Current topics in the fields of sustainability:

• Metal-free catalysis 
• Hydrogen activation by main group element catalysis
• Open-shell molecules for organic electronics and materials
• Sulfur-rich polymers for new cathode materials

Futher information about our research can be found on our website or in the publications listed below.

Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Amides: Halides as Active Lewis Base in the Metal-Free Hydrogen Activation
N. Sitte, M. Bursch, S. Grimme,* J. Paradies*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 159-162.

Electrophilic phosphonium cation-mediated phosphane oxide reduction using oxalyl chloride and hydrogen
A. J. Stepen, M. Bursch, S. Grimme,* D. W. Stephan,* J. Paradies*
Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 15473–15476; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57,15253–15256.

Frustrated Lewis Pair-catalyzed dehydrogenative oxidation of indolines and other heterocycles
A. F. G. Maier, S. Tussing, T. Schneider, U. Flörke, Z.-W. Qu, S. Grimme,* J. Paradies*
Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 12407-12411; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12219-12223.

Concise synthesis of dithiophene derivatives by palladium-catalyzed multiple C–S cross coupling/cyclization sequence
P. Oechsle, P. Hou, U. Flörke; J. Paradies*
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 358, 3770-3776.