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Development of transition metal complexes capable to catalyze known and new reactions Homogeneous catalysts have been fundamental to the progress in organic synthesis, since transition-metals can stabilize reactive molecules or molecular fragments opening reaction pathways, which would not be accessible by pure organic chemistry. Our research include therefore the design and development of new transition metal complexes, capable to catalyze known and new reactions.
Metal mediated activation of some of the strongest bonds The activation of C-H bonds for instance is of high current interest regarding the direct use of unactivated and non-functionalized hydrocarbons in the synthesis of organic molecules. If unreactive C-H bonds could participate in reaction processes without being converted first into a reactive but a functional group such as halogen by established methods, the overall transformations would find great utility and an entirely new world in synthetic organic chemistry would be opened.
Synthesis of novel metal containing structures Ligand systems can stabilize metal centers in unusual oxidation states and/or coordination geometries. Steric and electronic modifications in the ligand sphere of transition metal complexes may lead to the novel structures, whose chemical properties will be studied.
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