The Gessner Group

2010-2006

V. H. Gessner*
The Complex-Induced Proximity Effect in Organolithium Chemistry and its Importance in the Lithiation of Tertiary Amines
Ideas in Chemistry and Molecular Science, Advances in Synthetic Chemistry (Eds. B. Pignataro), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2010, 95-114. (PDF link) 

J. J. Gammon, V. H. Gessner, G. R. Barker, J. Granander, C. Strohmann, P. O'Brien, B. Kelly Synthesis of P-Stereogenic Compounds via Kinetic Deprotonation and Thermodynamic Resolution of Phosphine Sulfides: Opposite Sense of Induction Using (-)-Sparteine
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 13922-13927. (PDF link) 

V. H. Gessner, B. Fröhlich, C. Strohmann
Lithiated (R,R)-TMCDA as Efficient Building Block for the Preparation of ChiralN,N,O-Ligands via Asymmetric 1,2-Addition
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 5640-5649. (PDF link) 

 V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann
 Lithiumorganyle: Zwischen Ästhetik und Verständis
 Nachr. Chem. 2010, 58, 744-747. (PDF link) 

V. H. Gessner, S. Dilsky, C. Strohmann
Unexpected Direct Dilithiation of a Prochiral Phosphine Borane
Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 4719-4721. (PDF link) 

V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann
Lithiation of Diamine Ligands to Chiral Building Blocks: Syntheses, Selectivities and Lithiated Intermediates
Organometallics 2010, 29, 1858-1861. (PDF link) 

C. Däschlein, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann Preparation of "Si-Centered" Chiral Silanes by Direct α-Lithiation of Methylsilanes
Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 4048-4062. (PDF link) 

M. Willot, L. Radtke, D. Könning, R. Fröhlich, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann, M. Christmann
Totalsynthese und Absolute Konfiguration des Guaian-Sesquiterpens Englerin A
Angew. Chem. 2009, 121, 9269-9272; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 9105-9108. (PDF link) 

 M. Breuning, D. Hein, M. Steiner, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann
 Chiral 2-endo Substituted 9-Oxabispidines: Novel Ligands for Enantioselective Cu(II)-Catalyzed Henry Reactions
 Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 12764-12769. (PDF link) 

V. H. Gessner, C. Däschlein, C. Strohmann
Structure Formation Principles and Reactivity of Organolithium Compounds
Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 3320-3335. (PDF link) 

 P. Eckert, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann
 (1R,2R)-N,N'-Diisobutyl-N,N'-dimethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine
Acta Cryst. E 2009, E65, o956. (PDF link) 

 S. Clement, L. Guyard, M. Knorr, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann
 (2,2-Dichlorovinyl)ferrocene
 Acta Cryst. E 2009, E65, m334. (PDF link) 

 T. Tricotet, J. Cotter, P. Flemming, A.-M. L. Hogan, C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner, D. F. O'Shea
 Selective Vinyl C-H Lithiation of cis-Stilbenes
 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3142-3143. (PDF link) 

 H. N. Paindy, F. Guyon, A. Khatyr, M. Knorr, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann
 Formation of Extended 1D and 2D Coordination Polymers in Tetrathioether Complexes of Mercury(II) and Copper (I): Crystal Structures of [{Ge(CH2SPh)4}HgBr2]n and [{Ge(CH2SPh)4}(Cu2I2)]n
 Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2009, 635, 2009-2105. (PDF link) 

 V. H. Gessner, C. Däschlein, C. Strohmann
 2-[(2-Hydroxy-2,2-diphenylethyl)(methyl)amino]-dimethylethanaminium bromide
 Acta Cryst. E. 2009, E65, o383. (PDF link) 

 C. Däschlein, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann
 (S)-1,2-Dimethyl-1,1,2-triphenyl-1-(piperidinomethyl)disilane x HCl
 Acta Cryst. E. 2008, 64, o1950. (PDF link) 

 V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann
 Lithiation of TMEDA and its Higher Homologous TEEDA, Understanding Observed α- and β-Deprotonation
 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14412-14413. (PDF link) 

 C. Strohmann, A. Damme, V. H. Gessner
 Isopropyllithium diamine adducts: From a non symmetric aggregate to monomeric iPrLi∙(1R,2R)-N,N,N',N',-tetraethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine
Chem. Commun. 2008, 3381-3383. (PDF link) 

 C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner
 A Precoordination Complex of 1,3,5-Trimethyl-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane with tert-Butyllithium as Key Intermediate in its Methylene Group Deprotonation
Chem. Asian J. 2008, 3, 1929-1934. (PDF link) 

 C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner
 Crystal Structures of n-Buli Adducts with (R,R)-TMCDA and the Consequences for Deprotonation Reactions
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 11719-11725. (PDF link) 

  | C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner, S. Koller, A. Damme, C. Däschlein
 (1R,2R)-N,N'-Dimethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine
Acta Cryst. E. 2008, E64, o687. (PDF link)

 C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner
 From Monomeric tBuLi∙(R,R)-TMCDA to α-Lithiated (R,R)-TMCDA
Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 8429-8432; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 8281-8283. (PDF link) 

 C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner
 Crystal Structures of the Chiral Diamine (R,R)-TMCDA with the Commonly Used Alkyllithium Bases Methyllithium, iso-Propyllithium and sec-Butyllithium
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 8952-8938. (PDF link) 

 C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner
 From the Alkyllithium Aggregate [(nBuLi)2∙PMDTA]2 to Lithiated PMDTA
 Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 4650-4653; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 4566-4569. (PDF link) 

 C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner
 [{(C7H7LiO)6(thf)2(μ-diglyme-κO,κ'O)}Li2O]: a μ6-O2- Ion Encapsulating Aryllithium Compound
 Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2007, 633, 2285-2287. (PDF link) 

 D. A. Burgard, G. A. Bishop, D. H. Stedman, V. H. Gessner, C. Daeschlein
 Remote Sensing of In-Use Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks
 Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40, 6938-6942. (PDF link)