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Gerald Kehr is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their primary research areas include Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Molecular Biology.

The scientific output of Gerald Kehr encompasses a broad range of topics such as:

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

The scholar has published in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Among the recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Kehr are:

  • Formation and Cycloaddition Reactions of a Reactive Boraalkene Stabilized Internally by N-Heterocyclic Carbene, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Reductive Cleavage of the CO Molecule by a Reactive Vicinal Frustrated PH/BH Lewis Pair, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The [(NHC)B(H)C6F5]+ Cations and Their [B](H)−CO Borane Carbonyls, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Alkyne 1,1-Hydroboration to a Reactive Frustrated P/B-H Lewis Pair, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Reactions of an anionic chelate phosphane/borata-alkene ligand with [Rh(nbd)Cl]2, [Rh(CO)2Cl]2 and [Ir(cod)Cl]2, 2020, Chemical Science

Kehr collaborates frequently with several researchers in their field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Gerhard Erker
  • Constantin G. Daniliuc
  • Karel Škoch
  • Xiaoming Jie
  • Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld

Best Publications

  • Reversible Metal-Free Carbon Dioxide Binding by Frustrated Lewis Pairs

    Cornelia M. Mömming;Edwin Otten;Gerald Kehr;Roland Fröhlich

  • Metal-free catalytic hydrogenation of enamines, imines, and conjugated phosphinoalkenylboranes.

    Patrick Spies;Sina Schwendemann;Stefanie Lange;Gerald Kehr

  • Rapid intramolecular heterolytic dihydrogen activation by a four-membered heterocyclic phosphane-borane adduct.

    Patrick Spies;Gerhard Erker;Gerald Kehr;Klaus Bergander

  • Lewis Acid Properties of Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane. Structure and Bonding in L−B(C6F5)3 Complexes⊥

    Heiko Jacobsen;Heinz Berke;Steve Döring;Gerald Kehr

  • Linear Alkane Polymerization on a Gold Surface

    Dingyong Zhong;Jörn-Holger Franke;Santhosh Kumar Podiyanachari;Tobias Blömker

  • Heterolytic dihydrogen activation with the 1,8-bis(diphenylphosphino)naphthalene/B(C6F5)3 pair and its application for metal-free catalytic hydrogenation of silyl enol ethers

    Huadong Wang;Roland Fröhlich;Gerald Kehr;Gerhard Erker

  • Reactions of an Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pair with Unsaturated Substrates: Evidence for a Concerted Olefin Addition Reaction

    Cornelia M Mömming;Silke Frömel;Gerald Kehr;Roland Fröhlich

  • 1,1-Carboboration

    Gerald Kehr;Gerhard Erker

  • Metallfreie katalytische Hydrierung von Enaminen, Iminen und konjugierten Phosphinoalkenylboranen

    Patrick Spies;Sina Schwendemann;Stefanie Lange;Gerald Kehr

  • Capture of NO by a Frustrated Lewis Pair: A New Type of Persistent N‐Oxyl Radical

    Allan Jay P. Cardenas;Brooks J. Culotta;Timothy H. Warren;Stefan Grimme

  • Reactions of phosphorus/boron frustrated Lewis pairs with SO2

    Muhammad Sajid;Annika Klose;Birgit Birkmann;Liyuan Liang

  • Addition reactions to the intramolecular mesityl2P–CH2–CH2–B(C6F5)2 frustrated Lewis pair

    Cornelia M. Mömming;Gerald Kehr;Birgit Wibbeling;Roland Fröhlich

  • Carbon-carbon bond activation by 1,1-carboboration of internal alkynes.

    Chao Chen;Gerald Kehr;Roland Fröhlich;Gerhard Erker

  • Reversible, nicht metallunterstützte Bindung von Kohlendioxid durch frustrierte Lewis‐Paare

    Cornelia M. Mömming;Edwin Otten;Gerald Kehr;Roland Fröhlich

  • Facile Carbon Monoxide Reduction at Intramolecular Frustrated Phosphane/Borane Lewis Pair Templates

    Muhammad Sajid;Lisa-Maria Elmer;Christoph Rosorius;Constantin G. Daniliuc

  • Intramolecular frustrated N/B lewis pairs by enamine hydroboration

    Sina Schwendemann;Roland Fröhlich;Gerald Kehr;Gerhard Erker

  • Reaction of Frustrated Lewis Pairs with Conjugated Ynones-Selective Hydrogenation of the Carbon–Carbon Triple Bond

    Bao-Hua Xu;Gerald Kehr;Roland Fröhlich;Birgit Wibbeling

  • Metal-free dihydrogen activation chemistry: structural and dynamic features of intramolecular P/B pairs.

    Patrick Spies;Gerald Kehr;Klaus Bergander;Birgit Wibbeling

  • Imidazolin-2-iminato titanium complexes: synthesis, structure and use in ethylene polymerization catalysis

    Matthias Tamm;Sören Randoll;Eberhardt Herdtweck;Nina Kleigrewe

  • CO2 and Formate Complexes of Phosphine/Borane Frustrated Lewis Pairs

    Ilona Peuser;Ilona Peuser;Rebecca C. Neu;Rebecca C. Neu;Xiaoxi Zhao;Matthias Ulrich

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Erker
Gerhard Erker University of Münster
Roland Fröhlich
Roland Fröhlich University of Münster
Constantin G. Daniliuc
Constantin G. Daniliuc University of Münster
Stefan Grimme
Stefan Grimme University of Bonn
Bernd Wrackmeyer
Bernd Wrackmeyer University of Bayreuth
Hellmut Eckert
Hellmut Eckert Universidade de São Paulo
Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld
Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld University of Münster
Klaus Bergander
Klaus Bergander University of Münster
Douglas W. Stephan
Douglas W. Stephan University of Toronto
Ryan Gilmour
Ryan Gilmour University of Münster

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