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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal), Society of German Chemists

Overview

Herbert Mayr is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Chemistry, with significant contributions to Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Pharmaceutical Science. This multidisciplinary approach has supported a broad exploration of chemical theories, mechanisms, and applications.

Mayr's academic work addresses various topics, including:

  • Various Chemistry Research Topics
  • History and advancements in chemistry
  • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Reaction Mechanisms
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms
  • Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions

The scientist has published extensively in several notable scientific journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include:

  • IUPAC Standards Online
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Lewis Acidity Scale of Diaryliodonium Ions toward Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Halogen Lewis Bases," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "From Carbodiimides to Carbon Dioxide: Quantification of the Electrophilic Reactivities of Heteroallenes," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Basicities and Nucleophilicities of Pyrrolidines and Imidazolidinones Used as Organocatalysts," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Pushing the Upper Limit of Nucleophilicity Scales by Mesoionic N-Heterocyclic Olefins," 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Predicting Absolute Rate Constants for Huisgen Reactions of Unsaturated Iminium Ions with Diazoalkanes," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Herbert Mayr has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Charles L. Perrin
  • Israel Agranat
  • Alessandro Bagno
  • Silvia E. Braslavsky
  • Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes

In 2006, Mayr received the Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal) from the Society of German Chemists, an award recognizing scientific contributions within the discipline.

Best Publications

  • π-Nucleophilicity in Carbon−Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions

    Herbert Mayr;Bernhard Kempf;Armin R. Ofial

  • Scales of Nucleophilicity and Electrophilicity: A System for Ordering Polar Organic and Organometallic Reactions

    Herbert Mayr;Matthias Patz

  • Reference Scales for the Characterization of Cationic Electrophiles and Neutral Nucleophiles

    Herbert Mayr;Thorsten Bug;Matthias F. Gotta;Nicole Hering

  • Do general nucleophilicity scales exist

    Herbert Mayr;Armin R. Ofial

  • The DMAP-catalyzed acetylation of alcohols- : A mechanistic study (DMAP = 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine)

    Shangjie Xu;Inginar Held;Bernhard Kempf;Herbert Mayr

  • Nucleophilic reactivities of indoles.

    Sami Lakhdar;Martin Westermaier;François Terrier;Régis Goumont

  • Nucleophilicities of primary and secondary amines in water.

    Frank Brotzel;Ying Cheung Chu;Herbert Mayr

  • Nucleophilie‐ und Elektrophilieskalen als Ordnungsprinzipien polarer organischer und metallorganischer Reaktionen

    Herbert Mayr;Matthias Patz

  • Kinetics of electrophile-nucleophile combinations: A general approach to polar organic reactivity

    Herbert Mayr;Armin R. Ofial

  • Farewell to the HSAB Treatment of Ambident Reactivity

    Herbert Mayr;Martin Breugst;Armin R. Ofial

  • Kinetic studies of carbocation-carbanion combinations: key to a general concept of polar organic reactivity.

    Roland Lucius;Robert Loos;Herbert Mayr

  • Structure-nucleophilicity relationships for enamines.

    Bernhard Kempf;Nathalie Hampel;Armin R. Ofial;Herbert Mayr

  • Quantification and Theoretical Analysis of the Electrophilicities of Michael Acceptors

    Dominik S. Allgäuer;Harish Jangra;Haruyasu Asahara;Zhen Li

  • Kinetics of the reactions of allylsilanes, allylgermanes, and allylstannanes with carbenium ions

    Gisela Hagen;Herbert Mayr

  • How constant are Ritchie's "constant selectivity relationships"? A general reactivity scale for n-, pi-, and sigma-nucleophiles.

    Shinya Minegishi;Herbert Mayr

  • Nucleophilic Reactivities of Primary and Secondary Amines in Acetonitrile

    Tanja Kanzian;Tobias A. Nigst;Andreas Maier;Stefan Pichl

  • Nucleophilic Reactivities of Hydrazines and Amines: The Futile Search for the α-Effect in Hydrazine Reactivities

    Tobias A. Nigst;Anna Antipova;Herbert Mayr

  • Photo-heterolysis and -homolysis of substituted diphenylmethyl halides, acetates, and phenyl ethers in acetonitrile : characterization of diphenylmethyl cations and radicals generated by 248-nm laser flash photolysis

    Joerg Bartl;S. Steenken;Herbert Mayr;R. A. McClelland

  • The Reactivity–Selectivity Principle: An Imperishable Myth in Organic Chemistry

    Herbert Mayr;Armin R. Ofial

  • Towards a general scale of nucleophilicity

    Thanh Binh Phan;Martin Breugst;Herbert Mayr

Frequent Co-Authors

Armin R. Ofial
Armin R. Ofial Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peter Mayer
Peter Mayer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Paul Knochel
Paul Knochel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Hendrik Zipse
Hendrik Zipse Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Konstantin Karaghiosoff
Konstantin Karaghiosoff Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Rolf Huisgen
Rolf Huisgen Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
George A. Olah
George A. Olah University of Southern California
Paul v. R. Schleyer
Paul v. R. Schleyer University of Georgia
Jin-Pei Cheng
Jin-Pei Cheng Nankai University
Rudolf Faust
Rudolf Faust University of Massachusetts Lowell

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