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Helmar Görls is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on chemistry, with significant contributions to materials science. The main fields of study encompass chemistry and materials science, while notable subfields include organic chemistry, materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and oncology.

Their research interests cover a range of topics including:

  • Organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Coordination chemistry and organometallics
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic and organometallic compounds
  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
  • Crystallization and solubility studies

Helmar Görls has published extensively in a number of scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie
  • Dalton Transactions

Their recent notable papers are:

  • Cooperative Bond Activation by a Bimetallic Main-Group Complex, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Proton Shuttle Mediated by (SCH2)2PO Moiety in [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Mimics: Electrochemical and DFT Studies, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Ruthenium(II)-Dithiocarbazates as Anticancer Agents: Synthesis, Solution Behavior, and Mitochondria-Targeted Apoptotic Cell Death, 2023, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Salt metathesis as an alternative approach to access aluminium(i) and gallium(i) β-diketiminates, 2020, Dalton Transactions
  • Evaluation of DNA/BSA interaction and in vitro cell cytotoxicity of μ2-oxido bridged divanadium(V) complexes containing ONO donor ligands, 2022, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Helmar Görls collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Matthias Westerhausen
  • Winfried Plass
  • Wolfgang Weigand
  • Robert Kretschmer
  • Sven Krieck

Best Publications

  • A supramolecular photocatalyst for the production of hydrogen and the selective hydrogenation of tolane.

    Sven Rau;Bernhard Schäfer;Dieter Gleich;Ernst Anders

  • Novel acetylene complexes of titanocene and permethyltitanocene without additional ligands. Synthesis spectral characteristics and X-ray diffraction study

    V.V. Burlakov;A.V. Polyakov;A.I. Yanovsky;Yu.T. Struchkov

  • Stable "inverse" sandwich complex with unprecedented organocalcium(I): crystal structures of [(thf)(2)Mg(Br)-C(6)H(2)-2,4,6-Ph(3)] and [(thf)(3)Ca{mu-C(6)H(3)-1,3,5-Ph(3)}Ca(thf)(3)].

    Sven Krieck;Helmar Görls;Lian Yu;Markus Reiher

  • Complexes [(P2)Rh(hfacac)] as Model Compounds for the Fragment [(P2)Rh] and as Highly Active Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation: The Accessible Molecular Surface (AMS) Model as an Approach to Quantifying the Intrinsic Steric Properties of Chelating Ligands in Homogeneous Catalysis†

    Klaus Angermund;Wolfgang Baumann;Eckhard Dinjus;Roland Fornika

  • Struktur, Eigenschaften und NMR-spektroskopische Charakterisierung von Cp2Zr(Pyridin)(Me3SiCCSiMe3)†

    Uwe Rosenthal;Andreas Ohff;Wolfgang Baumann;Annegret Tillack

  • A key step in the formation of acrylic acid from CO2 and ethylene: the transformation of a nickelalactone into a nickel-acrylate complex

    Reinald Fischer;Jens Langer;Astrid Malassa;Dirk Walther

  • Copper(II) Complexes of Aminocarbohydrate β-Ketoenaminic Ligands: Efficient Catalysts in Catechol Oxidation

    Rainer Wegner;Michael Gottschaldt;Helmar Görls;Ernst-G. Jäger

  • 2,2′:6′,2″-Terpyridine meets 2,6-bis(1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine: tuning the electro-optical properties of ruthenium(II) complexes

    Benjamin Schulze;Benjamin Schulze;Christian Friebe;Christian Friebe;Martin D. Hager;Andreas Winter

  • A heteroleptic bis(tridentate) ruthenium(II) complex of a click-derived abnormal carbene pincer ligand with potential for photosensitzer application.

    Benjamin Schulze;Daniel Escudero;Christian Friebe;Ronald Siebert

  • Biomimetic Hydroxylation of Nonactivated CH2 Groups with Copper Complexes and Molecular Oxygen

    Bruno Schönecker;Tatjana Zheldakova;Yong Liu;Manuela Kötteritzsch

  • Transformation of the First Zirconocene Alkyne Complex without an Additional Phosphane Ligand into a Dinuclear σ‐Alkenyl Complex by Hydrogen Transfer from η5‐C5H5 to the Alkyne Ligand

    Uwe Rosenthal;Andreas Ohff;Manfred Michalik;Helmar Görls

  • Anion receptors based on halogen bonding with halo-1,2,3-triazoliums.

    Ronny Tepper;Benjamin Schulze;Michael Jäger;Christian Friebe

  • Dicarbonyl-bis(cysteamine)iron(II): a light induced carbon monoxide releasing molecule based on iron (CORM-S1).

    Robert Kretschmer;Guido Gessner;Helmar Görls;Stefan H. Heinemann

  • Reactions of 1,2,4-Trithiolane, 1,2,5-Trithiepane, 1,2,5-Trithiocane and 1,2,6-Trithionane with Nonacarbonyldiiron: Structural Determination and Electrochemical Investigation†

    Jochen Windhager;Manfred Rudolph;Silvio Bräutigam;Helmar Görls

  • Divergolides A–D from a Mangrove Endophyte Reveal an Unparalleled Plasticity in ansa‐Macrolide Biosynthesis

    Ling Ding;Armin Maier;Heinz-Herbert Fiebig;Helmar Görls

  • Ein supramolekularer Photokatalysator zur Erzeugung von Wasserstoff und zur selektiven Hydrierung von Tolan

    Sven Rau;Bernhard Schäfer;Dieter Gleich;Ernst Anders

  • Complexes of Schiff Bases and Intermediates in the Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Heterocyclization by Atmospheric Oxygen§

    Martin E. Bluhm;Michael Ciesielski;Helmar Görls;Olaf Walter

  • A bibenzimidazole-containing ruthenium(II) complex acting as a cation-driven molecular switch.

    Sven Rau;Torsten Büttner;Christian Temme;Mario Ruben

  • Conformational design for 13alpha-steroids

    Bruno Schönecker;Corinna Lange;Manuela Kötteritzsch;Wolfgang Günther

  • Heavy Grignard Reagents: Synthesis, Physical and Structural Properties, Chemical Behavior, and Reactivity

    Matthias Westerhausen;Alexander Koch;Helmar Görls;Sven Krieck

  • Anion complexation by triazolium "ligands": mono- and bis-tridentate complexes of sulfate.

    Benjamin Schulze;Christian Friebe;Martin D. Hager;Wolfgang Günther

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Westerhausen
Matthias Westerhausen Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich S. Schubert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jürgen Popp
Jürgen Popp Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Benjamin Dietzek
Benjamin Dietzek Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Martin D. Hager
Martin D. Hager Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Leticia González
Leticia González University of Vienna
Johannes G. Vos
Johannes G. Vos Dublin City University
Markus Reiher
Markus Reiher ETH Zurich
Uwe Rosenthal
Uwe Rosenthal University of Rostock
Peter R. Schreiner
Peter R. Schreiner University of Giessen

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