Forschungsgebiete

  • C-H functionalization
  • Chemistry of iminium ions
  • Kinetics of polar organic reactions

Kurzlebenslauf

  • 1986-1991, Studied chemistry at TH Darmstadt
  • 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.