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Heinz Heimgartner

Heinz Heimgartner

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Chemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
10625
World Ranking
14689
National Ranking
258

Overview

Heinz Heimgartner is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily lies within the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. Additional subfields of interest include Pharmaceutical Science, Toxicology, and Molecular Biology. The work covers a range of topics such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions, and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions. Other areas include Fluorine in Organic Chemistry, Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques, and the Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds.

The scientist has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers, notable among them:

  • Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions of In Situ-Generated Azoalkenes with Thioketones; Experimental and Theoretical Studies, 2021, published in Molecules
  • Synthesis of Fluorinated and Fluoroalkylated Heterocycles Containing at Least One Sulfur Atom via Cycloaddition Reactions, 2022, published in Materials
  • Reactions of thiocarbonyl compounds with electrophilic and nucleophilic carbenes as well as with their metal complexes, 2020, published in Journal of Sulfur Chemistry
  • Synthesis and Selected Transformations of 2-Unsubstituted Imidazole N-Oxides Using a Ball-Milling Mechanochemical Approach, 2022, published in Catalysts
  • A straightforward conversion of 1,4-quinones into polycyclic pyrazoles via [3 + 2]-cycloaddition with fluorinated nitrile imines, 2021, published in Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Heimgartner frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors spanning multiple publications, including:

  • Grzegorz Mlostoń
  • C. Bucher
  • Anthony Linden
  • Marcin Palusiak
  • Katarzyna Urbaniak

The scientist's research has been featured predominantly in venues specializing in structural and organic chemistry. These include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Molecules
  • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry
  • Materials

Best Publications

  • 3-Amino-2H-Azirines. Synthons for α,α-Disubstituted α-Amino Acids in Heterocycle and Peptide Synthesis [New Analytical Methods (43)]

    Heinz Heimgartner

  • A New General Approach to Enantiomerically Pure Cyclic and Open-Chain (R)- and (S)-α,α-Disubstituted α-Amino Acids

    Daniel Obrecht;Clive Spiegler;Peter Schönholzer;Klaus Müller

  • Photochemisch induzierte Reaktionen von 3-Amino-2H-azirinen

    Kurt Dietliker;Heinz Heimgartner

  • 3-Amino-2H-azirine, Bausteine für α,α-disubstituierte α-Aminosäuren in Heterocyclen- und Peptidsynthesen

    Heinz Heimgartner

  • First examples of reactions of azole n-oxides with thioketones: a novel type of sulfur-transfer reaction

    Grzegorz Mlostoń;Tomasz Gendek;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Photochemistry of some heterocyclic systems

    Peter Claus;Thomas Doppler;Nikolas Gakis;Manolis Georgarakis

  • Selenophen-2-yl-Substituted Thiocarbonyl Ylides – at the Borderline of Dipolar and Biradical Reactivity

    Grzegorz Mlostoń;Katarzyna Urbaniak;Anthony Linden;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Novel Heterospirocyclic 3-Amino-2H-azirines as Synthons for Heterocyclic α-Amino Acids†‡

    Christoph Strässler;Anthony Linden;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Selenium-Containing Heterocycles from Isoselenocyanates: Synthesis of 1,3-Selenazoles from N-Phenylimidoyl Isoselenocyanates

    Yuehui Zhou;Anthony Linden;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Kupplung von Peptiden mit C‐terminalen α,α‐disubstituierten α ‐ Aminosäuren via Oxazol‐5(4H)‐one

    Peter Wipf;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Synthesis of Peptides Containing α,α‐Disubstituted α‐Amino Acids by the Azirine/Oxazolone Method: The (12–20)‐Nonapeptide of the Ionophore Alamethicin

    Peter Wipf;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Generation and typical reactions of thiocarbonyl ylides

    Grzegorz Mlostoń;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Zum photochemischen Verhalten von Sydnonen und 1,3,4‐Oxadiazolin‐2‐onen. 56. Mitteilung über Photoreaktionen

    Michael Märky;Hansruedi Meier;Alfred Wunderli;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Bildung von 1,2,4‐Trithiolanen in Dreikomponenten‐Gemischen aus Phenyl‐azid, aromatischen Thioketonen und 2,2,4,4‐Tetramethylcyclobutanthionen: Eine Schwefel‐Transfer‐Reaktion unter Bildung von ‘Thiocarbonylthiolaten’ ((Alkylidensulfonio)thiolaten) als reaktive Zwischenstufen

    Grzegorz Mlostoń;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Optisch aktive 3‐Amino‐2H‐azirine als Bausteine für enantiomerenreine αα‐disubstituierte α‐Aminosäuren: Synthese von Isovalin‐Synthonen und Einbau in ein Trichotoxin‐A‐50‐Segment

    Christoph B. Bucher;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Intramolekulare 1,3‐dipolare Cycloadditionen von Diarylnitriliminen aus 2,5‐Diaryltetrazolen

    Hansruedi Meier;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Selenium‐Containing Heterocycles From Isoselenocyanates: Synthesis of1,3‐Selenazolidine and Perhydro‐1,3‐selenazine Derivatives

    Geoffroy L. Sommen;Anthony Linden;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Addition of carboxylic acids and cyclic 1,3-diketones to 2-dimethylamino-3,3-dimethyl-1-azirine

    P. Vittorelli;H. Heimgartner;H. Schmid;P. Hoet

  • Site-selective incorporation of thioamide-linkages into a growing peptide

    Jürg Lehmann;Anthony Linden;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Synthese von 4,4‐disubstituierten 1,3‐Thiazol‐5(4H)‐thionen

    Christjohanes Jenny;Heinz Heimgartner

  • Isoselenocyanates as Building Blocks for Selenium-Containing Heterocycles

    Heinz Heimgartner;Yuehui Zhou;Plamen K. Atanassov;Geoffroy L. Sommen

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony Linden
Anthony Linden University of Zurich
Hans Schmid
Hans Schmid University of St. Gallen
Peter Wipf
Peter Wipf University of Pittsburgh
Hanns Fischer
Hanns Fischer University of Zurich
Thomas Wirth
Thomas Wirth Cardiff University
Norbert Krause
Norbert Krause TU Dortmund University
Waldemar Adam
Waldemar Adam University of Würzburg
Hans-Ulrich Reissig
Hans-Ulrich Reissig Freie Universität Berlin
G. K. Surya Prakash
G. K. Surya Prakash University of Southern California
Alexey Fedorov
Alexey Fedorov ETH Zurich

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