Selected Publications

T. Schaub, M. Backes, O. Plietzsch, U. Radius, Facile C-S-, S-H-, and S-S bond cleavage by a Nickel(0) NHC Complex, Dalton Trans. 2009, 7071 – 7079. (Dalton Transactions hot paper).

U. Radius, F. M. Bickelhaupt, Bonding Capabilities of Imidazole-2-ylidene Ligands in Group 10 Transition Metal Chemistry, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2009, 253, 678-686.

T. Schaub, M. Backes, U. Radius, Square Planar Ni(II) Pentafluorophenyl Complexes through Derivatization of C-F Activation Products, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 2680 - 2690.

T. Schaub, P. Fischer, A. Steffen, T. Braun, U. Radius, A. Mix, C-F Bond Activation of fluorinated Arenes using NHC stabilized Nickel (0) Complexes: Selectivity and Mechanistic Investigations, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 9304 - 9317.

T. Schaub, C. Döring, U. Radius, Efficient Nickel mediated Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage of Organonitriles; Dalton Trans., 2007, 1993-2002.

T. Schaub, M. Backes, U. Radius; Catalytic C-C-Bond Formation accomplished by Selective C-F-Activation of Perfluorinated Arenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 15964-15965. (Highlighted: Chem. Eng. News 2006, 84(59), 31; Nachr. Chem. 2007, 55, 119)

T. Schaub, M. Backes, U. Radius, Nickel(0) Complexes of N-Alkyl Substituted N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and their Use in the Catalytic Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation of Biphenylene, Organometallics 2006, 25, 4196 – 4206.

U. Radius, F. Breher, Hinter dem Horizont der Metall-Metall-Vierfachbindung, Angew. Chem. 2006, 118, 3072 – 3077 (Highlight). To Boldly Pass the Metal Metal Quadruple Bond, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 3006 – 3010 (Highlight).

T. Schaub, U. Radius, Efficient C-F- and C-C-Activation by a Novel N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Nickel(0) Complex, Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 5024-5030.

S. R. Dubberly, A. Friedrich, D. A. Willman, P. Mountford, U. Radius: Synthesis and reactivity of calix[4]arene-supported group 4 imido complexes, Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, 3634 - 3654.

U. Radius, J. Attner: Syntheses and Molecular Structures of New Calix[4]arene Molybdenum and Tungsten Compounds, Chem. Eur. J. 2001, 7, 783 - 790.

U. Radius: Shaping the Cavity of the Macrocyclic Ligand in Metallocalix[4]arenes: The Role of the Ligand Sphere. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 6637 – 6642.

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