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Hans-Wolfram Lerner

Hans-Wolfram Lerner

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Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
9341
World Ranking
12720
National Ranking
935

Overview

Hans-Wolfram Lerner is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. The primary field of research lies within Materials Science, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry. Other subfields include Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's publications concentrate on several main topics, notably:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Inorganic/Organometallic Compounds
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Boron Compounds in Chemistry

Frequent co-authors in the research include:

  • Michael Bolte
  • Matthias Wagner
  • A.V. Virovets
  • Felipe Fantuzzi
  • Jannik Gilmer

Major publication venues consist of:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Recent papers illustrate the range of research interests and contributions, including:

  • BNB-Doped Phenalenyls: Modular Synthesis, Optoelectronic Properties, and One-Electron Reduction, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • One tool to bring them all: Au-catalyzed synthesis of B,O- and B,N-doped PAHs from boronic and borinic acids, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Exploring Structure-Property Relations of B,S-Doped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons through the Trinity of Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Theory, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • A Chemiluminescent Tetraaryl Diborane(4) Tetraanion, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • A free boratriptycene-type Lewis superacid, 2021, Chemical Science

Best Publications

  • 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracene: supramolecular structure and use as a building block for luminescent conjugated polymers.

    Andreas Lorbach;Michael Bolte;Haiyan Li;Hans-Wolfram Lerner

  • Boron‐Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Facile Synthesis of Stable, Redox‐Active Luminophores

    Valentin M. Hertz;Michael Bolte;Hans-Wolfram Lerner;Matthias Wagner

  • Silicon derivatives of group 1, 2, 11 and 12 elements

    Hans-Wolfram Lerner

  • C-Functionalized, Air- and Water-Stable 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracenes: Efficient Blue to Red Emitting Luminophores

    Christian Reus;Sabine Weidlich;Michael Bolte;Hans-Wolfram Lerner

  • C5H4 ? BR2 Bending in Ferrocenylboranes: A Delocalized Through‐Space Interaction Between Iron and Boron

    Matthias Scheibitz;Michael Bolte;Jan W. Bats;H.-Wolfram Lerner

  • A synthetic route to borylene-bridged poly(ferrocenylene)s.

    Julia B. Heilmann;Matthias Scheibitz;Yang Qin;Anand Sundararaman

  • Tetrasupersilyl-tristannaallene and -tristannacyclopropene (tBu3Si)4Sn3 – Isomers with the Shortest Sn=Sn Double Bonds to Date

    Nils Wiberg;Hans-Wolfram Lerner;Sham-Kumar Vasisht;Susanne Wagner

  • A boron-doped helicene as a highly soluble, benchtop-stable green emitter

    Kai Schickedanz;Timo Trageser;Michael Bolte;Hans-Wolfram Lerner

  • Confirmed by X-ray Crystallography: The B⋅B One-Electron σ Bond

    Alexander Hübner;Andreas M. Diehl;Martin Diefenbach;Burkhard Endeward

  • Reversible Dihydrogen Activation by Reduced Aryl Boranes as Main-Group Ambiphiles

    Esther von Grotthuss;Martin Diefenbach;Michael Bolte;Hans-Wolfram Lerner

  • Facile Route to Quadruply Annulated Borepins.

    Kai Schickedanz;Julian Radtke;Michael Bolte;Hans-Wolfram Lerner

  • Main-chain boron-containing oligophenylenes via ring-opening polymerization of 9-H-9-borafluorene.

    Alexander Hübner;Zheng-Wang Qu;Ulli Englert;Michael Bolte

  • A preorganized ditopic borane as highly efficient one- or two-electron trap.

    Alexander Hübner;Thomas Kaese;Martin Diefenbach;Burkhard Endeward

  • One-step synthesis of a [20]silafullerane with an endohedral chloride ion.

    Jan Tillmann;Josef Heinrich Wender;Ute Bahr;Michael Bolte

  • A Vicinal Electrophilic Diborylation Reaction Furnishes Doubly Boron‐Doped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    Alexandra John;Michael Bolte;Hans-Wolfram Lerner;Matthias Wagner

  • Forming B–B Bonds by the Controlled Reduction of a Tetraaryl-diborane(6)

    Thomas Kaese;Alexander Hübner;Michael Bolte;Hans-Wolfram Lerner

  • Boron‐Doped Tri(9,10‐anthrylene)s: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Optoelectronic Properties

    Claas Hoffend;Frauke Schödel;Michael Bolte;Hans-Wolfram Lerner

  • Bitopic Bis- and Tris(1-pyrazolyl)borate Ligands: Syntheses and Structural Characterization

    Susanne Bieller;Fan Zhang;Michael Bolte;Jan W. Bats

  • Confirmation of an Early Postulate: BCB Two‐Electron–Three‐Center Bonding in Organo(hydro)boranes

    Alexander Hübner;Martin Diefenbach;Michael Bolte;Hans-Wolfram Lerner

  • Introducing Perylene as a New Member to the Azaborine Family.

    Tanja Kaehler;Michael Bolte;Hans-Wolfram Lerner;Matthias Wagner

  • Chloride-induced aufbau of perchlorinated cyclohexasilanes from Si2Cl6: a mechanistic scenario.

    Jan Tillmann;Lioba Meyer;Julia I. Schweizer;Michael Bolte

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Bolte
Michael Bolte Goethe University Frankfurt
Matthias Wagner
Matthias Wagner Goethe University Frankfurt
Jan W. Bats
Jan W. Bats Goethe University Frankfurt
Nils Wiberg
Nils Wiberg Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Max C. Holthausen
Max C. Holthausen Goethe University Frankfurt
Heinrich Nöth
Heinrich Nöth Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Kurt Polborn
Kurt Polborn Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Stefan Grimme
Stefan Grimme University of Bonn
Frieder Jäkle
Frieder Jäkle Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Konstantin Karaghiosoff
Konstantin Karaghiosoff Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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