Scientific program

The scientific program is subdivided into four sections headed by one of the principal investigators. The scientific projects range from synthesis to spectroscopic characterization and theoretical description of currently poorly understood elemental fluorides and their use as oxidative agents (area A), to the application of complex elemental fluorides fort he synthesis of novel materials and fluorinated supports (area B). In addition, the development of innovative synthesis concepts and catalytic processes for the preparation of fluorinated organic compounds (area C) is pursued. Finally, the application of these concepts for the synthesis of novel building blocks with biological activity have advantageous pharmaceutical properties are in the focus of (area D). The intense collaborations between the different projects and interdisciplinary nature of them leads to a strong interlink between the different areas.

Area A - Metal Fluorides - Head: Prof. Dr. K. Seppelt (FU)
Project	Group
Spectroscopy of gaseous metal fluorides	Rühl
Oxidations using metal hexafluorides	Seppelt
Technetium(I)-Technetium(IV) fluorides	Abram
Low oxidation state fluorides	Seppelt
Area B - Functional Materials - Head: Prof. Dr. E. Kemnitz (HU)
Project	Group
Metastable fluoride phases as catalysts	Kemnitz
Coatings based on nanoscopic metal fluorides	Kemnitz
Ab initio investigations of Cu, Ag and Au fluorides	Paulus
Supramolecular interactions based on the "fluorous effect"	Haag
Area C - Catalytic Syntheses - Head: Prof. Dr. T. Braun (HU)
Project	Group
Fluorocomplexes of Rh and Pd	Braun
Catalytic C-F activation	Braun
Catalytic dehydrofluoration of fluorinated allenes	Lentz
Enantiselective syntheses of fluorinated carbonic acids	Czekelius
Area D - Biologically active compounds - Head: Prof. Dr. B. Koksch (FU)
Project	Group
Cytotoxic fluorinated metal complexes	Gust
Fluorinated peptidic HIV-fusion inhibitors	Koksch
F-mediated H-bonds in peptides	Koksch
Fluorinated heterocycles	Reissig

Detailed information concerning the sub-projects are available in german only.