Huber Lab @ RU Bochum

Thanks to Saber and Richard for the many measurements, to Christoph Held for the very nice cooperation and to our NMR department for their patience!

Halogen Bonding in Solution: Under Pressure The first study of the high-pressure behavior of organic halogen bond donors in solution is presented: HP-NMR titrations were performed in various solvents, primarily with a neutral tridentate halogen...

A paper with a Queen song title? Check! (Even though that was an easy one).
We've investigated the high pressure behavior of halogen bonding and found some unexpected solvent @solvationsci.bsky.social dependence:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Last monday, we bid farewell to Saber Mehrparvar now that his two-year postdoc stay came to an end. He tackled a difficult project, under high pressure, which will hopefully be published soon. Saber, it was a GREAT pleasure having you around, all the best for your future!

Highly Enantioselective Organocatalysis with Bidentate Halogen Bond Donors In a model Mukaiyama aldol reaction with unbiased substrates, high enantioselectivity was achieved with a modifiable bidentate iodine(I)-based halogen bonding organocatalyst. The crucial role of halo...

Said opus magnum (see below) is now in its final layout: highly enantioselective organocatalysis with bidentate halogen bond donors! A breakthrough that we had been hunting fir many, many years: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Congrats - very useful method. And welcome to BlueSky!

Today, Julian Wolf briliantly defended his thesis, congrats! His opus magnum can be found here: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr.... Thanks to Raphael Stoll for chairing and to Gerald Dyker, Nils Metzler-Nolte for co-reviewing!

Ein Appell von S4F an die Politik

Die Klima­krise und weitere Umweltkrisen (Biodiversitätsverlust, Überlastung biogeochemischer Stoffkreisläu­fe, ...) sind mittelfristig die größte Bedrohung für Sicherheit, Wirtschaft und Wohlstand, Demokratie, Zivilisation und Menschenleben.

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Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Halogen Bonding Catalysis Halogen bonding has been established as a promising tool in organocatalysis. Asymmetric processes are nevertheless scarce, and their applications are limited to a few studies applying chiral halogen b...

The combined power of halogen bonding and asymmetric counteranion-directed catalysis = XB-ACDC: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/.... Thanks to @mertenlab.bsky.social for structure elucidation and to the List group for this beautiful cooperation! A perfect #RESOLV project! @solvationsci.bsky.social

Ortho‐Carborane‐Derived Halogen Bonding Organocatalysts Multidentate neutral halogen bonding catalysts based on iodinated icosahedral ortho-carborane moieties are introduced. Co-crystallization-studies, calorimetric measurements, and 1H NMR titrations dem...

So far, strong neutral halogen bond donors were often based on fluoroarenes. Here, we present ortho-carborane-based systems that clearly outcompete them: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... Thanks to Jas Ward and Kari Rissanen for the X-ray analyses and to Sandro Keller for assistance with ITC.

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After a one-year hiatus on this platform, we have decided to move here for good - it's just a so much nicer place than the other one...

PS: For all biochemists and biologists who have started to follow us: thank you for your interest, but be aware that we don't really work much in these areas...

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It's nice and concise, just consider it a suggestion for future version v2...

No offense, but by now this is indeed a bit outdated... no halogen bonding, chalcogen bonding, etc. ... ;-)

We wish you - and in particular our three followers - merry Christmas and a great start into the new year!