Research Interests
Over the years, Dieter Seebach has summarized the results obtained in his research group in review articles. The terms, concepts, techniques, and methodologies introduced and the total syntheses achieved include:
- reactivity umpolung (of carbonyl compounds, amines, imines and nitroolefins) Download 75 (PDF, 1.5 MB), Download 153 (PDF, 352 KB), Download 156 (PDF, 1.5 MB), Download 212 (PDF, 1.2 MB), Download 224 (PDF, 2.2 MB)
- reactivity of nitroaliphatic compounds (Li2-nitronates, stereoselective nitroaldol additions) Download 153 (PDF, 352 KB), Download 229 (PDF, 589 KB), Download 545 (PDF, 282 KB), Download 548 (PDF, 243 KB), Download 549 (PDF, 230 KB), Download 550 (PDF, 462 KB), Download 856 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
- use of organosulfur and – selenium compounds in organic synthesis (Download PULI No.99) Download 28 (PDF, 1 MB), Download 72 (PDF, 676 KB), Download 74 (PDF, 221 KB), Download 108 (PDF, 954 KB), Download 131 (PDF, 2.7 MB)
- use of Download microorganism and enzymes as reagents (PDF, 93 KB) for organic synthesis Download 281 (PDF, 116 KB), Download 416 (PDF, 209 KB), Download 471 (PDF, 106 KB), Download 803 (PDF, 297 KB),Download 822 (PDF, 259 KB)
- sterically protected, but electronically effective functional groups (Download SPEEF (PDF, 80 KB)) Download 244 (PDF, 1.1 MB), Download 288 (PDF, 1.3 MB), Download 309 (PDF, 1 MB), Download 724 (PDF, 431 KB)
- the LiX effect and reactivity of organolithium compounds Download 279 (PDF, 3.7 MB), Download 386 (PDF, 3.4 MB), Download 528 (PDF, 18.3 MB)
reactivity and selectivity of organotitanium compounds Download 241 (PDF, 1.2 MB), Download 251 (PDF, 719 KB), Download 391 (PDF, 2.3 MB), Download 836 (PDF, 400 KB), - self-regeneration of stereogenic centers (SRS) (Download PULI No. 339), Download 576 (PDF, 4.7 MB)
- synthetic applications of Download electrolysis (PDF, 62 KB) in enantioselective syntheses Download 87 (PDF, 287 KB), Download 328 (PDF, 252 KB), Download 338 (PDF, 493 KB), Download 344 (PDF, 414 KB), Download 376 (PDF, 624 KB), Download 393 (PDF, 1.6 MB), Download 576 (PDF, 4.7 MB)
- Download TADDOLs (PDF, 104 KB), a true chiral-auxiliary system (Download PULI No. 696) Download 678 (PDF, 1.5 MB), Download 724 (PDF, 431 KB) , Download 792 (PDF, 1.3 MB), Download 849 (PDF, 655 KB), Download 850 (PDF, 628 KB), Download 851 (PDF, 680 KB)
- chemistry of Download fluoro-organic compounds (PDF, 99 KB) Download 276 (PDF, 706 KB), Download 316 (PDF, 589 KB), Download 318 (PDF, 240 KB), Download 451 (PDF, 1.7 MB), Download 808 (PDF, 1.3 MB), Download 844 (PDF, 951 KB)
- immobilization of chiral ligands by dendritic cross-linking in polystyrene and by attachment to controlled pore glass (CPG) Download 678 (PDF, 1.5 MB), Download 712 (PDF, 765 KB), Download 713 (PDF, 664 KB), Download 743 (PDF, 484 KB)
- chiral dendrimers Download 577 (PDF, 391 KB), Download 593 (PDF, 2.6 MB), Download 617 (PDF, 940 KB)
- polymers and oligomers of 3-hydroxybutanoate (Download PHB (PDF, 125 KB), OHB) - ion-channel-forming biomacromolecules Download 480 (PDF, 3 MB),Download 556 (PDF, 11.5 MB), Download 595 (PDF, 344 KB), Download 640 (PDF, 1.1 MB), Download 720 (PDF, 71 KB)
- chemical, biological and biomedical investigations of peptides consisting of homologated proteinogenic amino acids (Download β- and γ-peptides (PDF, 229 KB) )Download 596 (PDF, 475 KB), Download 739 (PDF, 854 KB),Download 763 (PDF, 1019 KB), Download 767 (PDF, 9.6 MB), Download 768 (PDF, 2.2 MB), Download 775 (PDF, 1.2 MB), Download 787 (PDF, 649 KB), Download 815 (PDF, 945 KB), Download 819 (PDF, 973 KB), Download 861 (PDF, 987 KB)
- organocatalysis (Download OC (PDF, 83 KB)) Download 801 (PDF, 1.6 MB), Download 817 (PDF, 2.1 MB), Download 820 (PDF, 1 MB), Download 823 (PDF, 1.7 MB), Download 830 (PDF, 1.2 MB), Download 834 (PDF, 2.4 MB), Download 840 (PDF, 1.3 MB), Download 848 (PDF, 695 KB), Download 851 (PDF, 680 KB), Download 856 (PDF, 1.8 MB), Download 859 (PDF, 248 KB)
- total syntheses of various Download natural products (PDF, 520 KB) Download 271 (PDF, 243 KB), Download 331 (PDF, 607 KB), Download 358 (PDF, 252 KB), Download 362 (PDF, 309 KB), Download 405 (PDF, 285 KB), Download 448 (PDF, 279 KB)
- reactions at temperatures below –80°C Download 240 (PDF, 129 KB), Download 253 (PDF, 3.1 MB)
- DMPU - a non-toxid substitute of HMPA Download 543 (PDF, 575 KB)
- terms:
EPC synthesis (enantiomerically pure compounds) Download 186 (PDF, 648 KB)
like/unlike specification of the stereochemical course of reactions Download 233 (PDF, 589 KB)
the diarylmethanol effect (Download TADDOL (PDF, 104 KB), Download DIOZ (PDF, 72 KB)) Download 678 (PDF, 1.5 MB), Download 724 (PDF, 431 KB), Download 747 (PDF, 274 KB)
- discovery of the β-peptide cleaving enzyme BapA (Download BapA (PDF, 56 KB)) Download 782 (PDF, 157 KB), Download 794 (PDF, 868 KB), Download 803 (PDF, 297 KB), Download 835 (PDF, 333 KB), Download 852 (PDF, 1.6 MB), Download 853 (PDF, 636 KB)
- General article on the future of Organic Synthesis Download 421 (PDF, 3.5 MB)