Department of Organic Chemistry
Department of Organic Chemistry
University of Geneva
30, quai Ernest Ansermet
CH-1211 Geneva 4,
Switzerland
Phone: (+41 22) 702 6111
Fax: (+41 22) 328 7396
Phone: (+41 22) 702 6523 Secretary: (+41 22) 702 6519 E-mail: burger@sc2a.unige.ch
Ph.D. University of Munich, Germany, 1970
Structure and reactivity of biologically active heterocyclic compounds. High resolution NMR spectroscopy.
Structures and Rearrangements of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butane Radical
Cations : An ESR and ENDOR Study.
A. Arnold, U. Burger, F. Gerson, E. Kloster-Jensen and S.P. Schmidlin,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 4271-4281.
The Influence of the Axial Chirality of Dibenzo[a,c]Cyclooctene
on the Configuration of Its Photo-Diels-Alder Adducts.
U. Burger, P.A. Lottaz, P. Millasson and G. Bernardinelli, Helv. Chim. Acta
1994, 77, 850-858.
An iridoid diester from Valeriana officinalis var.sambucifolia
hairy roots.
F. Gränicher, Ph. Christen, Ph. Kamalaprija and U. Burger,
Phytochemistry, 1995, 38, 103.
Synthesis, Structure, and Antimalarial Activity of Some Enantiomerically
Pure, cis-Fused Cyclopenteno-1,2,4-trioxanes.
C.W. Jefford, S. Kohmoto, D. Jaggi, G. Timari, J.C. Rossier, M.
Rudaz, O. Barbuzzi, D. Gérard, U. Burger, P. Kamalaprija,
J. Mareda, G. Bernardinelli, I. Manzanares, C.J. Canfield, S.L.
Fleck, B.L. Robinson and W. Peters, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1995,
78, 647-662.
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Phone: (+41 22) 702 6085 Secretary: (+41 22) 702 6519 E-mail: goebel@sc2a.unige.ch
Ph.D. University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1985
Bioorganic chemistry, molecular recognition: catalysis of phosphoryl transfer reactions, artificial ribonucleases, nonenzymatic polymerization of RNA, chiral amidines.
En Route to Synthetic Phosphodiesterases: Supramolecular Phosphoryl
Transfer Mediated by Amidinium Phosphate Contact Ion Pairs.
M.W. Göbel, J.W. Bats, G. Durner, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
1992, 31, 207 - 209.
Supramolecular Phosphoryl Transfer Reactions Mediated by Amidinium
Phosphate Ion Pair Complexes.
G. Müller, G. Durner, J.W. Bats, M.W. Göbel, Liebigs
Ann. Chem. 1994, 1075 - 1092.
Synthesis of Oligonucleotides Labelled with a Novel Type of Chemically
Stable Acridine Dye.
K. Schutz, M. Kurz, M.W. Göbel, Tetrahedron Lett.
1995, 8407 - 8410.
Axially chiral Amidinium Ions with a Biaryl Skeleton: A New Class
of Structure in Host-Guest Chemistry.
S. Lehr, K. Schutz, M. Bauch, M.W. Göbel, Angew. Chem.
Int. Ed. 1994, 33, 984 - 986.
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Phone: (+41 22) 702 6093 Secretary: (+41 22) 702 6526 E-mail: kundig@sc2a.unige.ch
Ph.D. University of Toronto, Canada, 1975
Synthetic methodology via organometallics: asymmetric transformations of transition metal coordinated arenes, enantioselective catalysis, chiral transition metal Lewis Acid catalysts, chiral CO-emulating ligands, new chiral amino alcohols as auxiliaries and ligands.
Arenes to Substituted Cyclohexadienes: Nucleophile/Electrophile
Additions Across an Arene Double Bond.
E. P. Kündig, A. Ripa, R. Liu, G. Bernardinelli, J. Org.
Chem. 1994, 59, 4773-4783.
Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reactions Catalyzed by a Chiral Iron Lewis
Acid.
E. P. Kündig, B. Bourdin, G. Bernardinelli, Angew. Chem.
Int. Ed. Engl. 1994, 33, 1856-1858.
Addition of Carbanions to a Cationic Cyclopentadienyl(naphthalene)iron
Complex.
E. P. Kündig, P. Jeger, G. Bernardinelli, Angew. Chem.
Int. Ed. Engl. 1995, 34, 2161-2163.
1,2-Asymmetric Induction in Radical Reactions of
-Amino Acid Derivatives.
E. P. Kündig, L.-H. Xu, P. Romanens, Tetrahedron Lett.
1995, 36, 4047-4050.
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Phone: (+41 22) 702 6062 Secretary: (+41 22) 702 6526 E-mail: lacour@sc2a.unige.ch
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A., 1993
Organic chemistry: Synthesis of chiral enantiopure anions, application in the development of new reactions and in asymmetric catalysis; Selective C-C bond formation.
New Trialkylsilyl Enol Ether Chemistry. Direct
-Azido
Functionalization of Triisopropylsilyl Enol Ethers.
P. Magnus, J. Lacour, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114,
767-9.
New Trialkylsilyl Enol Ether Chemistry. Conjugate Additions Without
the Enone!
P. Magnus, J. Lacour, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114,
3993-4.
Direct N-Alkyl Azidonation of N,N-dialkylarylamines with the Iodosylbenzene/
Trimethyl-silylazide Reagent Combination.
P. Magnus, J. Lacour, W. Weber, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993,
115, 9347-8.
New Trialkylsilyl Enol Ether Chemistry:
-N-Tosylamination
of Triisopropylsilyl Enol Ethers.
P. Magnus, J. Lacour, I. Coldham, B. Mugrage, W. Bauta, Tetrahedron
1995, 51, 11087-110.
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Phone: (+41 22) 702 6099 Secretary: (+41 22) 702 6526 Fax: (+41 22) 329 6102 E-mail: mareda@sc2a.unige.ch
Ph.D. University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1980
Applications of computational methods in organic chemistry; theoretical studies of reactive intermediates: carbocations and carbenes; molecular modelling of factors determining selectivity in cycloadditions; strain and steric effects in organic reactions; conformational analysis.
Theoretical investigation of intramolecular singlet carbene 1,4-
and 1,2-cycloadditions.
J.D. Evanseck, J. Mareda, K.N. Houk, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
1990, 112, 73-80.
Bridgehead reactivity in solvolysis reactions.
P. Müller, J. Mareda, in Cage Hydrocarbons, G.A. Olah
Ed., Wiley: New York, 1990, 189-218.
Ab initio investigations of perhydrotriquinacenyl and other bridgehead
carbocations.
J. Mareda, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1993, 1280-1282.
Strain and Structural Effects on Rates of Formation and Stability
of Tertiary Carbenium Ions in the Light of Molecular Mechanics
Calculations.
P. Müller, J. Mareda, D. Milin, J. Phys. Org. Chem.,
1995, 8, 507-528.
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Phone: (+41 22) 702 6527 Secretary: (+41 22) 702 6526 E-mail: muller@sc2a.unige.ch
Ph.D. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland, 1966
Physical-organic chemistry: steric effects, carbenium ions, metalcarbenoids, asymmetric catalysis, catalyzed nitrene transfer.
Effective Uses of Dirhodium(II) Tetrakis[methyl 2-oxopyrrolidine-5(R
or S)-carboxylate] for Highly Enantioselective Intramolecular
Cyclopropenation Reactions.
M. P. Doyle, M. Protopopova, P. Müller, D. Ene, E. A. Shapiro,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 8492.
Enantioselective Formation of Bicyclic Lactones by Rhodium Catalyzed
Intramolecular CH-Insertion Reactions.
P. Müller, P. Polleux, Helv. Chim. Acta 1995,
77, 649.
Carbenoid Reactions in Rhodium(II)-Catalyzed Decomposition of
Iodonium Ylides.
P. Müller, D. Fernandez, Helv. Chim. Acta 1995,
78, 947.
Strain and Structural Effects on Rates of Formation and Stability
of Tertiary Carbenium Ions in the Light of Molecular Mechanics
Calculations.
P. Müller, J. Mareda, D. Milin, J. Phys. Org. Chem.
1995, 8, 507.
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Phone: (+41 22) 702 6522 Secretary: (+41 22) 702 6521 Fax: (+41 22) 702 6513 E-mail: oppolzer@sc2a.unige.ch
Ph.D. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland, 1964
Organic chemistry, new synthetic methods, asymmetric synthesis, transition metal catalyzed cyclizations, organo-magnesium and -zinc reactions natural products synthesis.
Enantioselective Synthesis of (+)-3-Isorauniticine via
a Catalytic Tandem "Palladium-Ene"/Carbonylation Reaction.
W. Oppolzer, H. Bienaymé and A. Genevois-Borella, J.
Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 9660-9661.
Asymmetric Synthesis of -Amino
Acids and -N-Hydroxyamino
Acids from N-Acylbornane-10,2-Sultams: 1-Chloro-1-nitrosocyclohexane
as a Practical [NH
] Equivalent.
W. Oppolzer, O. Tamura, and J. Deerberg, Helv. Chim. Acta,
1992, 75, 1965-1978.
Total Synthesis of the Macrolide (+)-Aspicilin by an Asymmetrically
Catalysed Macrocyclization of an 
-Alkynal
Ester.
W. Oppolzer, R. N. Radinov and J. De Brabander, Tetrahedron
Lett., 1995, 36, 2607-2610.
Asymmetric Synthesis of (-)-Denticulatins A and B via Group-Selective
Aldolization of a Meso Dialdehyde with a Chiral N-Propionylsultam.
W. Oppolzer, J. De Brabander, E. Walther and G. Bernardinelli,
Tetrahedron Lett., 1995, 36, 4413-4416.
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