Reactions and Syntheses

Lutz Tietze studied chemistry at the universities of Freiburg and Kiel, Germany, gaining his doctorate under Prof. Dr. B. Franck. He carried out research at MIT in Cambridge, USA, and at the University of Cambridge, UK. In 1975 he gained his lecturing qualification at Münster University, taking up a professorial chair at the University of Dortmund two years later. He has been Professor and Head of the Institute for Organic Chemistry at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen since 1978. Ulf Diederichsen did his thesis at the ETH in Zürich in 1993, becoming full professor in 1999 at the University of Würzburg, after carrying out research with D.P. Curran and H. Kessler. He is currently professor at the department of chemistry at the University of Göttingen. Andreas Speicher wrote his thesis on organic synthesis in 1994 and became a member of the faculty at the University of Saarland as a lecturer in 2003 and as Akademischer Oberrat in 2005.

C-C BOND FORMATION
Nucleophilic Addition to Aldehydes, Ketones, Carboxylic Acid Derivatives (Esters, Anhydrides) and Alpha,Beta-unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds; Carbonyl Olefination
Alkylation of Aldehydes/ Ketones, Carboxylic Acids and Beta-dicarbonyl Compounds
Reactions of the Aldol and Mannich Type
Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Acylation
Reactions of Alkenes via Carbenium Ions
Transition-metal Mediated Reactions
Pericyclic Reactions
Radical Reactions
OXIDATION AND REDUCTION
Epoxidation of C=C Bonds
Dihydroxylation of C=C Bonds
Oxidation of Alcohols to Carbonyl Compounds
Enantioselective Reduction of Ketones
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
Three- and Four-membered Heterocycle
Five-membered Heterocycles
Six-membered Heterocycles
Condensed Heterocycles
Other Heterocyclic Systems, Heterocyclic Dyes
SELECTED NATURAL PRODUCTS
Amino Acids and Peptides
Alkaloids
Terpenoids, Steroids
Carbohydrates C-C BOND FORMATION
Nucleophilic Addition to Aldehydes, Ketones, Carboxylic Acid Derivatives (Esters, Anhydrides) and Alpha,Beta-unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds; Carbonyl Olefination
Alkylation of Aldehydes/ Ketones, Carboxylic Acids and Beta-dicarbonyl Compounds
Reactions of the Aldol and Mannich Type
Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Acylation
Reactions of Alkenes via Carbenium Ions
Transition-metal Mediated Reactions
Pericyclic Reactions
Radical Reactions
OXIDATION AND REDUCTION
Epoxidation of C=C Bonds
Dihydroxylation of C=C Bonds
Oxidation of Alcohols to Carbonyl Compounds
Enantioselective Reduction of Ketones
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
Three- and Four-membered Heterocycle
Five-membered Heterocycles
Six-membered Heterocycles
Condensed Heterocycles
Other Heterocyclic Systems, Heterocyclic Dyes
SELECTED NATURAL PRODUCTS
Amino Acids and Peptides
Alkaloids
Terpenoids, Steroids
Carbohydrates