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Manuel Alcarazo is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Materials Science and Chemistry, with notable contributions in the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Science.

The scientist has authored numerous research papers published in a variety of journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Chemical Science

Alcarazo's main research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis

Recent papers by Manuel Alcarazo demonstrate a focus on synthesis and structural studies within organic and inorganic chemistry. These include:

  • Synthetic Applications of Sulfonium Salts, 2020, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,12-Disubstituted [4]Helicenes, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • α-Diazo Sulfonium Triflates: Synthesis, Structure, and Application to the Synthesis of 1-(Dialkylamino)-1,2,3-triazoles, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Enantioselective Synthesis of 1-Aryl Benzo[5]helicenes Using BINOL-Derived Cationic Phosphonites as Ancillary Ligands, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Dithia[5]helicenes and their Postsynthetic Functionalization to Access Dithia[9]helicenes, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Christopher Golz
  • Martín Simón
  • Thierry Hartung
  • Valentina Pelliccioli
  • Emanuela Licandro

Best Publications

  • Coordination chemistry at carbon

    Manuel Alcarazo;Christian W. Lehmann;Anakuthil Anoop;Walter Thiel

  • Coordination Chemistry of Ene‐1,1‐diamines and a Prototype “Carbodicarbene”

    Alois Fürstner;Manuel Alcarazo;Richard Goddard;Christian W. Lehmann

  • Imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine: a versatile architecture for stable N-heterocyclic carbenes.

    Manuel Alcarazo;Stephen J. Roseblade;Andrew R. Cowley;Rosario Fernandez

  • Effective Modulation of the Donor Properties of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands by "Through-Space" Communication within a Planar Chiral Scaffold

    Alois Fürstner;Manuel Alcarazo;Helga Krause;Christian W. Lehmann

  • Steering the Surprisingly Modular π‐Acceptor Properties of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes: Implications for Gold Catalysis

    Manuel Alcarazo;Timon Stork;Anakuthil Anoop;Walter Thiel

  • Synthetic Applications of Sulfonium Salts

    Sergei I. Kozhushkov;Manuel Alcarazo

  • Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of a Dihydrido Borenium Cation

    Blanca Inés;Mahendra Patil;Javier Carreras;Richard Goddard

  • Exploring the Reactivity of Carbon(0)/Borane-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs

    Manuel Alcarazo;Catherine Gomez;Sigrid Holle;Richard Goddard

  • Catalysis-based and protecting-group-free total syntheses of the marine oxylipins hybridalactone and the ecklonialactones A, B, and C.

    Volker Hickmann;Azusa Kondoh;Barbara Gabor;Manuel Alcarazo

  • Protecting-Group-Free and Catalysis-Based Total Synthesis of the Ecklonialactones

    Volker Hickmann;Manuel Alcarazo;Alois Fürstner

  • Carbenes stabilized by ylides: pushing the limits.

    Alois Fürstner;Manuel Alcarazo;Karin Radkowski;Christian W. Lehmann

  • Imidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-3-ylidene/Thioether Mixed C/S Ligands and Complexes Thereof§

    Stephen J. Roseblade;Abel Ros;David Monge;Manuel Alcarazo

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of [6]Carbohelicenes

    Elisa González-Fernández;Leo D. M. Nicholls;Lukas D. Schaaf;Christophe Farès

  • Cyclopropenylylidene‐Stabilized Diaryl and Dialkyl Phosphenium Cations: Applications in Homogeneous Gold Catalysis

    Jekaterina Petuškova;Hans Bruns;Manuel Alcarazo

  • Synthesis, Structure, and Applications of α-Cationic Phosphines

    Manuel Alcarazo

  • Polycationic Ligands in Gold Catalysis: Synthesis and Applications of Extremely π-Acidic Catalysts

    Javier Carreras;Gopinadhanpillai Gopakumar;Lianghu Gu;Ana Gimeno

  • Exploiting the π-Acceptor Properties of Carbene-Stabilized Phosphorus Centered Trications [L3P] 3+: Applications in Pt(II) Catalysis

    Javier Carreras;Mahendra Patil;Walter Thiel;Manuel Alcarazo

  • α-Cationic phosphines: synthesis and applications.

    Manuel Alcarazo

  • Chiral heterobimetallic complexes of carbodiphosphoranes and phosphinidene–carbene adducts

    Manuel Alcarazo;Karin Radkowski;Gerlinde Mehler;Richard Goddard

  • Convenient, scalable and flexible method for the preparation of imidazolium salts with previously inaccessible substitution patterns.

    Alois Fürstner;Manuel Alcarazo;Vincent César;Christian W. Lehmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Thiel
Walter Thiel Max Planck Society
Richard Goddard
Richard Goddard Max Planck Society
José M. Lassaletta
José M. Lassaletta Spanish National Research Council
Alois Fürstner
Alois Fürstner Max Planck Society
Christian W. Lehmann
Christian W. Lehmann Max Planck Society
Eleuterio Álvarez
Eleuterio Álvarez University of Seville
Eckhard Bill
Eckhard Bill Max Planck Society
Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes
Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes University of Cambridge
Andrew R. Cowley
Andrew R. Cowley University of Oxford
Douglas W. Stephan
Douglas W. Stephan University of Toronto

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