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.; Thiel, O. R.; Ackermann, L. Exploiting the Reversibility of Olefin Metathesis. Syntheses of Macrocyclic Trisubstituted Alkenes and (R,R)-(−)-Pyrenophorin. Organic Letters2001, 3, 449–451.
Fürstner, A.; Thiel, O. R.; Kindler, N.; Bartkowska, B. Total Syntheses of (S)-(−)-Zearalenone and Lasiodiplodin Reveal Superior Metathesis Activity of Ruthenium Carbene Complexes with Imidazol-2-Ylidene Ligands. The Journal of Organic Chemistry2000, 65, 7990–7995.
Fürstner, A.; Thiel, O. R.; Blanda, G. Asymmetric Synthesis of the Fully Functional Macrolide Core of Salicylihalamide: Remote Control of Olefin Geometry during RCM. Organic Letters2000, 2, 3731–3734.
Fürstner, A.; Thiel, O. R.; Ackermann, L.; Schanz, H.-J.; Nolan, S. P. Ruthenium Carbene Complexes with N,N‘-Bis(Mesityl)Imidazol-2-Ylidene Ligands: RCM Catalysts of Extended Scope. The Journal of Organic Chemistry2000, 65, 2204–2207.
Fürstner, A.; Thiel, O. R. Formal Total Synthesis of (−)-Balanol: Concise Approach to the Hexahydroazepine Segment Based on RCM. The Journal of Organic Chemistry2000, 65, 1738–1742.
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.