnov;Barbara Heller;Christine Fischer;Hans-Joachim Drexler

  • Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols Catalyzed by Defined Manganese Pincer Complexes.

    Saravanakumar Elangovan;Marcel Garbe;Haijun Jiao;Anke Spannenberg

  • Development of a General Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Heck Reaction of Aryl Halides

    Xiao-Feng Wu;Helfried Neumann;Anke Spannenberg;Thomas Schulz

  • A General and Efficient Catalyst for Palladium-Catalyzed C―O Coupling Reactions of Aryl Halides with Primary Alcohols

    Saravanan Gowrisankar;Alexey G. Sergeev;Pazhamalai Anbarasan;Anke Spannenberg

  • Manganese(I)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Ketones Using a Defined Chiral PNP Pincer Ligand

    Marcel Garbe;Kathrin Junge;Svenja Walker;Zhihong Wei

  • A convenient and efficient procedure for the palladium-catalyzed cyanation of aryl halides using trimethylsilylcyanide

    Mark Sundermeier;Sateesh Mutyala;Alexander Zapf;Anke Spannenberg

  • A General Palladium-Catalyzed Amination of Aryl Halides with Ammonia

    Thomas Schulz;Christian Torborg;Stephan Enthaler;Benjamin Schäffner

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Hydroxylation of Aryl Halides under Ambient Conditions

    Alexey G. Sergeev;Thomas Schulz;Christian Torborg;Anke Spannenberg

  • Improved and General Manganese‐Catalyzed N‐Methylation of Aromatic Amines Using Methanol

    Jacob Neumann;Saravanakumar Elangovan;Saravanakumar Elangovan;Anke Spannenberg;Kathrin Junge

  • A highly efficient catalyst for the telomerization of 1,3-dienes with alcohols: first synthesis of a monocarbenepalladium(0)-olefin complex.

    Ralf Jackstell;Mario Gómez Andreu;Anja Frisch;Kumaravel Selvakumar

  • Five-Membered Titana- and Zirconacyclocumulenes: Stable 1-Metallacyclopenta-2,3,4-trienes

    Uwe Rosenthal;Vladimir V. Burlakov;Perdita Arndt;Wolfgang Baumann

  • Highly active and efficient catalysts for alkoxycarbonylation of alkenes.

    Kaiwu Dong;Xianjie Fang;Samet Gülak;Robert Franke

  • A General and Highly Selective Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of N-Heteroarenes under Mild Reaction Conditions

    Rosa Adam;Jose R. Cabrero-Antonino;Anke Spannenberg;Kathrin Junge

  • Development of a practical non-noble metal catalyst for hydrogenation of N-heteroarenes

    Veronica Papa;Yixuan Cao;Yixuan Cao;Anke Spannenberg;Kathrin Junge

  • Synthesis of monocarbenepalladium(0) complexes and their catalytic behavior in cross-coupling reactions of aryldiazonium salts.

    Kumaravel Selvakumar;Alexander Zapf;Anke Spannenberg;Matthias Beller

  • Unravelling the Mechanism of Basic Aqueous Methanol Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by Ru-PNP Pincer Complexes.

    Elisabetta Alberico;Alastair J.J. Lennox;Lydia K. Vogt;Haijun Jiao

  • Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral 1-Aryl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinolines by Cobalt-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction of 1-Aryl-1,7-octadiynes and Nitriles

    Marko Hapke;Karolin Kral;Christine Fischer;Anke Spannenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Rosenthal
Uwe Rosenthal University of Rostock
Wolfgang Baumann
Wolfgang Baumann University of Rostock
Matthias Beller
Matthias Beller Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Armin Börner
Armin Börner Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Ralf Jackstell
Ralf Jackstell Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Kathrin Junge
Kathrin Junge Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Helfried Neumann
Helfried Neumann Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Rhett Kempe
Rhett Kempe University of Bayreuth
Xiao-Feng Wu
Xiao-Feng Wu Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Muhammad Sharif
Muhammad Sharif King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

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