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Schweitzer-Chaput, B.; Böß, E.; Klussmann, M. Acid-Catalyzed Activation of Peroxyketals: Tunable Radical Initiation at Ambient Temperature and Below. Organic Letters2016, 18, 4944–4947.
Boess, E.; Wolf, L. M.; Malakar, S.; Salamone , M.; Bietti, M.; Thiel, W.; Klussmann, M. Competitive Hydrogen Atom Transfer to Oxyl- and Peroxyl Radicals in the Cu-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of N-Aryl Tetrahydroisoquinolines Using Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide. ACS Catalysis2016, No. 6, 3253–3261.
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Boess, E.; Schmitz, C.; Klussmann, M. A Comparative Mechanistic Study of Cu-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling Reactions with N-Phenyltetrahydroisoquinoline. Journal of the American Chemical Society2012, 134, 5317–5325.
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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.