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D-Index
102
Citations
41486
World Ranking
1151
National Ranking
88

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Burkhard König is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany and has a research focus primarily within the field of Chemistry.

Their work encompasses several subfields, including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Pharmaceutical Science, and Molecular Biology. They have contributed extensively in areas such as Radical Photochemical Reactions, Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Fluorine in Organic Chemistry, and Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions.

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Burkhard König are:

  • Activated carbon as catalyst support: precursors, preparation, modification and characterization, 2020, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Excited State Anions in Organic Transformations, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Umpolung Difunctionalization of Carbonyls via Visible-Light Photoredox Catalytic Radical-Carbanion Relay, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Redox-Neutral Photocatalytic C−H Carboxylation of Arenes and Styrenes with CO2, 2020, Chem
  • Electro-mediated PhotoRedox Catalysis for Selective C(sp 3 )-O Cleavages of Phosphinated Alcohols to Carbanions, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated on multiple occasions with Burkhard König include:

  • Ya-Ming Tian
  • Ruth M. Gschwind
  • Wagner Silva
  • Evamaria Hofmann
  • Didier Touraud

Their publications are often found in established scientific venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Visible-Light Photocatalysis: Does It Make a Difference in Organic Synthesis?

    Leyre Marzo;Santosh K. Pagire;Oliver Reiser;Burkhard König

  • Reduction of aryl halides by consecutive visible light-induced electron transfer processes

    Indrajit Ghosh;Tamal Ghosh;Javier Ivan Bardagi;Burkhard König

  • Synthetic applications of eosin Y in photoredox catalysis

    Durga Prasad Hari;Burkhard König

  • The Photocatalyzed Meerwein Arylation: Classic Reaction of Aryl Diazonium Salts in a New Light

    Durga Prasad Hari;Burkhard König

  • Metal-Free, Visible-Light-Mediated Direct C−H Arylation of Heteroarenes with Aryl Diazonium Salts

    Durga Prasad Hari;Peter Schroll;Burkhard König

  • Visible Light Mediated Photoredox Catalytic Arylation Reactions

    Indrajit Ghosh;Leyre Marzo;Amrita Das;Rizwan Shaikh

  • Metal-free, cooperative asymmetric organophotoredox catalysis with visible light

    M. Neumann;S. Fuldner;B. Konig;K. Zeitler

  • Low melting mixtures in organic synthesis – an alternative to ionic liquids?

    Carolin Ruß;Burkhard König

  • Eosin Y catalyzed visible light oxidative C-C and C-P bond formation.

    Durga Prasad Hari;Burkhard König

  • Heteroaryl azo dyes as molecular photoswitches

    Stefano Crespi;Nadja Anita Simeth;Burkhard König

  • Organic semiconductor photocatalyst can bifunctionalize arenes and heteroarenes

    Indrajit Ghosh;Indrajit Ghosh;Jagadish Khamrai;Aleksandr Savateev;Nikita Shlapakov

  • Decarboxylative reactions with and without light – a comparison

    Johanna Schwarz;Burkhard König

  • Synthetic Photoelectrochemistry

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  • Photoredox Catalytic Organic Transformations using Heterogeneous Carbon Nitrides

    Aleksandr Savateev;Indrajit Ghosh;Indrajit Ghosh;Burkhard König;Markus Antonietti

  • Chromoselective Photocatalysis: Controlled Bond Activation through Light-Color Regulation of Redox Potentials

    Indrajit Ghosh;Burkhard König

  • Chemical Degradation in Organic Light-Emitting Devices: Mechanisms and Implications for the Design of New Materials

    Susanna Schmidbauer;Andreas Hohenleutner;Burkhard König

  • Conversion of carbohydrates into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in highly concentrated low melting mixtures

    Florian Ilgen;Denise Ott;Dana Kralisch;Christian Reil

  • Structural basis of small-molecule inhibition of human multidrug transporter ABCG2.

    Scott M. Jackson;Ioannis Manolaridis;Julia Kowal;Melanie Zechner

  • Photokatalyse mit sichtbarem Licht: Welche Bedeutung hat sie für die organische Synthese?

    Leyre Marzo;Santosh K. Pagire;Oliver Reiser;Burkhard König

  • Photocatalysis in Organic Synthesis – Past, Present, and Future

    Burkhard König

  • The Photocatalyzed Meerwein Arylation: Classic Reaction of Aryl Diazonium Salts in a New Light.

    Durga Prasad Hari;Burkhard Koenig

  • Synthetic Applications of Eosin Y in Photoredox Catalysis

    Durga Prasad Hari;Burkhard Koenig

  • Reduction of Aryl Halides by Consecutive Visible Light-Induced Electron Transfer Processes.

    Indrajit Ghosh;Tamal Ghosh;Javier I. Bardagi;Burkhard Koenig

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter G. Jones
Peter G. Jones Technische Universität Braunschweig
Armin de Meijere
Armin de Meijere University of Göttingen
Michael Landthaler
Michael Landthaler University of Regensburg
Armin Buschauer
Armin Buschauer University of Regensburg
Roland Seifert
Roland Seifert Hannover Medical School
Hans Robert Kalbitzer
Hans Robert Kalbitzer University of Regensburg
Werner Kunz
Werner Kunz University of Regensburg
Oliver Reiser
Oliver Reiser University of Regensburg
Aleksandr Savateev
Aleksandr Savateev Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Markus Antonietti
Markus Antonietti Max Planck Society

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