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Overview

Gerhard Hilt is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of chemistry, with a main focus on organic chemistry. Their research spans several subfields, including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and molecular biology.

The primary topics addressed in their work include radical photochemical reactions, oxidative organic chemistry reactions, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, sulfur-based synthesis techniques, chemical synthesis and reactions, and catalytic alkyne reactions.

Hilt has published numerous papers in various scientific journals, with notable recent works including:

  • Alternating Current Electrolysis for the Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Mixed Disulfide via Sulfur-Sulfur Bond Metathesis towards Dynamic Disulfide Libraries (2020, Chemistry - A European Journal)
  • Linear Paired Electrolysis-Realising 200% Current Efficiency for Stoichiometric Transformations-The Electrochemical Bromination of Alkenes (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Alternating Current Electrolysis as Efficient Tool for the Direct Electrochemical Oxidation of Hydroxamic Acids for Acyl Nitroso Diels-Alder Reactions (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Recent advances in paired electrolysis and their application in organic electrosynthesis (2023, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry)
  • Electrochemical Iodine-Mediated Oxidation of Enamino-Esters to 2H-Azirine-2-Carboxylates Supported by Design of Experiments (2020, Chemistry - A European Journal)

Their frequent co-authors include Sebastian M. Weber, Lars Sattler, Julia Strehl, Benedikt P. Klein, and Reinhard J. Maurer.

Hilt's publications are commonly found in the following venues:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Synthesis
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Synlett

Best Publications

  • Asymmetric photoredox transition-metal catalysis activated by visible light

    Haohua Huo;Xiaodong Shen;Chuanyong Wang;Lilu Zhang

  • trans-RuH(η1-BH4)(binap)(1,2-diamine): A Catalyst for Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Simple Ketones under Base-Free Conditions

    Takeshi Ohkuma;Masatoshi Koizumi;Kilian Muñiz;Gerhard Hilt

  • Assembling molecular Sierpiński triangle fractals

    Jian Shang;Yongfeng Wang;Min Chen;Jingxin Dai

  • Environmental protection and economization of resources by electroorganic and electroenzymatic syntheses

    Eberhard Steckhan;Thomas Arns;William R Heineman;Gerhard Hilt

  • Basic Strategies and Types of Applications in Organic Electrochemistry

    Gerhard Hilt

  • A self-assembled metallomacrocyclic ionophore with high affinity and selectivity for Li+ and Na+.

    Holger Piotrowski;Kurt Polborn;Gerhard Hilt;Kay Severin

  • Nanoribbons with Nonalternant Topology from Fusion of Polyazulene: Carbon Allotropes beyond Graphene.

    Qitang Fan;Daniel Martin-Jimenez;Daniel Ebeling;Claudio K. Krug

  • Surface‐Assisted Organic Synthesis of Hyperbenzene Nanotroughs

    Qitang Fan;Cici Wang;Yong Han;Junfa Zhu

  • A simple cobalt catalyst system for the efficient and regioselective cyclotrimerisation of alkynes

    Gerhard Hilt;Thomas Vogler;Wilfried Hess;Fabrizio Galbiati

  • Alkynylboronic esters as efficient dienophiles in cobalt-catalyzed Diels-Alder reactions.

    Gerhard Hilt;Konstantin I. Smolko

  • Surface-Assisted Formation, Assembly, and Dynamics of Planar Organometallic Macrocycles and Zigzag Shaped Polymer Chains with C–Cu–C Bonds

    Qitang Fan;Cici Wang;Yong Han;Junfa Zhu

  • An Efficient Cobalt(I) Catalyst System for the Selective 1,4-Hydrovinylation of 1,3-Dienes.

    Gerhard Hilt;François-Xavier du Mesnil;Steffen Lüers

  • Self-assembled organometallic [12]metallacrown-3 complexes.

    Holger Piotrowski;Gerhard Hilt;Axel Schulz;Peter Mayer

  • Hydrovinylation Reactions – Atom‐Economic Transformations with Steadily Increasing Synthetic Potential

    Gerhard Hilt

  • Cobalt-catalyzed Alder-ene reaction.

    Gerhard Hilt;Jonas Treutwein

  • Ligand-Tuned Regioselectivity of a Cobalt-Catalyzed Diels−Alder Reaction. A Theoretical Study

    Philipp Mörschel;Judith Janikowski;Gerhard Hilt;Gernot Frenking

  • Convergent paired electrolysis for the three-component synthesis of protected homoallylic alcohols.

    Gerhard Hilt

  • Ligand and solvent effects on cobalt(I)-catalysed reactions: Alkyne dimerisation versus [2+2+2]-cyclotrimerisation versus Diels–Alder reaction versus [4+2+2]-cycloaddition

    Gerhard Hilt;Wilfried Hess;Thomas Vogler;Christoph Hengst

  • Cobalt catalysis at the crossroads: cobalt-catalyzed Alder-ene reaction versus [2 + 2] cycloaddition.

    Gerhard Hilt;Anna Paul;Jonas Treutwein

  • Double Bond Isomerisation and Migration—New Playgrounds for Transition Metal‐Catalysis

    Gerhard Hilt

  • Boron-Substituted Building Blocks in Diels-Alder and Other Cycloaddition Reactions

    Gerhard Hilt;Patrick Bolze

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Harms
Klaus Harms Philipp University of Marburg
J. Michael Gottfried
J. Michael Gottfried Philipp University of Marburg
Junfa Zhu
Junfa Zhu University of Science and Technology of China
Hans-Günther Schmalz
Hans-Günther Schmalz University of Cologne
Eric Meggers
Eric Meggers Philipp University of Marburg
Kurt Polborn
Kurt Polborn Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Armin de Meijere
Armin de Meijere University of Göttingen
Gernot Frenking
Gernot Frenking Philipp University of Marburg
Kai Wu
Kai Wu Peking University
Bettina V. Lotsch
Bettina V. Lotsch Max Planck Society

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