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Jan-E. Bäckvall

Jan-E. Bäckvall

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Chemistry

D-Index
100
Citations
37895
World Ranking
1271
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2006 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Jan-E. Bäckvall is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Chemistry and Materials Science, with a stronger emphasis on Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry as subfields. Contributions also include studies related to Inorganic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics of their work cover a diverse range of chemical and material processes. These include:

  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Vanadium and Halogenation Chemistry
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors

Jan-E. Bäckvall has contributed to several research publications in notable scientific venues. Recent papers include:

  • Aerobic Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Allenic C−H Arylation: Benzoquinone as a Direct Redox Mediator between O2 and Pd (2021), published in CCS Chemistry
  • Berichtigung: Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Propargyl Ethers with Grignard Reagents for the Synthesis of Functionalized Allenes and Allenols (2022), published in Angewandte Chemie
  • Corrigendum: Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Propargyl Ethers with Grignard Reagents for the Synthesis of Functionalized Allenes and Allenols (2022), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • CCDC 1916247: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination (2020), published in The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2149909: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination (2023), published in The Cambridge Structural Database

Frequent colleagues and co-authors in these research efforts include Daniels Posevins, Aitor Bermejo-López, Wei-Jun Kong, Man-Bo Li, and Srimanta Manna. Collaboration with these researchers accounts for multiple joint publications.

Jan-E. Bäckvall has appeared regularly in publication venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, CCS Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Recognition includes membership in prestigious organizations: they have been a Member of Academia Europaea since 2006 and a Member of the European Academy of Sciences since 2017.

Best Publications

  • Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition and Allylic Substitution Reactions

    Alexandre Alexakis;Jan E. Bäckvall;Norbert Krause;Oscar Pàmies

  • Mechanistic aspects of transition metal-catalyzed hydrogen transfer reactions.

    Joseph S. M. Samec;Jan-E. Bäckvall;Pher G. Andersson;Peter Brandt

  • Catalytic Oxidation of Organic Substrates by Molecular Oxygen and Hydrogen Peroxide by Multistep Electron Transfer : A Biomimetic Approach

    Julio Piera;Jan-Erling Bäckvall

  • Combination of enzymes and metal catalysts. A powerful approach in asymmetric catalysis.

    Oscar Pamies;Jan-E. Bäckvall

  • Racemisation in asymmetric synthesis. Dynamic kinetic resolution and related processes in enzyme and metal catalysis

    Fernando F. Huerta;Alexander B. E. Minidis;Jan-E. Bäckvall

  • Recent Advances in Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution: From Design to Applications.

    Oscar Pàmies;Jèssica Margalef;Santiago Cañellas;Jinju James

  • Ruthenium- and enzyme-catalyzed dynamic kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols

    B. Anders Persson;Anna L. E. Larsson;and Mikaël Le Ray;‡ Jan-E. Bäckvall

  • Chromyl chloride oxidations of olefins. Possible role of organometallic intermediates in the oxidations of olefins by oxo transition metal species

    K. Barry Sharpless;Alan Y. Teranishi;Jan E. Backvall

  • Transition metal hydrides as active intermediates in hydrogen transfer reactions

    Jan-E Bäckvall

  • Chemoenzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution: a powerful tool for the preparation of enantiomerically pure alcohols and amines.

    Oscar Verho;Jan-E. Bäckvall

  • Enzymatic Resolution of Alcohols Coupled with Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Racemization of the Substrate Alcohol

    Anna L. E. Larsson;B. Anders Persson;Jan-E. Bäckvall

  • Efficient ruthenium-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols using a biomimetic coupled catalytic system.

    Gábor Csjernyik;Alida H. Éll;Luca Fadini;Benoit Pugin

  • Studies on the mechanism of metal-catalyzed hydrogen transfer from alcohols to ketones.

    Oscar Pàmies;Jan-E. Bäckvall

  • Chemoenzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution of primary amines.

    Jens Paetzold;Jan E. Bäckvall

  • Combined Ruthenium(II) and Lipase Catalysis for Efficient Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols. Insight into the Racemization Mechanism

    Belén Martín-Matute;Michaela Edin;Krisztián Bogár;F. Betül Kaynak

  • Dynamic kinetic resolution catalyzed by enzymes and metals

    Belén Martín-Matute;Jan-Erling Bäckvall

  • Correction. Isomerization of (π-Allyl)Palladium Complexes via Nucleophilic Displacement by Palladium(0). A Common Mechanism in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution

    Kenneth Granberg;Jan-E. Backvall

  • Katalytische Oxidation von organischen Substraten durch molekularen Sauerstoff und Wasserstoffperoxid über einen mehrstufigen Elektronentransfer – ein biomimetischer Ansatz

    Julio Piera;Jan-E. Bäckvall

  • Efficient Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Amines by Using a Biomimetic Coupled Catalytic System

    Joseph S. M. Samec;Alida H. Éll;Jan-E. Bäckvall

  • X-ray structure of Candida antarctica lipase A shows a novel lid structure and a likely mode of interfacial activation.

    Daniel J. Ericsson;Alex Kasrayan;Patrik Johansson;Terese Bergfors

Frequent Co-Authors

Pher G. Andersson
Pher G. Andersson Stockholm University
Oscar Pàmies
Oscar Pàmies Rovira i Virgili University
Belén Martín-Matute
Belén Martín-Matute Stockholm University
Björn Åkermark
Björn Åkermark Stockholm University
Cheuk-Wai Tai
Cheuk-Wai Tai Stockholm University
Kálmán J. Szabó
Kálmán J. Szabó Stockholm University
Hans Adolfsson
Hans Adolfsson Umeå University
Kenichiro Itami
Kenichiro Itami Nagoya University
Montserrat Diéguez
Montserrat Diéguez Rovira i Virgili University
Gerard van Koten
Gerard van Koten Utrecht University

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