Publications and Reports of the NMR Department

Bender, T.; Leutzsch, M.; Sell, Y.; Fürstner, A. Intramolecular Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling: Enantioselective Synthesis of Tetrahydroisoquinolines and Related Heterocycles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2026, e6219487.

Deng, H.; Bengsch, M.; Farès, C.; Qiu, Z.; Henglin, M.; Neumann, C. N. Solid-State NMR Provides Location-Specific Information on the Chemical Environment Inside MOF Pores. Chem 2026, 12, 102949.

Grimm, J. A. A.; Shi, L.; Tsuji, N.; Zhu, C.; Leutzsch, M.; Samsonowicz-Gόrski, J.; List, B. Catalytic Asymmetric Intermolecular Carbonyl–Ene-Type Reactions of Unactivated Aldehydes and Alkenes. Nature Catalysis 2026, 9, 893–900.

Luo, N.; Turberg, M.; Tsuji, N.; Leutzsch, M.; Brunen, S.; List, B. Catalytic Asymmetric Cationic Geranyl Cyclizations. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 31649–31655.

Huang, G.; Tomio, A.; Varlet, T.; Wirtz, C.; Fürstner, A. Total Synthesis of Benthol A: Evidence for a Structure Revision. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 30717–30730.

Huang, G.; Tomio, A.; Varlet, T.; Wirtz, C.; Fürstner, A. Total Synthesis of Benthol A: The Nominal and the Actual Natural Product. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 30731–30743.

Richter, N.; Regni, G.; Baldinelli, L.; Leutzsch, M.; Bistoni, G.; Fürstner, A. Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Coupling Reactions of Fluorinated Sorbamides with Aldehydes Affording Anti-Configured β-Di(Tri)Fluoromethyl Alcohol Derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 27934–27950.

Palme, P. R.; Goddard, R.; Leutzsch, M.; Richter, A.; Imming, P.; Seidel, R. W. Crystal Structure of the Meso Compound (2R,6S)-4-(5-Bromo­Pyrimidin-2-Yl)-2,6-di­Methyl­Morpholine. Acta Crystallographica , Section E: Crystallographic Communications 2026, 82, 768–772.

Müller, M.; Poschmann, M.; Leutzsch, M.; Hetaba, W.; Weyhermüller, T.; Caidi, A.; Radev, I.; Tschulik, K.; Heumann, S. Mechanistic Insights into Hydrothermal Carbon Formation: from Biomass to Pyrolyzed Carbons with Enhanced Interparticle Connectivity for Energy-Related Applications. Green Chemistry 2026, 28, 9420–9437.

Tsuruta, T.; Moon, H. W.; Leutzsch, M.; Williams, B. A.; Spinnato, D.; Maray-Antolin, R.; Ullman, A.; Cornella, J. Photoactive Iminobismuthanes for Catalytic C–H Amination. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 20129–20136.

Rani, D.; Bengsch, M.; Auer, A. A.; Farès, C.; Patzer, M.; Neumann, C. N. Strategic MOF Linker Methylation to Direct Pore Structure and Local Dynamics. JACS Au 2026.

Lu, J.; Zheng, T.; Matsutani, S.; Tsuji, N.; Zhu, C.; Leutzsch, M.; List, B. Confined Acids Catalyze a Broadly Applicable β-Selective O-Glycosylation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 16594–16598.

Shi, F.; Frank, N.; Leutzsch, M.; Zhu, C.; Tsuji, N.; List, B. Catalytic Asymmetric Activation of Bicyclobutanes. Nature Synthesis 2026, 5, 527–533.

Palme, P. R.; Goddard, R.; Leutzsch, M.; Richter, A.; Imming, P.; Seidel, R. W. Nucleophilic Substitution of a Phthalimidyl Group with Morpholine in an N¹-Methyl-1,2,3-Triazole: Crystallographic Evidence for Migration of the Methyl­Ene Bridge. Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Structural Chemistry 2026, 82, 144–150.

Faber, T.; Leutzsch, M.; Nöthling, N.; Cornella, J. From Boron to Bismuth: The Pre-Transmetalation Complex in the Aryl Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 9205–9212.

Shi, F.; Leutzsch, M.; Frank, N.; Zhu, C.; Tsuji, N.; Zhang, G.; List, B. Asymmetric Carbonium Ion Catalysis: The Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation of Cyclopropanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 2126–2132.

Frank, N.; Chaudhari, M. B.; Leutzsch, M.; Helmich-Paris, B.; Bruzzese, P. C.; Nater, D.; Nöthling, N.; Schnegg, A.; Waldvogel, S. R.; List, B. The Photohydrolysis of Furans. Science 2026, 391, 267–274.

Bilican, A.; Sharma, P.; Smales, G. J.; Leutzsch, M.; Farès, C.; Ehmann, H.; Moser, A.; Weidenthaler, C.; Schmidt, W. Comprehensive Analysis of Key Parameters Determining Formation and Structural Properties of Sol–Gel-Derived Nanoporous Polymers. Small Science 2026, 6, e202500460.

Cui, M.; Leutzsch, M.; Auer, A. A.; Fürstner, A. Square-Planar Ruthenium Alkylidyne Complexes Undergo Stepwise Rather Than Concerted [2 + 2] Cycloadditions with Alkynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2026, 65, e19905.

Bohdan, K.; Hartmann, P.; Müller, S.; Marchionni, D.; Preisinger, C.; Jacobs, J. B.; Vogelsang, L.; Sterling, M. S.; Dietz, K.-J.; Ritter, T. Thianthrenium Chemistry for Identification of Protein–Protein Interactions in Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147, 45576–45584.