List of works - Ernst-Ulrich Würthwein

3-(Hetero)aryl-4-indolylamino-α-tetralones by diastereoselective internal redox cyclization: an "azaenamine" conjugate addition

scientific article published on 10 June 2011

A P-H functionalized Al/P-based frustrated Lewis pair - hydrophosphination of nitriles, ring opening with cyclopropenones and evidence of P[double bond, length as m-dash]C double bond formation

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

A versatile aminobenzannulation method based on the deprotonation of 2-(1-alkynyl)benzaldimines and similar 2-aza-2,4-heptadienyl-6-ynes: a multistep rearrangement cascade

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Acid-mediated electrocyclic domino transformations of 5,5-disubstituted 1-amino-1-azapenta-1,4-dien-3-ones into dihydrospiroindenepyrazole and dihydroindenodiazepine derivatives.

scientific article

Activation of isocyanates and carbon dioxide by a monomeric aluminium hydrazide as an active Lewis pair.

scientific article published on 27 August 2013

Al/P- and Ga/P-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs and Electronically Unsaturated Substrates: Ring Cleavage and Ring Closure, C-C and C-N Bond Formation

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

An Al/P-based frustrated Lewis pair as an efficient ambiphilic ligand: coordination of boron trihalides, rearrangement, and formation of HBX₂ complexes (X = Br, I)

scientific article published on 21 August 2014

An aluminum-nitrogen based Lewis pair as an effective catalyst for the oligomerization of cyanamides: formation of acyclic C-N oligomers instead of thermodynamically favored cyclic aromatic trimers

scientific article published on 05 June 2013

Base-induced heterochiral dimerization of an oxiranyl carbaldimine: stereoselective synthesis of a highly functionalized aziridine

scientific article published on 01 May 2001

Consistent theoretical description of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Cooperative Activation of Isocyanates by Al-N-Based Active Lewis Pairs and the Generation of a C5 Chain by Simultaneous Formation of Two C-C Bonds

scientific article published on 7 November 2016

Cyclization reactions of 3,4-diazaheptatrienyl metal compounds. Pyridines from an anionic analogue of the Fischer indole synthesis: experiment and theory

scientific article published on 02 May 2011

Diastereoselective one-step synthesis of functionalized cis-aziridinyl alcohols from oxiranyl carbaldimines

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Enantioselective lithiation of O-alkyl and O-alk-2-enyl Carbamates in the presence of (-)-sparteine and (-)-alpha-isosparteine. A theoretical study.

scientific article published in May 2005

Enantiotopos-differentiating (-)-sparteine-mediated gamma-deprotonation of 1-alkenyl carbamates: DFT calculations verify the observed stereoselectivity

scientific article

Experimental and theoretical characterization of the aromatization, epimerization, and fragmentation reactions of bi-2H-azirin-2-yls prepared from 1,4-diazidobuta-1,3-dienes

scientific article published on 21 July 2011

Experimental and theoretical characterization of the valence isomerization of Bi-2H-azirin-2-yls to diazabenzenes.

scientific article

Exploitation of an additional hydrophobic pocket of σ1 receptors: late-stage diverse modifications of spirocyclic thiophenes by C-H bond functionalization

scientific article published on 11 October 2011

Fluorescent modular boron systems based on NNN- and ONO-tridentate ligands: self-assembly and cell imaging.

scientific article published on 15 April 2013

Functional group chemistry at intramolecular frustrated Lewis pairs: substituent exchange at the Lewis acid site with 9-BBN

scientific article published on 01 January 2013

Germacyclobutenes: generation by 1,1-carbalumination or 1,1-carbagallation and their photophysical properties.

scientific article published on 17 December 2014

Highly strained 2,3-bridged 2H-azirines at the borderline of closed-shell molecules

scientific article published on 03 December 2010

Hydroalumination of a chlorotrialkynylsilane: spontaneous stepwise 1,3-dyotropic rearrangement via an intermediate silyl cation.

scientific article published on 4 June 2014

Improved reaction and activation energies of [4+2] cycloadditions, [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangements and electrocyclizations with the spin-component-scaled MP2 method

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Improvement of σ1 receptor affinity by late-stage C-H-bond arylation of spirocyclic lactones

scientific article published on 31 January 2013

Influence of an amide group in methyl octadecanoates on the monolayer stability

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Mechanistic study on rearrangement cascades starting from annulated 2-aza-hepta-2,4-dienyl-6-ynyl anions: formation of aniline and azepine derivatives

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Modification and unexpected reactivity of 2-borylbenzaldimines: acylated and silylated derivatives as well as dimeric compounds

scientific article published on 12 November 2013

N-acylamidine palladium(II) complexes. Synthesis, structures, and catalytic activity for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions: experiments and DFT calculations

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Novel Al-based FLP systems

scientific article published on 01 January 2013

Novel synthesis of azepine derivatives via copper-mediated cyclization of 2-aza-hepta-2,4-dien-6-ynyl anions. Intramolecular addition of organocopper centers to the C-C triple bond

scientific article published on 14 February 2007

Phase behavior and molecular packing of octadecyl phenols and their methyl ethers at the air/water interface.

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

Radical Hydrodehalogenation of Aryl Bromides and Chlorides with Sodium Hydride and 1,4-Dioxane

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

Rate-equilibrium relationships in hydride transfer reactions: the role of intrinsic barriers

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Ring closure reactions of 2,6-diazaheptatrienyl metal compounds: synthesis of 3-aminoindole derivatives and 14-membered macrocyclic dimers

scientific article published on 11 October 2011

Ring-closure reactions of 1,2-diaza-4,5-benzoheptatrienyl metal compounds: experiment and theory

scientific article published on 08 March 2011

Silyldefluorination of Fluoroarenes via Concerted Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

Structural elucidation of T-2 toxin thermal degradation products and investigations toward their occurrence in retail food

scientific article

Structure elucidation of new fusarins revealing insights in the rearrangement mechanisms of the Fusarium mycotoxin fusarin C.

scientific article

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Aryl-Substituted 2-Borylbenzaldimines and Their Extended π-Conjugated Congeners

scientific article published on 10 February 2012

Synthesis and SAR studies of chiral non-racemic dexoxadrol analogues as uncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonists

scientific article

Synthesis and structure of K+ [iPrN=C=P]-, a 1-aza-3lambda3-phospha-3-allenide

scientific article published in May 2005

Synthesis and structure-affinity relationships of novel spirocyclic sigma receptor ligands with furopyrazole structure

scientific article

Synthesis of a GaN cage compound with a hydrazinetetraide fragment, [N-N]4-, stabilised by six gallium atoms.

scientific article published in October 2010

Synthesis of complexes containing an anionic NHC ligand with an unsubstituted ring-nitrogen atom

scientific article published on 12 October 2012

Synthesis of pyrroles through a 4π-electrocyclic ring-closure reaction of 1-azapentadienyl cations.

scientific article

Tetraaryl tetradecahydroporphyrazins: novel porphyrin derivatives featuring a cyclic benzene-ring tetramer.

scientific article published in October 2009

The [4+2]-Cycloaddition of α-Nitrosoalkenes with Thiochalcones as a Prototype of Periselective Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions-Experimental and Computational Studies

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

The conformers of 3-fluoroalanine. A theoretical study

scientific article published on 30 January 2012

The unique decomposition behavior of the dimeric dialkylaluminum hydrazide [(Me3C)2Al-N(H)-N(H)-Me]2-butane versus ammonia elimination

scientific article

Trimethylsilyl- and trimethylstannyldimethylphosphane--convenient and versatile reagents for the synthesis of polyfluoroaryldimethylphosphanes

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

cis/trans Isomerism of hydroalumination and hydrogallation products-reflections on stability and rearrangement mechanism

scientific article

List of works by Ernst-Ulrich Würthwein

3-(Hetero)aryl-4-indolylamino-α-tetralones by diastereoselective internal redox cyclization: an "azaenamine" conjugate addition

A P-H functionalized Al/P-based frustrated Lewis pair - hydrophosphination of nitriles, ring opening with cyclopropenones and evidence of P[double bond, length as m-dash]C double bond formation

A versatile aminobenzannulation method based on the deprotonation of 2-(1-alkynyl)benzaldimines and similar 2-aza-2,4-heptadienyl-6-ynes: a multistep rearrangement cascade

Acid-mediated electrocyclic domino transformations of 5,5-disubstituted 1-amino-1-azapenta-1,4-dien-3-ones into dihydrospiroindenepyrazole and dihydroindenodiazepine derivatives.

Activation of isocyanates and carbon dioxide by a monomeric aluminium hydrazide as an active Lewis pair.

Al/P- and Ga/P-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs and Electronically Unsaturated Substrates: Ring Cleavage and Ring Closure, C-C and C-N Bond Formation

An Al/P-based frustrated Lewis pair as an efficient ambiphilic ligand: coordination of boron trihalides, rearrangement, and formation of HBX₂ complexes (X = Br, I)

An aluminum-nitrogen based Lewis pair as an effective catalyst for the oligomerization of cyanamides: formation of acyclic C-N oligomers instead of thermodynamically favored cyclic aromatic trimers

Base-induced heterochiral dimerization of an oxiranyl carbaldimine: stereoselective synthesis of a highly functionalized aziridine

Consistent theoretical description of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions

Cooperative Activation of Isocyanates by Al-N-Based Active Lewis Pairs and the Generation of a C5 Chain by Simultaneous Formation of Two C-C Bonds

Cyclization reactions of 3,4-diazaheptatrienyl metal compounds. Pyridines from an anionic analogue of the Fischer indole synthesis: experiment and theory

Diastereoselective one-step synthesis of functionalized cis-aziridinyl alcohols from oxiranyl carbaldimines

Enantioselective lithiation of O-alkyl and O-alk-2-enyl Carbamates in the presence of (-)-sparteine and (-)-alpha-isosparteine. A theoretical study.

Enantiotopos-differentiating (-)-sparteine-mediated gamma-deprotonation of 1-alkenyl carbamates: DFT calculations verify the observed stereoselectivity

Experimental and theoretical characterization of the aromatization, epimerization, and fragmentation reactions of bi-2H-azirin-2-yls prepared from 1,4-diazidobuta-1,3-dienes

Experimental and theoretical characterization of the valence isomerization of Bi-2H-azirin-2-yls to diazabenzenes.

Exploitation of an additional hydrophobic pocket of σ1 receptors: late-stage diverse modifications of spirocyclic thiophenes by C-H bond functionalization

Fluorescent modular boron systems based on NNN- and ONO-tridentate ligands: self-assembly and cell imaging.

Functional group chemistry at intramolecular frustrated Lewis pairs: substituent exchange at the Lewis acid site with 9-BBN

Germacyclobutenes: generation by 1,1-carbalumination or 1,1-carbagallation and their photophysical properties.

Highly strained 2,3-bridged 2H-azirines at the borderline of closed-shell molecules

Hydroalumination of a chlorotrialkynylsilane: spontaneous stepwise 1,3-dyotropic rearrangement via an intermediate silyl cation.

Improved reaction and activation energies of [4+2] cycloadditions, [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangements and electrocyclizations with the spin-component-scaled MP2 method

Improvement of σ1 receptor affinity by late-stage C-H-bond arylation of spirocyclic lactones

Influence of an amide group in methyl octadecanoates on the monolayer stability

Mechanistic study on rearrangement cascades starting from annulated 2-aza-hepta-2,4-dienyl-6-ynyl anions: formation of aniline and azepine derivatives

Modification and unexpected reactivity of 2-borylbenzaldimines: acylated and silylated derivatives as well as dimeric compounds

N-acylamidine palladium(II) complexes. Synthesis, structures, and catalytic activity for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions: experiments and DFT calculations

Novel Al-based FLP systems

Novel synthesis of azepine derivatives via copper-mediated cyclization of 2-aza-hepta-2,4-dien-6-ynyl anions. Intramolecular addition of organocopper centers to the C-C triple bond

Phase behavior and molecular packing of octadecyl phenols and their methyl ethers at the air/water interface.

Radical Hydrodehalogenation of Aryl Bromides and Chlorides with Sodium Hydride and 1,4-Dioxane

Rate-equilibrium relationships in hydride transfer reactions: the role of intrinsic barriers

Ring closure reactions of 2,6-diazaheptatrienyl metal compounds: synthesis of 3-aminoindole derivatives and 14-membered macrocyclic dimers

Ring-closure reactions of 1,2-diaza-4,5-benzoheptatrienyl metal compounds: experiment and theory

Silyldefluorination of Fluoroarenes via Concerted Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

Structural elucidation of T-2 toxin thermal degradation products and investigations toward their occurrence in retail food

Structure elucidation of new fusarins revealing insights in the rearrangement mechanisms of the Fusarium mycotoxin fusarin C.

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Aryl-Substituted 2-Borylbenzaldimines and Their Extended π-Conjugated Congeners

Synthesis and SAR studies of chiral non-racemic dexoxadrol analogues as uncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonists

Synthesis and structure of K+ [iPrN=C=P]-, a 1-aza-3lambda3-phospha-3-allenide

Synthesis and structure-affinity relationships of novel spirocyclic sigma receptor ligands with furopyrazole structure

Synthesis of a GaN cage compound with a hydrazinetetraide fragment, [N-N]4-, stabilised by six gallium atoms.

Synthesis of complexes containing an anionic NHC ligand with an unsubstituted ring-nitrogen atom

Synthesis of pyrroles through a 4π-electrocyclic ring-closure reaction of 1-azapentadienyl cations.

Tetraaryl tetradecahydroporphyrazins: novel porphyrin derivatives featuring a cyclic benzene-ring tetramer.

The [4+2]-Cycloaddition of α-Nitrosoalkenes with Thiochalcones as a Prototype of Periselective Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions-Experimental and Computational Studies

The conformers of 3-fluoroalanine. A theoretical study

The unique decomposition behavior of the dimeric dialkylaluminum hydrazide [(Me3C)2Al-N(H)-N(H)-Me]2-butane versus ammonia elimination

Trimethylsilyl- and trimethylstannyldimethylphosphane--convenient and versatile reagents for the synthesis of polyfluoroaryldimethylphosphanes

cis/trans Isomerism of hydroalumination and hydrogallation products-reflections on stability and rearrangement mechanism