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Overview

Sjoerd Harder is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a particular focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Process Chemistry and Technology.

The scientific work covers topics including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemical Communications

Sjoerd Harder has collaborated often with these coauthors:

  • Jens Langer
  • Holger Elsen
  • Jonathan Eyselein
  • Michael Wiesinger
  • Johannes Martin

Among recent papers authored with notable citation counts are:

  • Dinitrogen complexation and reduction at low-valent calcium, 2021, Science
  • Strongly reducing magnesium(0) complexes, 2021, Nature
  • Boosting Low-Valent Aluminum(I) Reactivity with a Potassium Reagent, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • New horizons in low oxidation state group 2 metal chemistry, 2021, Chemical Communications
  • Highly Active Superbulky Alkaline Earth Metal Amide Catalysts for Hydrogenation of Challenging Alkenes and Aromatic Rings, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • From limestone to catalysis: application of calcium compounds as homogeneous catalysts.

    Sjoerd Harder

  • Rational design of a well-defined soluble calcium hydride complex

    Sjoerd Harder;Julie Brettar

  • Early Main‐Group Metal Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Alkenes with H2

    Jan Spielmann;Frank Buch;Sjoerd Harder

  • Hydrosilylation of alkenes with early main-group metal catalysts.

    Frank Buch;Julie Brettar;Sjoerd Harder

  • Dinitrogen complexation and reduction at low-valent calcium

    B. Rösch;T. X. Gentner;J. Langer;C. Färber

  • The chemistry of CaII and YbII: astoundingly similar but not equal!

    Sjoerd Harder

  • Imine hydrogenation with simple alkaline earth metal catalysts

    Heiko Bauer;Mercedes Alonso;Christian Färber;Holger Elsen

  • Novel Calcium Half-Sandwich Complexes for the Living and Stereoselective Polymerization of Styrene.

    Sjoerd Harder;Florian Feil;Konrad Knoll

  • Structure of a Benzylcalcium Diastereomer: An Initiator for the Anionic Polymerization of Styrene

    Sjoerd Harder;Florian Feil;Armin Weeber

  • Bimetallic Calcium and Zinc Complexes with Bridged β-Diketiminate Ligands: Investigations on Epoxide/CO2 Copolymerization

    Dirk F.-J. Piesik;Sven Range;Sjoerd Harder

  • Strongly reducing magnesium(0) complexes

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  • Calcium Amidoborane Hydrogen Storage Materials: Crystal Structures of Decomposition Products

    Jan Spielmann;Georg Jansen;Heinz Bandmann;Sjoerd Harder

  • Dimeric benzylcalcium complexes: Influence of THF in stereoselective styrene polymerization

    Sjoerd Harder;Florian Feil

  • α,α-Bis(trimethylsilyl)-Substituted Benzyl Complexes of Potassium and Calcium

    Florian Feil;Sjoerd Harder

  • Methylalumoxane – History, Production, Properties, and Applications

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  • Molecular early main group metal hydrides: synthetic challenge, structures and applications

    Sjoerd Harder

  • Homoleptic β-diketiminato complexes of the alkaline-earth metals: Trends in the series Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba

    Sjoerd Harder

  • Reduction of Ketones with Hydrocarbon-Soluble Calcium Hydride: Stoichiometric Reactions and Catalytic Hydrosilylation

    Jan Spielmann;Sjoerd Harder

  • Hydrocarbon-soluble calcium hydride : A worker-bee in calcium chemistry

    Jan Spielmann;Sjoerd Harder

  • Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Simple Dibenzylcalcium Complexes: Useful Reagents in the Preparation of Calcium Compounds

    Sjoerd Harder;Stefanie MüLLER;Eike HüBNER

  • Remarkable Stability of Metallocenes with Superbulky Ligands: Spontaneous Reduction of SmIII to SmII

    Christian Ruspic;John R. Moss;Markus Schürmann;Sjoerd Harder

  • Hydrogen Storage in Magnesium Hydride : The Molecular Approach

    Sjoerd Harder;Jan Spielmann;Julia Intemann;Heinz Bandmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Herbert Brintzinger
Hans-Herbert Brintzinger University of Konstanz
Georg Jansen
Georg Jansen University of Duisburg-Essen
Martin Lutz
Martin Lutz Utrecht University
Johannes G. de Vries
Johannes G. de Vries Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Timo Repo
Timo Repo University of Helsinki
Hero J. Heeres
Hero J. Heeres University of Groningen
Christian Müller
Christian Müller Freie Universität Berlin
Stephan Schulz
Stephan Schulz University of Duisburg-Essen
Markus Schürmann
Markus Schürmann TU Dortmund University
Herbert W. Roesky
Herbert W. Roesky University of Göttingen

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