Inst. för Biokemi & Organisk kemi
Research - Organic Chemistry
Research Areas and Projects in Organic Chemistry at the Department |
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| Research Area | Current Projetcs |
Asymmetric catalytic processes
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Asymmetric catalytic processes Our current research efforts lie in the field of homogeneous catalytic hydrogenation, through the use of ligand design and computational analysis. |
Chemical Biology & Asymmetric Synthesis
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Synthetic methodology Synthesis of amino acids and analogs.
Use of highly constrained catalysts in asymmetric synthesis.
Conjugate synthesis New tools for the synthesis of conjugates between biopolymers and ligands.
Biomolecular recognition Development and studies of novel conjugates and small molecules for future use in cellular biology and chemical genetics.
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Kinetic isotope effects
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Kinetic isotope effects Reaction mechanisms and kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) for organic and enzymatic reactions |
Molecular tools & photoswitchable peptides
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Organometallic chemistry: Mechanisms, structures, dynamic phenomena Structural and mechanistic aspects in organic, organometallic, and medicinal chemistry
Molecular tools Characterization of small organic molecules using hosts systems for conformational constriction
Photoswitchable peptidomimetics Design of new peptidomimetics incorporporating conformational switches
NMR Spectroscopy Structural characterization, molecular interactions, dynamic NMR, environmental studies |
Molecules for modifications of nanostructures
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Organometallic chemistry Ongoing research concerns structural characterization of metal complexes
Purification and derivatisation of nanotubes and fullerenes. Carbon nanotubes and their close relatives fullerenes are some of the most interesting molecular structures in the nanoworld
Development of dyes for solar cell applications Dyes which absorb different parts of the solar spectrum: ruthenium bipyridyl complexes and phthalocyanines
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Organic chemistry in proteins
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Novel protein structures
Designed catalysts
Functionalised protein receptors
Molecular sensors for bioanalytical applications
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Organochalcogen chemistry and antioxidants
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Radical Chemistry
Antioxidants
Organochalcogen chemistry
Biologically Active Organochalcogen Compounds
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Radiopharmaceutical organic chemistry
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Positron emission tomography (PET) |
Group 14 chemistry, molecular electronics, conjugation and aromaticity
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Low-coordinated Group 14 compounds
Synthetic organosilicon chemistry
Molecular electronics
Conjugation and aromaticity
Photochemistry
Computational quantum chemistry
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Time in chemistry
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Time in chemistry |