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Jan J. Weigand

Jan J. Weigand

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Chemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
7922
World Ranking
14903
National Ranking
1092

Overview

Jan J. Weigand is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany and has a significant publication record in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work primarily focuses on the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research topics cover multiple areas, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis

Weigand has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • On-water surface synthesis of charged two-dimensional polymer single crystals via the irreversible Katritzky reaction, 2021, published in Nature Synthesis
  • A Curved Graphene Nanoribbon with Multi-Edge Structure and High Intrinsic Charge Carrier Mobility, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Recovering valuable metals from spent hydrodesulfurization catalyst via blank roasting and alkaline leaching, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Direct conversion of white phosphorus to versatile phosphorus transfer reagents via oxidative onioation, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • A facile way to regenerate FePO4∙2H2O precursor from spent lithium iron phosphate cathode powder: Spontaneous precipitation and phase transformation in an acidic medium, 2020, Journal of Alloys and Compounds

The scientist frequently publishes in prominent venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ACS Omega

Collaboration forms an integral part of Weigand's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kai Schwedtmann
  • Felix Hennersdorf
  • Antonio Frontera
  • Jannis Fidelius
  • Marco Wenzel

Best Publications

  • Exploration of pyrazine-embedded antiaromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons generated by solution and on-surface azomethine ylide homocoupling

    Xiao-Ye Wang;Marcus Richter;Yuanqin He;Jonas Björk

  • Derivatives of 1,5-diamino-1H-tetrazole: a new family of energetic heterocyclic-based salts.

    Juan Carlos Gálvez-Ruiz;Gerhard Holl;Konstantin Karaghiosoff;Thomas M. Klapötke

  • Azidoformamidinium and Guanidinium 5,5‘-Azotetrazolate Salts

    Anton Hammerl;Michael A. Hiskey;Gerhard Holl;Thomas M. Klapötke

  • 1,5-Diamino-4-methyltetrazolium dinitramide

    Thomas M. Klapötke;Peter Mayer;and Axel Schulz;Jan J. Weigand

  • BTA copper complexes.

    Manfred Friedrich;Juan Carlos Gálvez-Ruiz;Thomas M. Klapötke;Peter Mayer

  • Helical Nanographenes Containing an Azulene Unit: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Properties

    Ji Ma;Yubin Fu;Evgenia Dmitrieva;Fupin Liu

  • Mechanism of Pd(NHC)-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Alkynes

    Peter Hauwert;Romilda Boerleider;Stefan Warsink;Jan J Weigand

  • A tetranuclear molecular rectangle from four gold(I) atoms linked by dicarbene and diphosphine ligands

    Christian Radloff;Jan J. Weigand;F. Ekkehardt Hahn

  • Formation of [Ph2P5]+, [Ph4P6]2+, and [Ph6P7]3+ cationic clusters by consecutive insertions of [Ph2p]+ into P-P bonds of the P4 tetrahedron.

    Jan J. Weigand;Michael Holthausen;Roland Fröhlich

  • Bistetrazolylamines—synthesis and characterization

    Thomas M. Klapötke;Peter Mayer;Jörg Stierstorfer;Jan J. Weigand

  • Toward Full Zigzag-Edged Nanographenes: peri-Tetracene and Its Corresponding Circumanthracene.

    Murugan Rathamony Ajayakumar;Yubin Fu;Ji Ma;Felix Hennersdorf

  • Carbene-Stabilized Phosphorus(III)-Centered Cations [LPX2]+ and [L2PX]2+ (L = NHC; X = Cl, CN, N3)

    Jan J. Weigand;Kai-Oliver Feldmann;Florian D. Henne

  • The chemistry of cationic polyphosphorus cages – syntheses, structure and reactivity

    Michael H. Holthausen;Jan J. Weigand

  • Cationic Nitrogen-Doped Helical Nanographenes.

    Kun Xu;Yubin Fu;Youjia Zhou;Felix Hennersdorf

  • Cooperative Iron(II) spin crossover complexes with N4O2 coordination sphere.

    Birgit Weber;Eike Kaps;Jan Weigand;Chiara Carbonera

  • N-nitroso- and N-nitraminotetrazoles.

    Konstantin Karaghiosoff;Thomas M. Klapötke;Peter Mayer;Holger Piotrowski

  • The Importance of Pore Size and Surface Polarity for Polysulfide Adsorption in Lithium Sulfur Batteries

    Felix Hippauf;Winfried Nickel;Guang-Ping Hao;Kai Schwedtmann

  • NHC‐Mediated Synthesis of an Asymmetric, Cationic Phosphoranide, a Phosphanide, and Coinage‐Metal Phosphanido Complexes

    Kai Schwedtmann;Michael H. Holthausen;Kai-Oliver Feldmann;Jan J. Weigand

  • Synthesis, Structure, Molecular Orbital Calculations and Decomposition Mechanism for Tetrazolylazide CHN7, its Phenyl Derivative PhCN7 and Tetrazolylpentazole CHN9

    Anton Hammerl;Thomas M. Klapötke;Peter Mayer;Jan J. Weigand

  • A Curved Graphene Nanoribbon with Multi-Edge Structure and High Intrinsic Charge Carrier Mobility

    Wenhui Niu;Wenhui Niu;Ji Ma;Paniz Soltani;Wenhao Zheng

  • Zerovalent [Pd(NHC)(Alkene)1,2] Complexes Bearing Expanded-Ring N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands in Transfer Hydrogenation of Alkynes

    Peter Hauwert;Jay J. Dunsford;Dorette S. Tromp;Jan J. Weigand

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil Burford
Neil Burford University of Victoria
Thomas M. Klapötke
Thomas M. Klapötke Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Xinliang Feng
Xinliang Feng TU Dresden
Peter Mayer
Peter Mayer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Michael Ruck
Michael Ruck TU Dresden
Antonio Frontera
Antonio Frontera University of the Balearic Islands
Axel Schulz
Axel Schulz University of Rostock
Leonard F. Lindoy
Leonard F. Lindoy University of Sydney
Alexey A. Popov
Alexey A. Popov Leibniz Association
Antonio Bauzá
Antonio Bauzá University of the Balearic Islands

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