Gerhard Erker

38.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
859 papers, 33.3k citations indexed

About

Gerhard Erker is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerhard Erker has authored 859 papers receiving a total of 33.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 811 papers in Organic Chemistry, 451 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 83 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Gerhard Erker's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (432 papers), Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (394 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (290 papers). Gerhard Erker is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (432 papers), Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (394 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (290 papers). Gerhard Erker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Canada. Gerhard Erker's co-authors include Gerald Kehr, Douglas W. Stephan, Roland Fröhlich, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Stefan Grimme, C. KRUEGER, Carl Krüger, Birgit Wibbeling, C.M. Momming and P. Spies and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Gerhard Erker

857 papers receiving 32.6k citations

Hit Papers

Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Metal‐free Hydrogen Activation an... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2009 2015 2009 2009 2007 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Metal‐free Hydrogen Activation and More
    2009 1.8k citations Douglas W. Stephan, Gerhard Erker Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Development and Perspectives
    2015 1.5k citations Douglas W. Stephan, Gerhard Erker Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  3. Reversible Metal‐Free Carbon Dioxide Binding by Frustrated Lewis Pairs
    2009 660 citations C.M. Momming, Gerald Kehr et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  4. Frustrierte Lewis‐Paare: metallfreie Wasserstoffaktivierung und mehr
    2009 650 citations Douglas W. Stephan, Gerhard Erker Angewandte Chemie profile →
  5. Rapid intramolecular heterolytic dihydrogen activation by a four-membered heterocyclic phosphane–borane adduct
    2007 544 citations Gerhard Erker, Gerald Kehr et al. Chemical Communications profile →
  6. Chemie frustrierter Lewis‐Paare: Entwicklung und Perspektiven
    2015 510 citations Douglas W. Stephan, Gerhard Erker Angewandte Chemie profile →
  7. Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur oxides
    2014 403 citations Douglas W. Stephan, Gerhard Erker Chemical Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerhard Erker Germany 77 30.4k 18.3k 3.4k 3.1k 3.0k 859 33.3k
Douglas W. Stephan Canada 100 39.6k 1.3× 27.0k 1.5× 4.5k 1.3× 5.7k 1.8× 4.0k 1.3× 650 43.8k
Alan J. Lough Canada 79 18.1k 0.6× 13.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 2.6k 0.8× 5.7k 1.9× 810 27.1k
W. Clegg United Kingdom 71 19.4k 0.6× 13.7k 0.7× 2.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 6.5k 2.2× 1.3k 28.9k
Gerald Kehr Germany 65 15.6k 0.5× 9.4k 0.5× 2.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 1.3k 0.4× 481 16.9k
Holger Braunschweig Germany 85 29.4k 1.0× 17.1k 0.9× 1.8k 0.5× 836 0.3× 5.4k 1.8× 901 33.6k
Philip P. Power United States 96 30.6k 1.0× 27.2k 1.5× 1.6k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 4.2k 1.4× 608 36.4k
Guy Bertrand United States 100 33.3k 1.1× 13.9k 0.8× 983 0.3× 2.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 442 35.5k
Michael F. Läppert United Kingdom 84 26.5k 0.9× 18.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.3× 1.6k 0.5× 4.1k 1.4× 791 31.2k
Todd B. Marder Germany 100 27.6k 0.9× 9.0k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 9.1k 3.1× 484 34.2k
Dietmar Stalke Germany 76 24.1k 0.8× 17.9k 1.0× 2.7k 0.8× 728 0.2× 6.2k 2.1× 788 31.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Škoch, Karel, Chaohuang Chen, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Gerald Kehr, & Gerhard Erker. (2022). A deprotonation pathway to reactive [B]CH2 boraalkenes. Dalton Transactions. 51(19). 7695–7704. 13 indexed citations
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Škoch, Karel, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Marcel Müller, et al.. (2022). Stereochemical Behavior of Pairs of P‐stereogenic Phosphanyl Groups at the Dimethylxanthene Backbone. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(20). e202200248–e202200248. 2 indexed citations
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Škoch, Karel, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Gerald Kehr, & Gerhard Erker. (2020). Alkyne 1,1‐Hydroboration to a Reactive Frustrated P/B‐H Lewis Pair. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(12). 6757–6763. 20 indexed citations
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Škoch, Karel, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Gerald Kehr, & Gerhard Erker. (2020). Using the FpXylBH2•SMe2 reagent for the regioselective synthesis of cyclic bis(alkenyl)boranes. Chemical Communications. 56(81). 12178–12181. 7 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Kohei, Atsushi Ueno, Xin Tao, et al.. (2020). Reactions of an anionic chelate phosphane/borata-alkene ligand with [Rh(nbd)Cl]2, [Rh(CO)2Cl]2 and [Ir(cod)Cl]2. Chemical Science. 11(28). 7349–7355. 19 indexed citations
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Škoch, Karel, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Gerald Kehr, & Gerhard Erker. (2020). Alkyne 1,1‐Hydroboration to a Reactive Frustrated P/B‐H Lewis Pair. Angewandte Chemie. 133(12). 6831–6837. 8 indexed citations
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Tao, Xin, Karel Škoch, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Gerald Kehr, & Gerhard Erker. (2019). Borane-induced ring closure reaction of oligomethylene-linked bis-allenes. Chemical Science. 11(6). 1542–1548. 6 indexed citations
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Škoch, Karel, et al.. (2019). Consecutive intermolecular 1,1-carboboration reactions of Me3Si-substituted alkynes with the halogeno-B(C6F5)2 reagents. Dalton Transactions. 48(15). 4837–4845. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Long, Dongsheng Deng, Karel Škoch, et al.. (2019). Macrocycle Formation by Cooperative Selection at a Double-Sited Frustrated Lewis Pair. Organometallics. 38(9). 1897–1902. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Long, Zhongbao Jian, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Gerald Kehr, & Gerhard Erker. (2018). Formation of borata-alkene/iminium zwitterions by ynamine hydroboration. Dalton Transactions. 47(32). 10853–10856. 7 indexed citations
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Tao, Xin, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Michael Ryan Hansen, et al.. (2018). The special role of B(C6F5)3 in the single electron reduction of quinones by radicals. Chemical Science. 9(41). 8011–8018. 28 indexed citations
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Jian, Zhongbao, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Gerald Kehr, & Gerhard Erker. (2018). Zirconocene mediated acetylboron chemistry. Chemical Communications. 54(45). 5724–5727. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Chao, Aiko Fukazawa, Shigehiro Yamaguchi, et al.. (2014). The B(C6F5)3 Boron Lewis Acid Route to Arene‐Annulated Pentalenes. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 9(6). 1671–1681. 34 indexed citations
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Stephan, Douglas W. & Gerhard Erker. (2012). Frustrated Lewis Pair Mediated Hydrogenations. Topics in current chemistry. 332. 85–110. 118 indexed citations
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Schirmer, Birgitta, Birgit Wibbeling, Constantin G. Daniliuc, et al.. (2012). Frustrated Lewis pair addition to conjugated diynes: Formation of zwitterionic 1,2,3-butatriene derivatives. Dalton Transactions. 41(30). 9135–9135. 27 indexed citations
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Stute, A., Gerald Kehr, Roland Fröhlich, & Gerhard Erker. (2011). Chemistry of a geminal frustrated Lewis pair featuring electron withdrawing C6F5 substituents at both phosphorus and boron. Chemical Communications. 47(14). 4288–4288. 111 indexed citations
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Momming, C.M., Gerald Kehr, Birgit Wibbeling, Roland Fröhlich, & Gerhard Erker. (2010). Addition reactions to the intramolecular mesityl2P–CH2–CH2–B(C6F5)2 frustrated Lewis pair. Dalton Transactions. 39(32). 7556–7556. 135 indexed citations
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Stephan, Douglas W. & Gerhard Erker. (2009). Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Metal‐free Hydrogen Activation and More. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(1). 46–76. 1774 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kehr, S., et al.. (2004). A Fulvene Route to Group 4 Metallocene Complexes Bearing 4,7‐Bis(dimethylamino)‐Substituted Indenyl Ligands. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2004(11). 2260–2265. 9 indexed citations

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