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Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld

Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld

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Chemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
10724
World Ranking
10303
National Ranking
748

Overview

Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research spans multiple domains within chemistry and materials science, with a particular focus on crystallization, solubility, and organometallic chemistry.

They have contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with more specific work in Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld has published frequently in prominent scientific journals. The top venues in which they have contributed include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nature Chemistry

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld are:

  • Photocatalytic phosphine-mediated water activation for radical hydrogenation, 2023, Nature
  • Skeletal editing of pyridines through atom-pair swap from CN to CC, 2024, Nature Chemistry
  • Light-enabled deracemization of cyclopropanes by Al-salen photocatalysis, 2023, Nature
  • 1,n-Bisborylalkanes via Radical Boron Migration, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Design of Ru(II)-NHC-Diamine Precatalysts Directed by Ligand Cooperation: Applications and Mechanistic Investigations for Asymmetric Hydrogenation, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Constantin G. Daniliuc
  • Gerald Kehr
  • Gerhard Erker
  • Michael Ryan Hansen
  • Armido Studer

Their work incorporates advanced techniques and concepts in crystallography, photochemistry, and catalysis, addressing questions related to molecular structure, reactivity, and synthesis. The focus on diverse aspects-from fundamental crystallization to asymmetric catalysis-reflects a broad and interdisciplinary approach to chemical research.

Best Publications

  • Density functional theory with dispersion corrections for supramolecular structures, aggregates, and complexes of (bio)organic molecules.

    Stefan Grimme;Jens Antony;Tobias Schwabe;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld

  • 6-Trifluoromethyl-Phenanthridines through Radical Trifluoromethylation of Isonitriles

    Bo Zhang;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Constantin Gabriel Daniliuc;Armido Studer

  • Noncovalent Interactions between Graphene Sheets and in Multishell (Hyper)Fullerenes

    Stefan Grimme;and Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Jens Antony

  • Radical-polar crossover reactions of vinylboron ate complexes

    Marvin Kischkewitz;Kazuhiro Okamoto;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Armido Studer

  • Ultra-high cycling stability of poly(vinylphenothiazine) as a battery cathode material resulting from π–π interactions

    M. Kolek;F. Otteny;P. Schmidt;P. Schmidt;C. Mück-Lichtenfeld

  • Photocatalytic phosphine-mediated water activation for radical hydrogenation

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  • Transition Metal-Free 1,2-Carboboration of Unactivated Alkenes.

    Ying Cheng;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Armido Studer

  • Metal-Free Radical Borylation of Alkyl and Aryl Iodides

    Ying Cheng;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Armido Studer

  • Bioinspired Radical Stetter Reaction: Radical Umpolung Enabled by Ion-Pair Photocatalysis.

    Tobias Morack;Christian Mück‐Lichtenfeld;Ryan Gilmour

  • Enantioselective, desymmetrizing bromolactonization of alkynes.

    Michael Wilking;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Constantin G. Daniliuc;Ulrich Hennecke

  • Mechanism of titanocene-mediated epoxide opening through homolytic substitution.

    Andreas Gansäuer;Andriy Barchuk;Florian Keller;Martin Schmitt

  • Radical transfer hydroamination with aminated cyclohexadienes using polarity reversal catalysis : Scope and limitations

    Joyram Guin;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Stefan Grimme;Armido Studer

  • When Do Interacting Atoms Form a Chemical Bond? Spectroscopic Measurements and Theoretical Analyses of Dideuteriophenanthrene

    Stefan Grimme;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Gerhard Erker;Gerald Kehr

  • Decarboxylative Polymerization of 2,6-Naphthalenedicarboxylic Acid at Surfaces

    Hong-Ying Gao;Philipp Alexander Held;Marek Knor;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld

  • Cooperative N‐Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) and Ruthenium Redox Catalysis: Oxidative Esterification of Aldehydes with Air as the Terminal Oxidant

    Junfeng Zhao;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Armido Studer

  • Reversible Carbon Dioxide Binding by Simple Lewis Base Adducts with Electron-Rich Phosphines.

    Florenz Buß;Paul Mehlmann;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Klaus Bergander

  • Chiral helical oligotriazoles: new class of anion-binding catalysts for the asymmetric dearomatization of electron-deficient N-heteroarenes.

    Mercedes Zurro;Mercedes Zurro;Sören Asmus;Sören Asmus;Stephan Beckendorf;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld

  • A radical tandem reaction with homolytic cleavage of a Ti-O bond.

    Andreas Gansäuer;Björn Rinker;Marianna Pierobon;Stefan Grimme

  • Skeletal editing of pyridines through atom-pair swap from CN to CC.

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  • Silylium ion-catalyzed challenging Diels-Alder reactions: the danger of hidden proton catalysis with strong Lewis acids.

    Ruth K. Schmidt;Kristine Müther;Kristine Müther;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Stefan Grimme;Stefan Grimme

  • Stereoselective alcohol silylation by dehydrogenative Si-O coupling: scope, limitations, and mechanism of the cu-h-catalyzed non-enzymatic kinetic resolution with silicon-stereogenic silanes.

    Sebastian Rendler;Sebastian Rendler;Oliver Plefka;Betül Karatas;Gertrud Auer

  • 6-Trifluoromethyl-phenanthridines Through Radical Trifluoromethylation of Isonitriles.

    Bo Zhang;Christian Mueck‐Lichtenfeld;Constantin Gabriel Daniliuc;Armido Studer

Frequent Co-Authors

Armido Studer
Armido Studer University of Münster
Constantin G. Daniliuc
Constantin G. Daniliuc University of Münster
Stefan Grimme
Stefan Grimme University of Bonn
Gerhard Erker
Gerhard Erker University of Münster
Gerald Kehr
Gerald Kehr University of Münster
Klaus Bergander
Klaus Bergander University of Münster
Roland Fröhlich
Roland Fröhlich University of Münster
Ryan Gilmour
Ryan Gilmour University of Münster
Harald Fuchs
Harald Fuchs University of Münster
Johannes Neugebauer
Johannes Neugebauer University of Münster

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