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Frank Breher is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research spans several areas within chemistry and materials science, with a focus on crystallization, molecular interactions, and the synthesis and characterization of inorganic and organometallic compounds.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Subfields of their research delve deeper into:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The main research topics covered in their publications are:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Inorganic/Organometallic Compounds
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions

Frank Breher has contributed to the body of scientific literature with articles published in prominent venues including:

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

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frank Breher are:

  • Felix Krämer
  • Wolfram Feuerstein
  • Wim Klopper
  • Bernhard Birenheide
  • Jan Paradies

Selected recent papers by Frank Breher include:

  • Completing the triad: synthesis and full characterization of homoleptic and heteroleptic carbonyl and nitrosyl complexes of the group VI metals, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Cooperative Effects in Multimetallic Complexes Applied in Catalysis, 2021, ChemCatChem
  • Heteroatom-Based Diradical(oid)s, 2023, Chemical Reviews
  • A crystalline aluminium-carbon-based ambiphile capable of activation and catalytic transfer of ammonia in non-aqueous media, 2023, Nature Chemistry
  • How to Deal with Charge in the Ranking of Lewis Acidity: Critical Evaluation of an Extensive Set of Cationic Lewis Acids, 2024, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • Stretching bonds in main group element compounds—Borderlines between biradicals and closed-shell species

    Frank Breher

  • Multidentate ligand systems featuring dual functionality

    Istemi Kuzu;Ivo Krummenacher;Jens Meyer;Felix Armbruster

  • Odd-electron bonds and biradicals in main group element chemistry

    Hansjörg Grützmacher;Frank Breher

  • Olefins as Steering Ligands for Homogeneously Catalyzed Hydrogenations

    Pascal Maire;Stephan Deblon;Frank Breher;Jens Geier

  • Heterolytic splitting of hydrogen with rhodium(I) amides.

    Pascal Maire;Torsten Büttner;Frank Breher;Pascal Le Floch;Pascal Le Floch

  • Chiral Olefins as Steering Ligands: Syntheses of C1-Symmetric Dibenzo[a,e]cyclooctenes (Rdbcot)

    Florian Läng;Frank Breher;Daniel Stein;Hansjorg GRüTZMACHER

  • Cooperative Effects in Multimetallic Complexes Applied in Catalysis

    Ramananda Maity;Bernhard S. Birenheide;Frank Breher;Biprajit Sarkar

  • Synthesis of a Pentasilapropellane. Exploring the Nature of a Stretched Silicon−Silicon Bond in a Nonclassical Molecule

    Dominik Nied;Ralf Köppe;Wim Klopper;Hansgeorg Schnöckel

  • Bindungen mit ungerader Elektronenzahl und Biradikale in der Chemie der Hauptgruppenelemente

    Hansjörg Grützmacher;Frank Breher

  • Snapshots of the AlAl σ‐Bond Formation Starting from {AlR2} Units: Experimental and Computational Observations

    Patrick Henke;Tobias Pankewitz;Wim Klopper;Frank Breher

  • The Reduction Chemistry of Ferrocenylborole

    Holger Braunschweig;Frank Breher;Ching-Wen Chiu;Daniela Gamon

  • K⊂{[Fe II (Tp)(CN) 3 ] 4 [Co III ( pz Tp)] 3 [Co II ( pz Tp)]}: a neutral soluble model complex of photomagnetic Prussian blue analogues

    D. Garnier;D. Garnier;J.-R. Jiménez;Y. Li;J. von Bardeleben

  • Development of a Metal-Ion-Mediated Base Pair for Electron Transfer in DNA

    Thomas Ehrenschwender;Wolfgang Schmucker;Christian Wellner;Timo Augenstein

  • Syntheses and Structural Diversity of Group 2 and Group 12 Tris(pyrazolyl)methane and Zwitterionic Tris(pyrazolyl)methanide Compounds

    Michael G. Cushion;Jens Meyer;Alex Heath;Andrew D. Schwarz

  • Chiral Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Amino−Olefin Complexes: pKa, N−H Bond Dissociation Energy, and Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation

    Pascal Maire;Frank Breher;Hartmut Schönberg;Hansjörg Grützmacher

  • 7Li, 31P, and 1H pulsed gradient spin-echo (PGSE) diffusion NMR spectroscopy and ion pairing: on the temperature dependence of the ion pairing in Li(CPh3), fluorenyllithium, and Li[N(SiMe3)2] amongst other salts.

    Ignacio Fernández;Eloísa Martínez‐Viviente;Frank Breher;Paul S. Pregosin

  • To Boldly Pass the Metal–Metal Quadruple Bond

    Udo Radius;Frank Breher

  • Silver–Ethene Complexes [Ag(η2‐C2H4)n][Al(ORF)4] with n=1, 2, 3 (RF=Fluorine‐Substituted Group)

    Andreas Reisinger;Nils Trapp;Carsten Knapp;Daniel Himmel

  • The dynamic nature of Cu sites in Cu-SSZ-13 and the origin of the seagull NOx conversion profile during NH3-SCR

    A. R. Fahami;A. R. Fahami;T. Günter;D. E. Doronkin;M. Casapu

  • Syntheses, Reactivity and DFT Studies of Group 2 and Group 12 Metal Complexes of Tris(pyrazolyl)methanides Featuring “Free” Pyramidal Carbanions

    Helen R. Bigmore;Jens Meyer;Ivo Krummenacher;Ivo Krummenacher;Heinz Rüegger

  • Heterolytische Wasserstoffspaltung mit Rhodium(I)‐amiden

    Pascal Maire;Torsten Büttner;Frank Breher;Pascal Le Floch

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim Klopper
Wim Klopper Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Werner Uhl
Werner Uhl University of Münster
Peter W. Roesky
Peter W. Roesky Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Hansgeorg Schnöckel
Hansgeorg Schnöckel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Maria José Calhorda
Maria José Calhorda University of Lisbon
Luis F. Veiros
Luis F. Veiros Instituto Superior Técnico
Ingo Krossing
Ingo Krossing University of Freiburg
Holger Braunschweig
Holger Braunschweig University of Würzburg
Melissa A. Denecke
Melissa A. Denecke University of Manchester

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