Alexander Ahrens

644 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 439 citations indexed

About

Alexander Ahrens is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Ahrens has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 439 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alexander Ahrens's work include Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (8 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (5 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (3 papers). Alexander Ahrens is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (8 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (5 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (3 papers). Alexander Ahrens collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and Saudi Arabia. Alexander Ahrens's co-authors include Troels Skrydstrup, Hongwei Sun, Gabriel M. F. Batista, Hans Christian D. Hammershøj, Henrik Birkedal, Nina Kølln Wittig, Andreas Sommerfeldt, Bjarke S. Donslund, Steffan K. Kristensen and A. Stephen K. Hashmi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Ahrens

17 papers receiving 432 citations

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Catalytic disconnection of C–O bonds in epoxy resins and composites

2023 199 citations Alexander Ahrens, Hongwei Sun et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Ahrens Germany	9	170	136	124	64	63	17	439
Gabriel M. F. Batista Brazil	9	175 1.0×	105 0.8×	112 0.9×	35 0.5×	42 0.7×	21	390
Beatriz Paredes Spain	15	245 1.4×	142 1.0×	79 0.6×	138 2.2×	67 1.1×	28	547
Hans Christian D. Hammershøj Denmark	7	79 0.5×	97 0.7×	106 0.9×	31 0.5×	37 0.6×	8	476
Andreas Sommerfeldt Denmark	7	82 0.5×	146 1.1×	99 0.8×	85 1.3×	39 0.6×	11	325
Laura C. Meyer United States	8	87 0.5×	76 0.6×	94 0.8×	70 1.1×	137 2.2×	9	442
Jerald Y. Q. Teo Singapore	7	79 0.5×	66 0.5×	48 0.4×	91 1.4×	94 1.5×	12	344
Ji Yang United States	5	78 0.5×	98 0.7×	43 0.3×	121 1.9×	113 1.8×	10	366
Nicodemo R. Ciccia United States	5	139 0.8×	131 1.0×	35 0.3×	154 2.4×	111 1.8×	8	425
Yanika Schneider United States	10	255 1.5×	136 1.0×	44 0.4×	74 1.2×	13 0.2×	17	479
Botuo Zheng China	15	235 1.4×	231 1.7×	88 0.7×	195 3.0×	18 0.3×	33	589

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17 of 17 papers shown

Jakobsen, Joakim B., et al.. (2025). Integrating hydroformylations with methanol-to-syngas reforming. Chem. 11(3). 102396–102396. 1 indexed citations

Gan, Yonghao, Alexander Ahrens, Bing Wang, et al.. (2025). 2D Plasmonic Photocatalyst Enables Highly Efficient Hot-Electron-Mediated Surface Reactions under Red Light Irradiation. ACS Nano. 19(17). 17006–17013. 2 indexed citations

Ahrens, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the mechanism of triphos-Ru catalysed C–O bond disconnections in polymers. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5656–5656. 7 indexed citations

Kristensen, Steffan K., Alexander Ahrens, Bjarke S. Donslund, & Troels Skrydstrup. (2024). Perspective on the Development of Monomer Recovery Technologies from Plastics Designed to Last. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 373–386. 9 indexed citations

Ahrens, Alexander, Yigao Yuan, L. Yuan, et al.. (2024). Light-Driven Dehydrogenation of Propane Using Plasmonic Al@TiO₂ Core–Shell Nanoparticles with Pt Single Atoms and Clusters. ACS Energy Letters. 9(12). 6047–6054. 7 indexed citations

Ahrens, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Tin-Free Synthesis of 2,2′-Biphenyl Gold(III) Complexes Using Dibenzosilol. Organometallics. 42(13). 1561–1566. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Hongwei, Alexander Ahrens, Gabriel M. F. Batista, et al.. (2023). Solvent–base mismatch enables the deconstruction of epoxy polymers and bisphenol A recovery. Green Chemistry. 26(2). 815–824. 16 indexed citations

Ahrens, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Accessing Indenoazulenes via a Gold‐Catalysed Cyclisation of Cycloheptatrienyl‐Substituted 1,5‐Diynes. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 366(6). 1331–1340. 6 indexed citations

Ahrens, Alexander, Hongwei Sun, Nina Kølln Wittig, et al.. (2023). Catalytic disconnection of C–O bonds in epoxy resins and composites. Nature. 617(7962). 730–737. 199 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ahrens, Alexander, et al.. (2021). Experimental and theoretical studies on gold(iii) carbonyl complexes: reductive C,H- and C,C bond formation. Dalton Transactions. 50(25). 8752–8760. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Hongwei, et al.. (2021). Practical Gas Cylinder-Free Preparations of Important Transition Metal-Based Precatalysts Requiring Gaseous Reagents. Organic Process Research & Development. 25(10). 2300–2307. 8 indexed citations

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Kristensen, Steffan K., Hongwei Sun, Alexander Ahrens, et al.. (2021). Catalytic Hydrogenation of Polyurethanes to Base Chemicals: From Model Systems to Commercial and End-of-Life Polyurethane Materials. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(4). 517–524. 84 indexed citations

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Ahrens, Alexander, Julia Schwarz, Marvin Hoffmann, et al.. (2020). Synthesis of Fulvene Vinyl Ethers by Gold Catalysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(23). 5280–5287. 22 indexed citations

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Ahrens, Alexander, et al.. (2019). A Silver‐Catalyzed Modular Intermolecular Access to 6,6‐Spiroketals. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 361(24). 5605–5615. 11 indexed citations

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Jaimes, Maria Camila Blanco, et al.. (2015). ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Highly Substituted γ‐Butyrolactones by a Gold‐Catalyzed Cascade Reaction of Benzyl Esters.. ChemInform. 46(22). 2 indexed citations

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Rettenmeier, Eva, Max M. Hansmann, Alexander Ahrens, et al.. (2015). Insights into the Gold‐Catalyzed Propargyl Ester Rearrangement/Tandem Cyclization Sequence: Radical versus Gold Catalysis—Myers–Saito‐ versus Schmittel‐Type Cyclization. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(41). 14401–14409. 42 indexed citations

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Jaimes, Maria Camila Blanco, Alexander Ahrens, Daniel Pflästerer, Matthias Rudolph, & A. Stephen K. Hashmi. (2014). Synthesis of Highly Substituted γ‐Butyrolactones by a Gold‐Catalyzed Cascade Reaction of Benzyl Esters. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(1). 427–433. 12 indexed citations

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