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Reinhard W. Hoffmann

Reinhard W. Hoffmann

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Chemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
16880
World Ranking
8310
National Ranking
592

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal), Society of German Chemists

Overview

Reinhard W. Hoffmann is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a significant number of publications in Surgery and Rehabilitation. Additional subfields include Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Materials Chemistry, as well as Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment

Hoffmann has published in several scholarly venues with some venue-specific concentration. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie up2date (5 publications)
  • Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (2 publications)
  • Physikalische Medizin Rehabilitationsmedizin Kurortmedizin (2 publications)
  • Chemical Society Reviews (1 publication)
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine (1 publication)

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Hoffmann include:

  • "Chefarzt - ein Auslaufmodell?!" (2020), published in Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie
  • "Overcoming (some) rules in synthesis design" (2025), published in Chemical Society Reviews

Other recent papers unrelated to Hoffmann as primary author but listed in the data include:

  • "Catalyst-Free Indirect C−F Activation of 3-Perfluoroalkyl Indoles" (2022), European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • "The Conventional Weil Osteotomy Does Not Require Screw Fixation" (2023), Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Heteropolyacids and ruthenium on covalent triazine frameworks - a bifunctional, recyclable catalyst for bio-based tandem systems" (2025), Catalysis Science & Technology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Reinhard W. Hoffmann are:

  • Alexander Klug
  • Sebastian Benner
  • Eva Herrmann
  • U. C. Liener
  • Ulf-Wilhelm Bökeler

In 1993, Hoffmann received the Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal) awarded by the Society of German Chemists.

Best Publications

  • Allylic 1,3-strain as a controlling factor in stereoselective transformations

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • The economies of synthesis

    Timothy Newhouse;Phil S. Baran;Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • Redox economy in organic synthesis.

    Noah Z. Burns;Phil S. Baran;Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • Diastereogenic Addition of Crotylmetal Compounds to Aldehydes

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • Protecting-group-free synthesis

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • Flexible Molecules with Defined Shape—Conformational Design

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • Conformation Design of Open-Chain Compounds.

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • Stereoselective Syntheses of Building Blocks with Three Consecutive Stereogenic Centers: Important Precursors of Polyketide Natural Products [New Synthetic Methods (68)]

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • STEREOCHEMISTRY OF (2,3)SIGMATROPIC REARRANGEMENTS

    R. W. Hoffmann

  • Conformational analysis of chiral alkenes and oxonium ions: ab initio molecular orbital calculations and an improved MM2 force field

    Jeffrey L. Broeker;Reinhard W. Hoffmann;K. N. Houk

  • Redoxökonomie in der organischen Synthese

    Noah Z. Burns;Phil S. Baran;Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • Stereoselective synthesis of alcohols. 8. Diastereoselective synthesis of .beta.-methylhomoallyl alcohols via crotylboronates

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann;Hans Joachim Zeiss

  • The quest for chiral Grignard reagents.

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • Stereoselektive Synthese von Alkoholen, VII1) Optisch aktive Homoallylalkohole durch Addition chiraler Boronsäureester an Aldehyde

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann;Thomas Herold

  • Diastereogene Addition von Crotyl-Metall-Verbindungen an Aldehyde

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • Asymmetric Synthesis of a Chiral Secondary Grignard Reagent

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann;Bettina Hölzer;Oliver Knopff;Klaus Harms

  • Markovnikov free radical addition reactions, a sleeping beauty kissed to life

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  • Stereoselective synthesis of alcohols, XXXI: Stereoselective CC bond formation using chiral Z‐pentenylboronates

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann;Klaus Ditrich;Gerhard Köster;Rainer Stürmer

  • Diastereoselective Synthesis of β‐Methyl Homoallyl Alcohols

    Reinhard W. Hoffmann;Hans‐Joachim Zeiss

  • Is hyperconjugation responsible for the “gauche effect” in 1-fluoropropane and other 2-substituted-1-fluoroethanes?†

    Paul R. Rablen;Reinhard W. Hoffmann;David A. Hrovat;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • Kumada-Corriu coupling of Grignard reagents, probed with a chiral Grignard reagent.

    Bettina Hölzer;Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Homoallyl Alcohols via Chiral Allylboronic Esters

    Thomas Herold;Reinhard W. Hoffmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Harms
Klaus Harms Philipp University of Marburg
Gernot Frenking
Gernot Frenking Philipp University of Marburg
Manfred T. Reetz
Manfred T. Reetz Max Planck Society
Werner Massa
Werner Massa Philipp University of Marburg
Peter Schwerdtfeger
Peter Schwerdtfeger Massey University
Vatcharin Rukachaisirikul
Vatcharin Rukachaisirikul Prince of Songkla University
Michael Müller
Michael Müller Forschungszentrum Jülich
Phil S. Baran
Phil S. Baran Scripps (United States)
Richmond Sarpong
Richmond Sarpong University of California, Berkeley
Keisuke Suzuki
Keisuke Suzuki University of Sussex

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