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Professor Roesky devotes his time both to scientific research and as well in popularizing science (in particular chemistry) to general public. He is well-known both through his scientific publications (above 700 papers in internationally reputed journals) and his Science Education experiments for everybody.

His research group (which contains approximately 30 members) is made up of undergraduate, graduate students, post-docs, and scientists coming from all over the world.

Prof. Roesky's group has varied research interests which are reflected in his recent contributions to many facets of inorganic chemistry, catalysis, and materials science.

Research Interests

• Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry:

  Many problems such as Organometallic Fluorides, Metallasiloxanes, Metallacycles, Metallaphosphonates,  Alumoxanes, Main-Group and Metal Clusters, and Coordination Polymers are being currently investigated.

  
  
• Catalysis:

  In recent years, considerable efforts of his research group is also been directed  towards catalysis related problems, with emphasis on developments of hydroformylation catalysts (homogeneous and two-phase) and oxidation and epoxidation (heterogeneous) catalysts.

  
  
• MOCVD: (For a picture click HERE!)

  Several precursors (including Single-Source) synthesized in his group over the years,  films such as blue-BN, Boron-Rich-BN, GaN, and CdSe have been deposited using CVD techniques.

  
  

Selected Publications

1. E. F. Murphy, R. Murugavel, H. W. Roesky, Organometallic Fluorides: Compounds Containing Carbon-Metal-Fluorine Fragments of d-Block Metals, Chem. Rev. 1997, 97, 3425.

2. M. G. Walawalkar, R. Murugavel, A. Voigt, H. W. Roesky, H.-G. Schmidt, A Novel Molecular Gallium Phosphate Cage Containing Sandwiched Lithium Ions: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 4656.

3. Y. Yang, M. G. Walawalkar, J. Pinkas, H. W. Roesky, H.-G. Schmidt, Molecular Aluminophosphonate: Model Compound for the Isoelectronic Double-Six-Ring (D6R) Secondary Building Unit of Zeolites, Angew. Chem. 1998, 110, 101, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1998, 37, 96.

4. H. Wessel, M. L. Montero, C. Rennekamp, H. W. Roesky, P. Yu, I. Usón, Formation of Adamantane-Like Structures by Reaction of Titanocene Fluorides with an Iminoalane, Angew. Chem. 1998, 110, 862, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1998, 37, 843.

5. J. Pinkas, H. Wessel, Y. Yang, M. L. Montero, M. Noltemeyer, M. Fröba, H. W. Roesky, Reactions of Phosphoric Acid Triesters with Aluminium and Gallium Amides, Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 2450.

6. A. Demsar, A. Pevec, L. Golic, S. Petricek, A. Petric, H. W. Roesky, Lithium fluoride formed in situ is trapped by [TiF₃(C₅Me₅)]₂: an equilibrium with cleavage of a Ti-F-Ti bond and a model compound for molecular lithium fluoride, Chem. Commun. 1998, 1029.

7. B. Räke, H. W. Roesky, I. Usón, P. Müller, Synthesis and Structure of (CH₃Si)₆(NH)₉: A Si-N Cage Made from Methyltrichlorosilane and Ammonia, Angew. Chem. 1998, 110, 1508, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1998, 37, 1432.

8. C. Schnitter, H. W. Roesky, C. Röpken, R. Herbst-Irmer, H.-G. Schmidt, M. Noltemeyer, The Behavior of [RAlX₂^.THF] Compounds under Reductive Conditions: Tetrakis[tris(trimethylsilyl)methylaluminum(I)] - A Neutral Aluminum(I) Compound with s-Bound Alkyl Groups and a Tetrahedral Structure, Angew. Chem. 1998, 110, 2059, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1998, 37, 1952.

9. J. Pinkas, M. Noltemeyer, H. W. Roesky, Sodium Salt of a Cyclic Aluminophosphonate: Model Compound for the Six-Ring Secondary Building Units of Molecular Sieves, Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 6404.

10. Y. Yang, J. Pinkas, H. W. Roesky, M. Schäfer, Molecular Model for Aluminophosphates Containing Fluoride as a Structure-Directing and Mineralizing Agent, Angew. Chem. 1998, 110, 2795, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1998, 37, 2650.

11. Y. Yang, J. Pinkas, M. Noltemeyer, H. W. Roesky, Sodium Salt of a Cyclic Aluminophosphonate: Model Compound for the Six-Ring Secondary Building Units of Molecular Sieves, Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 6404.