Dr. Dirk Leifert
Dr. Dirk Leifert
Akademischer Rat, tenured researcher
Organisch-Chemisches InstitutRoom OC/BC I - 319T: +49(0)251 83-33254
Corrensstraße 40
48149 Münster
F: +49(0)251 83-36523
dirkleifert@uni-muenster.de
Academic Career & Functions
since 2019Tenured Research Staff (Research, Infrastructure, Administration) in the Studer Research Group, WWU Münster2018-2019Postdoctoral Researcher in the Studer Research Group
Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship
Research Focus: Conjugated polymers, oligo- and polyelectrolytes, oxidative cascade reactions and persistent radicals2017-2018Postdoctoral Researcher in the Bazan Research Group
Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
Research Focus: Design, synthesis and characterization of conjugated polymers, oligo- and polyelectrolytes and their doping mechanism2017PhD in Organic Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat.) with Prof. Armido Studer, WWU Münster, on
"Radical Chain Reactions via Electron Catalysis or Atom Transfer"2013 - 2017PhD Studies in the Studer Research Group, WWU MünsterFeb 2013Master of Science in Chemistry
Master thesis: "Cross dehydrogenative couplings"2012 - 2013ProTalent - WWU Scholarship Programme2008 - 2013BSc and MSc in Chemistry, WWU Münster2008Abitur, Thomas-Morus-Gymnasium Oelde, North Rhine-Westphalia
Publications
21 .Thermal and photoinduced radical cascade annulation using aryl isonitriles: An approach to quinoline-derived benzophosphole oxides ,
S. K. Banjare, L. Lezius, E. S. Horst, D. Leifert, C. G. Daniliuc, F. A. Alasmary, A. Studer ,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024 , 63 , e202404275 . [doi: 10.1002/anie.202404275 ]20 .Access to Polyheterocyclic Compounds through Iron(II)-Mediated Radical Cascade Cyclization Utilizing 2-Ethynylbenzaldehydes and Aryl Isonitriles ,
S. K. Banjare, D. Leifert, F. Weidlich, C. G. Daniliuc, F. A. Alasmary, A. Studer ,
Org. Lett. 2023 , 25 , 6424-6428 . [doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c02448 ]19 .Organic Synthesis Using Nitroxides ,
D. Leifert, A. Studer ,
Chem. Rev. 2023 , 123 , 10302-10380 . [doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00212 ]18 .Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Fukuyama Indole Synthesis from 2-Vinylphenyl Isocyanides ,
T. Drennhaus, D. Leifert, J. Lammert, J. P. Drennhaus, K. Bergander, C. G. Daniliuc, A. Studer ,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023 , 145 , 8665-8676 . [doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c01667 ]17 .Cooperative triple catalysis enables regioirregular formal Mizoroki–Heck reactions ,
K. Liu, D. Leifert, A. Studer ,
Nat. Synth. 2022 , 6 , 565-575 . [doi: 10.1038/s44160-022-00101-9 ]16 .2,3-Difunctionalized Indoles via Radical Acylation or Trifluoromethylation of ortho-Alkynylphenyl Isonitriles ,
D. Leifert, F. Weidlich, F. Adler, C. G. Daniliuc, F. A. Adlasmary, A. Studer ,
Org. Lett. 2022 , 23 , 284-288 . [doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03916 ]15 .A Living Biotic–Abiotic Composite that can Switch Function Between Current Generation and Electrochemical Energy Storage ,
Y. Su, S. R. McCuskey, D. Leifert, A. S. Moreland, L. Zhou, L. C. Llanes, R. J. Vazquez, L. Sepunaru, G. C. Bazan ,
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021 , 31 , 2007351 . [doi: 10.1002/adfm.202007351 ]14 .Organic Electrochemical Transistors Based on the Conjugated Polyelectrolyte PCPDTBT‐SO3K (CPE‐K) ,
A. T. Lill, D. X. Cao, M. Schrock, J. Vollbrecht, J. Huang, T. Nguyen-Dang, V. V. Brus, B. Yurash, D. Leifert, G. C. Bazan, T.-Q. Nguyen ,
Adv. Mater. 2020 , 32 , 1908120 . [doi: 10.1002/adma.201908120 ]13 .Photoswitchable Conjugated Oligoelectrolytes for Light‐Induced Change of Membrane Morphology ,
D. Leifert, A. S. Moreland, J. Limwongyut, A. A. Mikhailovsky, G. C. Bazan ,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020 , 59 , 20333-20337 . [doi: 10.1002/anie.202004448 ]12 .Living Bioelectrochemical Composites ,
S. R. McCuskey, Y. Su, D. Leifert, A. S. Moreland, G. C. Bazan ,
Adv. Mater. 2020 , 32 , 1908178 . [doi: 10.1002/adma.201908178 ]11 .The Importance of Sulfonate to the Self-doping Mechanism of the Water-Soluble Conjugated Polyelectrolyte PCPDTBT-SO3K ,
D. X. Cao, D. Leifert, V. V. Brus, M. S. Wong, H. Phan, B. Yurash, N. Koch, G. C. Bazan, T.-Q. Nguyen ,
Mater. Chem. Front. 2020 , 4 , 3556-3566 . [doi: 10.1039/D0QM00073F ]10 .The Persistent Radical Effect in Organic Synthesis ,
D. Leifert, A. Studer ,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020 , 59 , 74-108 . [doi: 10.1002/anie.201903726 ]9 .Towards understanding the doping mechanism of organic semiconductors by Lewis acids ,
B. Yurash, D. X. Cao, V. V. Brus, D. Leifert, M. Wang, A. Dixon, M. Seifrid, A. E. Mansour, D. Lungwitz, T. Liu, P. J. Santiago, K. R. Graham, N. Koch, G. C. Bazan, T.-Q. Nguyen ,
Nat. Mater. 2019 , 18 , 1327-1334 . [doi: 10.1038/s41563-019-0479-0 ]8 .Atomic-Level Insight into the Postsynthesis Band Gap Engineering of a Lewis Base Polymer Using Lewis Acid Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane ,
B. Yurash+, D. Leifert+, G. N. M. Reddy, D. X. Cao, S. Biberger, V. V. Brus, M. Seifrid, P. J. Santiago, A. Köhler, B. F. Chmelka, G. C. Bazan, T.-Q. Nguyen ,
Chem. Mater. 2019 , 31 , 6715-6725 . [doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01224 ]
+These authors contributed equally to this work.7 .Electrochemical initiation of electron-catalyzed phenanthridine synthesis by trifluoromethylation of isonitriles ,
M. Lübbesmeyer, D. Leifert, H. Schäfer, A. Studer ,
Chem. Commun. 2018 , 54 , 2240-2243 . [doi: 10.1039/C7CC09302K ]6 .Initiating radical reactions with non-thermal plasmas ,
Y. Gorbanev, D. Leifert, A. Studer, D. O'Connell, V. Chechik ,
Chem. Commun. 2017 , 26 , 3685-3688 . [doi: 10.1039/C7CC01157A ]5 .Iodinated (Perfluoro)alkyl Quinoxalines by Atom Transfer Radical Addition Using ortho‐Diisocyanoarenes as Radical Acceptors ,
D. Leifert, A. Studer ,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016 , 55 , 11660-11663 . [doi: 10.1002/anie.201606023 ]4 .Radical perfluoroalkylation – easy access to 2-perfluoroalkylindol-3-imines via electron catalysis ,
D. Leifert, D. G. Artiukhin, J. Neugebauer, A. Galstyan, C. A. Strassert, A. Studer ,
Chem. Commun. 2016 , 35 , 5997-6000 . [doi: 10.1039/C6CC02284G ]3 .9-Silafluorenes via base-promoted homolytic aromatic substitution (BHAS) - The electron as a catalyst ,
D. Leifert, A. Studer ,
Org. Lett. 2015 , 17 , 386-389 . [doi: 10.1021/ol503574k ]2 .6-Aroylated phenanthridines via base promoted homolytic aromatic substitution (BHAS) ,
D. Leifert, G. C. Daniliuc, A. Studer ,
Org. Lett. 2013 , 15 , 6286-6289 . [doi: 10.1021/ol403147v ]1 .Cross dehydrogenative coupling via base-promoted homolytic aromatic substitution (BHAS): Synthesis of fluorenones and xanthones ,
S. Wertz, D. Leifert, A. Studer ,
Org. Lett. 2013 , 15 , 928-931 . [doi: 10.1021/ol4000857 ]