The most recent paper "Stereoselective Synthesis of Tertiary Allylic Amines by Titanium-Catalyzed Hydroaminoalkylation of Alkynes with Tertiary Amines" by RTG PhD students Tobias Kaper and Dennis Geik has just been accepted for publication in Chemistry - A European Journal. The reviewers assessed that the results reported in the research article are "of great significance" (top 20%). Congratulations!

The article is also featured in the "Hot Topic: C-H Activation" section of the Wiley online library, and part of the Special Collection "In Memory of Klaus Hafner".

You can access the article here: doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103931
the "Hot Topic: C-H Activation" here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)2193-5815.hottopic-c-h-activation
and the special collection "In Memory of Klaus Hafner" here: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-0690.KlausHafner

T. Kaper, D. Geik, F. Fornfeist, M. Schmidtmann, S. Doye, "Stereoselective Synthesis of Tertiary Allylic Amines by Titanium-Catalyzed Hydroaminoalkylation of Alkynes with Tertiary Amines", Chem. Eur. J. 2021, e202103931, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103931.

The 4^th Oldenburg Symposium on Chemical Bond Activation will take place on March 7^th, 2022 as an online event. Participants are invited to submit abstracts for oral contributions or the online poster session.

There will be talks by four invited speakers:

Prof. Dr. Barbara Lechner, Professor for Functional Nanomaterials, Technical University of Munich
Prof. Dr. Sven Schneider, Professor for Inorganic Chemistry, Georg August University Göttingen
Dr. Tristan Wagner, Group Leader, Microbial Metabolism Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen
Dr. Manfred Manßen, Postdoc, Anwander Group, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen

For more information, registration and abstract submission, please go to the website: uol.de/en/grk-2226/oldenburg-symposium

The communication "Indium-Catalysed Transfer Hydrogenation for the Reductive Cyclisation of 2-Alkynyl Enones towards Trisubstituted Furans" by RTG PhD student Luomo Li has been accepted for publication in the journal Angewandte Chemie.

You can access the paper here (German edition): doi.org/10.1002/ange.202109266 or here (international edition): doi.org/10.1002/anie.202109266.

L. Li, S. Kail, S. M. Weber, G. Hilt
"Indium-katalysierte Transferhydrierung zur reduktiven Cyclisierung von 2-Alkinylenonen zu trisubstituierten Furanen"/"Indium-Catalysed Transfer-Hydrogenation for the Reductive Cyclisation of 2-Alkynyl Enones towards Trisubstituted Furans"
Angew. Chem. 2021, 133, 23853-23858; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 23661-23666.
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202109266
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202109266

The online event "Women in Science and Industry 2021" will take place on October 27^th 2021, starting at 9:00. Female speakers from different chemistry-related fields will talk about their career paths, answer questions and provide tips for aspiring scientists.

For more information and registration, please go to the website: uol.de/en/grk-2226/wsi2021.

The communication "Titanium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroaminoalkylation of Alkenes with Tertiary Amines" by RTG PhD students Dennis Geik and Michael Rosien has just been accepted for publication in the journal Angewandte Chemie.

In the paper, catalytic  intermolecular hydroaminoalkylation of alkenes with various tertiaryalkylamines and excellent regioselectivity at low temperatures is presented. The work was rated as "highly important (top 20%)" and even as "very important (top 5%)" by two of the reviewers, respectively. The paper is also featured in the "Hot Topic: C-H Activation" section of the Wiley online library.

You can access the article here (German Edition): doi.org/10.1002/ange.202100431
or here (International Edition): doi.org/10.1002/anie.202100431
and the Hot Topic: C-H Activation here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)2193-5815.hottopic-c-h-activation

D. Geik, M. Rosien, J. Bielefeld, M. Schmidtmann, S. Doye, "Titanium‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroaminoalkylation of Alkenes with Tertiary Amines", Angew. Chem. 2021, 133, 10024-10028; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9936-9940.

The most recent paper by RTG PhD students Tobias Kaper and Dennis Geik was chosen for a cover feature in Chemistry - A European Journal!
The communication covers the conversion of alkynes into allylic amines within an unbelievably short reaction time of 4 hours, with broad scope, high yields, and excellent stereoselectivity to provide access to synthetically useful products. The paper is also featured in the "Hot Topic: C-H Activation" section of the Wiley online library.

You can access the communication here: doi.org/10.1002/chem.202100238
the cover here: doi.org/10.1002/chem.202100495
and the Hot Topic: C-H Activation here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)2193-5815.hottopic-c-h-activation

T. Kaper,  M. Fischer, H. Thye, D. Geik, M. Schmidtmann, R. Beckhaus, S. Doye, "Intermolecular Hydroaminoalkylation of Alkynes", Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 6899-6903.

The 3^rd Oldenburg Symposium on Chemical Bond Activation will take place on March 8^th, 2021 as an online event.

There will be talks by five invited speakers:
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ian Tonks
PD Dr. Andreas Vorholt
Dr. Alexandr Shafir
Dr. Malte Fischer

Furthermore, participants are invited to submit abstracts for oral contributions or the online poster session.

For more information, registration and abstract submission, please go to the website:

uol.de/en/grk-2226/symposium

The article "Electronic Transitions in Different Redox States of Trinuclear 5,6,11,12,17,18-Hexaazatrinaphthylene-Bridged Titanium Complexes: Spectroelectrochemistry and Quantum Chemistry" by RTG alumnus Dr. Aleksandra Markovic and RTG PhD student Luca Gerhards was selected for a cover picture in ChemPhysChem!
In the publication, the trinuclear [(Cp₂Ti)₃HATN(Ph)₆] complex was studied. Voltammetric analysis showed six 1e^‐ oxidations and three 1e^‐ reductions. First principle calculations on TDDFT and CASSCF levels were used show that the ground state is formed by spin states of different multiplicity, explaining the observed electronic transitions in the UV‐vis‐NIR ranges.

You can access the article here: doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202000547,
the cover picture here: doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202000891
and the University's press release (in German) here: www.presse.uni-oldenburg.de/mit/2020/205.html

A. Markovic, L. Gerhards, P. Sander, C. Dosche, T. Klüner, R. Beckhaus, G. Wittstock, "Electronic Transitions in Different Redox States of Trinuclear 5,6,11,12,17,18‐Hexaazatrinaphthylene‐Bridged Titanium Complexes: Spectroelectrochemistry and Quantum Chemistry", ChemPhysChem 2020, 21, 2506-2514.

RTG alumnus Julian Küppers and RTG PhD student Nico Mitschke have written a report about their work on anaerobic degradation of hydrocarbons for the GDCh division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology. To learn more about how bacteria activate C-H bonds under anoxic conditions, download the current issue of "Mitteilungsblatt Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie" here (text in German):

J. Küppers, N. Mitschke, Mitt. Umweltchem. Ökotox. 2020, 3, 85-89.

This was definitely not a "Schnapsidee"! (Schnapsidee: German proverb that describes a silly or impractical idea, often occurring after one too many glasses of alcohol.)
The communication "Intermolecular Hydroaminoalkylation of Propadiene" from our RTG PhD students Tobias Kaper and Michael Warsitz was selected for a cover feature in the journal Chemistry - A European Journal. The cover shows how the simplest allene 1,3-propadiene is employed in intermolecular hydroaminoalkylation reactions with secondary amines to give the corresponding allylamines in high regioselectivities. The referees attributed great significance to the reported results - less than a fifth of the submitted manuscripts receive such a positive review. As such, the communication is listed as a "Hot Paper"!

You can find the communication here: doi.org/10.1002/chem.202003484
and the cover here: doi.org/10.1002/chem.202004119.

T. Kaper, M. Fischer, M. Warsitz, R. Zimmering, R. Beckhaus, S. Doye, Intermolecular Hydroaminoalkylation of Propadiene, Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 14300-14304.

The communication "Titanium‐Catalyzed Hydroaminoalkylation of Ethylene" from our RTG PhD students Michael Rosien and Iris Töben was selected for a cover feature in the renowned journal Chemistry - A European Journal! The cover shows a simplified titanium‐catalyzed hydroaminoalkylation reaction cycle of ethylene with secondary amines in front of the Oldenburg Palace.
The referees attributed great significance to the reported results - less than a fifth of the submitted manuscripts receive such a positive review.

You can find the cover here: doi.org/10.1002/chem.202000084
and the communication doi.org/10.1002/chem.201904502.

M. Rosien, I. Töben, M. Schmidtmann, R. Beckhaus, S. Doye, Titanium‐Catalyzed Hydroaminoalkylation of Ethylene, Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 2138-2142.

The workshop "Future Perspectives in Catalysis" took place 2^nd - 6^th September, 2019 in Bremerhaven. The event, which was organized by the PCAM-Network in cooperation with the Research Training Group "Chemical Bond Activation", included lectures, poster sessions, a fishbowl discussion and a think tank for PhD students.

RTG PhD student Lars Mohrhusen was awarded with a poster prize. Congratulations!

 Access to the University's press release: www.presse.uni-oldenburg.de/mit/2019/293.html

RTG PhD student Lars Mohrhusen was awarded with a poster prize at the 118^th General Assembly of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry, which took place in Jena on 30 May - 1 June 2019. Congratulations!
 

The communication "Theoretical Studies on the Hydroaminoalkylation of Alkenes with Primary and Secondary Amines" was chosen for a cover feature in Chemistry - A European Journal! First author Luisa Stelter, who was supported by the RTG, obtained the published results while working on her Bachelor thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Klüner.

You can find the cover here: doi.org/10.1002/chem.201803392
the communication here: doi.org/10.1002/chem.201802699
and the University's press release (German) here: www.presse.uni-oldenburg.de/mit/2018/354.html.

L. Stelter, T. Teusch, J. Bielefeld, S. Doye, T. Klüner, Theoretical Studies on the Hydroaminoalkylation of Alkenes with Primary and Secondary Amines, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24,12485-12489.

The University's Press & Communication department has published a new press release about the work of RTG member Prof. Dr. Ralf Rabus.

The group performs research on an extraordinary species of bacteria that degrade particularly stable organic compounds, without the need of oxygen. They thus represent a downright treasure chest for novel biochemical reactions, which could help in the remediation of polluted soils.

 You can access the press release (in German) here: www.presse.uni-oldenburg.de/mit/2019/070.html

The scientific meeting "From the witches cauldrons in materials science" ("Aus den Hexenküchen der Materialwissenschaften") took place on April 29^th and 30^th, 2018 in Goslar. We were again able to win excellent female scientists as speakers for the conference. The meeting was held jointly by the Center of Interface Science and the Research Training Group "Chemical Bond Activation", and was also supported by the SFB 1083 "Structure and Dynamics of Internal Interfaces".

At the event, RTG PhD student Jessica Kräuter was awarded with the prize for the best poster. Congratulations!

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has approved the establishment of a research training group (RTG) at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. The DFG will support the project financially with ca. 3,5 million Euro, initially for a time period of 4,5 years.

Starting in October 2017, twelve PhD students will start their research on the topic of chemical bond activation.

 You can access the press release here: www.presse.uni-oldenburg.de/mit/2017/166.html