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William S. Sheldrick

William S. Sheldrick

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Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
15867
World Ranking
8728
National Ranking
624

Overview

William S. Sheldrick is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and has contributed to the field of Materials Science, with a focus on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry

Sheldrick's recent publications include:

  • Square planar Ni(II) thiosemicarbazone complexes as functional models for carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, 2022, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society
  • CCDC 2016598: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 800030: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2022, The Cambridge Structural Database

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Sheldrick are:

  • Shyamal Kumar Chattopadhyay
  • Sumita Naskar
  • Subhendu Naskar
  • H. Mayer-Figge
  • Josef Ernst

Their work has been published chiefly in these venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the Indian Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Solventothermal Synthesis of Solid-State Chalcogenidometalates

    William S. Sheldrick;Michael Wachhold

  • Chalcogenidometalates of the heavier Group 14 and 15 elements

    William S. Sheldrick;Michael Wachhold

  • Benzimidazol-2-ylidene Gold(I) Complexes Are Thioredoxin Reductase Inhibitors with Multiple Antitumor Properties

    Riccardo Rubbiani;Igor Kitanovic;Hamed Alborzinia;Suzan Can

  • Comparative in Vitro Evaluation of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Gold(I) Complexes of the Benzimidazolylidene Type

    Riccardo Rubbiani;Suzan Can;Igor Kitanovic;Hamed Alborzinia

  • Rhodium(III) and iridium(III) complexes as anticancer agents

    Yvonne Geldmacher;Melanie Oleszak;William S. Sheldrick

  • Influence of the Polypyridyl (pp) Ligand Size on the DNA Binding Properties, Cytotoxicity and Cellular Uptake of Organoruthenium(II) Complexes of the Type [(η6-C6Me6)Ru(L)(pp)]n+ [L = Cl, n = 1; L = (NH2)2CS, n = 2]

    Sven Schäfer;Ingo Ott;Ronald Gust;William S. Sheldrick

  • A gold(I) phosphine complex containing a naphthalimide ligand functions as a TrxR inhibiting antiproliferative agent and angiogenesis inhibitor.

    Ingo Ott;Xuhong Qian;Yufang Xu;Danielle H. W. Vlecken

  • Adsorptive removal of methylene blue from colored effluents on fuller's earth

    Gülten Atun;Gül Hisarlı;W Sheldrick;Martin Mühler

  • On the biological properties of alkynyl phosphine gold(I) complexes.

    Andreas Meyer;Christoph P. Bagowski;Malte Kokoschka;Maria Stefanopoulou

  • Network self-assembly patterns in Main Group metal chalcogenide-based materials

    William S. Sheldrick

  • Structural Chemistry of Organic Silicon Compounds

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  • Synthesis and structural characterization of η6-arene-ruthenium(II) complexes of alanine and guanine derivatives

    W.S. Sheldrick;S. Heeb

  • Evaluation of arene ruthenium(II) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes as organometallics interacting with thiol and selenol containing biomolecules

    Luciano Oehninger;Maria Stefanopoulou;Hamed Alborzinia;Julia Schur

  • Study of cell antigens and intracellular DNA by identification of element-containing labels and metallointercalators using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.

    O. I. Ornatsky;X. Lou;M. Nitz;S. Schäffer

  • Syntheses, electrochemistry, and spectroscopic and magnetic properties of new mononuclear and binuclear complexes of vanadium(III), -(IV, and -(V) containing the tridentate macrocycle 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane (L). Crystal structures of [L2V2(acac)2(.mu.-O)]I2.2H2O, [L2V2O4(.mu.-O)].14H2O, and [L2V2O2(OH)2(.mu.-O)](ClO4)2

    Petra Knopp;Karl Wieghardt;Bernhard Nuber;Johannes Weiss

  • Modulation of the Biological Properties of Aspirin by Formation of a Bioorganometallic Derivative

    Ingo Ott;Brigitte Kircher;Christoph P. Bagowski;Danielle H. W. Vlecken

  • Synthesis and DNA binding properties of bioorganometallic (η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)iridium(III) complexes of the type [(η5-C5Me5)Ir(Aa)(dppz)]n+ (dppz = dipyrido[3,2-a:2′,3′-c]phenazine, n= 1–3), with S-coordinated amino acids (Aa) or peptides

    Diran Herebian;William S. Sheldrick

  • Oligomeric (η6-arene) ruthenium(II) complexes of adenine and adenosine with N6,N7 coordination

    Sandra Korn;William S. Sheldrick

  • Cytotoxic half-sandwich rhodium(III) complexes: Polypyridyl ligand influence on their DNA binding properties and cellular uptake

    Michael A. Scharwitz;Ingo Ott;Yvonne Geldmacher;Ronald Gust

  • Synthesis, structure and antimicrobial activity of manganese(II) and cobalt(II) complexes of the polyether ionophore antibiotic Sodium Monensin A.

    Petar Dorkov;Ivayla N. Pantcheva;William S. Sheldrick;Heike Mayer-Figge

  • Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of a New Mononuclear Molybdenum(VI) Complex Resembling the Active Center of Molybdenum Oxotransferases

    Rupam Dinda;Parbati Sengupta;Saktiprosad Ghosh;William S. Sheldrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Spiteller
Michael Spiteller TU Dortmund University
Ingo Ott
Ingo Ott Technische Universität Braunschweig
Ronald Gust
Ronald Gust Freie Universität Berlin
Enric Canadell
Enric Canadell Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Stéphane Jobic
Stéphane Jobic University of Nantes
Michael G. B. Drew
Michael G. B. Drew University of Reading
Andreas Marx
Andreas Marx University of Konstanz
Wolfgang Steglich
Wolfgang Steglich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wolf-Rainer Abraham
Wolf-Rainer Abraham Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Dietmar Schomburg
Dietmar Schomburg Technische Universität Braunschweig

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