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Kurt Polborn is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a particular focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Cyclization and Aryne Chemistry
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis

Polborn's publication record features contributions in several notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Synthesis
  • SCIREA Journal of Chemistry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Polborn include:

  • "A Three-Step Synthesis of 1,7-Diazaperylene and Derivatives," 2020, published in Synthesis
  • "Structure of the the chiral complex [(acetone)(carbonyl)(η5-cyclopentadieny)(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium- tetrafluoroborate], [(η5-C5H5)Ru(CO)(PPh3)(η1-O=CMe2)]+BF4-," 2021, published in SCIREA Journal of Chemistry
  • "CSD 1773799: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination," 2022, published in The Cambridge Structural Database
  • "CCDC 1999506: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination," 2020, published in The Cambridge Structural Database
  • "CCDC 1999508: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination," 2020, published in The Cambridge Structural Database

Frequent co-authors working with Polborn include:

  • Heinz Langhals
  • Susanne Reichherzer
  • Peter Mayer
  • Péter Mayer
  • Christopher U. Missling

Best Publications

  • Enantioselective, Copper(I)‐Catalyzed Three‐Component Reaction for the Preparation of Propargylamines

    Nina Gommermann;Christopher Koradin;Kurt Polborn;Paul Knochel

  • Enantioselective synthesis of propargylamines by copper-catalyzed addition of alkynes to enamines.

    Christopher Koradin;Kurt Polborn;Paul Knochel

  • 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

  • A Novel Fluorescent Dye with Strong, Anisotropic Solid-State Fluorescence, Small Stokes Shift, and High Photostability

    Heinz Langhals;Oswald Krotz;Kurt Polborn;Peter Mayer

  • A highly DNA-duplex-stabilizing metal-salen base pair.

    Guido H. Clever;Kurt Polborn;Thomas Carell

  • A self-assembled metallomacrocyclic ionophore with high affinity and selectivity for Li+ and Na+.

    Holger Piotrowski;Kurt Polborn;Gerhard Hilt;Kay Severin

  • New P,N Ligands for Asymmetric Ir‐Catalyzed Reactions

    Tanasri Bunlaksananusorn;Kurt Polborn;Paul Knochel

  • The Four-Connected Net in the CeCu2 Structure and Its Ternary Derivatives. Its Electronic and Structural Properties

    Gerhard Nuspl;Kurt Polborn;Jürgen Evers;Gregory A. Landrum

  • Tetrakis(tri‐tert‐butylsilyl)‐tetrahedro‐tetrasilane (tBu3Si)4Si4: The First Molecular Silicon Compound with a Si4 Tetrahedron

    Nils Wiberg;Christian M. M. Finger;Kurt Polborn

  • Synthesis of perylene‐3,4‐dicarboximides — Novel highly photostable fluorescent dyes

    Leonhard Feiler;Heinz Langhals;Kurt Polborn

  • Chirale Halbsandwich-Komplexe von Rhodium(III), Iridium(III), Iridium(I) und Ruthenium(II) mit α-Aminosäure-Anionen

    Roland Krämer;Kurt Polborn;Herbert Wanjek;Ingo Zahn

  • Synthesis of Enantiomerically Enriched Propargylamines by Copper-Catalyzed Addition of Alkynes to Enamines

    Christopher Koradin;Nina Gommermann;Kurt Polborn;Paul Knochel

  • Homoleptic carbene complexes

    Robert Fränkel;Jörg Kniczek;Werner Ponikwar;Heinrich Nöth

  • Self-assembled organometallic [12]metallacrown-3 complexes.

    Holger Piotrowski;Gerhard Hilt;Axel Schulz;Peter Mayer

  • Eine enantioselektive, Kupfer(I)‐katalysierte Drei‐Komponenten‐Reaktion zur Synthese von Propargylaminen

    Nina Gommermann;Christopher Koradin;Kurt Polborn;Paul Knochel

  • New ferrocenyl ligands with broad applications in asymmetric catalysis.

    Matthias Lotz;Kurt Polborn;Paul Knochel

  • Isolation of a stable covalent selenium azide RSeN3.

    Thomas M. Klapötke;Burkhard Krumm;Kurt Polborn

  • Metal complexes of biologically important ligands, LXXXVII α-amino carboxylate complexes of palladium(II), iridium(III) and ruthenium(II) from chloro-bridged ortho-metallated metal compounds and [(OC)3Ru(Cl)(μ-Cl)]2☆

    Reinhold Urban;Roland Krämer;Shahram Mihan;Kurt Polborn

  • Reactivity of the Isolable Disilene R*PhSiSiPhR* (R*=SitBu3)

    Nils Wiberg;Wolfgang Niedermayer;Kurt Polborn;Peter Mayer

  • Biomimetic catalysis with immobilised organometallic ruthenium complexes: substrate- and regioselective transfer hydrogenation of ketones.

    Kurt Polborn;Kay Severin

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Beck
Wolfgang Beck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Heinrich Nöth
Heinrich Nöth Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wolfgang Steglich
Wolfgang Steglich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Nils Wiberg
Nils Wiberg Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peter Mayer
Peter Mayer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thomas M. Klapötke
Thomas M. Klapötke Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Rolf Huisgen
Rolf Huisgen Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Paul Knochel
Paul Knochel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Kay Severin
Kay Severin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Thomas J. J. Müller
Thomas J. J. Müller Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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