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14061
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11980
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal), Society of German Chemists

Overview

Wolfgang Beck is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a strong presence in both the arts and humanities as well as the social sciences.

Their work covers several subfields of study, including:

  • Language and Linguistics
  • History
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Religious Studies
  • Sociology and Political Science

Beck's research topics notably involve:

  • Religion, Theology, and Education
  • Linguistics and language evolution
  • Media, Religion, Digital Communication
  • Public Administration and Political Analysis
  • Law and Political Science
  • Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers
  • Melanin and Skin Pigmentation

Frequent venues where Beck has published include:

  • Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie
  • Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur (PBB)
  • Nachrichten aus der Chemie
  • Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche
  • Veřejná správa a sociální politika

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Beck are:

  • Metal Complexes of Indigo and of Some Related Ligands, 2020, Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie
  • Reading Runes in Late Medieval Manuscripts, 2021, Runrön
  • Margarete Springeth u. Franz Viktor Spechtler (Hgg.): Neidhart und die Neidhart-Lieder. Ein Handbuch, Berlin u. Boston: de Gruyter 2018, XX, 527 S. (De Gruyter Reference), 2020, Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur (PBB)
  • Nachruf auf Alfred Schmidpeter, 2020, Nachrichten aus der Chemie

In addition, Beck has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Jürgen Evers
  • Gilbert Oehlinger
  • Maurus B. R. Völkl
  • Thomas M. Klapötke
  • Anna Zimina

Wolfgang Beck received the Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal) from the Society of German Chemists in 1994.

Best Publications

  • Metal complexes of weakly coordinating anions. Precursors of strong cationic organometallic Lewis acids

    Wolfgang Beck;Karlheinz Suenkel

  • Bioorganometallic Chemistry - Transition Metal Complexes with α-Amino Acids and Peptides.

    Kay Severin;Ralph Bergs;Wolfgang Beck

  • Methods for the Synthesis of μ‐Hydrocarbon Transition Metal Complexes without Metal–Metal Bonds

    Wolfgang Beck;Burkhard Niemer;Michael Wieser

  • Rh6(CO)16 and Its Identity with Previously Reported Rh4(CO)11

    Eugene R. Corey;Lawrence F. Dahl;Wolfgang. Beck

  • Metal complex SERMs (selective oestrogen receptor modulators). The influence of different metal units on breast cancer cell antiproliferative effects

    Anne Vessières;Siden Top;Wolfgang Beck;Elizabeth Hillard

  • Chirale Halbsandwich-Komplexe von Rhodium(III), Iridium(III), Iridium(I) und Ruthenium(II) mit α-Aminosäure-Anionen

    Roland Krämer;Kurt Polborn;Herbert Wanjek;Ingo Zahn

  • Transformation behaviour of different platinum compounds in a clay-like humic soil : speciation investigations

    S. Lustig;S. Zang;B. Michalke;P. Schramel

  • Biometallorganische Chemie – Übergangsmetallkomplexe mit α‐Aminosäuren und Peptiden

    Kay Severin;Ralph Bergs;Wolfgang Beck

  • Methoden zur Synthese von (μ‐Kohlenwasserstoff)‐Übergangsmetallkomplexen ohne Metall‐Metall‐Bindung

    Wolfgang Beck;Burkhard Niemer;Michael Wieser

  • Optimization of cisplatin for the treatment of hormone-dependent tumoral diseases: Part 2: Use of non-steroidal ligands

    Ronald Gust;Wolfgang Beck;Gèrard Jaouen;Helmut Schönenberger

  • Platinum determination in nutrient plants by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with special respect to the hafnium oxide interference

    S. Lustig;S. Zang;B. Michalke;P. Schramel

  • Platinum speciation with hyphenated techniques: high performance liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis on-line coupled to an inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer – application to aqueous extracts from a platinum treated soil

    S. Lustig;B. Michalke;W. Beck;P. Schramel

  • Alkyne bridged α- amino acids by palladium mediated coupling of alkynes with N-t-Boc-4-iodo-phenylalanine methyl ester

    Bernd Kayser;Janina Altman;Wolfgang Beck

  • Bildung von Isocyanato‐Komplexen aus komplexen Metallaziden und Kohlenmonoxid

    Wolfgang Beck;Wolf Peter Fehlhammer;Peter Pöllmann;Hans Schächl

  • Metal complexes of biologically important ligands, LXXXVII α-amino carboxylate complexes of palladium(II), iridium(III) and ruthenium(II) from chloro-bridged ortho-metallated metal compounds and [(OC)3Ru(Cl)(μ-Cl)]2☆

    Reinhold Urban;Roland Krämer;Shahram Mihan;Kurt Polborn

  • Azide Chemistry – An Inorganic Perspective, Part I Metal ­Azides: Overview, General Trends and Recent Developments

    Wolf Peter Fehlhammer;Wolfgang Beck

  • 1,3-Dipolar cycloadditions to coordinated azide in cobalt chelate complexes of the type LCo(chelate)N3

    Timm. Kemmerich;John H. Nelson;Nicholas E. Takach;Heiko. Boebme

  • Optically Active Transition Metal Complexes. 130.1 Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Catalytic Properties of Chiral-at-Metal (η6-Arene)ruthenium(II) and (η6-Arene)osmium(II) Half-Sandwich Complexes. Crystallization of Pure Diastereomers versus Diastereomer Mixtures in a 1:1 Ratio

    Henri Brunner;Thomas Zwack;Manfred Zabel;Wolfgang Beck

  • Facile Synthesis of Cyclic Tetrapeptides from Nonactivated Peptide Esters on Metal Centers

    Katharina Haas;Werner Ponikwar;Heinrich Nöth;Wolfgang Beck

  • Zur Reaktion von Azido‐Metallverbindungen mit Isonitrilen: Tetrazolato‐Komplexe mit Metall‐Kohlenstoff‐Bindung

    Wolfgang Beck;Klaus Burger;Wolf Peter Fehlhammer

  • Starke metallorganische Lewissäuren: Tricarbonyl-π-cyclopentadienylkationen von Molybdän und Wolfram [(π-C5H5 )(OC)3M]+⊕(M = Mo, W)/Strong Organometallic Lewis Acids: Tricarbonyl-π-cyclopentadienyl Cations of Molybdenum and Tungsten [(π-C5H5)(OC)3M]+ (M = Mo, W)

    Wolfgang Beck;Klaus Schloter

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurt Polborn
Kurt Polborn Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Heinrich Nöth
Heinrich Nöth Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Kay Severin
Kay Severin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Peter Mayer
Peter Mayer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wolfgang Steglich
Wolfgang Steglich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thomas M. Klapötke
Thomas M. Klapötke Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gottfried Huttner
Gottfried Huttner Heidelberg University
John H. Nelson
John H. Nelson University of Nevada Reno
Konstantin Karaghiosoff
Konstantin Karaghiosoff Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
George M. Sheldrick
George M. Sheldrick University of Göttingen

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