Fürstner, A.; Mamane, V. Flexible Synthesis of Phenanthrenes by PtCl2-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Reaction. Journal of Organic Chemistry2002, 67, 6264–6267.
Fürstner, A.; Krause, H.; Thiel, O. R. Efficient Relay Syntheses and Assessment of the DNA-Cleaving Properties of the Pyrrole Alkaloid Derivatives Permethyl Storniamide A, Lycogalic Acid A Dimethyl Ester, and the Halitulin Core. Tetrahedron2002, 58, 6373–6380.
Fürstner, A. Groundbreaking Achievements in the Design of Well-Defined Metathesis Catalysts Shape Organic Synthesis. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis2002, 344, 567.
Fürstner, A.; Stelzer, F.; Rumbo, A.; Krause, H. Total Synthesis of the Turrianes and Evaluation of their DNA- Cleaving Properties. Chemistry-A European Journal2002, 8, 1856–1871.
Fürstner, A.; Seidel, G. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Pinacol Boronates from Aryl Chlorides Catalyzed by a Palladium/Imidazolium Salt System. Organic Letters2002, 4, 541–543.
Pandey, S.; Kane, M. A.; Baker, G. A.; Bright, F. V.; Fürstner, A.; Seidel, G.; Leitner, W. The Photophysics of 6-(1-Pyrenyl)Hexyl-11(1-Pyrenyl)Undecanoate Dissolved in Organic Liquids and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: Impact on Olefin Metathesis. Journal of Physical Chemistry B2002, 106, 1820–1832.
Fürstner, A.; Albert, M.; Mlynarski, J.; Matheu, M. A Concise Synthesis of the Fully Functional Lactide Core of Cycloviracin B with Implications for the Structural Assignment of Related Glycolipids. Journal of the American Chemical Society2002, 124, 1168–1169.
Fürstner, A.; Leitner, A. Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of Alkyl-Grignard Reagents with Aryl Chlorides, Tosylates, and Triflates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition2002, 41, 609–612.
Fürstner, A.; Radkowski, K. A Chemo- and Stereoselective Reduction of Cycloalkynes to (E)- Cycloalkenes. Chemical Communications2002, No. 18, 2182–2183.
Fürstner, A.; Thiel, O. R.; Lehmann, C. W. Study Concerning the Effects of Chelation on the Structure and Catalytic Activity of Ruthenium Carbene Complexes. Organometallics2002, 21, 331–335.
Fürstner, A.; Mathes, C.; Lehmann, C. W. Alkyne Metathesis: Development of a Novel Molybdenum-Based Catalyst System and Its Application to the Total Synthesis of Epothilone A and C. Chemistry – A European Journal2001, 7, 5299–5317.
Fürstner, A.; Stelzer, F.; Szillat, H. Platinum-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Reactions of Enynes. Journal of the American Chemical Society2001, 123, 11863–11869.
Fürstner, A.; Guth, O.; Düffels, A.; Seidel, G.; Liebl, M.; Gabor, B.; Mynott, R. Indenylidene Complexes of Ruthenium: Optimized Synthesis, Structure Elucidation, and Performance as Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis—Application to the Synthesis of the ADE-Ring System of Nakadomarin A. Chemistry – A European Journal2001, 7, 4811–4820.
Fürstner, A.; Krause, H.; Lehmann, C. W. Preparation, Structure and Catalytic Properties of a Binuclear Pd(0) Complex with Bridging Silylene Ligands. Chemical Communications2001, 2001, 2372–2373.
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.