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2021

Chemistry A European Journal

P−H bond activation is an important step in many catalytic applications involving the formation of new P−C bonds. The icebreaker “RV Bond Activation”, which symbolizes our carbene complexes depicted by the constellation in the sky, is able to easily break P−H bonds via the carbene linkage. The splitting of phosphines into protons and phosphide fragments (depicted as ice shards flying away) occurs even at low temperatures.

2021

Chemistry Open

The Front Cover shows the structure of the newly reported, isolated metallated ylide. Due to the high negative charge at the ylidic carbon center this compound is „on fire“, but can be stabilized by smart molecular design. Structure analyses of the different alkali metal complexes combined with computational studies provide insights into the electronic structure of the compounds.

2021

Chemical Science Inside Cover

Showcasing research from Professor Gessner’s laboratory at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Towards the rational design of ylide-substituted phosphines for gold(I)-catalysis: from inactive to ppm-level catalysis
Systematic studies on the impact of different aryl substituents in the backbone of ylide-substituted phosphines reveal that steric bulk leads to a boost of the catalytic activity in gold catalysis.

2020

Chemistry - A European Journal

Ylide‐substituted phosphines (YPhos) are excellent ligands for Pd‐catalyzed cross‐coupling reactions. This work examines the impact of different ligand substituents and the use of defined precatalysts on the catalyst activity in room temperature C−N couplings. Increased selectivities and activities are obtained with the backbone‐modified joYPhos ligand which exhibits extremely high activities (TOF>10 000 h−1) and productivities for the coupling of a variety of amines and aryl halides.

2019

Organometallics

A new PCcarbeneS ligand has been designed for the stabilization of nucleophilic late transition metal carbene complexes for bond activations via metal–ligand cooperation. This ligand combines previous approaches to such complexes by using different stabilizing effects. O–H and N–H bond activations, including ammonia, could thus be realized by additions across the M=C bond. The cover art illustrates the design of the new ligand by mixing existing concepts and shows molecules, which are readily activated by the carbene complex.

2018

Angewandte Chemie Intl. Ed.

Power to phosphines Phosphines are one of the most utilized types of ligands in catalysis and their advancement is indispensable for further developments in this field. In their communication,V. H. Gessner et al. demonstrate that ylide functionalization is a powerful tool to increase the donor strength of phosphines. The YPhos ligands obtained are easy to synthesize, more electron‐rich than classical phosphines or even NHCs, and allow for improved catalytic activity in gold catalysis.

2017

Chemistry - A European Journal

Metal/Fluorine carbenoids are usually highly reactive and temperature‐sensitive compounds. It has now been demonstrated that even these compounds can be stabilized and isolated at room temperature. Manipulation of the strength of the metal–fluorine interaction turned out to be decisive for stability control. As such, the lithium compounds are considerably more reactive than their heavier congeners, which thus also provides a tool for reactivity control.

2016

Angewandte Chemie Intl. Ed.

The reactivity of s‐block metal organyl compounds generally increases when going down the group of the periodic table. However, V. H. Gessner and S. Molitor report in their Communication the reverse of this trend for alkali metal carbenoids by replacement of lithium by sodium or potassium, allowing for unexpected control of the stability and reactivity of these usually highly reactive species. This is depicted by a soccer player on the Na/K team who kicks the Li out of the molecular structure.

2015

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

The cover picture shows the versatility of methandiide‐based carbene complexes with respect to the bonding situation and the metals applicable. Although only a handful of suitable methandiide precursors are available, they have led to a myriad of carbene‐like complexes with metals covering the whole periodic table. The flexible bonding situation – illustrated by the two springs connecting the carbon and metal atoms – determines the unique electronic properties and reactivities of these compounds.

2023

130	F. Krischer, M. Jörges, T.-F. Leung, H. Darmandeh, V.H. Gessner* Selectivity Control of the Ligand Exchange at Carbon in α-Metallated Ylides as Route to Ketenyl Anions Submitted Preprint: ChemRxiV, doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-tmg4m
129	A. Burhenn, R. Bavaro, V.H. Gessner Pd-catalysed hydrodehalogenation of aryl chlorides: a mild method for deuteration and detoxification Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13, 3545-3550. doi: 10.1039/D3CY00432E
128	I. Rodstein, A. Doppiu, V.H. Gessner* Ylide-Functionalized Phosphine (YPhos) Platinum Complexes: Synthesis and Application in Hydrosilylations at Mild Conditions Organometallics 2023, 42, 1021-1029. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00156
127	F. Papp, D. Sowa Prendes, S. Manna, A-K. Seitz, S. Kostiukovska, J. Löffler, V.H. Gessner, L.J. Gooßen Palladium-Catalyzed Arylation of Hydantoins with Aryl Chlorides Enabled by Ylide-Functionalized Phosphines (YPhos) ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 6846-6850. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.3c01403
126	L.J. Gooßen, V.H. Gessner (Team Profile) A Team for Accelerating Catalyst and Reaction Development Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e2023030. doi: 10.1002/anie.202303080
125	J. Löffler, S.M.P. Vanden Broeck, C.S.J. Cazin, S.P. Nolan, V.H. Gessner Correlation of Experimental and Calculated Reaction Enthalpies with Ligand Donor Strengths Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202300151. doi: 10.1002/chem.202300151
124	I. Rodstein, V.H. Gessner* Carbanion-functionalized phosphines: New design elements for catalyst development Adv. Catal. 2023, submitted.
123	V.S.V.S.N. Swamy, F. Krischer, C. Schwarz, H. Steinert, B. Mallick, V.H. Däschlein-Gessner Inverting the Electronic Structure of Diylidylgermylenes by Backbone Modification Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202300504. doi: 10.1002/chem.202300504
122	M. Jörges, R.M. Gauld, H. Steinert, L. Kelling, V.S.V.S.N. Swamy, A. Kroll, B. Mallick, V.H. Gessner Thiophosphinoyl-Tethered Ylide-Substituted Heavier Carbenes: Synthesis, Structures and Stabilities Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202203. doi: 10.1002/chem.202203863
121	S. Lapointe, P. Duari, V.H. Gessner Probing the Donor Strength of Yldiide Ligands: Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Rhodium Complexes with a PCylideN Pincer Ligand Chemical Science, 2023, 14, 3816 - 3825. doi: 10.1039/D2SC06759E
120	J. Löffler and V.H. Gessner From a Fluorenyl Substituted Ylide-Functionalized Phosphine to a Neutral Phosphide via P-C Bond Cleavage ChemPlusChem 2023, e202200459. doi: 10.1002/cplu.202200459
119	J.F. Goebel, J. Löffler, Z. Zeng, J. Handelmann, A. Hermann, I. Rodstein, T. Gensch, V.H. Gessner, L.J. Gooßen Computer-Driven Development of Ylide Functionalized Phosphinesfor Palladium-Catalyzed Hiyama Couplings Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202216160 (1 of 9). doi: 10.1002/anie.202216160

2022

118	M. Jörges, F. Krischer, V. H. Gessner Transition metal-free ketene formation from carbon monoxide through isolable ketenyl anions Science, 2022, 378, 1331-1336. doi: 10.1126/science.ade4563
117	I. Rodstein, L. Kelling, J. Löffler, T. Scherpf, A. Sarbajna, D.M. Andrada and V.H. Gessner Formation of exceptional monomeric YPhos–PdCl2 complexes with high activities in coupling reactions Chem. Sci. 2022,13, 13552-13562. doi: 10.1039/D2SC04523K
116	S. Jäger, P. Meyer, K.-S. Feichtner, S. Henkel, G.W. Schwaab, V.H. Gessner, M. Havenith Reaction of lithium hexamethyldisilazide (LiHMDS) with water at ultracold conditions Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24, 24089–24094. doi: 10.1039/D2CP03372K
115	J.-A. Zur, M. Schmidt, K.-S. Feichtner, P. Duari, J. Löffler, T. Scherpf, V.H. Gessner From Stable PH-Ylides to α-Carbanionic Phosphines as Ligands for Zwitterionic Catalysts Angew. Chem.Int. Ed. 2022, e202203950. doi: 10.1002/anie.202203950
114	X.-J. Wei, B. Xue, J. Handelmann, Z. Hu, H. Darmandeh, V.H. Gessner, L.J. Gooßen Ylide-Functionalized Diisopropyl Phosphine (prYPhos): A Ligand for Selective Suzuki-Miyaura Couplings of Aryl Chlorides Adv. Synth.Catal. 2022, 364, 3336-3341. doi: 10.1002/adsc.202200321
113	S. Lapointe, A. Sarbajna, and V.H. Gessner* Ylide-Substituted Phosphines: A Platform of Strong Donor Ligands for Gold Catalysis and Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55, 5, 770–782. doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00797
112	P. Neigenfind, D. Knyszek, J. Handelmann and V.H. Gessner* Synthesis of sterically encumbered di- and triarylamines by palladium-catalysed C–N coupling reactions under mild reaction conditions Catal. Sci. Technol., 2022, 12, 3447-3453. doi: 10.1039/D1CY02352G
111	T. Stalder, F. Krischer, H. Steinert, P. Neigenfind, V.H. Gessner* Ylide-stabilized phosphenium cations: Impact of the substitution pattern on the coordination chemistry Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202104074. doi: 10.1002/chem.202104074
110	A. Sarbajna, V. H. Gessner* Tritiation gets selective (News and Views) Nature Synthesis, 2022, 1, 16–17. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44160-021-00009-w

2021

109	H. Steinert, J. Löffler, V.H. Gessner Single-Site and Cooperative Bond Activation Reactions with Ylide-Functionalized Tetrylenes: A Computational Study Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 5004-5013. doi: 10.1002/ejic.202100816
108	K.-S. Feichtner, L. Scharf, T. Scherpf, B. Mallick, N. Boysen, V.H. Gessner* Tuning Ruthenium Carbene Complexes for Selective P–H activation via Metal-Ligand Cooperation Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 17351-17360. doi: 10.1002/chem.202103151
107	M. Jörges, A. Kroll, L. Kelling, R. Gauld, B. Mallick, S.M. Huber, V.H. Gessner* Synthesis, Crystal and Electronic Structures of a Thiophosphinoyl- and Amino-Substituted Metallated Ylide Chem. Open, 2021, 10, 1089-1094. doi: 10.1002/open.202100187
106	V. H. Gessner Coordination Chemistry of Methandiides and Related Ligands. In Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III; Constable, E. C., Parkin, G., Que Jr, L., Eds., Vol. 1, Elsevier, 2021; pp 667–687. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102688-5.00076-3.
105	J. Löffler, R. M. Gauld, K.-S. Feichtner, I. Rodstein, J.-A. Zur, J. Handelmann, C. Schwarz, V. H. Gessner* Ylide-substituted Phosphines with a Cyclic Ylide-Backbone: Angle Dependence of the Donor Strength Organometallics, 2021, 2888-2900. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00349.
104	H. Darmandeh, J. Löffler, N. V. Tzouras, B. Dereli, T. Scherpf, K.-S. Feichtner, S. V. Broeck, K. Van Hecke, M. Saab, C. S. J. Cazin, L. Cavallo, S. P. Nolan, V. H. Gessner Au···H-C Hydrogen Bonds as Design Principle in Gold(I) Catalysis Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 21014-21024. doi: 10.1002/anie.202108581.
103	J. Handelmann, C.N. Babu, H. Steinert, C. Schwarz, T. Scherpf, A. Kroll and V.H. Gessner* Towards the Rational Design of Ylide-Substituted Phosphines for Gold(I)-Catalysis: From Inactive to ppm-level Catalysis Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 4329 - 4337. doi: 10.1039/D1SC00105A.
102	Z. Hu, X.-J. Wei, J. Handelmann, A.-K. Seitz, I. Rodstein, V. H. Gessner,* L. J. Gooßen* Coupling of Reformatsky Reagents with Aryl Chlorides enabled by Ylide-Functionalized Phosphine Ligands Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 6778–6783. doi: 10.1002/anie.202016048.
101	K. Dilchert, M. Schmidt, A. Großjohann, K.-S. Feichtner, R. E. Mulvey, V. H. Gessner Solvation Effects on the Structure and Stability of Alkali Metal Carbenoids Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 493-498. doi: 10.1002/anie.202011278
100	A. Sarbajna, V.S.V.S.N. Swamy and V.H. Gessner* Phosphorus-Ylides: Powerful Substituents for the Stabilization of Reactive Main Group Compounds. Chem. Sci. 2021, 2016-2024. doi: 10.1039/D0SC03278F

2020

99	K. Dilchert, T. Scherpf, V. H. Gessner Carbenoid-Mediated Formation and Activation of Element-Element and Element-Hydrogen Bonds Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 4111–4115. doi: 10.1002/ejic.202000860 (VIP: Very Important Paper)
98	C. Mohapatra, H. Darmandeh, H. Steinert, B. Mallick, K.-S. Feichtner, V. H. Gessner* Low-Valent Dinuclear Group 14 Compounds by Transylidation: Isolation of a Digermavinyl Cation and Chloro(ylide)digermene Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 15145-15149. doi: 10.1002/chem.202004242
97	I. Rodstein, D.S. Prendes, L. Wickert, M. Paaßen, V.H. Gessner* Selective Monoarylation of Small Primary Alkyl Amines through Backbone-Modification in Ylide-Functionalized Phosphines (YPhos) J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 14674-14683. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01771
96	H. Darmandeh, V.H. Gessner* Selective B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Reactions of α-Diazoesters with Heterocycles and Alkenes Chem. 2020, 6, 9, 2364. doi: 10.1016/j.chempr.2020.08.006
95	A. Kroll, H. Steinert, M. Jörges, T. Steinke, B. Mallick, V.H. Gessner* Cationic Phosphorus Compounds Based on a Bis(1-piperidinyl)-Substituted Carbodiphosphorane: Syntheses, Structures, and C sp3–H Activation Organometallics 2020, 39, 23, 4312–4319. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00412
94	T. Scherpf, H. Steinert, A. Großjohann, K. Dilchert, J. Tappen, I. Rodstein, V.H. Gessner* Efficient Pd‐Catalyzed Direct Coupling of Aryl Chlorides with Alkyllithium Reagents Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59,2–10. doi: 10.1002/anie.202008866 Angew. Chem. 2020, 132, 2 – 10. doi: 10.1002/ange.202008866
93	A. Kroll, H. Steinert, L.T. Scharf, T. Scherpf, B. Mallick and V.H. Gessner* A diamino-substituted carbodiphosphorane as strong C-donor and weak N-donor: isolation of monomeric trigonal-planar L·ZnCl2 Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 8051. doi: 10.1039/D0CC02496A
92	H. Darmandeh, T. Scherpf, K.-S. Feichtner, C. Schwarz, V.H. Gessner* Synthesis, Isolation and Crystal Structures of the Metalated Ylides [Cy3P‐C‐SO2Tol]M (M = Li, Na, K). Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2020, 646, 835-841. doi: 10.1002/zaac.201900333
91	J. Tappen, I. Rodstein, K. McGuire, A. Großjohann, J. Löffler, T. Scherpf, V.H.Gessner* Palladium Complexes Based on Ylide-Functionalized Phosphines(YPhos): Broadly Applicable High-Performance Precatalysts for the Amination of Aryl Halides at Room Temperature Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 4281- 4288. doi: doi.org/10.1002/chem.201905535
90	K.-S. Feichtner, F. Papp, M. Schmidt, M. Paaßen, V.H. Gessner* Carbene complex formation versus cyclometallation from a phosphoryl-tethered methanide ruthenium complex Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2020, 121235. doi: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2020.121235
89	H. Steinert, C. Schwarz, A. Kroll and V.H. Gessner* Towards the Preparation of Stable Cyclic Amino(ylide)Carbenes Molecules 2020, 25, 796. doi:10.3390/molecules25040796
88	L.T. Scharf, I. Rodstein, M. Schmidt, T. Scherpf, V.H. Gessner* Unraveling the High Activity of Ylide-Functionalized Phosphines in Palladium-Catalyzed Amination Reactions: A Comparative Study with CyJohnPhos and PtBu3 ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 999-1009. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04666

2019

87	C. Schwarz, J. Handelmann, D. M. Baier, A. Ouissa,V. H. Gessner* Mono- and diylide-substituted phosphines (YPhos): impact of the ligand properties on the catalytic activity in gold(I)-catalysed hydroaminations Catal. Sci. Technol. 2019, 6808-6815, DOI: 10.1039/C9CY01861A
86	X.-Q. Hu, D. Lichte, I. Rodstein, P. Weber, A.-K. Seitz, T. Scherpf, V. H. Gessner, L. J. Gooßen Ylide-Functionalized Phosphine (YPhos)–Palladium Catalysts: Selective Monoarylation of Alkyl Ketones with Aryl Chlorides Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 18, 7558-7562. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02830
85	L.T. Scharf, A. Kowsari, T. Scherpf, K.-S. Feichtner, V.H. Gessner* Cooperative Bond Activation Reactions with Nickel and Palladium Carbene Complexes with a PC_carbene_S Pincer Ligand Organometallics 2019, 38, 21, 4093-4104. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00386
84	V. H. Gessner Palladium Catalyzed Amination of Aryl Chlorides GIT Laboratory Journal - Business Web for Users in Science and Industrie, Jul. 09, 2019. link
83	L. T. Scharf K.‐S. Feichtner V. H. Gessner* Carbon Dioxide Catalyzed Cyclometallation of a Carbene Complex: Synthesis and Mechanism Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 25, 2990. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201900299
82	T. Scherpf, I. Rodstein, M. Paassen, V. H. Gessner* Group 9 and 10 Metal Complexes of an Ylide-Substituted Phosphine: Coordination versus Cyclometalation and Oxidative Addition Inorganic Chemistry 2019, 58(12), 8151-8161. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00948
81	C. Schwarz, T. Scherpf, I. Rodstein, J. Weismann, K.‐S. Feichtner, V. H. Gessner* Ylide‐Functionalization via Metalated Ylides: Synthesis and Structural Properties ChemistryOPEN 2019, 8(5), 621. DOI: 10.1002/open.201900094
80	C. Mohapatra, L. Scharf, T. Scherpf, B. Mallick, K.-S. Feichtner, C. Schwarz, V. H. Gessner* Isolation of a Diylide-Stabilized Stannylene and Germylene: Enhanced Donor Strength through Coplanar Lone Pair Alignment Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 22, 7459-7463. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201902831
79	C. Schwarz, L. T. Scharf, T. Scherpf, J. Weismann, V. H. Gessner* Isolation of the Metalated Ylides [Ph3P−C−CN]M (M=Li, Na, K): Influence of the Metal Ion on the Structure and Bonding Situation Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25,11, 2793-2802. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805421.
78	P. Weber, T. Scherpf, I. Rodstein, D. Lichte, L. T. Scharf, L. J. Gooßen, V. H. Gessner A Highly Active Ylide-Functionalized Phosphine for Palladium-Catalyzed Aminations of Aryl Chlorides Ylide-functionalized phosphines: Strong Donor Ligands for Homogenous Catalysis Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 3203-3207. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201810696

2018

77	V.H. Gessner Ylide-substituierte Phosphane: Elektronenreiche Liganden für die homogene Katalyse GIT Labor-Fachzeitschrift, 2018. link
76	Thorsten Scherpf, Christopher Schwarz, Lennart T. Scharf, Jana-Alina Zur, Andreas Helbig and Viktoria H. Gessner* Ylide-functionalized phosphines: Strong Donor Ligands for Homogenous Catalysis Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 13041. Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. 2018, 57, 1-7. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805372 Highlighted in Chemistry Views
75	K.-S. Feichtner, V. H. Gessner* Cooperative Bond Activation Reactions with Carbene Complexes Chem. Commun. 2018, 6540-6553. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC02198H (part of the “2018 Emerging Investigator” issue)
74	L. T. Scharf, J. Weismann, K.-S. Feichtner, V. H. Gessner* Versatile Modes of Cooperative B-H Bond Activation Reactions in Ruthenium Carbene Complexes: Addition, Ring-opening and Insertion Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 3439-3443. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800248
73	V. H. Gessner* Reactivity and Applications of α-Metallated Ylides Structure and Bonding, Springer, 2018, DOI: 10.1007/430_2017_18
72	K.-S. Feichtner, T. Scherpf, V. H. Gessner* Cooperative Bond Activation Reactions with Ruthenium Carbene Complex PhSO2(Ph2PNSiMe3)C=Ru(p-cymene): Ru=C and N–Si Bond Reactivity Organometallics 2018, 37, 645-654. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00254

2017

71	T. Scherpf, V. H. Gessner Ylid-funktionalisierte Phosphane zur Verwendung in Metallkomplexen und der homogenen Katalyse Patent, DE 102017213817; PCT/EP2018/071550. link
70	S. Molitor, V. H. Gessner* Alkali metal chlorine and bromine carbenoids: Their thermal stability and structural properties Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 12372-12379. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701911.
69	L. T. Scharf, V. H. Gessner* Metalated ylides: a new class of strong donor ligands with unique electronic properties Inorg. Chem. 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00099. (link)
68	L. T. Scharf, D. M. Andrada, G. Frenking, V. H. Gessner* The bonding situation in metalated ylides. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 4432-4434. (link)
67	T. Scherpf, K.-S. Feichtner, V. H. Gessner* Using Ylid-Functionalization to Stabilize Boron Cations Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 3323-3327. (link) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 3275-3279. (link)
66	S. Molitor, K.-S. Feichtner, V. H. Gessner* Taming Metal/Fluorine Carbenoids Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 2527-2531. (link)
65	S. Molitor, V. H. Gessner* Synthesis, Structure and Thermal Stability of a Crown Ether Complexed K/Cl Carbenoid Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2017, 457, 29-33. (link)

2016

64	K.-S. Feichtner, V. H. Gessner* Synthesis and Characterization of a Sulfonyl and Iminophosphoryl-functionalized Methanide and Methandiide Inorganics 2016, 4, 40 (invited research article for the special issue on “s-block metal complexes”). (link)
63	V. H. Gessner Stability and Reactivity Control of Carbenoids: Recent Advances and Perspectives Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 12011-12023. (link)
62	J. Weismann, L. T. Scharf, V. H. Gessner* Cooperative P-H Bond Activation with Ruthenium and Iridium Carbene Complexes Organometallics, 2016, 35, 2507-2515. (link)
61	S. Molitor, C. Mahler, V. H. Gessner* Synthesis and Solid-State Structues of Gold(I) Complexes of Diphosphines New. J. Chem. 2016, 40, 6467-6474. (link)
60	S. Molitor, V. H. Gessner* Alkali Metal Carbenoids: A Case of Higher Stability of the Heavier Congeners Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 7843-7847. (link) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7712-7716
59	S. Molitor, C. Schwarz, V. H. Gessner* Mono- and Bis-cyclometalated Palladium Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Activity Organometallics, 2016, 35, 159-167, (link)
58	J. Weismann, R. Waterman, V. H. Gessner* Metal-Ligand Cooperativity in a Methandiide Derived Iridium Carbene Complex Chem Eur. J. 2016, 22, 3846-3855, (link)
57	K.-S. Feichtner, S. Englert, V. H. Gessner* Preparation and Isolation of a Chiral Methandiide and its Application as Cooperative Ligand in Bond Activation Chem Eur. J. 2016, 22, 506-510, (link)

2015

56	J. Weismann, V. H. Gessner* Si-H Activation by means of Metal Ligand Cooperation in a Methandiide Derived Carbene Complex Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 14909-14912 (link).
55	V. H. Gessner Gemeinsam sind wir stark - Wenn Metall und Ligand in Reaktionen aktiv zusammenarbeiten Lab and More 2015, 10, 14-18.
54	J. Weismann, V. H. Gessner* Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation with a Methandiide Based Carbene Complex: An Experimental and Computational Study Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 16103-16112. (link)
53	J. Weismann, V. H. Gessner* Selective [2+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Isocyanates and Thioisocyanates across the M=C Bond in a Ruthenium Carbene Complex. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 4192-4198. (link)
52	T. Scherpf, R. Wirth, S. Molitor, K.-S. Feichtner, V. H. Gessner* Bridging the Gap between Bisylides and Methandiides: Isolation, Reactivity and Electronic Structure of an Yldiide Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 8542-8546. (link) Das Bindeglied zwischen Bisyliden und Methandiiden: Isolierung, Reaktivität und elektronische Struktur eines Yldiids Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 8662-8666. (→link)
51	V. H. Gessner,* J. Becker, K.-S. Feichtner Carbene Complexes Based on Dilithium Methandiides Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 1841-1859. (link)
50	S. Molitor, V. H. Gessner* Lithium Chloride Carbenoids in Bond Activation Reactions (SYNPACTS article) Synlett 2015, 26, 861-865. (link)

2014

49	S. Molitor, J. Becker, V. H. Gessner* Selelctive Dehydrocoupling of Phosphines by Lithium Chloride Carbenoids J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 15517-15520. (PDF link) Highlighted in T. M. Swager, W. J. Ong, Synfacts, 2015, 11, 0140.
48	. Becker, T. Modl, V. H. Gessner* A Methandiide as Non-Innocent Ligand in Carbene Complexes: From the Electronic Structure to Bond Activation Reactions and Cooperative Catalysis Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 11295-11299. (PDF link)
47	K.-S. Feichtner, V. H. Gessner* Synthesis and stability of Li/Cl carbenoids based on bis(iminophosphoryl)methanes Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 14399-14408. (PDF link)
46	J. Becker, V. H. Gessner* Synthesis and Electronic Structure of Carbene Complexes based on a Sulfonyl-Substituted Dilithio Methandiide Organometallics, 2014, 33, 1310-1317. (PDF link)
45	V. H. Gessner* Diphenyl[(phenylsulfanyl)methyl]-phosphanethione Acta Cryst. E, 2014, E70, o374. (PDF link)
44	S. Molitor, K.-S. Feichtner, C. Kupper, V. H. Gessner* Substitution Effects on the Formation of Palladium Carbene and Thioketone Complexes from Li/Cl Carbenoids Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 10752-10762. (PDF link) Highlighed in ChemistryViews.
43	C. Kupper, S. Molitor, V. H. Gessner* Structure, Bonding and Reactivity of Room Temperature Stable Lithium Chloride Carbenoids Organometallics, 2014, 33, 347-353. (PDF link)
42	J. Becker, V. H. Gessner* On the Structure and Ambiphilicity of a Sulfonyl Substituted α-chloro Lithium Base Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 4320-4325. (PDF link)

2013

41	V. H. Gessner, F. Meier, D. Uhrich, M. Kaupp Synthesis and Bonding in Carbene Complexes of an Unsymmetrical Dilithio Methandiide: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study Chem. Eur. J.* 2013, 19, 16729-16739. (PDF link)
40	S. Molitor, V. H. Gessner* Reactivity of Li/Cl Carbenoids towards Lewis Base Adducts of BH3: B-H Bond Activation versus Carbene Dimerization Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 11858-11862. (PDF link)
39	H. Braunschweig, R. D. Dewhurst, V. H. Gessner Transition Metal Borylene Complexes Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, 42, 3197-3208. (PDF link)
38	K. Götz, V. H. Gessner, C. Unkelbach, M. Kaupp, C. Strohmann Understanding Structure Formation in Organolithium Compounds: An Exprimental and Quantum-Chemical Approach. Z. Allg. Anorg. Chem. 2013, 639, 2077-2085. (PDF link)
37	P. K. Eckert, I. dos Santos Vieira, V. H. Gessner, J. Börner, C. Strohmann, S. Herres-Pawlis Simple is best: diamine zinc complexes as efficient catalysts in lactide polymerisation Polyhedron 2013, 49, 151-157. (PDF link)

2012

36	P. Schröter, V. H. Gessner* Tetrahedral versus Planar Four-Coordinate Carbon: A Sulfonyl-Substituted Methandiide Chem. Eur J. 2012, 18, 11223-11227. (PDF link)
35	V. H. Gessner* Diphenyl[2-(phenylsulfonyl)propan-2-yl]-λ5-phosphanethione Acta Cryst. 2012, E68, o1045. (PDF link)
34	A. Hartung, F. Seufert, C. Berges, V.H. Gessner, U. Holzgrabe, One-PotUgi/Aza-Michael Synthesis of Highly Substituted 25-Diketopiperazines with Anti-Proliferative Properties Molecules, 2012, 17, 14685-14699. (PDF link)
33	P. K. Eckert, V. H. Gessner, M. Knorr, C. Strohmann, Formation of Specific Configurations at Stereogenic Nitrogen Centers upon their Coordination to Zinc and Mercury Inorganic Chemistry 2012, 51, 8516-8523. (PDF link)
32	V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann Preparation of Aminomethyl Functionalised Silanes via an α-Lithiated Amine: From their Synthesis, Stability and Crystal Structures to Stereochemical Issues Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 3452-3460. (PDF link)

2011

31	Viktoria H. Gessner* Formation of a Palladium Thioketone Complex from a Thiophosphinoyl Stabilized Li/Cl Carbenoid Organometallics 2011, 30, 4228-4231. (PDF link)
30	V. H. Gessner, J. F. Tannaci, A. D. Miller, T. D. Tilley Assembly of Macrocycles by Zirconocene-Mediated, Reversible Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Acc. Chem. Res. 2011, 44, 435-446. (PDF link)
29	V. H. Gessner, T. D. Tilley Diphenylanthracene Macrocycles from Reductive Zirconocene Coupling: On the Edge of Steric Overload Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1154-1157. (PDF link) Highlighted in T. M. Swager, J. Batson, Synfacts, 2011, 0496.
28	V. H. Gessner, S. G. Koller, C. Strohmann, A.-M. L. Hogan, D. F. O'Shea Mechanistic Insight into Stereoselective Carbolithiations Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 2996-3004. (PDF link)
27	M. Breuning, A. Paasche, M. Steiner, S. Dilsky, V.H. Gessner, C. Strohmann, B. Engels Theoretical and spectroscopic studies on the conformational equilibrium of 9-oxabispidines in solution J. Mol. Struct. 2011, 1005, 178-185. (PDF link)

2010 - 2006

26	V. H. Gessner* The Complex-Induced Proximity Effect in Organolithium Chemistry and its Importance in the Lithiation of Tertiary Amines Ideas in Chemistry and Molecular Science, Advances in Synthetic Chemistry (Eds. B. Pignataro), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2010, 95-114. (PDF link)
25	J. J. Gammon, V. H. Gessner, G. R. Barker, J. Granander, C. Strohmann, P. O'Brien, B. Kelly Synthesis of P-Stereogenic Compounds via Kinetic Deprotonation and Thermodynamic Resolution of Phosphine Sulfides: Opposite Sense of Induction Using (-)-Sparteine J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 13922-13927. (PDF link)
24	V. H. Gessner, B. Fröhlich, C. Strohmann Lithiated (R,R)-TMCDA as Efficient Building Block for the Preparation of ChiralN,N,O-Ligands via Asymmetric 1,2-Addition Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 5640-5649. (PDF link)
23	V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann Lithiumorganyle: Zwischen Ästhetik und Verständis Nachr. Chem. 2010, 58, 744-747. (PDF link)
22	V. H. Gessner, S. Dilsky, C. Strohmann Unexpected Direct Dilithiation of a Prochiral Phosphine Borane Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 4719-4721. (PDF link)
21	V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann Lithiation of Diamine Ligands to Chiral Building Blocks: Syntheses, Selectivities and Lithiated Intermediates Organometallics 2010, 29, 1858-1861. (PDF link)
20	C. Däschlein, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann Preparation of "Si-Centered" Chiral Silanes by Direct α-Lithiation of Methylsilanes Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 4048-4062. (PDF link)
19	M. Willot, L. Radtke, D. Könning, R. Fröhlich, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann, M. Christmann Totalsynthese und Absolute Konfiguration des Guaian-Sesquiterpens Englerin A Angew. Chem. 2009, 121, 9269-9272; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 9105-9108. (PDF link)
18	M. Breuning, D. Hein, M. Steiner, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann Chiral 2-endo Substituted 9-Oxabispidines: Novel Ligands for Enantioselective Cu(II)-Catalyzed Henry Reactions Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 12764-12769. (PDF link)
17	V. H. Gessner, C. Däschlein, C. Strohmann Structure Formation Principles and Reactivity of Organolithium Compounds Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 3320-3335. (PDF link)
16	P. Eckert, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann (1R,2R)-N,N'-Diisobutyl-N,N'-dimethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine Acta Cryst. E 2009, E65, o956. (PDF link)
15	S. Clement, L. Guyard, M. Knorr, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann (2,2-Dichlorovinyl)ferrocene Acta Cryst. E 2009, E65, m334. (PDF link)
14	T. Tricotet, J. Cotter, P. Flemming, A.-M. L. Hogan, C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner, D. F. O'Shea Selective Vinyl C-H Lithiation of cis-Stilbenes J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3142-3143. (PDF link)
13	H. N. Paindy, F. Guyon, A. Khatyr, M. Knorr, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann Formation of Extended 1D and 2D Coordination Polymers in Tetrathioether Complexes of Mercury(II) and Copper (I): Crystal Structures of [{Ge(CH₂SPh)₄}HgBr₂]_n and [{Ge(CH₂SPh)₄}(Cu₂I₂)]_n Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2009, 635, 2009-2105. (PDF link)
12	V. H. Gessner, C. Däschlein, C. Strohmann 2-[(2-Hydroxy-2,2-diphenylethyl)(methyl)amino]-dimethylethanaminium bromide Acta Cryst. E. 2009, E65, o383. (PDF link)
11	C. Däschlein, V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann (S)-1,2-Dimethyl-1,1,2-triphenyl-1-(piperidinomethyl)disilane x HCl Acta Cryst. E. 2008, 64, o1950. (PDF link)
10	V. H. Gessner, C. Strohmann Lithiation of TMEDA and its Higher Homologous TEEDA, Understanding Observed α- and β-Deprotonation J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14412-14413. (PDF link)
9	C. Strohmann, A. Damme, V. H. Gessner Isopropyllithium diamine adducts: From a non symmetric aggregate to monomeric iPrLi∙(1R,2R)-N,N,N',N',-tetraethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine Chem. Commun. 2008, 3381-3383. (PDF link)
8	C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner A Precoordination Complex of 1,3,5-Trimethyl-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane with tert-Butyllithium as Key Intermediate in its Methylene Group Deprotonation Chem. Asian J. 2008, 3, 1929-1934. (PDF link)
7	C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner Crystal Structures of n-Buli Adducts with (R,R)-TMCDA and the Consequences for Deprotonation Reactions J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 11719-11725. (PDF link)
6	C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner, S. Koller, A. Damme, C. Däschlein (1R,2R)-N,N'-Dimethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine Acta Cryst. E. 2008, E64, o687. (PDF link)
5	C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner From Monomeric tBuLi∙(R,R)-TMCDA to α-Lithiated (R,R)-TMCDA Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 8429-8432; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 8281-8283. (PDF link)
4	C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner Crystal Structures of the Chiral Diamine (R,R)-TMCDA with the Commonly Used Alkyllithium Bases Methyllithium, iso-Propyllithium and sec-Butyllithium J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 8952-8938. (PDF link)
3	C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner From the Alkyllithium Aggregate [(nBuLi)₂∙PMDTA]₂ to Lithiated PMDTA Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 4650-4653; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 4566-4569. (PDF link)
2	C. Strohmann, V. H. Gessner [{(C₇H₇LiO)₆(thf)₂(μ-diglyme-κO,κ'O)}Li₂O]: a μ⁶-O^2- Ion Encapsulating Aryllithium Compound Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2007, 633, 2285-2287. (PDF link)
1	D. A. Burgard, G. A. Bishop, D. H. Stedman, V. H. Gessner, C. Daeschlein Remote Sensing of In-Use Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40, 6938-6942. (PDF link)