19 Oct 2022

o-Quinodimethane Atropisomers: Enantioselective Synthesis and Stereospecific Transformation

Jianyang and Andreas successfully established the enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric oQDMs (o-quinodimethanes) and were able to demonstrate their viability for highly stereoselective transformations. Many congratulations!

08 Sep 2022

Presentation Prize for Valeriia Hutskalova

Many congratulations Valeriia for winning a best presentation prize at the Fall Meeting of the Swiss Chemical Society

27 Mar 2022

Synthesis of Atropisomeric Two-Axis Systems by the Catalyst-Controlled syn- and anti-Selective Arene-Forming Aldol Condensation

Very well done Daniel and many congratulations. This stereodivergent approach allows the programmed one-step synthesis of all four feasible atropisomeric two-axis systems.

15 Feb 2022

Stereoselective Synthesis of Atropisomeric Acridinium Salts by the Catalyst-Controlled Cyclization of ortho-Quinone Methide Iminiums

Many congratulations to Xingxing for establishing a stereoselective route to atropisomeric acridinium salts by a Friedel-Crafts electrocyclization of ortho-quinone methide iminiums by means of ion-pairing catalysis.

19 Nov 2021

Group Trip 2021

Photos of our hike to the stunning Oeschinensee

20 Aug 2021

Catalyst-Controlled Stereoselective Barton–Kellogg Olefination

Many Congratulations. Tanno achieved an important milestone for our research: the catalyst-controlled thiiranation combined with stereospecific reductions to overcrowded alkenes, also in a fully stereodivergent manner.

10 Jun 2021

ERC Consolidator Grant

We recently started our project "Catalyst Control over X-Fold Stereogenicity" supported by an ERC Consolidator Grant. Join our team: PhD and Postdoc positions are available.

09 Jun 2021

Ad Hoc Adjustment of Photoredox Properties by the Late-Stage Diversification of Acridinium Photocatalysts

Well done Valeriia. Acridinium photocatalysts can now be late-stage diversified to adjust their redox properties (including the new aza-rhodol photoredox catalysts), now published in Org. Lett.

31 May 2021

Catalyst Control over Twofold and Higher-Order Stereogenicity by Atroposelective Arene Formation

Congratulations Tanno. Our ongoing journey through the realms of atropisomeric molecules, now outlined in Acc. Chem. Res.

28 May 2021

Monitoring Solid-phase Reactions in Self-assembled Monolayers by Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy,

Well done Dominik, Mayor and Lörtscher IBM research teams. Monitoring Solid-phase Reactions in Self-assembled Monolayers by Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, now published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.