Area of research
Materials Chemistry · Organic Chemistry
Research interest
Research interests include Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry, and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds.
Photolytic and Thermal Reactions of [C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>(PPh<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(μ-N<sub>2</sub>)] and Its Lewis Acid Adducts: N–N Bond Cleavage and Liberation of N<sub>2</sub>
B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub>-Catalyzed [2π + 2σ] Cycloadditions of Carbodiimides with Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes
Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry of alkynes
Readily accessible chiral frustrated Lewis pair catalysts: Asymmetric hydrosilylation of imines and quinolines
Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry of CO
Diazene Chemistry: Metal-Free Models of N<sub>2</sub> Reduction Intermediates
B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub>-catalyzed Wolff rearrangement/[2 + 2] and [4 + 2] cascade cyclization of α-diazoketones with imines
B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub>-catalyzed cyclopropanation of 3-alkenyl-oxindoles with diazomethanes
Phosphino‐Phosphination Reactions: Frustrated Lewis Pair Reactivity of Phosphino‐Phosphonium Cations with Alkynes
The Lewis superacidic aluminium cation: [(NHC)Al(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>+</sup>
Addition and NN bond cleavage of diazo-compounds by phosphino-phosphenium cations
Reactions of Frustrated Lewis Pairs with Chloro‐Diazirines: Cleavage of N=N Double Bonds
Catalyst-dependent chemoselective insertion of diazoalkanes into the N–H/C–H/O–H/C–O bonds of 2-hydroxybenzothiazoles
Structure and reactivity studies of the aluminum analogue of Piers’ borane [HAl(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>3</sub>
B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub>-Catalyzed site-selective <i>N</i><sup>1</sup>-alkylation of benzotriazoles with diazoalkanes
The broadening reach of frustrated Lewis pair chemistry
Synthesis of a Carbodicyclopropenylidene: A Carbodicarbene based Solely on Carbon
Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Development and Perspectives
Frustrated Lewis Pairs: From Concept to Catalysis
Synthesis and Reactivity of a CAAC–Aminoborylene Adduct: A Hetero‐Allene or an Organoboron Isoelectronic with Singlet Carbenes
Synthesis and Reactivity of a CAAC–Aminoborylene Adduct: A Hetero‐Allene or an Organoboron Isoelectronic with Singlet Carbenes