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PhD Students

Jan Borstelmann, M.Sc.

Institute of Organic Chemistry

Center for Advanced Materials
Im Neuenheimer Feld 225
69120 Heidelberg
Room 03.101

Phone: Office: +49 (0) 6221 54 19841
Lab: +49 (0) 6221 54 19942

Email: borstelmann@oci.uni-heidelberg.de

Research Experience

Since 2021
PhD studies Synthesis and Study of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Containing Seven Membered Rings
2021
Master thesis 5-Dibenzosuberenone as Entry Into Defect Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Publications

A Conformationally Stable π-Expanded X-Type Double Helicene Comprising Dihydropyracylene Units with Multistage Redox Behavior
J. Bergner, J. Borstelmann, L. M. Cavinato, J. P. Fuenzalida-Werner, C. Walla, H. Hinrichs, P. Schulze, F. Rominger, R. D. Costa, A. Dreuw, M. Kivala
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202303336
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303336
A Negatively Curved π-Expanded Pyracylene Comprising a Tropylium Cation
J. Borstelmann, J. Bergner, F. Rominger, M. Kivala
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202312740
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202312740
Azaacenodibenzosuberones
V. Brosius, M. Müller, J. Borstelmann, F. Rominger, J. Freudenberg, U. H. F. Bunz
J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 296
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02756
The Gold(I)-Mediated Domino Reaction to Fused Diphenyl Phosphoniumfluorenes: Mechanistic Consequences for Gold-Catalyzed Hydroarylations and Application in Solar Cells
S. Arndt, J. Borstelmann, R. Eshagh Saatlo, P. W. Antoni, F. Rominger, M. Rudolph, Q. An, Y. Vaynzof, A. S. K. Hashmi
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 7785
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800460

Siegfried Harrer, M.Sc.

Institute of Organic Chemistry

Center for Advanced Materials
Im Neuenheimer Feld 225
69120 Heidelberg
Room 03.101

Phone: Office: +49 (0) 6221 54 19841
Lab: +49 (0) 6221 54 19947

Email: harrer@oci.uni-heidelberg.de

Research Experience

Since 2020
PhD studies Electron Acceptors Based on Heteroatom Containing p-Systems
2020
Master thesis Synthesis of p-Expanded Acridophosphines

Publications

Structural and Electronic Impacts of the Axial Substitution at the Phosphorus Center of C(sp³)-Bridged P-Heterotriangulenes
S. Harrer, J. D. R. Schühle, C. Neiß, M. Günthert, L. Mittmann, A. Reule, J. Leitner, F. Rominger, A. Görling, M. Kivala
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2024, e202400368
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202400368
Isothiourea-Catalysed Sequential Kinetic Resolution of Acyclic (±)-1,2-Diols
S. Harrer, M. D. Greenhalgh, R.M. Neyyappadath, A. D. Smith
Synlett 2019, 30, 1555
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610721
Gold-Catalyzed Dimerization of Diarylalkynes: Direct Access to Azulenes
V. Claus, M. Schukin, S. Harrer, M. Rudolph, F. Rominger, A. M. Asiri, J. Xie, A. S.K. Hashmi
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12966
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805918

Angelina Jocic, M.Sc.

Institute of Organic Chemistry

Center for Advanced Materials
Im Neuenheimer Feld 225
69120 Heidelberg
Room 03.103

Phone: Office: +49 (0) 6221 54 19842
Lab: +49 (0) 6221 54 19942

Email: jocic@oci.uni-heidelberg.de

Research Experience

Since 2021
PhD studies Synthesis and Studies on Functional Spiro-Cyclic Scaffolds
2021
Master thesis Synthesis and Functionalization of Spiro Bridged Triphenylamines

Publications

Redox-Active Lewis Pairs Yield Diradicaloids and Enable Modular Control of the Diradical Character
R. Maskey, T. Thorwart, S. F. Ebel, A. Jocic, D. Hartmann, L. Greb
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202300269
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300269
Azaarene Dimers
S. Hahn, J. Butscher, Q. An, A. Jocic, O. Tverskoy, M. Richter, X. Feng, F. Rominger, Y. Vaynzof, U. H. F. Bunz
Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 7285
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901139

Leon Martins, M.Sc.

Institute of Organic Chemistry

Center for Advanced Materials
Im Neuenheimer Feld 225
69120 Heidelberg
Room 03.103

Phone: Office: +49 (0) 6221 54 19842
Lab: +49 (0) 6221 54 19942

Email: leon.martins@oci.uni-heidelberg.de

Research Experience

Since 2022
PhD studies Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Containing 8-Membered Rings
2021
Master thesis Dibenzo[a,e]cyclooctadiyne as Entry Into Octagon-Centered Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Publications

Azobenzene Substituted Triptycenes – Understanding Exciton Coupling of Molecular Switches in Close Proximity
A. Kunz, N. Oberhof, F. Scherz, L. Martins, A. Dreuw, H. A. Wegner
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202200972
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200972

Erik Misselwitz, M.Sc.

Institute of Organic Chemistry

Center for Advanced Materials
Im Neuenheimer Feld 225
69120 Heidelberg
Room 03.101

Phone: Office: +49 (0) 6221 54 19841
Lab: +49 (0) 6221 54 19947

Email: erik.misselwitz@oci.uni-heidelberg.de

Research Experience

Since 2022
PhD studies Synthesis and Functionalization of Defect PAHs
2021
Master thesis Synthesis and Functionalization of Non-Benzenoid Cyclooligomers

Publications

Indenoannulated Tridecacyclene: An All-Carbon Seven-Stage Redox-Amphoter
E. Misselwitz, J. Spengler, F. Rominger, M. Kivala
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202400696
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400696
Efficient Intramolecular Singlet Fission in Spiro-Linked Heterodimers
O. Kefer, L. Ahrens, J. Han, N. Wollscheid, E. Misselwitz, F. Rominger, J. Freudenberg, A. Dreuw, U. H. F. Bunz, T. Buckup
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 17965-17974
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05518
Self-forming double-crosslinked hydrogels by the marriage of catechols and enzyme mimetic polymers
Y. Chen, E. Misselwitz, A. H. Agergaard, A. Andersen, C. Pedersen, H. Birkedal
Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 6526
DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01290a
TIPS-Ethynylated Naphthodiquinoline and Naphthodiacridine: Novel Diazabisacenes
L. Ahrens, S. Maier, E. Misselwitz, T. Oeser, F. Rominger, J. Freudenberg, U. H. F. Bunz
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 10569
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101246

Sven Mühl, M.Sc.

Institute of Organic Chemistry

Center for Advanced Materials
Im Neuenheimer Feld 225
69120 Heidelberg
Room 03.101

Phone: Office: +49 (0) 6221 54 19841
Lab: +49 (0) 6221 54 19947

Email: sven.muehl@oci.uni-heidelberg.de

Research Experience

Since 2023
PhD studies Synthesis and Functionalization of Defect PAHs
2023
Master thesis Synthesis of π-Expanded Heteropines

Maximilian Schöner, M.Sc.

Institute of Organic Chemistry

Center for Advanced Materials
Im Neuenheimer Feld 225
69120 Heidelberg
Room 03.103

Phone: Office: +49 (0) 6221 54 19842
Lab: +49 (0) 6221 54 19947

Email: maximilian.schoener@oci.uni-heidelberg.de

Research Experience

Since 2023
PhD studies Organophosphorus Functional Materials
2022
Master thesis π-Expanded Heteroolympicenes

Publications

Bistriazoles Connected Through a B−B Bridge, Synthesized by Highly Selective Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions of a Diazido-diborane(4)
D. Vogler, M. Schöner, E. Kaifer, H.-J. Himmel
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202201389
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201389
Synthesis of Symmetrically and Unsymmetrically Substituted Cationic Diborane(4) Compounds with Distinct Structural Motifs and Properties
E. Filbeck, L. Kistner, D. Vogler, B. Gasser, L. Flórido Martins, M. Schöner, E. Kaifer, H.-J. Himmel
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, e202201105
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202201105

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Latest Revision: 2024-04-08