Chiral Azaboroles and Azaborines for Sensoric Applications (B06)

• Subject Area: Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: since 2026
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 551403841

Project B06 “Chiral Azaboroles and Azaborines for Sensoric Applications” targets the development of helically chiral azaborole and azaborine helicenes, and organoboron photoswitches derived from both overcrowded alkenes (OAs) and diarylethenes (DAEs). The project will further contribute to the development of DAE chiroptical photoswitches displaying high stereoselectivity in photocyclization reactions, high reversibility, large changes in Raman optical activity spectra, and thermal stability of the electronic states (p-type photochromes).

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1762: Boron as property-determining element
• Applicant Institution: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Ingo Fischer; Professorin Dr. Agnieszka Nowak-Król; Dr. Merle Röhr