Nina Kann

Full Professor at Chemistry and Biochemistry

Nina Kann is professor in organic chemistry, heading a research group that focuses on method development in organic chemistry, as well as the synthesis of functional organic molecules. Recent research from our group includes the development of domino reactions for the synthesis of chiral polycyclic scaffolds using biocatalysis and transition metal catalysis, as well as green methods for E-selective alkyne hydrogenation using alcohols as hydrogen source. We are also interested in developing molecular sensors for biomarkers and for small organic species using click chemistry. Nina teaches Organic Chemistry and General Chemistry at the Bachelor and Master level and is also currently Vice Head of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, with responsibility for the graduate education.

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Showing 53 publications

2024

Recent Developments in the Ruthenium-Catalyzed Azide Alkyne Cycloaddition (RuAAC) Reaction

Flavia Ferrara, Tamas Beke-Somfai, Nina Kann
European Journal of Organic Chemistry. Vol. 27 (25)
Review article
2022

Synthesis, characterization and computational evaluation of bicyclooctadienes towards molecular solar thermal energy storage

Maria Quant, Andreas Erbs Hillers-Bendtsen, Shima Ghasemi et al
Chemical Science. Vol. 13 (3), p. 834-841
Journal article
2021

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Azide Alkyne Cycloaddition (RuAAC)

Andrew Paterson, Tamas Beke-Somfai, Nina Kann
Science of Synthesis: Click Chemistry, p. 289-335
Book chapter
2021

Palladium-catalyzed stereoselective domino arylation-acylation: an entry to chiral tetrahydrofluorenone scaffolds

Petter Dunås, Andrew Paterson, Gabriele Kociok-Kohn et al
Chemical Communications. Vol. 57 (53), p. 6518-6521
Journal article
2020

Ruthenium-Catalyzed E-Selective Alkyne Semihydrogenation with Alcohols as Hydrogen Donors

Andreas Ekebergh, Romain Begon, Nina Kann
Journal of Organic Chemistry. Vol. 85 (5), p. 2966-2975
Journal article
2020

Chiral 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles-versatile tools for foldamers and peptidomimetic applications

Anna Said Stålsmeden, Andrew Paterson, Imola Cs Szigyártó et al
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. Vol. 18 (10), p. 1957-1967
Journal article
2020

Azulene functionalization by iron-mediated addition to a cyclohexadiene scaffold

Petter Dunås, Lloyd C. Murfin, Oscar J. Nilsson et al
Journal of Organic Chemistry. Vol. 85 (21), p. 13453-16465
Journal article
2020

Palladium Catalyzed Stereoselective Arylation of Biocatalytically Derived Cyclic 1,3-Dienes: Chirality Transfer via a Heck-Type Mechanism

Andrew Paterson, Petter Dunås, Martin Rahm et al
Organic Letters. Vol. 22 (6), p. 2464-2469
Journal article
2019

Selective Iron-Mediated C- and O-Addition of Phenolic Nucleophiles to a Cyclohexadiene Scaffold Using Renewable Precursors

Petter Dunås, Andrew Paterson, G. Kociok-Köhn et al
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Vol. 7 (7), p. 7155-7162
Journal article
2018

Turn-off mode fluorescent norbornadiene-based photoswitches

Behabitu Ergette Tebikachew, Fredrik Edhborg, Nina Kann et al
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 20 (36), p. 23195-23201
Journal article
2018

Iron- and enzyme based tools for enhancing the value of biomass building blocks

Petter Dunås, Andrew Paterson, Simon Lewis et al
Other conference contribution
2018

Release of Terminal Alkynes via Tandem Photodeprotection and Decarboxylation of o -Nitrobenzyl Arylpropiolates in a Flow Microchannel Reactor

Behabitu Ergette Tebikachew, Karl Börjesson, Nina Kann et al
Bioconjugate Chemistry. Vol. 29 (4), p. 1178-1185
Journal article
2018

Conformational chiral polymorphism in cis-bis-triphenylphosphine complexes of transition metals

Never Tshabang, Gaone P. Makgatle, S. A. Bourne et al
CrystEngComm. Vol. 20 (35), p. 5137-5142
Journal article
2016

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Azide Alkyne Cycloaddition Reaction: Scope, Mechanism, and Applications

Johan Johansson, Tamas Beke-Somfai, Anna Said Stålsmeden et al
Chemical Reviews. Vol. 116 (23), p. 14726-14768
Review article
2016

Copper-coordinating polymers for marine anti-fouling coatings: A physicochemical and electrochemical study of ternary system of copper, PMMA and poly(TBTA)

Alireza Movahedi, Jingdong Zhang, Nina Kann et al
Progress in Organic Coatings. Vol. 97, p. 216-221
Journal article
2016

Glycerol Upgrading via Hydrogen Borrowing: Direct Ruthenium- Catalyzed Amination of the Glycerol Derivative Solketal

Anna Said Stålsmeden, Jose Luis Belmonte Vazquez, Kim van Weerdenburg et al
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Vol. 4 (10), p. 5730-5736
Journal article
2015

Tricarbonyliron(0) complexes of bio-derived η4 cyclohexadiene ligands: An approach to analogues of oseltamivir

M. Ten Broeke, M. Ali Khan, G. Kociok-Köhn et al
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. Vol. 799-800, p. 19-29
Journal article
2015

Conformational properties of 1,4- and 1,5-substituted 1,2,3-triazole amino acids-building units for peptidic foldamers

Nina Kann, Johan Johansson, Tamas Beke-Somfai
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. Vol. 13 (9), p. 2776-2785
Journal article
2015

Cu(i) stabilizing crosslinked polyethyleneimine

Alireza Movahedi, Angelica Lundin, Nina Kann et al
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 17 (28), p. 18327-18337
Journal article
2014

Peptides from RuAAC- Derived 1,5-Disubstituted Triazole Units

Johan Johansson, Elin Linnea Hermansson, Bengt Nordén et al
European Journal of Organic Chemistry. Vol. 2014 (13), p. 2703-2713
Journal article
2014

One-pot synthesis of TBTA-functionalized coordinating polymers

Alireza Movahedi, Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Johnas Eklöf et al
Reactive and Functional Polymers. Vol. 82, p. 1-8
Journal article
2014

Targeting Membrane-Bound Viral RNA Synthesis Reveals Potent Inhibition of Diverse Coronaviruses Including the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Virus

Anna Lundin, R. Dijkman, Tomas Bergström et al
PLoS Pathogens. Vol. 10 (5), p. e1004166-
Journal article
2013

Bridging Ligand Length Controls AT Selectivity and Enantioselectivity of Binuclear Ruthenium Threading Intercalators

Johan Johansson, Y. B. Wang, Mattias P Eng et al
Chemistry - A European Journal. Vol. 19 (20), p. 6246-6256
Journal article
2013

Highly enantioselective hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation of cycloalkyl and heterocyclic ketones catalysed by an iridium complex of a tridentate phosphine-diamine ligand

J. A. Fuentes, I. Carpenter, Nina Kann et al
Chemical Communications. Vol. 49 (87), p. 10245-10247
Journal article
2012

Applications of the Nicholas Reaction in the Synthesis of Natural Products

Nina Kann
Current Organic Chemistry. Vol. 16 (3), p. 322-334
Review article
2012

Parallel and Modular Synthesis of P-Chirogenic P,O-Ligands

Magnus Johansson, Susanne Berglund, Yinjun Hu et al
ACS Combinatorial Science. Vol. 14 (5), p. 304-308
Journal article
2012

Covalent functionalization of carbon nanotube forests grown in situ on a metal-silicon chip

Johan Johansson, Niklas Bosaeus, Nina Kann et al
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Vol. 8344
Paper in proceeding
2011

Exploring the role of phosphorus substituents on the enantioselectivity of Ru-catalysed ketone hydrogenation using tridentate phosphine-diamine ligands

S. D. Phillips, Kristian Andersson, Nina Kann et al
Catalysis Science and Technology. Vol. 1 (8), p. 1336-1339
Journal article
2011

Sequential One-Pot Ruthenium-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition from Primary Alkyl Halides and Sodium Azide

Johan Johansson, Per Lincoln, Bengt Nordén et al
Journal of Organic Chemistry. Vol. 76 (7), p. 2355-2359
Journal article
2010

Two novel fusion inhibitors of human respiratory syncytial virus

Anna Lundin, Tomas Bergström, Loubna Bendrioua et al
Antiviral Research. Vol. 88 (3), p. 317-324
Journal article
2010

Recent Applications of Polymer Supported Organometallic Catalysts in Organic Synthesis

Nina Kann
Molecules. Vol. 15 (9), p. 6306-6331
Journal article
2009

Synthetic applications of cationic iron and cobalt carbonyl complexes

Karen M. Bromfield, Henrik Gradén, N. Ljungdahl et al
Dalton Transactions (26), p. 5051-5061
Journal article
2009

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Propargylic Substitution

N. Ljungdahl, Nina Kann
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. Vol. 48 (4), p. 642-644
Journal article
2008

Nucleophilic, Electrophilic, and Radical Reactions

Mikael Johansson, Nina Kann
The Power of Functional Resins in Organic Synthesis, p. 121-139
Book chapter
2008

The development of an asymmetric Nicholas reaction using chiral phosphoramidite ligands

N. Ljungdahl, N. P. Pera, K. H. O. Andersson et al
Synlett (3), p. 394-398
Journal article
2008

Rapid microwave-assisted preparation of amino-functionalized polymers

N. Ljungdahl, L. Martikainen, Nina Kann
Tetrahedron Letters. Vol. 49 (42), p. 6108-6110
Journal article
2008

Intermolecular Pauson-Khand reactions on a galactose scaffold

N. P. Pera, U. J. Nilsson, Nina Kann
Tetrahedron Letters. Vol. 49 (17), p. 2820-2823
Journal article
2008

Modular asymmetric synthesis of P-chirogenic beta-amino phosphine boranes

M. J. Johansson, K. H. O. Andersson, Nina Kann
Journal of Organic Chemistry. Vol. 73 (12), p. 4458-4463
Journal article
2008

Carbohydrate functionalization using cationic iron carbonyl complexes

A. Bergh, Henrik Gradén, N. P. Pera et al
Carbohydrate Research. Vol. 343 (10-11), p. 1808-1813
Journal article
2007

Modular synthesis of ChiraClick ligands: A library of P-chirogenic phosphines

Franck Dolhem, Magnus Johansson, T. Antonsson et al
Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry. Vol. 9 (3), p. 477-486
Journal article
2007

An iron carbonyl approach to the influenza neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir

Karen M. Bromfield, Henrik Gradén, D. P. Hagberg et al
Chemical Communications (30), p. 3183-3185
Journal article
2007

Solid phase organometallic chemistry

Natalie Ljungdahl, Karen M. Bromfield, Nina Kann
Combinatorial Chemistry on Solid Supports. Vol. 278, p. 89-134
Journal article
2006

Solid supported active esters as linkers: modification of reactivity using iron carbonyl complexes

Jonas Eriksson, T. Olsson, Nina Kann et al
Tetrahedron Letters. Vol. 47 (5), p. 635-638
Journal article
2006

Cobalt-mediated solid phase synthesis of 3-O-alkynylbenzyl galactosides and their evaluation as galectin inhibitors

A. Bergh, H. Leffler, A. Sundin et al
Tetrahedron. Vol. 62 (35), p. 8309-8317
Journal article
2006

P-Chirogenic alpha-Carboxyphosphine Boranes as Effective Pre-Ligands in Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions

Franck Dolhem, Magnus Johansson, T Antonsson et al
Synlett, p. 3389-3394
Journal article
2005

Solid-phase synthesis of a 6-phenylquinolin-2(1H)-one library directed toward nuclear hormone receptors

M. Ruda, Nina Kann, S. Gordon et al
Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry. Vol. 7 (4), p. 567-573
Journal article
2005

Solid phase synthesis using organometallic reagents

Henrik Gradén, Nina Kann
Current Organic Chemistry. Vol. 9 (8), p. 733-763
Journal article
2005

Carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond formation on solid phase using cationic iron carbonyl complexes

Henrik Gradén, T. Olsson, Nina Kann
Organic Letters. Vol. 7 (16), p. 3565-3567
Journal article
2005

The solid-phase Nicholas reaction: Scope and limitations

Natalie Gachkova, Johan Cassel, Stefanie Leue et al
Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry. Vol. 7 (3), p. 449-457
Journal article
2005

A biocatalytic route to P-chirogenic compounds by lipase-catalyzed desymmetrization of a prochiral phosphine-borane.

Daniel Wiktelius, Magnus Johansson, Kristina Luthman et al
Organic Letters. Vol. 7 (22), p. 4991-4994
Journal article
2004

New chiral amine ligands in the desymmetrization of prochiral phosphine boranes

M. J. Johansson, Lennart Schwartz, Mohamed Amedjkouh et al
Tetrahedron Asymmetry. Vol. 15 (22), p. 3531-3538
Journal article
2004

Desymmetrization of prochiral phosphanes using derivatives of (-)-cytisine

M. J. Johansson, Lennart Schwartz, Mohamed Amedjkouh et al
European Journal of Organic Chemistry (9), p. 1894-1896
Journal article
2001

Årets nobelpris i kemi till katalytisk syntes av spegelbildsmolekyler

Lars Öhrström, Gunnar Westman, Jerker Mårtensson et al
Magasin Chalmers (3)
Magazine article

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Showing 5 research projects

2024–2027

Dearomatization and domino reactions as tools for the synthesis of functionalized polycyclic molecules

Nina Kann Chemistry and Biochemistry
Swedish Research Council (VR)

2022–2023

Iron- and enzyme-based tools for enhancing the value of biomass building blocks

Nina Kann Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kungl. Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien - C. F. Lundströms stiftelse

2016–2019

Järn- och enzymbaserade kemiska verktyg för förädling av molekyler ifrån biomassa

Nina Kann Organic Chemistry
Swedish Research Council (VR)

1 publication exists
2016–2019

Hydrogen Autotransfer as a Tool for Upgrading Molecules from Biomass

Nina Kann Organic Chemistry
Formas

1 publication exists
2016–2018

Katalytiska metoder för förädling utav molekyler ifrån biomassa

Nina Kann Organic Chemistry
Formas

1 publication exists
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