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Our research activities revolve around the use of intermolecular interactions in the molecular design of chemosensors, catalysts and pharmaceutically active compounds. Design, synthesis and determination of properties are the typical elements of all projects. We currently focus on the following challenges:
- Molecular Recognition
- Chemical Photocatalysis
- Substainable Chemistry
- Medical Chemistry
Main Research Areas
Publications
Publications
- George, Vincent, Pattanaik, Aryaman, Maddox, Daniel, Sigmund, Lukas M., Mejia, Giovanna, Pahlén, Sara, Angerer, Simon O., Schmoll, Maria, Schneider, Lisa Marie, Selmi, Nidhal, Kabeshov, Mikhail, Bergonzini, Giulia, Rehbein, Julia and König, Burkhard (2026) Geminal Difunctionalization of Ketones via C─S Bond Insertion of Photogenerated Donor–Donor Diazo Compounds.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, P. e6162809.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.6162809 - Králová, Dana, Philipp, Maximilian, Schmalzbauer, Matthias, Reiter, Thilo, Schäfer, Bernd, Gschwind, Ruth M. and König, Burkhard (2026) Photocatalytic Vanadium‐Mediated Amination of Benzene With Hydroxylamine.
Chemistry – A European Journal
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202503475 - Mandal, Tanumoy, Sharma, Rohan, Mendez-Vega, Enrique, Rehbein, Julia and König, Burkhard (2026) “On-water” photosensitization enables redox neutral acylation and alkylation of quinones.
Nature Communications: 17 (1813)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-69343-x - Gizatullin, Amir, Yuan, Tingting, Grotjahn, Sascha, Cavallo, Luigi, König, Burkhard, Zhu, Chen and Rueping, Magnus (2026) Predictive, Data-Driven Design of Red-Light Photoredox Catalysts for C─Heteroatom Bond Formation.
Angewandte Chemie
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202526086 - Rolka, Alessa B. and König, Burkhard (2025) Light-Controlled Organocatalysis by Bifunctional Single-Catalyst Systems.
: (33), P. 1263-1288. ISBN 9783527845552, 9783527353408.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527845552.ch33 - Taskinen, Elina K. and König, Burkhard (2025) Harnessing Photochemistry in Natural Product Synthesis: From Strategy to Applications.
Journal of Natural Products
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5c00874 - Vega, Kimberly Benedetti, Sánchez, Alejandro Heredero, Mandal, Tanumoy, Silva, Wagner, Gschwind, Ruth M., Neto, Attilio Chiavegatti, Barbosa Ferreira, Marco Antonio, König, Burkhard and Paixão, Márcio Weber (2025) Synthesis of α-Amino Acids by ConPET-Mediated CO2 Fixation into Amides.
ACS Catalysis, P. 18087-18096.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c04666 - Babawale, Florence, Nikitin, Maksim, Ghosh, Indrajit and König, Burkhard (2025) Photoredox/Nickel Dual Catalytic C(sp2)-S Cross‐coupling of Bromoanilines Enabled by Mineral Acids.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, P. e026.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.70026 - Ganie, Majid Ahmad, Roy, Niladri Sekhar, Raza, Arslan, König, Burkhard and Sarkar, Debayan (2025) Flavin-Photocatalyzed Benzylic Functionalization, Spirocyclization, and Spiroepoxidation of Phenols.
ACS Publications: 15 (20), P. 17078-17088.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c05312?ref=pdf - Babawale, Florence, Ghosh, Indrajit and König, Burkhard (2025) Photo-Catalyzed Synthesis of Indanones from Aromatic Aldehydes and Terminal Alkynes.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry: 90 (39), P. 13885-13890.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c01749 - Weitzel, Naomi, Tsutskiridze, Armaz, Bramowski, Julia, König, Burkhard and Hirsch, Thomas (2025) Fully Sensitized Upconversion Nanoparticles as Efficient Catalysts for NIR‐Driven UV Photochemistry.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202511247 - Marcon, Michela, Haag, Christoph and König, Burkhard (2025) Photoswitches beyond azobenzene: a beginner’s guide.
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry: 21, P. 1808-1853.
https://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.21.143 - Das, Kousik, Saha, Nayan, Li, Zhuofan, Ghosh, Indrajit and König, Burkhard (2025) Generalizing Vinyl Halide Cross‐Coupling Reactions with Photoredox and Photoredox/Nickel Dual Catalysis.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, P. e202510715.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202510715 - Hiefinger, Caroline, Marcon, Michela, Pape, Verena, Casadevall, Guillem, Lahmy, Ranit, Haag, Christoph, Nazet, Julian, Bartl, Michael, Bruckmann, Astrid, Osuna, Sílvia, König, Burkhard and Hupfeld, Andrea (2025) Expanding the Repertoire of Photoswitchable Unnatural Amino Acids for Enzyme Engineering.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, P. e202508562.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202508562 - Pointner, Ferdinand L., Poll, Jonas, Taskinen, Elina K., George, Vincent, Ruff, Tristan, Rott, Florian, Mayer, Gabriel, Gessner, Niklas, Kutta, Roger Jan, König, Burkhard, Nuernberger, Patrick, Ochsenfeld, Christian and de Vivie-Riedle, Regina (2025) Mechanistic Study of the Light-Initiated Generation of Free Diazoalkanes: Towards Photo-Orthogonal Synthesis.
ChemistryEurope: 3 (5), P. e202500133.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500133 - Lahmy, Ranit, Hiefinger, Caroline, Zeqiri, Fjoralba, Hupfeld, Enrico, Mandl, Sabrina, Stockerl, Willibald J., Gschwind, Ruth M., König, Burkhard and Hupfeld, Andrea (2025) Alternative Mechanism of Enzymatic Photocontrol by Azobenzene.
ACS Catalysis, P. 12944-12958.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c04126 - Düker, Jonas, Petersen, Nele, Richter, Noah, Feuerer, Paul, Faber, Teresa, Hölter, Niklas, Kehl, Niklas, Oboril, Jan, Strippel, Julian, Gröer, Alexander, Guimond, Nicolas, Kaldas, Sherif J., Lübbesmeyer, Maximilian, Volpin, Giulio, König, Burkhard and Hillenbrand, Julius (2025) Room-Temperature Copper Cross-Coupling Reactions of Anilines with Aryl Bromides.
Organic Letters: 27 (22), P. 5566-5571.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c00699 - Kolb, Daniel, Fedulin, Andrey and König, Burkhard (2025) Anthraquinone Sulfonates as Water‐Soluble Photocatalysts: Synthetic Applications and Perspectives.
ChemPhotoChem
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202500036 - Müller, Nicolas, Stahl, Jessica, Stoiber, Julia and König, Burkhard (2025) Green-light Cerium Photocatalysis enabled by Pyridine N-oxide Ligands.
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202500373 - Taskinen, Elina K., Birnthaler, Dominik, Kermelj, Vid and König, Burkhard (2025) Preassembly-Controlled Radical Recombination at Bismuth: Decarboxylative C–N Coupling with Sulfonamides.
Chemistry - A European Journal
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202500396 - Taskinen, Elina K., Birnthaler, Dominik, Kermelj, Vid and König, Burkhard (2025-05) Preassembly‐Controlled Radical Recombination at Bismuth: Decarboxylative C-N Coupling with Sulfonamides.
Chemistry – A European Journal: 31 (28), P. e202500396.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202500396 - Tsutskiridze, Armaz, Králová, Dana, Ghosh, Indrajit and König, Burkhard (2025) Merocyanine-based photoacids as recyclable catalysts in visible-light-driven transformations.
Chemical Communications: 61, P. 6651-6654.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D5CC00696A - Müller, Lea, Poll, Jonas, Ghosh, Indrajit, Nuernberger, Patrick and König, Burkhard (2025) Quinones as Multifunctional Scaffolds for Oxidative, Reductive, and HAT Photocatalysis.
Chemistry - A European Journal
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202404707 - Boselli, Monica Fiorenza, Ghosh, Indrajit, Intini, Niccolò, Fattalini, Marco, Puglisi, Alessandra, König, Burkhard and Benaglia, Maurizio (2025) Visible-Light Photoredox Catalytic Direct N-(Het)Arylation of Lactams.
Chemistry - A European Journal
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202404385 - Lahmy, Ranit, Hiefinger, Caroline, Zeqiri, Fjoralba, Mandl, Sabrina, Stockerl, Willibald J., Gschwind, Ruth M., König, Burkhard and Hupfeld, Andrea (2025) Instantly Reversible Enzyme Regulation via Dichromatic Irradiation of Incorporated Azobenzene.
bioRxiv
https://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.04.602025