Publications

L. Ackermann,* "Transition Metal-Catalyzed Direct Arylations via C–H Bond Cleavages" Pure Appl. Chem. 2010, 82, accepted for publication.

L. Ackermann,* A. R. Kapdi, H. K. Potukuchi, S. I. Kozhushkov "Syntheses via C-H Bond Functionalizations", in Handbook of Green Chemistry (Volume-Eds.: C.-J. Li, B. M. Trost), Wiley-VCH, 2010, Weinheim, in press.

L. Ackermann,* R. Vicente, A. Kapdi, "Transition Metal-Catalyzed Direct Arylations of (Hetero)Arenes via C–H Bond Cleavages" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, in press.

L. Ackermann,* R. Vicente, "Ruthenium-Catalyzed Direct Arylations through C-H Bond Cleavages" Top. Curr. Chem. 2009, DOI:10.1007/128_2009_9. Abstract/Fulltext>>

L. Ackermann,* P. Novák, "Regioselective Ruthenium-Catalyzed Direct Benzylations of Arenes through C–H Bond Cleavages" Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 4966-4969. Abstract/Fulltext>>

L. Ackermann,* R. Vicente, "Catalytic Direct Arylations in Polyethylene Glycol (PEG): Recyclable Palladium(0) Catalyst for C–H Bond Cleavages in the Presence of Air" Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 4922-4925. Abstract/Fulltext>>

L. Ackermann,* R. Vicente, N. Hofmann, "Air-Stable Secondary Phosphine Oxide as Preligand for Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular α-Arylations with Chloroarenes" Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 4274–4276. Abstract/Fulltext>>

L. Ackermann,* P. Novák, R. Vicente, N. Hofmann, "Ruthenium-Catalyzed Regioselective Direct Alkylation of Arenes with Unactivated Alkyl Halides through C-H Bond Cleavage" Angew. Chem. 2009, 121, 6161–6164; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 6045–6048. Abstract>> (selected as  - hot_paper Hot paper)

L. Ackermann,* H. K. Potukuchi, "Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of 2-Pyridylborates with Air-Stable HASPO Preligands" Synlett 2009, 2852-2856. Abstract/Fulltext>>
L. Ackermann,* A. Althammer, Peter Mayer, "Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation-Based Domino Synthesis of Annulated N-Heterocycles Using Alkenyl or (Hetero)Aryl 1,2-Dihalides" Synthesis 2009, 3493-3503. Abstract>>
L. Ackermann,* R. Sandmann, M. Schinkel, M. V. Kondrashov, "Palladium-Catalyzed Sequential Indole Synthesis Using Sterically Hindered Amines" Tetrahderon (Symposia in print) 2009, 65, 8930–8939. Abstract/Fulltext>>
L. Ackermann,* S. Barfüßer, H. K. Potukuchi, "Copper-Catalyzed N-Arylation/Hydroamin(d)ation Domino Synthesis of Indoles and its Application to the Preparation of a Chek1/KDR Kinase Inhibitor Pharmacophore" Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 351, 1064-1072. Abstract/Fulltext>> (highlighted in Synfacts 2009, 836)
D. Facoetti, G. Abbiati, L. d'Avolio, L. Ackermann, E. Rossi,* "Novel Domino Approach to Fluorescent Pyrimido[1,6-a]indolones" Synlett 2009, 2273-2276. Abstract/Fulltext>>
L. Ackermann,* R. Sandmann, L. T. Kaspar, "Two Titanium-Catalyzed Reaction Sequences for Syntheses of Pyrroles from (E/Z)-Chloroenynes or α-Haloalkynols" Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 2031-2034. Abstract/Fulltext>>(highlighted in Synfacts 2009, 718)
L. Ackermann,* R. Sandmann, M. V. Kondrashov, "Thieme chemistry journal awardees - where are they now? Palladium-Catalyzed N-Arylation/Hydroamination Sequence for the Synthesis of Indoles with Sterically Demanding N-Substiuents" Synlett 2009, 1219-1222. Abstract/Fulltext>>

L. Ackermann,* A. Althammer, S. Fenner, "Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylations of Heteroarenes with Tosylates and Mesylates" Angew. Chem. 2009, 121, 207–210; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 201–204. Abstract>> (selected as  - hot_paper Hot paper - highlighted in Synfacts 2009, 260)

L. Ackermann,* R. Born, R. Vicente, "Ruthenium-Catalyzed Direct Arylations of N-Aryl 1,2,3-Triazoles with Aryl Chlorides as Electrophiles" ChemSusChem 2009, 546-549. Abstract/Fulltext>>
L. Ackermann,* A. Althammer, "Moderne Magnesiumorganische Chemie. Neues von der Grignard-Reaktion", Chemie in Unserer Zeit 2009, 43, 74-83. Abstract>>
L. Ackermann,* S. Barfüßer, "Palladium-Catalyzed Direct C-3 Arylations of Indoles with an Air-Stable HASPO" Synlett 2009, 808–812. Abstract/Fulltext>>
L. Ackermann,* R. Vicente, "Sustainable Ruthenium-Catalyzed Direct Arylations through C-H Bond Functionalizations", in Experiments in Green and Sustainable Chemistry (Eds.: H. W. Roesky, D. Kennepohl), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2009, 64–69. link to Wiley-VCH>>
L. Ackermann,* R. Born, "Mizoroki-Heck Reactions with Metals other than Palladium", in The Mizoroki-Heck Reaction (Ed.: M. Oestreich), Wiley, Chichester, 2009, 383-403. link to Wiley-VCH>>

L. Ackermann,* R. Vicente, "Metal-Catalyzed Direct Arylations", in Modern Arylation Methods (Ed.: L. Ackermann), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2009, 311-333. link to Wiley-VCH>>

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L. Ackermann,* "Arylation Reactions: A Historical Perspective", in Modern Arylation Methods (Ed.: L. Ackermann), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2009, 1-24. link to Wiley-VCH>>

L. Ackermann (Ed.), "Modern Arylation Methods", Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, January 2009, 543 pages. ISBN: 978-3-527-31937-4. link to Wiley-VCH>>; (For a review, see: M. Hapke, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 6768. Abstract>>)


L. Ackermann,* M. Mulzer, "Dehydrative Direct Arylations of Arenes with Phenols via Ruthenium-Catalyzed C−H and C−OH Bond Functionalizations" Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 5043-5045. Abstract/Fulltext>>

S. I. Kozhushkov, D. S. Yufit, L. Ackermann,* "Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydroarylations of Methylenecyclopropanes: Mild C−H Bond Functionalizations with Conservation of Cyclopropane Rings" Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 3409-3412. Abstract/Fulltext>>

L. Ackermann,* H. K. Potukuchi, D. Landsberg, R. Vicente, "Copper-Catalyzed “Click” Reaction/Direct Arylation Sequence: Modular Syntheses of 1,2,3-Triazoles" Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 3081-3084. Abstract/Fulltext>>

L. Ackermann,* R. Vicente, A. Althammer, "Assisted Ruthenium-Catalyzed C−H Bond Activation: Carboxylic Acids as Cocatalysts for Generally Applicable Direct Arylations in Apolar Solvents" Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 2299-2302. Abstract/Fulltext>>

L. Ackermann,* A. Althammer, R. Born, "[RuCl3(H2O)n]-catalyzed direct arylations" Tetrahedron (Symposia in print) 2008, 64, 6115-6124. Abstract/Fulltext>>
L. Ackermann,* "Chiral Secondary Phosphine Oxides as Preligands", in Trivalent Phosphorus Compounds in Asymmetric Catalysis, Synthesis and Applications Ed.: A. Börner), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2008, 831-847. link to Wiley-VCH>>

L. Ackermann,* A. Althammer "Phosphoric Acid Diesters as Efficient Catalysts for Hydroaminations of Nonactivated Alkenes and an Application to Asymmetric Hydroaminations", Synlett 2008, 995-998. Abstract/Fulltext>>; (highlighted in Synfacts 2008, 639)

L. Ackermann,* R. Vicente, R. Born, "Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylations of 1,2,3-Triazoles with Aryl Chlorides Using Conventional Heating" Adv. Synth. Catal. 2008, 350, 741-748. Abstract/Fulltext>>
L. Ackermann,* R. Sandmann, A. Villar, L. T. Kaspar, "Annulation of internal alkynes through a hydroamination/aza-Heck reaction sequence for the regioselective synthesis of indoles" Tetrahedron (Symposia in print) 2008, 64, 769-777. Abstract/Fulltext>>; (highlighted in Synfacts 2008, 355)

L. Ackermann,* "Chelation-Assisted Arylation via C-H Bond Cleavage", in Top. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 24, 35-60. Abstract
L. Ackermann,* A. Althammer, R. Born, "[RuCl3(H2O)n]-Catalyzed Direct Arylations with Bromides as Electrophiles" Synlett 2007, 2833-2836. Table of Contents>>
L. Ackermann,* R. Born, P. Álvarez-Bercedo, "Ruthenium(IV) Alkylidenes as Precatalysts for Direct Arylations of Alkenes with Aryl Chlorides and an Application to Sequential Catalysis" Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 6482–6485; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 6364–6367. Abstract>> (chosen as  - hot_paper  Hot paper -)
L. Ackermann,* L. T. Kaspar, "TiCl4-Catalyzed Indirect Anti-Markovnikov Hydration of Alkynes: Application to the Synthesis of Benzo[b]furans" J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72,6149-6153. Abstract>>; highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal>>
L. Ackermann,* L. T. Kaspar, A. Althammer, "Hydroaminations of Unactivated Alkenes with Basic Alkylamines: Group 4 Metal Halide Catalysts and Brønsted-Acid Organocatalysts" Org. Biomol. Chem. 2007, 5, 1975-1978. Abtract>>
L. Ackermann,* A. Althammer "Domino NH/CH Bond Activation: Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Annulated Heterocycles Using Dichloro(hetero)arenes" Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 1652-1654; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 1627-1629. Abstract> (chosen as - hot_paper Hot paper -)
L. Ackermann,* "Catalytic Arylations with Challenging Substrates: From Air-Stable HASPO Preligands to Indole Syntheses and C-H-Bond Functionalizations" Synlett 2007, 507-526. Table of Contents>>

L. Ackermann,* J. H. Spatz, C. J. Gschrei, R. Born, A. Althammer, "A Diaminochlorophosphine for Palladium-Catalyzed Arylations of Amines and Ketones" Angew. Chem. 2006, 118, 7789-7792; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 7627-7630. Abstract>>
L. Ackermann,* A. Althammer, "Air-Stable PinP(O)H as Preligand for Palladium-Catalyzed Kumada Couplings of Unactivated Tosylates" Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 3457-3460. Abstract>>; highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal>>
L. Ackermann,* A. Althammer, "One-pot indole synthesis consisting of a ruthenium-catalyzed hydroamination and a palladium-catalyzed Heck reaction using 2-chloroaniline" Synlett 2006, 3125-3129. Table of Contents>>
L. Ackermann,* C. J. Gschrei, A. Althammer, M. Riederer, "Cross-coupling reactions of aryl and vinyl chlorides catalyzed by a palladium complex derived from an air-stable H-phosphonate" Chem. Commun. 2006, 1419-1421. Abstract>>
L. Ackermann,* "Air- and Moisture-Stable Secondary Phosphine Oxides as Preligands in Catalysis" Synthesis 2006, 1557-1571. Table of Contents>>
L. Ackermann,* A. Althammer, R. Born, "Catalytic Arylation Reactions by C-H Bond Activation with Aryl Tosylates" Angew. Chem.2006, 118, 2681-2685; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 2619-2622. Abstract/Fulltext>>
L. Ackermann,* R. Born, J. H. Spatz, A. Althammer, C. J. Gschrei "Air-Stable Phosphine Oxides as Preligands for Catalytic Activation Reactions of C-Cl-, C-F- and C-H-Bonds" Pure Appl. Chem. 2006, 78, 209-214. Abstract>>

L. Ackermann,* R. Born, J. H. Spatz, D. Meyer, "Efficient Aryl-(Hetero)Aryl Coupling via Activation of C-Cl and C-F Bonds Using Nickel Complexes of Air-Stable Phosphine Oxides" Angew. Chem. 2005, 117,7382-7386; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 7216-7219. Abstract/Fulltext>> (chosen as - hot_paper Hot paper -)
L. T. Kaspar, L. Ackermann,* "Three-component indole synthesis using ortho-dihaloarenes" Tetrahedron (Symposia in print) 2005, 61, 11311-11316. Abstract/Fulltext>>; highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal>>
L. T. Kaspar, B. Fingerhut, L. Ackermann,* "Titanium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroamination of Vinylarenes" Angew. Chem. 2005, 117, 6126-6128; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 5972-5974. Abstract/Fulltext>>
L. Ackermann,* "Phosphine Oxides as Preligands in Ruthenium-Catalyzed Arylations via C-H-Bond Functionalization Using Aryl Chlorides" Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 3123-3125. Abstract>>
L. Ackermann,* R. Born, "Modular Diamino and Dioxophosphine Oxides and Chlorides as Ligands for Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-C and C-N Bond Formations Using Aryl Chlorides" Angew. Chem. 2005, 117, 2497-2500; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 2444-2447. Abstract/Fulltext>>
L. Ackermann,* "General and Efficient Indole Syntheses Based on Catalytic Amination Reactions", Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 439-442. Abstract>>

L. Ackermann,* L. T. Kaspar, C. J. Gschrei, "Hydroamination/Heck reaction sequence for a highly regioselective one-pot synthesis of indoles using 2-chloroaniline", Chem. Commun. 2004, 2824-2825. Article>>
L. Ackermann,* R. Born, "TiCl4/t-BuNH2 as the sole catalyst for a hydro­amination-based Fischer indole synthesis", Tetrahderon Lett. 2004, 45, 9541-9544. Abstract/Fulltext>>
L. Ackermann,* L. T. Kaspar, C. J. Gschrei "TiCl4-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroamination Reactions of Norbornene", Org. Lett.2004, 6, 2515-2518. Abstract>>

L. Ackermann,* "TiCl4-catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroamination Reactions", Organometallics 2003, 22, 4367-4368. Abstract>>
L. Ackermann, R. G. Bergman, R. N. Loy, "Use of Group 4 Bis(sulfonamido) Complexes in the Intramolecular Hydroamination of Alkynes and Allenes", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 11956-11963.

L. Ackermann, R. G. Bergman, "A Highly Reactive Titanium Precatalyst for Intramolecular Hydroamination Reactions", Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 1475-1478.

A. Fürstner, H. Krause, L. Ackermann, C. W. Lehmann, "N-Heterocyclic carbenes can coexist with alkenes and C-H acidic sites", Chem. Commun. 2001, 2240-2241.
A. Fürstner, L. Ackermann, B. Gabor, R. Goddard, C. W. Lehmann, R. Mynott, F. Stelzer, O. R. Thiel, "Comparative Investigation of Ruthenium-Based Metathesis Catalysts Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Ligands", Chem. Eur. J. 2001, 7, 3236-3253.
A. Fürstner, L. Ackermann, K.n Beck, H. Hori, D. Koch, K. Langemann, M. Liebl, C. Six, W. Leitner, "Olefin Metathesis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 9000-9006.
L. Ackermann, C. Bruneau, P. H. Dixneuf, "Simple New Three-component Catalytic System for Enyne Metathesis ", Synlett 2001, 397-399.
A. Fürstner, O. R. Thiel, L. Ackermann, "Exploiting the Reversibility of Olefin Metathesis. Synthesis of Macrocyclic Trisubstituted Alkenes and (R,R)-(-)-Pyrenophorin", Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 449-451.

L. Ackermann, D. El Tom, A. Fürstner, "Ruthenium Carbene Complexes with Imidazol-2-ylidene Ligands: Syntheses of Conduritol Derivatives Reveals Superior RCM Activity", Tetrahderon 2000, 56, 2195-2202.
A. Fürstner, O. R. Thiel, L. Ackermann, H.-J. Schanz, S. P. Nolan, "Ruthenium Carbene Complexes with N,N'-Bis(mesityl)imidazol-2-ylidene Ligands: RCM Catalysts of Extended Scope", J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 2204-2207.

L. Ackermann, A. Fürstner, T. Weskamp, F. J. Kohl, W. A. Herrmann, "Ruthenium carbene complexes with imidazolin-2-ylidene ligands allow the formation of tetrasubstituted cycloalkenes by ring-closing metathesis (RCM)", Tetrahedron Lett. 1999, 40, 4787-4790.
A. Fürstner, L. Ackermann, "A most user-friendly protocol for ring-closing metathesis reactions", Chem. Commun. 1999, 95-96.
L. Ackermann, A. Heidbreder, F. Wurche, F.-G. Klärner, J. Mattay, "Mechanistic Studies on PET-oxidative cyclization of unsaturated silyl enol ethers: dependence of the regioselectivity on alcohol addition and pressure effects", Perkin Trans. 2 1999, 863-869.

Additional publications
A. Althammer, L. Ackermann, "Hochschule trifft Industrie" Nachr. Chem. 2008, 56, 71.
L. Ackermann, "The Claisen Rearrangement. Methods and Applications" Nachr. Chem. 2007, 55, 899.
L. Ackermann, "Bürgenstock 2005" Nachr. Chem. 2005, 53, 817.

L. Ackermann, "Development of Air-Stable Heteroatom-Substituted Secondary Phosphine Oxides (HASPO) as Preligands for Catalytic Coupling Reactions" - Habilitation, München 2007.
L. Ackermann, "Entwicklung und Anwendung neuartiger Präkatalysatoren für die Olefinmetathese" - Dissertation, Der Andere Verlag 2001, ISBN: 3935316585.

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