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Researchers produce polymers from ballbot-type carbenes for the first time

Working together with Chinese researchers, Münster physicists and chemists have, for the first time, produced long-chain mobile polymers on metallic surfaces, doing so by means of ballbot-type molecules which glide over the surface. Details of the work have been published in the journal “Nature Chemistry”.

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Light regulates structural conversion of chiral molecules

A team of chemists from the University of Münster developed a novel concept in which a mixture of molecules that behave like mirror images is converted to a single form. To this end, they use light as external energy source. The conversion is relevant e.g. for the preparation of drugs. The study is now published in the journal “Nature”.

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Chemists develop reaction cascade to produce fluorinated molecules

A team led by Prof. Ryan Gilmour at the Organic Chemistry Institute has reported in “Nature Communications” on the rapid generation of new fluorinated molecular fragments for drug discovery using organocatalysis.

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Chemists develop new process for the production of ring-shaped molecules

An international team of chemists led by Professors Frank Glorius (University of Münster) and Kendall N. Houk (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) has succeeded for the first time in using structural editing to insert a four-membered molecular ring into a larger, aromatic ring. This resulted in a structurally complex bicyclic ring system.

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European Academy elects Ryan Gilmour of the Institute of Organic Chemistry

The "European Academy of Sciences" (EURASC) has elected Prof. Ryan Gilmour from the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Münster as a "Fellow". Election into the Academy is a great honour and important recognition of his scientific accomplishments.

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Chemists develop new method for water splitting

A team headed by Münster University chemist Prof. Armido Studer has developed a photocatalytic process in which water is activated using an oxidised triaryl phosphine as a reagent. Activation is a precondition for splitting water into its components.

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Chemists develop new approach in cancer research

An American-German research team describes in the scientific journal "Nature" a new approach to switch off certain "cancer genes" via a targeted modification of RNA. Among the scientists is Prof. Frank Glorius from the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the WWU Münster.

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EU Research Council awards Frank Glorius with "ERC Advanced Grant

Award for top research: Chemist Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius from the University of Münster receives one of the prestigious "ERC Advanced Grants" from the European Research Council (ERC). The funding of 2.5 million euros is intended to enable the realization of an outstanding research project.

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The Organic-Chemistry Institute visits Groningen

At a symposium of the Organic Chemistry Institute of the University of Münster with the working groups of the Stratingh-Institut for Chemistry of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, their shared features were highlighted, discussed and celebrated through lectures and poster presentations on research topics at the overlap between the two facilities.

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Frank Glorius receives Otto Bayer Prize

Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius of the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Münster (WWU) has been awarded the Otto Bayer Prize for Chemistry and Biochemistry 2022 by the Bayer Foundation in recognition of his pioneering achievements in catalysis research.

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Ryan Gilmour received the Research Prize 2022

On New Year’s Reception in the Schloss Prof. Ryan Gilmour received the Research Prize 2022 for his outstanding, internationally acclaimed research. The prize is awarded every two years and is worth 30,000 euros. In awarding this prize money, the Rectorate supports the recipients’ research.

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