Fürstner, A.; Stimson, C. C. Two Manifolds for Metal-Catalyzed Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reactions of Unactivated Alkynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition2007, 46, 8845–8849.
Fürstner, A.; Schlecker, A.; Lehmann, C. W. Facile Formation of Iodocyclobutenes by a Ruthenium-Catalyzed Enyne Cycloisomerization. Chemical Communications2007, No. 41, 4277–4279.
Fürstner, A.; Alcarazo, M.; Krause, H.; Lehmann, C. W. Effective Modulation of the Donor Properties of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands by "Through-Space" Communication Within a Planar Chiral Scaffold. Journal of the American Chemical Society2007, 129, 12676–12677.
Occhipinti, G.; Bjørsvik, H.-R.; Törnroos, K. W.; Fürstner, A.; Jensen, V. R. The First Imidazolium-Substituted Metal Alkylidene. Organometallics2007, 26, 4383–4385.
Fürstner, A.; Larionov, O.; Flügge, S. What is Amphidinolide V? Report on a Likely Conquest. Angewandte Chemie International Edition2007, 46, 5545–5548.
Fürstner, A.; Heilmann, E. K.; Davies, P. W. Total Synthesis of the Antibiotic Erypoegin H and Cognates by a PtCl2-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition2007, 46, 4760–4763.
Fürstner, A.; Davies, P. W. Catalytic Carbophilic Activation: Catalysis by Platinum and Gold π Acids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition2007, 46, 3410–3449.
Fürstner, A.; Nagano, T.; Müller, C.; Seidel, G.; Müller, O. Total Synthesis and Evaluation of the Actin-Binding Properties of Microcarpalide and a Focused Library of Analogues. Chemistry – A European Journal2007, 13, 1452–1462.
Fürstner, A.; Kennedy, J. W. J. Total Syntheses of the Tylophora Alkaloids Cryptopleurine, (−)-Antofine, (−)-Tylophorine, and (−)-Ficuseptine C. Chemistry – A European Journal2006, 12, 7398–7410.
Prof. Ferdi Schüth has been named an honorary fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society for his contributions to sustainable catalysis and international collaboration.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, a scientific conference will be held in Mülheim next year. Our institute will of course be taking part.