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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1988 - Alfred-Stock-Gedächtnispreis (Alfred Stock Memorial Prize), German Chemical Society

Overview

Helmut Werner is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany, specializing in the field of Chemistry. Their research encompasses both organic and inorganic chemistry, with notable work in the subfields of Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry.

The main topics of Werner's work include:

  • Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds

Werner has contributed to the scientific community primarily through publications in the journal Nachrichten aus der Chemie.

Recent papers authored by Werner include:

  • Nachruf auf Wolfgang Kläui (1945 - 2022), 2022, Nachrichten aus der Chemie
  • Vor 50 Jahren: Nobelpreis für die Sandwichkomplexe, 2023, Nachrichten aus der Chemie

There are no frequent co-authors recorded for Werner's publications.

Their contributions have been acknowledged with awards such as:

  • Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 1993
  • Alfred-Stock-Gedächtnispreis (Alfred Stock Memorial Prize), German Chemical Society, 1988

Best Publications

  • Five- and six-coordinate hydrido(carbonyl)-ruthenium(II) and osmium(II) complexes containing triisopropylphosphine as ligand

    M.A. Esteruelas;H. Werner

  • Insertion reactions of the 16-electron complexes MHCl(CO)[P(CHMe2)3]2 (M = Ru, Os) with alkynes. The x-ray crystal structure of [(E)-PhCH:CHOs(Cl)(CO)[P(CHMe2)3]2

    Helmut. Werner;Miguel A. Esteruelas;Heiko. Otto

  • At Least 60 Years of Ferrocene: The Discovery and Rediscovery of the Sandwich Complexes

    Helmut Werner

  • Electron‐Rich Half‐Sandwich Complexes—Metal Bases par excellence

    Helmut Werner

  • Complexes of Carbon Monoxide and Its Relatives: An Organometallic Family Celebrates Its Birthday

    Helmut Werner

  • Elektronenreiche Halbsandwich‐Komplexe — Metall‐Basen par excellence

    Helmut Werner

  • Kinetic and mechanistic investigation of the sequential hydrogenation of phenylacetylene catalyzed by OsHCl(CO)(PR3)2 [PR3 = PMe-tert-Bu2 and P-i-Pr3]

    Antida Andriollo;Miguel A. Esteruelas;Uwe Meyer;Luis A. Oro

  • Basische metalle: LI. Neuartige hydridorhodium(III)- und -iridium(III)-komplexe mit triisopropylphosphan-liganden. Die dihydrido-verbindungen C5H5MH2(PR′3) als metall-basen☆

    H. Werner;J. Wolf;A. Höhn

  • A New Route to Triple‐Decker Sandwich Compounds

    Albrecht Salzer;Helmut Werner

  • Reactions of Alkynylsilanes with [RhCl(PPr-iso3)2]: The Synthesis of Four-Coordinate (Alkyne)-, Alkynyl-, and Vinylidenerhodium(I) and Five- and Six-Coordinate Alkynylhydridorhodium(III) Complexes from RC.tplbond.CSiMe3, Me3SiC.tplbond.CSiMe3, and HC.tplbond.CSiMe3

    Helmut Werner;Matthias Baum;Dirk Schneider;Bettina Windmueller

  • Five-Coordinate 16-Electron Carbene- and Vinylideneruthenium(II) Complexes Prepared from [RuCl2(C8H12)]n or from the New Dihydridoruthenium(IV) Compound [RuH2Cl2(PiPr3)2]

    Claus Grünwald;Olaf Gevert;Justin Wolf;Pablo González-Herrero

  • Vinylidene transition-metal complexes. 24. Reactions of diynes with [RhCl(PiPr3)2]: unsaturated C4 and partly unsaturated C6 chains between two rhodium centers

    Thomas Rappert;Oliver Nuernberg;Helmut Werner

  • Die Synthese Eines Ersten Doppel-Sandwich-Komplexes: Das Dinickeltricyclopentadienyl-Kation

    Helmut Werner;Albrecht Salzer

  • Synthesis of [C5H5Rh(PhCCH)P(iPr)3] and [C5H5Rh(CCHPh)P(iPr)3]: Mechanism of the Conversion of an Alkyne Ligand into a Vinylidene Ligand

    Justin Wolf;Helmut Werner;Ohran Serhadli;Manfred L. Ziegler

  • Organometallic chemistry of alkenes and alkynes

    Helmut Werner

  • New Varieties of Sandwich Complexes

    Helmut Werner

  • Synthesis and Structure of trans‐[MCl(CCHR)(PiPr3)2] (MRh, Ir): The First Square‐Planar Vinylidenemetal Complexes

    Francisco Javier García Alonso;Arthur Höhn;Justin Wolf;Heiko Otto

  • Novel coordination compounds formed from cs2 and heteroallenes

    Helmut Werner

  • Synthese und Eigenschaften von Hexaalkylborazolchromtricarbonylen

    Helmut Werner;Richard Prinz;Edith Deckelmann

  • Vinyliden-Übergangsmetallkomplexe: VIII. Die stufenweise Umwandlung von Alkiniridium(I) - in Alkinyl(hydrido)iridium(III)- und Vinylideniridium(I) - Komplexe☆☆☆

    A. Höhn;H. Werner

  • Allenylidenes: their multifaceted chemistry at rhodium

    Helmut Werner

Frequent Co-Authors

Justin Wolf
Justin Wolf University of Würzburg
Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich S. Schubert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Miguel A. Esteruelas
Miguel A. Esteruelas University of Zaragoza
Luis A. Oro
Luis A. Oro University of Zaragoza
Ernst Otto Fischer
Ernst Otto Fischer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Karl Peters
Karl Peters Max Planck Society
Hans Georg von Schnering
Hans Georg von Schnering Max Planck Society
Robert Schaback
Robert Schaback University of Göttingen
Carl Krüger
Carl Krüger Max Planck Society
Thomas Braun
Thomas Braun Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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