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Helma Wennemers

Helma Wennemers

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Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
8775
World Ranking
11389
National Ranking
210

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Helma Wennemers is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and is active in multiple fields spanning Materials Science, Chemistry, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research oeuvre includes a substantial focus on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses various main topics such as Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Collagen Extraction and Characterization, Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis, Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions, and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored are:

  • "Peptide-Metal Frameworks with Metal Strings Guided by Dispersion Interactions," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Imaging and targeting LOX-mediated tissue remodeling with a reactive collagen peptide," 2021, Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Organocatalysed conjugate addition reactions of aldehydes to nitroolefins with anti selectivity," 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • "Influence of Lipidation on the Folding and Stability of Collagen Triple Helices-An Experimental and Theoretical Study," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "A Lateral Salt Bridge for the Specific Assembly of an ABC-Type Collagen Heterotrimer," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

The most frequent co-authors associated with Helma Wennemers include Tobias Schnitzer, Alena Budinská, Jasper S. Möhler, Jonas W. Rackl, and Tomas Fiala.

Publication venues where Helma Wennemers has contributed multiple papers include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

In recognition of contributions to the scientific community, Helma Wennemers was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Increased structural complexity leads to higher activity: peptides as efficient and versatile catalysts for asymmetric aldol reactions.

    Philipp Krattiger;Roman Kovasy;Jefferson D. Revell;Stanislav Ivan

  • Tripeptides as Efficient Asymmetric Catalysts for 1,4-Addition Reactions of Aldehydes to Nitroolefins-A Rational Approach

    Markus Wiesner;Jefferson D. Revell;Helma Wennemers

  • Asymmetric catalysis with peptides

    Helma Wennemers

  • Peptide Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Addition Reactions of Aldehydes to Nitroethylene—A Convenient Entry into γ2-Amino Acids

    Markus Wiesner;Jefferson D. Revell;Sandro Tonazzi;Helma Wennemers

  • Enamine Catalysis with Low Catalyst Loadings - High Efficiency via Kinetic Studies

    Markus Wiesner;Grégory Upert;Gaetano Angelici;Helma Wennemers

  • Mimicry of Polyketide Synthases—Enantioselective 1,4‐Addition Reactions of Malonic Acid Half‐Thioesters to Nitroolefins

    Jana Lubkoll;Helma Wennemers

  • A Crystal Structure of an Oligoproline PPII-Helix, at Last

    Patrick Wilhelm;Bartosz Lewandowski;Nils Trapp;Helma Wennemers

  • Enantioselective aldol reactions with masked fluoroacetates

    Jakub Saadi;Helma Wennemers

  • Azidoproline containing helices: stabilization of the polyproline II structure by a functionalizable group.

    Michael Kümin;Louis-Sebastian Sonntag;Helma Wennemers

  • Synthetic receptors, libraries and uses thereof

    W. Clark Still;Ge Li;Helma Wennemers

  • The “Azido Gauche Effect”Implications for the Conformation of Azidoprolines

    Louis-Sebastian Sonntag;Sabine Schweizer;Christian Ochsenfeld;Helma Wennemers

  • Tripeptides of the type H-D-Pro-Pro-Xaa-NH2 as catalysts for asymmetric 1,4-addition reactions: structural requirements for high catalytic efficiency.

    Markus Wiesner;Markus Neuburger;Helma Wennemers

  • Effects of terminal functional groups on the stability of the polyproline II structure: a combined experimental and theoretical study.

    Michael Kuemin;Sabine Schweizer;Christian Ochsenfeld;Helma Wennemers

  • Peptide-catalyzed stereoselective conjugate addition reactions generating all-carbon quaternary stereogenic centers.

    Robert Kastl;Helma Wennemers

  • Efficient Recovery and Reuse of an Immobilized Peptidic Organocatalyst

    Yukihiro Arakawa;Markus Wiesner;Helma Wennemers

  • Tuning the cis/trans Conformer Ratio of Xaa–Pro Amide Bonds by Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds: The Effect on PPII Helix Stability

    Michael Kuemin;Yvonne A. Nagel;Sabine Schweizer;Fabien W. Monnard

  • Effect of Preorganized Charge-Display on the Cell-Penetrating Properties of Cationic Peptides.

    Yvonne A. Nagel;Philipp S. Raschle;Helma Wennemers

  • Enamine Catalysis in Flow with an Immobilized Peptidic Catalyst

    Yukihiro Arakawa;Helma Wennemers

  • Adapting to Substrate Challenges: Peptides as Catalysts for Conjugate Addition Reactions of Aldehydes to α,β‐Disubstituted Nitroolefins

    Jörg Duschmalé;Jörg Duschmalé;Helma Wennemers;Helma Wennemers

  • Functionalizable Collagen Model Peptides

    Roman S. Erdmann;Helma Wennemers

  • A triaxial supramolecular weave

    Urszula Lewandowska;Wojciech Zajaczkowski;Stefano Corra;Junki Tanabe;Junki Tanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Wojciech Pisula
Wojciech Pisula Max Planck Society
Christian Ochsenfeld
Christian Ochsenfeld Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
W. Clark Still
W. Clark Still Columbia University
Klaus Müllen
Klaus Müllen Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Andreas Pfaltz
Andreas Pfaltz University of Basel
Edmondo M. Benetti
Edmondo M. Benetti Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Roger Schibli
Roger Schibli ETH Zurich
Chen Li
Chen Li Dongguan University of Technology
Peter Bäuerle
Peter Bäuerle University of Ulm
Thomas Carell
Thomas Carell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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