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Overview

Henning Hopf is affiliated with Technische Universität Braunschweig in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of chemistry, particularly focusing on organic chemistry, materials chemistry, and environmental chemistry. Their research spans a range of subfields including organic synthesis, catalysis, and sustainability in chemical processes.

Hopf's recent published works include:

  • Material circularity and the role of the chemical sciences as a key enabler of a sustainable post-trash age, 2020, Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy
  • Chemistry must respond to the crisis of transgression of planetary boundaries, 2022, Chemical Science
  • Synthesis of 3(2H)-Furanones: A Review, 2020, European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Re-imagining Priorities for Chemistry: A Central Science for "Freedom from Fear and Want", 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Rancimat vs. rapid small scale oxidation test (RSSOT) correlation analysis, based on a comprehensive study of literature, 2021, Fuel

The scientist frequently collaborates with multiple coauthors, including:

  • Stephen A. Matlin
  • Goverdhan Mehta
  • Alain Krief
  • Jubi John
  • Vishnu K. Omanakuttan

Hopf publishes often in several scientific journals, with recurring contributions to:

  • Nachrichten aus der Chemie
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Synthesis
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Royal Society Open Science

Their main fields of study include:

  • Chemistry

Within chemistry, the subfields of specialization are:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

The primary topics covered span several themes such as:

  • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions
  • Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • History and advancements in chemistry

Best Publications

  • Modern Cyclophane Chemistry: GLEITER:CYCLOPHANE O-BK

    Rolf Gleiter;Henning Hopf

  • [2.2]Paracyclophanes in polymer chemistry and materials science.

    Henning Hopf

  • Preparation and Properties, Reactions, and Applications of Radialenes

    Henning Hopf;Gerhard Maas

  • Energetic assessment of the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction: a curtate life cycle assessment as an easily understandable and applicable tool for reaction optimization

    Franziska Schneider;Tony Szuppa;Achim Stolle;Bernd Ondruschka

  • One-world chemistry and systems thinking

    Stephen A. Matlin;Goverdhan Mehta;Henning Hopf;Alain Krief

  • The Suzuki−Miyaura Reaction under Mechanochemical Conditions§

    Franziska Schneider;Achim Stolle;Bernd Ondruschka;Henning Hopf

  • Dendralenes branch out: cross-conjugated oligoenes allow the rapid generation of molecular complexity

    Henning Hopf;Michael S. Sherburn

  • 1,3,5-Cyclohexatrien-1,4-diyl und 2,4-Cyclohexadien-1,4-diyl

    Wolfgang R. Roth;Henning Hopf;Carina Horn

  • Reorienting chemistry education through systems thinking

    Peter G. Mahaffy;Alain Krief;Henning Hopf;Goverdhan Mehta

  • Empirical Treatment of the Inductive and Dispersive Components of Solute−Solvent Interactions: The Solvent Polarizability (SP) Scale

    Javier Catalán;Henning Hopf

  • The Dendralenes—a Neglected Group of Highly Unsaturated Hydrocarbons†

    Henning Hopf

  • Pentalenes—From Highly Reactive Antiaromatics to Substrates for Material Science

    Henning Hopf

  • Fake science and the knowledge crisis: ignorance can be fatal

    Henning Hopf;Alain Krief;Goverdhan Mehta;Stephen A. Matlin

  • Learning from molecules in distress.

    Roald Hoffmann;Henning Hopf

  • Darstellung und Eigenschaften, Reaktionen und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten von Radialenen

    Henning Hopf;Gerhard Maas

  • Photoelectron spectra of the cyclophanes

    Branka Kovac;Manijeh Mohraz;Edgar Heilbronner;Virgil Boekelheide

  • The role of chemistry in inventing a sustainable future.

    Stephen A. Matlin;Goverdhan Mehta;Henning Hopf;Alain Krief

  • Removal of methyl groups from retinal controls the activity of bacteriorhodopsin

    Wolfgang Gaertner;Paul Towner;Henning Hopf;Dieter Oesterhelt

  • Heuristic thinking makes a chemist smart

    Nicole Graulich;Henning Hopf;Peter R. Schreiner

  • Symmetrically tetrasubstituted [2.2]paracyclophanes: their systematization and regioselective synthesis of several types of bis-bifunctional derivatives by double electrophilic substitution.

    Natalia V. Vorontsova;Valeria I. Rozenberg;Elena V. Sergeeva;Evgenii V. Vorontsov

  • Dendralene: eine vernachlässigte Gruppe hochungesättigter Kohlenwasserstoffe

    Henning Hopf

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter G. Jones
Peter G. Jones Technische Universität Braunschweig
Goverdhan Mehta
Goverdhan Mehta University of Hyderabad
Dietmar Schomburg
Dietmar Schomburg Technische Universität Braunschweig
Rolf Gleiter
Rolf Gleiter Heidelberg University
Norbert Krause
Norbert Krause TU Dortmund University
Burkhard König
Burkhard König University of Regensburg
Javier Catalán
Javier Catalán Autonomous University of Madrid
Dieter Oesterhelt
Dieter Oesterhelt Max Planck Society
Claus J. Nielsen
Claus J. Nielsen University of Oslo
Armin de Meijere
Armin de Meijere University of Göttingen

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