Qiu, Z.; Bruzzese, P. C.; Wang, Z.; Deng, H.; Leutzsch, M.; Farès, C.; Chabbra, S.; Neese, F.; Schnegg, A.; Neumann, C. N. 3-Center-3-Electron σ-Adduct Enables Silyl Radical Transfer below the Minimum Barrier for Silyl Radical Formation. Journal of the American Chemical Society2025, 147, 12024–12039.
Bilican, A.; Leutzsch, M.; Schmidt, W. Evaluating Nano-Scale Shifts: Quantifying Mesopore Shrinkage in Porous Polymers Via NMR Cryoporometry. Small2025, 2500343.
Stamoulis, A.; Mato, M.; Bruzzese, P. C.; Leutzsch, M.; Cadranel, A.; Gil-Sepulcre, M.; Neese, F.; Cornella, J. Red-Light-Active N,C,N-Pincer Bismuthinidene: Excited State Dynamics and Mechanism of Oxidative Addition into Aryl Iodides. Journal of the American Chemical Society2025, 147, 6037–6048.
Molina Betancourt, R.; Leutzsch, M.; Fürstner, A. Total Synthesis of the Marine Diterpenoids Caucanolide E and F by Alkyne Gem-Hydrogenation: Rigorous Reassignment of Two Almost Indistinguishable Diastereomers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition2025, e202500124.
Moon, H. W.; Nöthling, N.; Leutzsch, M.; Kuziola, J.; Cornella, J. Characterization of Iminobismuthanes and Catalytic Reduction of Organic Azides Via Bi(I)/Bi(III) Redox Cycling. Angewandte Chemie International Edition2025, 64, e202417864.
Guillén, M.; Leutzsch, M.; List, B. Catalytic Asymmetric Cycloaddition of Olefins with In Situ Generated N-Boc-Formaldimine. Journal of the American Chemical Society2024, 146, 32292–32297.
Scharf, M. J.; Tsuji, N.; Lindner, M. M.; Leutzsch, M.; Lõkov, M.; Parman, E.; Leito, I.; List, B. Highly Acidic Electron-Rich Brønsted Acids Accelerate Asymmetric Pictet–Spengler Reactions by Virtue of Stabilizing Cation–π Interactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society2024, 146, 28339–28349.
Peeters, M.; Baldinelli, L.; Leutzsch, M.; Caló, F. P.; Auer, A. A.; Bistoni, G.; Fürstner, A. In Situ Observation of Elusive Dirhodium Carbenes and Studies on the Innate Role of Carboxamidate Ligands in Dirhodium Paddlewheel Complexes: A Combined Experimental and Computational Approach. Journal of the American Chemical Society2024, 146, 26466–26477.
Chugh, V.; Wu, J.; Leutzsch, M.; Randel, H.; Weyhermüller, T.; Auer, A. A.; Farès, C.; Werlé, C. Controlling Hydrogen Transfer Dynamics in Adaptive Semihydrogenation of Alkynes: Unveiling and Directing Outer- Vs. Inner-Sphere Mechanisms. Chem Catalysis2024, 4, 101078.
Harbor-Collins, H.; Sabba, M.; Leutzsch, M.; Levitt, M. H.1H-Enhanced 103Rh NMR Spectroscopy and Relaxometry of 103Rh(Acac)3 in Solution. Magnetic Resonance2024, 5, 121–129.
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.