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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.
Catalyst control over sixfold stereogenicity
Wonderful achievement by Xingxing, Reto, Rodolphe, Christian and Daniel. Stereoselective catalysis allows to navigate stereochemical space beyond binary (Le Bel–Van ’t Hoff rule), now published in Nature Catalysis. Very proud of the team.Organophotocatalytic Aerobic Oxygenation of Phenols in a Visible‐Light Continuous‐Flow Photoreactor
Congratulation to Joël, Dragan, Thomas and the DSM team. Let us improve sustainability for important phenol oxidations, now published in Chemistry – A European Journal.
Article in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Catalyst-Controlled Transannular Polyketide Cyclization Cascades: Selective Folding of Macrocyclic Polyketides by F. C. Raps, V. C. Fäseke, D. Häussinger, C. SparrArticle in Chemistry – A European Journal
JoyaPhos: An Atropisomeric Teraryl Monophosphine Ligand by A. Castrogiovanni, D. Lotter, F. R. Bissegger, C. Sparr*New Preprint in ChemRxiv
Catalyst-Control over Sixfold Stereogenicity by X. Wu,+ R. M. Witzig,+ R. Beaud, C. Fischer, D. Häussinger, C. Sparr* (+ denotes equal contributions)Feature Article in Chemical Communications
Design and application of aminoacridinium organophotoredox catalysts by B. Zilate, C. Fischer, C. Sparr*
Article in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Polyketide Cyclizations for the Synthesis of Polyaromatics by V. C. Fäseke, F. C. Raps, C. Sparr*
Article in ACS Catalysis
Modulation of Acridinium Organophotoredox Catalysts Guided by Photophysical Studies by C. Fischer,+ C. Kerzig,+ B. Zilate, O. S. Wenger,*C Sparr* (+ denotes equal contributions)