The Ackermann Group
Catalysis And Organic Synthesis
Welcome To

The Ackermann Group


Warm Welcome to all New Group Members


Group Meetings

Seminars take place in MN18.

Literature Seminar: Wednesday at 5pm.

Research Seminar: Thursday @ noon.

Guests are welcome!



ERC Grant and Leibniz Prize - fully funded PhD positions available


Useful links (e.g., journals and others)

Latest News ..................

Jun 04

Happy to share that our work, “Photo-Induced Ruthenium-Catalyzed meta-C−H Alkylation with Ambiphilic α-Bromosilanes at Room Temperature,” has been published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations to all co-authors for their excellent contributions.

The article: Link

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Jun 04

We are happy to share that our work on photoelectrochemical upcycling of polystyrene to benzoic acid has been published in Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations to all the authors.

The article: Link

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Mar 12

Exciting chemistry at a photoanode! ⚡️💡 Check out our work on the photoelectrochemical fluoroalkylation of heterocycles, just published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations to all authors!

The article: Link

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Feb 10

C–H functionalization goes continuous: Electrons + photons in motion! ⚡☀️ Thrilled to share that our perspective on continous-flow C–H functionalization has just been published in JACS Au! 🎉

The article: Link

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Jan 26

New article on ruthenium-catalyzed C–H arylation. Our latest findings show an arylsulfonium-enabled arylation via a non-cycloruthenated intermediate, supported by experimental and computational studies. Congratulations to the team!

The article: Link

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