Fritz E. Kühn

22.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
478 papers, 19.4k citations indexed

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Fritz E. Kühn is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Fritz E. Kühn has authored 478 papers receiving a total of 19.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 356 papers in Organic Chemistry, 167 papers in Materials Chemistry and 157 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Fritz E. Kühn's work include Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications (121 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (112 papers) and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (105 papers). Fritz E. Kühn is often cited by papers focused on Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications (121 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (112 papers) and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (105 papers). Fritz E. Kühn collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Portugal and Russia. Fritz E. Kühn's co-authors include Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Mirza Cokoja, Carlos C. Romão, Eberhardt Herdtweck, Ana M. Santos, Bernhard Rieger, Christian Bruckmeier, Alexander Pöthig, Jin Zhao and Robert M. Reich and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Fritz E. Kühn

475 papers receiving 19.3k 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.

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

2011 1.5k citations Fritz E. Kühn et al. profile →
Rhenium(VII) Oxo and Imido Complexes: Synthesis, Structures, and Applications

1997 469 citations Fritz E. Kühn et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Fritz E. Kühn	11.9k	7.0k	6.5k	4.6k	3.0k	478	19.4k
Paul J. Chirik	17.5k 1.5×	13.0k 1.8×	2.7k 0.4×	3.0k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	325	23.3k
Joost N. H. Reek	17.8k 1.5×	11.2k 1.6×	6.1k 0.9×	3.2k 0.7×	4.6k 1.5×	489	27.0k
Donald J. Darensbourg	10.1k 0.9×	6.6k 0.9×	2.7k 0.4×	14.3k 3.1×	5.6k 1.9×	435	22.0k
Pierre Braunstein	15.7k 1.3×	11.1k 1.6×	4.8k 0.7×	2.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	646	22.9k
Gábor Laurenczy	3.9k 0.3×	5.2k 0.7×	3.9k 0.6×	6.4k 1.4×	4.0k 1.3×	178	13.0k
Arjan W. Kleij	7.6k 0.6×	5.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.3×	9.9k 2.1×	4.6k 1.5×	263	16.4k
William B. Tolman	9.7k 0.8×	11.1k 1.6×	5.7k 0.9×	4.2k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	253	21.8k
Rhett Kempe	13.8k 1.2×	11.1k 1.6×	3.1k 0.5×	3.4k 0.7×	913 0.3×	430	18.5k
Thomas B. Rauchfuss	7.2k 0.6×	7.9k 1.1×	4.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	11.5k 3.8×	408	21.0k
Rinaldo Poli	9.9k 0.8×	5.4k 0.8×	2.9k 0.4×	1.3k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	472	12.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kühn, Fritz E.. (2024). Exploration of chromene-based BioAIEgens. National Science Review. 11(3). nwae064–nwae064. 1 indexed citations

Prokop, Aram, et al.. (2024). Synthesis, characterization, and biomedical evaluation of ethylene-bridged tetra-NHC Pd(ii), Pt(ii) and Au(iii) complexes, with apoptosis-inducing properties in cisplatin-resistant neuroblastoma cells. RSC Advances. 14(15). 10244–10254. 2 indexed citations

Reich, Robert M., et al.. (2024). Exploring the impact of abnormal coordination in macrocyclic N-heterocyclic carbene ligands on bio-inspired iron epoxidation catalysis. Catalysis Science & Technology. 14(21). 6259–6269.

Lode, Holger N., et al.. (2024). A New Class of Gold(I) NHC Complexes with Proapoptotic and Resensitizing Properties towards Multidrug Resistant Leukemia Cells Overexpressing BCL-2. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(17). 15494–15508. 6 indexed citations

Pan, Guangxing, et al.. (2021). Visible Light-Induced Pericyclic Cascade Reaction for the Synthesis of Quinolinone Derivatives with an Oxabicyclo[4.2.0]octene Skeleton. Organic Letters. 23(8). 2959–2963. 8 indexed citations

Jakob, Christian, et al.. (2021). Fluorescent palladium(ii) and platinum(ii) NHC/1,2,3-triazole complexes: antiproliferative activity and selectivity against cancer cells. Dalton Transactions. 50(6). 2158–2166. 16 indexed citations

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

Li, Han, Guangxing Pan, Pan Huang, et al.. (2020). Visible-Light-Induced Dehydrohalogenative Coupling for Intramolecular α-Alkenylation: A Way to Build Seven- and Eight-Membered Rings. Organic Letters. 22(11). 4372–4377. 12 indexed citations

Li, Yuanhui, et al.. (2019). Bridge-functionalized bisimidazolium bromides as catalysts for the conversion of epoxides to cyclic carbonates with CO2. Catalysis Communications. 124. 118–122. 25 indexed citations

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Hupf, Emanuel, Paul A. Lummis, Matthew M. D. Roy, et al.. (2019). Linking Low-Coordinate Ge(II) Centers via Bridging Anionic N-Heterocyclic Olefin Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(3). 1592–1601. 19 indexed citations

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Reich, Robert M., et al.. (2018). Synthesis and physicochemical characterization of room temperature ionic liquids and their application in sodium ion batteries. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(46). 29412–29422. 24 indexed citations

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Reich, Robert M., et al.. (2018). Current advances in the catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide by molecular catalysts: an update. Dalton Transactions. 47(38). 13281–13313. 113 indexed citations

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Li, Han, et al.. (2018). Highly selective AlCl₃ initiated intramolecular α-alkylation of α,β-unsaturated lactams and lactones. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 17(1). 49–52. 4 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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Correia, João D. G., et al.. (2018). Medicinal Applications of Gold(I/III)-Based Complexes Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Phosphine Ligands. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 866. 153–164. 82 indexed citations

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Meier, Samuel M., et al.. (2017). On the binding modes of metal NHC complexes with DNA secondary structures: implications for therapy and imaging. Chemical Communications. 53(59). 8249–8260. 62 indexed citations

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Zhong, Rui, et al.. (2017). Immobilization of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Compounds: A Synthetic Perspective. Chemical Reviews. 117(3). 1970–2058. 204 indexed citations

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Reich, Robert M., et al.. (2017). Pyridine Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Silane Complexes of Iridium and Rhodium–An Unexpected Change in Coordination. Organometallics. 37(1). 136–144. 1 indexed citations

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Lindhorst, Anja C., Jan Schütz, Thomas Netscher, Werner Bonrath, & Fritz E. Kühn. (2017). Catalytic oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons by a molecular iron–NHC complex. Catalysis Science & Technology. 7(9). 1902–1911. 19 indexed citations

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Bassioni, Ghada, Mohammed M. Ali, Ali Almansoori, Gabriele Raudaschl‐Sieber, & Fritz E. Kühn. (2017). Rapid determination of complex oil well cement properties using mathematical models. RSC Advances. 7(9). 5148–5157. 5 indexed citations

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