Henrik Ottosson
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory; Synthetic Molecular Chemistry
- E-mail:
- henrik.ottosson@kemi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmslaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1
- Postal address:
- Box 523
751 20 Uppsala

Publications
Selection of publications
Excited-state proton transfer relieves antiaromaticity in molecules
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 20303-20308, 2019
Part of ChemPlusChem, p. 712-721, 2019
Triplet state homoaromaticity: concept, computational validation and experimental relevance
Part of Chemical Science, p. 3165-3176, 2018
- DOI for Triplet state homoaromaticity: concept, computational validation and experimental relevance
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Part of Nature Communications, 2017
Part of Nature Communications, 2016
- DOI for Metal-free photochemical silylations and transfer hydrogenations of benzenoid hydrocarbons and graphene
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 15441-15450, 2015
Part of Chemical Reviews, p. 5379-5425, 2014
ORGANIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY Exciting excited-state aromaticity
Part of Nature Chemistry, p. 969-971, 2012
Recent publications
Multiliter-Scale Photosensitized Dimerization of Isoprene to Sustainable Aviation Fuel Precursors
Part of ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, p. 2467-2476, 2025
- DOI for Multiliter-Scale Photosensitized Dimerization of Isoprene to Sustainable Aviation Fuel Precursors
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Part of Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2025
- DOI for False Identification of (Anti)aromaticity in Polycyclic Molecules in Ground and Excited States Through Incorrect Use of NICS
- Download full text (pdf) of False Identification of (Anti)aromaticity in Polycyclic Molecules in Ground and Excited States Through Incorrect Use of NICS
Part of Journal of Physical Chemistry A, p. 4493-4506, 2024
- DOI for The n,π* States of Heteroaromatics: When are They the Lowest Excited States and in What Way Can They Be Aromatic or Antiaromatic?
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A Voyage into Chemical Bonds and Aromaticity
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2024
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2024
- DOI for 3,4-Dimethylenecyclobutene: A Building Block for Design of Macrocycles with Excited State Aromatic Low-Lying High-Spin States
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All publications
Articles in journal
Multiliter-Scale Photosensitized Dimerization of Isoprene to Sustainable Aviation Fuel Precursors
Part of ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, p. 2467-2476, 2025
- DOI for Multiliter-Scale Photosensitized Dimerization of Isoprene to Sustainable Aviation Fuel Precursors
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Part of Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2025
- DOI for False Identification of (Anti)aromaticity in Polycyclic Molecules in Ground and Excited States Through Incorrect Use of NICS
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Part of Journal of Physical Chemistry A, p. 4493-4506, 2024
- DOI for The n,π* States of Heteroaromatics: When are They the Lowest Excited States and in What Way Can They Be Aromatic or Antiaromatic?
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A Voyage into Chemical Bonds and Aromaticity
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2024
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2024
- DOI for 3,4-Dimethylenecyclobutene: A Building Block for Design of Macrocycles with Excited State Aromatic Low-Lying High-Spin States
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An Exploration of Substituent Effects on the Photophysical Properties of Monobenzopentalenes
Part of ChemPhysChem, 2024
- DOI for An Exploration of Substituent Effects on the Photophysical Properties of Monobenzopentalenes
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Excited-State (Anti)Aromaticity Explains Why Azulene Disobeys Kasha's Rule
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 21569-21575, 2023
- DOI for Excited-State (Anti)Aromaticity Explains Why Azulene Disobeys Kasha's Rule
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Part of Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2023
- DOI for Azaboracyclooctatetraenes reveal that the different aspects of triplet state Baird-aromaticity are nothing but different
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Single-Not Double-3D-Aromaticity in an Oxidized Closo Icosahedral Dodecaiodo-Dodecaborate Cluster
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 22527-22538, 2023
- DOI for Single-Not Double-3D-Aromaticity in an Oxidized Closo Icosahedral Dodecaiodo-Dodecaborate Cluster
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Part of Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, p. 1875-1888, 2023
- DOI for Toward combined photobiological-photochemical formation of kerosene-type biofuels: which small 1,3-diene photodimerizes most efficiently?
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A focus on aromaticity: fuzzier than ever before?
Part of Chemical Science, p. 5542-5544, 2023
- DOI for A focus on aromaticity: fuzzier than ever before?
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Part of Sustainable Energy & Fuels, p. 868-882, 2023
- DOI for Light-driven (cross-)dimerization of terpenes as a route to renewable C15-C30 crudes for fuel and lubricant oil applications
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Part of Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2023
- DOI for In the quest of Huckel-Huckel and Huckel-Baird double aromatic tropylium (tri)cation and anion derivatives
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Excited-state aromaticity and antiaromaticity special issue
Part of Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2023
Three-Dimensional Fully π-Conjugated Macrocycles: When 3D-Aromatic and When 2D-Aromatic-in-3D?
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 8560-8575, 2022
- DOI for Three-Dimensional Fully π-Conjugated Macrocycles: When 3D-Aromatic and When 2D-Aromatic-in-3D?
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Part of Green Chemistry, p. 9602-9619, 2022
- DOI for A combined photobiological-photochemical route to C10 cycloalkane jet fuels from carbon dioxide via isoprene
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Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, p. 10255-10265, 2021
Triplet State Baird Aromaticity in Macrocycles: Scope, Limitations, and Complications
Part of Journal of Physical Chemistry A, p. 570-584, 2021
- DOI for Triplet State Baird Aromaticity in Macrocycles: Scope, Limitations, and Complications
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Part of Chemical Science, p. 6159-6171, 2021
- DOI for Excited state character of Cibalackrot-type compounds interpreted in terms of Hückel-aromaticity: a rationale for singlet fission chromophore design
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Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, p. 21598-21598, 2021
Part of Nanotechnology, 2020
Part of Chemical Science, p. 10071-10077, 2020
- DOI for Electron-driven proton transfer relieves excited-state antiaromaticity in photoexcited DNA base pairs
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 10942-10954, 2020
- DOI for Impact of Excited-State Antiaromaticity Relief in a Fundamental Benzene Photoreaction Leading to Substituted Bicyclo[3.1.0]hexenes
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Part of Cell Reports Physical Science, 2020
- DOI for Degradation of Pharmaceuticals through Sequential Photon Absorption and Photoionization in Amiloride Derivatives
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 24305-24315, 2020
- DOI for Tuning the Baird aromatic triplet-state energy of cyclooctatetraene to maximize the self-healing mechanism in organic fluorophores
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Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 5158-5172, 2020
- DOI for Structure–Property Relationships in Unsymmetric Bis(antiaromatics): Who Wins the Battle between Pentalene and Benzocyclobutadiene?
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 5602-5617, 2020
- DOI for Strategies for Design of Potential Singlet Fission Chromophores Utilizing a Combination of Ground-State and Excited-State Aromaticity Rules
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Excited-state proton transfer relieves antiaromaticity in molecules
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 20303-20308, 2019
Part of ChemPlusChem, p. 712-721, 2019
Part of Chemistry - An Asian Journal, p. 1870-1878, 2019
Superior adhesion of graphene nanoscrolls
Part of Communications Physics, 2018
- DOI for Superior adhesion of graphene nanoscrolls
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Substituent Effects in Chain-Breaking Aryltellurophenol Antioxidants
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, p. 3520-3527, 2018
Torsional Bias as a Strategy To Tune Single-triplet Gaps in Organic Diradicals
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 12148-12157, 2018
Part of Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2018
Triplet state homoaromaticity: concept, computational validation and experimental relevance
Part of Chemical Science, p. 3165-3176, 2018
- DOI for Triplet state homoaromaticity: concept, computational validation and experimental relevance
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Part of Molecules, 2017
- DOI for A Computational Investigation of the Substituent Effects on Geometric, Electronic, and Optical Properties of Siloles and 1,4-Disilacyclohexa-2,5-dienes
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Part of Nature Communications, 2017
Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 6327-6340, 2017
Cyclopropyl Group: An Excited-State Aromaticity Indicator?
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, p. 13684-13695, 2017
White-light photoassisted covalent functionalization of graphene using 2-propanol
Part of Small Methods, 2017
The Silacyclobutene Ring: An Indicator of Triplet State Baird-Aromaticity
Part of Inorganics, 2017
- DOI for The Silacyclobutene Ring: An Indicator of Triplet State Baird-Aromaticity
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Unraveling Excited-Singlet-State Aromaticity via Vibrational Analysis
Part of Chem, p. 870-880, 2017
Benzo[b]thiophene Fusion Enhances Local Borepin Aromaticity in Polycyclic Heteroaromatic Compounds
Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 13440-13448, 2017
Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 12369-12378, 2017
Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 6327-6340, 2017
Part of Nature Communications, 2016
- DOI for Metal-free photochemical silylations and transfer hydrogenations of benzenoid hydrocarbons and graphene
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Part of RSC Advances, p. 36961-36970, 2016
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, p. 2793-2800, 2016
Many-body effects and excitonic features in 2D biphenylene carbon
Part of Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016
Diindeno-fusion of an anthracene as a design strategy for stable organic biradicals
Part of Nature Chemistry, p. 753-759, 2016
Nano-fabrication of molecular electronic junctions by targeted modification of metal-molecule bonds
Part of Scientific Reports, 2015
- DOI for Nano-fabrication of molecular electronic junctions by targeted modification of metal-molecule bonds
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Polyfulvenes: Polymers with "Handles" That Enable Extensive Electronic Structure Tuning
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 25726-25737, 2015
Cooperative Gold Nanoparticle Stabilization by Acetylenic Phosphaalkenes
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, p. 10634-10638, 2015
The 6,6-Dicyanopentafulvene Core: A Template for the Design of Electron-Acceptor Compounds
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, p. 8168-8176, 2015
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 15441-15450, 2015
AROMATICITY A light-switched yin and yang pair
Part of Nature Chemistry, p. 373-375, 2015
Part of Faraday discussions, p. 105-124, 2014
Part of Chemical Science, p. 360-371, 2014
- DOI for 1,4-Disilacyclohexa-2,5-diene: a molecular building block that allows for remarkably strong neutral cyclic cross-hyperconjugation
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Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, p. 9295-9303, 2014
Part of Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2014
Part of Journal of nanoparticle research, p. 2811, 2014
Optimization of the Cyclic Cross-Hyperconjugation in 1,4-Ditetrelcyclohexa-2,5-dienes
Part of Organometallics, p. 2997-3004, 2014
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 5637-5649, 2014
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, p. 9304-9311, 2014
The first intramolecular silene Diels-Alder reactions
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 2919-2921, 2014
Part of Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2013
Part of Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2013
Part of Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2013
Organic Single Molecular Structures for Light Induced Spin-Pump Devices
Part of ACS Nano, p. 1064-1071, 2013
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 10909-10918, 2013
Part of Nanoscale, p. 4673-4677, 2013
Part of Organometallics, p. 16-28, 2013
Conductance through Carbosilane Cage Compounds: A Computational Investigation
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 21692-21699, 2013
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, p. 983-987, 2013
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, p. 10698-10707, 2013
Part of Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 2013
Part of Organometallics, p. 396-405, 2013
Part of Chemical Science, p. 3522-3532, 2013
Part of Molecules, p. 369-389, 2012
Part of Journal of Physical Chemistry A, p. 5008-5017, 2012
ORGANIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY Exciting excited-state aromaticity
Part of Nature Chemistry, p. 969-971, 2012
Part of Langmuir, p. 9057-9067, 2011
Control of junction resistances in molecular electronic devices fabricated by FIB
Part of Microelectronic Engineering, p. 2629-2631, 2011
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 10264-10271, 2011
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 785-790, 2011
Influence of excited state aromaticity in the lowest excited singlet states of fulvene derivatives
Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 12912-12919, 2011
Part of Chemical Science, p. 2367-2372, 2011
Part of Symmetry, p. 1653-1682, 2010
- DOI for On the Importance of Clar Structures of Polybenzenoid Hydrocarbons as Revealed by the n-Contribution to the Electron Localization Function
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Effects of the silicon core structures on the hole mobility of star-shaped oligothiophenes
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 9314-9320, 2010
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 9379-9385, 2010
Formation of Acylsilenolates from Bis(acyl)trisilanes as the Silicon Analogues of Acylenolates
Part of Organometallics, p. 4199-4202, 2010
Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 8060-8068, 2010
Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 2189-2196, 2010
Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 5596-5604, 2010
Part of Tetrahedron, p. 5521-5526, 2009
Part of Journal of Physical Chemistry A, p. 12304-12310, 2009
Part of Organometallics, p. 5203-5211, 2008
Part of Organometallics, p. 5203-5211, 2008
Part of ChemPhysChem, p. 257-264, 2008
Part of Journal of Molecular Structure, p. 153-160, 2007
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, p. 6998-7005, 2007
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 13846-13850, 2007
Substituent Effects on the Basicity of 3,7-Diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes
Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 7155-7164, 2006
Design principles for a-tocopherol analogues
Part of Organic and biomolecular chemistry, p. 846-852, 2006
Silylenes, Silenes, and Disilenes: Novel Silicon-Based Reagents for Organic Synthesis?
Part of Chem. Eur. J., p. 1576-1585, 2006
Part of Silicon Chemistry, p. 165-173, 2005
Part of J. Org. Chem., p. 9495-9504, 2005
Part of Chem. Eur. J., p. 5067-5079, 2005
Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 1487-1491, 2004
An improved pathway to 6,6-disubstituted fulvenes
Part of Tetrahedron Letters, p. 6741-6744, 2004
Fulvenes, Fulvalenes, and Azulene: Are They Aromatic Chameleons?
Part of J. Am. Chem. Soc., p. 1.9, 2004
Articles, review/survey
Photochemistry Driven by Excited-State Aromaticity Gain or Antiaromaticity Relief
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2023
- DOI for Photochemistry Driven by Excited-State Aromaticity Gain or Antiaromaticity Relief
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The excited state antiaromatic benzene ring: a molecular Mr Hyde?
Part of Chemical Society Reviews, p. 6472-6493, 2015
Part of Chemical Reviews, p. 5379-5425, 2014
Silenes: Connectors between classical alkenes and nonclassical heavy alkenes
Part of Coordination chemistry reviews, p. 1287-1314, 2008
Chapters in book
Case Uppsala, Campus Polacksbacken: Location, surrounding, stakeholders
Part of Dreams and Seeds. The Role of Campuses and Sustainable Urban Development, p. 51-55, Stockholm Resilience Center, 2017
Conference papers
A 10-nm sized few molecule portable platform to assess molecular electronics properties
2015
Use of a nanoelectrode nanoparticle bridge platform in molecular electronics
Part of ElecMol’10, 5th International Meeting on Molecular Electronics, Grenoble, France, December 6-10, 2010, p. 116-116, 2010