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Prof. Dr. Daniel B. Werz
Responsible Investigator
Project leader of The BODIPY scaffold as a core chromophoric motif for extended, oligomeric, and helically chiral π-systems
Full Professor and Chair of Organic Chemistry
Institute of Organic Chemistry
University of Freiburg
Phone: +49 761 203 6031
Email: daniel.werz@chemie.uni-freiburg.de
Areas of Expertise
Organic Chemistry | Catalysis | Carbohydrates | Synthesis | Heterocyclic Chemistry
Publications in livMatS
- A BOIMPY Dye Enables Multi-Photoinduced Electron Transfer Catalysis:Reaching Super-Reducing Properties* (accepted).
Amit Biswas, Simon Kolb, Sebastian H. Röttger, Arpan Das, Lukas J. Patalag, Partha P. Dey, Swagata Sil, Subir Maji, Soumi Chakrabarty, Oliver S. Wenger, Anup Bhunia, Werz, D. B., Swadhin K. Mandal (2024). A BOIMPY Dye Enables Multi-Photoinduced Electron Transfer Catalysis:Reaching Super-Reducing Properties. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202416472, doi: 10.1002/anie.202416472 - N-Bridged BODIPY Dimers: Exploring the Electron-Rich and Electron-Poor Coupling Limit via Pyrrole and Pyridine Annulation*
Sebastian H. Röttger, Lukas Patalag, Heinrich F. von Köller, Julia Werthmüller, Anjuli Birk, Burkhard Butschke, Peter G. Jones, Werz, D. B. (2024). N-Bridged BODIPY Dimers: Exploring the Electron-Rich and Electron-Poor Coupling Limit via Pyrrole and Pyridine Annulation. Org. Lett. 2024, doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03890 - Diversity-oriented synthesis enables the rapid development of quinoxaline-based bis-boron fluorophores: photophysical properties and sensing applications*
Chaochao Jin, Jiongpei Zhang, Zhihua Wang, Werz, D. B., Jiajing Tan, J. Mater (2024). Diversity-oriented synthesis enables the rapid development of quinoxaline-based bis-boron fluorophores: photophysical properties and sensing applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12, 19445-19452, doi:10.1039/d4tc03491k - Rational Design of Fluorophores Using MO Theory: Our Journey from BODIPYs to BOIMPYs* (early access)
Patalag, L., Koeller, H., & Werz, D. B. (2024). Rational Design of Fluorophores Using MO Theory: Our Journey from BODIPYs to BOIMPYs. Organic Materials, 35. doi: 10.1055/a-2313-2097 - Phenylazo-BODIPYs: Direct Access via Pd-Catalysis*
Röttger, S. H., Birk, A. J., Butschke, B., Jones, P. G., & Werz, D. B. (2024). Phenylazo-BODIPYs: Direct Access via Pd-Catalysis. Synlett, 35. doi: 10.1055/a-2301-2854 - Water-Soluble Fluorescent Polymer Dyes with Tunable Emission Spectra for Flow Cytometry Applications
Berndt, D., Glaap, D., Jennings, T., Dose, C., Werz, D. B., & Reckert, D. N. H. (2024). Water-Soluble Fluorescent Polymer Dyes with Tunable Emission Spectra for Flow Cytometry Applications. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63(20), e202402616. doi: 10.1002/anie.202402616 - Linear Amine-Linked Oligo-BODIPYs: Convergent Access via Buchwald–Hartwig Coupling*
Röttger, S. H., Patalag, L. J., Hasenmaile, F., Milbrandt, L., Butschke, B., Jones, P. G., & Werz, D. B. (2024). Linear Amine-Linked Oligo-BODIPYs: Convergent Access via Buchwald–Hartwig Coupling. Organic Letters, 26(15), 3020-3025. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00827 - Electrochemical diselenation of BODIPY fluorophores for bioimaging applications and sensitization of 1O2
Bozzi, Í. A., Machado, L. A., Diogo, E. B., Delolo, F. G., Barros, L. O., Graça, G. A., Araujo, M., H., Martins, F. T., Pedrosa, L. F., da Luz, L. C., Moraes, E. S., Rodembusch, F. S., Guimaraes, J. S. F., Oliveira, A. G., Röttger, S. H., Werz, D. B., Souza, C. P., Fantuzzi, F., Han, J., Marder, T. B., Braunschweig, H. & da Silva Júnior, E. N. (2024). Electrochemical diselenation of BODIPY fluorophores for bioimaging applications and sensitization of 1O2. Chemistry–A European Journal, 30(11), e202303883. doi: 10.1002/chem.202303883 - Access to isoindole-derived BODIPYs by an aminopalladation cascade*
von Köller, H., Geffers, F., Kalvani, P., Foraita, A., Loß, P. E., Butschke, B., Jones, Peter G. & Werz, D. B. (2023). Access to isoindole-derived BODIPYs by an aminopalladation cascade. Chemical Communications. doi: 10.1039/d3cc04913b
* Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807