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Christian G. Hartinger

Christian G. Hartinger

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Chemistry
New Zealand
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
22773
World Ranking
3262
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Christian G. Hartinger is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and specializes in research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work spans multiple interdisciplinary areas, with significant contributions in Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry as prominent subfields of study.

The main research topics covered by Hartinger's work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes

Hartinger has published extensively, with research appearing frequently in several scientific journals. The venues where their work is most often published include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, including:

  • Stephen M. F. Jamieson
  • Muhammad Hanif
  • Tilo Söhnel
  • Kelvin K. H. Tong
  • L.J. Wright

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Christian G. Hartinger include:

  • "A Reduced-Symmetry Heterobimetallic [PdPtL4]4+ Cage: Assembly, Guest Binding, and Stimulus-Induced Switching" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Design concepts of half-sandwich organoruthenium anticancer agents based on bidentate bioactive ligands" (2021), published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Monodentately-coordinated bioactive moieties in multimodal half-sandwich organoruthenium anticancer agents" (2021), published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Heterotrimetallic Double Cavity Cages: Syntheses and Selective Guest Binding" (2022), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Potent Inhibition of Thioredoxin Reductase by the Rh Derivatives of Anticancer M(arene/Cp*)(NHC)Cl2Complexes" (2020), published in Inorganic Chemistry

Best Publications

  • From bench to bedside – preclinical and early clinical development of the anticancer agent indazolium trans-[tetrachlorobis(1H-indazole)ruthenate(III)] (KP1019 or FFC14A)

    Christian G. Hartinger;Stefanie Zorbas-Seifried;Michael A. Jakupec;Bernd Kynast

  • Bioorganometallic chemistry—from teaching paradigms to medicinal applications

    Christian G. Hartinger;Christian G. Hartinger;Paul J. Dyson

  • KP1019, a new redox-active anticancer agent--preclinical development and results of a clinical phase I study in tumor patients.

    Christian G. Hartinger;Christian G. Hartinger;Michael A. Jakupec;Stefanie Zorbas‐Seifried;Michael Groessl

  • Interactions of antitumor metallodrugs with serum proteins: advances in characterization using modern analytical methodology.

    Andrei R Timerbaev;Christian G Hartinger;Svetlana S Aleksenko;Bernhard K Keppler

  • Antitumour metal compounds: more than theme and variations.

    Michael A. Jakupec;Markus Galanski;Vladimir B. Arion;Christian G. Hartinger

  • Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of Organometallic Anticancer Drugs

    Christian G. Hartinger;Nils Metzler-Nolte;Paul J. Dyson

  • Anticancer activity of metal complexes: involvement of redox processes.

    Ute Jungwirth;Christian R. Kowol;Bernhard K. Keppler;Christian G. Hartinger

  • The development of RAPTA compounds for the treatment of tumors

    Benjamin S. Murray;Maria V. Babak;Christian G. Hartinger;Paul J. Dyson

  • Structure–activity relationships for ruthenium and osmium anticancer agents – towards clinical development

    Samuel M. Meier-Menches;Samuel M. Meier-Menches;Christopher Gerner;Walter Berger;Walter Berger;Christian G. Hartinger

  • Emerging protein targets for anticancer metallodrugs: inhibition of thioredoxin reductase and cathepsin B by antitumor ruthenium(II)-arene compounds

    Angela Casini;Chiara Gabbiani;Francesca Sorrentino;Maria Pia Rigobello

  • The ruthenium(II)-arene compound RAPTA-C induces apoptosis in EAC cells through mitochondrial and p53-JNK pathways

    Soumya Chatterjee;Subhadip Kundu;Arindam Bhattacharyya;Christian G. Hartinger

  • Gold(III) compounds as anticancer agents: Relevance of gold-protein interactions for their mechanism of action.

    Angela Casini;Christian Hartinger;Chiara Gabbiani;Enrico Mini

  • Resistance against novel anticancer metal compounds: differences and similarities

    Petra Heffeter;Ute Jungwirth;Michael Jakupec;Christian Hartinger

  • Opening the lid on piano-stool complexes: An account of ruthenium(II)–arene complexes with medicinal applications

    Alexey A. Nazarov;Christian G. Hartinger;Paul J. Dyson

  • Transferrin binding and transferrin-mediated cellular uptake of the ruthenium coordination compound KP1019, studied by means of AAS, ESI-MS and CD spectroscopy

    Martina Pongratz;Petra Schluga;Michael A. Jakupec;Vladimir B. Arion

  • Pharmacokinetics of a novel anticancer ruthenium complex (KP1019, FFC14A) in a phase I dose-escalation study.

    Frederike Lentz;Anne Drescher;Andreas Lindauer;Magdalena Henke

  • Redox behavior of tumor-inhibiting ruthenium(III) complexes and effects of physiological reductants on their binding to GMP

    Petra Schluga;Christian G. Hartinger;Alexander Egger;Erwin Reisner

  • Structure-activity relationships for NAMI-A-type complexes (HL)[trans-RuCl4L(S-dmso)ruthenate(III)] (L = imidazole, indazole, 1,2,4-triazole, 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole, and 1-methyl-1,2,4-triazole): aquation, redox properties, protein binding, and antiproliferative activity.

    Michael Groessl;Erwin Reisner;Christian G. Hartinger;Rene Eichinger

  • Transferring the concept of multinuclearity to ruthenium complexes for improvement of anticancer activity.

    Maria G. Mendoza-Ferri;Christian G. Hartinger;Marco A. Mendoza;Michael Groessl

  • Influence of the Spacer Length on the in Vitro Anticancer Activity of Dinuclear Ruthenium−Arene Compounds

    Maria-Grazia Mendoza-Ferri;Christian G. Hartinger;Rene E. Eichinger;Natalya Stolyarova

  • Redox-Active Antineoplastic Ruthenium Complexes with Indazole: Correlation of in Vitro Potency and Reduction Potential

    Michael A. Jakupec;Erwin Reisner;Anna Eichinger;Martina Pongratz

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard K. Keppler
Bernhard K. Keppler University of Vienna
Michael A. Jakupec
Michael A. Jakupec University of Vienna
Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Vladimir B. Arion
Vladimir B. Arion University of Vienna
Walter Berger
Walter Berger Medical University of Vienna
Andrei R. Timerbaev
Andrei R. Timerbaev University of Vienna
Angela Casini
Angela Casini Technical University of Munich
Rosario Scopelliti
Rosario Scopelliti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Luigi Messori
Luigi Messori University of Florence
Doris Marko
Doris Marko University of Vienna

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