Huber Lab @ RU Bochum
@shuberlab.bsky.social
Research in organic and supramolecular chemistry at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Key interests are applications of halogen or chalcogen bonding in solution.
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Start of RESOLV’s third funding period
With the beginning of the new year, the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV has officially started its third funding period (2026 to 2032) with new Research Areas.
Learn more about our new Research Areas: www.solvation.de/research
#SolvationScience
With the beginning of the new year, the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV has officially started its third funding period (2026 to 2032) with new Research Areas.
Learn more about our new Research Areas: www.solvation.de/research
#SolvationScience
January 12, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Start of RESOLV’s third funding period
With the beginning of the new year, the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV has officially started its third funding period (2026 to 2032) with new Research Areas.
Learn more about our new Research Areas: www.solvation.de/research
#SolvationScience
With the beginning of the new year, the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV has officially started its third funding period (2026 to 2032) with new Research Areas.
Learn more about our new Research Areas: www.solvation.de/research
#SolvationScience
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Chiral control through halogen bonding could be the next frontier for organocatalysis – allow Victoria Atkinson to guide you through the hisory, complexities and exciting new prospects on the horizon.
How chemists are harnessing halogen bonds for asymmetric synthesis
Chiral control through halogen bonding could be the next frontier for organocatalysis
www.chemistryworld.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Chiral control through halogen bonding could be the next frontier for organocatalysis – allow Victoria Atkinson to guide you through the hisory, complexities and exciting new prospects on the horizon.
Congratulations to the Bach group (@bach-lab.bsky.social) for this very nice Co-catalyzed asymmetric C-H alkylation, to which we contributed a few DFT calculations: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Enantioselective Intramolecular C–H Alkylation Catalyzed by a Nonsymmetric Chiral Cobalt Porphyrin
Upon catalysis (1 mol %) by a chiral cobalt porphyrin, quinazolinones with a tethered diazo alkane precursor underwent an enantioselective C–H alkylation at carbon atom C4. Formation of five-, six-, a...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Congratulations to the Bach group (@bach-lab.bsky.social) for this very nice Co-catalyzed asymmetric C-H alkylation, to which we contributed a few DFT calculations: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Thank you, ChemistryWorld, and Victoria in particular, for featuring some of our work!
Just as chemists harness hydrogen bonds when designing organocatalysts, researchers have started using halogen bonds to promote a variety of reactions.
How chemists are harnessing halogen bonds for asymmetric synthesis
Chiral control through halogen bonding could be the next frontier for organocatalysis
www.chemistryworld.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Thank you, ChemistryWorld, and Victoria in particular, for featuring some of our work!
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Two PhD positions still available! Please check the job openings!
PhD Position 1 (application deadline Jan 5th):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
PhD Position 2 (application deadline Jan 22nd):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Apply with cover letter and CV!
Re-posts appreciated!
PhD Position 1 (application deadline Jan 5th):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
PhD Position 2 (application deadline Jan 22nd):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Apply with cover letter and CV!
Re-posts appreciated!
Stellenausschreibung
www.uni-due.de
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Two PhD positions still available! Please check the job openings!
PhD Position 1 (application deadline Jan 5th):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
PhD Position 2 (application deadline Jan 22nd):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Apply with cover letter and CV!
Re-posts appreciated!
PhD Position 1 (application deadline Jan 5th):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
PhD Position 2 (application deadline Jan 22nd):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Apply with cover letter and CV!
Re-posts appreciated!
In November, we welcomed Lisa-Marie as a new PhD student. She will tackle some carborane-based halogen bond donors. All the best!
December 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In November, we welcomed Lisa-Marie as a new PhD student. She will tackle some carborane-based halogen bond donors. All the best!
During our investigation on multidentate ortho-carborane-based halogen bond donors, we noticed that they from very interesting co-crystals with halides. Here is the full study - including a very rare sandwich complex with 6-fold coordination! chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Ortho‐Carborane‐Derived Halogen‐Bonded Sandwich Complexes
A systematic co-crystallization-study of a tridentate ortho-carborane-based halogen-bond donor with halides was performed. Several association complexes are evaluated to give further insights into th....
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
During our investigation on multidentate ortho-carborane-based halogen bond donors, we noticed that they from very interesting co-crystals with halides. Here is the full study - including a very rare sandwich complex with 6-fold coordination! chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
Just like halogen bonding, chalcogen bonding is not purely electrostatic - orbital interactions are also very important and my override the electrostatics. We recently published an illustrative example for this: inter-anion chalcogen bonding.
See: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
See: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
'Anti-Electrostatic' (Inter-Anion) Chalcogen Bonding Interactions
In this work, the ability of 1,2-bis(dicyanomethylene)cyclopropanide substituents to enable inter-anion interactions has been expanded to chalcogen bonding. An anionic selenium-based chalcogen-bond do...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Just like halogen bonding, chalcogen bonding is not purely electrostatic - orbital interactions are also very important and my override the electrostatics. We recently published an illustrative example for this: inter-anion chalcogen bonding.
See: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
See: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Prof. Wolfgang Kirmse, former Chair of Organic Chemistry II at Ruhr-University Bochum, has died on October 3rd. He was known, inter alia, for many fundamental contributions to carbocation chemistry and was a very well-visible representative of our chemistry department for a long time. Rest in peace.
October 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Prof. Wolfgang Kirmse, former Chair of Organic Chemistry II at Ruhr-University Bochum, has died on October 3rd. He was known, inter alia, for many fundamental contributions to carbocation chemistry and was a very well-visible representative of our chemistry department for a long time. Rest in peace.
Please check this announcement for an early-career group leader, hosted jointly by our cluster of excellence RESOLV and the MPI Kofo. The thematic focus should be on catalysis: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/4...
Early Career Research (ECR) Group Leader position (m/f/d) with the thematic focus on “Catalysis” within the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
October 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Please check this announcement for an early-career group leader, hosted jointly by our cluster of excellence RESOLV and the MPI Kofo. The thematic focus should be on catalysis: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/4...
In a preprint, we report a particularly interesting substrate for biaxial halogen bonding with iodine(III)-based Lewis acids: allenes. We also introduce chiral variants which allow enantiodiscrimination of allenes via NMR:
September 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
In a preprint, we report a particularly interesting substrate for biaxial halogen bonding with iodine(III)-based Lewis acids: allenes. We also introduce chiral variants which allow enantiodiscrimination of allenes via NMR:
At the end of August, we said goodbye to Julian Wolf, former PhD student and postdoc. Thanks a lot for your contributions, particularly all the work to establish highly enantioselective XB catalysis, and all the best!
September 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
At the end of August, we said goodbye to Julian Wolf, former PhD student and postdoc. Thanks a lot for your contributions, particularly all the work to establish highly enantioselective XB catalysis, and all the best!
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Wow. Check this out.
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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August 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Wow. Check this out.
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
We welcome Katyayani and Jelke as new PhD students to our group - both will explore different aspects of halogen and chalcogen bonding organocatalysis. All the best!
August 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We welcome Katyayani and Jelke as new PhD students to our group - both will explore different aspects of halogen and chalcogen bonding organocatalysis. All the best!
We have now finally completed the renovation of our synthesis labs. Thanks to Ruhr-University Bochum for providing us with such excellent infrastructure!
August 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We have now finally completed the renovation of our synthesis labs. Thanks to Ruhr-University Bochum for providing us with such excellent infrastructure!
A paper with a Queen song title? Check! (Even though that was an easy one).
We've investigated the high pressure behavior of halogen bonding and found some unexpected solvent @solvationsci.bsky.social dependence:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We've investigated the high pressure behavior of halogen bonding and found some unexpected solvent @solvationsci.bsky.social dependence:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Halogen Bonding in Solution: Under Pressure
The first study of the high-pressure behavior of organic halogen bond donors in solution is presented: HP-NMR titrations were performed in various solvents, primarily with a neutral tridentate halogen...
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August 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A paper with a Queen song title? Check! (Even though that was an easy one).
We've investigated the high pressure behavior of halogen bonding and found some unexpected solvent @solvationsci.bsky.social dependence:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We've investigated the high pressure behavior of halogen bonding and found some unexpected solvent @solvationsci.bsky.social dependence:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Last monday, we bid farewell to Saber Mehrparvar now that his two-year postdoc stay came to an end. He tackled a difficult project, under high pressure, which will hopefully be published soon. Saber, it was a GREAT pleasure having you around, all the best for your future!
July 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Last monday, we bid farewell to Saber Mehrparvar now that his two-year postdoc stay came to an end. He tackled a difficult project, under high pressure, which will hopefully be published soon. Saber, it was a GREAT pleasure having you around, all the best for your future!
Said opus magnum (see below) is now in its final layout: highly enantioselective organocatalysis with bidentate halogen bond donors! A breakthrough that we had been hunting fir many, many years: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Highly Enantioselective Organocatalysis with Bidentate Halogen Bond Donors
In a model Mukaiyama aldol reaction with unbiased substrates, high enantioselectivity was achieved with a modifiable bidentate iodine(I)-based halogen bonding organocatalyst. The crucial role of halo...
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July 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Said opus magnum (see below) is now in its final layout: highly enantioselective organocatalysis with bidentate halogen bond donors! A breakthrough that we had been hunting fir many, many years: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Today, Julian Wolf briliantly defended his thesis, congrats! His opus magnum can be found here: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr.... Thanks to Raphael Stoll for chairing and to Gerald Dyker, Nils Metzler-Nolte for co-reviewing!
March 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today, Julian Wolf briliantly defended his thesis, congrats! His opus magnum can be found here: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr.... Thanks to Raphael Stoll for chairing and to Gerald Dyker, Nils Metzler-Nolte for co-reviewing!
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Ein Appell von S4F an die Politik
Die Klimakrise und weitere Umweltkrisen (Biodiversitätsverlust, Überlastung biogeochemischer Stoffkreisläufe, ...) sind mittelfristig die größte Bedrohung für Sicherheit, Wirtschaft und Wohlstand, Demokratie, Zivilisation und Menschenleben.
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Die Klimakrise und weitere Umweltkrisen (Biodiversitätsverlust, Überlastung biogeochemischer Stoffkreisläufe, ...) sind mittelfristig die größte Bedrohung für Sicherheit, Wirtschaft und Wohlstand, Demokratie, Zivilisation und Menschenleben.
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March 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Ein Appell von S4F an die Politik
Die Klimakrise und weitere Umweltkrisen (Biodiversitätsverlust, Überlastung biogeochemischer Stoffkreisläufe, ...) sind mittelfristig die größte Bedrohung für Sicherheit, Wirtschaft und Wohlstand, Demokratie, Zivilisation und Menschenleben.
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Die Klimakrise und weitere Umweltkrisen (Biodiversitätsverlust, Überlastung biogeochemischer Stoffkreisläufe, ...) sind mittelfristig die größte Bedrohung für Sicherheit, Wirtschaft und Wohlstand, Demokratie, Zivilisation und Menschenleben.
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The combined power of halogen bonding and asymmetric counteranion-directed catalysis = XB-ACDC: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/.... Thanks to @mertenlab.bsky.social for structure elucidation and to the List group for this beautiful cooperation! A perfect #RESOLV project! @solvationsci.bsky.social
Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Halogen Bonding Catalysis
Halogen bonding has been established as a promising tool in organocatalysis. Asymmetric processes are nevertheless scarce, and their applications are limited to a few studies applying chiral halogen b...
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March 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The combined power of halogen bonding and asymmetric counteranion-directed catalysis = XB-ACDC: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/.... Thanks to @mertenlab.bsky.social for structure elucidation and to the List group for this beautiful cooperation! A perfect #RESOLV project! @solvationsci.bsky.social
So far, strong neutral halogen bond donors were often based on fluoroarenes. Here, we present ortho-carborane-based systems that clearly outcompete them: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... Thanks to Jas Ward and Kari Rissanen for the X-ray analyses and to Sandro Keller for assistance with ITC.
Ortho‐Carborane‐Derived Halogen Bonding Organocatalysts
Multidentate neutral halogen bonding catalysts based on iodinated icosahedral ortho-carborane moieties are introduced. Co-crystallization-studies, calorimetric measurements, and 1H NMR titrations dem...
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February 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So far, strong neutral halogen bond donors were often based on fluoroarenes. Here, we present ortho-carborane-based systems that clearly outcompete them: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... Thanks to Jas Ward and Kari Rissanen for the X-ray analyses and to Sandro Keller for assistance with ITC.
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February 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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After a one-year hiatus on this platform, we have decided to move here for good - it's just a so much nicer place than the other one...
PS: For all biochemists and biologists who have started to follow us: thank you for your interest, but be aware that we don't really work much in these areas...
PS: For all biochemists and biologists who have started to follow us: thank you for your interest, but be aware that we don't really work much in these areas...
December 21, 2024 at 3:39 PM
After a one-year hiatus on this platform, we have decided to move here for good - it's just a so much nicer place than the other one...
PS: For all biochemists and biologists who have started to follow us: thank you for your interest, but be aware that we don't really work much in these areas...
PS: For all biochemists and biologists who have started to follow us: thank you for your interest, but be aware that we don't really work much in these areas...