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 ..................

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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Jan 26

Alkynes unleashed: Proton-electron synergy for resource-economic annulations!⚡🔗 Check out our recent account on electrooxidative alkyne annnulations. Well done, Sven, Yang, and Felix.

The article: Link

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Nov 06

Sweet Chemistry Just Got Electrifying! 🍬⚡Check out our recent work on Nickel-electrocatalysis powers direct glycosyl-donor activation to forge α-C-alkenyl glycosides assembly, now published in Organic Letters. Well done, Fabian and Rajeshwaran!

The article: Link

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