Organic Chemistry

Current Research Projects

1.	Organo Transition Metal Chemistry
a)	- Plant Sources for Carbazole Alkaloids
	- Reviews on Carbazole Alkaloids
	- First Total Synthesis of the Whole Series of the Antiostatins A and B	Highlighted as Hot Article and on Chemie.de
	- Pd-catalyzed Total Synthesis of Euchrestifoline
	- First Total Synthesis of Pityriazole
	- First Enantioselective Synthesis of Neocarazostatin B

b)	- Synthesis of Yohimbane Alkaloids

c)	- Stereoselective Synthesis of Spirocyclic Ring Systems

2.	Organosilicon Chemistry
	- Synthetic Approach towards the Oleander Scale Pheromone
	- Stereoselective Total Synthesis of (±)-Isocomene
	- Stereoselective Total Synthesis of (±)-Cameroonanol
	- Synthesis of a Pentacyclic Ring System

3.	Pyrrole Chemistry
	- Pentabromopseudilin: A new Inhibitor for Myosin ATPase
	- Synthesis of Substituted Pyrroles
	- Total Synthesis of (±)-Harmicine and (±)-Crispine A

4.	Synthesis of Hormonally Active Steroids
	- Stereoselective Synthesis of (25S)-Dafachronic acids
	- Stereoselective Synthesis of (25R)-Dafachronic acids
	- Lophanol and 4-Fluorocholestanol

5.	Inhibitors for Alzheimer's Disease
	Synthesis of membrane-active beta-Secretase Inhibitors TUD Press Release