• Research Foci

    • Computational 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.
    • Dutta S, Daniliuc CG, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Studer A. (). Formal [2σ + 2σ]-Cycloaddition of Aziridines with Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes: Access to Enantiopure 2-Azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptane Derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, 27204–27212. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c11296.

    • 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.
    • Sun Q, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G, Erker G. (). Molecular pyramids — from tetrahedranes to [6]pyramidanes. Nature Reviews Chemistry, 7, 732–746. doi: 10.1038/s41570-023-00525-7.

    • 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: 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.

    • 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.
    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.
    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.
    • 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.

    • 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.
    • 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.

    • 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.
    • 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.

    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.

    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.

    • 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.
    • 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-.
    • 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-.

    • 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.