• Research Areas

    • Computational Chemistry
    • Theoretical Organic Chemistry
    • Organic Reaction Mechanisms
    • Non Covalent Interactions
    • Cooperativity in Chemistry

  • Publications

    • Luder DJ, Terefenko N, Sun Q, Eckert H, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G, Erker G & Wiegand T. (). Polar covalent apex‐base bonding in borapyramidanes probed by solid‐state NMR and DFT calculations. Chemistry - A European Journal, 30(11), Article e202303701. doi: 10.1002/chem.202303701.
    • Cheng Q, Bhattacharya D, Haring M, Cao H, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Studer A. (). Skeletal editing of pyridines through atom-pair swap from CN to CC. Nature Chemistry, 16, 741–748. doi: 10.1038/s41557-023-01428-2.

    • Schifferer L, Hoppmann L, Groeters R, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Daniliuc CG & García Mancheño O. (). Divergent access to fused N -heterocycle-thiazolines by solvent-dependent reaction of isoquinolinium thiolates with silylketene acetals. Chemical Communications (London), 59, 6032–6035. doi: 10.1039/D3CC00781B.
    • Zhang J, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Studer A. (). Photocatalytic phosphine-mediated water activation for radical hydrogenation. Nature, 619, 506–513. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06141-1.
    • Onneken C., Morack T., Soika J., Sokolova O., Niemeyer N., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Daniliuc C.G., Neugebauer J. & Gilmour R. (). Light-enabled deracemization of cyclopropanes by Al-salen photocatalysis. Nature, 621, 753–759. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06407-8.
    • Wang Z., Livingstone K., Hümpel C., Daniliuc C.G., Mück-Lichtenfeld C. & Gilmour R. (). Regioselective, catalytic 1,1-difluorination of enynes. Nature Chemistry, 15, 1515–1522. doi: 10.1038/s41557-023-01344-5.

    • Keuter J, Hepp A, Massolle A, Neugebauer J, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C & Lips F. (). Synthesis and Reactivity of a Neutral Homocyclic Silylene. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61(5), e202114485. doi: 10.1002/anie.202114485.
    • Wilm LFB, Das M, Janssen‐Müller D, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C, Glorius F & Dielmann F. (). Photoswitchable Nitrogen Superbases: Using Light for Reversible Carbon Dioxide Capture. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61(3), e202112344. doi: 10.1002/anie.202112344.
    • Sun Q., Daniliuc C.G., Yu X., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Kehr G. & Erker G. (). Borole/Borapyramidane Relationship. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 7815–7821. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c01727.
    • Logvinenko IG, Kondratov IS, Pridma SO, Tolmachova NA, Morev RN, Dolovanyuk VG, Boretskyi AL, Stepaniuk RO, Trofymchuk SA, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Daniliuc CG & Haufe G. (). Synthesis and physical chemical properties of CF3O-containg secondary amines—Perspective building blocks for drug discovery. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 257-258, 109990–109990. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluchem.2022.109990.
    • Sun Q, Daniliuc CG, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G & Erker G. (). Formation of a Hybrid 1‐Bora‐3‐boratabenzene Heteroarene Anion Derivative. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61(31), e202205565–e202205565. doi: 10.1002/anie.202205565.
    • Möbius JHJ, Guddorf BJ, Hepp A, Bergander K, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Lips F. (). Direct Formation and Reactivity of a Bromo- and Amido-Substituted Cyclotrisilene. Organometallics, 41, 2146–2153. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00245.
    • Plöger S, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Daniliuc CG & Studer A. (). Azodioxy compounds as precursors for C-radicals and their application in thermal styrene difunctionalization. Chemical science, 13, 9749–9754. doi: 10.1039/D2SC03860A.
    • Schäfers F, Dutta S, Kleinmans R, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Glorius F. (). Asymmetric Addition of Allylsilanes to Aldehydes: A Cr/Photoredox Dual Catalytic Approach Complementing the Hosomi–Sakurai Reaction. ACS Catalysis, 12, 12281–12290. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03960.
    • Rotering P, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Dielmann F. (). Solvent-free photochemical decomposition of sulfur hexafluoride by phosphines: formation of difluorophosphoranes as versatile fluorination reagents. Green Chemistry, 24, 8054–8061. doi: 10.1039/D2GC02172B.
    • Danelzik T, Joseph S, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Daniliuc CG & García Mancheño O. (). Benzotriazolium Salts: Emergent Readily Accessible Bench-Stable Lewis Acid Catalysts. Organic letters, 24, 6105–6110. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01697.
    • Lenz P, Oshimizu R, Klabunde S, Daniliuc CG, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C, Tendyck JC, Mori T, Uhl W, Hansen MR, Eckert H, Yamaguchi S & Studer A. (). Oxy‐Borylenes as Photoreductants: Synthesis and Application in Dehalogenation and Detosylation Reactions. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61(42), e202209391–e202209391. doi: 10.1002/anie.202209391.

    • Lünne F, Köhler J, Stroh C, Müller L, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Würthwein EU, Esselen M, Humpf HU & Kalinina SA. (). Insights into Ergochromes of the Plant Pathogen Claviceps purpurea. Journal of Natural Products, 84(10), 2630–2643. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00264.
    • Sietmann J, Ong M, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C, Daniliuc CG & Wiest JM. (). Desymmetrization of Prochiral Cyclobutanones via Nitrogen Insertion: A Concise Route to Chiral γ‐Lactams. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 9719–9723. doi: 10.1002/anie.202100642.
    • Schroeder C, Zones SI, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Hansen MR & Koller H. (). High Aluminum Ordering in SSZ-59: Residual 1H-27Al Dipolar Coupling Effects in 1H MAS NMR Spectra of Brønsted Acid Sites in Zeolites. J. Phys. Chem. C, 125, 4869–4877. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c11379.
    • Lünne F, Köhler J, Stroh C, Müller L, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Würthwein E, Esselen M, Humpf H & Kalinina SA. (). Insights into Ergochromes of the Plant Pathogen Claviceps purpurea. J. Nat. Prod., 84, 2630–2643. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00264.
    • Belina SP, Qing S, Dudziński P, Matsnev AV, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Haufe G & Thrasher JS. (). Preparation and Characterization of Pentafluoro-λ6-sulfanyldifluoromethane and Pentafluoro-λ6-sulfanyl-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane. Helvetica Chimica Acta, 104(10), e2100138. doi: 10.1002/hlca.202100138.
    • Jie X, Li J, Daniliuc CG, Wübker A, Hansen MR, Eckert H, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G & Erker G. (). The Bis(η 6 ‐benzene)lithium Cation: A Fundamental Main‐Group Organometallic Species. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 22879–22884. doi: 10.1002/anie.202108376.
    • Morack T, Onneken C, Nakakohara H, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Gilmour R. (). Enantiodivergent Prenylation via Deconjugative Isomerization. ACS Catal., 11, 11929–11937. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03089.
    • Wedi P, Farizyan M, Bergander K, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C & Gemmeren M. (). Mechanism of the Arene‐Limited Nondirected C−H Activation of Arenes with Palladium**. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 15641–15649. doi: 10.1002/anie.202105092.
    • Neufeld J, Stünkel T, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C, Daniliuc CG & Gilmour R. (). Trifluorinated Tetralins via I(I)/I(III)‐Catalysed Ring Expansion: Programming Conformation by [CH 2 CH 2 ] → [CF 2 CHF] Isosterism. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 13647–13651. doi: 10.1002/anie.202102222.
    • Wang D, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Daniliuc CG & Studer A. (). Radical Aryl Migration from Boron to Carbon. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 9320–9326. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c04217.
    • Kran E, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C, Daniliuc CG & Studer A. (). Synthesis of Stannylated Aryl Imines and Amines via Aryne Insertion Reactions into Sn−N Bonds. Chem. Eur. J., 27, 9281–9285. doi: 10.1002/chem.202101124.

    • Küpers V, Weintz D, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Bieker P, Winter M & Kolek M. (). Approaching Electrochemical Limits of MgxClyz+ Complex-Based Electrolytes for Mg Batteries by Tailoring the Solution Structure. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167(16), 160505. doi: 10.1149/1945-7111/abc7e4.
    • Li W, Wagener T, Hellmann L, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Neugebauer J & Glorius F. (). Design of Ru(II)-NHC-Diamine Precatalysts Directed by Ligand Cooperation: Applications and Mechanistic Investigations for Asymmetric Hydrogenation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(15), 7100–7107. doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c00985.
    • Kaldas SJ, Kran E, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Yudin AK & Studer A. (). Reaction of Vinyl Aziridines with Arynes: Synthesis of Benzazepines and Branched Allyl Fluorides. Chemistry – A European Journal, 26(7), 1501–1505. doi: 10.1002/chem.201904727.
    • Schroeder C, Siozios V, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Hunger M, Hansen MR & Koller H. (). Hydrogen Bond Formation of Brønsted Acid Sites in Zeolites. Chemistry of Materials, 32, 1564–1574. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04714.
    • Weidlich F, Esumi N, Chen D, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C, Zysman‐Colman E & Studer A. (). Mild C−F Activation in Perfluorinated Arenes through Photosensitized Insertion of Isonitriles at 350 nm. Adv. Synth. Catal., 362, 376–383. doi: 10.1002/adsc.201901126.
    • Schroeder C, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C, Xu L, Grosso‐Giordano NA, Okrut A, Chen C, Zones SI, Katz A, Hansen MR & Koller H. (). A Stable Silanol Triad in the Zeolite Catalyst SSZ‐70. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59, 10939–10943. doi: 10.1002/anie.202001364.
    • Li J, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Daniliuc CG, Kehr G & Erker G. (). Using the Secondary PH/BH Functional Groups of an Active Geminal Frustrated Lewis Pair for Carbon Monoxide Reduction and Reactions with Nitriles and Isonitriles. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59(30), 12477–12483. doi: 10.1002/anie.202000612.
    • Chen C, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G & Erker G. (). A rare olefin 1,1-carboboration reaction opens a synthetic pathway to an unusually structured frustrated Lewis pair. Chemical communications, 56, 8806–8809. doi: 10.1039/D0CC01255F.
    • Tao X, Gruber MM, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G & Erker G. (). Cyclobutene Formation by Borane Catalyzed [2+2] Cycloaddition of a Vinylphosphane with Conjugated Ynones. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2020(23), 2270–2272. doi: 10.1002/ejic.202000293.
    • Wang D, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Studer A. (). 1,n-Bisborylalkanes via Radical Boron Migration. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(20), 9119–9123. doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c03058.
    • Keuter J, Schwermann C, Hepp A, Bergander K, Droste J, Hansen MR, Doltsinis NL, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Lips F. (). A highly unsaturated six-vertex amido-substituted silicon cluster. Chemical science, 11, 5895–5901. doi: 10.1039/D0SC01427C.
    • Chen C, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G & Erker G. (). A BH Borenium-Derived Thioxoborane, Its Persulfide, and Their Li + -Induced Reactions with Alkynes and with Carbon Dioxide. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142, 19763–19771. doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c10078.
    • Becker MR, Morack T, Robertson J, Metternich JB, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Daniliuc C, Burley GA & Gilmour R. (). Contra-thermodynamic E → Z isomerization of cinnamamides via selective energy transfer catalysis. Tetrahedron, 76, 131198–. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2020.131198.
    • Küpers V, Weintz D, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Bieker P, Winter M & Kolek M. (). Approaching Electrochemical Limits of Mg x Cl y z + Complex-Based Electrolytes for Mg Batteries by Tailoring the Solution Structure. J. Electrochem. Soc., 167, 160505. doi: 10.1149/1945-7111/abc7e4.
    • Chen C, Li J, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G & Erker G. (). The [(NHC)B(H)C6F5]+ Cations and Their [B](H)−CO Borane Carbonyls. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59(48), 21460–21464. doi: 10.1002/anie.202009353.
    • Sun Q, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Bergander K, Kehr G & Erker G. (). Reductive Cleavage of the CO Molecule by a Reactive Vicinal Frustrated PH/BH Lewis Pair. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(41), 17260–17264. doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c07161.
    • Erdeljac N, Mück‐Lichtenfeld C, Daniliuc CG & Gilmour R. (). Conformational Analysis of Acyclic α‐Fluoro Sulfur Motifs. Chemistry - A European Journal, 26, 13704–13715. doi: 10.1002/chem.202003361.

    • Faßbender SI, Molloy JJ, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Gilmour R. (). Geometric E → Z Isomerisation of Alkenyl Silanes by Selective Energy Transfer Catalysis: Stereodivergent Synthesis of Triarylethylenes via a Formal anti -Metallometallation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58, 18619–18626. doi: 10.1002/anie.201910169.
    • Wang D, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Studer A. (). Hydrogen Atom Transfer Induced Boron Retaining Coupling of Organoboronic Esters and Organolithium Reagents. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 14126–14130. doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b07960.
    • Wang L, Li J, Deng D, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G & Erker G. (). Carbon–carbon bond forming reactions of acetylenic esters and ketones within frustrated phosphane/borane Lewis pair frameworks. Dalton Trans., 48, 11921–11926. doi: 10.1039/C9DT02624J.
    • Guddorf BJ, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Hepp A & Lips F. (). Formation of an NHC-stabilized heterocyclic housane and its isomerization into a cyclopentenyl anion analogue. Chemical communications, 55, 12896–12899. doi: 10.1039/C9CC07109A.
    • Li J, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G & Erker G. (). Multi-Component Synthesis of Rare 1,3-Dihydro-1,3-azaborinine Derivatives: Application of a Bora-Nazarov Type Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58, 15377–15380. doi: 10.1002/anie.201909530.
    • Bentler P, Bergander K, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Jumde RP, Hirsch AKH & Gilmour R. (). Inverting Small Molecule-Protein Recognition by the Fluorine Gauche Effect: Selectivity Regulated by Multiple H→F Bioisosterism. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58, 10990–10994. doi: 10.1002/anie.201905452.
    • Scheipers I, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Studer A. (). Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative γ-Arylation for the Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Chiral Allenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58, 6545–6548. doi: 10.1002/anie.201901848.
    • Bock J, Daniliuc CG, Bergander K, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Hennecke U. (). Synthesis, structural characterisation, and synthetic application of stable seleniranium ions. Org. Biomol. Chem., 17, 3181–3185. doi: 10.1039/C9OB00078J.
    • Keuter J, Hepp A, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Lips F. (). Facile Access to an NHC-Coordinated Silicon Ring Compound with a Si=N Group and a Two-Coordinate Silicon Atom. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58, 4395–4399. doi: 10.1002/anie.201813674.
    • Wilm, L.F.B., Eder, T., Mück-Lichtenfeld, C., Mehlmann, P., Wünsche, M., Buß, F. & Dielmann, F. (). Reversible CO 2 fixation by N-heterocyclic imines forming water-stable zwitterionic nitrogen-base–CO 2 adducts. Green Chem., 21, 640–648. doi: 10.1039/C8GC02952K.
    • Morack T, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Gilmour R. (). Bioinspired Radical Stetter Reaction: Radical Umpolung Enabled by Ion-Pair Photocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58, 1208–1212. doi: 10.1002/anie.201809601.

    • Cheng Y, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Studer A. (). Transition Metal-Free 1,2-Carboboration of Unactivated Alkenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 6221–6225. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b03333.
    • Friese FW, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Studer A. (). Remote C−H functionalization using radical translocating arylating groups. Nat Commun, 9, 2808. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05193-6.
    • Buß F, Rotering P, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Dielmann F. (). Crystalline, room-temperature stable phosphine–SO 2 adducts: generation of sulfur monoxide from sulfur dioxide. Dalton Trans., 47, 10420–10424. doi: 10.1039/C8DT01484A.
    • Buß F, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Mehlmann P & Dielmann F. (). Nucleophilic Activation of Sulfur Hexafluoride: Metal-Free, Selective Degradation by Phosphines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 57, 4951–4955. doi: 10.1002/anie.201713206.
    • Wang T, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G & Erker G. (). Formation of Reactive π-Conjugated Frustrated N/B Pairs by Borane-Induced Propargyl Amine Rearrangement. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 3635–3643. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b11958.
    • Sampedro A, Ramos-Torres Á, Schwöppe C, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Helmers I, Bort A, Díaz-Laviada I & Fernández G. (). Hierarchical Self-Assembly of BODIPY Dyes as a Tool to Improve the Antitumor Activity of Capsaicin in Prostate Cancer. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 57, 17235–17239. doi: 10.1002/anie.201804783.
    • Klaasen H, Liu L, Meng X, Held PA, Gao H, Barton D, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Neugebauer J, Fuchs H & Studer A. (). Reaction Selectivity in On-Surface Chemistry by Surface Coverage Control-Alkyne Dimerization versus Alkyne Trimerization. Chem. Eur. J., 24, 15303–15308. doi: 10.1002/chem.201802848.
    • Kalinina SA, Kalinin DV, Hövelmann Y, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Cramer B & Humpf H. (). Auranthine, a Benzodiazepinone from Penicillium aurantiogriseum: Refined Structure, Absolute Configuration, and Cytotoxicity. Journal of Natural Products, 81(10), 2177–2186. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00187.
    • Cheng Y, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Studer A. (). Metal-Free Radical Borylation of Alkyl and Aryl Iodides. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 57, 16832–16836. doi: 10.1002/anie.201810782.

    • Rödle A, Lambov M, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Stepanenko V & Fernández G. (). Cooperative nanoparticle H-type self-assembly of a bolaamphiphilic BODIPY derivative in aqueous medium. Polymer, 128, 317–324. doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.12.050.
    • Keuter J, Schwedtmann K, Hepp A, Bergander K, Janka O, Doerenkamp C, Eckert H, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Lips F. (). Diradicaloid or Zwitterionic Character: The Non-Tetrahedral Unsaturated Compound [Si 4 {N(SiMe 3 )Dipp} 4 ] with a Butterfly-type Si 4 Substructure. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 56, 13866–13871. doi: 10.1002/anie.201705787.
    • Hokamp T, Dewanji A, Lübbesmeyer M, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Würthwein E & Studer A. (). Radical Hydrodehalogenation of Aryl Bromides and Chlorides with Sodium Hydride and 1,4-Dioxane. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 56, 13275–13278. doi: 10.1002/anie.201706534.
    • Mehlmann P., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Tan T. & Dielmann F. (). Tris(imidazolin-2-ylidenamino)phosphine: A Crystalline Phosphorus(III) Superbase That Splits Carbon Dioxide. Chemistry - A European Journal, 23(25), 5929–5933. doi: 10.1002/chem.201604971.
    • Jin H., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Hepp A., Stephan D. & Hahn F. (). Small Molecule Activation with N,NR-MIC Platinum Complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 23(25), 5943–5947. doi: 10.1002/chem.201700065.
    • Tebben L., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Fernández G., Grimme S. & Studer A. (). From Additivity to Cooperativity in Chemistry: Can Cooperativity Be Measured? Chemistry - A European Journal, 23(25), 5864–5873. doi: 10.1002/chem.201604651.
    • Gao H., Held P., Amirjalayer S., Liu L., Timmer A., Schirmer B., Díaz Arado O., Mönig H., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Neugebauer J., Studer A. & Fuchs H. (). Intermolecular On-Surface σ-Bond Metathesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(20), 7012–7019. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b02430.
    • Kischkewitz M, Okamoto K, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Studer A. (). Radical-polar crossover reactions of vinylboron ate complexes. Science, 355, 936–938. doi: 10.1126/science.aal3803.
    • Backs J., Lange M., Possart J., Wollschläger A., Mück-Lichtenfeld C. & Uhl W. (). Facile Modulation of FLP Properties: A Phosphinylvinyl Grignard Reagent and Ga/P- and In/P2-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 56(11), 3094–3097. doi: 10.1002/anie.201612485.
    • Dreier A., Beutel B., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Matsnev A., Thrasher J. & Haufe G. (). Synthesis of α-(Pentafluorosulfanyl)- and α-(Trifluoromethyl)-Substituted Carboxylic Acid Derivatives by Ireland-Claisen Rearrangement. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 82(3), 1638–1648. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b02805.
    • Kolek M, Otteny F, Schmidt P, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Einholz C, Becking J, Schleicher E, Winter M, Bieker P & Esser B. (). Ultra-high cycling stability of poly(vinylphenothiazine) as a battery cathode material resulting from π–π interactions. Energy and Environmental Science, 10, 2334–2341. doi: 10.1039/c7ee01473b.

    • Hu L., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Wang T., He G., Gao M. & Zhao J. (). Reaction between Azidyl Radicals and Alkynes: A Straightforward Approach to NH-1,2,3-Triazoles. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(3), 911–915. doi: 10.1002/chem.201504515.
    • Lied F, Lerchen A, Knecht T, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Glorius F. (). Versatile Cp*Rh(III)-Catalyzed Selective Ortho-Chlorination of Arenes and Heteroarenes. ACS Catal., 6, 7839–7843. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.6b02227.
    • Hartmann M., Li Y., Mück-Lichtenfeld C. & Studer A. (). Generation of Aryl Radicals through Reduction of Hypervalent Iodine(III) Compounds with TEMPONa: Radical Alkene Oxyarylation. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(10), 3485–3490. doi: 10.1002/chem.201504852.
    • Li Y., Mück-Lichtenfeld C. & Studer A. (). Sulfonium Ylides by (3+2) Cycloaddition of Arynes with Vinyl Sulfides: Stereoselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 55(46), 14435–14438. doi: 10.1002/anie.201608144.
    • Dewanji A., Mück-Lichtenfeld C. & Studer A. (). Radical Hydrodeiodination of Aryl, Alkenyl, Alkynyl, and Alkyl Iodides with an Alcoholate as Organic Chain Reductant through Electron Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 55(23), 6749–6752. doi: 10.1002/anie.201601930.
    • Held P., Gao H., Liu L., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Timmer A., Mönig H., Barton D., Neugebauer J., Fuchs H. & Studer A. (). On-Surface Domino Reactions: Glaser Coupling and Dehydrogenative Coupling of a Biscarboxylic Acid To Form Polymeric Bisacylperoxides. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 55(33), 9777–9782. doi: 10.1002/anie.201602859.
    • Rödle A., Ritschel B., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Stepanenko V. & Fernández G. (). Influence of Ester versus Amide Linkers on the Supramolecular Polymerization Mechanisms of Planar BODIPY Dyes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(44), 15772–15777. doi: 10.1002/chem.201602592.
    • Buß F., Mehlmann P., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Bergander K. & Dielmann F. (). Reversible Carbon Dioxide Binding by Simple Lewis Base Adducts with Electron-Rich Phosphines. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(6), 1840–1843. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b13116.
    • Li Y., Chakrabarty S., Mück-Lichtenfeld C. & Studer A. (). Ortho-Trialkylstannyl Arylphosphanes by C-P and C-Sn Bond Formation in Arynes. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 55(2), 802–806. doi: 10.1002/anie.201509329.

    • Murarka S., Möbus J., Erker G., Mück-Lichtenfeld C. & Studer A. (). TEMPO-mediated homocoupling of aryl Grignard reagents: Mechanistic studies. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 13(9), 2762–2767. doi: 10.1039/c4ob02689f.
    • Holland M., Metternich J., Mück-Lichtenfeld C. & Gilmour R. (). Cation-π interactions in iminium ion activation: Correlating quadrupole moment & enantioselectivity. Chemical communications, 51(25), 5322–5325. doi: 10.1039/c4cc08520e.
    • Schlüns D., Klahr K., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Visscher L. & Neugebauer J. (). Subsystem-DFT potential-energy curves for weakly interacting systems. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(22), 14323–14341. doi: 10.1039/c4cp04936e.

    • Zurro, Mercedes M., Asmus, Sören S., Beckendorf, Stephan S., Mück-Lichtenfeld, Christian C., Mancheño, Olga García O.G.,. (). Chiral helical oligotriazoles: New class of anion-binding catalysts for the asymmetric dearomatization of electron-deficient N -heteroarenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(40), 13999–14002. doi: 10.1021/ja507940k.
    • Jeschke, Steffen S., Wiemhöfer, Hans Dieter H.D., Mück-Lichtenfeld, Christian C.,. (). Computational study of structural properties of lithium cation complexes with carbamate-modified disiloxanes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16(27), 14236–14243. doi: 10.1039/c4cp01837k.
    • Asmus, Sören S., Beckendorf, Stephan S., Zurro, Mercedes M., Mück-Lichtenfeld, Christian C., Fröhlich, Roland H. R.H., García Mancheño, Olga O.,. (). Influence of the substitution and conformation of C-H-bond-based bis-triazole acceptors in anion-binding catalysis. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 9(8), 2186. doi: 10.1002/asia.201402237.
    • Gao HY, P. Held PA, Knor M, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Neugebauer J, Studer A & Fuchs H. (). Decarboxylative Polymerization of 2,6-Naphthalenedicarboxylic Acid at Surfaces. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(27), 9658–9663. doi: 10.1021/ja5033875.

    • Holland MC, Paul S, Schweizer WB, Bergander K, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Lakhdar S, Mayr H & Gilmour R. (). Noncovalent interactions in organocatalysis: modulating conformational diversity and reactivity in the MacMillan catalyst. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 52(31), 7967–71. doi: 10.1002/anie.201301864.
    • Beckendorf S, Asmus S, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & García Mancheño O. (). "Click" bis-triazoles as neutral C-H···anion-acceptor organocatalysts. Chemistry - A European Journal, 19(5), 1581–5. doi: 10.1002/chem.201203360.
    • Zhao J., Muck-Lichtenfeld C. & Studer A. (). Cooperative N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) and Ruthenium Redox Catalysis: Oxidative Esterification of Aldehydes with Air as the Terminal Oxidant. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 355(6), 1098–1106. doi: 10.1002/adsc.201300034.

    • Kösterke T, Kösters J, Würthwein EU, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Schulte To Brinke C, Lahoz F & Hahn FE. (). Synthesis of Complexes Containing an Anionic NHC Ligand with an Unsubstituted Ring-Nitrogen Atom. Chemistry - A European Journal, 18(46), 8. doi: 10.1002/chem.201202973.
    • Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Grimme S. (). Theoretical analysis of cooperative effects of small molecule activation by frustrated Lewis pairs. Dalton Transactions, 41(30), 9111–8. doi: 10.1039/c2dt30562c.
    • Samanta RC, Maji B, De Sarkar S, Bergander K, Fröhlich R, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Mayr H & Studer A. (). Nucleophilic addition of enols and enamines to α,β-unsaturated acyl azoliums: mechanistic studies. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 51(21), 5234–8. doi: 10.1002/anie.201109042.
    • Waller MP, Kruse H, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Grimme S. (). Investigating inclusion complexes using quantum chemical methods. Chemical Society Reviews, 41(8), 3119–28. doi: 10.1039/c2cs15244d.
    • Schmidt RK, Müther K, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Grimme S & Oestreich M. (). Silylium ion-catalyzed challenging Diels-Alder reactions: the danger of hidden proton catalysis with strong Lewis acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(9), 4421–8. doi: 10.1021/ja211856m.
    • Grimme S. & Muck-Lichtenfeld C. (). Accurate computation of structures and strain energies of cyclophanes with modern DFT methods. Israel Journal of Chemistry, 52(null), 180–192. doi: 10.1002/ijch.201100099.

    • Müther K, Fröhlich R, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Grimme S & Oestreich M. (). A unique transition metal-stabilized silicon cation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(32), 4. doi: 10.1021/ja205538t.
    • Heitmann Dennis, Pape Tanja, Hepp Alexander, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Grimme S & Hahn FE. (). Palladium and Platinum Complexes of a Benzannulated N-Heterocyclic Plumbylene with an Unusual Bonding Mode. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(29), 11118–11120. doi: 10.1021/ja204955f.
    • Chou CM, Guin J, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Grimme S & Studer A. (). Radical-transfer hydroamination of olefins with N-aminated dihydropyridines. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 6(5), 1197–209. doi: 10.1002/asia.201000881.

    • Muck-Lichtenfeld C, Grimme S, Kobryn L & Sygula A. (). Inclusion complexes of buckycatcher with C-60 and C-70. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12(26), 7091–7097. doi: 10.1039/b925849c.
    • Seebach D, Groselj U, Schweizer WB, Grimme S & Mueck-Lichtenfeld C. (). Experimental and Theoretical Conformational Analysis of 5-Benzylimidazolidin-4-one Derivatives - a Playground for Studying Dispersion Interactions and a Windshield-Wiper Effect in Organocatalysis. Helvetica Chimica Acta, 93(1), 1–16. doi: 10.1002/hlca.200900376.

    • Hyla-Kryspin I., Mück-Lichtenfeld C. & Grimme S. (). DFT studies on molecular and electronic structures of cationic carbene complexes [L2 (η 5-C5H5)Fe= CR2]+ (L = CO, PH3, dhpe, PPh3; R = H, F, CH3). Croatica Chemica Acta, 82(1), 115–127.

    • Grimme S, Muck-Lichtenfeld C & Antony J. (). Analysis of non-covalent interactions in (bio)organic molecules using orbital-partitioned localized MP2. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 10(23), 3327–3334. doi: 10.1039/b803508c.
    • Rendler S, Plefka O, Karatas B, Auer G, Frohlich R, Muck-Lichtenfeld C, Grimme S & Oestreich M. (). Stereoselective Alcohol Silylation by Dehydrogenative Si-O Coupling: Scope, Limitations, and Mechanism of the Cu-H-Catalyzed Non-Enzymatic Kinetic Resolution with Silicon-Stereogenic Silanes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 14(36), 11512–11528. doi: 10.1002/chem.200801377.
    • Gansauer A, Ndene N, Lauterbach T, Justicia J, Winkler I, Muck-Lichtenfeld C & Grimme S. (). Titanocene catalyzed opening of oxetanes. Tetrahedron, 64(52), 11839–11845. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.08.107.
    • Grimme S & Muck-Lichtenfeld C. (). Calculation of conformational energies and optical rotation of the most simple chiral alkane. Chirality, 20(9), 1009–1015. doi: 10.1002/chir.20551.

    • Grimme S, Antony J, Schwabe T & Muck-Lichtenfeld C. (). Density functional theory with dispersion corrections for supramolecular structures, aggregates, and complexes of (bio)organic molecules. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 5(5), 741–758. doi: 10.1039/b615319b.
    • Vaillard SE, Muck-Lichtenfeld C, Grimme S & Studer A. (). Homolytic substitution at phosphorus for the synthesis of alkyl and aryl phosphanes. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 46(34), 6533–6536. doi: 10.1002/anie.200701650.
    • Muck-Lichtenfeld C & Grimme S. (). Structure and binding energies of the porphine dimer. Molecular Physics, 105(19-22), 2793–2798. doi: 10.1080/00268970701635543.
    • Grimme S, Muck-Lichtenfeld C & Antony J. (). Noncovalent interactions between graphene sheets and in multishell (Hyper)Fullerenes. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111(30), 11199–11207. doi: 10.1021/jp0720791.
    • Guin J, Muck-Lichtenfeld C, Grimme S & Studer A. (). Radical transfer hydroamination with aminated cyclohexadienes using polarity reversal catalysis: Scope and limitations. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(14), 4498–4503. doi: 10.1021/ja0692581.
    • Gansauer A, Barchuk A, Keller F, Schmitt M, Grimme S, Gerenkamp M, Muck-Lichtenfeld C, Daasbjerg K & Svith H. (). Mechanism of titanocene-mediated epoxide opening through homolytic substitution. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(5), 1359–1371. doi: 10.1021/ja067054e.
    • Sonawane RP, Mueck-Lichtenfeld C, Froehlich R, Bergander K & Hoppe D. (). Highly diastereoselective lithiation and substitution of an (S)-prolinyl thiocarbamate via sterically homogeneous lithio(thiocarbamate): Synthesis of enantiomerically pure prolinethiols. Chemistry - A European Journal, 13(22), 6419–6429. doi: 10.1002/chem.200601853.
    • Vaillard SE, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Grimme S & Studer A. (). Homolytische Substitution am Phosphor zur Synthese von Alkyl- und Arylphosphanen. Angewandte Chemie, 119(34), 6653–6656. doi: 10.1002/ange.200701650.
    • Sonawane R., Mück-Lichtenfeld C., Fröhlich R., Bergander K. & Hoppe D. (). Highly diastereoselective lithiation and substitution of an (S)-prolinyl thiocarbamate via sterically homogeneous lithio(thiocarbamate): Synthesis of enantiomerically pure prolinethiols. Chemistry - A European Journal, 13(22), 6419–6429. doi: 10.1002/chem.200601853.

    • Daasbjerg K, Svith H, Grimme S, Gerenkamp M, Muck-Lichtenfeld C, Gansauer A, Barchuk A & Keller F. (). Elucidation of the mechanism of titanocene-mediated epoxide opening by a combined experimental and theoretical approach. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 45(13), 2041–2044. doi: 10.1002/anie.200504176.
    • Daasbjert K, Svith H, Grimme S, Gerenkam M, Muck-Lichtenfeld C, Gansauer A & Barchuk A. (). The mechanism of epoxide opening through electron transfer: Experiment and theory in concert. Topics in Current Chemistry, 263, 39–69. doi: 10.1007/128_020.
    • Banert K, Grimme S, Herges R, Hess K, Kohler F, Muck-Lichtenfeld C & Wurthwein EU. (). Experimental and theoretical characterization of the valence isomerization of Bi-2H-azirin-2-yls to diazabenzenes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 12(28), 7467–7481. doi: 10.1002/chem.200600318.
    • Grimme S, Muck-Lichtenfeld C, Wurthwein EU, Ehlers AW, Goumans TPM & Lammertsma K. (). Consistent theoretical description of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 110(8), 2583–2586. doi: 10.1021/jp057329x.
    • Daasbjert K, Svith H, Grimme S, Gerenkamp M, Mueck-Lichtenfeld C, Gansaeuer A & Barchuk A. (). The mechanism of epoxide opening through electron transfer: Experiment and theory in concert. doi: 10.1007/128_020.

    • Chen XD, Wiehle S, Chi LF, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Rudert R, Vollhardt D, Fuchs H & Haufe G. (). Phase behavior of 2,3-disubstituted methyl octadecanoate monolayers at the air-water interface. Langmuir, 21(8), 3376–3383. doi: 10.1021/la0470479.
    • Zou B, Dreger K, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Grimme S, Schäfer HJ, Fuchs H & Chi LF. (). Simple and complex lattices of N-alkyl fatty acid amides on a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite surface. Langmuir, 21(4), 1364–1370. doi: 10.1021/la048461b.

    • Gansauer A, Rinker B, Ndene-Schiffer N, Pierobon M, Grimme S, Gerenkamp M & Muck-Lichtenfeld C. (). A radical roundabout for an unprecedented tandem reaction including a homolytic substitution with a titanium-oxygen bond. European Journal of Organic Chemistry(11), 2337–2351. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.200400001.

    • Gansauer A, Rinker B, Pierobon M, Grimme S, Gerenkamp M & Muck-Lichtenfeld C. (). A radical tandem reaction with homolytic cleavage of a Ti-O bond. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 42(31), 3687–3690. doi: 10.1002/anie.200351240.
    • Vagedes D, Erker G, Kehr G, Frohlich R, Grimme S & Muck-Lichtenfeld C. (). Formation of a doubly C,N-bridged six-membered metallacyclic bis{[}(2-imidazolyl)zirconocene] dication}. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B - A Journal of Chemical Sciences, 58(4), 305–310.
    • Vagedes D., Erker G., Kehr G., Bergander K., Kataeva O., Fröhlich R., Grimme S. & Mück-Lichtenfeld C. (). Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane adducts of substituted imidazoles: Conformational features and chemical behavior upon deprotonation. Dalton Transactions, 2003(7), 1337–1344. doi: 10.1039/b210030b.

    • Essers M, Mück-Lichtenfeld C & Haufe G. (). Diastereoselective Diels-Alder reactions of α-fluorinated α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds: Chemical consequences of fluorine substitution. 2. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 67(14), 4715–4721. doi: 10.1021/jo015917a.
    • Grimme S & Muck-Lichtenfeld C. (). Structural isomers of C-20 revisited: The cage and bowl are almost isoenergetic. ChemPhysChem, 3(2), 207. doi: 10.1002/1439-7641(20020215)3:2<207::AID-CPHC207>3.0.CO;2-.
    • Haufe G, Meyer O & Muck-Lichtenfeld C. (). Addition of dihalocarbenes to vinyl fluorides. Chemical consequences of fluorine substitution. Part 3. Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 67(10), 1493–1504. doi: 10.1135/cccc20021493.
    • Essers M, Muck-Lichtenfeld C & Haufe G. (). Diastereoselective Diels-Alder reactions of alpha-fluorinated alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds: Chemical consequences of fluorine substitution. 2. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 67(14), 4715–4721. doi: 10.1021/jo015917a.
    • Koster C, Lindemann A, Kuchinke J, Muck-Lichtenfeld C & Krebs B. (). Syntheses, crystal structures and vibrational properties of Rb4Si4S10 and Rb4Si4Se10. Solid State Sciences, 4(5), 641–650. doi: 10.1016/S1293-2558(02)01308-0.
    • Deiters A, Muck-Lichtenfeld C, Frohlich R & Hoppe D. (). Planar-chiral (2E,7Z)- and (2Z,7E)-cyclonona-2,7-dien-1-yl carbamates by asymmetric, bis-allylic alpha,alpha '-cycloalkylation - Studies on their conformational stability. Chemistry - A European Journal, 8(8), 1833–1842. doi: 10.1002/1521-3765(20020415)8:81833::AID-CHEM1833>3.0.CO;2-C.
    • Köster C., Lindemann A., Kuchinke J., Mück-Lichtenfeld C. & Krebs B. (). Syntheses, crystal structures and vibrational properties of Rb4Si4S10 and Rb4Si4Se10. Solid State Sciences, 4(5), 641–650. doi: 10.1016/S1293-2558(02)01308-0.
    • Grimme S. & Mück-Lichtenfeld C. (). Structural isomers of C20 revisited: The cage and bowl are almost isoenergetic. ChemPhysChem, 3(2), 207–209. doi: 10.1002/1439-7641(20020215)3:2207::AID-CPHC207>3.0.CO;2-.

    • Goryunov L, Grobe J, Shteingarts V, Krebs B, Lindemann A, Wurthwein E & Muck-Lichtenfeld C. (). Trimethylsilyl- and trimethylstannyldimethylphosphane - Convenient and versatile reagents for the synthesis of polyfluoroaryldimethylphosphanes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 6(24), 4612–4622.
    • Deiters A, Muck-Lichtenfeld C, Frohlich R & Hoppe D. (). Asymmetric synthesis of a (2Z,7E)-cyclononadiene by an intramolecular cycloalkylation and insight to its conformational properties. Organic letters, 2(16), 2415–2418. doi: 10.1021/ol005998h.
    • Aumann R, Kossmeier M, Muck-Lichtenfeld C & Zippel F. (). Organic syntheses via transition metal complexes, CI - Uncovering reaction pathways of 1-aminocyclohexenes with {[}(1-alkynyl)carbene]tungsten complexes leading to cyclopentadienes and dihydropyrroles}. European Journal of Organic Chemistry(1), 37–49. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(200001)2000:1<37::AID-EJOC37>3.3.CO;2-G.
    • Muck-Lichtenfeld C. (). Theoretical prediction of the stability and intramolecular rearrangement reactions of heteroanalogues of cyclopropylcarbene: 2-oxiranyl-, 2-aziridinyl-, and 1-aziridinylcarbene. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 65(5), 1366–1375.
    • Aumann R., Kößmeier M., Mück-Lichtenfeld C. & Zippel F. (). Organic syntheses via transition metal complexes, CI. - Uncovering reaction pathways of 1-aminocyclohexenes with [(1-alkynyl)carbene]tungsten complexes leading to cyclopentadienes and dihydropyrroles. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, null(1), 37–49.

    • Laue K, Muck-Lichtenfeld C & Haufe G. (). Enantioselective syntheses of 2-amino-4-fluoropent-4-enoic acids. Isosteres of asparagine. Tetrahedron, 55(34), 10413–10424. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00581-5.
    • Muck-Lichtenfeld C & Ahlbrecht H. (). Carbolithiation of cinnamyl methyl ethers and 2-cinnamyl-2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane: High diastereoselectivity after electrophilic substitution. Tetrahedron, 55(9), 2609–2624. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00018-6.

    • MuckLichtenfeld C & Ahlbrecht H. (). On the reason for opposite diastereoselectivities of benzyllithium compounds containing lithium amide and lithium alkoxide functionalities. Tetrahedron, 52(30), 10025–10042. doi: 10.1016/0040-4020(96)00535-2.