Development of atom-economical and enantioselective catalytic radical reactions (B02)

• Subject Area: Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: from 2009 to 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 60803019

In B2 we investigate catalytic radical reactions that address the issues of sustainability and stereose-lectivity. Examples are radical arylations, epoxide hydrosilylations, and regiodivergent epoxide openings. Catalyst design is based on an interdisciplinary strategy that relies on close cooperation with theoretical and EPR projects. Our results will demonstrate that the concept of catalysis in single elec-tron steps that relates 'classical' organometallic chemistry to radical chemistry provides a general design principle for the development of sustainable, atom-economical and enantioselective radical reactions.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 813: Chemistry at Spin Centres - Concepts, Mechanisms, Functions
• Major Instrumentation: U-HPLC
• Instrumentation Group: 1350 Flüssigkeits-Chromatographen (außer Aminosäureanalysatoren 317), Ionenaustauscher
• Applicant Institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Andreas Gansäuer