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 24

Excited to share our latest work on the stereocontrolled construction of multichiral paracyclophanes via cobaltaphotoredox💡dual catalysis ⚗️, offering intriguing insights into PCPs with > 99% ee. Now published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations to the entire team!🎉

The article: Link

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Jun 17

Sweet chemistry 🍭 meets visible light 💡
Check out our latest work on photoinduced Ru(II)-catalyzed meta-C–H glycosylation, now in ACS Catalysis. Big congrats to the team: Julia, Binbin, Rajeshwaran, and Jun.

The article: Link

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Apr 15

Merging ⚡ and 💡: Widely applicable electrophotochemical C–H fluoroalkylation with abundant fluoroalkyl carboxylic acids and Fe(III) catalyst accompanied through HER. Well done Vladimir, Sven, Simonetta, Joao, Lin, Liu and Tristan. Fruitful collaboration with Claudia Stückl. Now in Angewandte Chemie.

The article: Link

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Apr 08

Decoding 🎯atropo-selectivity with chiral oxazoline ureas with data science Check out our newly designed κ²-N,O-oxazoline urea ligands enabling multiple atropo-selective outcomes in Co-electrocatalyzed C–H activations. MVLR model reveals ligand-substrate synergy backed by mechanistic insight. 🔍 Now in ChemistryEurope. Big congrats to the team! 🎊

The article: Link

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Apr 07

Multitask Graph Neural Network (GNN) 🖥️ meets C–H activation 🧪! Now in Nature Synthesis: Mechanism-informed multitask learning with a mechanism-informed GNN enables accurate site-selectivity prediction for Ru-catalysed C–H functionalization of arenes. Many congratulations to the team 🎉

The article: Link

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