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Bernhard Breit is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of chemistry and materials science, with a focus on organic chemistry, materials chemistry, molecular biology, inorganic chemistry, and hematology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques

Bernhard Breit has published extensively across multiple peer-reviewed journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Letters
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Angewandte Chemie

Some recent papers authored by Bernhard Breit illustrate their research interests with specific methodologies and catalytic processes:

  • Dual Palladium/Photoredox-Catalyzed Enantioselective and Regioselective Decarboxylative Hydroaminoalkylation of Allenes, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Terminal and Internal Alkynes, 2021, Organic Letters
  • 4-Acyl Pyrrole Capped HDAC Inhibitors: A New Scaffold for Hybrid Inhibitors of BET Proteins and Histone Deacetylases as Antileukemia Drug Leads, 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Organophotoredox/Ni-Cocatalyzed Allylation of Allenes: Regio- and Diastereoselective Access to Homoallylic Alcohols, 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Allylic Addition as an Atom-Efficient Approach in Total Synthesis, 2023, Accounts of Chemical Research

Frequent collaborators in their work include Felix Bauer, Saeed Balalaie, Hormoz Khosravi, Hui Xie, and Farhad Panahi. These coauthors have contributed jointly on multiple publications, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Removable Directing Groups in Organic Synthesis and Catalysis

    Géraldine Rousseau;Bernhard Breit

  • Hydrogen bonding as a construction element for bidentate donor ligands in homogeneous catalysis: regioselective hydroformylation of terminal alkenes.

    Bernhard Breit;Wolfgang Seiche

  • Branching Out: Rhodium-Catalyzed Allylation with Alkynes and Allenes

    Philipp Koschker;Bernhard Breit

  • Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of allylic alcohols and derivatives and their applications in organic synthesis.

    Alexandre Lumbroso;Michael L. Cooke;Bernhard Breit

  • Supramolecular Approaches to Generate Libraries of Chelating Bidentate Ligands for Homogeneous Catalysis

    Bernhard Breit

  • Synthetic aspects of stereoselective hydroformylation.

    Bernhard Breit

  • Recent Advances on Chemo-, Regio- and Stereoselective Hydroformylation

    Bernhard Breit;Wolfgang Seiche

  • Phosphabenzenes as Monodentate π-Acceptor Ligands for Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation

    Bernhard Breit;Roland Winde;Thomas Mackewitz;Rocco Paciello

  • Self-assembly of bidentate ligands for combinatorial homogeneous catalysis based on an A-T base pair model

    Bernhard Breit;Wolfgang Seiche

  • Asymmetric rhodium-catalyzed addition of thiols to allenes: synthesis of branched allylic thioethers and sulfones.

    Adrian B. Pritzius;Bernhard Breit

  • Self-Assembled Bidentate Ligands for Ru-Catalyzed anti-Markovnikov Hydration of Terminal Alkynes†

    Floris Chevallier;Bernhard Breit

  • A Supramolecular Catalyst for Regioselective Hydroformylation of Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids

    Tomáš Šmejkal;Bernhard Breit

  • Self-assembly of bidentate ligands for combinatorial homogeneous catalysis: asymmetric rhodium-catalyzed hydrogenation.

    Martine Weis;Christoph Waloch;Wolfgang Seiche;Bernhard Breit

  • Allylation of N-heterocycles with allylic alcohols employing self-assembling palladium phosphane catalysts.

    Ippei Usui;Stefan Schmidt;Manfred Keller;Bernhard Breit

  • Entfernbare dirigierende Gruppen in der organischen Synthese und Katalyse

    Géraldine Rousseau;Bernhard Breit

  • Paraformaldehyde and Methanol as C1 Feedstocks in Metal-Catalyzed C ? C Couplings of π-Unsaturated Reactants: Beyond Hydroformylation

    Brannon Sam;Bernhard Breit;Michael J Krische

  • Supramolecular Catalyst for Aldehyde Hydrogenation and Tandem Hydroformylation–Hydrogenation

    Lisa Diab;Tomáš Šmejkal;Jens Geier;Bernhard Breit

  • Cuticular Hydrocarbon Pheromones for Social Behavior and Their Coding in the Ant Antenna

    Kavita R. Sharma;Brittany L. Enzmann;Yvonne Schmidt;Dani Moore

  • Mechanistic Investigations of the Rhodium Catalyzed Propargylic CH Activation

    Urs Gellrich;Antje Meißner;Alberto Steffani;Matthias Kähny

  • Redox-neutral atom-economic rhodium-catalyzed coupling of terminal alkynes with carboxylic acids toward branched allylic esters.

    Alexandre Lumbroso;Philipp Koschker;Nicolas R. Vautravers;Bernhard Breit

  • Rhodium-catalyzed chemo- and regioselective decarboxylative addition of β-ketoacids to allenes: efficient construction of tertiary and quaternary carbon centers.

    Changkun Li;Bernhard Breit

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Regitz
Manfred Regitz Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Michael J. Krische
Michael J. Krische The University of Texas at Austin
Andreas Bechthold
Andreas Bechthold University of Freiburg
Oliver Einsle
Oliver Einsle University of Freiburg
Manfred Jung
Manfred Jung University of Freiburg
Barry M. Trost
Barry M. Trost Stanford University
Klaus Harms
Klaus Harms Philipp University of Marburg
Markus Meuwly
Markus Meuwly University of Basel
Mark Lautens
Mark Lautens University of Toronto
Ingo Krossing
Ingo Krossing University of Freiburg

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