Rainer Mattes
Rainer Mattes (* 1937 in Stuttgart ) is a German chemist who is a professor at the Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Münster .
Mattes received his doctorate in 1963 under Josef Goubeau at the University of Stuttgart and was a post-doctoral student at Harvard University in 1965/66 under Eugene G. Rochow . In 1970 he completed his habilitation in Münster and became a professor there in 1971. From 1990 to 2001 he was Vice Rector of the University. He turned down a call to Stuttgart-Hohenheim.
In 1981 he was visiting professor at the University of Sydney .
He deals with fluorine complexes, polyoxometalates and coordination compounds (synthesis, development and chemistry of macrocyclic ligands and their transition metal complexes).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mattes, Rainer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |