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Chemistry

D-Index
135
Citations
81307
World Ranking
251
National Ranking
23

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Wolfgang A. Herrmann is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their primary research focus spans the field of Chemistry, with significant contributions to Organic Chemistry as well as areas intersecting Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, and General Economics, Econometrics, and Finance.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of specialized areas, including:

  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Chemistry and Stereochemistry Studies
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry

Wolfgang A. Herrmann has published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Catalysis from A to Z
  • Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft
  • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
  • The Open Ophthalmology Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent publications by the scientist include:

  • "50 Years of Passion for Organometallic Chemistry," 2023, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
  • "Covid -19 restrictions expose air traffic at the Munich Airport as hotspot of ultrafine particle pollution - implications for regional air quality/Covid-19 Restriktionen entlarven den Flugverkehr am Flughafen München als größte Quelle der Ultrafeinstaubbelastung - Implikationen für die regionale Luftqualität," 2023, Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft
  • "Auswirkungen des reduzierten Flugbetriebs während der Corona-Pandemie auf die Konzentration von ultrafeinen Partikeln/Effects of reduced aircraft movements after the COVID-19-shutdown on the concentration of ultrafine particles," 2021, Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft
  • "C-F activation," 2020, Catalysis from A to Z
  • "poly-Suzuki reaction," 2020, Catalysis from A to Z

Frequent collaborators include:

  • O. Rottmann
  • Reinhard Kendlbacher
  • Philipp Prahs
  • Jürgen Fingerle
  • G. Müller-Starck

Best Publications

  • N-heterocyclic carbenes: a new concept in organometallic catalysis.

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann

  • Applied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Compounds

    Boy Cornils;Wolfgang A. Herrmann

  • N-Heterocyclic Carbenes†‡

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Christian Köcher

  • Transformation of Carbon Dioxide with Homogeneous Transition-Metal Catalysts: A Molecular Solution to a Global Challenge?

    Mirza Cokoja;Christian Bruckmeier;Bernhard Rieger;Wolfgang A. Herrmann

  • Metal Complexes of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes—A New Structural Principle for Catalysts in Homogeneous Catalysis

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Martina Elison;Jakob Fischer;Christian Köcher

  • Palladacycles as Structurally Defined Catalysts for the Heck Olefination of Chloro‐ and Bromoarenes

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Christoph Brossmer;Karl Öfele;Claus-Peter Reisinger

  • Water-Soluble Ligands, Metal Complexes, and Catalysts: Synergism of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Christian W. Kohlpaintner

  • N-Heterocyclische Carbene: ein neues Konzept in der metallorganischen Katalyse N-Heterocyclische Carbene, 31. Mitteilung. – 30. Mitteilung: Lit. [80]

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann

  • A Novel Class of Ruthenium Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis.

    Thomas Weskamp;Wolfgang C. Schattenmann;Michael Spiegler;Wolfgang A. Herrmann

  • Application of palladacycles in Heck type reactions

    Wolfgang A Herrmann;Volker P.W Böhm;Claus-Peter Reisinger

  • Chelating N-heterocyclic carbene ligands in palladium-catalyzed heck-type reactions

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Claus-Peter Reisinger;Michael Spiegler

  • Rhenium(VII) Oxo and Imido Complexes: Synthesis, Structures, and Applications.

    Carlos C. Romão;Fritz E. Kühn;Wolfgang A. Herrmann

  • Highly Active Ruthenium Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis: The Synergy of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Coordinatively Labile Ligands.

    Thomas Weskamp;Florian J. Kohl;Wolfgang Hieringer;Dieter Gleich

  • Aqueous-Phase Organometallic Catalysis: Concepts and Applications

    Boy Cornils;Wolfgang A. Herrmann

  • Aqueous‐Phase Organometallic Catalysis

    B. Cornils;W. A. Herrmann

  • Ruthenium Carbene Complexes with Imidazolin-2-ylidene Ligands Allow the Formation of Tetrasubstituted Cycloalkenes by RCM

    Lutz Ackermann;Alois Fürstner;Thomas Weskamp;Florian J. Kohl

  • Methyltrioxorhenium as Catalyst for Olefin Oxidation

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Richard W Fischer;Dieter W. Marz

  • Heterocyclic Carbenes: A High‐Yielding Synthesis of Novel, Functionalized N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes in Liquid Ammonia

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Christian Köcher;Lukas J. Gooßen;Georg R. J. Artus

  • N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes: Generation under Mild Conditions and Formation of Group 8–10 Transition Metal Complexes Relevant to Catalysis

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Martina Elison;Jakob Fischer;Christian Köcher

  • Palladacycles as Efficient Catalysts for Aryl Coupling Reactions

    Matthias Beller;Hartmut Fischer;Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Karl Öfele

  • Transformation of Carbon Dioxide with Homogeneous Transition‐Metal Catalysts: A Molecular Solution to a Global Challenge?

    Mirza Cokoja;Christian Bruckmeier;Bernhard Rieger;Wolfgang A. Herrmann

  • Water‐Soluble Ligands, Metal Complexes, and Catalysts: Synergism of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis

    W. A. Herrmann;C. W. Kohlpainter

Frequent Co-Authors

Fritz E. Kühn
Fritz E. Kühn Technical University of Munich
Eberhardt Herdtweck
Eberhardt Herdtweck Technical University of Munich
Mirza Cokoja
Mirza Cokoja Technical University of Munich
Wolfgang Scherer
Wolfgang Scherer Augsburg College
Reiner Anwander
Reiner Anwander University of Tübingen
Carlos C. Romão
Carlos C. Romão Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Roland A. Fischer
Roland A. Fischer Technical University of Munich
Hans Bock
Hans Bock Goethe University Frankfurt
Henri Brunner
Henri Brunner University of Regensburg
Werner R. Thiel
Werner R. Thiel Technical University of Kaiserslautern

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