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Wim Dehaen

Wim Dehaen

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
27863
World Ranking
3373
National Ranking
45

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Wim Dehaen is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has an extensive research profile primarily in the fields of chemistry and materials science. Their work spans a significant number of publications focusing on various areas within organic chemistry and materials chemistry.

The scientist's research output includes a number of recent papers published in distinguished journals. Notable publications include:

  • Tailoring pillararene-based receptors for specific metal ion binding: From recognition to supramolecular assembly, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Small-molecule-based fluorescent probes for f-block metal ions: A new frontier in chemosensors, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Near-infrared boron-dipyrrin (BODIPY) nanomaterials: Molecular design and anti-tumor therapeutics, 2024, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Metal-free syntheses of N-functionalized and NH-1,2,3-triazoles: an update on recent developments, 2021, Chemical Communications
  • Stability of ionic liquids in Brønsted-basic media, 2020, Green Chemistry

Frequent co-authors in their research include Luc Van Meervelt, Jianjun Huang, Mark Van der Auweraer, Tomas Opsomer, and Steven De Jonghe. These collaborations have contributed to a considerable number of joint publications.

In terms of publication venues, Wim Dehaen has contributed extensively to:

  • Molecules
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Chemical Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their work covers a wide range of subfields such as organic chemistry, materials chemistry, molecular biology, spectroscopy, and biomedical engineering. The main academic fields reflect a strong grounding in chemistry with interdisciplinary connections to materials science.

Key research topics addressed by Wim Dehaen include:

  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

Best Publications

  • Fluorescent indicators based on BODIPY

    Noël Boens;Volker Leen;Wim Dehaen

  • Reductive lignocellulose fractionation into soluble lignin-derived phenolic monomers and dimers and processable carbohydrate pulps

    S. Van den Bosch;W. Schutyser;R. Vanholme;T. Driessen

  • A Microwave-Assisted Click Chemistry Synthesis of 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Triazoles via a Copper(I)-Catalyzed Three-Component Reaction

    Prasad Appukkuttan;Wim Dehaen;Valery V Fokin;Erik Van der Eycken

  • Static solvent contact angle measurements, surface free energy and wettability determination of various self-assembled monolayers on silicon dioxide

    Dimitri Janssen;Randy De Palma;Stijn Verlaak;Paul Heremans

  • A highly potassium-selective ratiometric fluorescent indicator based on BODIPY azacrown ether excitable with visible light.

    Mukulesh Baruah;Wenwu Qin;Renaud A L Vallée;David Beljonne

  • Synthesis of BODIPY dyes through postfunctionalization of the boron dipyrromethene core

    Noël Boens;Bram Verbelen;María J. Ortiz;Lijuan Jiao

  • Postfunctionalization of the BODIPY Core: Synthesis and Spectroscopy

    Noël Boens;Bram Verbelen;Wim Dehaen

  • Self-assembled monolayers of dendron thiols for electrodeposition of gold nanostructures: toward fabrication of superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic surfaces and pH-responsive surfaces.

    Yugui Jiang;Zhiqiang Wang;Xi Yu;Feng Shi

  • Functionalisation of fluorescent BODIPY dyes by nucleophilic substitution

    Taoufik Rohand;Mukulesh Baruah;Wenwu Qin;Noël Boens

  • Catalytic production of levulinic acid from cellulose and other biomass-derived carbohydrates with sulfonated hyperbranched poly(arylene oxindole)s

    Stijn Van de Vyver;Joice Thomas;Jan Geboers;Stefaan Keyzer

  • IMPROVED TEMPLATE-DIRECTED SYNTHESIS OF CYCLOBIS(PARAQUAT-P-PHENYLENE)

    Masumi Asakawa;Wim Dehaen;Gerrit L'abbé;Stephan Menzer

  • Oxacalix[n](het)arenes

    Wouter Maes;Wim Dehaen

  • Ruthenium(II) Dendrimers Containing Carbazole-Based Chromophores as Branches

    Nathan D. McClenaghan;Rosalba Passalacqua;Frédérique Loiseau;Sebastiano Campagna

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Coupling Reactions for the Functionalization of BODIPY Dyes with Fluorescence Spanning the Visible Spectrum

    Taoufik Rohand;Wenwu Qin;Noël Boens;Wim Dehaen

  • A highly sensitive, selective, colorimetric and near-infrared fluorescent turn-on chemosensor for Cu2+ based on BODIPY

    Shouchun Yin;Shouchun Yin;Volker Leen;Sven Van Snick;Noël Boens

  • Synthesis, structure, anion binding, and sensing by calix[4]pyrrole isomers.

    Ryuhei Nishiyabu;Manuel A. Palacios;Wim Dehaen;Pavel Anzenbacher Jr.

  • A Metal‐Free Three‐Component Reaction for the Regioselective Synthesis of 1,4,5‐Trisubstituted 1,2,3‐Triazoles

    Joice Thomas;Jubi John;Nikita Parekh;Wim Dehaen

  • Supramolecular Nanofibers by Self‐Organization of Bola‐amphiphiles through a Combination of Hydrogen Bonding and π–π Stacking Interactions

    Bo Song;Hao Wei;Zhiqiang Wang;Xi Zhang

  • Design, synthesis, computational and biological evaluation of new anxiolytics.

    Athina Geronikaki;Eugeni Babaev;John Dearden;Wim Dehaen

  • Radical C ? H Arylation of the BODIPY Core with Aryldiazonium Salts: Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Red-Shifted Dyes

    Bram Verbelen;Stijn Boodts;Johan Hofkens;Noël Boens

  • Boron dipyrromethene analogs with phenyl, styryl, and ethynylphenyl substituents: Synthesis, photophysics, electrochemistry, and quantum-chemical calculations

    Wenwu Qin;Taoufik Rohand;Wim Dehaen;John N. Clifford

  • Dendrimers Made of Porphyrin Cores and Carbazole Chromophores as Peripheral Units. Absorption Spectra, Luminescence Properties, and Oxidation Behavior

    Frédérique Loiseau;Sebastiano Campagna;and Ahmed Hameurlaine;Wim Dehaen

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Smet
Mario Smet KU Leuven
Wouter Maes
Wouter Maes Hasselt University
Noël Boens
Noël Boens KU Leuven
Johan Hofkens
Johan Hofkens KU Leuven
David Beljonne
David Beljonne University of Mons
Jan Tytgat
Jan Tytgat KU Leuven

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