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Martin Nieger is a researcher affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland, with a focus on chemistry and related interdisciplinary fields. Their body of work encompasses a diverse range of topics within chemistry, including organic and inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, materials chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main fields of study for Martin Nieger include:

  • Chemistry (247 publications)

Their subfields of study show a strong emphasis on:

  • Organic Chemistry (218 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (23 publications)
  • Molecular Biology (21 publications)
  • Materials Chemistry (20 publications)
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering (10 publications)

Martin Nieger's research topics cover various specific areas such as:

  • Synthesis and biological activity
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions

Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal (20 publications)
  • Molecules (9 publications)
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry (6 publications)
  • Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie (5 publications)
  • Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly (5 publications)

Among their frequent co-authors are:

  • Stefan Bräse (62 collaborations)
  • Ashraf A. Aly (22 collaborations)
  • Dietrich Gudat (19 collaborations)
  • Alaa A. Hassan (15 collaborations)
  • Zahid Hassan (12 collaborations)

Selected recent publications by Martin Nieger include:

  • Hemipiperazines as peptide-derived molecular photoswitches with low-nanomolar cytotoxicity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Mechanistic insights into carbamate formation from CO2 and amines: the role of guanidine-CO2 adducts, 2021, Catalysis Science & Technology
  • Investigation of Luminescent Triplet States in Tetranuclear CuI Complexes: Thermochromism and Structural Characterization, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Origin of Stereoselectivity in FLP-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Imines, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Various Structural Design Modifications: para-Substituted Diphenylphosphinopyridine Bridged Cu(I) Complexes in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, 2021, Inorganic Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Palladium(II)-catalyzed intramolecular diamination of unfunctionalized alkenes.

    Jan Streuff;Claas H. Hövelmann;Martin Nieger;Kilian Muniz

  • A frustrated-Lewis-pair approach to catalytic reduction of alkynes to cis -alkenes

    Konstantin Chernichenko;Ádám Madarász;Imre Pápai;Martin Nieger

  • Molecular tweezers for hydrogen: synthesis, characterization, and reactivity.

    Victor Sumerin;Felix Schulz;Michiko Atsumi;Cong Wang

  • Facile heterolytic H2 activation by amines and B(C6F5)3.

    Victor Sumerin;Felix Schulz;Martin Nieger;Markku Leskelä

  • Synthesis, Structure, and Characterization of Dinuclear Copper(I) Halide Complexes with P^N Ligands Featuring Exciting Photoluminescence Properties

    Daniel M. Zink;Michael Bächle;Thomas Baumann;Martin Nieger

  • A P2C2 Four‐Membered Ring with Unusual Bonding—Synthesis, Structure, and Ring Opening of a 1,3‐Diphosphacyclobutane‐2,4‐diyl

    Edgar Niecke;Andre' Fuchs;Fred Baumeister;Martin Nieger

  • Dendrimers with a Photoactive and Redox-Active [Ru(bpy)3]2+-Type Core: Photophysical Properties, Electrochemical Behavior, and Excited-State Electron-Transfer Reactions

    Fritz Vögtle;Marcus Plevoets;Martin Nieger;Gianluca C. Azzellini

  • Bright coppertunities: multinuclear Cu(I) complexes with N-P ligands and their applications.

    Manuela Wallesch;Daniel Volz;Daniel Volz;Daniel M. Zink;Ute Schepers

  • An air-stable organometallic low-molecular-mass gelator: synthesis, aggregation, and catalytic application of a palladium pincer complex.

    Tao Tu;Wilfried Assenmacher;Herwig Peterlik;Ralf Weisbarth

  • Heteroleptic, Dinuclear Copper(I) Complexes for Application in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

    Daniel M. Zink;Daniel Volz;Thomas Baumann;Mathias Mydlak

  • Highly Active Metal-Free Catalysts for Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Nitrogen-Containing Compounds

    Victor Sumerin;Konstantin Chernichenko;Martin Nieger;Markku Leskelä

  • Molecular construction kit for tuning solubility, stability and luminescence properties: Heteroleptic MePyrPHOS-copper iodide-complexes and their application in organic light-emitting diodes

    Daniel Volz;Daniel M. Zink;Tobias Bocksrocker;Jana Friedrichs

  • Outstanding luminescence from neutral copper(I) complexes with pyridyl-tetrazolate and phosphine ligands

    Larissa Bergmann;Jana Friedrichs;Mathias Mydlak;Thomas Baumann

  • Aerobic Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols in Water by 2,2,6,6‐Tetramethylpiperidine‐1‐oxyl (TEMPO)/Copper(II) 2‐N‐Arylpyrrolecarbaldimino Complexes

    Paweł J. Figiel;Paweł J. Figiel;Ahlam Sibaouih;Jahir Uddin Ahmad;Martin Nieger

  • Stability and Electrophilicity of Phosphorus Analogues of Arduengo Carbenes—An Experimental and Computational Study

    Dietrich Gudat;Asadollah Haghverdi;Heike Hupfer;Martin Nieger

  • Arylmino(halogeno)phosphanes XPNC6H2tBu3 (X Cl, Br, I) and the Iminophosphenium Tetrachloroaluminate [PNC6H2tBu3]⊕[AlCl4]⊖: the First Stable Compound with a PN Triple Bond

    Edgar Niecke;Martin Nieger;Franz Reichert

  • From Model Compounds to Extended π‐Conjugated Systems: Synthesis and Properties of Dithieno[3,2‐b:2′,3′‐d]phospholes

    Thomas Baumgartner;Werner Bergmans;Tamás Kárpáti;Toni Neumann

  • Tin analogues of arduengo carbenes : Synthesis of 1,3,2λ2-diazastannoles and transfer of sn atoms between a 1,3,2λ2-diazastannole and a diazadiene

    Timo Gans-Eichler;Dietrich Gudat;Martin Nieger

  • Einfache heterolytische H2‐Aktivierung mit Aminen und B(C6F5)3

    Victor Sumerin;Felix Schulz;Martin Nieger;Markku Leskelä

  • A Molecular Knot with Twelve Amide Groups—One‐Step Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Chirality

    Oliver Safarowsky;Martin Nieger;Roland Fröhlich;Fritz Vögtle

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Bräse
Stefan Bräse Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Fritz Vögtle
Fritz Vögtle University of Bonn
Karl Heinz Dötz
Karl Heinz Dötz University of Bonn
Timo Repo
Timo Repo University of Helsinki
Wolfgang W. Schoeller
Wolfgang W. Schoeller University of California, Riverside
Stephan Schulz
Stephan Schulz University of Duisburg-Essen
Andreas W. Ehlers
Andreas W. Ehlers University of Amsterdam
Markku Leskelä
Markku Leskelä University of Helsinki
Kari Rissanen
Kari Rissanen University of Jyväskylä
László Nyulászi
László Nyulászi Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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