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Klaus Bergander is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Materials Science and Chemistry, contributing notably to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's scholarly output covers a range of topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions

Bergander's recent papers illustrate engagement with catalysis and organic transformations as well as advanced materials characterization. Selected works include:

  • "Gadolinium Photocatalysis: Dearomative [2+2] Cycloaddition/Ring-Expansion Sequence with Indoles," 2020, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Fe-Catalyzed Anaerobic Mukaiyama-Type Hydration of Alkenes using Nitroarenes," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Mechanism of the Arene-Limited Nondirected C−H Activation of Arenes with Palladium," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "trans-Selective and Switchable Arene Hydrogenation of Phenol Derivatives," 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "Accessing (Multi)Fluorinated Piperidines Using Heterogeneous Hydrogenation," 2020, ACS Catalysis

Bergander frequently publishes in several scientific venues, with multiple contributions between them, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Catalysis

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Constantin G. Daniliuc
  • Frank Glorius
  • Gerald Kehr
  • Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld
  • Gerhard Erker

Best Publications

  • Rapid intramolecular heterolytic dihydrogen activation by a four-membered heterocyclic phosphane-borane adduct.

    Patrick Spies;Gerhard Erker;Gerald Kehr;Klaus Bergander

  • IBiox[(-)-menthyl]: a sterically demanding chiral NHC ligand.

    Sebastian Würtz;Claudia Lohre;Roland Fröhlich;Klaus Bergander

  • Identification of a new class of biopolymer: bacterial synthesis of a sulfur-containing polymer with thioester linkages.

    Tina Lütke-Eversloh;Klaus Bergander;Heinrich Luftmann;Alexander Steinbüchel

  • Functional‐Group Tolerance in Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Hydrogenation of Nitroolefins and Acrylates

    Lutz Greb;Constantin-Gabriel Daniliuc;Klaus Bergander;Jan Paradies

  • Metal-free dihydrogen activation chemistry: structural and dynamic features of intramolecular P/B pairs.

    Patrick Spies;Gerald Kehr;Klaus Bergander;Birgit Wibbeling

  • The formation of all-cis-(multi)fluorinated piperidines by a dearomatization-hydrogenation process.

    Zackaria Nairoukh;Marco Wollenburg;Christoph Schlepphorst;Klaus Bergander

  • Reversible Carbon Dioxide Binding by Simple Lewis Base Adducts with Electron-Rich Phosphines.

    Florenz Buß;Paul Mehlmann;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Klaus Bergander

  • Reaction of the Lewis Acid Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane with a Phosphorus Ylide: Competition between Adduct Formation and Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Pathways

    Steve Döring;Gerhard Erker;Roland Fröhlich;Oliver Meyer

  • Discovery of Unforeseen Energy-Transfer-Based Transformations Using a Combined Screening Approach

    Felix Strieth-Kalthoff;Christian Henkel;Michael Teders;Axel Kahnt

  • Taming the silylium ion for low-temperature Diels-Alder reactions.

    Hendrik F. T. Klare;Klaus Bergander;Martin Oestreich

  • Direct Dearomatization of Pyridines via an Energy-Transfer-Catalyzed Intramolecular [4+2] Cycloaddition

    Jiajia Ma;Felix Strieth-Kalthoff;Toryn Dalton;Matthias Freitag

  • Identification of bitter off-taste compounds in the stored cold pressed linseed oil.

    Ludger Brühl;Bertrand Matthäus;Eberhard Fehling;Berthold Wiege

  • Biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-mercaptobutyrate) as a sulfur analogue to poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB).

    Tina Lütke-Eversloh;Klaus Bergander;Heinrich Luftmann;Alexander Steinbüchel

  • Nucleophilic addition of enols and enamines to α,β-unsaturated acyl azoliums: mechanistic studies.

    Ramesh C. Samanta;Biplab Maji;Suman De Sarkar;Klaus Bergander

  • Fe‐catalyzed anaerobic Mukaiyama‐type hydration of alkenes using nitroarenes

    Anup Bhunia;Klaus Bergander;Constantin Gabriel Daniliuc;Armido Studer

  • Separation of brompheniramine enantiomers by capillary electrophoresis and study of chiral recognition mechanisms of cyclodextrins using NMR-spectroscopy, UV spectrometry, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and X-ray crystallography.

    Bezhan Chankvetadze;Naira Burjanadze;Giorgio Antonio Mario Pintore;Dieter Bergenthal

  • Cooperative Palladium/Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrocyanation of Alkenes and Alkynes Using 1-Methylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1-carbonitrile

    Anup Bhunia;Klaus Bergander;Armido Studer

  • Non-Directed Cross-Dehydrogenative (Hetero)arylation of Allylic C(sp3 )-H bonds enabled by C-H Activation.

    Andreas Lerchen;Tobias Knecht;Maximilian Koy;Johannes B. Ernst

  • Gadolinium Photocatalysis: Dearomative [2+2] Cycloaddition/Ring-Expansion Sequence with Indoles

    Jiajia Ma;Felix Schäfers;Constantin Daniliuc;Klaus Bergander

  • Arriving at an Experimental Estimate of the Intrinsic Activation Barrier of Olefin Insertion into the Zr−C Bond of an Active Metallocene Ziegler Catalyst

    Jörn Karl;Marc Dahlmann;Gerhard Erker;Klaus Bergander

  • Heterolytic Cleavage of Dihydrogen by Frustrated Lewis Pairs Derived from α-(Dimesitylphosphino)ferrocenes and B(C6F5)3†

    Dominique P. Huber;Gerald Kehr;Klaus Bergander;Roland Fröhlich

  • Comparative enantioseparations with native β‐cyclodextrin and heptakis‐(2‐O‐methyl‐ 3,6‐di‐O‐sulfo)‐β‐cyclodextrin in capillary electrophoresis

    Bezhan Chankvetadze;Bezhan Chankvetadze;Naira Burjanadze;Dawn M. Maynard;Klaus Bergander

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Fröhlich
Roland Fröhlich University of Münster
Gerhard Erker
Gerhard Erker University of Münster
Constantin G. Daniliuc
Constantin G. Daniliuc University of Münster
Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld
Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld University of Münster
Gerald Kehr
Gerald Kehr University of Münster
Frank Glorius
Frank Glorius University of Münster
Armido Studer
Armido Studer University of Münster
Bezhan Chankvetadze
Bezhan Chankvetadze Tbilisi State University
Ryan Gilmour
Ryan Gilmour University of Münster
Gottfried Blaschke
Gottfried Blaschke University of Münster

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