1991 Diploma thesis under the guidance of Prof. Alarich Weiss, TH Darmstadt
1992-1996 Research for doctoral thesis under the guidance of Prof. Herbert Mayr at TH Darmstadt
1997 Research associate in the group of Prof. H. Mayr at the LMU München
2008 Start of independent research in the field of C-H functionalization
2013 Habilitation, LMU München
Wichtige Publikationen
Palladium-katalysierte dehydrierende Kreuzkupplung von Benzazolen mit Azolen (Palladium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Cross Couplings of Benzazoles with Azoles), W. Han, P. Mayer, A. R. Ofial, Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 2226-2230; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 2178-2182.
Abschied vom HSAB-Modell ambidenter Reaktivität (Farewell to the HSAB Treatment of Ambident Reactivity), H. Mayr, M. Breugst, A. R. Ofial, Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 6598-6634; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 6470-6505.
Iron catalyzed oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines, W. Han, A. R. Ofial, Chem. Commun. 2009, 5024-5026.