Prof. Dr. Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler

-Synthesis of perfluoroalkylated hypervalent derivatives of phosphorus, sulfur and silicon

-Syntheses and development of fluorinating- and polyfluoroalkylating reagents as well as fluorinated biulding blocks to modify biological and pharmacological active compounds

-Syntheses and development of modern fluorinated liquid crystal molecules for LCD-displays

-Syntheses and development of new Li-battery electrolyte salts, additives, redox-shuttles, electrolyte solvents.

-Syntheses and development of novel delocalized lipophilic cations as catalysts in the halex process and for ionic liquids

-Syntheses and development of novel bisphosphonates, active against osteoporoses and bone cancer

-Syntheses of novel fluorinated heterocyclic organophosphonates and bisphosphonates

-Syntheses of fluorinated phosphonic and phosphinic acids, new potential pharmaceuticals

1982                Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.); Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany,
                       Thesis ”Studies on the Oxidative Addition of Hexafluoroacetone to Phosphor (III) Derivatives“.

1971                  (F. Seel) Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) Thesis “Photochemical Reactions of Pentacarbonyliron and Nitrosyltricarbonylcobalt
                        with Dibromodifluoromethane,  sym-Dibro-motetrafluoroethane and as-Dibromodi-fluoroethylene”,
                        both degrees from the University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany.

1968                 (F. Seel) Diploma Thesis “Derivatives of Perfluoro-n-propyltetracarbonylironhydride“.

1963-1968      Studied chemistry at the University of Saarland, Saarbrücken ; final examination (Diploma).

Since February 2016 Concurrent Professor at Nanjing University, China

Board member of the German Technion Society and since 2013 deputy chair.

Since 2012 Honorary Fellow of the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa, (Israel).

Chair of the 18th Int. Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, July 30 – August 4, 2006, in Bremen with approx. 450 participants.

Since 2006 Member of the Board of Governors of the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa (Israel).

Since 1996 board member of the association of the German Fluorine Chemists, 1998 deputy chair, 2000-2002 Chair.

Member of a long term commitment of the DAAD for PPP India and Thailand.

Member of the GDCh, the American Chemical Society.

Member of the International Advisory Board of the 14th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Poznan (Poland).

Research is and was funded by the German Research Foundation; the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German-Israeli Foundation for Science and Development (GIF), the Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy, and companies of the chemical industry.

Award of Medal of Merit 

Prof. Dr. Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler was honored with the Medal of Merit of the Adam Mickiewicz University. The ceremony of awarding took place in the cabinet of the Rector of the Adam Mickiewicz University on June 29, 2017.

Awarding Medal of Merit (english text)

Prof. Röschenthaler wins Award

2022
395    Multigram Synthesis of Difluoromethylene Phosphonic and Phosphinic Amides and Phosphine Oxides via Formal [2,3]-Sigmatropic Allyl Phosphite – Allylphosphonate Rearrangement, M. Shevchuk, G.-V. Röschenthaler, Synthesis, 2022; 54, 171-183 (LINK)

394    Facile synthesis of (β-chlorodifluoroethyl)phosphonates via chlorination reaction of difluoroalkyl diazo derivatives with HCl, J. Liu, R. Pajkert, L. Wang, H. Mei, G.-V. Röschenthaler, J. Han, Chinese Chem. Lett., 2022, 33, 2429–2432 (LINK)

393    Synthesis, Reactivity and Structural Properties of Trifluoromethylphosphoranides, O. O. Shyshkov, A. A. Kolomeitsev, B. Hoge, E. Lork,,  A. Haupt, M. Keßler,  G.-V. Röschenthaler, Chemistry Eur. J., 2022, 28, e20210430; (LINK) 

392    One‐Pot Reaction of (β‐Amino‐α,α‐difluoroethyl)phosphonates with Trifluoromethylated Ketones via Aza‐Wittig Reagents, Haibo Mei, Qian Wang, R. Pajkert, Jiang Liu, G.-V. Röschenthaler, Jianlin Han, Adv. Synth. & Cat., 2022, (LINK)

391    The free Difluorobis(pentafluoroethyl)phosphoranide Ion and its Ligand Properties, M. Keßler, L. Hartmann, H.-G. Stammler, B. Neumann, G.-V. Röschenthaler, B. Hoge, Inorg. Chem., submitted.

2021
390    Hypervalent-Iodine Mediated One-Pot Synthesis of Isoxazolines and Isoxazoles bearing Difluoromethyl Phosphonate Moiety, R. Pajkert, H. Koroniak, P. Kafarski, G.-V. Röschenthaler, OrgBioChem 2021, 19(22), 4871-4876

389    Esterification of carboxylic acids with (β-diazo-α,α-difluoroethyl)phosphonates under photochemical conditions, 光化学条件下(β-重氮-α,α-二氟乙基)膦酸酯与羧酸的酯化反应, J. Liu, J. Xu, R. Pajkert, H. Mei, G.-V. Röschenthaler, J. Han, Acta Chim. Sinica 化 学 学 报 . 2021, 79; 747-750 (LINK)

388    Oxamates as 1,2-Diketone Equivalents: The Effect of Fluorine, J. Köhling, N. Kalinovich, R. Pajkert, S. Tverdomed, E. Lork, V. Wagner, G.-V. Röschenthaler, ChemSelect, 2021, 6(8), 1882-1886; (LINK).

387    Recent Advances in Synthesis of Difluoromethylene Phosphonates for Biological Applications, M. Shevchuk, Q. Wang, R. Pajkert, J. Xu, H. Mei, G.-V. Röschenthaler, J. Han, Adv. Synth. & Cat., 2021, 363, 2912– 2968 (LINK)

386    In Situ Generation of Unstable Difluoromethylphosphonate-Containing Di-azoalkanes and Their Use in [3 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactions with Vinyl Sulfones, H. Mei, L. Wang, R. Pajkert, Q. Wang, J. Xu, J. Liu, G.-V. Röschenthaler, J. Han, Org. Lett., 2021, 23, 1130−1134; (LINK)

385    Design of (ß-diazo-α,α-difluoroethyl)phosphonates and their applications as masked carbenes in visible light-promoted coupling reactions with sulfonic acids, H. Mei, J. Liu, R. Pajkert, L. Wang, G.-V. Röschenthaler, J. Han, Org. Chem. Frontiers, 2021,8(4), 767-772 (LINK)

2020
384    Selectfluor 作用下二芳基二硫醚和醇的双亚磺酰化反应制备亚磺酸酯 Selectfluor-promoted twofold sulfination of alcohols for synthesis of sulfinic ester from diaryldisulfides, Aiyao Liu, Jiang Liu, Haibo Mei, G.-V. Röschenthaler, Jianlin Han, Youji Huaxue (Chinese J. Org. Chem.), 2020, 40, 1926-1933.

383    Tailored ß-diketones as effective surface passivation for solution processed zinc oxide thin film transistors, J. Köhling, V. Jovanov, N. Kalinovich, G.-V. Röschenthaler, V. Wagner, Organic Electronics, 2020, 86 105906 (LINK)

382    Janus face all-cis 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)- and all-cis 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakis(trifluoromethyl)-cyclohexanes, C. Yu, A. Kütt, G.-V. Röschenthaler, T. Lebl, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, M. Bűhl, D. O’Hagan  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020,  (LINK)

381    Chemistry of electrochemical oxidative reactions of sulfinate salts, H. Mei, R. Pajkert, L. Wang, G.-V. Röschenthaler, J. Han  Green Chemistry, 2020, 22, 3028-3059. (LINK)

380    Selectfluor-promoted oxidative reaction of disulfides and amines: access to sulfinamides, H. Mei, J. Liu, R. Pajkert, Y. Zou, C. Li, G.-V. Röschenthaler, J. Han,  Organic & Biomolecular Chem, 2020, 18, 3761-3766. (LINK)

379    Non-flammable Fluorinated Phosphorus(III)-based Electrolytes for Advanced Lithium Ion Battery Performance, N. von Aspern, M. Leissing, C. Wölke, D. Diddens, T. Kobayashi, M. Börner, O. Stubbmann-Kazakova, V. Kozel, G.-V. Röschenthaler, J. Smiatek, S. Nowak, M. Winter, I. Cekic-Laskovic, ChemElectroChem, 2020, 7, 1499–1508.

378    Thermolysis of β-Fluorosulfonyl perfluoropropanoic acid derivatives: New synthetic routes for perfluorinated cyclic sulfones, S. N. Tverdomed, M. E. Hirschberg, R. Pajkert, K. Hintzer, G.-V. Röschenthaler, J. Fluorine Chem., 2020, 233, 109500.

377    Application of perfluoro(2-propoxypropyl vinyl ether) (PPVE-2) in the synthesis of perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether) (PPVE-1), S. N. Tverdomed, M. E. Hirschberg, R. Pajkert, K. Hintzer, S. M. Smith, G.-V. Röschenthaler, J. Fluorine Chem., 2020, 233,109508.

376    Asymmetric Synthesis of 4,4-(Difluoro)glutamic Acid via Chiral Ni(II)- Complexes of Dehydroalanine Schiff Bases. Effects of the Chiral Ligands Structure on the Stereochemical Outcome, Y Tokairin, Y Shigeno, J. Han, G.-V. Röschenthaler, H. Konno, H. Moriwaki, V. A. Soloshonok, ChemistryOpen, 2020, 9, 93-96. (LINK)

375    Uncommon fluorination of enones with xenon difluoride, I. I. Gerus, Y. I. Zhuk, L. N. Kacharova, G.-V. Röschenthaler, E. N. Shaitanova, A. E. Sorochinskii, S. I. Vdovenko, J. Wojcik, J. Fluorine Chem., 2020, 229, 109413. (LINK)

2019
374    Complementary bonding analysis of the N-Si peri-interaction in pentacoordinated silicon compounds using quantum crystallography, M. Fuegel, M V. Ponomarenko, M. F. Hesse, L. A. Malaspina, F. Kleemiss, K. Sugimoto, A. Genoni, G.-V. Röschenthaler, S. Grabowsky, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 2019, 16330-16339. (LINK)

373    The self-disproportionation of enantiomers (SDE) via column chromatography of β-amino-α,α-difluorophosphonic acid derivatives, M. Kwiatkowska; M. Marcinkowska; A. Wzorek, R. Pajkert, J. Han, K. D. Klika, V. A Soloshonok, G.-V. Röschenthaler, Amino Acids, 2019, 51, 1377-1385. (LINK).

372    Convenient synthesis of racemic 4,4-difluoro glutamic acid derivative via Michael addition of Ni (II)-complex of dehydroalanine Schiff base, Y. Tokairin, V. A. Soloshonok, H. Konno, H. Moriwaki, G.-V. Röschenthaler, J. Fluorine Chem., 2019, 227, 109376. (LINK)

371    Mediator and Additive Free Trifluoromethyl-Fluorination of Terminal Alkenes by Persistent Perfluoroalkyl Radical, A. Sato, M. V. Ponomarenko, T. Ono, G.-V. Röschenthaler, V. A. Soloshonok, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2019, 4417-4421. (LINK)

370    Fluorine and Lithium: Ideal Partners for High Performance Rechargeable Battery Electrolytes, N. von Aspern, G.-V. Röschenthaler, M. Winter, I. Cekic-Laskovic, Angew Chem. Int. Ed., (LINK) and (LINK)

369    Fluorinated Cyclic Phosphorus(III)-based Additives for High Voltage Application: Structure-Reactivity Influence on the CEI Formation and Overall Cell Performance, N. von Aspern, D. Diddens, M. Börner, T. Kobayashi, O. Stubbmann-Kazakova, V. Kozel, G.-V. Röschenthaler, M. Fyta, J. Smiatek, M. Winter, I. Cekic-Laskovic, Appl. Mat. & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 16605-16618. (LINK)

368    Synthesis and characterization of oxazaborinin phoshonate for blue OLED emitter applications, J. Köhling, V. Kozel, V. Jovanov, R. Pajket, S. N. Tverdomed, O. Gridenco, M. Fugel, S. Grabowsky, G.-V. Röschenthaler, V.Wagner, ChemPhysChem., 2019, 20, 665-671. (LINK)

2018
367    Fluorinated Electrolyte Compound as a Bi-Functional Interphase Additive for Both, Anodes and Cathodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries, P. Janssen, J. Kasnatscheew, B. Streipert, C. Wendt, P. Murmann, M. Ponomarenko, O. Stubbmann-Kazakova, G. -V. Röschenthaler, M. Winter, I. Cekic-Laskovic, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2018 165, A3525-A3530.

366    Influence of the fluorination degree of organophosphates on flammability and electrochemical performance in lithium ion batteries: Studies on fluorinated compounds deriving from tripropyl phosphate, P. Murmann, N. von Aspern, P. Janssen, N. Kalinovich, M. Shevchuk, G.-V. Röschenthaler, I. Cekic-Laskovic, M. Winter, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2018 165(9), A1935-A1942.

365    Novel synthetic route to perfluoroallyl cyanide (PFACN) reacting perfluoroallyl fluorosulfonate with cyanide, S. N. Tverdomed, M. E. Hirschberg, R. Pajkert, G.-V.Röschenthaler, J. Fluorine Chem., 2018, 210, 65-69.

364    Novel fluorinated electrolyte compound – lithium-bis(hexafluorobutan-2,3-diol)-borate as bi-functional interphase additive for both, anodes and cathodes in lithium-ion batteries, P. Janssen, J. Kasnatscheew, B. Streipert, C. Wendt, P. Murmann, M. Ponomarenko, O. Stubbmann-Kazakova, G.-V. Röschenthaler, M. Winter, I. Cekic-Laskovic, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2018, 165, A3525-A3530.

Since 2009 Professor of Chemistry at Jacobs University Bremen.

Lady Davis Visiting Professor for three months 2010 at the Department of Chemistry, Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), Haifa, Israel.

Forchheimer Visiting Professor, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2000/2001 three months and 2005/2006 three months.

Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, one month in 1981.

Since 1978 University Professor at the University of Bremen.

Visiting Scientist at the Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, with Prof. Alan McDiarmid
(Nobel laureate for Chemistry in 2000), two months in 1973 and 1976.

1974, Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. R. Schmutzler.

1972 – 1974, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).