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Reiner Anwander is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and specializes in materials science, with a significant focus on materials chemistry. Their research activity encompasses several subfields including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical and theoretical chemistry, as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The research topics covered by Anwander extend across crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, coordination chemistry involving organometallics, synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic and organometallic compounds, crystallography and molecular interactions, and carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Effective and Reversible Carbon Dioxide Insertion into Cerium Pyrazolates, 2020, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Carbonyl group and carbon dioxide activation by rare-earth-metal complexes, 2020, published in Dalton Transactions
  • Open-Shell Early Lanthanide Terminal Imides, 2022, published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Cerium Pyrazolates Grafted onto Mesoporous Silica SBA-15: Reversible CO2 Uptake and Catalytic Cycloaddition of Epoxides and Carbon Dioxide, 2020, published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Lewis acid-base concept, 2020, published in Catalysis from A to Z

Anwander has collaborated frequently with several researchers in their field. Notable frequent co-authors include Cäcilia Maichle-Mößmer, Daniel Werner, Karl W. Törnroos, Felix Kracht, and Alexandros Mortis.

Their work appears often in respected publication venues, with the most frequent contributions found in The Cambridge Structural Database, Catalysis from A to Z, Organometallics, Dalton Transactions, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • SOMC@PMS. Surface Organometallic Chemistry at Periodic Mesoporous Silica†

    Reiner Anwander

  • Homoleptic Rare-Earth Metal Complexes Containing Ln−C σ-Bonds†

    Melanie Zimmermann;Reiner Anwander

  • Surface Characterization and Functionalization of MCM-41 Silicas via Silazane Silylation

    Reiner Anwander;and Iris Nagl;Markus Widenmeyer;Günter Engelhardt

  • Rare-Earth Metals and Aluminum Getting Close in Ziegler-Type Organometallics

    Andreas Fischbach;Reiner Anwander

  • Stereospecific polymerization of isoprene with molecular and MCM-48-grafted lanthanide(III) tetraalkylaluminates.

    Andreas Fischbach;Michael G. Klimpel;Markus Widenmeyer;Eberhardt Herdtweck

  • Cationic Rare‐Earth‐Metal Half‐Sandwich Complexes for the Living trans‐1,4‐Isoprene Polymerization

    Melanie Zimmermann;Karl W. Törnroos;Reiner Anwander

  • Synthesis and structural characterisation of rare-earth bis(dimethylsilyl)amides and their surface organometallic chemistry on mesoporous MCM-41†

    Reiner Anwander;Oliver Runte;Jörg Eppinger;Gisela Gerstberger

  • C2-Symmetric ansa-Lanthanidocene Complexes. Synthesis via Silylamine Elimination and β-SiH Agostic Rigidity

    Jörg Eppinger;Michael Spiegler;Wolfgang Hieringer;and Wolfgang A. Herrmann

  • Homoleptic Rare‐Earth Metal(III) Tetramethylaluminates: Structural Chemistry, Reactivity, and Performance in Isoprene Polymerization

    Melanie Zimmermann;Nils Åge Frøystein;Andreas Fischbach;Peter Sirsch

  • Organo-Rare-Earth Complexes Supported by Chelating Diamide Ligands

    Frank Estler;Georg Eickerling;Eberhardt Herdtweck;Reiner Anwander

  • Inclusion of Al2Me6 in the Crystalline Lattice of the Organometallic Complexes LnAl3Me12

    William J. Evans;Reiner Anwander;Joseph W. Ziller

  • 1,3-Dimethylimidazolin-2-ylidene Carbene Donor Ligation in Lanthanide Silylamide Complexes

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Florian C. Munck;Georg R. J. Artus;Oliver Runte

  • "Ionic carbenes": synthesis, structural characterization, and reactivity of rare-Earth metal methylidene complexes.

    H. Martin Dietrich;Karl W. Törnroos;Reiner Anwander

  • Rare‐Earth Metal Mixed Chloro/Methyl Compounds: Heterogeneous–Homogeneous Borderline Catalysts in 1,3‐Diene Polymerization

    Christian Meermann;Karl W. Törnroos;Willy Nerdal;Reiner Anwander

  • "Self-Assembly" in Organolanthanide Chemistry: Formation of Rings and Clusters.

    Reiner Anwander

  • Pore Size Control of Highly Ordered Mesoporous Silica MCM-48

    Markus Widenmeyer and;Reiner Anwander

  • Lanthanoiden-Komplexe, IX [1]. Reaktivitätsbestimmender Einfluß der Ligandenkonstitution bei Seltenerdamiden: Herstellung und Struktur sterisch überladener Alkoxid-Komplexe / Lanthanoid Complexes, IX [1]. Reactivity Control of Lanthanoid Amides through Ligand Effects: Synthesis and Structures of Sterically Congested Alkoxy Complexes

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Reiner Anwander;Florian C. Munck;Wolfgang Scherer

  • A rare-earth metal variant of the Tebbe reagent.

    Rannveig Litlabø;Melanie Zimmermann;Kuburat Saliu;Josef Takats

  • Multiple C-H Bond Activation in Group 3 Chemistry: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of an Yttrium-Aluminum-Methine Cluster

    H. Martin Dietrich;Hilde Grove;Karl W. Törnroos;Reiner Anwander

  • Volatile Donor-Functionalized Alkoxy Derivatives of Lutetium and Their Structural Characterization(1).

    Reiner Anwander;Florian C. Munck;Thomas Priermeier;Wolfgang Scherer

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl W. Törnroos
Karl W. Törnroos University of Bergen
Wolfgang A. Herrmann
Wolfgang A. Herrmann Technical University of Munich
Wolfgang Scherer
Wolfgang Scherer Augsburg College
Eberhardt Herdtweck
Eberhardt Herdtweck Technical University of Munich
William J. Evans
William J. Evans University of California, Irvine
Joseph W. Ziller
Joseph W. Ziller University of California, Irvine
Glen B. Deacon
Glen B. Deacon Monash University
Peter C. Junk
Peter C. Junk James Cook University
Kazushi Mashima
Kazushi Mashima Osaka University
Hayato Tsurugi
Hayato Tsurugi Osaka University

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