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Peter Luger is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Paleontology, and Molecular Biology.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Peter Luger's publication record features articles in various scientific journals. Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Maastrichtian to Paleocene facies evolution and Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in Middle and Southern Egypt," 2022, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • "Electron density of a nanohoop [2]rotaxane based on invariom refinement," 2021, Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B
  • "Electron density of a benzoylated tetrafructopyranose," 2022, Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B
  • "Electron density of the 1:2 complex of valinomycin with calcium triflate observed in crystals of the composition (valinomycin)Ca2(OTf)4(THF)5(H2O)4," 2022, Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B

Additionally, one paper where Peter Luger is mentioned as a coauthor features a different lead author:

  • "Role of restraints on hydrogen atoms in Hirshfeld atom refinement: the case of tri-aspartic acid trihydrate," 2025, Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials

The scientist has published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B
  • Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Birger Dittrich
  • Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt
  • Ravish Sankolli
  • Lorraine A. Malaspina
  • Oleg V. Dolomanov

Best Publications

  • Structure and physicochemical properties of meloxicam, a new NSAID

    Peter Luger;Klaus Daneck;Wolfhard Engel;Günter Trummlitz

  • MolIso– a program for colour‐mapped iso‐surfaces

    C. B. Hübschle;P. Luger

  • A simple approach to nonspherical electron densities by using invarioms.

    Birger Dittrich;Tibor Koritsánszky;Peter Luger

  • A Chelating Triscarbene Ligand and Its Hexacarbene Iron Complex

    Ulrich Kernbach;Matthias Ramm;Peter Luger;Wolf P. Fehlhammer

  • Intra- and intermolecular topological properties of amino acids: a comparative study of experimental and theoretical results.

    R. Flaig;T. Koritsanszky;B. Dittrich;and A. Wagner

  • The invariom model and its application: refinement of D,L-serine at different temperatures and resolution

    B. Dittrich;C. B. Hübschle;M. Messerschmidt;R. Kalinowski

  • Introduction and validation of an invariom database for amino-acid, peptide and protein molecules.

    B. Dittrich;C.B. Hubschle;P. Luger;Mark Spackman

  • Repaglinide and related hypoglycemic benzoic acid derivatives.

    Wolfgang Grell;Rudolf Hurnaus;Gerhart Griss;Robert Sauter

  • Synthesis and Structure of a New Macrocyclic Polyhydroxylated Gadolinium Chelate Used as a Contrast Agent for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    J. Platzek;P. Blaszkiewicz;H. Gries;P. Luger

  • Accurate Experimental Electronic Properties of DL-Proline Monohydrate Obtained Within 1 Day

    T. Koritsánszky;T. Koritsánszky;T. Koritsánszky;R. Flaig;R. Flaig;R. Flaig;D. Zobel;D. Zobel;D. Zobel;H.-G. Krane;H.-G. Krane;H.-G. Krane

  • How to Make the Ionic Si−O Bond More Covalent and the Si−O−Si Linkage a Better Acceptor for Hydrogen Bonding†

    Simon Grabowsky;Maxie F Hesse;Carsten Paulmann;Peter Luger

  • TOPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRON DENSITIES OF AMINO ACIDS. 1. D, L-ASPARTIC ACID AT 20 K

    R. Flaig;T. Koritsanszky;D. Zobel;P. Luger

  • Charge Density and Topological Analysis of Pentafluorobenzoic Acid

    Ansgar Bach;Dieter Lentz;Peter Luger

  • Specific bradycardic agents. 1. Chemistry, pharmacology, and structure-activity relationships of substituted benzazepinones, a-new class of compounds exerting antiischemic properties.

    Manfred Reiffen;Wolfgang Eberlein;Peter Mueller;Manfred Psiorz

  • Automation of invariom and of experimental charge density modelling of organic molecules with the preprocessor program InvariomTool

    C.B. Hübschle;P. Luger;B. Dittrich

  • The significance of ionic bonding in sulfur dioxide: bond orders from X-ray diffraction data.

    Simon Grabowsky;Peter Luger;Jürgen Buschmann;Thomas Schneider

  • Supramolecular assemblies, a crystal structure, and a polymer of N-diacetylenic gluconamides

    Juergen Hinrich Fuhrhop;Peter Blumtritt;Christian Lehmann;Peter Luger

  • Highly Felkin-Anh selective Hiyama additions of chiral allylic bromides to aldehydes. Application to the first synthesis of nephromopsinic acid and its enantiomer

    Johann Mulzer;Lars Kattner;Achim R. Strecker;Christian Schröder

  • Total synthesis of 9-dihydroerythronolide B derivatives and of erythronolide B

    Johann Mulzer;Holger M. Kirstein;Jürgen Buschmann;Christian W. Lehmann

  • Crystal Engineering of Organic Salts: Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Motifs in Pyrimethamine Hydrogen Glutarate and Pyrimethamine Formate

    N. Stanley;V. Sethuraman;P. Thomas Muthiah;P. Luger

  • Stereocontrolled total synthesis of the unnatural enantiomers of castanospermine and 1-epi-castanospermine

    Johann Mulzer;Henrietta Dehmlow;Juergen Buschmann;Peter Luger

Frequent Co-Authors

Birger Dittrich
Birger Dittrich Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Johann Mulzer
Johann Mulzer University of Vienna
Ralf Steudel
Ralf Steudel Technical University of Berlin
Hans Paulsen
Hans Paulsen Universität Hamburg
Christian W. Lehmann
Christian W. Lehmann Max Planck Society
Tanja Schirmeister
Tanja Schirmeister Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Dylan Jayatilaka
Dylan Jayatilaka University of Western Australia
Konrad Seppelt
Konrad Seppelt Freie Universität Berlin
Sergey I. Troyanov
Sergey I. Troyanov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Walter Schunack
Walter Schunack Freie Universität Berlin

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