Chromophore Activation by Lewis Acid Coordination (B01)

• Subject Area: Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 444632635

The main goal of the project is to explore how Lewis acids modulate the photophysical properties of a given chromophore in an assembly and how this modulation can be exploited for unprecedented selective photochemical reactions. A strategic input is expected from collaborations with theoretical chemistry and spectroscopy by which the excited state properties of the Lewis acid complexes are interrogated. Synthetically, the goal is to allow a selective excitation of a Lewis acid-substrate complex, which in turn can be employed to perform catalytic enantioselective, site-selective and type-selective transformations, ideally by visible-light irradiation.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 325: Assembly Controlled Chemical Photocatalysis
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität München (TUM)
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Thorsten Bach