What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Organic chemistry
- Catalysis
- Oxygen
Dieter Sellmann spends much of his time researching Sulfur, Stereochemistry, Transition metal, Medicinal chemistry and Crystallography.
His Sulfur research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Thiol, Heterolysis, Dissociation, Hydrogen bond and Thioether.
Dieter Sellmann combines subjects such as Nitrogen fixation, FeMoco and Metal with his study of Stereochemistry.
His Transition metal study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Inorganic chemistry and Crystal structure.
His Medicinal chemistry research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Ligand and Ruthenium.
His Crystallography research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Electronic structure and Nickel.
His most cited work include:
- In Quest of Competitive Catalysts for Nitrogenases and Other Metal Sulfur Enzymes (173 citations)
- Nitrogenase Model Compounds: [μ‐N2H2{Fe(“NHS4”)}2], the Prototype for the Coordination of Diazene to Iron Sulfur Centers and Its Stabilization through Strong NH ⃛ S Hydrogen Bonds (101 citations)
- Transition-metal complexes with sulfur ligands. 57. Stabilization of high-valent iron(IV) centers and vacant coordination sites by sulfur .pi.-donation: syntheses, x-ray structures, and properties of [Fe("S2")2(PMe3)n] (n = 1, 2) and (NMe4)[Fe("S2")2(PMe3)2].cntdot.CH3OH ("S2"2- = 1,2-benzenedithiolate(2-)) (87 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of study are Medicinal chemistry, Stereochemistry, Transition metal, Sulfur and Ligand.
His studies in Medicinal chemistry integrate themes in fields like Alkylation, Redox, Protonation and Hydride.
The Stereochemistry study combines topics in areas such as Triphenylphosphine, Tetradentate ligand, Metal and Dithiol.
His Transition metal research incorporates themes from Inorganic chemistry, Molybdenum, Ruthenium, Crystal structure and Thioether.
He works mostly in the field of Sulfur, limiting it down to topics relating to Photochemistry and, in certain cases, Nitrogenase, as a part of the same area of interest.
His Ligand research includes elements of Reactivity, Diethylamine, Deprotonation and Alkyl.
He most often published in these fields:
- Medicinal chemistry (40.23%)
- Stereochemistry (38.35%)
- Transition metal (37.59%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1999-2014)?
- Ligand (28.20%)
- Stereochemistry (38.35%)
- Medicinal chemistry (40.23%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary scientific interests are in Ligand, Stereochemistry, Medicinal chemistry, Crystallography and Ruthenium.
He interconnects Nucleophile, Deprotonation and Density functional theory in the investigation of issues within Ligand.
His Stereochemistry research incorporates elements of Single bond, Nitrogen fixation, Alkylation and Hydrazine.
His Medicinal chemistry study combines topics in areas such as Sulfur, Protonation, Transition metal, Heterolysis and Thioether.
His studies deal with areas such as Inorganic chemistry, Reactivity, Alkyl and Nickel as well as Crystallography.
His Ruthenium research includes themes of Pyridine, Bond length, Crystal structure, Hydride and Acetonitrile.
Between 1999 and 2014, his most popular works were:
- Tuning the Electronic Structure of Octahedral Iron Complexes [FeL(X)] (L = 1-Alkyl-4,7-bis(4-tert-butyl-2-mercaptobenzyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane, X = Cl, CH3O, CN, NO). The S = 1/2 ⇌ S = 3/2 Spin Equilibrium of [FeLPr(NO)] (74 citations)
- Binding N2, N2H2, N2H4, and NH3 to transition-metal sulfur sites: modeling potential intermediates of biological N2 fixation. (65 citations)
- Transition metal complexes with sulfur ligands (62 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Organic chemistry
- Catalysis
- Oxygen
His primary scientific interests are in Photochemistry, Ruthenium, Stereochemistry, Crystallography and Nitrogenase.
His research in Ruthenium intersects with topics in Chemical reaction and Medicinal chemistry.
His Stereochemistry study incorporates themes from Octahedron and Alkyl.
His research integrates issues of Inorganic chemistry, Ligand and Sulfur in his study of Crystallography.
The various areas that Dieter Sellmann examines in his Sulfur study include Molecule and Nitrogen.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Metal and Cofactor in addition to Nitrogenase.
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