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Lukas J. Gooßen

Lukas J. Gooßen

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Chemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
21554
World Ranking
4225
National Ranking
316

Overview

Lukas J. Gooßen is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Chemistry, with a focus on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their scientific work include:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions

Some of Lukas J. Gooßen's recent papers are:

  • Decarboxylation-Initiated Intermolecular Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation, 2021, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Electrochemical Aziridination of Internal Alkenes with Primary Amines, 2020, Chem
  • Coupling of Reformatsky Reagents with Aryl Chlorides Enabled by Ylide-Functionalized Phosphine Ligands, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Taking electrodecarboxylative etherification beyond Hofer-Moest using a radical C-O coupling strategy, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Concentrated Aqueous Peroxodicarbonate: Efficient Electrosynthesis and Use as Oxidizer in Epoxidations, S-, and N-Oxidations, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors in collaborations include:

  • Jonas F. Goebel
  • Nardana Sivendran
  • Zhiyong Hu
  • Nico Pirkl
  • Angelino Doppiu

Publications by Lukas J. Gooßen have appeared predominantly in:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Decarboxylative coupling reactions: a modern strategy for C–C-bond formation

    Nuria Rodríguez;Lukas J. Goossen

  • Carboxylic acids as substrates in homogeneous catalysis.

    Lukas J Goossen;Nuria Rodríguez;Käthe Goossen

  • Late transition metal-catalyzed hydroamination and hydroamidation.

    Liangbin Huang;Matthias Arndt;Käthe Gooßen;Heinrich Heydt

  • Synthesis of Biaryls via Catalytic Decarboxylative Coupling

    Lukas J. Gooßen;Guojun Deng;Laura M. Levy

  • Carboxylates as sources of carbon nucleophiles and electrophiles: comparison of decarboxylative and decarbonylative pathways

    Wojciech I. Dzik;Paul P. Lange;Lukas J. Gooßen

  • Chiral Heterocylic Carbenes in Asymmetric Homogeneous Catalysis

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Lukas J. Goossen;Christian Köcher;Georg R. J. Artus

  • Synthesis of Ketones from α‐Oxocarboxylates and Aryl Bromides by Cu/Pd‐Catalyzed Decarboxylative Cross‐Coupling

    Lukas J Goossen;Felix Rudolphi;Christoph Oppel;Nuria Rodríguez

  • Carboxylic Acids as Directing Groups for C−H Bond Functionalization

    Martin Pichette Drapeau;Lukas J. Gooßen

  • Decarboxylative Biaryl Synthesis from Aromatic Carboxylates and Aryl Triflates

    Lukas J. Goossen;Nuria Rodríguez;Christophe Linder

  • Copper‐Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Aryl Iodides with Potassium (Trifluoromethyl)trimethoxyborate

    Thomas Knauber;Fatih Arikan;Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler;Lukas J. Gooßen

  • Catalytic C–H Carboxylation of Terminal Alkynes with Carbon Dioxide

    Filipe Manjolinho;Matthias Arndt;Käthe Gooßen;Lukas J. Gooßen

  • Decarboxylative cross-coupling of aryl tosylates with aromatic carboxylate salts.

    Lukas J. Goossen;Nuria Rodriguez;Paul P. Lange;Christophe Linder

  • Synthesis of Propiolic Acids via Copper-Catalyzed Insertion of Carbon Dioxide into the CH Bond of Terminal Alkynes

    Lukas J. Gooßen;Nuria Rodríguez;Filipe Manjolinho;Paul P. Lange

  • Carbonsäuren als Substrate in der homogenen Katalyse

    Lukas J. Gooßen;Nuria Rodríguez;Käthe Gooßen

  • Silver-catalysed protodecarboxylation of carboxylic acids.

    Lukas J Goossen;Christophe Linder;Nuria Rodríguez;Paul P Lange

  • Copper-Catalyzed Protodecarboxylation of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids

    Lukas J. Gooßen;Werner R. Thiel;Nuria Rodríguez;Christophe Linder

  • Sandmeyer trifluoromethylation of arenediazonium tetrafluoroborates.

    Grégory Danoun;Bilguun Bayarmagnai;Matthias F. Grünberg;Lukas J. Gooßen

  • CHIRAL OXAZOLINE/IMIDAZOLINE-2-YLIDENE COMPLEXES

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Lukas J. Goossen;Michael Spiegler

  • New catalytic transformations of carboxylic acids

    Lukas J. Gooßen;Käthe Gooßen;Nuria Rodríguez;Mathieu Blanchot

  • Palladium/copper-catalyzed decarboxylative cross-coupling of aryl chlorides with potassium carboxylates.

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  • Mechanistic pathways for oxidative addition of aryl halides to palladium(0) complexes: A DFT study

    Lukas J. Goossen;Debasis Koley;Holger L. Hermann;Walter Thiel

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Aryl Ketones from Boronic Acids and Carboxylic Acids or Anhydrides We thank M. Rössig and L. Winkel for technical assistance, Prof. Dr. M. T. Reetz for generous support and constant encouragement, and the DFG for financial support.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Nuria Rodríguez
Nuria Rodríguez Autonomous University of Madrid
Werner R. Thiel
Werner R. Thiel Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Kristina Tschulik
Kristina Tschulik Ruhr University Bochum
Gereon Niedner-Schatteburg
Gereon Niedner-Schatteburg Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Felix Studt
Felix Studt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Scott E. Denmark
Scott E. Denmark University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ferdi Schüth
Ferdi Schüth Max Planck Society
Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt
Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Matthias Scheffler
Matthias Scheffler Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Michael A. R. Meier
Michael A. R. Meier Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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