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Thorsten Glaser

Thorsten Glaser

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Chemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
6770
World Ranking
17232
National Ranking
1250

Overview

Thorsten Glaser is a researcher affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany, specializing in materials science with a focus on materials chemistry. Their work spans a range of subfields including inorganic chemistry, oncology, molecular biology, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials. The core topics of their research include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, metal complexes synthesis and properties, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, magnetism in coordination complexes, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, and DNA and nucleic acid chemistry.

Glaser has contributed extensively to scientific literature with notable publications across various reputable journals. Some recent papers include:

  • Generation of a μ-1,2-hydroperoxo FeIIIFeIII and a μ-1,2-peroxo FeIVFeIII Complex, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Proof of Phosphate Diester Binding Ability of Cytotoxic DNA-Binding Complexes, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Catalytic H2O2 Activation by a Diiron Complex for Methanol Oxidation, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • A Dinucleating Ligand System with Varying Terminal Donors to Mimic Diiron Active Sites, 2020, Israel Journal of Chemistry
  • Stronger Cytotoxicity for Cancer Cells Than for Fast Proliferating Human Stem Cells by Rationally Designed Dinuclear Complexes, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Glaser include:

  • Anja Stammler
  • Hartmut Bögge
  • Jan Oldengott
  • Stephan Walleck
  • Eckhard Bill

Glaser's research has been published in multiple venues, with a significant number of papers appearing in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Dalton Transactions
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie

The research contributions focus strongly on experimental techniques such as X-ray diffraction for studying crystallization and solubility, and the synthesis and characterization of coordination compounds with an emphasis on metal complexes and their catalytic properties. Their work also intersects with biological aspects through investigations pertaining to DNA-binding cytotoxic complexes and oncology-related molecular studies.

Best Publications

  • Ligand K-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy: A Direct Probe of Ligand−Metal Covalency

    Thorsten Glaser;Britt Hedman;Keith O. Hodgson;Edward I. Solomon

  • Rational design of single-molecule magnets: a supramolecular approach

    Thorsten Glaser

  • Property-oriented rational design of single-molecule magnets: a C3-symmetric Mn6Cr complex based on three molecular building blocks with a spin ground state of St=21/2.

    Thorsten Glaser;Maik Heidemeier;Thomas Weyhermüller;Rolf-Dieter Hoffmann

  • Description of the ground state wave functions of Ni dithiolenes using sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy.

    Robert K. Szilagyi;Booyong S. Lim;Thorsten Glaser;Richard H. Holm

  • The Electronic Structures of an Isostructural Series of Octahedral Nitrosyliron Complexes {Fe−NO}6,7,8 Elucidated by Mössbauer Spectroscopy

    Christina Hauser;Thorsten Glaser;Eckhard Bill;Thomas Weyhermüller

  • Extending the {(Mo)Mo5}12M30 Capsule Keplerate Sequence: A {Cr30} Cluster of S=3/2 Metal Centers with a {Na(H2O)12} Encapsulate

    Ana Maria Todea;Alice Merca;Hartmut Bögge;Joris van Slageren

  • Nucleation Process in the Cavity of a 48‐Tungstophosphate Wheel Resulting in a 16‐Metal‐Centre Iron Oxide Nanocluster

    Sib Sankar Mal;Michael H. Dickman;Ulrich Kortz;Ana Maria Todea

  • Why Does the Active Form of Galactose Oxidase Possess a Diamagnetic Ground State

    Jochen Müller;Thomas Weyhermüller;Eckhard Bill;Peter Hildebrandt

  • Trinuclear Nickel Complexes with Triplesalen Ligands: Simultaneous Occurrence of Mixed Valence and Valence Tautomerism in the Oxidized Species

    Thorsten Glaser;Maik Heidemeier;Roland Fröhlich;Peter Hildebrandt

  • Solvothermal growth of a ruthenium metal–organic framework featuring HKUST-1 structure type as thin films on oxide surfaces

    Olesia Kozachuk;Kirill Yusenko;Heshmat Noei;Yuemin Wang

  • Electronic structures of active sites in electron transfer metalloproteins: contributions to reactivity

    Edward I. Solomon;David W. Randall;Thorsten Glaser

  • Exchange and Double-Exchange Phenomena in Linear Homo- and Heterotrinuclear Nickel(II,III,IV) Complexes Containing Six μ2-Phenolato or μ2-Thiophenolato Bridging Ligands

    Thomas Beissel;Frank Birkelbach;Eckhard Bill;Thorsten Glaser

  • Targeted Ferromagnetic Coupling in a Trinuclear Copper(II) Complex: Analysis of the St = 3/2 Spin Ground State

    Thorsten Glaser;Maik Heidemeier;Stefan Grimme;Eckhard Bill

  • Trinuclear copper complexes with triplesalen ligands: geometric and electronic effects on ferromagnetic coupling via the spin-polarization mechanism.

    Thorsten Glaser;Maik Heidemeier;Julia B. H. Strautmann;Hartmut Bögge

  • Porous Capsules {(M)M5}12FeIII30 (M=MoVI, WVI): Sphere Surface Supramolecular Chemistry with 20 Ammonium Ions, Related Solution Properties, and Tuning of Magnetic Exchange Interactions

    Ana Maria Todea;Alice Merca;Hartmut Bögge;Thorsten Glaser

  • S K-edge X-ray absorption studies of tetranuclear iron-sulfur clusters: mu-sulfide bonding and its contribution to electron delocalization.

    Thorsten Glaser;Kendra Rose;Susan E. Shadle;Britt Hedman

  • Targeted synthesis of ferromagnetically coupled complexes with modified 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene ligands

    Thorsten Glaser;Mareike Gerenkamp;Roland Fröhlich

  • Exchange Interactions and Zero-Field Splittings in C3-Symmetric MnIII6FeIII: Using Molecular Recognition for the Construction of a Series of High Spin Complexes Based on the Triplesalen Ligand

    Thorsten Glaser;Maik Heidemeier;Erich Krickemeyer;Hartmut Bögge

  • Electronic Structure of Linear Thiophenolate-Bridged Heterotrinuclear Complexes [LFeMFeL]n+ (M = Cr, Co, Fe; n = 1−3): Localized vs Delocalized Models

    Thorsten Glaser;Thomas Beissel;Eckhard Bill;Thomas Weyhermüller

  • The novel triplesalen ligand bridges three NiII-salen subunits in a meta-phenylene linkage

    Thorsten Glaser;Maik Heidemeier;Thomas Lügger

Frequent Co-Authors

Hartmut Bögge
Hartmut Bögge Bielefeld University
Eckhard Bill
Eckhard Bill Max Planck Society
Thomas Weyhermüller
Thomas Weyhermüller Max Planck Society
Roland Fröhlich
Roland Fröhlich University of Münster
Karl Wieghardt
Karl Wieghardt Max Planck Society
Britt Hedman
Britt Hedman SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Keith O. Hodgson
Keith O. Hodgson Stanford University
Achim Müller
Achim Müller Bielefeld University
Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke
Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke University of Paderborn
Norbert Müller
Norbert Müller Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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