John F. Hartwig
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
John F. Hartwig is an American organometallic chemist who holds the position of Henry Rapoport Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. His laboratory traditionally focuses on developing transition metal-catalyzed reactions. Hartwig is known for helping develop the Buchwald–Hartwig amination, a chemical reaction used in organic chemistry for the synthesis of carbon–nitrogen bonds via the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of amines with aryl halides.
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John F. Hartwig is an American organometallic chemist who holds the position of Henry Rapoport Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. His laboratory traditionally focuses on developing transition metal-catalyzed reactions. Hartwig is known for helping develop the Buchwald–Hartwig amination, a chemical reaction used in organic chemistry for the synthesis of carbon–nitrogen bonds via the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of amines with aryl halides.
Affiliation
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Top Publications
- C−H Activation for the Construction of C−B Bonds (2009) - 2,771 citations
- On the Interpretation of Deuterium Kinetic Isotope Effects in CH Bond Functionalizations by Transition‐Metal Complexes (2012) - 2,170 citations
- Evolution of a Fourth Generation Catalyst for the Amination and Thioetherification of Aryl Halides (2008) - 1,923 citations
- Transition Metal Catalyzed Synthesis of Arylamines and Aryl Ethers from Aryl Halides and Triflates: Scope and Mechanism (1998) - 1,704 citations
- Mild Iridium-Catalyzed Borylation of Arenes. High Turnover Numbers, Room Temperature Reactions, and Isolation of a Potential Intermediate (2001) - 1,148 citations
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- Full name
- John F. Hartwig
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-4157-468X
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5088865204
Research interests
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions, Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Crystallography and molecular interactions, Crystal structures of chemical compounds
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- C−H Activation for the Construction of C−B Bonds ↗2009 · Chemical Reviews2,771OpenAlex citations
- On the Interpretation of Deuterium Kinetic Isotope Effects in CH Bond Functionalizations by Transition‐Metal Complexes ↗2012 · Angewandte Chemie International Edition2,170OpenAlex citations
- Evolution of a Fourth Generation Catalyst for the Amination and Thioetherification of Aryl Halides ↗2008 · Accounts of Chemical Research1,923OpenAlex citations
- Transition Metal Catalyzed Synthesis of Arylamines and Aryl Ethers from Aryl Halides and Triflates: Scope and Mechanism ↗1998 · Angewandte Chemie International Edition1,704OpenAlex citations
- Mild Iridium-Catalyzed Borylation of Arenes. High Turnover Numbers, Room Temperature Reactions, and Isolation of a Potential Intermediate ↗2001 · Journal of the American Chemical Society1,148OpenAlex citations
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- C−H Activation for the Construction of C−B Bonds ↗2009 · Chemical Reviews
- On the Interpretation of Deuterium Kinetic Isotope Effects in CH Bond Functionalizations by Transition‐Metal Complexes ↗2012 · Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Evolution of a Fourth Generation Catalyst for the Amination and Thioetherification of Aryl Halides ↗2008 · Accounts of Chemical Research
- Transition Metal Catalyzed Synthesis of Arylamines and Aryl Ethers from Aryl Halides and Triflates: Scope and Mechanism ↗1998 · Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Mild Iridium-Catalyzed Borylation of Arenes. High Turnover Numbers, Room Temperature Reactions, and Isolation of a Potential Intermediate ↗2001 · Journal of the American Chemical Society
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