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Wolfgang Baumann

Wolfgang Baumann

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Chemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
15043
World Ranking
8377
National Ranking
601

Overview

Wolfgang Baumann is affiliated with the University of Rostock in Germany and specializes in research that intersects Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work predominantly focuses on Materials Chemistry, with significant contributions in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Analytical Chemistry.

The scientist's investigations cover several main topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Baumann has frequent collaborations with several researchers, notably Moritz Horstmann, Hans Joachim Drexler, Nora Jannsen, Detlef Heller, and Anke Spannenberg. These collaborations have been significant in shaping their research outputs.

The scientist has published extensively in established venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in The Cambridge Structural Database. Other frequent publication venues include Chemical Science, Catalysis Science & Technology, ACS Catalysis, and Dalton Transactions.

Recent notable papers authored by Wolfgang Baumann include:

  • Nickel-catalyzed hydrogenative coupling of nitriles and amines for general amine synthesis, 2022, Science
  • Mechanistic Understanding of the Heterogeneous, Rhodium-Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino)Carbene-Catalyzed (Fluoro-)Arene Hydrogenation, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Unveiling a key catalytic pocket for the ruthenium NHC-catalysed asymmetric heteroarene hydrogenation, 2021, Chemical Science
  • HCOOH disproportionation to MeOH promoted by molybdenum PNP complexes, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Mechanochemical Oxidative Degradation of Thienopyridine Containing Drugs: Toward a Simple Tool for the Prediction of Drug Stability, 2023, ACS Central Science

Wolfgang Baumann's research encompasses both theoretical and applied aspects of catalysis and materials chemistry, contributing insights into catalytic mechanisms, synthetic methods, and analytical techniques. Their work in asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, as well as in carbon dioxide utilization, reflects a diverse approach addressing challenges in chemistry and materials science.

Best Publications

  • Low-temperature aqueous-phase methanol dehydrogenation to hydrogen and carbon dioxide

    Martin Nielsen;Elisabetta Alberico;Wolfgang Baumann;Hans-Joachim Drexler

  • Selective Catalytic Hydrogenations of Nitriles, Ketones, and Aldehydes by Well-Defined Manganese Pincer Complexes

    Saravanakumar Elangovan;Christoph Topf;Steffen Fischer;Haijun Jiao

  • Well-Defined Iron Catalyst for Improved Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide and Bicarbonate

    Carolin Ziebart;Christopher Federsel;Pazhamalai Anbarasan;Ralf Jackstell

  • Selective Hydrogen Production from Methanol with a Defined Iron Pincer Catalyst under Mild Conditions

    Elisabetta Alberico;Peter Sponholz;Christoph Cordes;Martin Nielsen

  • Perfluoroalkyl‐Substituted Arylphosphanes as Ligands for Homogenous Catalysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

    Sabine Kainz;Daniel Koch;Walter Leitner;Wolfgang Baumann

  • The Titanocene Complex of Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene: Synthesis, Structure, and Chemistry†

    Uwe Rosenthal;Vladimir V. Burlakov;Perdita Arndt;and Wolfgang Baumann

  • Hydrogenation of esters to alcohols with a well-defined iron complex.

    Svenja Werkmeister;Kathrin Junge;Bianca Wendt;Elisabetta Alberico

  • Mild and selective hydrogenation of aromatic and aliphatic (di)nitriles with a well-defined iron pincer complex.

    Christoph Bornschein;Svenja Werkmeister;Bianca Wendt;Haijun Jiao

  • Catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide and bicarbonates with a well-defined cobalt dihydrogen complex.

    Christopher Federsel;Carolin Ziebart;Ralf Jackstell;Wolfgang Baumann

  • Low-Temperature Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol with a Homogeneous Cobalt Catalyst

    Jacob Schneidewind;Rosa Adam;Wolfgang Baumann;Ralf Jackstell

  • Progress in the Palladium‐Catalyzed Cyanation of Aryl Chlorides

    Mark Sundermeier;Alexander Zapf;Sateesh Mutyala;Wolfgang Baumann

  • Five-Membered Titana- and Zirconacyclocumulenes: Stable 1-Metallacyclopenta-2,3,4-trienes

    Uwe Rosenthal;Vladimir V. Burlakov;Perdita Arndt;Wolfgang Baumann

  • Unravelling the Mechanism of Basic Aqueous Methanol Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by Ru-PNP Pincer Complexes.

    Elisabetta Alberico;Alastair J.J. Lennox;Lydia K. Vogt;Haijun Jiao

  • Complexes [(P2)Rh(hfacac)] as Model Compounds for the Fragment [(P2)Rh] and as Highly Active Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation: The Accessible Molecular Surface (AMS) Model as an Approach to Quantifying the Intrinsic Steric Properties of Chelating Ligands in Homogeneous Catalysis†

    Klaus Angermund;Wolfgang Baumann;Eckhard Dinjus;Roland Fornika

  • Struktur, Eigenschaften und NMR-spektroskopische Charakterisierung von Cp2Zr(Pyridin)(Me3SiCCSiMe3)†

    Uwe Rosenthal;Andreas Ohff;Wolfgang Baumann;Annegret Tillack

  • Simple ruthenium-catalyzed reductive amination enables the synthesis of a broad range of primary amines

    Thirusangumurugan Senthamarai;Kathiravan Murugesan;Jacob Schneidewind;Narayana V. Kalevaru

  • Synthesis and Structure of the Smallest Cyclic Cumulene; Reaction of 1,3‐Diynes with Zirconocene Complexes

    Uwe Rosenthal;Andreas Ohff;Wolfgang Baumann;Rhett Kempe

  • Nickel-catalyzed hydrogenative coupling of nitriles and amines for general amine synthesis

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  • ortho‐Metalation of Iron(0) Tribenzylphosphine Complexes: Homogeneous Catalysts for the Generation of Hydrogen from Formic Acid

    Albert Boddien;Felix Gärtner;Ralf Jackstell;Henrik Junge

  • Reactivity of Permethylzirconocene and Permethyltitanocene toward Disubstituted 1,3-Butadiynes: η4- vs η2-Complexation or C−C Coupling with the Permethyltitanocene

    Paul-Michael Pellny;Frank G. Kirchbauer;Vladimir V. Burlakov;Wolfgang Baumann

  • The First Titanacyclic Five‐Membered Cumulene. Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity

    Vladimir V. Burlakov;Andreas Ohff;Claudia Lefeber;Annegret Tillack

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Rosenthal
Uwe Rosenthal University of Rostock
Anke Spannenberg
Anke Spannenberg Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Rhett Kempe
Rhett Kempe University of Bayreuth
Annegret Tillack
Annegret Tillack University of Rostock
Armin Börner
Armin Börner Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Robert Franke
Robert Franke Ruhr University Bochum
Henrik Junge
Henrik Junge Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Matthias Beller
Matthias Beller Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Ralf Jackstell
Ralf Jackstell Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Konstantin A. Lyssenko
Konstantin A. Lyssenko Lomonosov Moscow State University

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