Publications by Katrin Anne Thommes

Modulating the Steric, Electronic, and Catalytic Properties of Cp* Ruthenium Half-Sandwich Complexes with β-Diketiminato Ligands

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Paul Joseph Dyson, Dominique Schreiber, Katrin Anne Thommes, Andrew Douglas Phillips

Five different types of β-diketiminate ligands, bearing electron-donating to strongly electron-withdrawing substituents, were synthesized and used in the synthesis of Cp* ruthenium complexes (Cp* = η5-C5Me5). One series consists of complexes with a covalen ...

American Chemical Society2011

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Synthesis of 1,5-Dichlorides by Sequential Intermolecular Kharasch Reactions

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Aurélien Godinat, Katrin Anne Thommes, Charlotte Buron

Sequential intermolecular atom transfer radical addition reactions of activated dichlorides Cl2CRR′ (R = CN, CO2Et, R′ = H, CN, CO2Et) with two olefins catalyzed by [Cp*RuCl2(PPh3)] in the presence Mg allow the synthesis of linear 1,5-dichlorides. Differen ...

Wiley-Blackwell2011

Novel Approaches for Ruthenium Catalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Addition Reactions

Katrin Anne Thommes

A new catalytic procedure for atom-transfer radical addition (ATRA) and cyclization (ATRC) reactions is described. The combination of the ruthenium(III) complex [RuCl2Cp*(PPh3)] with magnesium allows these reactions to be performed under mild conditions wi ...

EPFL2010

Atom-Transfer Radical Addition Reactions Catalyzed by RuCp* Complexes: A Mechanistic Study

Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Kay Severin, Katrin Anne Thommes, Katarzyna Pierzchala, Gregor Kiefer

Kinetic and spectroscopic analyses were performed to gain information about the mechanism of atom-transfer radical reactions catalyzed by the complexes [RuCl2Cp*(PPh3)] and [RuClCp*(PPh3)2] (Cp*=pentamethylcyclopentadienyl), in the presence and in the abse ...

2009

Olefin Cyclopropanation by a Sequential Atom-Transfer Radical Addition and Dechlorination in the Presence of a Ruthenium Catalyst

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Katrin Anne Thommes, Gregor Kiefer

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2009

Dinuclear Ruthenium Ethylene Complexes: Syntheses, Structures, and Catalytic Applications in ATRA and ATRC Reactions

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Katrin Anne Thommes

2008

Atom-Transfer Radical Addition (ATRA) and Cyclization (ATRC) Reactions Catalyzed by a Mixture of [RuCl2Cp*(PPh3)] and Magnesium

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Katrin Anne Thommes, Burçak Içli

2007

Highly Efficient Atom Transfer Radical Addition Reactions with a RuIII Complex as a Catalyst Precursor

Laurent Quebatte, Kay Severin, Katrin Anne Thommes

2006