Catalytic C−H functionalization has emerged as an economically-attractive and environmentally-benign alternative to conventional cross-coupling approaches. Thus, major efforts have been made on transformations of inert C–H ...

The main focus of this work was the development of new methodologies for the efficient and step-economical synthesis of biaryls cores by direct arylation through direct C–H bond cleavage. In this aim, the first ruthenium-catalyzed ...

For the formation of soot in pyrolysis of n-hexane, benzene and other hydrocarbons behind shock waves induction periods, soot growth rate constants and soot yields were measured at various temperatures, pressures and ...

In this work, three major topics are investigated. The decarbonylation of diphenylcyclopropenone from its second excited electronic state forms the first part. This reaction was investigated using pump laser pulses of ...

This work focuses on the vibrational dynamics of molecular clusters featuring intermolecular O–H···O hydrogen bonds. For this purpose the clusters are generated in supersonic jet expansions and probed via FTIR spectroscopy ...

Small secondary amides serve as simple and yet realistic model systems for hydrogen bonds in peptides and the rotational isomerization about the actual peptide bond. The preferred structures of small amide clusters (e. ...

In this thesis different implications of molecular chirality are explored by experimental and quantum chemical methods. Discriminating interactions between molecules of different handedness, termed chirality recognition, ...

Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements on Pd samples containing dislocations with a high dislocation density reveal an additional intensity for a scattering vector of 0.02 to ...

Synthetic organic chemistry mainly focuses on the cleavage and formation of bonds in a practical and selective fashion, where the formation of carbon-carbon (C-C) and C-Heteroatom (C Het) bonds constitutes one of the most ...

Methods for the selective functionalization of otherwise inert C–H bonds have been recognized as a transformative tool in synthetic organic chemistry, with applications ranging from the synthesis of complex bioactive ...