Dressler, S.; Thiel, W. Anharmonic force fields from density functional theory. Chemical Physics Letters 1997, 273, 71–78.

Fürstner, A.; Langemann, K. Macrocycles by Ring-Closing Metathesis. Synthesis 1997, Nr. 7, 792–803.

Thiel, W. Computatioal methods for large molecules. Journal of Molecular Structure: Theochem 1997, 398-399, 1–6.

Bailleux, S.; Bogey, M.; Demaison, J.; Bürger, H.; Senzlober, M.; Breidung, J.; Thiel, W.; Fajgar, R.; Pola, J. The equilibrium structure of silene H₂C=SiH₂ from millimeter wave spectra and from ab initio calculations. The Journal of Chemical Physics 1997, 106, 10016–10026.

Bühl, M.; Thiel, W. A Density Functional Study of the Rotational Barrier of Tricarbonyl(η⁴-norbornadiene)iron. Effect of the Torsional Angle on the Carbonyl Stretching Spectra. Inorganic Chemistry 1997, 36, 2922–29024.

Copley, R. C. B.; Goeta, A. .E.; Lehmann, C. W.; Cole, J. C.; Yufit, D. S.; Howard, J. A. K.; Archer, J. M. The Fddd four-circle diffractometer for single-crystal X-ray studies at temperatures down to 9 K. Journal of Applied Crystallography 1997, 30, 413–417.

Jabcobs, W.; Demuth, D.; Schunk, S.; Schüth, F. Orientation of the acidity probes benzene, acetonitrile and pyridine in SAPO-5 and GaAPO-5 molecular sieves: an FTIR microscopy study. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 1997, 10, 95–109.

Mulzer, J.; List, B.; Bats, J. W. Stereocontrolled Synthesis of a Nonracemic Vitamin B₁₂ A−B-Semicorrin. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1997, 119, 5512–5518.

Weidenthaler, C.; Fischer, R. X.; Abrams, L. Zeolite Rho Loaded with Methylamines. II. Dimethylamine Loadings. Acta Crystallographica Section B 1997, 53, 440–443.

Weidenthaler, C.; Fischer, R. X.; Abrams, L.; Hewat, A. Zeolite Rho Loaded with Methylamines. III. Trimethylamine Loadings. Acta Crystallographica Section B 1997, 53, 444–450.

Weidenthaler, C.; Fischer, R. X.; Abrams, L.; Hewat, A. Zeolite Rho Loaded with Methylamines. I. Monomethylamine Loadings. Acta Crystallographica Section B 1997, 53, 429–439.

Simon, U.; Schüth, F.; Schunk, S.; Wang, X.; Liebau, F. K₃Sb₇^IIIO₉Se₃ · 3H₂O: The First Crystalline Nanoporous Material with a Photo-Semiconducting Host Structure. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 1997, 36, 1121–1124.

Bürger, H.; Weinrath, P.; Dressler, S.; Hansen, T.; Thiel, W. High Resolution Infrared Studies and Quantum-Chemical Calculations on MnO₃F. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 1997, 183, 139–150.

Deforth, U.; Unger, K. K.; Schüth, F. Dry synthesis of B-MFI, MTN- and MTW-type materials. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 1997, 9, 287–290.

Mulzer, J.; Bats, J. W.; List, B.; Opatz, T.; Trauner, D. The Phenanthrenone Approach to Opium Alkaloids: Formal Total Synthesis of Morphine by Sigmatropic Rearrangement. Synlett 1997, 1997, 441–444.

Bach, I.; Pörschke, K.-R.; Proft, B.; Goddard, R.; Kopiske, C.; Krüger, C.; Rufinska, A.; Seevogel, K. Novel Ni(0)-COT Complexes, Displaying Semiaromatic Planar COT Ligands with Alternating C−C and C=C Bonds. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1997, 119, 3773–3781.

Fürstner, A.; Seidel, G. Shortcut Syntheses of Naturally Occurring 5-Alkylresorcinols with DNA-Cleaving Properties. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1997, 62, 2332–2336.

Fürstner, A.; Weintritt, H. Total Synthesis of the Potent Antitumor Agent Roseophilin:  A Concise Approach to the Macrotricyclic Core. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1997, 119, 2944–2945.

Cardullo, F.; Seiler, P.; Isaacs, L.; Nierengarten, J.-F.; Haldimann, R. F.; Diederich, F.; Mordasini-Denti, T.; Thiel, W.; Boudon, C.; Gisselbrecht, J.-P.; Gross, M. Bis- through Tetrakis-Adducts of C₆₀ by Reversible Tether-Directed Remote Functionalization and systematic investigation of the changes in fullerene properties as a function of degree, pattern, and nature of functionalization. Helvetica Chimica Acta 1997, 80, 343–371.

Patchkovskii, S.; Thiel, W. Radical Impurity Mechanisms for Helium Incorporation into Buckminsterfullerene. Helvetica Chimica Acta 1997, 80, 495–509.