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Dietmar Seyferth

Dietmar Seyferth

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Chemistry

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84
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40528
World Ranking
2752
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948

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1978 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1967 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1962 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Dietmar Seyferth was affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their academic career spanned multiple decades, during which they contributed to the broader scientific community.

Over the course of their career, Seyferth received multiple recognitions from prominent scientific organizations. These included being named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2009 and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2001. Earlier honors comprised Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1978, Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1967, and Fellowship of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1962.

While specific details regarding Seyferth's research topics, publication venues, co-authors, papers, and book publications remain unavailable, the awards and affiliations suggest involvement in significant scientific fields. Their contributions presumably had an impact on their fields of study during their active years.

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • Houben-Weyl methoden der organischen chemie

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • Reactions of dimethylphosphono-substituted diazoalkanes. (MeO)2P(O)CR transfer to olefins and 1,3-dipolar additions of (MeO)2P(O)C(N2)R

    Dietmar Seyferth;Robert S. Marmor;Peter Hilbert

  • Chemistry of .mu.-dithio-bis(tricarbonyliron), a mimic of organic disulfides. 1. Formation of di-.mu.-thiolate-bis(tricarbonyliron) dianion

    Dietmar Seyferth;Richard S. Henderson;Li Cheng Song

  • The Grignard Reagents

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • Synthesis of an Organosilicon Dendrimer Containing 324 Si-H Bonds

    Dietmar Seyferth;David Y. Son;Arnold L. Rheingold;Robert L. Ostrander

  • Stepwise Reduction of gem-Dihalocyclopropanes with Tri-n-butyltin Hydride1

    Dietmar Seyferth;Hiroshi Yamazaki;David L. Alleston

  • Halomethyl-Metal Compounds. II. The Preparation of gem-Dihalocyclopropanes by the Reaction of Phenyl(trihalomethyl)mercury Compounds with Olefins1

    Dietmar Seyferth;James M. Burlitch;Richard J. Minasz;Jeffrey Yick-Pui Mui

  • Halomethyl—metal compounds L. Preparation of monohalomethyl derivatives of germanium, tin, lead and mercury via halomethylzinc halides☆☆☆

    Dietmar Seyferth;S. Brian Andrews

  • Vinyl Derivatives of the Metals. I. Synthesis of Vinyltin Compounds

    Dietmar Seyferth;F. G. A. Stone

  • A Liquid Silazane Precursor To Silicon Nitride

    Dietmar Seyferth;Gary H. Wiseman;Christian Prud'homme

  • Preparation of Organolithium Compounds by the Transmetalation Reaction. III. Allyllithium and Methallyllithium1,2a

    Dietmar Seyferth;Michael A. Weiner

  • The preparation of functional alkylidynetricobalt nonacarbonyl complexes from dicobalt octacarbonyl

    Dietmar Seyferth;John E. Hallgren;Paul L.K. Hung

  • Borasilazane polymeric precursors for borosilicon nitride

    Dietmar Seyferth;Herbert Plenio

  • Chemistry of Carbon-Functional Alkylidynetricobalt Nonacarbonyl Cluster Complexes*

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • The Preparation of Organolithium Compounds by the Transmetalation Reaction. I. Vinyllithium1,2

    Dietmar Seyferth;Michael A. Weiner

  • Zinc Alkyls, Edward Frankland, and the Beginnings of Main-Group Organometallic Chemistry

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • Bis(benzene)chromium. 2. Its Discovery by E. O. Fischer and W. Hafner and Subsequent Work by the Research Groups of E. O. Fischer, H. H. Zeiss, F. Hein, C. Elschenbroich, and Others†

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • Alkyl and Aryl Derivatives of the Alkali Metals: Useful Synthetic Reagents as Strong Bases and Potent Nucleophiles. 1. Conversion of Organic Halides to Organoalkali-Metal Compounds

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • Dimethyldichlorosilane and the Direct Synthesis of Methylchlorosilanes. The Key to the Silicones Industry

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • High‐Yield Synthesis of Si3N4/SiC Ceramic Materials by Pyrolysis of a Novel Polyorganosilazane

    Dietmar Seyferth;Gary H. Wiseman

  • Infrared and raman spectra of inorganic and coordination compounds

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • Organic syntheses via boranes

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • Topics in phosphorus chemistry

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • Houben—Weyl - Methoden der Organischen Chemie : 4th Edition, Volume 13, Part 2b, Metallorganische Verbindungen: Hg, E. Müller, editor-in-chief, 1974, xxv + 438 pages, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, DM 290.

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • Transition metal clusters

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • Organic Phosphorus Compounds

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • “Houben—Weyl — Methoden der Organischen Chemie” : 4th Edition, Vol. 13, Part 7, “Metallorganische Verbindungen Pb, Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W” E. Müller, editor-in-chief, G. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 1975, xxxii + 570 pages, DM 330.

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • Reagents for Organic Synthesis

    Dietmar Seyferth

  • The chemistry of organic fluorine compounds

    Dietmar Seyferth

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin R. Cowie
Martin R. Cowie King's College London
Heinrich Lang
Heinrich Lang Chemnitz University of Technology
John P. Fackler
John P. Fackler Texas A&M University
Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego
Carsten Strohmann
Carsten Strohmann TU Dortmund University
Herbert Plenio
Herbert Plenio Technical University of Darmstadt
Shane W. Krska
Shane W. Krska MSD (United States)
Brian H. Robinson
Brian H. Robinson University of Otago
Hubert Schmidbaur
Hubert Schmidbaur Technical University of Munich

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