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Henri Brunner is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany and primarily works in the field of chemistry. Their research spans several subfields, including inorganic chemistry, spectroscopy, physical and theoretical chemistry, organic chemistry, and molecular biology. The scientist has made contributions to various topics within chemistry, with a particular focus on crystal structures of chemical compounds, molecular spectroscopy and chirality, crystallography and molecular interactions, chemical synthesis and analysis, fluorine in organic chemistry, analytical chemistry and chromatography, and advanced NMR techniques and applications.

Brunner's work has been published extensively, with frequent appearances in specific scientific venues. These include:

  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Catalysis from A to Z
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Symmetry

Their recent papers cover a range of topics related to molecular motion, chirality, and structural chemistry. Notable publications include:

  • Rotation about a Covalent Bond and Pyramidalization of an Adjacent sp2 Center are a Synchronized Molecular Motion, 2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • A Chirality Chain in Phenylglycine, Phenylpropionic Acid, and Ibuprofen, 2020, Symmetry
  • Chirality of the Conformation Attacks the Planarity of the sp2 Carbon Atom in a Covalent Bond, 2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Twofold and Threefold Sinusoidal Patterns in Coupled Molecular Motions of 184,025 Structures of Phenylethane, Nitroethane, and Carboxylate Derivatives, 2022, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Pyramidalization of the Carboxamide sp2-Center in Peptide Structures, 2024, The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Collaboration has been an important aspect of Brunner's research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Takashi Tsuno
  • Masahiro Ikeshita
  • Gábor Balázs

The combination of chemistry disciplines and topics in Brunner's work reflects a multidisciplinary approach, integrating structural analysis, molecular interactions, and spectroscopic methods.

Best Publications

  • Optically Active Organometallic Compounds of Transition Elements with Chiral Metal Atoms

    Henri Brunner

  • Asymmetrische Katalysen, 45. Enantioselektive Hydrosilylierung von Ketonen mit [Rh(COD)Cl]2/Pyridinyloxazolin‐Katalysatoren

    Henri Brunner;Uwe Obermann

  • Dendrizymes: Expanded ligands for enantioselective catalysis

    Henri Brunner

  • Handbook of Enantioselective Catalysis: With Transition Metal Compounds

    Henri Brunner;Wolfgang Zettlmeier

  • Chiral Metal Atoms in Optically Active Organo-Transition-Metal Compounds

    Henri Brunner

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Organic Compounds with Optically Active Transition Metal Catalysts in Substoichiometric Quantities

    Henri Brunner

  • Asymmetrische Katalysen, 77[1] Neue optisch aktive Pyrazolderivate für die enantioselektive Katalyse

    Henri Brunner;Thomas Scheck

  • Asymmetrische Katalysen, V. Enantioselektive Aminosäuresynthese durch Hydrierung prochiraler Olefine mit Rh-Komplexen des neuen optisch aktiven chelatbildenden Phosphans Norphos

    Henri Brunner;Willigis Pieronczyk;Beate Schönhammer;Karin Streng

  • Hematoporphyrin-Derived Soluble Porphyrin−Platinum Conjugates with Combined Cytotoxic and Phototoxic Antitumor Activity

    Christian Lottner;Karl-Christian Bart;Günther Bernhardt;Henri Brunner

  • Asymmetrische Katalysen, 14. Enantioselektive Hydrosilylierung prochiraler Ketone mit Rh‐ und Pt‐Komplexen optisch aktiver N‐Chelatliganden

    Henri Brunner;Barbara Reiter;Georg Riepl

  • Enantioselective catalysis 98. Preparation of 9-amino(9-deoxy)cinchona alkaloids

    Henri Brunner;Jürgen Bügler;Bernhard Nuber

  • Stability of the Metal Configuration in Chiral-at-Metal Half-Sandwich Compounds

    Henri Brunner

  • Soluble tetraarylporphyrin-platinum conjugates as cytotoxic and phototoxic antitumor agents.

    Christian Lottner;Karl-Christian Bart;Günther Bernhardt;Henri Brunner

  • Enantioselective Michael Additions with Optically Active CoII/Diamine Catalysts

    Henri Brunner;Benedikt Hammer

  • Asymmetric catalysis. 80. Mechanistic aspects of the rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acids using formic acid/triethylamine (5:2) as the hydrogen source

    Walter Leitner;John M. Brown;Henri Brunner

  • Asymmetrische katalysen: XXII. Enantioselektive hydrosilylierung von ketonen mit CuI-katalysatoren

    Henri Brunner;Wolfgang Miehling

  • Investigation into the reactivity of the metal-metal triple bond in [Cp'(CO)2M]2 (Cp' = .eta.5-C5Me5', M = Mo, W) vs. elemental sulfur. Formation of different Cp'2M2S4 isomers and crystal structures of Cp'2Mo2(.mu.-S2)(.mu.-S)2 and Cp'2(CO)2W2(.mu.-S)2S

    Henri Brunner;Walter Meier;Joachim Wachter;Ernst Guggolz

  • Optisch aktive metallorganische Verbindungen der Übergangselemente mit chiralen Metallatomen

    Henri Brunner

  • Enantioselective Synthesis with Optically Active Transition-Metal Catalysts

    Henri Brunner

  • Rhodium Catalysts for Enantioselective Hydrosilylation—A New Concept in the Development of Asymmetric Catalysts

    Henri Brunner

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Nuber
Bernhard Nuber Heidelberg University
Wolfgang A. Herrmann
Wolfgang A. Herrmann Technical University of Munich
Peter G. Jones
Peter G. Jones Technische Universität Braunschweig
Bernd Wrackmeyer
Bernd Wrackmeyer University of Bayreuth
John H. Enemark
John H. Enemark University of Arizona
Ernst Otto Fischer
Ernst Otto Fischer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Walter Leitner
Walter Leitner Max Planck Society
Olivier Blacque
Olivier Blacque University of Zurich
Michael P. Doyle
Michael P. Doyle The University of Texas at San Antonio
George M. Sheldrick
George M. Sheldrick University of Göttingen

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