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59
Citations
12864
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10106
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196

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1937 - Davy Medal, Royal Society of London (UK) In recognition of his work on the chemistry of the porphyrins, particularly his determination of their detailed structure by degradation and his syntheses of porphyrins of biological importance
  • 1929 - Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal), Society of German Chemists

Overview

Hanns Fischer was a researcher affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their work contributed to the field of chemistry, with a particular focus on the study of porphyrins. Fischer's research involved the determination of detailed structures of porphyrins through degradation methods, as well as the synthesis of biologically important porphyrins.

Throughout their career, Fischer received recognition for their contributions to chemistry. Notably, Fischer was awarded the Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal) by the Society of German Chemists in 1929. Further acknowledgment came in 1937 with the Davy Medal from the Royal Society of London (UK), awarded in recognition of Fischer's work on the chemistry of porphyrins, particularly for the determination of their structures and synthetic methods.

Fischer's research output has influenced studies related to the chemistry of natural compounds involving porphyrin structures. This area encompasses tests of chemical degradation and synthesis techniques aimed at understanding molecular configurations.

Best Publications

  • The persistent radical effect: a principle for selective radical reactions and living radical polymerizations.

    Hanns Fischer

  • Factors Controlling the Addition of Carbon‐Centered Radicals to Alkenes—An Experimental and Theoretical Perspective

    Hanns Fischer;Leo Radom

  • The Persistent Radical effect in controlled radical polymerizations

    Hanns Fischer

  • The Persistent Radical Effect In “Living” Radical Polymerization

    Hanns Fischer

  • Unusual Selectivities of Radical Reactions by Internal Suppression of Fast Modes.

    H. Fischer

  • Factors influencing the C-O-bond homolysis of Trialkylhydroxylamines

    Sylvain Marque;Christophe Le Mercier;Paul Tordo;Hanns Fischer

  • Rate constants for some prototype radical reactions in liquids by kinetic electron spin resonance

    Hanns Fischer;Henning Paul

  • Entropy control of the cross-reaction between carbon-centered and nitroxide radicals.

    Jens Sobek;Rainer Martschke;Hanns Fischer

  • Factors Influencing the C−O Bond Homolysis of Alkoxyamines: Effects of H−Bonding and Polar Substituents

    Sylvain Marque;Hanns Fischer;Elisabeth Baier;Armido Studer

  • Conformation of Glycosyl Radicals: Radical Stabilization by β‐CO Bonds

    Jacques Dupuis;Bernd Giese;Daniel Rüegge;Hanns Fischer

  • Decomposition of model alkoxyamines in simple and polymerizing systems. I. 2,2,6,6‐tetramethylpiperidinyl‐ N‐oxyl‐based compounds

    Gennady S. Ananchenko;Hanns Fischer

  • The kinetics of thiyl radical-induced reactions of monounsaturated fatty acid esters.

    Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu;and Alessio Altieri;Hanns Fischer

  • Radiolysis effects in muonium chemistry

    Paul W. Percival;Emil Roduner;Hanns Fischer

  • Decomposition of model alkoxyamines in simple and polymerizing systems. II. DiastereomericN-(2-methylpropyl)-N-(1-diethyl-phosphono-2,2-dimethyl-propyl)-aminoxyl-based compounds

    Gennady S. Ananchenko;Marc Souaille;Hanns Fischer;Christophe Le Mercier

  • Absolute Rate Constants for the Addition of Methyl Radicals to Alkenes in Solution: New Evidence for Polar Interactions

    Torsten Zytowski;Hanns Fischer

  • The kinetics of the bimolecular sel-reaction of t-butyl radicals in solution. I. Termination rates

    Hans-Herbert Schuh;Hanns Fischer

  • Effect of Cu(II) on the kinetics of the homogeneous atom transfer radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate

    Huiqi Zhang;Bert Klumperman;Weihua Ming;Hanns Fischer

  • Time-resolved CIDNP in laser flash photolysis of aliphatic ketones. A quantitative analysis

    Jean-Karl Vollenweider;Hanns Fischer;Jürgen Hennig;Rainer Leuschner

  • 2,2-Dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone: photochemistry and free radical photofragmentation

    Hanns Fischer;Roger Baer;Roland Hany;Ingrid Verhoolen

  • Muonium substituted organic free radicals in liquids. Theory and analysis of μSR spectra

    Emil Roduner;Hanns Fischer

  • The persistent radical effect in living radical polymerization – borderline cases and side-reactions

    Hanns Fischer;Marc Souaille

Frequent Co-Authors

Emil Roduner
Emil Roduner University of Stuttgart
Heinz Heimgartner
Heinz Heimgartner University of Zurich
Hans Schmid
Hans Schmid University of St. Gallen
Bernd Giese
Bernd Giese University of Fribourg
Waldemar Adam
Waldemar Adam University of Würzburg
Leo Radom
Leo Radom University of Sydney
Reiner Sustmann
Reiner Sustmann University of Duisburg-Essen
Elmar G. Weinhold
Elmar G. Weinhold RWTH Aachen University
Paul Tordo
Paul Tordo Aix-Marseille University
Juan C. Scaiano
Juan C. Scaiano University of Ottawa

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