Konrad Seppelt
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Professor Konrad Seppelt is a chemist who leads a research group at the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Free University of Berlin (Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie der Freien Universität, Berlin).
Positions held include:
Positions held include:
- 1969-1979: Various positions at the University of HeidelbergRuprecht Karl University of HeidelbergThe Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg is a public research university located in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386, it is the oldest university in Germany and was the third university established in the Holy Roman Empire. Heidelberg has been a coeducational institution...
- 1980+: Professor of Chemistry at the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Free University of Berlin (Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie der Freien Universität, Berlin)
- 1974-1975: Visiting professor: U. of California, Berkeley
- 1982: Wilsmore Fellowship: U. of Melbourne
Publications
A list of over 200 publications in the period 1969-2001 can be found here. A Google search on "Konrad Seppelt" and similar returns about 2,000 results.Popular publications
- Cutting Edge, Konrad Seppelt, The (London) Times Higher Education Supplement, November 10, 2000, p. 24.
- The Future of Chemistry ... , Editorial, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 3618 –3620
Scientific publications
A random selection of Prof Seppelt's publications:- Seppelt, K. “Selenoyl difluoride” Inorganic Syntheses, 1980, volume XX, pp. 36–38. ISBN 0-471-07715-1.
- Seppelt, K., Pfennig, V. Science 1996, 271, 626-8.
- Kleinhenz, S., Pfennig, V., Seppelt, K. Chem. Eur. J. 1998, 4, 1687-91.
- Haupt, S.; Seppelt, K., "Solid State Structures of AsCl5 and SbCl5", Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 2002, volume 628, pages 729-734.
- Seppelt, K. Accounts of Chemical Research 2003, 36(2), 147-153.
See also
- Arsenic pentachlorideArsenic pentachlorideArsenic pentachloride is a chemical compound of arsenic and chlorine. This compound was first prepared in 1976 through the UV irradiation of arsenic trichloride, AsCl3, in liquid chlorine at −105°C. AsCl5 decomposes at around −50°C. The structure of the solid was finally determined in 2001...
- Carbon suboxideCarbon suboxideCarbon suboxide, or tricarbon dioxide, is an oxide of carbon with chemical formula C3O2 or O=C=C=C=O. Its four cumulative double bonds make it a cumulene...
- Hexamethyl tungstenHexamethyl tungstenHexamethyltungsten is the chemical compound W6. Classified as an organometallic compound, hexamethyltungsten is an air-sensitive, red, crystalline solid at room temperature; however, it is extremely volatile and sublimes at −30 °C...
- Phosphorus pentachloride
- Rhenium heptafluorideRhenium heptafluorideRhenium heptafluoride is the compound with the formula ReF7. It is a yellow low melting solid, and is the only thermally stable metal heptafluoride. It has a distorted pentagonal bipyramidal structure similar to IF7, which was confirmed by neutron diffraction at 1.5K. The structure is non-rigid as...
- Selenic acidSelenic acidSelenic acid is the chemical compound with the formula . It is an oxoacid of selenium, and its structure is more accurately described as .As predicted by VSEPR theory, the selenium center is tetrahedral, with a Se–O bond length of 161 pm...
- Selenium tetrafluorideSelenium tetrafluorideSelenium tetrafluoride is a chemical compound. It is a colourless liquid that reacts readily with water. It can be used as a fluorinating reagent in organic syntheses and has advantages over sulfur tetrafluoride in that milder conditions can be employed and it is a liquid rather than a gas...
- Tetraxenonogold(II)
- Xenon hexafluorideXenon hexafluorideXenon hexafluoride is a noble gas compound with the formula XeF6 and the highest of the three binary fluorides of xenon, the other two being XeF2 and XeF4. All are exergonic and stable at normal temperatures. XeF6 is the strongest fluorinating agent of the series...
