Alexander Pöthig

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
185 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Alexander Pöthig is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Pöthig has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Organic Chemistry, 65 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 35 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alexander Pöthig's work include N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (54 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (49 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (41 papers). Alexander Pöthig is often cited by papers focused on N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (54 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (49 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (41 papers). Alexander Pöthig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Russia and United Kingdom. Alexander Pöthig's co-authors include Fritz E. Kühn, Philipp J. Altmann, Angela Casini, Mirza Cokoja, Thorsten Bach, Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Christian Jandl, Bernhard Rieger, Stefan Haslinger and Tanja Gulder and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Pöthig

182 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Metals in Cancer Research: Beyond Platinum Metallodrugs
    2024 68 citations Angela Casini, Alexander Pöthig profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alexander Pöthig 3.5k 1.4k 948 473 298 185 4.5k
Mark Botoshansky 2.6k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.5× 308 0.7× 261 0.9× 147 4.0k
Edwin Otten 3.0k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 990 1.0× 626 1.3× 299 1.0× 81 4.0k
Jeanette A. Krause 2.7k 0.8× 2.1k 1.5× 1.4k 1.5× 814 1.7× 266 0.9× 167 4.6k
Hikaru Takaya 3.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 977 1.0× 185 0.4× 226 0.8× 103 4.3k
Daniele Zuccaccia 2.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 622 0.7× 216 0.5× 178 0.6× 90 4.0k
Philippe Richard 2.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 959 1.0× 288 0.6× 192 0.6× 146 3.4k
Robert K. Rosen 2.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 634 0.7× 463 1.0× 190 0.6× 10 3.5k
Hon Man Lee 5.7k 1.6× 2.1k 1.5× 1.2k 1.3× 560 1.2× 170 0.6× 172 6.8k
A. Decken 4.2k 1.2× 2.8k 2.0× 835 0.9× 397 0.8× 202 0.7× 291 5.6k
Iwona Justyniak 1.7k 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 438 0.9× 144 0.5× 133 3.0k

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All Works

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Anneser, Markus R., et al.. (2025). Endohedral Coordination of Bulky Substrates in Metalloenzyme‐Like Organometallic Nanotubes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(30). e202500775–e202500775. 1 indexed citations
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Cui, Yang, Aleksandr Ovsianikov, Wolfgang Wenzel, et al.. (2025). Intermolecular Interactions as Driving Force of Increasing Multiphoton Absorption in a Perylene Diimide‐Based Coordination Polymer. Advanced Functional Materials. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chu, Tim Kodalle, Kun Sun, et al.. (2025). Orientation-Driven Chirality Funnels in Chiral Low-Dimensional Lead-Halide Perovskite Heterostructures. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(19). 16681–16693. 8 indexed citations
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Képénékian, Mikaël, Sascha Feldmann, Alexander Pöthig, et al.. (2023). Bright circularly polarized photoluminescence in chiral layered hybrid lead-halide perovskites. Science Advances. 9(35). eadh5083–eadh5083. 79 indexed citations
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Huber, E.M., et al.. (2023). A set of closely related methyltransferases for site-specific tailoring of anthraquinone pigments. Structure. 31(5). 573–583.e5. 1 indexed citations
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Barreca, Davide, Lorenzo Bigiani, Roberta Seraglia, et al.. (2021). Facile preparation of a cobalt diamine diketonate adduct as a potential vapor phase precursor for Co3O4films. Dalton Transactions. 50(30). 10374–10385. 13 indexed citations
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Bonsignore, Riccardo, Sophie R. Thomas, Mathilde Rigoulet, et al.. (2021). C−C Cross‐Couplings from a Cyclometalated Au(III) CN Complex: Mechanistic Insights and Synthetic Developments. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(57). 14322–14334. 9 indexed citations
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Barreca, Davide, Lorenzo Bigiani, Alberto Gasparotto, et al.. (2021). A versatile Fe(II) diketonate diamine adduct: Preparation, characterization and validation in the chemical vapor deposition of iron oxide nanomaterials. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 277. 125534–125534. 7 indexed citations
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Marco, Riccardo De, Marco Baron, Laura Orian, et al.. (2021). Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Antiproliferative Activity of Gold(I) and Gold(III) Complexes Bearing Thioether‐Functionalized N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2021(40). 4196–4206. 15 indexed citations
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Altmann, Philipp J., Benjamin J. Hofmann, Christian Jandl, et al.. (2020). Activation of Molecular Oxygen by a Cobalt(II) Tetra‐NHC Complex**. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(4). 1311–1315. 15 indexed citations
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Bonsignore, Riccardo, et al.. (2020). Exploring the Reactivity and Biological Effects of Heteroleptic N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Gold(I)‐Alkynyl Complexes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2020(11-12). 1040–1051. 37 indexed citations
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Baron, Marco, Lidia Armelao, Marzio Rancan, et al.. (2019). Coordination chemistry of gold with N-phosphine oxide-substituted imidazolylidenes (POxIms). New Journal of Chemistry. 43(44). 17275–17283. 13 indexed citations
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Grötsch, Raphael K., David C. Mayer, Philipp J. Altmann, et al.. (2019). Non‐Innocent Methylene Linker in Bridged Lewis Pair Initiators. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(29). 9797–9801. 21 indexed citations
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Lindhorst, Anja C., et al.. (2018). Synthesis, characterization and derivatization of hydroxyl-functionalized iron(ii) bis(NHC) complexes. Dalton Transactions. 47(6). 1857–1867. 3 indexed citations
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Fischer, Andreas, Markus Drees, Christian Jandl, et al.. (2018). Behind the Scenes of Group 4 Metallocene Catalysis: Examination of the Metal–Carbon Bond. Organometallics. 37(16). 2690–2705. 21 indexed citations
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Grünwald, Annette, Nicole Orth, Andreas Scheurer, et al.. (2018). Ein isolierbarer terminaler Imidkomplex des Palladiums und katalytische Implikationen. Angewandte Chemie. 130(49). 16463–16467. 9 indexed citations
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Grünwald, Annette, Nicole Orth, Andreas Scheurer, et al.. (2018). An Isolable Terminal Imido Complex of Palladium and Catalytic Implications. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(49). 16228–16232. 35 indexed citations
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Adams, Friederike, Peter T. Altenbuchner, Johannes Ehrmaier, et al.. (2017). Toolbox of Nonmetallocene Lanthanides: Multifunctional Catalysts in Group-Transfer Polymerization. Inorganic Chemistry. 56(16). 9754–9764. 34 indexed citations
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