Photo-Electro Catalysis

Research Project:
Supervisor: Dr. Joshua Barham (UR)
Co-Supervisor: N.N.
Industrial Mentor: N.N.

Research Project: Electrocatalytic Functionalization of White Phosphorus
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Wolf (UR)
Co-Supervisor: N.N.
Industrial Mentor: N.N.

M.Sc.: University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic
B.Sc.: University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic
Internship: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Research Project: Photocatalytic functionalisation of arenes
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Burkhard König (UR)
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ruth M. Gschwind (UR)
Industrial Mentor: Prof. Dr. Bernd Schäfer (BASF SE)

Project abstract

This project is focused on functionalisation of aromatic compounds in aqueous solutions under blue light-irradiation. Apart from synthesis, mechanistic studies using NMR and UV-VIS methods will be performed as well.

M.Sc.: University of Regensburg
B.Sc.: University of Regensburg
Internship: Queen Mary University of London

Research Project:
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Wolf (UR)
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ruth M. Gschwind (UR)
Industrial Mentor: Prof. Dr. Bernd Schäfer (BASF SE)

Publications:

• C. G. P. Ziegler, C. Taube, J. A. Kelly, G. Hierlmeier, M. Uttendorfer, J. J. Weigand, R. Wolf, “An unusual Ni₂Si₂P₈ cluster formed by complexation and thermolysis“, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 14071–14074.
• G. Hierlmeier, M. K. Uttendorfer, R. Wolf, “Di-tert-butyldiphosphatetrahedrane as a building block for phosphaalkenes and phosphirenes”, Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 2356–2359.
• M. K. Uttendorfer, G. Hierlmeier, R. Wolf, „A Homoleptic Diphosphatetrahedrane Nickel(0) Complex“, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2022, e202200124.

Project abstract

White phosphorus (P₄) is an important feedstock for the chemical industry, while mixed phosphatetrahedranes comprised of phosphorus and carbon atoms in a tetrahedral scaffold were discovered only recently. This project investigates the electrochemical functionalization of phosphatetrahedranes (mainly P₄ and diphosphatetrahedranes, P₂C₂R₂, shown in Figure 1). By using electrochemical methods, we aim at the development of novel, efficient routes to valuable or previously unknown (organo-)phosphorus compounds starting from academically interesting and industrial useful tetrahedral building blocks.

M.Sc.: Technical University of Munich, Germany
B.Sc.: Technical University of Munich, Germany
Internship: Theodorakis Group, University of California, San Diego, USA; Bayer AG, Germany

Research Project: Total Synthesis of Paeoniflorin
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach (TUM)
Co-Supervisor: N.N.
Industrial Mentor: N.N.

Project abstract

Total synthesis of paeoniflorin with a photochemical key transformation.