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Gerhard Raabe is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and conducts research primarily in the field of Materials Science. Their work spans several related subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Spectroscopy, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research interests focus on topics such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Gerhard Raabe include:

  • An Unexpected Boron Rearrangement Leads to a Fluorogenic and Colorimetric BODIPY Probe, 2023, Advanced Optical Materials
  • Temperature Stable Ion Exchange Resins as Catalysts for the Manufacturing of Vitamin Precursors by Aldol Reaction, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Evaluation of the harmonic approximation based on the calculation of anisotropic displacement parameters, 2020, RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen)
  • CCDC 1919188: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 1950786: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database

The scientist has been published frequently in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen)
  • UNC Libraries

Gerhard Raabe collaborates regularly with several co-authors including A. Carel N. Kwamen, Marcel Schlottmann, David Van Craen, Elisabeth Isaak, and Julia Baums.

Best Publications

  • Control of four stereocentres in a triple cascade organocatalytic reaction

    Dieter Enders;Matthias R. M. Hüttl;Christoph Grondal;Gerhard Raabe

  • Preparation, Structure, and Reactivity of 1,3,4‐Triphenyl‐4,5‐dihydro‐1H‐1,2,4‐triazol‐5‐ylidene, a New Stable Carbene

    Dieter Enders;Klaus Breuer;Gerhard Raabe;Jan Runsink

  • Organocatalytic one-pot asymmetric synthesis of functionalized tricyclic carbon frameworks from a triple-cascade/Diels-Alder sequence.

    Dieter Enders;Matthias R. M. Hüttl;Jan Runsink;Gerhard Raabe

  • Measured and calculated CD spectra of G‐quartets stacked with the same or opposite polarities

    Donald M. Gray;Jin-Der Wen;Carla W. Gray;Rudolf Repges

  • The Chemistry of Stable Carbenes. Part 2. Benzoin‐type condensations of formaldehyde catalyzed by stable carbenes

    J. Henrique Teles;Johann-Peter Melder;Klaus Ebel;Regina Schneider

  • Asymmetric Epoxidation of Enones With Oxygen in the Presence of Diethylzinc and (R,R)-N-Methylpseudoephedrine

    Dieter Enders;Jiqun Zhu;Gerhard Raabe

  • Darstellung, Struktur und Reaktivität von 1,3,4‐Triphenyl‐4,5‐dihydro‐1H‐1,2,4‐triazol‐5‐yliden, einem neuen stabilen Carben

    Dieter Enders;Klaus Breuer;Gerhard Raabe;Jan Runsink

  • Asymmetric synthesis of selectively protected amino sugars and derivatives by a direct organocatalytic Mannich reaction.

    Dieter Enders;Christoph Grondal;Marianna Vrettou;Gerhard Raabe

  • Synthesis and Stereochemistry of the First Chiral (Imidazolinylidene)‐ and (Triazolinylidene)palladium(ii) Complexes

    Dieter Enders;Heike Gielen;Gerhard Raabe;Jan Runsink

  • On the Role of Planar Chirality in Asymmetric Catalysis: A Study toward Appropriate Ferrocene Ligands for Diethylzinc Additions†

    Carsten Bolm;Kilian Muñiz-Fernández;Andreas Seger;Gerhard Raabe

  • Multiple Bonding to Silicon

    Gerhard Raabe;Josef Michl

  • Organocatalytic Kinetic Resolution of Sulfoximines

    Shunxi Dong;Marcus Frings;Hanchao Cheng;Jian Wen

  • N-heterocyclic carbene catalysed asymmetric cross-benzoin reactions of heteroaromatic aldehydes with trifluoromethyl ketones

    Dieter Enders;André Grossmann;Jeanne Fronert;Gerhard Raabe

  • Merging organocatalysis and gold catalysis: enantioselective synthesis of tetracyclic indole derivatives through a sequential double Friedel-Crafts type reaction.

    Charles C. J. Loh;Jan Badorrek;Gerhard Raabe;Dieter Enders

  • Enantioselective organocatalytic synthesis of quaternary α-amino acids bearing a CF3 moiety.

    Ralph Husmann;Erli Sugiono;Stefanie Mersmann;Gerhard Raabe

  • alpha-Trialkylsilyl-Substituted alpha-Amino Acids This work was financially supported by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie and Degussa-Hüls. We are grateful to Dr. P. Phansavath for preliminary studies in this field.

    Carsten Bolm;Andrey Kasyan;Karlheinz Drauz;Kurt Günther

  • Organokatalytische, asymmetrische Eintopf‐Synthese von funktionalisierten tricyclischen Kohlenstoffgerüsten durch eine Tripelkaskade/Diels‐Alder‐Sequenz

    Dieter Enders;Matthias R. M. Hüttl;Jan Runsink;Gerhard Raabe

  • Highly selective palladium catalyzed kinetic resolution and enantioselective substitution of racemic allylic carbonates with sulfur nucleophiles: Asymmetric synthesis of allylic sulfides, allylic sulfones, and allylic alcohols

    Hans-Joachim Gais;Thomas Jagusch;Nicole Spalthoff;Frank Gerhards

  • Synthesis of iridium complexes with new planar chiral chelating phosphinyl-imidazolylidene ligands and their application in asymmetric hydrogenation

    Thilo Focken;Gerhard Raabe;Carsten Bolm

  • Asymmetric Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized Mono-, Bi-, and Tricyclic Carbon Frameworks via Organocatalytic Domino Reactions

    Dieter Enders;Matthias R. M. Hüttl;Gerhard Raabe;Jan W. Bats

Frequent Co-Authors

Dieter Enders
Dieter Enders RWTH Aachen University
Carsten Bolm
Carsten Bolm RWTH Aachen University
Markus Albrecht
Markus Albrecht RWTH Aachen University
Kari Rissanen
Kari Rissanen University of Jyväskylä
Josef Michl
Josef Michl University of Colorado Boulder
Roland Fröhlich
Roland Fröhlich University of Münster
Thomas P. Spaniol
Thomas P. Spaniol RWTH Aachen University
René Peters
René Peters University of Stuttgart
Jochen Mattay
Jochen Mattay Bielefeld University
Jun Okuda
Jun Okuda RWTH Aachen University

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