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Heinz Berke is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and primarily conducts research in the field of Materials Science with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry. Their research contributions prominently address crystallization and solubility studies as well as the application of X-ray diffraction techniques in crystallography.

The scientist has an extensive publication record centered around the Cambridge Structural Database, which serves as the main venue for their work. This specialized publication outlet includes detailed reports on experimental crystal structure determinations, reflecting Berke's focus on precise structural analysis of materials.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Heinz Berke include:

  • CCDC 2126027: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 1998473: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2126568: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 1995656: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2126567: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database

Frequent collaborators in Berke's research include:

  • Olivier Blacque
  • Chunfang Jiang
  • Shiva F. Taghipourian
  • Alexander Dybov
  • Yanfeng Jiang

Their work consistently engages with crystallization processes and the detailed study of material solubility through advanced crystallographic methods. The emphasis on X-ray diffraction data collection and analysis underscores their technical approach to understanding molecular and crystal structures.

Heinz Berke's research is situated at the intersection of chemical and physical characterization techniques used in materials research, contributing to the database records that support material identification and innovation in chemistry and materials science.

Best Publications

  • Lewis Acid Properties of Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane. Structure and Bonding in L−B(C6F5)3 Complexes⊥

    Heiko Jacobsen;Heinz Berke;Steve Döring;Gerald Kehr

  • Organometallic migration reactions

    Heinz Berke;Roald Hoffmann

  • Catalytic CO2 Activation Assisted by Rhenium Hydride/B(C6F5)3 Frustrated Lewis Pairs—Metal Hydrides Functioning as FLP Bases

    Yanfeng Jiang;Olivier Blacque;Thomas Fox;Heinz Berke

  • The invention of blue and purple pigments in ancient times

    Heinz Berke

  • Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines with Ammonia–Borane: A Concerted Double‐Hydrogen‐Transfer Reaction

    Xianghua Yang;Lili Zhao;Thomas Fox;Zhi-Xiang Wang

  • Spectroscopic Evidence for Intermolecular M−H···H−OR Hydrogen Bonding: Interaction of WH(CO)2(NO)L2 Hydrides with Acidic Alcohols

    Elena S. Shubina;Natalia V. Belkova;Aleksandr N. Krylov;Evgeni V. Vorontsov

  • Activation of Terminal Alkynes by Frustrated Lewis Pairs

    Chunfang Jiang;Olivier Blacque;Heinz Berke

  • Field-induced conductance switching by charge-state alternation in organometallic single-molecule junctions

    Florian Schwarz;Georg Kastlunger;Georg Kastlunger;Franziska Lissel;Carolina Egler-Lucas

  • Metal-free hydrogen activation and hydrogenation of imines by 1,8-bis(dipentafluorophenylboryl)naphthalene

    Chunfang Jiang;Olivier Blacque;Heinz Berke

  • Dehydrocoupling of dimethylamine-borane catalysed by rhenium complexes and its application in olefin transfer-hydrogenations

    Yanfeng Jiang;Heinz Berke

  • Electronic Communication in C4‐Bridged Binuclear Complexes with Paramagnetic Bisphosphane Manganese End Groups

    Sohrab Kheradmandan;Katja Heinze;Helmut W. Schmalle;Heinz Berke

  • Amino olefin nickel(I) and nickel(0) complexes as dehydrogenation catalysts for amine boranes

    Matthias Vogt;Bas de Bruin;Heinz Berke;Mónica Trincado

  • Facile metal free regioselective transfer hydrogenation of polarized olefins with ammonia borane

    Xianghua Yang;Thomas Fox;Heinz Berke

  • Development of Rhenium Catalysts for Amine Borane Dehydrocoupling and Transfer Hydrogenation of Olefins

    Yanfeng Jiang;Olivier Blacque;Thomas Fox;Christian M. Frech

  • Stepwise formation of “organometallic boxes” with half-sandwich Ir, Rh and Ru fragments

    Ying-Feng Han;Yue-Jian Lin;Lin-Hong Weng;Heinz Berke;Heinz Berke

  • Synthesis, Structural Diversity, Dynamics, and Acidity of the M(II) and M(IV) Complexes [MH3(PR3)4]+ (M = Fe, Ru, Os; R = Me, Et)

    Dmitry G. Gusev;Rainer Hübener;Peter Burger;Olli Orama

  • Homogeneous Hydrogenation of Nitriles Catalyzed by Molybdenum and Tungsten Amides

    Subrata Chakraborty;Heinz Berke

  • Simple Synthesis of Dicarbonyl(η‐cyclopentadienyl)‐(3,3‐di‐tert‐butylallenylidene)managanese

    Heinz Berke

  • Organometallic single-molecule electronics: tuning electron transport through X(diphosphine)2FeC4Fe(diphosphine)2X building blocks by varying the Fe-X-Au anchoring scheme from coordinative to covalent.

    Franziska Lissel;Florian Schwarz;Olivier Blacque;Heike Riel

  • High-conductive organometallic molecular wires with delocalized electron systems strongly coupled to metal electrodes.

    Florian Schwarz;Georg Kastlunger;Franziska Lissel;Heike Riel

  • Synthesis and Structural Features of Arduengo Carbene Complexes of Group 4 Metallocene Cations

    Martin Niehues;Gerhard Erker;Gerald Kehr;Pia Schwab

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Blacque
Olivier Blacque University of Zurich
Thomas Fox
Thomas Fox University of Zurich
Gottfried Huttner
Gottfried Huttner Heidelberg University
Gerhard Erker
Gerhard Erker University of Münster
Laszlo Zsolnai
Laszlo Zsolnai Heidelberg University
Roland Fröhlich
Roland Fröhlich University of Münster
Katja Heinze
Katja Heinze Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Roger Alberto
Roger Alberto University of Zurich
Gerald Kehr
Gerald Kehr University of Münster
Heike Riel
Heike Riel IBM (United States)

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