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Hans-Günther Schmalz

Hans-Günther Schmalz

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Chemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
11281
World Ranking
9833
National Ranking
708

Overview

Hans-Günther Schmalz is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with significant contributions in materials chemistry and organic chemistry, supplemented by work in molecular biology, inorganic chemistry, and pharmacology.

The main topics of Schmalz's research include:

  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Synthetic organic chemistry methods
  • Chemical synthesis and analysis
  • Asymmetric synthesis and catalysis
  • Heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide
  • Chemical synthesis and alkaloids

Schmalz has published extensively, with a notable volume of work appearing in The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemistry - A European Journal, and the European Journal of Organic Chemistry. Other venues where Schmalz's research has been published include Synlett and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Frequent collaborators in Schmalz's research include:

  • Jörg-Martin Neudörfl
  • Isabelle Grimm
  • Reinhold Gregor Wüstenberg
  • Lars Hemmersbach
  • Dominik Albat

Examples of recent publications demonstrate the scope and interdisciplinary nature of Schmalz's work:

  • "Colchicine Alkaloids and Synthetic Analogues: Current Progress and Perspectives," 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Designed nanomolar small-molecule inhibitors of Ena/VASP EVH1 interaction impair invasion and extravasation of breast cancer cells," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Enantioselective Total Synthesis and Structural Revision of Dysiherbol A," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Triple-Helix-Stabilizing Effects in Collagen Model Peptides Containing PPII-Helix-Preorganized Diproline Modules," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Phenanthroindolizidine Alkaloids Isolated from Tylophora ovata as Potent Inhibitors of Inflammation, Spheroid Growth, and Invasion of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer," 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Paraoxonase-1 is a major determinant of clopidogrel efficacy

    Heleen J Bouman;Edgar Schömig;Jochem W van Werkum;Janna Velder

  • New Developments in the Pauson-Khand Reaction.

    Oliver Geis;Hans-Günther Schmalz

  • Gold(I)‐Catalyzed Reaction of 1‐(1‐Alkynyl)‐cyclopropyl Ketones with Nucleophiles: A Modular Entry to Highly Substituted Furans

    Junliang Zhang;Hans-Günther Schmalz

  • CATALYTIC RING-CLOSING METATHESIS : A NEW, POWERFUL TECHNIQUE FOR CARBON-CARBON COUPLING IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS

    Hans‐Günther Schmalz

  • Acyloxybutadiene iron tricarbonyl complexes as enzyme-triggered CO-releasing molecules (ET-CORMs).

    Steffen Romanski;Birgit Kraus;Ulrich Schatzschneider;Jörg-Martin Neudörfl

  • Piceatannol, a hydroxylated analog of the chemopreventive agent resveratrol, is a potent inducer of apoptosis in the lymphoma cell line BJAB and in primary, leukemic lymphoblasts

    T Wieder;A Prokop;B Bagci;F Essmann

  • Total syntheses of colchicine in comparison: a journey through 50 years of synthetic organic chemistry.

    Timm Graening;Hans-Günther Schmalz

  • Pd-catalyzed enantioselective allylic substitution: new strategic options for the total synthesis of natural products.

    Timm Graening;Hans-Günther Schmalz

  • Enantioselective Nickel‐Catalyzed Hydrocyanation of Vinylarenes Using Chiral Phosphine–Phosphite Ligands and TMS‐CN as a Source of HCN

    Anna Falk;Anna-Lena Göderz;Hans-Günther Schmalz

  • Michael Additions of Aldehydes and Ketones to β‐Nitrostyrenes in an Ionic Liquid

    Peter Kotrusz;Stefan Toma;Hans-Günther Schmalz;Andreas Adler

  • Enantioselective Cu‐Catalyzed 1,4‐Addition of Grignard Reagents to Cyclohexenone Using Taddol‐Derived Phosphine–Phosphite Ligands and 2‐Methyl‐THF as a Solvent

    Tobias Robert;Janna Velder;Hans-Günther Schmalz

  • Insertion of Carbenoids into CpH Bonds of Ferrocenes: An Enantioselective‐Catalytic Entry to Planar‐Chiral Ferrocenes

    Stephan Siegel;Hans-Günther Schmalz

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Cyanomethylation of Aryl Halides through Domino Suzuki Coupling–Isoxazole Fragmentation

    Juraj Velcicky;Arne Soicke;Arne Soicke;Roland Steiner;Hans-Günther Schmalz

  • Organocatalyzed Synthesis of Oleochemical Carbonates from CO2 and Renewables

    Hendrik Büttner;Johannes Steinbauer;Christoph Wulf;Mehmet Dindaroglu

  • Total synthesis of (-)-colchicine via a Rh-triggered cycloaddition cascade.

    Timm Graening;Virginie Bette;Jörg Neudörfl;Johann Lex

  • Radical Additions to (η6-Arene)(tricarbonyl)-chromium Complexes: Diastereoselective Synthesis of Hydrophenalene and Hydrobenzindene Derivatives by Samarium(II) Iodide Induced Cyclization

    Hans-Günther Schmalz;Stephan Siegel;Jan W. Bats

  • Identification of Suitable Ligands for a Transition Metal‐Catalyzed Reaction: Screening of a Modular Ligand Library in the Enantioselective Hydroboration of Styrene

    Florian Blume;Saskia Zemolka;Thorsten Fey;Remo Kranich

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Ferrocenyl Nucleoside Analogues with Apoptosis-Inducing Activity

    Philippe James;Jörg Neudörfl;Moritz Eissmann;Patrick Jesse

  • Iron‐Containing Nucleoside Analogues with Pronounced Apoptosis‐Inducing Activity

    Daniel Schlawe;André Majdalani;Juraj Velcicky;Erik Hessler

  • Introduction of Allyl and Prenyl Side-Chains into Aromatic Systems by Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactions

    Darío César Gerbino;Darío César Gerbino;Sandra Delia Mandolesi;Hans Günther Schmalz;Julio Cesar Podestá;Julio Cesar Podestá

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan W. Bats
Jan W. Bats Goethe University Frankfurt
Johann Lex
Johann Lex University of Cologne
Thomas Wieder
Thomas Wieder University of Tübingen
Hartmut Oschkinat
Hartmut Oschkinat Freie Universität Berlin
Gerhard Hilt
Gerhard Hilt Philipp University of Marburg
Herbert Schumann
Herbert Schumann Technical University of Berlin
Peter T. Daniel
Peter T. Daniel Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Wolfram Koch
Wolfram Koch German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker)
Martin Krönke
Martin Krönke University of Cologne
Martin Röcken
Martin Röcken University of Tübingen

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