Publications

Research Publications

• [52] In SituMassSpectrometricand Kinetic Investigations of Soai’s Asymmetric Autocatalysis
  Oliver Trapp,* Saskia Lamour, Frank Maier, Alexander F. Siegle, Kerstin Zawatzky, Bernd F. Straub, Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 15871–15880.
• [51] Dinuclear thiazolylidene copper complex as highly active catalyst for azid–alkyne cycloadditions
  Anne Schöffler, Ata Makarem, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1566-1572.
• [50] Kupfer- und Silber-Carbenkomplexe ohne Heteroatom-Stabilisierung: Struktur, Spektroskopie und Relativistische Effekte
  Copper and Silver Carbene Complexes without Heteroatom-Stabilization: Structure, Spectroscopy, and Relativistic Effects
  Matthias W. Hussong, Wilhelm T. Hoffmeister, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 10472-10476; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 10331-10335 (announced as "hot paper", front inside cover http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ange.201506279/abstract and http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201506279/abstract)
• [49] Fluktuierender Kupferacetylid-Cluster in der CuAAC-Katalyse
  Fluxional Copper Acetylide Cluster in CuAAC Catalysis
  Ata Makarem, Regina Berg, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 7539-7543; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 7431-7435.
• [48] Halogen-free water-stable aluminates as replacement for persistent fluorinated weakly-coordinating anions
  Timo Söhner, Felix Braun, Lena Charlotte Over, Sven Mehlhose, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, Green Chem. 2014, 16, 4696-4707.
• [47] Isolierung eines nicht-Heteroatom-stabilisierten Goldcarbens
  Isolation of a Non-Heteroatom-Stabilized Gold-Carbene Complex
  Matthias W. Hussong, Frank Rominger, Petra Krämer, Bernd F. Straub*, Angew. Chem. 2014, 126, 9526-9529; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9372-9375 (announced as “hot paper”).
• [46] Synthesis and structure of salts of a sterically shielded, lipophilic, C₂-symmetric, fluxional aluminate
  Timo Söhner, Ina K. Küppers, Wiebke Wackerow, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, ARKIVOC 2014, 4, 296-318.
• [45] Stepwise Deprotonation of a Thiol-Functionalized Bis(1,2,4-Triazolium) Salt as Selective Route to Heterometallic NHC Complexes
  Stefanie C. Holm, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub, Organometallics 2013, 32, 2427-2434.
• [44] Mechanistic Investigations of a Stable, Highly Active, Extremely Sterically Shielded Molecular Gold Catalyst
  Simone G. Weber, David Zahner, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, ChemCatChem 2013, 5, 2330-2335.
• [43] Iodocyclization of o-Alkynylbenzamides Revisited: Formation of Isobenzofuran-1(3H)-imines and 1H-Isochromen-1-imines Instead of Lactams
  Claudine Schlemmer, Lars Andernach, Dieter Schollmeyer, Bernd F. Straub*, Till Opatz*, J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 10118–10124.
• [42] Highly Active Dinuclear Copper Catalysts for Homogeneous Azide-Alkyne-Cycloadditions
  Regina Berg, Johannes Straub, Ella Schreiner, Steffen Mader, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 3445-3450.
• [41] A Cationic Gold Complex cleaves BArF₂₄
  Simone G. Weber, David Zahner, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 11325-11327.
• [40] CO₂ on a Tightrope: Stabilization, Room Temperature Decarboxylation, and Sodium-Induced Carboxylate Migration
  Achim Häußermann, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 14174-14185.
• [39] Thiol-Functionalized 1,2,4-Triazolium Salt as Carbene Ligand Precursor
  Stefanie C. Holm, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, J. Organomet. Chem. 2012, 719, 54-63.
• [38] Iridium-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution with Cyclometalated Phosphoramidite Complexes that Contain a Dibenzocyclooctatetraene Ligand: Preparation of (π-Allyl)Ir Complexes and Computational and NMR Spectroscopic Studies
  Jevgenij A. Raskatov, Mascha Jäkel, Bernd F. Straub, Frank Rominger, Günter Helmchen*, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 14314-14328.
• [37] Polyelectrolyte Gels Comprising a Lipophilic, Cost-Effective Aluminate as Fluorine-Free Absorbents for Chlorinated Hydrocarbons and Diesel Fuel
  Michael Wrede, Viktoria Ganza, Janina Bucher, Bernd F. Straub*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2012, 4, 3453-3458.
• [36] Isolated Silver Intermediate of Gold Precatalyst Activation
  Simone G. Weber, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 2863-2867.
• [35] Synthesis of an extremely sterically shielding N-heterocyclic carbene ligand
  Simone G. Weber, Christian Loos, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, ARKIVOC 2012, 2, 226-242.
• [34] Highly Diastereoselective Arylations of Substituted Piperidines
  Stephanie Seel, Tobias Thaler, Keishi Takatsu, Cong Zhang, Hendrik Zipse, Bernd F. Straub, Peter Mayer, Paul Knochel*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4774-4777.
• [33] 1,3-Benzyl Migration in Iminium Ions: Evidence for a Fast Free-Radical Chain Reaction
  Nancy Blank, Bernd F. Straub*, Till Opatz*, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7355-7365.
• [32] A Synthesis of Pseudoconhydrine and Its Epimer via Hydroformylation and Dihydroxylation
  Roderick W. Bates*, K. Sivarajan, Bernd F. Straub, J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 6844-6848.
• [31] Synthesis, Structure, and Unprecedented Solubility of Lipophilic Borate Salts
  Michael Wrede, Viktoria Ganza, Geraldt Kannenberg, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, Inorganica Chimica Acta 2011, 369, 71-75.
• [30] Preparation and N-Alkylation of 4-Aryl-1,2,4-triazoles
  Stefanie C. Holm, Alexander F. Siegle, Christian Loos, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, Synthesis 2010, 2278-2286.
• [29] A Lipophilic, Fluorine-Free, Thermostable, Inexpensive, S₄-Symmetric, Highly Soluble, Weakly Coordinating, Protolabile Aluminate
  Bernd F. Straub*, Michael Wrede, Karin Schmid, Frank Rominger, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 1907-1911 (with cover page http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejic.201090034/abstract).
• [28] Modular Trimethylene-Linked Bisimidazol(in)ium Salts
  Michael Bessel, Frank Rominger, Bernd F. Straub*, Synthesis 2010, 1459-1466.
• [27] Predicting the Cis-Trans Dichloro Configuration of Group 15-16 Chelated Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Complexes: A DFT and Experimental Study
  Charles E. Diesendruck, Eyal Tzur, Amos Ben-Asuly, Israel Goldberg, Bernd F. Straub*, N. Gabriel Lemcoff*, Inorg. Chem. 2009, 8, 10819-10825.
• [26] Photoactivation of Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Initiators
  Amos Ben-Asuly, Anna Aharoni, Charles E. Diesendruck, Yuval Vidavsky, Israel Goldberg, Bernd F. Straub, N. Gabriel Lemcoff*, Organometallics 2009, 28, 4652-4655.
• [25] Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation of Alkenyl Silanes by Diazoalkanes: Evidence for a Pd⁰ Mechanism
  Guillaume Berthon-Gelloz, Mélanie Marchant, Bernd F. Straub,* Istvan E. Marko*, Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 10, 2923-2931.
• [24] Oxygen-Mediated Equilibration of Diastereomeric Alkene-Palladium(II) Intermediates in Enantioselective Desymmetrizing Heck Cyclizations
  Axel B. Machotta, Bernd F. Straub,* and Martin Oestreich*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 13455-13463.
• [23] μ-Acetylide and μ-Alkenylidene Ligands in “Click” Triazole Syntheses
  Bernd F. Straub*, Chem. Commun. 2007, 3868-3870.
• [22] Isolierung des Kupfertriazolid-Komplexes einer Klickreaktion
  Isolation of a Copper(I) Triazolide “Click” Complex
  Christoph Nolte, Peter Mayer, Bernd F. Straub*, Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 2147-2149; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 2101-2103 (announced as “hot paper”).
• [21] Ligand Influence on Metathesis Activity of Ruthenium Carbene Catalysts: A DFT Study
  Bernd F. Straub*, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2007, 349, 204-214.
• [20] One-Pot Syntheses of Sterically Shielded Phosphorus Ligands by Selective Stepwise Nucleophilic Substitution at Triphenyl Phosphite
  Jan Keller, Clemens Schlierf, Christoph Nolte, Peter Mayer, Bernd F. Straub*, Synthesis 2006, 354-365.
• [19] Hocheffiziente Reagentien für den Brom-Magnesium-Austausch
  Highly Efficient Reagents for Br/Mg-Exchange
  Arkady Krasovskiy, Bernd F. Straub*, Paul Knochel*, Angew. Chem. 2006, 118, 165-169; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 159-162.
• [18] Ursache der hohen Aktivität der Grubbs-Katalysatoren der zweiten Generation
  Origin of the High Activity of Second-Generation Grubbs Catalysts
  Bernd F. Straub*, Angew. Chem. 2005, 117, 6129-6132; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 5974-5978.
• [17] Mechanism of Enyne Metathesis Catalyzed by Grubbs Ruthenium-Carbene Complexes: A DFT Study
  Jörg J. Lippstreu, Bernd F. Straub*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 7444-7457.
• [16] Gold(I) or Gold(III) as Active Species in AuCl₃-catalyzed Cyclization/Cycloaddition Reactions? A DFT Study.
  Bernd F. Straub*, Chem. Commun. 2004, 1726-1728.
• [15] Mechanism of Reppe’s Nickel-Catalyzed Ethyne Tetramerization to Cyclooctatetraene: A DFT Study
  Bernd F. Straub*, Caroline Gollub, Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 3081-3090.
• [14] Mechanism of copper(I)-catalyzed cyclopropanation: A DFT study calibrated with copper(I) alkene complexes
  Bernd F. Straub, Irene Gruber, Frank Rominger, Peter Hofmann*, J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 684, 124-143.
• [13] Sterically crowded diphosphinomethane ligands: molecular structures, UV-photoelectron spectroscopy and a convenient general synthesis of tBu₂PCH₂PtBu₂ and related species.
  Frank Eisenträger, Alexander Göthlich, Irene Gruber, Helmut Heiss, Christoph A. Kiener, Carl Krueger, J. Ulrich Notheis, Frank Rominger, Gunter Scherhag, Madeleine Schultz, Bernd F. Straub, Martin A. O. Volland, Peter Hofmann*, New J. Chem. 2003, 27, 540-550.
• [12] The Pd(0) Mechanism of Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation of Alkenes by CH₂N₂: A DFT Study.
  Bernd F. Straub*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 14195-14201.
• [11] [P,P-Di-tert-butyl-N-trimethylsilyl-P-(trimethylsilylamino)phosphine imidato-κ²N,N']bis(pyridine-κN)lithium(I)
  Madeleine Schultz, Bernd F. Straub, Peter Hofmann*, Acta Cryst., Sect. C 2002, 58, m256-m257.
• [10] The Mechanism of Hydroamination of Allenes, Alkynes, and Alkenes Catalyzed by Cyclopentadienyltitanium-Imido Complexes: A Density Functional Study
  Bernd F. Straub*, Robert G. Bergman*, Angew. Chem. 2001, 113, 4768-4771; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 4632-4635.
• [9] Copper(I) Carbenes: The Synthesis of Active Intermediates in Copper-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation
  Bernd F. Straub, Peter Hofmann*, Angew. Chem. 2001, 113, 1328-1330; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 1288-1290 (announced as “very important paper”).
• [8] Facile synthesis of a ruthenium carbene complex with a cis-chelating diphosphinoethane ligand
  Martin A. O. Volland, Bernd F. Straub, Frank Rominger, Peter Hofmann*, J. Organomet. Chem. 2001, 617-618, 288-291.
• [7] A Fluxional α-Carbonyl Diazoalkane Complex of Copper Relevant to Catalytic Cyclopropanation: Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding
  Bernd F. Straub, Frank Rominger, Peter Hofmann*, Organometallics 2000, 19, 4305-4309.
• [6] A neutral dicopper(III) bis(μ-oxo) complex from a copper(I) ethylene iminophosphanamide and O₂
  Bernd F. Straub, Frank Rominger, Peter Hofmann*, Chem. Commun. 2000, 1611-1612.
• [5] Diazoalkane chemistry of palladium: synthesis of a diphosphinomethanide complex from dimethyl diazomalonate by N₂ loss and proton transfer
  Bernd F. Straub, Frank Rominger, Peter Hofmann*, Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2000, 3, 358-360.
• [4] Transition metal α-carbonyl diazoalkane coordination chemistry: structures derived from a side-on diazomalonate platinum complex
  Bernd F. Straub, Frank Rominger, Peter Hofmann*, Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2000, 3, 214-217.
• [3] A Trigonal Planar μ₃-Fluorido Coinage Metal Complex from a Dicationic Diphosphinomethane Copper(I) Dimer: Syntheses, Structures, and Bonding
  Bernd F. Straub, Frank Rominger, Peter Hofmann*, Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 2113-2119.
• [2] A remarkably stable copper(I) ethylene complex: synthesis, spectroscopy and structure
  Bernd F. Straub, Frank Eisenträger, Peter Hofmann*, Chem. Commun. 1999, 2507-2508.
• [1] Synthesis, molecular dynamics and electronic structure of a stable platinum α-carbonyl diazoalkane complex
  Bernd F. Straub, Peter Hofmann*, Inorg. Chem. Commun. 1998, 1, 350-353.

Patents and Patent Applications

• Lipophile Metallate
  Bernd F. Straub, Timo Söhner, Ger. Off. 2013, DE 10 2013 004 943.1
• Katalysatoren für [3+2]-Cycloadditionen terminaler Alkine
  Bernd F. Straub, Michael Bessel, Regina Berg, Ger. Offen. 2010,DE 102010035434
• Alkylated Group III lipophilic tetrasubstituted 2,2'-biphenolato metalates as stable, non-toxic and soluble noncoordinating anions
  Bernd F. Straub, Michael Wrede, Karin Schmid, Ger. Offen. 2011, DE 102009041864 A1 20110331

Review Articles

• Synthesis of N-Substituted 1,2,4-Triazoles. A Review
  Stefanie Holm,* Bernd F. Straub*, Org. Prep. Proced. Int. 2011, 43, 319-347.
• Advancements in the mechanistic understanding of the copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition
  Regina Berg,* Bernd F. Straub*, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2715-2750.

Book Chapters

• Diastereoselectivity in Alkene Metathesis
  Bernd F. Straub, Achim Häußermann, Chapter 5, pages 107-118.
  Molecular Catalysts, edited by Lutz H. Gade and Peter Hofmann; Wiley-VCH 2014.
• Dicopper Catalysts for the Azide Alkyne Cycloaddition: A Mechanistic DFT Study
  Bernd F. Straub*, Michael Bessel, Regina Berg, Chapter 13; pages 207-214.
  Modeling of Molecular Properties, edited by Peter Comba; Wiley-VCH 2011.
• Lipophilic Anions
  Bernd F. Straub*, Michael Wrede; Chapter 13; pages 469-472.
  Modeling of Molecular Properties, edited by Peter Comba; Wiley-VCH 2011.

Book Reviews

• Organic Syntheses based on Name Reactions, A. Hassner, C. Stumer,
  Synthesis 2003, 1467.
• Chemical Discovery and the Logicians’ Program, Jerome A. Berson. Philosophie im Spiegel der Chemiegeschichte,
  Chemie in unserer Zeit 2004, 38, 71.
• Organotransition Metal Chemistry from Bonding to Catalysis, edited by John F. Hartwig,
  Angew. Chem. 2010, 122, 7786; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 7622-7623.
• Basic Organometallic Chemistry, B. D. Gupta, A. J. Elias, Nachr. Chem. 2011, 59, 158.

Reports

• Bürgenstock 2003. Bernd F. Straub, Hans-Achim Wagenknecht,
  Nachr. Chem. 2003, 51, 918-921.
• Chemiedozententagung 2005. Bernd F. Straub,
  Nachr. Chem. 2005, 53, 568-569.
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2005, chapter „Metallorganische Chemie I: Strukturen und Mechanismen“,
  Nachr. Chem. 2006, 54, 241-258 (252-253).
• ADUC-Jahrespreise,
  Nachr. Chem. 2006, 54, 455.
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2006, chapter „Metallorganische Chemie I: Strukturen und Mechanismen“,
  Nachr. Chem. 2007, 55, 252-275 (260).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2007, chapter „Metallorganische Chemie I: Strukturen und Mechanismen“,
  Nachr. Chem. 2008, 56, 269-294 (279-280).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2008, chapter „Metallorganische Chemie I: Strukturen und Mechanismen“,
  Nachr. Chem. 2009, 57, 252-277 (260).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2009, chapter „Metallorganische Chemie I: Strukturen und Mechanismen“,
  Nachr. Chem. 2010, 58, 267-299 (279).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2010, chapter „Metallorganik: Strukturen und Mechanismen“,
  Nachr. Chem. 2011, 59, 254-283 (267).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2011, chapter „Metallorganik: Strukturen und Mechanismen“,
  Nachr. Chem. 2012, 60, 265-299 (280-281).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2012, chapter „Metallorganik: Strukturen und Mechanismen“,
  Nachr. Chem. 2013, 61, 265-297 (275-276).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2013, chapter „Metallorganik: Strukturen und Mechanismen“,
  Nachr. Chem. 2014, 62, 264-301 (284-285).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2014, chapter „Metallorganik: Strukturen und Mechanismen“, coordination of 30 authors, Nachr. Chem. 2015, 63, 266-305 (285-287).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2015, chapter „Metallorganik: Strukturen und Mechanismen“, coordination of 30 authors, Nachr. Chem. 2016, 64, 255-305 (278-279).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2016, chapter „Metallorganik: Strukturen und Mechanismen“, coordination of 29 authors, Nachr. Chem. 2017, 65, 266-304 (290-292).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2017, chapter „Metallorganik: Strukturen und Mechanismen“, coordination of 29 authors, Nachr. Chem. 2018, 66, 249-280 (268-269).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2018, chapter „Metallorganik: Strukturen und Mechanismen“, Nachr. Chem. 2019, 67, (3), 46-78 (62-63).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2019, chapter „Metallorganik: Strukturen und Mechanismen“, Nachr. Chem. 2020, 68, (3), 42-72 (56-57).
• Trendbericht Organische Chemie 2020, chapter „Metallorganik: Strukturen und Mechanismen“, Nachr. Chem. 2021, 69, (3), 38-68 (64-65).