Matthias Tamm

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Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 56, Issue 4 p. 932-932 Author ProfileFree Access Matthias Tamm First published: 29 December 2016 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201611663AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract “My favorite painter is Edward Hopper. When I was eighteen I wanted to be a chemist. ...” This and more about Matthias Tamm can be found on page 932. Matthias Tamm The author presented on this page has published more than 10 articles in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years. His most recent article is published in this issue: “N-Heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized Boryl Radicals”: M. F. Silva Valverde, P. Schweyen, D. Gisinger, T. Bannenberg, M. Freytag, C. Kleeberg, M. Tamm, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 1135; Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 1155. The work of M. Tamm has been featured on the cover of Angewandte Chemie: “Heterolytic Dihydrogen Activation by a Frustrated Carbene–Borane Lewis Pair”: D. Holschumacher, T. Bannenberg, C. G. Hrib, P. G. Jones, M. Tamm, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7428; Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 7538. Date of birth: February 12, 1967 Position: Professor of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig E-mail: m.tamm@tu-bs.de Homepage: https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/iaac/personal/tamm ORCID: 000-0002-5364-0357 Education: 1990 Diploma in chemistry, Technische Universität (TU) Berlin 1992 PhD with F. Ekkehardt Hahn, TU Berlin 1993–1994 Visiting research scientist with Anthony J. Arduengo III, DuPont Central Research and Development, Wilmington 1994–1999 Habilitation (mentor: F. Ekkehardt Hahn, University of Münster) Awards: 2000 Bennigsen-Foerder Prize, State of North Rhine-Westphalia; 2014 Honorary Doctorate, University Politehnica, Bucharest; 2016 Gheorghe Spacu Medal, Romanian Chemical Society Current research interests: Preparative organometallic chemistry; development of ancillary ligands for homogeneous catalysis; frustrated Lewis pairs; alkyne metathesis; cycloheptatrienyl complexes Hobbies: Sailing, running, swimming, skiing, hiking, reading My favorite painter is Edward Hopper. When I was eighteen I wanted to be a chemist. Young people should study chemistry because they will be able to change the world for the better. The most significant historic event of the past 100 years was for me, personally, the German reunification. The most important future applications of my research are efficient (and hopefully applicable) homogeneous catalytic processes. My first experiment was the preparation of “universal sulfate” in my home laboratory by dissolving nails, screws, and nuts in concentrated sulfuric acid. I advise my students to “Macht viel, dann geht auch viel” (borrowed from my academic grandfather, the late Herbert Schumann), loosely translated: Do many things (in the lab), then many things will work! My favorite band is Volbeat at present; the best bands of all (my) time are Queen and AC/DC. My favorite structure is that of the bis(cycloheptatrienyl)uranium anion, [(η7-C7H7)U]−, a sandwich complex with D7d symmetry. My favorite book is Business Class by Martin Suter together with all other titles in this series. My 5 top papers: References 1“Catalytic Metathesis of Conjugated Diynes”: S. Lysenko, J. Volbeda, P. G. Jones, M. Tamm, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6757; Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 6861. (The discovery of a new reaction type.) 2“Efficient Metathesis of Terminal Alkynes”: B. Haberlag, M. Freytag, C. G. Daniliuc, P. G. Jones, M. Tamm, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 13019; Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 13195. (The title says it all!) 3“Phosphane-Functionalized Cycloheptatrienyl–Cyclopentadienyl Titanium Sandwich Complexes: Phosphorus Ligands with an Integrated Reducing Agent for Palladium(0) Catalyst Generation”: A. C. Tagne Kuate, S. Sameni, M. Freytag, P. G. Jones, M. Tamm, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 8638; Angew. Chem. 2013, 125, 8800. (New competition for ferrocenyl and biaryl phosphanes.) 4“Iridium(I) Complexes with Anionic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands as Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Alkenes in Nonpolar Media”: E. L. Kolychev, S. Kronig, K. Brandhorst, M. Freytag, P. G. Jones, M. Tamm, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 12448. (Very robust, widely applicable iridium catalysts.) 5“N-Heterocyclic Carbene–Phosphinidyne Transition Metal Complexes”: A. Doddi, D. Bockfeld, T. Bannenberg, P. G. Jones, M. Tamm, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 13568; Angew. Chem. 2014, 126, 13786. (Our way into main-group-element chemistry.) Volume56, Issue4January 19, 2017Pages 932-932 ReferencesRelatedInformation