GRK 352:  Synthetic, Mechanistic and Reaction-Engineering Aspects of Metal Containing Catalysts

• Subject Area: Molecular Chemistry
• Term: from 1997 to 2005
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 272017

The researchers participating in this college have at one's aim to take advantage of the expertise in the different subject areas by aninterdisciplinary approach. The research program and the course of studies are based on synthetic and reaction-engineering aspects of the preparation and application of metal-containing catalysts as well as mechanistic studies and the application of quantum mechanics to calculate and to understand the electronic structure and the reactivity of these catalysts. The main points of emphasis are the reaction-engineering based development of metal catalysts for polymer science, the preparation of organometallic compounds and catalysts and the application in organic synthesis and combinatorialscreening methods for the metal ligand design of metal catalysts.The training program for PhD students is designed to approach the problems and methods of the subject areas profiting from a broad and systematic program including lectures, seminars, colloquia and workshops focusing on the chemistry of organometallic compounds and catalysts. The program is providing a frame of reference for PhD students to work for their doctoral degree benefiting from the diverse ways of thinking and working methods of the different subject areas.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Berlin
• Spokesperson: Professorin Dr. Karola Rück-Braun
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Siegfried Blechert; Professor Dr. Alexander C. Filippou; Professor Dr. Jörn Müller; Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Reichert; Professor Dr. Peter Roesky; Professor Dr. Reinhard Schomäcker; Dr. D Schröder; Professor Dr. Herbert Schumann (†); Professor Dr. Helmut Schwarz; Professor Dr. Christoph van Wüllen