@article{SchnitzleinZhuShoyamaetal.2022,
  author    = {Schnitzlein, Matthias and Zhu, Chongwei and Shoyama, Kazutaka and W{\"u}rthner, Frank},
  title     = {π-Extended Pleiadienes by [5+2] Annulation of 1-Boraphenalenes and ortho-Dihaloarenes},
  series = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
  volume    = {28},
  journal   = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
  number    = {61},
  doi       = {10.1002/chem.202202053},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-293919},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Palladium-catalyzed [5+2] annulation of 1-boraphenalenes with ortho-dihaloarenes afforded negatively curved π-extended pleiadienes. Two benzo[1,2-i:4,5-i']dipleiadienes (BDPs) featuring a seven-six-seven-membered ring arrangement were synthesized and investigated. Their crystal structure revealed a unique packing arrangement and theoretical calculations were employed to shed light onto the dynamic behavior of the BDP moiety and its aromaticity. Further, a naphthalene-fused pleiadiene was stitched together by oxidative cyclodehydrogenation to yield an additional five-membered ring. This formal azulene moiety led to distinct changes in optical and redox properties and increased perturbation of the aromatic system.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HegmannDitterichHuettneretal.1992,
  author    = {Hegmann, J. and Ditterich, E. and H{\"u}ttner, G. and Christl, Manfred and Peters, K. and Peters, E.-M. and Schnering, H. G. von},
  title     = {δ-Chlor-δ-lactone aus γ-Oxoketenen},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58649},
  year      = {1992},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ChristlHegmannReuchleinetal.1987,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Hegmann, J. and Reuchlein, H. and Peters, K. and Peters, E.-M. and Schnering, H. G. von},
  title     = {{\"U}berbr{\"u}ckte neungliedrige α,β-unges{\"a}ttigte Enollactone - Synthese aus 5-Phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazin-6-on-2-carbons{\"a}ure-methylester und Konfigurationsanalyse},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58395},
  year      = {1987},
  abstract  = {The γ-oxoketenes, which are formed from oxadiazinone Ja and strained cyclopentene der1vat1ves, are shown to undergo a pericyclic ring enlargement to give the title compounds 2a, 2b, and 5. In the case of 5, two configurations, one having a cis and the other a trans Iactone functionality, are in equilibrium.},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{LeiningerLanzendoerferChristl1983,
  author    = {Leininger, H. and Lanzend{\"o}rfer, F. and Christl, Manfred},
  title     = {{\"U}ber die Reduktion des Benzvalenozonids zum cis-1,3-Cyclobutandimethanol mit LiAlH\(_4\)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58130},
  year      = {1983},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LeiningerChristlWendisch1983,
  author    = {Leininger, H. and Christl, Manfred and Wendisch, D.},
  title     = {{\"U}ber die Oxidation von Benzvalen mit Singulett-Sauerstoff zum Bicyclo[1.1.0]butan-endo,endo-2,4-dicarbaldehyd},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58142},
  year      = {1983},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Fischer2007,
  author    = {Fischer, Hartmut},
  title     = {{\"U}ber den stereochemischen Ablauf der Freisetzung und des Abfangs einiger Kleinringallene},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-23678},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {Aus dem Bromfluorcarben-Addukt des Indens wurden durch HPLC an Chiralcel OD die reinen Enantiomere erhalten. Damit stand erstmals eine enantiomerenreine Vorstufe f{\"u}r die Freisetzung eines Sechsringallens im Sinne der Doering-Moore-Skattebol Reaktion zur Verf{\"u}gung. Die Behandlung dieser Vorstufen, die in 2,5-Dimethyl, 2-tert-Butyl-5-methyl- or 2,5-Di-tert-butylfuran gel{\"o}st waren, mit Methyllithium lieferte die [4+2]-Cycloaddukte des Isonaphthalins an die Furane. Durch HPLC an Chiralcel OD wurde gezeigt, dass die Produkt-Enantiomerenpaare mit ca. 40\% ee anfielen und dass dieser Wert praktisch unabh{\"a}ngig von der Art des Furans und seiner Konzentration, sowie von der Raktionstemperatur war. Die absoluten Konfigurationen der Vorstufe sowie der [4+2]-Cycloaddukte wurden durch Vergleich der gemessenen und berechneten CD-Spektren ermittelt, was in Zusammenarbeit mit der Arbeitsgruppe von Prof. Dr. B. Engels erfolgte. Erzeugt durch Methyllithium aus dem Dibromcarben-Addukt des Indens wurde das Isonaphthalin erstmals durch Inden abgefangen. Die Konstitution diese [2+2]-Cycloaddukts wurde durch R{\"o}ntgenstrukturanalyse bestimmt. Erstmals wurde das Bromfluorcarben-Addukt des 1-Phenylcyclopentens hergestellt und erfolgreich daraufhin gepr{\"u}ft, ob es als Vorstufe f{\"u}r 1-Phenylcyclohexa-1,2-dien geeignet ist. Mit Hilfe von HPLC an Chiralcel OJ-H wurden die reinen Enantiomere erhalten. Die Umsetzung eines solchen reinen Enantiomers mit Methyllithium in Gegenwart von 2,5-Dimethylfuran erbrachte das [4+2]-Cycloaddukt als reines Enantiomer. Die Umsetzung einer reinen Vorstufe mit Methyllithium in Gegenwart von Inden erbrachte das [2+2]-Cycloaddukt mit einem Enantiomerenverh{\"a}ltnis von 95:5. {\"U}berraschend wurden auch relativ hohe Enantioselektivit{\"a}ten beim Abfang dieser Vorstufe mit Styrol beobachtet. Bei der Umsetzung des reinen Enantiomers mit Methyllithium und Styrol ergab sich ein Gemisch der zwei endo- und exo-Enantiomere des [2+2]-Cycloaddukts von 50:3:40:7, was ee-Werten von 89 bzw. 79\% entspricht. Geht man von einem zweistuifigen Mechanismus der Reaktion von 1-Phenylcyclohexa-1,2-dien mit Styrol aus, dann spielt die achirale Konformation des intermedi{\"a}ren Diradikals, wenn {\"u}berhaupt, keine große Rolle. Die Reduktion des bekannten 1,6-Dibrom-2-phenylcyclohex-1-ens mit Lithiumaluminiumhydrid erbrachte mit 78\% Ausbeute die Monobromide 1-Brom-2-phenylcyclohexen and 1-Brom-6-phenylcyclohexen, die bei der Behandlung mit Kalium-tert-butoxid ebenfalls das Cycloallen 1-Phenylcyclohexa-1,2-dien liefern. Dies zeigte die Ausf{\"u}hrung dieser Reaktion in Gegenwart von Furan und 2,5-Dimethylfuran.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ChristlLeiningerKemmer1984,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Leininger, H. and Kemmer, P.},
  title     = {{\"U}ber das cis-Glycol und das Epoxid des Benzvalens},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58174},
  year      = {1984},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ChristlLangHerbertetal.1980,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Lang, R. and Herbert, R. and Freitag, G.},
  title     = {Zusammenhang zwischen Orbitalcharakter und Reaktionsprodukt bei der Umsetzung von Benzvalen und Homobenzvalen mit Thiophenol},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58065},
  year      = {1980},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Greb2004,
  author    = {Greb, Marco},
  title     = {Zur Vanadium(V)-katalysierten Oxidation von Bromid und deren Anwendung in der Synthese von Aplysiapyranoid A und strukturell einfacher, bromierter O-Heterocyclen},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-8381},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {Diese Arbeit behandelt die Entwicklung von Methoden zur Synthese halogenierter O-Heterocyclen ausgehend von substituierten Bishomoallylalkoholen. Jene acyclischen Substrate k{\"o}nnen durch Reaktion mit elektrophilen Bromierungsreagenzien Cyclisierungsreaktionen zu O-Heterocyclen eingehen. Diese Strategie ist an die Chemie Vanadium-abh{\"a}ngiger Halogenidperoxidasen (VHPOs) angelehnt, die in der Lage sind, mit H2O2 als Prim{\"a}roxidans, Halogenide oxidativ zu aktivieren. Dazu wurden sowohl Reaktionen Vanadium-abh{\"a}ngiger Bromidperoxidasen (VBPOs) als auch ihrer funktionaler Modelle untersucht. Als funktionale Modelle in wasserfreien Medien wurden neue Vanadium-Schiffbasekomplexe synthetisiert, charakterisiert (51V-NMR, IR, UV/Vis) und hinsichtlich ihrer Eignung als Oxidationskatalysatoren untersucht. Mittels mechanistischer Untersuchungen konnte gezeigt werden, dass Vanadium-Schiffbasekomplexe mit tert-Butylhydroperoxid (TBHP) zu Peroxykomplexen (ESI-MS, 51V-NMR) reagieren. Diese dienen in wasserfreien Medien als Katalysatoren um Bromid (aus PyHBr) in situ in Br2 umzuwandeln. Das erzeugte elementare Brom kann f{\"u}r Bromcyclisierungsreaktionen substituierter Bishomoallylalkohole zum Aufbau halogenierter cyclischer Ether genutzt werden. Die Ergebnisse aus den Untersuchungen der funktionalen Modelle in wasserfreien Medien wurden mit Enzym-katalysierten Reaktionen verglichen. Bei enzymatischen Reaktionen dominiert vermutlich zun{\"a}chst eine Bildung von HOBr. Letzteres dient als elektrophiles Bromintermediat, um Bishomoallylalkohole bevorzugt in Halohydrine umzuwandeln. Durchgef{\"u}hrte methodischen Arbeiten zur oxidativen und radikalischen Halogenierung fanden schließlich Anwendung als Schl{\"u}sselschritte in Totalsynthesen von Aplysiapyranoid A, einem hexasubstituierten, dreifachhalogenierten Tetrahydropyran-abgeleiteten Naturstoff aus Aplysia kurodai, sowie dessen 5-Epimer.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ChristlStanglJelinekFink1992,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Stangl, R. and Jelinek-Fink, H.},
  title     = {Zur Kenntnis der thermischen Umlagerung des Bicyclo[1.1.0]butan-Systems. Eine kinetische Studie des {\"U}bergangs von Tricyclo[4.1.0.0\(^{2,7}\)]heptanen in Bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-6-ene},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58623},
  year      = {1992},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ChristlLechner1975,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Lechner, M.},
  title     = {Zur intramolekularen Wechselwirkung von Cyclopropylidenen mit dem Bicyclo[1.1.0]butansystem},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41509},
  year      = {1975},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{BastChristlHuisgenetal.1973,
  author    = {Bast, K. and Christl, Manfred and Huisgen, R. and Sustmann, R.},
  title     = {Zur Anlagerung des Benzonitriloxids an α,β-unges{\"a}ttigte Carbons{\"a}ureester},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-57912},
  year      = {1973},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ZhangRadackiBraunschweigetal.2021,
  author    = {Zhang, Fangyuan and Radacki, Krzysztof and Braunschweig, Holger and Lambert, Christoph and Ravat, Prince},
  title     = {Zinc-[7]helicenocyanine and its discrete π-stacked homochiral Dimer},
  series = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  volume    = {60},
  journal   = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  doi       = {10.1002/anie.202109380},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-256534},
  pages     = {23656-23660},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {In this communication, we demonstrate a novel approach to prepare a discrete dimer of chiral phthalocyanine (Pc) by exploiting the flexible molecular geometry of helicenes, which enables structural interlocking and strong aggregation tendency of Pcs. Synthesized [7]helicene-Pc hybrid molecular structure, zinc-[7]helicenocyanine (Zn-7HPc), exclusively forms a stable dimeric pair consisting of two homochiral molecules. The dimerization constants were estimated to be as high as 8.96×10\(^6\) M\(^{-1}\) and 3.42×107 M\(^{-1}\) in THF and DMSO, respectively, indicating remarkable stability of dimer. In addition, Zn\(^{-7}\)HPc exhibited chiral self-sorting behavior, which resulted in preferential formation of a homochiral dimer also in the racemic sample. Two phthalocyanine subunits in the dimeric form strongly communicate with each other as revealed by a large comproportionation constant and observation of an IV-CT band for the thermodynamically stable mixed-valence state.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ScheidelOestreicherMarketal.2022,
  author    = {Scheidel, Sebastian and {\"O}streicher, Laurina and Mark, Isabelle and P{\"o}ppler, Ann-Christin},
  title     = {You cannot fight the pressure: Structural rearrangements of active pharmaceutical ingredients under magic angle spinning},
  series = {Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry},
  volume    = {60},
  journal   = {Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry},
  number    = {6},
  doi       = {10.1002/mrc.5267},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-318838},
  pages     = {572 -- 582},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Although solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a versatile analytical tool to study polymorphs and phase transitions of pharmaceutical molecules and products, this work summarizes examples of spontaneous and unexpected (and unwanted) structural rearrangements and phase transitions (amorphous-to-crystalline and crystalline-to-crystalline) under magic angle spinning (MAS) conditions, some of them clearly being due to the pressure experienced by the samples. It is widely known that such changes can often be detected by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD); here, the capability of solid-state NMR experiments with a special focus on \(^{1}\)H-\(^{13}\)C frequency-switched Lee-Goldburg heteronuclear correlation (FSLG HETCOR)/MAS NMR experiments to detect even subtle changes on a molecular level not observable by conventional 1D NMR experiments or XRPD is presented. Furthermore, it is shown that a polymorphic impurity combined with MAS can induce a crystalline-to-crystalline phase transition. This showcases that solid-state NMR is not always noninvasive and such changes upon MAS should be considered in particular when compounds are studied over longer time spans.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Spenst2017,
  author    = {Spenst, Peter},
  title     = {Xylylene Bridged Perylene Bisimide Cyclophanes and Macrocycles},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-139015},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {This work is concerned with the syntheses and photophysical properties of para-xylylene bridged macrocycles nPBI with ring sizes from two to nine PBI units, as well as the complexation of polycyclic aromatic guest compounds. With a reduced but substantial fluorescence quantum yield of 21\% (in CHCl3) the free host 2PBI(4-tBu)4 can be used as a dual fluorescence probe. Upon encapsulation of rather electron-poor guests the fluorescence quenching interactions between the chromophores are prevented, leading to a significant fluorescence enhancement to > 90\% ("turn-on"). On the other hand, the addition of electron-rich guest molecules induces an electron transfer from the guest to the electron-poor PBI chromophores and thus quenches the fluorescence entirely ("turn-off"). The photophysical properties of the host-guest complexes were studied by transient absorption spectroscopy. These measurements revealed that the charge transfer between guest and 2PBI(4-tBu)4 occurs in the "normal region" of the Marcus-parabola with the fastest charge separation rate for perylene. In contrast, the charge recombination back to the PBI ground state lies far in the "inverted region" of the Marcus-parabola. Beside complexation of planar aromatic hydrocarbons into the cavity of the cyclophanes an encapsulation of fullerene into the cyclic trimer 3PBI(4-tBu)4 was observed. 3PBI(4-tBu)4 provides a tube-like structure in which the PBI subunits represent the walls of those tubes. The cavity has the optimal size for hosting fullerenes, with C70 fitting better than C60 and a binding constant that is higher by a factor of 10. TA spectroscopy in toluene that was performed on the C60@3PBI(4-tBu)4 complex revealed two energy transfer processes. The first one comes from the excited PBI to the fullerene, which subsequently populates the triplet state. From the fullerene triplet state a second energy transfer occurs back to the PBI to generate the PBI triplet state. In all cycles that were studied by TA spectroscopy, symmetry-breaking charge separation (SB-CS) was observed in dichloromethane. This process is fastest within the PBI cyclophane 2PBI(4-tBu)4 and slows down for larger cycles, suggesting that the charge separation takes place through space and not through bonds. The charges then recombine to the PBI triplet state via a radical pair intersystem crossing (RP-ISC) mechanism, which could be used to generate singlet oxygen in yields of ~20\%. By changing the solvent to toluene an intramolecular folding of the even-numbered larger cycles was observed that quenches the fluorescence and increases the 0-1 transition band in the absorption spectra. Force field calculations of 4PBI(4-tBu)4 suggested a folding into pairs of dimers, which explains the remarkable odd-even effect with respect to the number of connected PBI chromophores and the resulting alternation in the absorption and fluorescence properties. Thus, the even-numbered macrocycles can fold in a way that all chromophores are in a paired arrangement, while the odd-numbered cycles have open conformations (3PBI(4-tBu)4, 5PBI(4-tBu)4, 7PBI(4-tBu)4) or at least additional unpaired PBI unit (9PBI(4-tBu)4). With these experiments we could for the first time give insights in the interactions between cyclic PBI hosts and aromatic guest molecules. Associated with the encapsulation of guest molecules a variety of possible applications can be envisioned, like fluorescence sensing, chiral recognition and photodynamic therapy by singlet oxygen generation. Particularly, these macrocycles provide photophysical relaxation pathways of PBIs, like charge separation and recombination and triplet state formation that are hardly feasible in monomeric PBI dyes. Furthermore, diverse compound specific features were found, like the odd-even effect in the folding process or the transition of superficial nanostructures of the tetrameric cycle influenced by the AFM tip. The comprehensive properties of these macrocycles provide the basis for further oncoming studies and can serve as an inspiration for the synthesis of new macrocyclic compounds.},
  subject      = {Supramolekulare Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Schindler2022,
  author    = {Schindler, Dorothee},
  title     = {Water Oxidation with Multinuclear Ruthenium Catalysts},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-23309},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-233093},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {In terms of the need of environmentally benign renewable and storable energy sources, splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen by using sunlight is a promising approach. Hereby, water oxidation catalysts (WOCs) are required to perform the water oxidation comprising the transfer of four electrons to provide the reducing equivalents for producing hydrogen. The class of Ru(bda) (bda = 2,2'-bipyridine-6,6'-dicarboxylate) catalysts has proven to be efficient for this reaction. In this thesis, ligand exchange processes in Ru(bda) complexes have been analyzed and the formation of multinuclear macrocyclic WOCs was studied. Based on the knowledge acquired by these studies, new multinuclear cyclic Ru(bda) complexes have been synthesized and their catalytic efficiencies in homogeneous water oxidation have been investigated. Going one step further for setting up functional devices, molecular WOCs have been immobilized on conducting or semiconducting supporting materials. Direct anchoring on carbon nanotubes generated a promising materials for further applications.},
  subject      = {Rutheniumkomplexe},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Schmidt2008,
  author    = {Schmidt, Johann},
  title     = {Wasserstoffbr{\"u}ckengesteuerte Ausrichtung von Merocyaninfarbstoffen f{\"u}r photorefraktive Materialien},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-27156},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {Merocyaninchromophore spielen eine herausragende Rolle bei der Entwicklung von photorefraktiven Materialien f{\"u}r Anwendungen in der Holographie. Der photorefraktive Effekt beruht auf einer Orientierung der dipolaren Merocyanine in einem elektrischen Feld. Diese k{\"o}nnen umso effektiver ausgerichtet werden, je gr{\"o}ßer ihr Dipolmoment ist. Folglich sollten Merocyanine mit sehr großen Dipolmomenten den gew{\"u}nschten Effekt hervorbringen. Es hat sich jedoch gezeigt, dass solche Merocyanine Dimere mit antiparalleler zentrosymmetrischer Struktur bilden. In dieser Anordnung addieren sich die Dipolmomente destruktiv, so dass die dipolare Eigenschaft des Materials verloren geht. In dieser Arbeit ist es gelungen, Merocyanine {\"u}ber sechsfache Wasserstoffbr{\"u}ckenbindungen zu supramolekularen Strukturen mit großen resultierenden Dipolmomenten zu assoziieren. Diese Komplexe werden in schwach polaren L{\"o}sungsmitteln sogar bei sehr niedrigen Farbstoffkonzentrationen gebildet.},
  subject      = {Merocyanine},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Turkin2022,
  author    = {Turkin, Arthur},
  title     = {Vom Monomer zum Polymer: Iterative Synthese und optische Spektroskopie von Squarain-Oligomeren},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-25795},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-257950},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Mittels einer Schutzgruppenstrategie wurden Squarain-basierte monodisperse Oligomere synthetisiert. Die l{\"o}sungsmittelabh{\"a}ngigen Konformationen (Random Coil vs. Helix) wie auch der Faltungsprozess der Homooligomere wurden mittels optischer Spektroskopie, verschiedener NMR-Experimenten, Kleinwinkelneutronenstreuungsexperimenten sowie quantenchemischen Berechnungen n{\"a}her beleuchtet. Die optisch-spektroskopischen Beobachtungen wurden mithilfe der Exzitonenkopplungstheorie und einer Orientierungs- und Winkelabh{\"a}ngigkeit der {\"U}bergangsdipolmomente der Oligomere erkl{\"a}rt. Der hohe Windungsabstand der helikalen Konformation f{\"u}hrt zu einer Interkalation von L{\"o}sungsmittel, wodurch eine Art Klathrat gebildet wird. Zus{\"a}tzlich wurden mittels eines Frenkel-Exzitonenmodells die Absorptions- und Fluoreszenzspektren modelliert. Es konnten die Exzitonendelokalisationsl{\"a}ngen abgesch{\"a}tzt und die Auswirkung der energetischen und strukturellen Unordnungen auf die Absorptions- und Fluoreszenzspektren bestimmt werden. Die Absorptionsspektren werden vorwiegend durch strukturelle Unordnungen verbreitert, die Fluoreszenzspektren dagegen von energetischen {\"U}bergangsenergieabweichungen. Weiterhin wurden auch alternierende Squarain-Cooligomere synthetisiert und mittels optischer Spektroskopie untersucht. Es wurde, abh{\"a}ngig von dem gew{\"a}hlten L{\"o}sungsmittel, eine Verschiebung der Hauptbande beobachtet, was durch einen Random Coil vs. helikale-/schlaufenartige Konformation erkl{\"a}rt wird. Gest{\"u}tzt wurde dies mittels quantenchemischen Berechnungen der jeweiligen Konformationen. Abschließend wurden alternierende Squarain-Copolymere synthetisiert, in verschiedenen Gr{\"o}ßen aufgetrennt und mittels optischer Spektroskopie untersucht. Mittels EEI2D-Experimenten wurde die Exzitonendynamik in Abh{\"a}ngigkeit von der Kettenl{\"a}nge eingehender untersucht. Hierbei wird eine steigende, aber relativ abnehmende Koh{\"a}renzl{\"a}nge bestimmt, die Auswirkungen auf die Exzitonendynamik hat. Der Exzitonentransport weist erst wellenf{\"o}rmiges und dann subdiffuses Verhalten auf.},
  subject      = {Squarain},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Memmel2015,
  author    = {Memmel, Elisabeth},
  title     = {Vom Glycochip zur lebenden Zelle - Studien zu Infektions- und Tumor-relevanten Kohlenhydrat-Erkennungsprozessen},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-115825},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Kohlenhydrat-Protein-Wechselwirkungen sind h{\"a}ufig entscheidend beteiligt an verschiedenen einer Infektion oder malignen Erkrankung zugrunde liegenden molekularen Erkennungs-prozessen, die zu Adh{\"a}sion, Zell-Zell-Interaktion sowie Immunreaktion und -toleranz f{\"u}hren. Trotz der hohen Relevanz f{\"u}r Diagnostik und Therapie dieser Erkrankungen sind die betreffenden Strukturen und Mechanismen bisher nur ungen{\"u}gend untersucht und verstanden. Ziel dieser stark interdisziplin{\"a}r angelegten Arbeit war es daher, Methoden der Fachbereiche Chemie und Pharmazie, Biologie und Medizin, aber auch Physik zu kombinieren, um Kohlenhydraterkennungsprozesse im Detail zu untersuchen und auf dieser Basis strukturell neuartige diagnostische und therapeutische Anwendungen zu entwerfen. Die hochkomplexe Zusammensetzung einer Zelloberfl{\"a}che wurde zun{\"a}chst auf ihren Glycan-anteil reduziert und stark vereinfacht auf der Oberfl{\"a}che sogenannter Glycochips imitiert. Die verwendeten Systeme auf Basis einer Gold- bzw. Glasoberfl{\"a}che erg{\"a}nzen sich optimal in ihrer Eignung f{\"u}r komplement{\"a}re analytische Methoden wie Massenspektrometrie sowie quantifizierbare Fluoreszenzspektroskopie. Der {\"U}bergang auf die lebende Zelloberfl{\"a}che gelang mit Hilfe des Metabolic Glyco-engineering, das die kovalente Pr{\"a}sentation definierter Motive durch eine Cycloaddition zwischen zwei bioorthogonalen Reaktionspartnern (z.B. Azid und Alkin) erm{\"o}glicht. Auf diese Weise wurden in Zusammenarbeit mit der Arbeitsgruppe Sauer (Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg) zun{\"a}chst die Dichte und Verteilung verschiedener Oberfl{\"a}chenglycane auf humanen Zellen mittels hochaufl{\"o}sender Fluoreszenzmikroskopie (dSTORM) bestimmt. Diese Parameter zeigten im Modell des Glycochips einen entscheidenden Einfluss auf Bindungsereignisse und multivalente Erkennung und z{\"a}hlen auch auf nat{\"u}rlichen Zelloberfl{\"a}chen - in engem Zusammenhang mit der lateralen und temporalen Dynamik der Motive - zu den wichtigen Faktoren molekularer Erkennungsprozesse. Die gezielte Modifikation zellul{\"a}rer Oberfl{\"a}chenglycane eignet sich aber auch selbst als Methode zur Beeinflussung molekularer Wechselwirkungsprozesse. Dies wurde anhand des humanpathogenen Bakteriums S. aureus gezeigt, dessen Adh{\"a}sion auf Epithelzellen der Blasenwand durch Metabolic Glycoengineering partiell unterdr{\"u}ckt werden konnte. In einem erg{\"a}nzenden Projekt wurden zwei potentielle Metabolite eines konventionellen Antibiotikums - des Nitroxolins - mit bakteriostatischer sowie antiadh{\"a}siver Wirksamkeit dargestellt. Diese dienten als Referenzsubstanzen zur Verifizierung der postulierten Struktur der Derivate, werden aber auch selbst auf ihr Wirkprofil hin untersucht. Gleichzeitig stehen sie zusammen mit der Grundverbindung zudem als Referenz f{\"u}r die Wirkst{\"a}rke potentieller neu entwickelter Antiadh{\"a}siva zur Verf{\"u}gung.},
  subject      = {Microarray},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{SchlosserCibulkaGrossetal.2020,
  author    = {Schlosser, Julika and Cibulka, Radek and Groß, Philipp and Ihmels, Heiko and Mohrschladt, Christian J.},
  title     = {Visible-Light-Induced Di-\(\pi\)-Methane Rearrangement of Dibenzobarrelene Derivatives},
  series = {ChemPhotoChem},
  volume    = {4},
  journal   = {ChemPhotoChem},
  number    = {2},
  doi       = {10.1002/cptc.201900221},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-212633},
  pages     = {132 -- 137},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {It is demonstrated that the di-\(\pi\)-methane (DPM) rearrangement of carbonyl-substituted dibenzobarrelene (9,10-dihydro-9,10-ethenoanthracene) derivatives is induced by visible-light-induced triplet photosensitization with Ir(ppy)\(_{3}\), Ir(dFppy)\(_{3}\) or 1-butyl-7,8-dimethoxy-3-methylalloxazine as catalysts, whereas derivatives that lack carbonyl substituents are photoinert under these conditions. Notably, the products are formed almost quantitatively.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ChristlMattauch1985,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Mattauch, B.},
  title     = {Versuche zur Synthese eines formalen Nitriloxid-Addukts des Benzols. 1,3-Dipolare Cycloadditionen an Bicyclo[2.2.0]hex-5-en-2,3-dicarbons{\"a}ureanhydrid, Dewarbenzol und 1,4-Cyclohexadien},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58216},
  year      = {1985},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Schmidt2002,
  author    = {Schmidt, Philipp},
  title     = {Vanadium(V)-katalysierte Oxidationen substituierter Bishomoallylalkohole zur stereoselektiven O-Heterocyclen-Synthese},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-3296},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2002},
  abstract  = {In der vorligenden Arbeit wurden Vanadium-abh{\"a}ngige Bromidperoxidase- (VBPO-) Modelle zur stereoselektiven Synthese funktionalisierter O-Heterocyclen entwickelt, die durch Vanadium-katalysierte Oxygenierung von Bishomoallylalkoholen mechanistisch untersucht wurden. Weiterhin wurden Bromcyclisierungen von Bishomoallylalkoholen auf enzymatischem (VBPO), oxidativem und radikalischem Weg f{\"u}r Referenzprodukte einer neuen Variante der Bromcyclisierung durch Vanadium-katalysierte Bromidoxidation durchgef{\"u}hrt. Die Selektivit{\"a}tsmuster aus den Synthesen ß-hydroxylierter und ß-bromierter Tetrahydrofurane wurden anschließend innerhalb einfacher Naturstoffsynthesen genutzt. Anhand eigener Vorarbeiten wurden neue Vanadium(V)-Komplexe aus Triethoxyvanadat mit tridentaten Schiffbaseliganden, basierend auf Salicylaldehyd und Aminoalkoholen mit strukturell unterschiedlichen Seitenketten in quantitativen Ausbeuten synthetisiert und charakterisiert (51V-NMR, UV und IR). In Test-Cyclisierungen unterschiedlicher Bishomoallylalkohole eignete sich VO(salin)(OEt) mit hohen Ums{\"a}tzen und guten Regio- wie Stereoselektivit{\"a}ten am besten. Die relative Geschwindigkeitskonstante (krel = 120±20) der Vanadium-katalysierten Oxidation des Testsystems konnte {\"u}ber Konkurrenzkinetik (Alkenol versus Alken) ermittelt werden und weist deutlich auf eine Bindung des Alkenols an Vanadium w{\"a}hrend der Oxidation hin. Um die Regio- und Stereoselektivit{\"a}ten Vanadium-Schiffbase-katalysierter Oxidationen von Bishomoallylalkoholen verstehen zu k{\"o}nnen, wurden stereochemische Studien anhand des Testsystems durchgef{\"u}hrt. Dessen Oxidation wird demnach im selektivit{\"a}tsbestimmenden Schritt dem Metallzentrum abgewandt in like-Position bevorzugt gebildet und f{\"u}hrt zu dem cis-konfigurierten Tetrahydrofuran als Hauptprodukt. Im Folgenden wurden Vanadium-katalysierte Oxidationen unterschiedlich substituierter bishomoallylischer Alkohole durchgef{\"u}hrt, s{\"a}mtliche Oxidationen f{\"u}hrten regioselektiv zu Tetrahydrofuranen als Hauptprodukte, die Oxygenierung Dimethyl-substituierter Pentenole lieferte durch Substitution an C-1 selektiv cis-konfigurierte Tetrahydrofurane, 2-Substitution f{\"u}hrte ebenso wie 3-Substitution zu trans-konfigurierte Oxolanen. Alkohole nicht aktivierter Olefine wurden in der Reihenfolge C-1 ? C-3 mit h{\"o}herer Selektivit{\"a}t zu trans-konfigurierten Tetrahydrofuranen gebildet. Die Regio- und Stereoselektivit{\"a}ten der radikalischen Bromcyclisierungen folgen den schon in fr{\"u}heren Arbeiten unserer Arbeitsgruppe aufgestellten Richtlinien (5-exo-trig; 2,5-trans, 2,4-cis und 2,3-trans). Die ionischen Bromcyclisierungen 5,5-dimethylierter Bishomoallyl-alkohole mittels NBS verliefen komplement{\"a}r zu den Radikal-Cyclisierungen regioselektiv und in Abh{\"a}ngigkeit der Phenylsubstituenten an C-1 - C-3 stereoselektiv zu den 2,5-trans-, 3,5-cis- und 4,5-trans-konfigurierten Tetrahydropyranen. Aus der Bromcyclisierung prochiraler Pentenole in Gegenwart eines Acetonpulvers aus Ascophyllum nodosum (A.n.A.P.) konnte das b-bromierte Tetrahydrofuran racemisch in 87proz. Ausbeute erhalten werden. Ebensowenig f{\"u}hrte der Einsatz chiraler Liganden in der Vanadium-katalysierten Oxygenierung prochiraler Penten-1-ole bei guten Ausbeuten (>80\%) zu Enantiomeren-angereicherten Tatrahydrofuranen. Innerhalb einfacher Naturstoffsynthesen wurden cis-Pityol, Linalooloxid sowie (-)-epi-Bisabololoxid selektiv unter Standardbedingungen der Vanadium-Schiffbase-katalysierten Oxidationen mit VO(salin)(OEt) und TBHP dargestellt. Die Stereoselektivit{\"a}ten steigen proportional zu dem Gr{\"o}ßenunterschied der Substituenten an Position 1 der Bishomoallylalkohole. Abschließend wurde durch Vanadium-katalysierte Bromidoxiadtion mit TBHP eine neue dreistufige Totalsynthese der vier "nat{\"u}rlichen" Muscarin-Isomere ausgearbeitet. Die Gesamtausbeuten dieser Synthesen liegen zwischen 3.0 und 19.9\%.},
  subject      = {Vanadium},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ChristlHerbert1979,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Herbert, R.},
  title     = {Unusual Carbon Shielding Effects of Cyclopropanes and Double Bonds in Strained Bicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes and Cyclopentenes},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58038},
  year      = {1979},
  abstract  = {Carbon-13 shieldings and one-bond \(^{13}\)C-H coupling constants of bicydo[2.1.1]hexane, bicydo[2.l.l]hex- 2-ene, tricydo[3.1.1.0\(^{2.4}\)]heptane and benzvalene are presented and compared. to the data of related. compounds. H a bicydo[3.1.0]hexane system is part of a rigid skeleton, the cydopropane ring exerts spedfk: 'Y substituent eflects of two ldnds. In the case of the bicyclobexane boat form an upfield shift of the C-3 signal is observed and in tbe esse of the chair form a downfield shift of 15-20 ppm. Compared to the corresponding cydopentanes the double bond in strained cydopentenes causes downfield shifts of the C-4 absorption. 1bis eftect increases witb increasing strain, reaching 8 45.9 ppm maximum in benzvalene. Hence it is tbe only known bicydo[l.l.O]butane baving 8 reversed order of carbon shieldings. The downfield shifts are e:xplained by means of simple orbital interaction schemes.},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Wissel2004,
  author    = {Wissel, Kathrin},
  title     = {Untersuchungen zur Typ-, Regio- und Stereoselektivit{\"a}t bei Norrish-Typ-II-Yang-Cyclisierungen und Di-Pi-Methan-Umlagerungen in organisierten Medien},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-8935},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {Gegenstand der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Untersuchung der Typ-, Regio- und Stereoselektivit{\"a}t photochemischer Reaktionen in organisierten Medien. Es wird anhand ausgew{\"a}hlter Beispiele gezeigt, daß bei der Festk{\"o}rperbestrahlung von kronenetherverkn{\"u}pften Substraten sowie von photoaktiven Verbindungen, die mit Polyaminos{\"a}uren, Cyclodextrinen oder Zeolithen assoziiert sind, h{\"a}ufig andere Produkte gebildet und h{\"o}here Selektivit{\"a}ten erreicht werden als in L{\"o}sung.},
  subject      = {Photochemische Reaktion},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Kirchwehm2013,
  author    = {Kirchwehm, Yvonne},
  title     = {Untersuchungen zur Synthese aromatisch anellierter Triquinacene},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-85088},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {In dieser Arbeit wurde ein geeigneter Zugang zu TBTQ-Derivaten erarbeitet, der eine paarweise Funktionalisierung der aromatischen Positionen in direkter Nachbarschaft zum Triquinacen-Kern zul{\"a}sst. Hierf{\"u}r wurde sowohl die doppelte Cyclodehydratisierungsroute als auch die dreifache Cyclisierungsvariante zur Darstellung von Tribenzotriquinacenen dahingehend modifiziert, dass die Einf{\"u}hrung der „ortho"-Substituenten bereits zu Beginn der Synthese mit den Edukten erfolgte, da eine nachtr{\"a}gliche Funktionalisierung der gew{\"u}nschten Positionen am TBTQ aufgrund sterischer Faktoren nicht m{\"o}glich ist. Es wurden unter anderem die ersten literaturbekannten „ortho"-substituierten TBTQ-Derivate erhalten und vollst{\"a}ndig charakterisiert. Zur Erweiterung des aromatischen Systems wurden außerdem Benzodiphenanthrenotriquinacen-Vorstufen synthetisiert, die im Falle der doppelten Cyclodehydratisierungsroute Acenapthylen-Derivate lieferten. Benzodiphenanthrenotriquinacen konnte mit Hilfe der dreifachen Cyclisierungsvariante synthetisiert werden. Die Zielmolek{\"u}le sollen als Vorstufen f{\"u}r {\"u}berbr{\"u}ckte aromatisch anellierte Triquinacene dienen.},
  subject      = {Triquinacenderivate},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Auerswald2014,
  author    = {Auerswald, Johannes},
  title     = {Untersuchungen zur Synthese aromatisch anellierter Pyracene und Pyracylene},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-110815},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Ziel dieser Arbeit war die Synthese geeigneter Modellsysteme f{\"u}r die Untersuchung gekr{\"u}mmter Graphenfragmente. Daf{\"u}r bot sich die Synthese von substituierten Pyracylenen an. Diese sollten in eine Aromatensph{\"a}re eingebunden sein, um so den Einfluss der Graphenumgebung zu simulieren. Ein geeignetes einfaches Untersuchungsobjekt stellt das Bisbenzo[d,j]pyracylen/ Dicyclopenta[fg,op]tetracen (10) dar. Auch die Einbettung in gr{\"o}ßere „Nanographene" ist ein lohnendes Syntheseziel zur Untersuchung von Struktur-Eigenschaftsbeziehungen. Gegebenenfalls kann nach erfolgreicher Darstellung auch das Auftreten der Stone-Wales-Umlagerung untersucht werden. Das heißt, die Systeme sollen mit Hilfe der FVP auf ihr Verm{\"o}gen zur Kohlenstoffger{\"u}stumlagerung untersucht werden. Die folgende Abbildung zeigt die Zielmolek{\"u}le und m{\"o}gliche Stone-Wales-Umlagerung. ...},
  subject      = {Kohlenwasserstoffe},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Drees2002,
  author    = {Drees, Simone},
  title     = {Untersuchungen zur stereoselektiven Synthese funktionalisierter Tetrahydrofurane durch Vanadium(V)- und Cobalt(II)-katalysierte Oxidationen substituierter Bishomoallylalkohole},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-4843},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2002},
  abstract  = {Substituierte Tetrahydrofurane sind Bausteine vieler pharmakologisch interessanter Natur- und Wirkstoffe. Deshalb ist die Entwicklung effizienter Methoden zur Darstellung dieser Verbindungsklasse von großer Bedeutung. Bei den {\"U}bergansmetall-katalysierten Verfahren erwiesen sich sowohl Vanadium(V)-, als auch Cobalt(II)-Komplexe als besonders vielversprechende Oxidationskatalysatoren. Bis dato ist allerdings kein universelles Verfahren bekannt, mit welchem nur durch Wahl der Reaktionsbedingungen ein Substrat unter vollst{\"a}ndiger Regio- und Stereokontrolle selektiv in einen definierten cyclischen Ether umgewandelt werden kann. Ziel dieser Arbeit war daher die Ausarbeitung von Vanadium(V)- und Cobalt(II)-Komplex-katalysierten Oxidationen zur selektiven Synthese substituierter Tetrahydrofurane. Die Reaktionen wurden ausgehend von Bishomoallylalkoholen entwickelt, optimiert und mechanistisch untersucht. F{\"u}r die Vanadium(V)-katalysierten Oxidationen wurden Reaktionen evaluiert, die nach dem Peroxo- (H2O2 als Prim{\"a}roxidans) und solche, die nach dem Peroxy-Mechanismus (TBHP als Prim{\"a}roxidans) verlaufen. Bei den Cobalt(II)-katalysierten Oxidationen wurde molekularer Sauerstoff als Prim{\"a}roxidans eingesetzt. Im Zentrum des Interesses stand weiterhin die breit angelegte Synthese neuartiger Komplexe, welche auf ihre Eignung als Katalysatoren hin {\"u}berpr{\"u}ft wurden. Die Metallionen wurden durch strukturell unterschiedliche Liganden stabilisiert, die auf Grund ihrer sterischen und elektronischen Natur Reaktivit{\"a}ts- und Selektivit{\"a}tseinfl{\"u}sse bei den oxidativen Cyclisierungen aus{\"u}ben sollten. Hierbei kamen Picolin- und Hydroxams{\"a}ure-, Diketonat-, sowie macrocyclische Diamin-Schiffbase-Liganden zum Einsatz. In Test-Oxidationen unterschiedlicher Bishomoallylalkohole zur Optimierung der Reaktionsbedingungen hinsichtlich Solvens, Prim{\"a}roxidans und Reaktionstemperatur erwiesen sich f{\"u}r Vanadium-katalysierte Oxidationen TBHP in Dichlormethan und H2O2 in tert-Butanol bei jeweils 25°C am geeignetsten. F{\"u}r Cobalt(II)-katalysierte Oxidationen konnten molekularer Sauerstoff als Prim{\"a}roxidans, Isopropanol als Solvens und eine Reaktionstemperatur von 60°C als Reaktionsparameter der Wahl ermittelt werden. Im Folgenden wurden Vanadium(V)-katalysierte Oxidationen unterschiedlich substituierter bishomoallylischer Alkohole unter optimierten Reaktionsbedingungen durchgef{\"u}hrt. S{\"a}mtliche Oxidationen f{\"u}hrten regioselektiv zu Tetrahydrofuranen als Hauptprodukte. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse zur Vanadium(V)-katalysierten Darstellung substituierter Tetrahydrofurane wurden im Rahmen der Synthese eines Naturstoff-Derivats angewandt. Ziel war es dabei in einer vierstufigen Totalsynthese Derivate der nat{\"u}rlich vorkommenden Carboline Cyclocapitellin und Isocyclocapitellin zu synthetisieren. Die auf diese Weise erhaltenen enantiomerenreinen Indolalkaloide werden zur Zeit pharmakologischen Testungen unterzogen. In einem weiteren Projekt wurden aerobe Cobalt(II)-katalysierte Oxidationen unterschiedlich substituierter Bishomoallylalkohole durchgef{\"u}hrt. Wie bei den Vanadium-katalysierten Reaktionen konnten auch hier regioselektiv Tetrahydrofurane als Hauptprodukte erhalten werden. Abschließend wurden durch Oxidation prochiraler Alkenole in Gegenwart chiraler Cobalt(II)-Diketonat-Komplexe enantiomerenangereicherte Tetrahydrofurane dargestellt. Diese Oxidationen lieferten nur geringe Enantioselektivit{\"a}ten, welche durch Verwendung von Propionaldehyddiethylacetal als Solvens gesteigert werden konnten. Zusammenfassend kann festgestellt werden, dass sich f{\"u}r Vanadium(V)- und Cobalt(II)-katalysierte Oxidationen, im Hinblick auf die Substituenten in unmittelbarer N{\"a}he der Alkenol-Doppelbindung, ein komplement{\"a}res Reaktivit{\"a}ts- und Selektivit{\"a}tsbild ergibt. So werden bei Cobalt(II)-katalysierten Oxidationen Alkenole ohne terminale Methylgruppen in h{\"o}heren Ausbeuten und Stereoselektivit{\"a}ten zu Tetrahydrofuranen oxidiert, bei Vanadium(V)-Katalysen hingegen 5,5-Dimethyl-substituierte Alkenole.},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Muenchbach2001,
  author    = {M{\"u}nchbach, Miriam Birgit},
  title     = {Untersuchungen zur endogenen Bildung, Cytotoxizit{\"a}t und DNA-sch{\"a}digenden Wirkung des dopaminergen Neurotoxins TaClo},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-385},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2001},
  abstract  = {Die kausalen Ursachen, die zur Ausl{\"o}sung der neurodegenerativen Erkrankung Morbus Parkinson f{\"u}hren, sind noch immer unklar. Man nimmt heute an, daß das Absterben dopaminerger Neurone im Mittelhirn von Parkinsonpatienten multifaktoriell ausgel{\"o}st wird. Genetische Pr{\"a}disposition sowie endogene und exogene Umweltgifte wie etwa Substanzen, die strukturelle {\"A}hnlichkeit mit dem bekanntesten dopaminergen Neurotoxin MPTP (1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,5-tetrahydropyridin) besitzen, werden als Hauptursachen f{\"u}r die Entstehung des Parkinsonsyndroms diskutiert. Diese Arbeit besch{\"a}ftigt sich mit einer neuen Klasse von neurotoxisch wirksamen Tetrahydro-b-carbolinen, die sich von Trichloracetaldehyd (Chloral) ableiten. Die wohl prominenteste Verbindung in dieser Reihe ist TaClo (1-Trichlormethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-b-carbolin), das im menschlichen K{\"o}rper nach Aufnahme des Schlafmittels Chloralhydrat durch Pictet-Spengler-Kondensation mit dem endogen vorhandenen Tryptamin gebildet wird. Zus{\"a}tzlich scheint die Bildung von TaClo aus dem Industriel{\"o}sungsmittel TRI (Trichlorethylen), das im Organismus zu Chloral metabolisiert wird, m{\"o}glich. Die {\"u}ber Chloral eingef{\"u}hrte große CCl3-Gruppe erh{\"o}ht die Lipophilie von TaClo, die Passage der Blut-Hirn-Schranke ist erleichtert. In der Tat haben zahlreiche Untersuchungen in vitro und in vivo gezeigt, daß TaClo toxische Prozesse in dopaminergen und serotonergen Systemen zu induzieren vermag. Ein wesentliches Ziel dieser Arbeit bestand darin, die in-vivo-Entstehung und Metabolisierung von TaClo im Menschen sowie den Einfluß dieses Neurotoxins auf die DNA herauszuarbeiten und n{\"a}her zu untersuchen. Im einzelnen wurden folgende Ergebnisse erzielt: TaClo sch{\"a}digt die DNA, wie Versuche an zellfreier DNA und in-vitro-Experimente an PC12-Zellen belegen. Die endogene Bildung von TaClo in Chloralhydrat-behandelten Patienten und die in-vitro-Entstehung von TaClo aus Trichlorethylen wurde mittels HPLC-ESI-MS-MS-Analytik eindeutig bewiesen. Außerdem wurden erste Hinweise auf eine Anreicherung des Neurotoxins im menschlichen K{\"o}rper erhalten. Stereostrukturelle Aspekte der Bildung und Verstoffwechslung von TaClo wurden aufgekl{\"a}rt und TaClo-Metabolite in in-vitro- und in-vivo-Proben identifiziert. Das Tetrahydro-b-carbolin entsteht in racemischer Form, wird also nicht enzymatisch sondern spontan durch Pictet-Spengler-Reaktion gebildet. Zus{\"a}tzlich wurden Hinweise auf eine enzymatische Metabolisierung von TaClo gefunden. Außerdem gelang es, eine etablierte Methode des oxidativen Abbaus zur Aufkl{\"a}rung der absoluten Konfiguration von Tetrahydropyridin-Heterocyclen [z.B. Eleagnin] auf Substanzen mit benzylischer Hydroxy- oder Metylether-Gruppe zu erweitern. Geringe Mengen (1-2 mg) an Substanzen, die in benzylischer Position eine chirale Sauerstoffunktion besitzen, wurden durch Ruthenium-katalysierte Oxidation zu GC-g{\"a}ngigen S{\"a}uren abgebaut, deren absolute Konfiguration nach Trennung an chiraler Phase durch Vergleich mit enantiomerenreinem Referenzmaterial bestimmt wurde. Diese Zuordnung erlaubte den R{\"u}ckschluß auf die absolute Konfiguration einer Reihe Ausgangsverbindungen.},
  subject      = {Parkinson-Krankheit},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Faulhaber2003,
  author    = {Faulhaber, Katja},
  title     = {Untersuchungen der Wechselwirkungen von anellierten Chinoliziniumsalzen mit DNA},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-6791},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2003},
  abstract  = {In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden anellierte Chinoliziniumsalze synthetisiert und auf ihre Wechselwirkung mit DNA hin untersucht. Hierbei wurde in Abh{\"a}ngigkeit vom Substitutionsmuster sowohl die Bindungsaffinit{\"a}t als auch der Mechanismus, der zur lichtinduzierten DNA-Sch{\"a}digung f{\"u}hrt, aufgekl{\"a}rt.},
  subject      = {Chinolizinderivate},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Lieberherr2019,
  author    = {Lieberherr, Christina},
  title     = {Untersuchung der Wirkung potentieller Inhibitoren der Masernvirus-Infektion},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-17675},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-176752},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Die Infektion mit dem Masernvirus (MV) stellt weltweit immer noch ein großes Problem dar. Trotz des vorhandenen Lebendimpfstoffs, der eine Erkrankung sicher zu verhindern vermag, haben nicht nur die Entwicklungsl{\"a}nder, in denen ein fl{\"a}chendeckender Impfschutz schwieriger zu erreichen ist, mit der Erkrankung und ihren Komplikationen zu k{\"a}mpfen. Hat sich die Erkrankung klinisch manifestiert gibt es keine kausalen Therapiem{\"o}glichkeiten und es kann nur noch symptomatisch behandelt werden. Dies ist v.a. auch in Hinblick auf die schweren Komplikationen der Maserninfektion von Bedeutung. Bei Erstkontakt mit dem Masernvirus ist die Suszeptibilit{\"a}t nicht geimpfter Menschen sehr hoch. Das bedeutet, dass es in 95-98 \% der F{\"a}lle nach einer Infektion mit dem Masernvirus auch zum klinischen Bild der Masern kommt, unabh{\"a}ngig von Alter und Geschlecht. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit war es daher, potentielle Hemmstoffe der Maserninfektion auf ihre Wirkung zu testen und zu verstehen, wo im Infektions- und Replikationszyklus des MV sie eingreifen. Es wurden eine Reihe Substanzen mit potentiell-inhibitorischen Eigenschaften in Infektions-Hemmtests und im Zytotoxizit{\"a}tstest untersucht, von denen im Anschluss die drei besten Inhibitoren (JK80, QD6-8 und Droseron) weiter untersucht wurden. JK80 und QD6-8 waren beide mit IC50-Werten um 30 µM und SI-Werten von {\"u}ber 2 nur m{\"a}ßig spezifisch antiviral wirksam. W{\"a}hrend JK80 vermutlich den Eintritt des MV in die Zellen verhindert, hemmt QD6-8 die intrazellul{\"a}re Virusreplikation und w{\"a}re im Hinblick auf die Entwicklung neuartiger, spezifischer Medikamente gegen die Maserninfektion von grossem Interesse. Eine Zielmolek{\"u}lanalyse der Substanz und die Testung anderer Derivate k{\"o}nnten Aufschluss dar{\"u}ber geben, wie Substanzen aussehen m{\"u}ssten, die eine spezifische Hemmung der intrazellul{\"a}ren Replikation bewirken k{\"o}nnen. Der Naturstoff Droseron k{\"o}nnte mit einer spezifischen Hemmung (IC50 ca. 10 µM; SIWert 6 im Fluoreszenzreader, bzw. IC50 ca. 2 µM; SI-Wert 30 in der Titration) eine m{\"o}gliche Leitsubstanz f{\"u}r einen neuen MV-Inhibitor darstellen. Allerdings waren alle bisher getesteten Droseron-Derivate entweder weniger inhibitorisch wirksam oder deutlich zytotoxischer als Droseron selbst. Die Ergebnisse der Infektionshemmversuche mit Zugabe von Droseron vor, w{\"a}hrend oder nach der Infektion mit MV sprechen daf{\"u}r, dass Droseron den Eintritt des Virus in die Zelle st{\"o}rt.},
  subject      = {Masernvirus},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{LuebtowMarciniakSchmiedeletal.2019,
  author    = {L{\"u}btow, Michael M. and Marciniak, Henning and Schmiedel, Alexander and Roos, Markus and Lambert, Christoph and Luxenhofer, Robert},
  title     = {Ultra-high to ultra-low drug loaded micelles: Probing host-guest interactions by fluorescence spectroscopy},
  series = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
  volume    = {25},
  journal   = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
  number    = {54},
  doi       = {10.1002/chem.201902619},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-206128},
  pages     = {12601-12610},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Polymer micelles are an attractive means to solubilize water insoluble compounds such as drugs. Drug loading, formulations stability and control over drug release are crucial factors for drug-loaded polymer micelles. The interactions between the polymeric host and the guest molecules are considered critical to control these factors but typically barely understood. Here, we compare two isomeric polymer micelles, one of which enables ultra-high curcumin loading exceeding 50 wt.\%, while the other allows a drug loading of only 25 wt.\%. In the low capacity micelles, steady-state fluorescence revealed a very unusual feature of curcumin fluorescence, a high energy emission at 510 nm. Time-resolved fluorescence upconversion showed that the fluorescence life time of the corresponding species is too short in the high-capacity micelles, preventing an observable emission in steady-state. Therefore, contrary to common perception, stronger interactions between host and guest can be detrimental to the drug loading in polymer micelles.},
  subject      = {Polymer-drug interaction},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Bosio2003,
  author    = {Bosio, Sara},
  title     = {Typselektivit{\"a}t und Diastereoselektivit{\"a}t in den Oxidationen von chiralen oxazolidinonsubstituierten Encarbamaten mit Singulettsauerstoff, Dimethyldioxiran und meta-Chlorperbenzoes{\"a}ure},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-5253},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2003},
  abstract  = {In der vorliegenden Dissertation wurde die Selektivit{\"a}t der Oxidation von chiralen oxazolidinonsubstituierten Encarbamten I mit Singulettsauerstoff, Dimethyldioxiran (DMD) und meta-Chloroperbenzoes{\"a}ure (mCPBA) untersucht. Durch die Variation der Encarbamatstruktur wurde die Typselektivit{\"a}t (En-Reaktion versus [2+2]-Cycloaddition) kontrolliert. Bei der [2+2]-Cycloaddition der Encarbamate I mit Singulettsauerstoff (1O2) und der Epoxidierung mit DMD und mCPBA wurden hohe Diastereoselektivit{\"a}ten beobachtet. Die folgenden Ergebnisse wurden erzielt: 1. Die Typselektivit{\"a}t (En-Reaktion versus [2+2]-Cycloaddition) der Reaktion von 1O2 mit den Encarbamaten Ia-c ist in Tabelle I aufgef{\"u}hrt. Daraus ist ersichtlich, dass die E-Isomere vorzugsweise die En-Reaktion eingehen, w{\"a}hrend die Z-Isomere die [2+2]-Cycloaddition bevorzugen. Diese diastereomerenabh{\"a}ngige Typselektivit{\"a}t wird durch den orbitaldirigierenden Effekt des vinylischen Stickstoffatoms verst{\"a}ndlich. Der Angriff des Singulettsauerstoffs wird durch die vorteilhafte bindende Orbitalwechselwirkung zwischen dem LUMO des Singulettsauerstoffs und dem HOMO des Encarbamates Ib auf die Seite der Stickstofffunktionalit{\"a}t gesteuert. Da im Encarbamat Z-I kein cis-st{\"a}ndiges allylisches Wasserstoffatom f{\"u}r den angreifenden 1O2 zur Verf{\"u}gung steht, findet vorzugsweise die [2+2]-Cycloaddition mit hoher Diastereoselektivit{\"a}t (> 95:5) statt. Bei den Encarbamaten E-I sind die Stickstofffunktionalit{\"a}t und die allylische Methylgruppe auf der Seite der Doppelbindung angeordnet, die von 1O2 angegriffen wird, so dass der sich ann{\"a}hernde Singulettsauerstoff ein allylisches Wasserstoffatom von der Methylgruppe abstrahiert und eine hohe Typselektivit{\"a}t f{\"u}r die En-Reaktion beobachtet wird. 2. In der [2+2]-Cycloaddition der Encarbamate Id-e mit Singulettsauerstoff, dem kleinstm{\"o}glichen Enophil, wird eine vollst{\"a}ndige Diastereoseitendifferenzierung (d.r. >95:5) durch die Oxazolidinonkonfiguration bestimmt. Der R1-Substituent des Oxazolidinonrings besetzt aufgrund konformationeller Effekte einen Halbraum der Doppelbindung (Abbildung A), so dass der bevorzugte \&\#61552;-faciale Angriff alleine durch die sterische Abschirmung des R1-Substituenten kontrolliert wird, solange R1 \&\#8800; H. Die Gegenwart eines weiteren stereogenen Zentrums im allylischen Substituenten der Encarbamate beeinflusst die Richtung des Singulettsauerstoffangriffs nicht: Der Angriff des Singulettsauerstoffs findet von derselben \&\#61552;-Seite statt, unabh{\"a}ngig davon, ob (4R,3'S)-Ie oder (4R,3'R)-Ie als Substrat eingesetzt wird. Offensichtlich rufen (R)-konfigurierte R1-Substituenten die (S)-Konfiguration der zwei neu gebildeten stereogenen Zentren im resultierenden Dioxetan hervor. 3. Mit den chiralen Oxazolidinonauxiliaren kann nicht nur die Diastereoselektivit{\"a}t der [2+2]-Cycloaddition von Singulettsauerstoff gesteuert werden, sondern auch die der En-Reaktion. Die Konfiguration der Doppelbindung der Encarbamate spielt in der En-Reaktion eine entscheidende Rolle. Im Fall der Isomere Z-Ia, b h{\"a}ngt die Diastereoselektivit{\"a}t stark von der Gr{\"o}ße des R1-Substituenten am Oxazolidinon ab. Dies ist verst{\"a}ndlich, denn der Angriff des Singulettsauerstoffs muß auf der Seite der allylischen Methylgruppe erfolgen, um die En-Produkte zu erhalten (Abbildung B). F{\"u}r kleinere R1-Substituenten, z.B. Methyl (Tabelle 1), wird diese Seite der Doppelbindung im Fall der Substrate Z-1 weniger effektiv abgeschirmt als f{\"u}r die r{\"a}umlich anspruchsvollere Phenylgruppe. F{\"u}r letztere wird das unlike En-Produkt daher in hoher Diastereoselektivit{\"a}t erhalten Im Fall der Substrate E-I, ist der Oxazolidinonring auf derselben Seite der Doppelbindung wie die allylische Methylgruppe. Daher treten intensivere sterische Wechselwirkungen des R1-Substituenten mit Singulettsauerstoff auf und sorgen f{\"u}r die h{\"o}here Diastereoselektivit{\"a}t als bei den Diastereomeren Z-I. 4. Bei der Epoxidierung der Encarbamate Ic, f wird ebenfalls eine hohe Diastereo-selektivit{\"a}t beobachtet, diese ist jedoch weniger ausgepr{\"a}gt als bei der Photooxygenierung derselben Substrate. Zudem wird in diesem Fall nicht nur die Richtung, sondern auch das Ausmaß der Diastereo-selektivit{\"a}t durch den R1-Substituenten im Oxazolidinonring beeinflusst. Deshalb wird f{\"u}r den Sauerstoff-Transfer der Mechanismus in Abbildung A vorgeschlagen. Wenn X = H, sind die sterischen Wechselwirkungen f{\"u}r den (1'Re,2'Re)- und den (1'Si,2'Si)-Angriff vergleichbar und daher ist die Diastereoselektivit{\"a}t niedrig (60:40). F{\"u}r X = CH3 ist die Doppelbindung vollst{\"a}ndig abgeschirmt, wodurch der (1'Re,2'Re)-Angriff erschwert wird und die Diastereoselektivit{\"a}t steigt deutlich (93:7). Weiterhin ist das Ausmaß der diastereo-facialen Differenzierung nicht nur von der Gr{\"o}ße von R1 abh{\"a}ngig, sondern auch von der Konfiguration der Doppelbindung. Die Epoxidierung des Z-Isomers ist wegen der besser abgeschirmten Doppelbindung der Z-Encarbamate immer selektiver als die des E-Isomers.},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Mahlmeister2023,
  author    = {Mahlmeister, Bernhard},
  title     = {Twisted Rylene Bisimides for Organic Solar Cells and Strong Chiroptical Response in the Near Infrared},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-34610},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-346106},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {The chirality of the interlocked bay-arylated perylene motif is investigated upon its material prospect and the enhancement of its chiroptical response to the NIR spectral region. A considerable molecular library of inherently chiral perylene bisimides (PBIs) was utilized as acceptors in organic solar cells to provide decent device performances and insights into the structure-property relationship of PBI materials within a polymer blend. For the first time in the family of core-twisted PBIs, the effects of enantiopurity on the device performance was thoroughly investigated. The extraordinary structural sensitivity of CD spectroscopy served as crucial analytical tool to bridge the highly challenging gap between molecular properties and device analytics by proving the excitonic chirality of a helical PBI dimer. The chirality of this perylene motif could be further enhanced on a molecular level by both the expansion and the enhanced twisting of the π-scaffold to achieve a desirable strong chiroptical NIR response introducing a new family of twisted QBI-based nanoribbons. These achievements could be substantially further developed by expanding this molecular concept to a supramolecular level. The geometrically demanding supramolecular arrangement necessary for the efficient excitonic coupling was carefully encoded into the molecular design. Accordingly, the QBIs could form the first J-type aggregate constituting a fourfold-stranded superhelix of a rylene bisimide with strong excitonic chirality. Therefore, this thesis has highlighted the mutual corroboration of experimental and theoretical data from the molecular to the supramolecular level. It has demonstrated that for rylene bisimide dyes, the excitonic contribution to the overall chiroptical response can be designed and rationalized. This can help to pave the way for new organic functional materials to be used for chiral sensing or chiral organic light-emitting devices.},
  subject      = {Molek{\"u}l},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{DietzschBialasBandorfetal.2022,
  author    = {Dietzsch, Julia and Bialas, David and Bandorf, Johannes and W{\"u}rthner, Frank and H{\"o}bartner, Claudia},
  title     = {Tuning Exciton Coupling of Merocyanine Nucleoside Dimers by RNA, DNA and GNA Double Helix Conformations},
  series = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  journal   = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  doi       = {10.1002/anie.202116783},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-254565},
  pages     = {e202116783},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Exciton coupling between two or more chromophores in a specific environment is a key mechanism associated with color tuning and modulation of absorption energies. This concept is well exemplified by natural photosynthetic proteins, and can also be achieved in synthetic nucleic acid nanostructures. Here we report the coupling of barbituric acid merocyanine (BAM) nucleoside analogues and show that exciton coupling can be tuned by the double helix conformation. BAM is a nucleobase mimic that was incorporated in the phosphodiester backbone of RNA, DNA and GNA oligonucleotides. Duplexes with different backbone constitutions and geometries afforded different mutual dye arrangements, leading to distinct optical signatures due to competing modes of chromophore organization via electrostatic, dipolar, - stacking and hydrogen-bonding interactions. The realized supramolecular motifs include hydrogenbonded BAM-adenine base pairs and antiparallel as well as rotationally stacked BAM dimer aggregates with distinct absorption, CD and fluorescence properties.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ChristlLang1982,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Lang, R.},
  title     = {Tricyclo[5.1.0.0\(^{2,8}\)]octa-3,5-diene (Octavalene)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58124},
  year      = {1982},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ChristlHerzogKemmer1986,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Herzog, C. and Kemmer, P.},
  title     = {Tricyclo[5.1.0.0\(^{2,8}\)]oct-3-en, -oct-4-en und -octan: Darstellung und Thermolyse der Hydroderivate des Octavalens},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58310},
  year      = {1986},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ChristlFreitagBruentrup1978,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Freitag, G. and Br{\"u}ntrup, G.},
  title     = {Tricyclo[4.1.0.0\(^{2,7}\)]hept-3-ene durch Umlagerung von 7-endo-Brom- und 7-endo-Chlortetracyclo[4.1.0.0\(^{2,4}\).0\(^{3,5}\)]heptanen},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58029},
  year      = {1978},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ChristlKraft1988,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Kraft, A.},
  title     = {Tricyclo[3.1.1.0\(^{2,6}\)]hexandion (the Valen of o-Benzochinons), Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexan-2,3-dion and Valene of a Chinoxalins, of Phenazins and of a Benzophenazine},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58462},
  year      = {1988},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ChristlKraft1988,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Kraft, A.},
  title     = {Tricyclo[3.1.1.0\(^{2,6}\)]hexandion (das Valen des o-Benzochinons), Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexan-2,3-dion und Valene eines Chinoxalins, des Phenazins sowie eines Benzophenazins},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58459},
  year      = {1988},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{HollmannWieseDennstaedtetal.2019,
  author    = {Hollmann, Claudia and Wiese, Teresa and Dennst{\"a}dt, Fabio and Fink, Julian and Schneider-Schaulies, J{\"u}rgen and Beyersdorf, Niklas},
  title     = {Translational approaches targeting ceramide generation from sphingomyelin in T cells to modulate immunity in humans},
  series = {Frontiers in Immunology},
  volume    = {10},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Immunology},
  number    = {2363},
  issn      = {1664-3224},
  doi       = {10.3389/fimmu.2019.02363},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-198806},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {In T cells, as in all other cells of the body, sphingolipids form important structural components of membranes. Due to metabolic modifications, sphingolipids additionally play an active part in the signaling of cell surface receptors of T cells like the T cell receptor or the co-stimulatory molecule CD28. Moreover, the sphingolipid composition of their membranes crucially affects the integrity and function of subcellular compartments such as the lysosome. Previously, studying sphingolipid metabolism has been severely hampered by the limited number of analytical methods/model systems available. Besides well-established high resolution mass spectrometry new tools are now available like novel minimally modified sphingolipid subspecies for click chemistry as well as recently generated mouse mutants with deficiencies/overexpression of sphingolipid-modifying enzymes. Making use of these tools we and others discovered that the sphingolipid sphingomyelin is metabolized to ceramide to different degrees in distinct T cell subpopulations of mice and humans. This knowledge has already been translated into novel immunomodulatory approaches in mice and will in the future hopefully also be applicable to humans. In this paper we are, thus, summarizing the most recent findings on the impact of sphingolipid metabolism on T cell activation, differentiation, and effector functions. Moreover, we are discussing the therapeutic concepts arising from these insights and drugs or drug candidates which are already in clinical use or could be developed for clinical use in patients with diseases as distant as major depression and chronic viral infection.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Bauer2023,
  author    = {Bauer, Christian},
  title     = {Towards ecological and efficient electrochemical energy storage in supercapacitors and sodium ion batteries using onion-like carbon},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-31795},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-317956},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {In this thesis, the usage of onion-like carbon (OLC) for energy storage applications was researched regarding sustainability, performance and processability. This work targets to increase the scientific understanding regarding the role of OLC in electrodes and to facilitate a large-scale production, which is the foundation for commercial application. Research was devoted to increase the knowledge in the particular field, to yield synergistic approaches and a shared value regarding sustainability and performance.},
  subject      = {Elektrochemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Schies2019,
  author    = {Schies, Christine Lisa},
  title     = {Totalsynthese von Mbandakamin A und Weiteren Dimeren Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloiden mit Antiplasmodialer Aktivit{\"a}t sowie HPLC-ECD-Analyse Inh{\"a}rent Chiraler Metallocorrole},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-18501},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-185012},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Tropische Infektionskrankheiten sind noch immer die Haupttodesurache in vielen L{\"a}ndern der Dritten Welt. Unter ihnen ist Malaria neben der Immunschw{\"a}chekrankheit AIDS und Tuberkulose am weitesten verbreitet. Laut WHO erkrankten allein im Jahr 2016 rund 216 Millionen Menschen an Malaria und weltweit verstarben 445.000 Menschen an den Folgen dieser Infektion. Solange die Wirksamkeit des Impfstoffs RTS,S/AS01 gegen Malaria noch Schwachstellen aufweist und andere Impfstoff-Kanditaten sich noch in pr{\"a}klinischen Testphasen befinden, ist vor allem die Entwicklung neuer Wirkstoffe, auch im Hinblick auf die rasante Ausbreitung von Resistenzen gegen herk{\"o}mmliche Medikamente, weiterhin eine dringende Aufgabe. Eine vielversprechende Wirkstoffklasse mit interessanten strukturellen Eigenschaften und einer ungew{\"o}hnlichen Biosynthese aus Acetat-Einheiten sind die Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide aus den beiden pal{\"a}otropischen Pflanzenfamilien der Dioncophyllaceae und Ancistrocladaceae. Die Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide sind hervozuheben aufgrund ihrer exzellenten Aktivit{\"a}t gegen Plasmodium falciparum, den Erreger der Malaria tropica, sowie wegen ihrer Wirksamkeit gegen Erreger weiterer Krankheiten wie beispielsweise AIDS, Leishmaniose und Afrikanische Trypanosomiasis. Auch im Kampf gegen maligne Erkrankungen wie Leuk{\"a}mie und pankreatischen Krebs werden sie aufgrund ihrer cytotoxischen Eigenschaften als vielversprechende Leitstrukturen betrachtet. Die strukturell beeindruckendsten Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide sind die dimeren Mbandakamine, die von unserer Arbeitsgruppe vor einiger Zeit aus einer kongolesischen Ancistrocladus-Liane isoliert wurden. Sie besitzen sieben stereogene Elemente und sind die ersten nat{\"u}rlich vorkommenden Dimere mit einer h{\"o}chst unsymmetrischen 6',1''-gekuppelten zentralen Biarylachse. Diese impliziert eine außergew{\"o}hnlich hohe sterische Hinderung an der zentralen Achse, wie sie noch in keinem anderen dimeren Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloid gefunden wurde. Verbunden mit ihren bemerkenswerten und vielseitigen pharmakologischen Wirkeigenschaften sind sie ausgesprochen interessante Molek{\"u}le f{\"u}r eine synthetische Erschließung. Ziel dieser Arbeit war die erstmalige Totalsynthese von Mbandakamin A und B sowie die Synthese ihrer monomeren H{\"a}lften 5-epi-Korupensamin E und 8-O-Methylkorupensamin A. Zudem sollten weitere Naphthylisochinolin-Dimere, die bei der Synthese der Mbandakamine anfallen, isoliert und charakterisiert werden. Alle neuen mono- und dimeren Naphthylisochinoline sollten abschließend am Schweizerischen Tropen- und Public-Health-Institut auf ihre biologische Aktivit{\"a}t getestet werden. Zus{\"a}tzlich gelang im Rahmen eines Kooperationsprojekts erstmals die stereochemische Charakterisierung des strukturell ganz neuartigen, inh{\"a}rent chiralen Wolframbiscorrols durch online HPLC-ECD-Analyse in Kombination mit quantenchemischen Rechnungen.},
  subject      = {Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Buettner2013,
  author    = {B{\"u}ttner, Tobias},
  title     = {Totalsynthese mono- und dimerer Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide sowie Isolierung acetogeniner Sekund{\"a}rmetabolite aus Wurzelkulturen von Triphyophyllum peltatum},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-77371},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Die pal{\"a}otropischen Pflanzenfamilien der Ancistrocladaceae und Dioncophyllaceae sind die bisher einzig bekannten Produzenten von Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloiden. Diese spezielle Klasse acetogeniner Sekund{\"a}rmetabolite weist durch die verschiedenen Kupplungspositionen der beiden namensgebenden Molek{\"u}lbausteine eine breite strukturelle Diversit{\"a}t auf und zeichnet sich durch vielf{\"a}ltige pharmakologische Wirksamkeiten, z.B. antiplasmodiale, antileishmaniale oder antitrypanosomale Aktivit{\"a}ten, aus. Zur Synthese dieser Naturstoffe wurde im Arbeitskreis Bringmann eigens eine Methodik entwickelt, das Lacton -Konzept. Diese Methode erlaubt durch eine Vorfixierung der beiden Molek{\"u}lh{\"a}lften durch eine Esterbr{\"u}cke, anschließender intramolekularer Kupplungsreaktion und der stereoselektiven {\"O}ffnung des erhaltenen Lactons den atropselektiven Aufbau der Naphthylisochinoline. Als Ziele dieser Arbeit ergaben sich somit die Synthese pharmakologisch und strukturell interessanter Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide mittels des Lacton-Konzepts sowie die Isolierung und Strukturaufkl{\"a}rung weiterer Sekund{\"a}rmetabolite aus Triphyophyllum peltatum (Dioncophyllaceae), welche anschließend auf ihre Bioaktivit{\"a}t hin untersucht werden sollten, um potenziell neue Leitstrukturen f{\"u}r neue Wirkstoffe zu finden.},
  subject      = {Naphthylisochinolinalkaloide},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Shamburger2021,
  author    = {Shamburger, William},
  title     = {Total Synthesis of Mono- and Dimeric Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids and Related Analogs},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-25061},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-250612},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Our research group focusses on the isolation, structural elucidation, and synthesis of bioactive natural products, among others, the naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids from tropical lianas. This intriguing class of compounds comprises representatives with activities against, e.g. P. falciparum, the cause of Malaria tropica, against the neglected disease leishmaniasis, and, as discovered more recently, against different types of cancer cells. Based on the high potency of theses extraordinary secondary metabolites, this thesis was devoted to the total synthesis of bioactive natural products and closely related analogs.},
  subject      = {Naphthylisochinolinalkaloide},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{QuastGescheidtSpichty2020,
  author    = {Quast, Helmut and Gescheidt, Georg and Spichty, Martin},
  title     = {Topological dynamics of a radical ion pair: Experimental and computational assessment at the relevant nanosecond timescale},
  series = {Chemistry},
  volume    = {2},
  journal   = {Chemistry},
  number    = {2},
  issn      = {2624-8549},
  doi       = {10.3390/chemistry2020014},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-285195},
  pages     = {219 -- 230},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Chemical processes mostly happen in fluid environments where reaction partners encounter via diffusion. The bimolecular encounters take place at a nanosecond time scale. The chemical environment (e.g., solvent molecules, (counter)ions) has a decisive influence on the reactivity as it determines the contact time between two molecules and affects the energetics. For understanding reactivity at an atomic level and at the appropriate dynamic time scale, it is crucial to combine matching experimental and theoretical data. Here, we have utilized all-atom molecular-dynamics simulations for accessing the key time scale (nanoseconds) using a QM/MM-Hamiltonian. Ion pairs consisting of a radical ion and its counterion are ideal systems to assess the theoretical predictions because they reflect dynamics at an appropriate time scale when studied by temperature-dependent EPR spectroscopy. We have investigated a diketone radical anion with its tetra-ethylammonium counterion. We have established a funnel-like transition path connecting two (equivalent) complexation sites. The agreement between the molecular-dynamics simulation and the experimental data presents a new paradigm for ion-ion interactions. This study exemplarily demonstrates the impact of the molecular environment on the topological states of reaction intermediates and how these states can be consistently elucidated through the combination of theory and experiment. We anticipate that our findings will contribute to the prediction of bimolecular transformations in the condensed phase with relevance to chemical synthesis, polymers, and biological activity.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{WagenhaeusergebVonhausen2024,
  author    = {Wagenh{\"a}user [geb. Vonhausen], Yvonne},
  title     = {Thermodynamic Investigations on the Dimerization and Anti-Cooperative Self-Assembly of Dipolar Merocyanines},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-35211},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-352111},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2024},
  abstract  = {Dipolar merocyanines are very attractive supramolecular building blocks, as they combine interesting functional properties with strong, directional intermolecular interactions. The pyridine dioxocyano-pyridine (PYOP) chromophore (Chapter 2.2), used in this thesis, stands out because of its exceptionally high ground state dipole moment (g ~ 17 D), in combination with the option to retain good solubility also in unpolar solvents, by decoration with solubilizing groups. The reliable binding motif of anti-parallel -stacking due to dipole-dipole interactions has allowed the design of molecular building blocks that form assemblies of predictable geometry. The intense unstructured charge transfer UV/Vis absorption band (eg ~ 10.7 D) is a result of the dominant contribution of the zwitterionic resonance structure which brings the PYOP chromophore just beyond the cyanine limit in solvents of low polarity (c2 = 0.60, 1,4 dioxane). The high sensitivity of the S0 - S1 UV/Vis absorption band to the environment manifests itself in a pronounced negative solvatochromism and strong H-type exciton coupling within -stacked PYOP assemblies. In accordance with the classical molecular exciton theory, an increasing hypsochromic shift of the dominant absorption band of these H aggregates can be observed as the stack size increases up to about six chromophores, where it levels out at about max ~ 440 nm (CHCl3). This allows a uniquely simple estimation of the number of interacting chromophores within the self-assembled structure from a single UV/Vis absorption spectrum of an aggregate. The defined and well investigated PYOP dimer formation was employed in this thesis to probe the applicability and limitations of concentration-, temperature-, and solvent-dependent self-assembly studies (Chapter 3). Straightforward theoretical models to evaluate datasets of concentration-, temperature-, and solvent-dependent UV/Vis absorption by nonlinear regression analysis were derived for the case of dimer formation (Chapter 2.1). Although the dimer model is well known and widely applied in literature, this detailed derivation is helpful to understand assumptions and potential problems of the different approaches for the determination of thermodynamic parameters. This helps to decide on the most appropriate method to analyse a system of interest. In this regard it should be noted that covering a large portion of the self-assembly process with the experimental data is a prerequisite for the accuracy of the analysis. Additionally, many of the insights can also be transferred to other self-assembly systems like supramolecular polymerization or host-guest interactions. The concentration-dependent analysis is the most straightforward method to investigate self-assembly equilibria. No additional assumptions, besides mass balance and mass action law, are required. Since it includes the least number of parameters (only K, if M/D are known), it is the most, or even only, reliable method, to elucidate the self-assembly mechanism of an unknown system by model comparison. To cover a large concentration range, however, the compound must be soluble enough and generally sample amounts at least in the low mg scale must be available. The temperature-dependent analysis has the advantage that all thermodynamic parameters G0, H0 and S0 can be obtained from a single sample in one automated measurement. However, the accessible temperature-range is experimentally often quite limited and dependent on the solvent. For systems which do not show the transition from monomer to aggregate in a narrow temperature range, as given for, e.g., cooperative aggregation or processes with a high entropy contribution, often not the entire self-assembly process can be monitored. Furthermore, the assumptions of temperature-independent extinction coefficients of the individual species as well as temperature-independent H0 and S0 must be met. Monte Carlo simulations of data sets demonstrated that even minor changes in experimental data can significantly impact the optimized values for H0 and S0. This is due to the redundancy of these two parameters within the model framework and even small thermochromic effects can significantly influence the results. The G0 value, calculated from H0 and S0, is, however, still rather reliable. Solvent-dependent studies can often cover the entire self-assembly process from monomeric (agg = 0) to the fully aggregated state (agg = 1). However, for dyes with strong solvatochromic effects, such as the dipolar merocyanines investigated in this thesis, the results are affected. Also, the assumption of a linear relation of the binding energy G0 and the fraction of denaturating solvent f, which is based on linear free energy relationships between G0 and the solvent polarity, can lead to errors. Especially when specific solvent effects are involved. For the evaluation of experimental data by nonlinear regression, general data analysis software can be used, where user-defined fit models and known parameters can be implemented as desired. Alternatively, multiple specialized programs for analysing self-assembly data are available online. While the latter programs are usually more user-friendly, they have the disadvantage of being a "black box" where only pre-implemented models can be used without the option for the user to adapt models or parameters for a specific system. In Chapter 3 comprehensive UV/Vis absorption datasets are presented for the dimerization of merocyanine derivative 1 in 1,4-dioxane, which allowed for the first time a direct comparison of the results derived from concentration-, temperature-, and solvent-dependent self-assembly studies. The results for the binding constant K and corresponding G0 from the concentration- and temperature-dependent analysis were in very good agreement, also in comparison to the results from ITC. For the temperature-dependent analysis, though, multiple datasets of samples with different concentration had to be evaluated simultaneously to cover a meaningful part of the self-assembly process. Furthermore, a significant dependence of the optimized parameters H0 and S0 on the wavelength chosen for the analysis was observed. This can be rationalized by the small thermochromic shifts of both the monomer and the dimer UV/Vis absorption band. The results from the solvent-dependent evaluation showed the largest deviation, as expected for the highly solvatochromic merocyanine dye. However, even here by evaluation at 491 and 549 nm the deviation for G0 was only 2.5 kJ mol1 (9\%) with respect to the results from the concentration-dependent analysis (G0 = 29.1 kJ mol1). Thus, despite the strong solvatochromism of the dipolar chromophore, it can still be considered a reliable method for estimating the binding strength. Furthermore, multiple repetitions of the concentration-, temperature-, and solvent-dependent studies provided insight into the reproducibility of the results and possible sources of experimental errors. In all cases, the deviations of the results were small (G0 < 0.4 kJ mol1) and within the same range as the fit error from the nonlinear regression analysis. The insights from these studies were an important basis for the in-depth investigation of a more complex supramolecular system in Chapter 4, as a single method is often not enough to capture the full picture of a more complicated self-assembly process. To elucidate the anti-cooperative self-assembly of the chiral merocyanine 2, a combination of multiple techniques had to be applied. Solvent-dependent UV/Vis absorption studies in CH2Cl2/MCH mixtures showed the step-wise assembly of the merocyanine monomer (max(M) = 549 nm, CH2Cl2) to first a dimer (max(D) = 498 nm, CH2Cl2/MCH 15:85) by dipole-dipole interactions, and then a -stacked higher aggregate (max(H) = 477 nm, MCH), with pronounced H-type coupling. The thermodynamic evaluation of this data, however, suffered from the severe solvatochromism, especially of the monomeric species (max(M, CH2Cl2) = 549 nm, max(M, MCH) = 596 nm). Therefore, concentration-dependent studies were performed at three different temperatures (298, 323, 353 K) to elucidate the self-assembly mechanism and determine reliable thermodynamic parameters. The studies at elevated temperatures were hereby necessary, to obtain experimental data over a larger agg--range. Due to the pronounced difference in the thermodynamic driving force for dimerization and higher aggregate formation (KD/K5 = 6500) a concentration range exists in MCH where almost exclusively the dimer species of 2 is present, before further self-assembly by dispersion interactions occurs. Therefore, the data could be evaluated independently for the two self-assembly steps. The self-assembly of dimers into the higher aggregate could not be described by the isodesmic model but was fitted satisfactorily to a pentamer model. This rather small size of about ten -stacked PYOP chromophores was, furthermore, consistently indicated by AFM, VPO and DOSY NMR measurements. Based on 1D and 2D NMR data as well as the strong bisignate CD signal of the higher aggregate in combination with TD-DFT calculations, a P-helical stack is proposed as its structure. The small size can be rationalized by the anti-cooperative self-assembly mechanism and the sterical demand of the solubilizing trialkoxyphenyl and the chiral tetralin substituents. Additionally, the aliphatic shell formed by the solubilizing chains around the polar chromophore stack, can account for the exceptionally high solubility of 2 in MCH (> 15 mg mL1). These combined studies of the self-assembly process enabled the identification of suitable conditions for the investigation of fluorescence properties of the individual aggregate species. Aggregation-induced emission enhancement was observed for the almost non-emissive monomer (Fl(M) = 0.23\%), which can be rationalized by the increasing rigidification within the dimer (Fl(D) = 2.3\%) and the higher aggregate (Fl(H) = 4.5\%). The helical chirality of the PYOP decamer stack, furthermore, gave rise to a strong CPL signal with a large glum value of 0.011. The important conclusion of this thesis is that the temperature- and solvent-dependent analyses are valid alternatives to the classical concentration-dependent analysis to determine thermodynamic parameters of self-assembly equilibria. Although, for a specific supramolecular system, one approach might be favourable over the others for a variety of reasons. The experimental limitations often demand a combination of techniques to fully elucidate a self-assembly process and to gain insights in the aggregate structure. The anti-cooperative merocyanine self-assembly, which was described here for the first time for the PYOP merocyanine 2, is no exception. Besides the interest in the merocyanine assemblies from a structural and functional point of view, the insights gained from the presented studies can also be transferred to other self-assembly systems and be a guide to find the most appropriate analysis technique.},
  subject      = {Merocyanine},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ChristlHeinemannKristof1975,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Heinemann, U. and Kristof, W.},
  title     = {Thermal Rearrangement of Some Endo-Endo'-Bridged Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-57967},
  year      = {1975},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WortmannSalehEngelsPeyerimhoff1994,
  author    = {Wortmann-Saleh, D. and Engels, Bernd and Peyerimhoff, S. D.},
  title     = {Theoretical Study of the Reaction O(\(^3\)P) + C\(_2\)H\(_4\) and comparison with the \(^3\)CH\(_3\) + C\(_2\)H\(_4\) Reaction},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-59076},
  year      = {1994},
  abstract  = {The minimum energy path for the reaction O(\(^3\)P\(_g\)) + C\(_2\)H\(_4\)(\(^1\)A\(_g\)) has been calculated by optimizing all relevant geometrical parameters along the approach of oxygen to ethene. A barrier of 4.7 kcal/mol in the \(^3\)A"( ... 9a'\(^2\)- 10a'3a") potential energy surface and an energy difference of 14.4 kcal/mol between the product and the fragments is found at the multireference-configuration interaction level. The corresponding values at the lower-level treatment CASSCF are 9 kcal/mol for the barrier and 9 kcal/mol for the depth of the potential; this shows the importance of inclusion of electron correlation. The barrier for CH\(_2\) rotation for the lowestenergy structure (asymmetric OC\(_2\)H\(_4\)) is around 5 kcal/mol. The energy gap to the first excited state \(^3\)A'( ... 9a'l0a'3a'12) is found tobe 3.6 kcal/mol in MRD-CI calculations at the ground-state minimum. Comparison with \(^3\)CH\(_2\) + C\(_2\)H\(_4\) shows that in this system the lowest-energy surface is \(^3\)A', i.e., the state which is the excited state in 0 + C\(_2\)H\(_4\). This difference in energy ordering of \(^3\)A' and \(^3\)A" states results from the fact that the p\(_x\), p\(_y\), p\(_z\) degeneracy of oxygen orbitals is lifted in \(^3\)CH\(_2\)leading to b\(_1\), b\(_2\). and a\(_1\) MOs whereby the lowest b\(_2\) (a") remains doubly occupied; as a consequence, the reaction pattem between the oxygen and \(^3\)CH\(_2\) approach is different, which is also quite apparent in the calculated charge transfer.},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EngelsPeyerimhoffSkell1990,
  author    = {Engels, Bernd and Peyerimhoff, S.D. and Skell, P.S.},
  title     = {Theoretical study of the potential energy surface governing the stereochemistry in ClC\(_2\)H\(_4\) reactions},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58851},
  year      = {1990},
  abstract  = {Large-scale multireference configuration interaction calculations in a double·t·type AO basis including polarization functions are carried out for the potential surface of the ClC\(_2\)H\(_4\9 system. The charge distribution for various extreme points of the surface is discussed. The absolute minimum is found for an asymmetric ClC2H4 structure. The symmetrical bridged nuclear conformation is also found to be stable with respect to dissociation into Cl + C\(_2\)H\(_4\)• The activation energy for rotation about the C-C axis is calculated tobe around 18 kJ/mol, which is comparable tothat for the 1,2 migration {around 26 kJ/mol). The stereochemistry is governed by the fact that addition of CI to C\(_2\)H\(_4\) (or dissociation) is a two-step reaction proceeding through a symmetrica1 intermediate. The direct addition pathway possesses a small barrier of about 8 kJ jmol.},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HuangSuterEngels1994,
  author    = {Huang, M.-B. and Suter, H. U. and Engels, Bernd},
  title     = {Theoretical Study of the Dimethylamino Radical (CH\(_3\))\(_2\)N and its protonated cation (CH\(_3\))\(_2\)NH\(^+\)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-59047},
  year      = {1994},
  abstract  = {In the present work the dimethylamino radical ( ( CH\(_3\)) \(_2\)N) and its protonated cation ( ( CH\(_3\))\(_2\)NH\(^+\)) are investigated by means of ab initio methods. The geometries of various conformations of both compounds are obtained with UMP2/6·31 G** calculations, while the hyperfine structure and its dependence on the geometry is studied using the MRD-Cl/B\(_K\) method. The two molecules are compared to study the inftuence of the protonation on geometry and hyperfine structure. The effects of the rotational barriers on the hyperfine structures of (CH\(_3\))\(_2\)N, (CH\(_3\)CH\(_2\))\(_2\)N and ( (CH\(_3\))\(_2\)CH)\(_2\)N will be discussed.},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EngelsPeyerimhoff1986,
  author    = {Engels, Bernd and Peyerimhoff, S. D.},
  title     = {Theoretical study of the bridging in β-Halo Ethyl},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58779},
  year      = {1986},
  abstract  = {Large-acale multi-reference configuration interaction (MRD-CI) calculations in a quite flexible AO basis are employed to study the energy hypersurface for the reaction intermediates XC\(_3\)H\(_4\) with X = Cl, Br and F. Particular emphasis is therby placed on determining the equilibrium conformations, the CH\(_2\) rotation barrier and the energy surface for a possible bridging (shuttling motion (1a] of X between the two carbon centers). The absolute minimum in the potential energy surface is found in all three cases for the asymmetric ß-halo radical in general agreement with ESR data at an XCC angle of ca. 110°, a c-c separation somewhat shorter than a single bond and an approximate sp3 type hybridization (\(\alpha _2 \approx \) 135-140°). In FC\(_2\)H\(_4\) the energy difference between the minimum in the symmetric conformation and the absolute minimum is found to be more than 30 kcal so that shuttling seems impossible in agreement with experimental findings. In BrC\(_2\)H\(_4\) the difference between these two potential minima is only between 1-2 kcal, i.e., smaller than the barrier to CH\(_2\), rotation, so that· shuttling is favored, while ClC\(_2\)H\(_4\) takes an intermediate position between these extremes. The use of correlated wavefunctions is found to be quite important for such a study; the results are related to various kinetic studies of these radicals.},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EngelsPeyerimhoff1989,
  author    = {Engels, Bernd and Peyerimhoff, S.D.},
  title     = {Theoretical study of FC\(_2\)H\(_4\)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58824},
  year      = {1989},
  abstract  = {Large-scale multireference configuration interaction (MRD-CI) calculations in a quite flexible AO basis are employed to study the energy hypersurface for the reaction intermediate FC\(_2\)H\(_4\) • The reaction F + C\(_2\)H\(_4\) -> FC\(_2\)H\(_4\) as weil as the 1,2 migration of the fluorine atom in FC\(_2\)H\(_4\) is investigated. In addition the rotation around the CC bond in the optimum conformation is studied. The absolute minimum in the potential energy is found for the asymmetric structure but the symmetric structure is also found to be stable with respect to the dissociation, so that a shuttling of the fluorine atom is in principle possible but highly unlikely because ( l) the activation energy is high ( II 5-130 kJ fmol) and the saddle point lies only 4(}-50 kJ jmol below the dissociation Iimit of F + C\(_2\)H\(_4\) and (2) the competitive motion, i.e., rotation around the CC axis, is nearly free (I 1-17 kJ/mol).},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Sturm2006,
  author    = {Sturm, Christian},
  title     = {Theoretical Investigation of the Geometrical Arrangements of alpha-alanyl-peptide Nucleic Acid Hexamer Dimers and the Underlying Interstrand Binding Motifs},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-20363},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2006},
  abstract  = {Die Funktionalit{\"a}ten der DNA oder RNA werden haupts{\"a}chlich durch die verschiedenen Wechselwirkungen der paarenden Nucleinbasen bestimmt. Um die komplexen Zusammenh{\"a}nge dieser verschiedenen Wechselwirkungen zu verstehen, werden Modellsysteme ben{\"o}tigt, die weniger Restriktionen durch das R{\"u}ckgrat besitzen. Ein Beispiel f{\"u}r solche Systeme sind Peptidnucleins{\"a}uren (PNA), in denen das Zuckerphosphatr{\"u}ckgrat der DNA oder RNA durch ein Peptidr{\"u}ckgrat ersetzt wird. Diederichsen et al. gelang es, eine große Anzahl solcher Systeme mit einen alpha-Alanyl-R{\"u}ckgrat zu synthetisieren, an das kanonische und nicht-kanonische Nucleins{\"a}uren gebunden sind. Diese Systeme aggregieren in verschiedenen Bindungsmotiven, die nicht in der DNA oder RNA auftauchen. Diese ungew{\"o}hnlichen Paarungsmotive k{\"o}nnten einen tiefen Einblick in das Zusammenspiel der Wechselwirkungen der Nucleinbasen geben, aber die geringen L{\"o}slichkeit der alpha-Alanyl-PNA Oligomere verhinderte eine experimentelle Charakterisierung der geometrischen Anordnung durch R{\"o}ntgenstruktur- oder NMR-Experimente. Lediglich die absolute Stabilit{\"a}t der verschiedenen Aggregate konnte durch Messungen der Schmelztemperatur mit Hilfe der UV-Spektroskopie bestimmt werden. Da die Kenntnis der geometrischen Strukturen sowie der ausgebildeten Bindungsmotive wichtig ist, um einen Einblick in das Zusammenspiel der einzelnen Wechselwirkungen zu erlangen, besteht das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit darin, solche Informationen mit der Hilfe von theoretischen Methoden zu erlangen. Zus{\"a}tzlich sind Effekte von Interesse, aus denen sich Trends bez{\"u}glich der Stabilit{\"a}t bestimmen lassen. Solche Untersuchungen sind einfacher zu realisieren als die Berechnung der absoluten Stabilit{\"a}ten, da viele Beitr{\"a}ge zur absoluten Energie f{\"u}r {\"a}hnliche Systeme (entropische und dynamische Effekte) in etwa gleich groß sind. Somit sind diese entropischen und dynamischen Effekte f{\"u}r das Ziel dieser Arbeit weniger wichtig. Zur Untersuchung der Bindungseigenschaften und der Stabilit{\"a}ten von alpha-Alanyl-PNA Oligomeren war es notwendig, bis dato nicht parametrisierte Nucleinbasen in den Parametersatz des Amber4.1 Kraftfelds zu integrieren. Die fehlenden Ladungen wurden durch Berechungen mit dem R.E.D-Programm-Paket ermittelt. Das Programm bestimmt aus dem elektrostatischen Potential einer optimierten Struktur die atomzentrierten Ladungen. Die fehlenden Bindungsparameter wurden der Literatur entnommen. Die Untersuchungen der einzelnen Dimere begannen jeweils mit der Konstruktion der alpha-Alanyl-PNAs f{\"u}r alle m{\"o}glichen Paarungsmodi. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass bestimmte Paarungsmodi aufgrund der geometrischen Gegebenheiten der Dimere und des R{\"u}ckgrats nicht realisierbar waren. F{\"u}r andere Dimere war ein Aufbau der alpha-Alanyl-PNA-Dimere zwar m{\"o}glich, jedoch zerfielen die Dimere wieder w{\"a}hrend einer ersten Geometrieoptimierung aufgrund der hohen Spannung im R{\"u}ckgrat. Die stabilen Systeme wurden zun{\"a}chst in verschiedenen Molekulardynamik-(MD)-L{\"a}ufen simuliert. Informationen {\"u}ber die Geometrie bei T=0 K wurden durch Geometrieoptimierungen erhalten, die an verschieden Punkten der MD L{\"a}ufe gestartet wurden. Die resultierenden Geometrien aus den verschiedenen Anfangspunkten waren identisch. F{\"u}r die geometrieoptimierten Strukturen wurden f{\"u}r das T=0 K Modell die Wechselwirkungsenergien zwischen den Nucleinbasen und der Einfluss der R{\"u}ckgrats auf die Stabilit{\"a}t der Dimer in zwei separaten Schritten bestimmt. Im ersten Schritt wurde das R{\"u}ckgrat entfernt und die Schnittstellen mit Methylgruppen abges{\"a}ttigt. Die Wechselwirkungsenergie zwischen den Nucleinbasen wurde durch die Differenz der Energien des gesamten Systems und der Summe der Energien der einzelnen Nucleinbasen in der Geometrie des Dimers bestimmt. Aufgrund der durchgef{\"u}hrten Untersuchungen und die sich daraus ergebenen Korrelation der berechneten Stabilisierungsenergien mit der Schmelztemperatur konnte gezeigt werden, dass mit der vorgeschlagenen Methode eine verl{\"a}ssliche Beschreibung der PNA Systeme m{\"o}glich ist. F{\"u}r eine weitere Verbesserung des vorgestellten Modells bedarf es zus{\"a}tzliche R{\"o}ntgenstruktur- oder NMR-Experimente, die zur Strukturaufkl{\"a}rung der alpha-Alanyl-PNA Dimere entscheidend beitragen. Weitere detaillierte Daten {\"u}ber die Enthalpiebeitr{\"a}ge zur absoluten Energie der verschiedenen Komplexe w{\"a}ren sehr hilfreich, um die vorgestellte Methode zu best{\"a}tigen und zu verbessern. Diese Informationen k{\"o}nnten zum einen durch die Auswertung der Form der Schmelzkurve sowie durch Mikrokalorimetrie erhalten werden. F{\"u}r den Fall, dass die Vorhersagen durch die experimentellen Befunde best{\"a}tigt w{\"u}rden, k{\"o}nnte der Ansatz auf verwandte Systeme wie zum Beispiel beta-Alanyl-PNA, DNA oder RNA angewandt werden. Durch diese weiteren Informationen k{\"o}nnte unser Ansatz zus{\"a}tzlich durch die Ber{\"u}cksichtigung von dynamischen und/oder entropischen Effekte erweitert werden.},
  subject      = {Peptid-Nucleins{\"a}uren},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SuterEngels1994,
  author    = {Suter, H. U. and Engels, Bernd},
  title     = {Theoretical investigation of ESR parameters: H\(_2\)CN and H\(_2\)CO\(^+\)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-59029},
  year      = {1994},
  abstract  = {The hyperfine structure of the two isoelectronic molecules H\(_2\)CN and H\(_2\)CO\(^+\) in their electronic ground state (X\(^2\)B\(_2\)) is studied. The influence of the atomic orbital (AO), basis sets, of the correlation treatment, and of the. equilibrium geometry on the obtained hyperfine propertles 1s - investigated. It is found that the multireference double excitation-configuration interaction (MRD-CI)/ BK treatment in which an MRD-CI wave function is corrected by a modified B\(_K\) method yields equivalent results to quadratic CI [QCISD(T)], coupled cluster single doubles [CCSD(T)), or Brueckner doubled [BD(T)]. Uncertainties in the equilibrium geometries are found to be the major source for discrepancies between theoretically and experimentally determined isotropic hyperfine coupling constants (hfccs). For the heavier centers, the calculated values of the isotropic hfccs agrees nearly perfectly with experimental values (\(\approx\) 1\%-2\%). The calculated values for the hydrogens are too low, but using the equilibrium structure suggested by Yamamoto and Sato [J. Chem. Phys. 96, 4157 ( 1992)], the best estimate deviates by less than 3\%.},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Mladenovic2008,
  author    = {Mladenovic, Milena},
  title     = {Theoretical Investigation into the Inhibition of Cystein Proteases},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-25763},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {Although known about and investigated since the late 1970's, the picture of the basic principles governing inhibitor strengths and the structure-activity relationships of the cysteine protease inhibition mechanism is still very incomplete. Computational approaches can be a very useful tool for investigating such questions, as they allow the inspection of single, specific effects in isolation from all others, in a manner very difficult to achieve experimentally. The ab initio treatments of such large systems like proteins are still not feasible. However, there is a vast number of computational approaches capable of dealing with protein structures with reasonable accuracy. This work presents a summary of theoretical investigations into cysteine protease cathepsin B using a range of methods. We have concentrated on the investigation of cysteine protease inhibition by epoxide- and aziridine-based inhibitors in order to obtain better insight into these important topics. Various model systems are simulated by means of pure quantum mechanical methods and by hybrid (QM/MM) methods. Both approaches provide a static picture. Dynamical effects are then accounted for by additional molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, using both classical and QM/MM MD approaches. The quantum mechanical approach was used to study very small model systems consisting only of the electrophilic warhead of the inhibitor (both substitituted and not) and molecular moieties simulating a very simplified protein active site (methylthiolate instead of Cys29 and methylimidazolium instead of His199 residue) and solvent surroundings (two waters or two ammonium ions, in combination with a continuum solvent model). Although simple, such a system provides a good description of the most important interactions involved in the inhibition reaction. It also allows investigation of the influence of the properties of the electrophilic warhead on the reaction rate. Beside the properties of the electrophilic warhead, the protein and solvent environment is also an important factor in the irreversible deactivation of the enzyme active site by the inhibitor. The non-covalent interactions of the inhibitor with the oxyanion hole and other subsites of the enzyme, as well as its interaction with the solvent molecules, need to be explicitly taken into account in the calculations, because of their possible impact on the reaction profile. As molecular modeling methods allow the treatment of such large systems, but lack the possibility of describing covalent interactions, our method of choice was the combined quantum mechanics/molecular modeling approach. By splitting the system into a smaller part that undergoes the bond cleavage/formation process and must be treated quantum mechanically, and a larger part, comprised of the rest of the protein, which could be treated using force fields, we managed to simulate the system at the desired precision. Our investigations concentrated on the role of His199 in the inhibition mechanism as well as on the structure-reactivity relationships between cysteine protease and various inhibitors, yielding new insight into the kinetics, regio- and stereospecificity of the inhibition. In particular, our calculations provide the following insights: i.) an explanation for the regioselectivity of the reaction, and original insight into which interactions affect the stereoselectivity; ii.) a clear model which explains the known structure-activity relationships and connects these effects with the pH-dependency of the inhibition; iii.) our computations question the generally accepted two-step model by showing that substituent effects accelerate the irreversible step to such an extent that the achievement of an equilibrium in the first step is doubtful; iv.) by way of theoretical characterizations of aziridine models, the reasons for similarities and differences in the mode of action of epoxide- and aziridine-based inhibitors are elucidated; and finally, v.) combining our results with experimental knowledge will allow rational design of new inhibitors. To account for dynamical effects as well, molecular dynamics (MD) computations were also performed. In these calculations the potential energy was computed at the force field level. The results not only supported and clarified the QM/MM results, but comparison with previous X-ray structures helped correct existing errors in the available geometrical models and resolved inconsistencies in the weighting of various factors governing the inhibition. In the work the first QM/MM MD calculations on the active site of the cysteine proteases are presented. In contrast to the MD simulations, these calculations used potential energies computed at the QM/MM-level. With the help of these computations we sought to address strongly disputed questions about the reasons for the existence of the active site ion pair and its role in the high activity of the enzyme.},
  subject      = {Quantenchemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Arnone2007,
  author    = {Arnone, Mario},
  title     = {Theoretical Characterization and Optimization of Photochemical Alkoxyl Radical Precursors},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-23815},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {Oxygen-centered radicals are important intermediates in photobiological, mechanistic and synthetic studies. The majority of precursors of reactive oxyl radicals are labile and thus delicate to handle. Therefore N-(alkoxy)-pyridinethiones and N-(Alkoxy)-thiazolethiones have attracted attention as "mild'' photochemical source of alkoxyl radicals, in the last few years. A disadvantage of the pyridine compounds, is their sensibility to daylight. Despite of their similarities, both molecules behave surprisingly different, if photolyzed in the absence of trapping reagents. The pyridinethione compounds undergo highly efficient radical chain reactions under such conditions while the corresponding thiazolethiones react surprisingly sluggish and give rise to several unwanted side products. The properties of both compounds should be understood and optimized in the frame of this work. Additionally new compounds should be suggested that can also be applied in the photochemical alkoxyl radical generation. Some background information about the generation and application of alkoxyl radicals is provided in chapter 2. Electronic excitations and UV/vis spectroscopy together with a description of quantum chemical approaches that are able to calculate such phenomena are outlined in chapter 3. Chapter 4 deals with the description of the vertical excitation spectra. During the validation CASSCF, CASPT2, TD-DFT and RI-CC2 were tested with respect to their ability to describe the vertical excitations in both compounds. The CASPT2 approach gives accurate descriptions of the electronic excitation spectra of all compounds. The time-dependent DFT results are very sensitive on the choice of the functional and a validation of the results should be always done. On the basis of these computations the spectroscopic visible absorption bands of both compounds were assigned to a pi-->pi* transition in the thiohydroxamic acid functionality. In chapter 5 the mechanism of the thermally and the photochemically induced N,O homolysis in both compounds is unveiled. The near UV-induced N,O homolysis will start from the S2 state. The expected relaxation from the S2- to the S1-state and the dissociation process is expected to be very fast in the case of the thiazolethione compound. The potential surfaces of the pyridine compound in contrast point to a slower N,O bond dissociation. Due to the resulting faster dissociation process the excess energy which results from the photochemical activation is quenched only to small amounts. The maximal possible excess energy of the fragments is lower and a quenching is much more likely in the case of the pyridinethione compounds. This explaines the different reactivities of both compounds. For the also already successfully applied precursor system N-(alkoxy)-pyridineones the computed dissociation paths show courses that clearly predict a slow bond dissociation process. Chapter 6 deals with the tuning of the initial excitation wave length of the known pyridinethiones und thiazolethiones. In the first part the effects of substituents on the thiazolethione heterocycle was examined. The UV/vis spectra of 4 and 5 substituted thiazolethiones can be interpreted like the spectrum of the parent compound. The second part of chapter 6 deals with the identification of a substitution pattern on the pyridine heterocycle which induces a blue shift of the photo active band. The computations showed that electron rich and electron poor substituents result the same effects on the electronic excitation spectra. These substituent effects are additive, but the steric orientation of the substituents has to be taken into account. Chapter 7 describes a computer aided design of new alkoxyl radical precursors. Combining the advantages of both compounds the radical formation should be initiated by an irradiation with light at about 350 nm, and the amount of side products during the radical formation process should be small. To achieve this 18 test candidates were obtained by a systematic variation of the parent compound of the thiazolethione precursor. To identify the promising new precursor systems a screening of the lower electronic excitations of all resulting 18 systems was performed with TD-DFT. For promising systems the N,O or P,O dissociation paths, respectively, were analyzed according to the developed model. N-(methoxy)-azaphospholethione and N-(methoxy)-pyrrolethione seem to be the most promising candidates. The computations predict a strong absorption at about 350 nm respectively 320 nm. Due to the amounts of maximal excess energy and the shapes of the potential surfaces of the N,O bond dissociation paths their reactivity should resemble more the behavior of the pyridinethiones.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Geiger2004,
  author    = {Geiger, Lars},
  title     = {The versatile use of Guanidiniocarbonylpyrroles : from self-assembly to peptide recognition},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-9272},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {Die vorliegende Arbeit gliedert sich in zwei Themenschwerpunkte. Ein supramolekulares Projekt beinhaltete die Entwicklung von neuen flexiblen, selbst-aggregierenden Zwitterionen als Bausteine f{\"u}r supramolekulare Polymere. In einem zweiten bioorganischem Teil bestand das Ziel darin, Rezeptoren f{\"u}r Aminos{\"a}uren und Dipeptide in Wasser zu entwickeln. Beide Projekte basieren auf dem Guanidiniocarbonylpyrrol als effizientes Bindungsmotiv f{\"u}r die Komplexierung von Carboxylaten in w{\"a}ssrigen L{\"o}sungen. Eine notwendige Voraussetzung f{\"u}r die Realisierung dieser Projekte war jedoch zun{\"a}chst die Entwicklung einer allgemeinen, effizienten und milden Synthese f{\"u}r Guanidiniocarbonylpyrrole. Die bei der zuvor verwendeten Methode aggressiven Reaktionsbedingungen und die problematische Aufreinigung verhinderten eine gr{\"o}ßere Anwendung dieses Bindungsmotivs in bioorganischen und supramolekularen Projekten. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit gelang es mir erfolgreich eine neue Syntheseroute zu entwickeln. Hierbei wurde mono-tBoc-Guanidine mit dem Benzylester mittels PyBOP gekuppelt und nach Entsch{\"u}tzung der Benzylschutzgruppe wurde die zentrale Zwischenstufe f{\"u}r die weiteren Synthesen, die tBoc-gesch{\"u}tzte Guanidinocarbonylpyrrol-S{\"a}ure erhalten. Durch diese neuartige Synthese war es m{\"o}glich, eine Reihe von flexiblen Zwitterionen 3-6 herzustellen und deren Selbst-Aggregation und den Einfluß der Kettenl{\"a}nge und somit Flexibilit{\"a}t der Alkylkette auf Struktur und Stabilit{\"a}t der gebildeten Aggregate in L{\"o}sung sowie auch in der Gasphase zu untersuchen. In DMSO deuten NMR-Verd{\"u}nnungsreihen darauf hin, dass die flexiblen Zwitterionen mit n = 1, 3 und 5 oligomere Strukturen ausbilden. Im Falle von n = 1 werden hoch stabile helicale und Nanometer große Aggregate in der gebildet. In den Gasphasen-Studien wurde die Stabilit{\"a}t und Zerfallskinetik einer Reihe von Natriumaddukten der Dimere von n = 2, 3 und 5 untersucht. Dieses gelang durch die Methode der „infrared multiphoton dissociation Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry" (IRMPD-FT-ICR MS). Solche Studien erm{\"o}glichen m{\"o}glicherweise in Zukunft das gezielte Design von supramolekularen Bausteinen. Der bioorganische Teil meiner Arbeit setzte sich aus drei Einzelprojekten zusammen. So synthetisierte ich durch eine f{\"u}nfstufige Synthesesequenz vier neue Arginin-Analoga, die in Zukunft als Ersatz f{\"u}r Arginin in Peptide eingebaut werden k{\"o}nnen. Als Testreaktion f{\"u}r die Eignung dieser Verbindungen in einer Festphasenpeptidsynthese, wurde ein Tripetid Ala-AA1-Val (AA: Arginin-Analogon) mit einem eingebauten Arginin-Analogon erfolgreich hergestellt. In einem zweiten Projekt habe ich den Einfluß einer zus{\"a}tzlichen ionischen Wechselwirkung in unserem Bindungsmotiv untersucht. Dazu wurde ein zweifach-kationischer Rezeptor und der dreifach-geladenen Rezeptor synthetisiert und physikalisch-organisch ihre Bindungseigenschaften mit Hilfe von NMR-Titrationsexperimenten gegen eine Reihe von Aminos{\"a}uren untersucht. Der dreifach-kationische Rezeptor 11 zeigte hierbei herausragende Bindungseigenschaften und war um ca. den Faktor 100 besser als f{\"u}r die bisher bekannten Guanidiniocarbonylpyrrole. Die Assoziationskonstanten waren auch fast reinem Wasser mit bis zu Kass = 2000 noch bemerkenswert hoch. Im dritten Projekt habe ich einen de-novo entwickelten Rezeptor f{\"u}r C-terminale Dipeptide in einer beta-Faltblatt Struktur entwickelt.Dieser Rezeptor wurde mittels NMR and UV-Titrationen untersucht. In 40 \% Wasser/ 60 \% DMSO waren die Bindungskonstanten zu hoch um {\"u}berhaupt quantifiziert zu werden. Deshalb wurden die Bindungseigenschaften des Rezeptors mittels UV Titrationen in einer Mischung aus 90 \% Wasser mit 10 \% DMSO gegen eine Reihe von Dipeptiden und Aminos{\"a}uren getestet. Die Bindungsdaten zeigen, dass Rezeptor Dipeptide mit ausgezeichneten Bindungskonstanten (Kass > 10000 M-1) komplexiert. Im Gegensatz dazu bindet der Rezeptor 12 Aminos{\"a}uren um den Faktor zehn schlechter (Kass > 1000 M-1). Die Komplexstabilit{\"a}t nimmt hierbei in Abh{\"a}ngigkeit von der Seitenkette des Dipeptids in der Reihe Gly < Ala < Val zu, was sich mit der abnehmenden Flexibilit{\"a}t und zunehmenden Hydrophobizit{\"a}t der Seitenkette erkl{\"a}ren l{\"a}sst. Diese Eigenschaften machen den Rezeptor 12 zu dem besten bisher bekannten Dipeptidrezeptor in w{\"a}ssrigen L{\"o}sungen. Innerhalb meiner Arbeit gelang es mir somit, nicht nur eine essentiell wichtige, milde und effiziente Synthese f{\"u}r Guanidinocarbonylpyrrole zu entwickeln, sondern es gelang mir ebenso ein neues Bindungsmotiv f{\"u}r die Komplexierung von Aminos{\"a}uren in Wasser zu entwickeln. Zus{\"a}tzlich konnte noch der Dipeptidrezeptor erfolgreich synthetisiert und untersucht werden. Mit Bindungskonstanten f{\"u}r von Kass > 10000 M-1 ist er der derzeit beste Dipeptidrezeptor in w{\"a}ssriger L{\"o}sung.},
  subject      = {Guanidinderivate},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ChristlLangHerzog1986,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Lang, R. and Herzog, C.},
  title     = {The Synthesis of Octavalene (Tricyclo[5.1.0.0\(^{2,8}\)]octa-3,5-diene) and Several Substituted Octavalenes},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58254},
  year      = {1986},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZimniakKirschnerHilpertetal.2021,
  author    = {Zimniak, Melissa and Kirschner, Luisa and Hilpert, Helen and Geiger, Nina and Danov, Olga and Oberwinkler, Heike and Steinke, Maria and Sewald, Katherina and Seibel, J{\"u}rgen and Bodem, Jochen},
  title     = {The serotonin reuptake inhibitor Fluoxetine inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in human lung tissue},
  series = {Scientific Reports},
  volume    = {11},
  journal   = {Scientific Reports},
  doi       = {10.1038/s41598-021-85049-0},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-259820},
  pages     = {5890},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {To circumvent time-consuming clinical trials, testing whether existing drugs are effective inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2, has led to the discovery of Remdesivir. We decided to follow this path and screened approved medications "off-label" against SARS-CoV-2. Fluoxetine inhibited SARS-CoV-2 at a concentration of 0.8 mu g/ml significantly in these screenings, and the EC50 was determined with 387 ng/ml. Furthermore, Fluoxetine reduced viral infectivity in precision-cut human lung slices showing its activity in relevant human tissue targeted in severe infections. Fluoxetine treatment resulted in a decrease in viral protein expression. Fluoxetine is a racemate consisting of both stereoisomers, while the S-form is the dominant serotonin reuptake inhibitor. We found that both isomers show similar activity on the virus, indicating that the R-form might specifically be used for SARS-CoV-2 treatment. Fluoxetine inhibited neither Rabies virus, human respiratory syncytial virus replication nor the Human Herpesvirus 8 or Herpes simplex virus type 1 gene expression, indicating that it acts virus-specific. Moreover, since it is known that Fluoxetine inhibits cytokine release, we see the role of Fluoxetine in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients of risk groups.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KleiberLemusDiazStilleretal.2022,
  author    = {Kleiber, Nicole and Lemus-Diaz, Nicolas and Stiller, Carina and Heinrichs, Marleen and Mong-Quyen Mai, Mandy and Hackert, Philipp and Richter-Dennerlein, Ricarda and H{\"o}bartner, Claudia and Bohnsack, Katherine E. and Bohnsack, Markus T.},
  title     = {The RNA methyltransferase METTL8 installs m\(^3\)C\(_{32}\) in mitochondrial tRNAs\(^{Thr/Ser(UCN)}\) to optimise tRNA structure and mitochondrial translation},
  series = {Nature Communication},
  volume    = {13},
  journal   = {Nature Communication},
  doi       = {10.1038/s41467-021-27905-1},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-254592},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Modified nucleotides in tRNAs are important determinants of folding, structure and function. Here we identify METTL8 as a mitochondrial matrix protein and active RNA methyltransferase responsible for installing m\(^3\)C\(_{32}\) in the human mitochondrial (mt-)tRNA\(^{Thr}\) and mt-tRNA\(^{Ser(UCN)}\). METTL8 crosslinks to the anticodon stem loop (ASL) of many mt-tRNAs in cells, raising the question of how methylation target specificity is achieved. Dissection of mttRNA recognition elements revealed U\(_{34}\)G\(_{35}\) and t\(^6\)A\(_{37}\)/(ms\(^2\))i\(^6\)A\(_{37}\), present concomitantly only in the ASLs of the two substrate mt-tRNAs, as key determinants for METTL8-mediated methylation of C\(_{32}\). Several lines of evidence demonstrate the influence of U\(_{34}\), G\(_{35}\), and the m\(^3\)C\(_{32}\) and t\(^6\)A\(_{37}\)/(ms\(^2\))i\(^6\)A\(_{37}\) modifications in mt-tRNA\(^{Thr/Ser(UCN)}\) on the structure of these mt-tRNAs. Although mt-tRNA\(^{Thr/Ser(UCN)}\) lacking METTL8-mediated m\(^3\)C\(_{32}\) are efficiently aminoacylated and associate with mitochondrial ribosomes, mitochondrial translation is mildly impaired by lack of METTL8. Together these results define the cellular targets of METTL8 and shed new light on the role of m\(^3\)C\(_{32}\) within mt-tRNAs.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ReuterEngelsPeyerimhoff1992,
  author    = {Reuter, W. and Engels, Bernd and Peyerimhoff, S.D.},
  title     = {The Reaction of Singlet and Triplet Methylen with Ethene - A Multi-Reference CI Study},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58923},
  year      = {1992},
  abstract  = {Large-scale multireference configuration interaction (MRD-CI) calculations in a flexible atomic orbital (AO) basis are employed to study the reaction of C\(_2\)H\(_4\) with CH\(_2\) in its firSt triplet and singlet state. The minimum energy path (MEP) of both reactions is calculated, and different mechanisms are discussed. To examine the possible participation of the singlet state in the overall reaction starting from the triplet channel and terminating in the singlet-state c-C\(_3\)H\(_6\), various cuts through both hypersurfaces are calculated. lt is found that favorable interconversion from the trip1et to the singlet surface can only occur at !arge separations of the two fragments of CH2 and C\(_2\)H\(_4\). Experimental data considering the vibrational motion of CH\(_2\) in connection with the relative position of both surfaces are used to obtain an estimate for the overall barrier of the reaction. The height of the barrier is about 6 kcal/mol, while the barrier of the pure triplet reaction is calculated to be 7-9 kcal/mol.},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EngelsPeyerimhoff1989,
  author    = {Engels, Bernd and Peyerimhoff, S.D.},
  title     = {The hyperfine coupling constants of the X\(^3\)Σ\(^-\) state of NH : Influence of polarization functions and configuration space on the description of spin polarization},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58832},
  year      = {1989},
  abstract  = {The hyperfine coupling constants for the \(^3\)Σ\(-\) ground state of the NH molecule are determined by configuration interaction calculations whereby the infl.uence of polarization functions as weil as of the configuration space on the spin polarization mechanism is analysed. The dipolar part Au(N) and Au(H) can be obtained very reliably without much computational effort (A .. (N) == -45·3 MHz and A"(H) = -62·3 MHz). The value for the isotropic contribution a1.., in the best AO basis and MRD-CI treatment is - 64·5 MHz for H and 16·6 MHz for nitrogen compared to the corresponding experimental quantities of -66 MHz and 19 MHz respectively. Their determination depends on a subtle balance of the lu, 2u and 3u shell correlation description, whereby the dominant contribution to a1..,(H) results from the 2u shell. It is shown that the often good agreement of a110 values with experiment in a small basis singledouble configuration interaction treatment results from a cancellation of two errors.},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EngelsPeyerimhoffKarnaetal.1988,
  author    = {Engels, Bernd and Peyerimhoff, S.D. and Karna, S.P. and Grein, F.},
  title     = {The hyperfine coupling constants of the five lowest states of CH : An ab initio MRD-CI study},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58807},
  year      = {1988},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KarnaGreinEngelsetal.1989,
  author    = {Karna, S. and Grein, F. and Engels, Bernd and Peyerimhoff, S.D.},
  title     = {The hyperfine coupling constants of \(^{19}\)F\(_2\)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58817},
  year      = {1989},
  abstract  = {The isotropic (a\(_{iso}\)) and dipolar (A\(_{dip}\)) hyperfine coupling constants of 19F2 were obtained from MRD-CI wave functions using a variety of basis sets. In series I, increasing numbers of d functions were added to a 5s4p contracted Huzinaga!Dunning basis. In series II, the 5s3p basis set was uncontracted in several steps until 9s5p was reached, to which were added from one to three d-polarization functions. Cl parameters (selectioo threshoids and the number of reference coofiguratioos) were also varied. A study of the R dependence of aiso and Adip was perfonned. The best values obtained at R\(_e\) are 260 G for a\(_{iso}\) and 308 G for A\(_{dip}\)• compared with experimental values of about 280 G for a;10 and 320 G for A\(_{dip}\)·},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WawraFeselWidmeretal.2016,
  author    = {Wawra, Stephan and Fesel, Philipp and Widmer, Heidi and Timm, Malte and Seibel, J{\"u}rgen and Leson, Lisa and Kesseler, Leona and Nostadt, Robin and Hilbert, Magdalena and Langen, Gregor and Zuccaro, Alga},
  title     = {The fungal-specific beta-glucan-binding lectin FGB1 alters cell-wall composition and suppresses glucan-triggered immunity in plants},
  series = {Nature Communications},
  volume    = {7},
  journal   = {Nature Communications},
  doi       = {10.1038/ncomms13188},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-165945},
  pages     = {13188},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {β-glucans are well-known modulators of the immune system in mammals but little is known about β-glucan triggered immunity in planta. Here we show by isothermal titration calorimetry, circular dichroism spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy that the FGB1 gene from the root endophyte Piriformospora indica encodes for a secreted fungal-specific β-glucan-binding lectin with dual function. This lectin has the potential to both alter fungal cell wall composition and properties, and to efficiently suppress β-glucan-triggered immunity in different plant hosts, such as Arabidopsis, barley and Nicotiana benthamiana. Our results hint at the existence of fungal effectors that deregulate innate sensing of β-glucan in plants.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MuellerBessiRichteretal.2021,
  author    = {M{\"u}ller, Diana and Bessi, Irene and Richter, Christian and Schwalbe, Harald},
  title     = {The Folding Landscapes of Human Telomeric RNA and DNA G-Quadruplexes are Markedly Different},
  series = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  volume    = {60},
  journal   = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  number    = {19},
  doi       = {10.1002/anie.202100280},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-238917},
  pages     = {10895 -- 10901},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {We investigated the folding kinetics of G-quadruplex (G4) structures by comparing the K\(^{+}\)-induced folding of an RNA G4 derived from the human telomeric repeat-containing RNA (TERRA25) with a sequence homologous DNA G4 (wtTel25) using CD spectroscopy and real-time NMR spectroscopy. While DNA G4 folding is biphasic, reveals kinetic partitioning and involves kinetically favoured off-pathway intermediates, RNA G4 folding is faster and monophasic. The differences in kinetics are correlated to the differences in the folded conformations of RNA vs. DNA G4s, in particular with regard to the conformation around the glycosidic torsion angle χ that uniformly adopts anti conformations for RNA G4s and both, syn and anti conformation for DNA G4s. Modified DNA G4s with \(^{19}\)F bound to C2′ in arabino configuration adopt exclusively anti conformations for χ. These fluoro-modified DNA (antiTel25) reveal faster folding kinetics and monomorphic conformations similar to RNA G4s, suggesting the correlation between folding kinetics and pathways with differences in χ angle preferences in DNA and RNA, respectively.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Henn2004,
  author    = {Henn, Julian},
  title     = {The electron density : a bridge between exact quantum mechanics and fuzzy chemical concepts},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-9003},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {Summary The nature of the chemical bond is a topic under constant debate. What is known about individual molecular properties and functional groups is often taught and rationalized by explaining Lewis structures, which, in turn, make extensive use of the valence concept. The valence concept distinguishes between electrons, which do not participate in chemical interactions (core electrons) and those, which do (single, double, triple bonds, lone-pair electrons, etc.). Additionally, individual electrons are assigned to atomic centers. The valence concept is of paramount success: It allows the successful planning of chemical syntheses and analyses, it explains the behavior of individual functional groups, and, moreover, it provides the "language" to think of and talk about molecular structure and chemical interactions. The resounding success of the valence concept may be misleading to forget its approximative character. On the other hand, quantum mechanics provide in principle a quantitative description of all chemical phenomena, but there is no discrimination between electrons in quantum mechanics. From the quantum mechanical point of view there are only indistinguishable electrons in the field of the nuclei, i.e., it is impossible to assign a given electron to a particular center or to ascribe a particular purpose to individual electrons. The concept of indistinguishability of micro particles is founded on the Heisenberg uncertainty relation, which states, that wavepackets diverge in the 6N dimensional phase space, such that individual trajectories can not be identified. Hence it is a deep-rooted and approved physical concept. As an introduction to the present work density partitioning schemes were discussed, which divide the total molecular density into chemically meaningful areas. These partitioning schemes are intimately related to either the concepts of bound atoms in a molecule (as in the Atoms In Molecules theory (AIM) according to Bader or as in the Hirshfeld partitioning scheme) or to the concept of chemical structure in the sense of Lewis structures, which divide the total molecular density into core and valence density, where the valence density is split up again into bonding and non-bonding electron densities. Examples are early and recent loge theories, the topological analysis by means of the Electron Localization Function (ELF), and the Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) approach. Of these partitioning schemes, the theories according to Bader (AIM), to Becke and Edgecomb (ELF) and according to Weinhold (NBO and Natural Resonance Theory, NRT), respectively, were reviewed in detail critically. Points of criticism were explicated for each of the mentioned theories. Since theoretically derived electron densities are to be compared to experimentally derived densities, a brief introduction into the theory of X-ray di®raction experiments was given and the multipole formalism was introduced. The procedure of density refinement was briefly discussed. Various suggestions for improvements were developed: One strategy would be the employment of model parameters, which are to a maximum degree mutually orthogonal, with the object of minimizing correlations among the model parameters, e.g., to introduce nodal planes into the radial functions of the multipole model. A further suggestion involves the guidance of the iterative refinement procedure by an extremum principle, which states, that when di®erent solutions to the least squares minimization problem are available with about the same statistical measures of quality and with about the same residual density, then the solution is to prefer, which yields a minimum density at the bond critical point (BCP) and a maximum polarity in terms of the ratio of distances between the BCP and the nuclei. This suggestion is based on the well known fact, that the bond polarity (in terms of the ratio of distances between the BCP and the respective nuclei) is underestimated in the experiment. Another suggestion for including physical constraints is the explicit consideration of the virial theorem, e.g., by evaluating the integration of the Laplacian over the entire atomic basins and comparing this value to zero and to the value obtained from the integration of the electron gradient field over the atomic surface. The next suggestion was to explicitly use the electrostatic theorem of Feynman (often also denoted as Hellmann-Feynman theorem), which states, that the forces onto the nuclei can be calculated from the purely classical electrostatic forces of the electron distribution and the nuclei distribution. For a stationary system, these forces must add to zero. This also provides an internal quality criterion of the density model. This can be performed in an iterative way during the refinement procedure or as a test of the final result. The use of the electrostatic theorem is expected to reduce significantly correlations among static density parameters and parameters describing vibrations, since it is a valuable tool to discriminate between physically reasonable and artificial static electron densities. All of these mentioned suggestions can be applied as internal quality criteria. The last suggestion is based on the idea to initiate the experimental refinement with a set of model parameters, which is, as much as possible close to the final solution. This can be achieved by performing periodic boundary conditions calculations, from which theoretically created files are obtained, which contain the Miller indices (h, k, l) and the respective intensity I. This file is used for a model parameter estimation (refinement), which excludes vibrations. The resulting parameters can be used for the experimental refinement, where, in a first step, the density parameters are fixed to determine the parameters describing vibrations. For a fine tuning, again the electrostatic theorem and the other above mentioned suggestions could be applied. Theoretical predictions should not be biased by the method of computation. Therefore the dependence of the density analyzing tools on the level of calculation (method of calculation/basis set) and on the substituents in complex chemical bonding situations were evaluated in the second part of the present work. A number of compounds containing formal single and double sulfur nitrogen bonds was investigated. For these compounds, experimental data were also available. The calculated data were compared internally and with the experimental results. The internal comparison was drawn with regard to questions of convergency as well as with regard to questions of consistency: The resulting molecular properties from NBO/NRT analyses were found to be very stable, when the geometries were optimized at the respective level of theory. This stability is valid for variations in the methods of calculation as well as for variations in the basis set. Only the individual resonance weights of the contributing Natural Lewis Structures differed considerably depending on the level of calculation and depending on the substituents. However, the deviations were in both cases to a large extent within a limit which preserves the descending order of the leading resonance structure weights. The resulting bond orders, i.e., the total, covalent and ionic bond order from NRT calculations, were not affected by the shift in the resonance weights. The analysis of the bond topological parameters resulted in a discrimination between insensitive parameters and sensitive parameters. The stable parameters do neither depend strongly on the method of calculation nor on the basis set. Only minor variation occurs in the numerical values of these parameters, when the level of calculation is changed or even when other functional groups (H, Me, or tBu) are employed, as long as the methods of calculation do not drop considerably below a standard level. The bond descriptors of the sulfur nitrogen bonds were found to be also stable with respect to the functional groups R = H, R = Me, and R = tBu. Stable parameters are the bond distance, the density at the bond critical point (BCP) and the ratio of distances between the BCP and the nuclei A and B, which varies clearly when considering the formal bond type. For very small basis sets like the 3-21G basis set, this characteristic stability collapses. The sensitive parameters are based on the second derivatives of the density with respect to the coordinates. This is in accordance with the well known fact, that the total second derivative of the density with respect to the coordinates is a strongly oscillating function with positive as well as negative values. A profound deviation has to be anticipated as a consequence of strong oscillations. lambda3, which describes the local charge depletion in the direction of the interaction line, is the most varying parameter. A detailed analysis revealed that the position of the BCP in the rampant edge of the Laplacian distribution is responsible for the sensitivity of the numerical value of lambda3 in formal double bonds. Since the slope of the Laplacian assumes very high values in its rampant edge, a tiny displacement of the BCP leads already to a considerable change in lambda3. This instability is not a failure of the underlying theory, but it yields de facto to a considerable dependence of sensitive bond topological properties on the method of calculation and on the applied basis sets. Since the total second derivative is important to judge on the nature of the bond in the AIM theory (closed shell interactions versus shared interactions), the changes in lambda3 can lead to differing chemical interpretations. The comparison of theoretically derived bond topological properties of various sulfur nitrogen bonds provides the possibility to measure the self consistency of this data set. All data sets clearly exhibit a linear correlation between the bond distances and the density at the BCP on one hand and between the bond distances and the Laplacian values at the BCP on the other hand. These correlations were almost independent of the basis set size. In this context, the linear regression has to be regarded exclusively as a descriptive statistics tool. There is no correlation anticipated a priori. The formal bond type was found to be readily deducible from the theoretically obtained bond topological descriptors of the model systems. In this sense, the bond topological properties are self consistent despite of the numerical sensitivity of the derivatives, as exemplified above. Often, calculations are performed with the experimentally derived equilibrium geometries and not with optimized ones. Applying this approach, the computationally costly geometry optimizations are saved. Following this approach the bond topological properties were calculated using very flexible basis sets and employing the fixed experimental geometry (which, of course, includes the application of tBu groups). Regression coe±cients similar to those from optimized geometries were obtained for correlations between bond distances and the densities at the BCP as well as for the correlation between bond distances and the Laplacian at the BCP, i.e. the approach is valid. However, the data points scattered less and the coe±cient of correlation was clearly increased when geometry optimizations were performed beforehand. The comparison between data obtained from theory and experiment revealed fundamental discrepancies: In the data set of bond topological parameters from the experiment, the behavior of only 2 out of 3 insensitive parameters was comparable to the behavior of the theoretically obtained values, i.e. theoretical and experimental bond distances as well as theoretical and experimental densities at the BCP correlate. From the theoretically obtained data it was easy to deduce the formal bond type from the position of the BCP, since it changed in a systematic manner. The respective experimentally obtained values were almost constant and did not change systematically. For the SN bonds containing compounds, the total second derivative assumes exclusively negative values in the experiment. Due to the different internal behavior, experimentally and theoretically sensitive bond topological values could not be compared directly. The qualitative agreement in the Laplacian distribution, however, was excellent. In the third and last part of this work, the application to chemical systems follows. Formal hypervalent molecules, i.e. molecules where some atoms are considered to hold more than 8 electrons in their valence shell, were investigated. These were compounds containing sulfur nitrogen bonds (H(NtBu)2SMe, H2C{S(NtBu)2(NHtBu)}2, S(NtBu)2 and S(NtBu)3) and a highly coordinated silicon compound. The set of sulfur nitrogen compounds also contained a textbook example for valence expansion, the sulfur triimide. For these molecules, experimental reference values were available from high resolution X-ray experiments. The experimental results were in the case of the sulfur triimide not unique. Furthermore, from the experimental bond topological data no definite conclusion about the formal bonding type could be drawn. The situation of sulfur nitrogen bonds in the above mentioned set of molecules was analyzed in terms of a geometry discussion and by means of a topological analysis. The methyl-substituted isolated molecules served as model compounds. For the interpretation of the bonding situation additional NBO/NRT calculations were preformed for the sulfur nitrogen compounds and an ELF calculation and analysis was performed for the silicon compound. The ELF analysis included not only the presentation and discussion of the ELF-isosurfaces (eta = 0.85), but also the investigation of populations of disynaptic valence basins and the percentage contributions to these populations of the individual atoms when the disynaptic valence basins are split into atomic contributions according to Bader's partitioning scheme. The question of chemical interest was whether hypervalency is present in the set of molecules or not. In the first case the octet rule would be violated, in the second case Pauling's verdict would be violated. While the concept of hypervalency is well established in chemistry, the violation of Pauling's verdict is not. The quantitative numbers of the sensitive bond topological values from theory and experiment were not comparable, since no systematic relationship between the experimentally and theoretically determined sensitive bond descriptors was found. However, the insensitive parameters are in good agreement and the qualitative Laplacian distribution is, with few exceptions, in excellent agreement. The formal bonding type was deduced from experimental and theoretical topological data by considering the number and shape of valence shell charge concentrations in proximity to the sulfur and nitrogen centers. The results from NBO/NRT calculations confirmed the findings. All employed density analyzing tools AIM, ELF and NBO/NRT coincided in describing the bonding situation in the formally hypervalent molecules as highly polar. A comparison and analysis of experimentally and theoretically derived electron densities led consistently to the result, that regarding this set of molecules, hypervalency has to be excluded unequivocally.},
  subject      = {Elektronendichtebestimmung},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{GriesbeckMichailRauchetal.2019,
  author    = {Griesbeck, Stefanie and Michail, Evripidis and Rauch, Florian and Ogasawara, Hiroaki and Wang, Chenguang and Sato, Yoshikatsu and Edkins, Robert M. and Zhang, Zuolun and Taki, Masayasu and Lambert, Christoph and Yamaguchi, Shigehiro and Marder, Todd B.},
  title     = {The Effect of Branching on the One- and Two-Photon Absorption, Cell Viability, and Localization of Cationic Triarylborane Chromophores with Dipolar versus Octupolar Charge Distributions for Cellular Imaging},
  series = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
  volume    = {25},
  journal   = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
  number    = {57},
  doi       = {10.1002/chem.201902461},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-212887},
  pages     = {13164 -- 13175},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Two different chromophores, namely a dipolar and an octupolar system, were prepared and their linear and nonlinear optical properties as well as their bioimaging capabilities were compared. Both contain triphenylamine as the donor and a triarylborane as the acceptor, the latter modified with cationic trimethylammonio groups to provide solubility in aqueous media. The octupolar system exhibits a much higher two-photon brightness, and also better cell viability and enhanced selectivity for lysosomes compared with the dipolar chromophore. Furthermore, both dyes were applied in two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) live-cell imaging.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{GriesbeckMichailRauchetal.2019,
  author    = {Griesbeck, Stefanie and Michail, Evripidis and Rauch, Florian and Ogasawara, Hiroaki and Wang, Chenguang and Sato, Yoshikatsu and Edkins, Robert M. and Zhang, Zuolun and Taki, Masayasu and Lambert, Christoph and Yamaguchi, Shigehiro and Marder, Todd B.},
  title     = {The Effect of Branching on One- and Two-Photon Absorption, Cell Viability and Localization of Cationic Triarylborane Chromophores with Dipolar versus Octupolar Charge Distributions for Cellular Imaging},
  series = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
  volume    = {25},
  journal   = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
  number    = {57},
  doi       = {10.1002/chem.201902461},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-204829},
  pages     = {13164-13175},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Two different chromophores, namely a dipolar and an octupolar system, were prepared and their linear and nonlinear optical properties as well as their bioimaging capabilities were compared. Both contain triphenylamine as the donor and a triarylborane as the acceptor, the latter modified with cationic trimethylammonio groups to provide solubility in aqueous media. The octupolar system exhibits a much higher two-photon brightness, and also better cell viability and enhanced selectivity for lysosomes compared with the dipolar chromophore. Furthermore, both dyes were applied in two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) live-cell imaging.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Kraus2020,
  author    = {Kraus, Michael},
  title     = {The Conversion of Bifidobacterium adolescentis Sucrose Phosphorylase into a Polyphenol Transglucosidase via Structure-based Enzyme Engineering},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-19247},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-192477},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {The initial goal was the conversion of Bifidobacterium adolescentis Sucrose Phosphorylase (BaSP) into a polyphenol glucosidase by structure based enzyme engineering. BaSP was chosen because of its ability to utilize sucrose, an economically viable and sustainable donor substrate, and transfer the glucosyl moiety to various acceptor substrates. The introduction of aromatic residues into the active site was considered a viable way to render it more suitable for aromatic acceptor compounds by reducing its polarity and potentially introducing π-π-interactions with the polyphenols. An investigation of the active site revealed Gln345 as a suitable mutagenesis target. As a proof of concept BaSP Q345F was employed in the glycosylation of (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin and resveratrol. The variant was selective for the aromatic acceptor substrates and the glucose disaccharide side reaction was only observed after almost quantitative conversion of the aromatic substrates. A crystal structure of BaSP Q345F in complex with glucose was obtained and it displayed an unexpected shift of an entire domain by 3.3 {\AA}. A crystal structure of BaSP D192N-Q345F, an inactive variant in complex with resveratrol-3-α-D-glucosid, the glucosylation product of resveratrol, synthesized by BaSP Q345F was solved. It proved that the domain shift is in fact responsible for the ability of the variant to glycosylate aromatic compounds. Simultaneously a ligand free crystal structure of BaSP Q345F disproved an induced fit effect as the cause of the domain shift. The missing link, a crystal structure of BaSP Q345F in the F-conformation is obtained. This does not feature the domain shift, but is in outstanding agreement with the wildtype structure. The domain shift is therefore not static but rather a step in a dynamic process. It is further conceivable that the domain shifted conformation of BaSP Q345F resembles the open conformation of the wild type and that an adjustment of a conformational equilibrium as a result of the Q345F point mutation is observed. An investigation into the background reaction, the formation of glucose-glucose disaccharides of BaSP Q345F and three further variants that addressed the same region (L341C, D316C-L341C and D316C-N340C) revealed the formation of nigerose by BaSP Q345F.},
  subject      = {Phosphorylase},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Huegel2018,
  author    = {H{\"u}gel, Markus},
  title     = {The control of nanomorphology in star-shaped mesogens},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-165321},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Stilbene-based star-shaped mesogens have been synthesized with and without fullerene guests. Thermotropic properties and the mechanism of space-filling in the mesophases of these systems have been examined.},
  subject      = {Fl{\"u}ssigkristall},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RushdiAbdelRahmanAttiaetal.2022,
  author    = {Rushdi, Mohammed I. and Abdel-Rahman, Iman A. M. and Attia, Eman Zekry and Saber, Hani and Saber, Abdullah A. and Bringmann, Gerhard and Abdelmohsen, Usama Ramadan},
  title     = {The biodiversity of the genus Dictyota: phytochemical and pharmacological natural products prospectives},
  series = {Molecules},
  volume    = {27},
  journal   = {Molecules},
  number    = {3},
  issn      = {1420-3049},
  doi       = {10.3390/molecules27030672},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-302428},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Although a broad variety of classes of bioactive compounds have already been isolated from seaweeds of the genus Dictyota, most different species are still chemically and biologically unexplored. Dictyota species are well-known brown seaweeds belonging to the Dictyotaceae (Phaeophyta). The phytochemical composition within the genus Dictyota has recently received considerable interest, and a vast array of components, including diterpenes, sesquiterepenes, sterols, amino acids, as well as saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, have been characterized. The contribution of these valued metabolites to the biological potential, which includes anti-proliferative, anti-microbial, antiviral, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-hyperpigmentation activities, of the genus Dictyota has also been explored. Therefore, this is the most comprehensive review, focusing on the published literature relevant to the chemically and pharmacologically diverse biopharmaceuticals isolated from different species of the genus Dictyota during the period from 1976 to now.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{GeigerKerstingSchlegeletal.2022,
  author    = {Geiger, Nina and Kersting, Louise and Schlegel, Jan and Stelz, Linda and F{\"a}hr, Sofie and Diesendorf, Viktoria and Roll, Valeria and Sostmann, Marie and K{\"o}nig, Eva-Maria and Reinhard, Sebastian and Brenner, Daniela and Schneider-Schaulies, Sibylle and Sauer, Markus and Seibel, J{\"u}rgen and Bodem, Jochen},
  title     = {The acid ceramidase is a SARS-CoV-2 host factor},
  series = {Cells},
  volume    = {11},
  journal   = {Cells},
  number    = {16},
  issn      = {2073-4409},
  doi       = {10.3390/cells11162532},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-286105},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {SARS-CoV-2 variants such as the delta or omicron variants, with higher transmission rates, accelerated the global COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, novel therapeutic strategies need to be deployed. The inhibition of acid sphingomyelinase (ASM), interfering with viral entry by fluoxetine was reported. Here, we described the acid ceramidase as an additional target of fluoxetine. To discover these effects, we synthesized an ASM-independent fluoxetine derivative, AKS466. High-resolution SARS-CoV-2-RNA FISH and RTqPCR analyses demonstrate that AKS466 down-regulates viral gene expression. It is shown that SARS-CoV-2 deacidifies the lysosomal pH using the ORF3 protein. However, treatment with AKS488 or fluoxetine lowers the lysosomal pH. Our biochemical results show that AKS466 localizes to the endo-lysosomal replication compartments of infected cells, and demonstrate the enrichment of the viral genomic, minus-stranded RNA and mRNAs there. Both fluoxetine and AKS466 inhibit the acid ceramidase activity, cause endo-lysosomal ceramide elevation, and interfere with viral replication. Furthermore, Ceranib-2, a specific acid ceramidase inhibitor, reduces SARS-CoV-2 replication and, most importantly, the exogenous supplementation of C6-ceramide interferes with viral replication. These results support the hypotheses that the acid ceramidase is a SARS-CoV-2 host factor.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ChristlLeiningerMattauch1983,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Leininger, Hartmut and Mattauch, Brigitte},
  title     = {The <sup>13</sup>C NMR Spectra of Some Tricyclo[2.2.0.0<sup>2,6</sup>]hexane Derivatives : Unexpected High Field Absorptions Due to Additive gamma-anti Subsituent Effects},
  isbn      = {x},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41620},
  year      = {1983},
  abstract  = {By means of the BC NMR spectra of tricyclo{2.2.0~rfJ6Jhexane and thirteen of its derivatives the effects of substituents in endo-3- and endo-5-positions on the HC chemical shifts have been determined. The y-anti effects are at least as Jarge as in monosubstituted cyc1obutanes, where the shielding values of second-row hetero substituents exceed those in unstrained systems by far, and higher-row and carbon substituents still cause substantial upfield shifts. In the title system the y-anti effect of a substituent in the endo-3- and endo-5-position are operative additively, and thus shift the absorption of C-J upfieJd by a maximum of 27 ppm with respect to the unsubstituted hydrocarbon.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AbdelhameedHabibGodaetal.2020,
  author    = {Abdelhameed, Reda F. A. and Habib, Eman S. and Goda, Marwa S. and Fahim, John Refaat and Hassanean, Hashem A. and Eltamany, Enas E. and Ibrahim, Amany K. and AboulMagd, Asmaa M. and Fayez, Shaimaa and Abd El-kader, Adel M. and Al-Warhi, Tarfah and Bringmann, Gerhard and Ahmed, Safwat A. and Abdelmohsen, Usama Ramadan},
  title     = {Thalassosterol, a New Cytotoxic Aromatase Inhibitor Ergosterol Derivative from the Red Sea Seagrass Thalassodendron ciliatum},
  series = {Marine Drugs},
  volume    = {18},
  journal   = {Marine Drugs},
  number    = {7},
  doi       = {10.3390/md18070354},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-236085},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forssk.) Den Hartog is a seagrass belonging to the plant family Cymodoceaceae with ubiquitous phytoconstituents and important pharmacological potential, including antioxidant, antiviral, and cytotoxic activities. In this work, a new ergosterol derivative named thalassosterol (1) was isolated from the methanolic extract of T. ciliatum growing in the Red Sea, along with two known first-reported sterols, namely ergosterol (2) and stigmasterol (3), using different chromatographic techniques. The structure of the new compound was established based on 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HR-MS) and by comparison with the literature data. The new ergosterol derivative showed significant in vitro antiproliferative potential against the human cervical cancer cell line (HeLa) and human breast cancer (MCF-7) cell lines, with IC\(_{50}\) values of 8.12 and 14.24 µM, respectively. In addition, docking studies on the new sterol 1 explained the possible binding interactions with an aromatase enzyme; this inhibition is beneficial in both cervical and breast cancer therapy. A metabolic analysis of the crude extract of T. ciliatum using liquid chromatography combined with high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-HR-MS) revealed the presence of an array of phenolic compounds, sterols and ceramides, as well as di- and triglycerides.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WenNowakKrolNagleretal.2019,
  author    = {Wen, Xinbo and Nowak-Kr{\´o}l, Agnieszka and Nagler, Oliver and Kraus, Felix and Zhu, Na and Zheng, Nan and M{\"u}ller, Matthias and Schmidt, David and Xie, Zengqi and W{\"u}rthner, Frank},
  title     = {Tetrahydroxy-perylene bisimide embedded in zinc oxide thin film as electron transporting layer for high performance non-fullerene organic solar cells},
  series = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  volume    = {58},
  journal   = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  number    = {37},
  doi       = {10.1002/anie.201907467},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-204723},
  pages     = {13051-13055},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {By introduction of four hydroxy (HO) groups into the two perylene bisimide (PBI) bay areas, new HO-PBI ligands were obtained which upon deprotonation can complex ZnII ions and photosensitize semiconductive zinc oxide thin films. Such coordination is beneficial for dispersing PBI photosensitizer molecules evenly into metal oxide films to fabricate organic-inorganic hybrid interlayers for organic solar cells. Supported by the photoconductive effect of the ZnO:HO-PBI hybrid interlayers, improved electron collection and transportation is achieved in fullerene and non-fullerene polymer solar cell devices, leading to remarkable power conversion efficiencies of up to 15.95 \% for a non-fullerene based organic solar cell.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ChristlBrunn1981,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Brunn, E.},
  title     = {Tetracyclo[4.1.0.0\(^{2,4}\).0\(^{3,5}\)]heptane aus 7,8-Diazatetracyclo[4.3.0.0\(^{2,4}\).0\(^{3,5}\)]non-7-enen},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58094},
  year      = {1981},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ChristlLangLechner1980,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Lang, R. and Lechner, M.},
  title     = {Tetra- und pentacyclische Tricyclo[4.1.0.0\(^{2,7}\)]hept-3-en-Derivate; Abfangprodukte des Tricyclo[4.1.0.0\(^{2,7}\)]hepta-3,4-diens},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58078},
  year      = {1980},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{NeitzBessiKachleretal.2022,
  author    = {Neitz, Hermann and Bessi, Irene and Kachler, Valentin and Michel, Manuela and H{\"o}bartner, Claudia},
  title     = {Tailored tolane-perfluorotolane assembly as supramolecular base pair replacement in DNA},
  series = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  volume    = {62},
  journal   = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  number    = {1},
  doi       = {10.1002/anie.202214456},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-312575},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Arene-fluoroarene interactions offer outstanding possibilities for engineering of supramolecular systems, including nucleic acids. Here, we implement the tolane-perfluorotolane interaction as base pair replacement in DNA. Tolane (THH) and perfluorotolane (TFF) moieties were connected to acyclic backbone units, comprising glycol nucleic acid (GNA) or butyl nucleic acid (BuNA) building blocks, that were incorporated via phosphoramidite chemistry at opposite positions in a DNA duplex. Thermodynamic analyses by UV thermal melting revealed a compelling stabilization by THH/TFF heteropairs only when connected to the BuNA backbone, but not with the shorter GNA linker. Detailed NMR studies confirmed the preference of the BuNA backbone for enhanced polar π-stacking. This work defines how orthogonal supramolecular interactions can be tailored by small constitutional changes in the DNA backbone, and it inspires future studies of arene-fluoroarene-programmed assembly of DNA.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Roos2021,
  author    = {Roos, Markus},
  title     = {Synthesis, Photophysics and Photocatalysis of [FeFe] Complex Containing Dyads and Bimolecular Systems},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-23453},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-234537},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {In the course of this work, a total of three photocatalytically active dyads for proton reduction could be synthesized together with the associated individual components. Two of them, D1 and D2, comprised a [Ru(bpy)3]2+ photosensitizer and D3 an [Ir(ppy)2bpy]+ photosensitizer. A Ppyr3-substituted propyldithiolate [FeFe] complex was used as catalyst in all systems. The absorption spectroscopic and electrochemical investigations showed that an inner-dyadic electronic coupling is effectively prevented in the dyads due to conjugation blockers within the bridging units used. The photocatalytic investigations exhibited that all dyad containing two-component systems (2CS) showed a significantly worse performance than the corresponding bimolecular three-component systems (3CS). Transient absorption spectroscopy showed that the 2CS behave very similarly to the associated multicomponent systems during photocatalysis. The electron that was intended for the intramolecular transfer from the photosensitizer unit to the catalyst unit within the dyads remains at the photosensitizer for a relatively long time, analogous to the 3CS and despite the covalently bound catalyst. It is therefore assumed that this intramolecular electron transfer is likely to be hindered as a result of the weak electronic coupling caused by the bridge units used. Instead, the system bypasses this through an intermolecular transfer to other dyad molecules in the immediate vicinity. In addition, with the help of emission quenching experiments and electrochemical investigations, it could be clearly concluded that all investigated systems proceed via the reductive quenching mechanism during photocatalysis.},
  subject      = {Fotokatalyse},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MerzDietzVonhausenetal.2020,
  author    = {Merz, Julia and Dietz, Maximilian and Vonhausen, Yvonne and W{\"o}ber, Frederik and Friedrich, Alexandra and Sieh, Daniel and Krummenacher, Ivo and Braunschweig, Holger and Moos, Michael and Holzapfel, Marco and Lambert, Christoph and Marder, Todd B.},
  title     = {Synthesis, Photophysical and Electronic Properties of New Red-to-NIR Emitting Donor-Acceptor Pyrene Derivatives},
  series = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
  volume    = {26},
  journal   = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
  number    = {2},
  doi       = {10.1002/chem.201904219},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-207486},
  pages     = {438-453},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {We synthesized new pyrene derivatives with strong bis(para -methoxyphenyl)amine donors at the 2,7-positions and n -azaacene acceptors at the K-region of pyrene. The compounds possess a strong intramolecular charge transfer, leading to unusual properties such as emission in the red to NIR region (700 nm), which has not been reported before for monomeric pyrenes. Detailed photophysical studies reveal very long intrinsic lifetimes of >100 ns for the new compounds, which is typical for 2,7-substituted pyrenes but not for K-region substituted pyrenes. The incorporation of strong donors and acceptors leads to very low reduction and oxidation potentials, and spectroelectrochemical studies show that the compounds are on the borderline between localized Robin-Day class-II and delocalized Robin-Day class-III species.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MerzDietrichNitschetal.2020,
  author    = {Merz, Julia and Dietrich, Lena and Nitsch, J{\"o}rn and Krummenacher, Ivo and Braunschweig, Holger and Moos, Michael and Mims, David and Lambert, Christoph and Marder, Todd B.},
  title     = {Synthesis, Photophysical and Electronic Properties of Mono-, Di-, and Tri-Amino-Substituted Ortho-Perylenes, and Comparison to the Tetra-Substituted Derivative},
  series = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
  volume    = {26},
  journal   = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
  number    = {52},
  doi       = {10.1002/chem.202001475},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-217835},
  pages     = {12050 -- 12059},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {We synthesized a series of new mono-, di-, tri- and tetra-substituted perylene derivatives with strong bis(para-methoxyphenyl)amine (DPA) donors at the uncommon 2,5,8,11-positions. The properties of our new donor-substituted perylenes were studied in detail to establish a structure-property relationship. Interesting trends and unusual properties are observed for this series of new perylene derivatives, such as a decreasing charge transfer (CT) character with increasing number of DPA moieties and individual reversible oxidations for each DPA moiety. Thus, (DPA)-Per possesses one reversible oxidation while (DPA)\(_{4}\)-Per has four. The mono- and di-substituted derivatives display unusually large Stokes shifts not previously reported for perylenes. Furthermore, transient absorption measurements of the new derivatives reveal an excited state with lifetimes of several hundred microseconds, which sensitizes singlet oxygen with quantum yields of up to 0.83.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Seitz2023,
  author    = {Seitz, Florian},
  title     = {Synthesis, enzymatic recognition and antiviral properties of modified purine nucleosides},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-31323},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-313238},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Beyond the four canonical nucleosides as primary building blocks of RNA, posttranscriptional modifications give rise to the epitranscriptome as a second layer of genetic information. In eukaryotic mRNA, the most abundant posttranscriptional modification is N6-methyladenosine (m6A), which is involved in the regulation of cellular processes. Throughout this thesis, the concept of atomic mutagenesis was employed to gain novel mechanistic insights into the substrate recognition by human m6A reader proteins as well as in the oxidative m6A demethylation by human demethylase enzymes. Non-natural m6A atomic mutants featuring distinct steric and electronic properties were synthesized and incorporated into RNA oligonucleotides. Fluorescence anisotropy measurements using these modified oligonucleotides revealed the impact of the atomic mutagenesis on the molecular recognition by the human m6A readers YTHDF2, YTHDC1 and YTHDC2 and allowed to draw conclusions about structural prerequisites for substrate recognition. Furthermore, substrate recognition and demethylation mechanism of the human m6A demethylase enzymes FTO and ALKBH5 were analyzed by HPLC-MS and PAGE-based assays using the modified oligonucleotides synthesized in this work. Modified nucleosides not only expand the genetic alphabet, but are also extensively researched as drug candidates. In this thesis, the antiviral mechanism of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug remdesivir was investigated, which causes delayed stalling of the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). Novel remdesivir phosphoramidite building blocks were synthesized and used to construct defined RNA-RdRp complexes for subsequent studies by cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM). It was found that the 1'-cyano substituent causes Rem to act as a steric barrier of RdRp translocation. Since this translocation barrier can eventually be overcome by the polymerase, novel derivatives of Rem with potentially improved antiviral properties were designed.},
  subject      = {Nucleins{\"a}uren},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Qamar2012,
  author    = {Qamar, Riaz-ul},
  title     = {Synthesis of functionalized molecular probes for bioorthogonal metabolic glycoengineering},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-73378},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Biomolecules are difficult to investigate in their native environment. The vast complexity of cellular systems and seldom availability of chemical reactions compatible with the physiological milieu make it a challenging task. Bioorthogonal chemical reactions serve as a key to achieve selective ligation, whose components must react rapidly and selectively with each other under physiological conditions in the presence of the plethora of functionalities necessary to sustain life. In this dissertation, we focused on the synthesis of chemical reporters and probe molecules for bioorthogonal labeling through click reaction. Initially, sialic acid derivatives with a linker containing terminal alkyne functionality were synthesized. After the synthesis of azide derivatives of fluorescent dyes as counter partners, they were conjugated with sialic acids through Cu(I) catalyzed alkyne azide cycloaddition (CuAAC). The successful in vitro conjugation of Sia and fluorescent dyes was followed by metabolic tagging of human larynx carcinoma (HEp-2) and the carcinoma of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO­K1) with alkynated Sia that were subsequently ligated with fluorescein azide. Finally, the stained cells were subjected to fluorescent microscopy to obtain their images. To enable the click reaction compatible to in vivo applications, the reactivity of cyclooctyne was enhanced by two different approaches. In a first approach, following the Bertozzi's strategy, two fluorine atoms were introduced adjacent to the alkyne to lower the LUMO. In a second strategy the ring strain of cyclooctyne was attempted to be enhanced by the introduction of an amide group. In addition, glutarimide derivatives with free amino and carboxylic acid functional groups were synthesized by domino-Michael addition-cyclization-reaction.},
  subject      = {Click-Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Buschmann2019,
  author    = {Buschmann, Rachel Abigail},
  title     = {Synthesis of annulated pi-systems based on a tribenzotriquinacene core},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-19349},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-193491},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {The aim of this work was the selective functionalisation of tribenzotriquinacene (TBTQ) in order to extend the aromatic system and tune the electronic properties. The synthesised molecules could be starting materials for a model system of a defective graphene fragment. The "triple cyclisation pathway" by Hopf et al. was adapted and fluorinated tribenzotriquinacenes were synthesised for the first time. Phenanthrene groups were also introduced in other model systems and the crystal structures of phenanthrene functionalised TBTQs were compared with the parent molecules. In addition, the arrangement of TBTQ and centro methyl functionalised TBTQ was investigated on a Ag(111) surface for the first time using scanning transmission microscopy (STM). Different arrangements were observed, depending on the coverage of the surface. The insights gained about the interaction between TBTQs as well as their synthesis provide a foundation for further work and potential applications as components in organic electronic devices.},
  subject      = {Triquinacenderivate},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WildervanckHechtNowakKrol2022,
  author    = {Wildervanck, Martijn J. and Hecht, Reinhard and Nowak-Kr{\´o}l, Agnieszka},
  title     = {Synthesis and strong solvatochromism of push-pull thienylthiazole boron complexes},
  series = {Molecules},
  volume    = {27},
  journal   = {Molecules},
  number    = {17},
  issn      = {1420-3049},
  doi       = {10.3390/molecules27175510},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-286186},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {The solvatochromic behavior of two donor-π bridge-acceptor (D-π-A) compounds based on the 2-(3-boryl-2-thienyl)thiazole π-linker and indandione acceptor moiety are investigated. DFT/TD-DFT calculations were performed in combination with steady-state absorption and emission measurements, along with electrochemical studies, to elucidate the effect of two different strongly electron-donating hydrazonyl units on the solvatochromic and fluorescence behavior of these compounds. The Lippert-Mataga equation was used to estimate the change in dipole moments (Δµ) between ground and excited states based on the measured spectroscopic properties in solvents of varying polarity with the data being supported by theoretical studies. The two asymmetrical D-π-A molecules feature strong solvatochromic shifts in fluorescence of up to ~4300 cm\(^{-1}\) and a concomitant change of the emission color from yellow to red. These changes were accompanied by an increase in Stokes shift to reach values as large as ~5700-5800 cm\(^{-1}\). Quantum yields of ca. 0.75 could be observed for the N,N-dimethylhydrazonyl derivative in nonpolar solvents, which gradually decreased along with increasing solvent polarity, as opposed to the consistently reduced values obtained for the N,N-diphenylhydrazonyl derivative of up to ca. 0.20 in nonpolar solvents. These two push-pull molecules are contrasted with a structurally similar acceptor-π bridge-acceptor (A-π-A) compound.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Schreck2018,
  author    = {Schreck, Maximilian},
  title     = {Synthesis and Photophysics of Linear and Star-Shaped Oligomers of Squaraine Dyes},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-174272},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {In this thesis, the synthesis and photophysics of a great variety of squaraine dyes are presented. This variety is based on four parent squaraines containing either indolenine or quinoline heterocycles. By a suitable choice of the donor and acceptor unit, the optical properties can already be adapted to the properties desired on the stage of the monomer. To promote a further derivatisation of these dyes, diverse functional groups are attached to the monomers using transition metal-catalysed C-C coupling reactions. However, this has to be preceded by the synthesis of bromine-functionalised derivatives as a direct halogenation of squaraine dyes is not feasible. Therefore, the halogen function is already introduced in precursor molecules giving rise to a molecular building block system containing bromine-, boronic ester-, and alkyne-functionalised monomer units, which pave the way to a plethora of squaraine oligomers and polymers. The indolenine homopolymer pSQB-1 as well as the corresponding small molecular weight oligomers dSQB-1 and tSQB were synthesized applying Ni-mediated Yamamoto and Pd-catalysed Suzuki coupling methodologies, respectively. The motivation for this project relied on the fundamental investigations by V{\"o}lker et al. on pSQB-V. A progressive red-shift of the lowest energy absorption maximum from the dimer to the polymer was observed in CHCl3 compared to the monomer. With increasing number of monomer units, the exciton coupling decreases from the dimer to the polymer. In addition, the shape of the absorption band manifold shows a strong dependence on the solvent, which was also observed by V{\"o}lker et al. J-type aggregate behavior is found in chlorinated solvents such as CHCl3 and DCM, whereas H-type aggregates are formed in acetone. Temperature-dependent absorption studies in PhCN reveals a reversible equilibrium of diverse polymer conformers, which manifests itself in a gradual change from H-aggregate behavior to a mixture with a more pronounced J-aggregate behavior upon raising the temperature. It isassumed that both characteristic aggregate bands correlate in borderline cases with two polymer structures which can be assigned to a zig-zag and a helical structure. As no experimental evidence for these structures could hitherto be provided by NMR, TD-DFT computations on oligomers (22-mers) can reproduce very closely the characteristic features of the spectra for the two conformational isomers. The subsequent chapters are motivated by the goal to influence the optical properties through a control of the superstructure and thus of the intramolecular aggregate formation. On the one hand, bulky groups are implemented in the 3-position of the indolenine scaffold to provoke steric repulsion and thus favoring J-aggregate behavior at the expense of helical arrangements. The resulting homopolymer pDiPhSQB bearing two phenyl groups per indolenine exhibits J-type aggregate behavior with red-shifted absorption maxima in all considered solvents which is explained to be caused by the formation of elongated zig-zag structures. Furthermore, single-crystal X-ray analysis of monomer DiPhSQB-2-Br2 reveals a torsion of the indolenine moieties as a consequence of steric congestion. The twist of the molecular geometry and the resulting loss of planarity leads to a serious deterioration of the fluorescence properties, however a significant bathochromic shift of ca. 1 200 cm-1 of the lowest absorption band was observed compared to parent SQB, which is even larger than the shift for dSQB-1 (ca. 1 000 cm-1). On the other hand, a partial stiffening of the polymer backbone is attempted to create a bias for elongated polymer chains. In this respect, the synthetic approach is to replace every second biarylaxis with the rigid transoid benzodipyrrolenine unit. Despite a rather low average degree of polymerization < 10, exclusively red-shifted absorption maxima are observed in all solvents used. In order to complete the picture of intramolecular aggregates through the selective design of H-aggregates, a squaraine-squaraine copolymer was synthesised containing the classic cisoid indolenine as well as the cisoid quinoline building block. Taking advantage of the highly structure directing self-assembly character of the quinoline moiety, the copolymer pSQBC indeed showes a broad, blue-shifted main absorption band in comparison with the monomer unit dSQBC. The shape of the absorption band manifold solely exhibited a minor solvent and temperature dependence indicating a persistent H-aggregate behaviour. Hence, as a proof of concept, it is shown that the optical properties of the polymers (H- and J-aggregate) and the corresponding superstructure can be inherently controlled by an adequate design of monomer precursors. The last chapter of this work deals, in contrast to all other chapters, with intermolecular aggregates. It is shown that the two star-shaped hexasquarainyl benzenes hSQA-1 and hSQA-2 exhibit a strong propensity for self-organisation. Concentration- and temperature-dependent studies reveal a great driving force for self-assembly in acetone. While the larger hSQA-2 instantaneously forms stable aggregates, the aggregates of hSQA-1 shows a pronounced kinetic stability. Taking advantage of the kinetic persistency of these aggregates, the corresponding kinetic activation parameters for aggregation and deaggregation can be assessed. The absorption spectra of both hexasquarainyl benzenes in the aggregated state reveal some striking differences. While hSQA-1 features an intensive, very narrow and blue-shifted absorption band, two red-shifted bands are observed for hSQA-2, which are closely located at the monomer absorption. The very small bandwidth of hSQA-1 are interpreted to be caused by exchange narrowing and pointed towards highly ordered supramolecular aggregates. The concentration-dependent data of the two hexasquarainyl benzenes can be fitted to the dimer-model with excellent correlation coefficients, yielding binding constants in excess of 10^6 M-1, respectively. Such high binding constants are very surprising, considering the unfavourable bulky 3,3-dimethyl groups of the indolenine units which should rather prevent aggregation. Joint theoretical and NMR spectroscopic methods were applied to unravel the supramolecular aggregate structure of hSQA-1, which is shown to consist of two stacked hexasquarainyl benzenes resembling the picture of two stacked bowls.},
  subject      = {Squaraine},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Schaefer2018,
  author    = {Sch{\"a}fer, Julian},
  title     = {Synthesis and Photophysical Investigation of Donor-Acceptor-Substituted meta- and para-Benzene Derivatives},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-155007},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Im ersten Teil dieser Arbeit wurde die erfolgreiche Synthese einer Serie von bisTriarylamin (bisTAA) Verbindungen vorgestellt. Zum einen wurde das Substitutionmuster an der Benzol Br{\"u}ckeneinheit in Form einer meta- bzw. para-St{\"a}ndigkeit der Redoxzentren (pX bzw. mX), und zum anderen die energetische Lage der Br{\"u}ckeneinheit durch zwei elektronen-schiebende oder ziehende Substituenten X (mit X = OMe, Me, Cl, CN, NO2) in 2,5-Position variiert. Im Falle der meta-Serie wurden auch einige in 4,6-Position substituierte Verbinungen hergestellt (mX46). Die neutral Verbindungen wurden bez{\"u}glich ihrer elektrochemischen und photophysikalischen Eigenschaften untersucht. Durch Oxidation konnten die gemischt valenten (MV), kationischen bisTAA-Verbindungen erzeugt werden. Der thermisch induzierte Lochtransfer (HT) wurde durch temperatur-abh{\"a}ngige ESR-Spektroskopie untersucht. W{\"a}hrend die HT-Rate k und HT-Barriere ΔG in mX unbeeinflusst von den Substituenten X sind, steigen gleichzeitig k und ΔG in der pX-Serie mit zunehmenden Elektonenschub von X an. Diese zun{\"a}chst widerspr{\"u}chliche Beobachtung konnte durch einen ansteigenden Einfluss von L{\"o}sungsmitteleffekten und dadurch resultierend, einer zus{\"a}tzlichen effektiven Barriere erkl{\"a}rt werden. Der optisch induzierte Lochtransfer wurde mittels UV/Vis/NIR-Spektroskopie untersucht. Die pX-Serie zeigte eine Zuhname der elektronischen Kopplung V und dementsprechende eine Abnahme von ΔG, mit Anstieg des elektonenschiebenden Charakters von X. F{\"u}r mX war eine spektroskopische Bestimmung dieser Parameter nicht m{\"o}glich. Die mX46-Serie zeigte ein intermedi{\"a}res Verhalten, wobei MV-Verbindungen mit stark elektronenschiebenden X eine {\"a}hnliche hohe Kopplungen wie pX aufwiesen, was mit Hilfe von DFT-Rechnungen bez{\"u}glich der Molek{\"u}lorbitale erkl{\"a}rt werden konnte. Im zweiten Teil dieser Arbeit wurde die Synthese einer Serie von Verbindungen mit Triarylamin (TAA) als Donor und Naphthalindiimid (NDI) als Akzeptor vorgestellt. Auch hier wurde zum einen das Substitutionmuster an der Benzol-Br{\"u}ckeneinheit in Form einer meta- bzw. para-St{\"a}ndigkeit der Redoxzentren (pXNDI bzw. mXNDI) variieiet und die energetische Lage der durch X (mit X = OMe, Me, Cl, CN, NO2) in 2,5-Position variiert. Außerdem wurde die in 4,6-Position substituierte Verbinungen mOMe46NDI hergestellt. Alle Verbindungen wurden bez{\"u}glich ihrer elektochemischen und photophysikalischen Eigenschaften untersucht. Die Elektronentransferprozesse der Ladungsseparierung (CS) und Ladungsrekombination (CR) dieser Verbindungen sollten mittels transienter Absorptionsspektroskopie (TA) in Toluol untersucht werden. F{\"u}r die Nitroverbindungen p-/mNO2NDI war dies nicht m{\"o}glich, da sich diese unter Bestrahung zersetzten. Die CR von pXNDI waren nicht im ns-Bereich detektierbar, weshalb sich auf die mXNDI-Serie (mit X = OMe-CN) konzentriert wurde. Die CS wurde mittels fs-TA untersucht. Nach optischer Anregung konnte die Bildung eines CS-Zustandes detektiert werden, dessen Bildungsgeschwindigkeit hin zu elektronen-ziehenden Substituenten X steigt. Die CR wurde mit ns-TA untersucht. Sie findet in der Marcus invertierten Region statt und zeichnet sich wird durch ein biexponentialles Abklingverhaten, was durch ein Singulet-Triplett Gleichgewicht im CS-Zustand zustande kommt, aus. Durch Anlegen eines externen Magnetfeldes ließ sich das Abklingverhalten entscheidend ver{\"a}ndern und es konnte eine Singulett-Triplett Aufspaltung nachgewiesen werden. Dieser Befund konnte weiterhin durch Simulation der Abklingkurven best{\"a}tigt werden. In beiden Teilen dieser Arbeit konnte ein entscheidender Einfluss der Benzolbr{\"u}cke auf die auftretenden Ladungstransferprozesse gezeigt werden. F{\"u}r den HT in Grundzustand der MV bisTAA Verbindungen, sowie der ET im angeregten Zustand der Donor-Akzeptor-Verbindungen, wurden die h{\"o}chsten ET-Raten f{\"u}r die para-Serien pX und pXNDI gefunden, w{\"a}hrend die meta-Serien mX und mXNDI deutlch kleine Transferraten aufwiesen. In beiden Studien zeigten die meta46-Verbindungen mX46 und mOMeNDI46 ein intermedi{\"a}res Verhalten, zwischen denen der para- und meta-Verbindungen.},
  subject      = {Synthese},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Ceymann2016,
  author    = {Ceymann, Harald},
  title     = {Synthesis and Optical Spectroscopic Properties of Squaraine Superchromophores},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-136850},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {In this work the successful synthesis, the linear and nonlinear spectroscopic properties as well as the electrochemical behaviour of some linear and star-shaped squaraine superchromophores that are based on indolenine derivatives were presented. The attempt to synthesise similar chromophores which contained only benzothiazole squaraines failed unfortunately. However, one trimer that contained mixed benzothiazole indolenine squaraines could be synthesised and investigated as well. The linear spectroscopic properties, like red-shift and broadening of the absorption, of all superchromophores could be explained by exciton coupling theory. The heterochromophores (SQA)2(SQB)-N, (SQA)(SQB)2-N and (SQA)(SQB)-NH displayed additional to the typical squaraine fluorescence from the lowest excited state some properties that could be assigned to localised states. While the chromophores with N-core showed very small emission quantum yields, the chromophores with the other cores and the linear oligomers display an enhancement compared to the monomers. Transient absorption spectroscopy experiments of the star-shaped superchromophores showed, that their formally degenerated S1 states are split due to a deviation of the ideal C3 symmetry. This is also the reason for the observation of an absorption band for the highest exciton state, which is derived from the S1-state of the monomers, as its transition-dipole moment would be zero in the symmetrical case. The linear oligomers and the star-shaped superchromophores with a benzene or triarylamine core showed at least additive, sometimes even weak cooperative, behaviour in the two-photon absorption experiments. Additional to higher two-photon absorption cross sections the chromophores showed a pronounced broadening of the nonlinear absorption, due to symmetry breaking and a higher density of states. Unfortunately it was not possible to solve the problem of the equilibrium of the cisoid and the transoid structure of donor substituted azulene squaraines, due to either instability of the squaraines or steric hindrance.},
  subject      = {Squaraine},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Toksabay2022,
  author    = {Toksabay, Sinem},
  title     = {Synthesis and on surface self assembly properties of pi extended tribenzotriquinacenes},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-24573},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-245734},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Tribenzotriquinacene (TBTQ) is a polycyclic aromatic framework with a particularly rigid, C3v symmetrical, bowl-shaped core bearing three mutually fused indane wings. It has been discussed as a defect center for a nanographene by Kuck and colleagues. Therefore, extended TBTQ structures are promising models for saturated defect structures in graphene and graphene like molecules and could be used to investigate the role of defects for the electronic properties of graphene. With this motivation, three different pi-extended TBTQ derivatives have been synthesized in this work. Several different Scholl reaction conditions were tried to obtain fully annulated product of hexaphenyl substituted TBTQ. The desired benzannulated TBTQ derivative could not be obtained due to unfavourable electron density in the respective positions of the molecule and increased reactivity of the bay position of the precursor. As an another method for benzannulation is the on-surface synthesis of graphene flakes and can be carried out using electron beams e.g. in a tunneling microscope (STM). According to our previous research, the parent system TBTQ and centro-methyl TBTQ on silver and gold surfaces showed that the gas phase deposition of these molecules gives rise to the formation of highly ordered two-dimensional assemblies with unique structural features. This shows the feasibility for the formation of defective graphene networks starting from the parent structures. Therefore, the same deposition technique was used to deposit Me-TBTQ(OAc)3Ph6, and investigate the molecular self-assembly properties directly on the surface of Cu (111). In summary, the substrate temperature dependent self-assembly of Me-TBTQ(OAc)3Ph6 molecules on Cu(111), shows the following evolution of orientations. At room temperature, molecules form dimers, which construct a higher-coverage honeycomb lattice. Furthermore, one of the acetyl group located in the bay positions of the TBTQ core is cleaved and the remaining two induce the metal-molecule interaction. It was presumed that by increasing the temperature to 393 K, the remaining acetyl and methyl groups would beeliminated from the molecular structure.In addition, the smaller TBTQ-Ph6 molecules preferably lie flat on Cu(111) crystal and allowing the molecules to settle into a C3-symmetry and form a dense hexagonal structure.},
  subject      = {Triquinacenderivate},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ChristlReuchlein1990,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Reuchlein, H.},
  title     = {Synthesis and NMR Spectra of 2,3-Dihydro-1,3-methanoindene Derivatives and 1,2,3,5-Tetrahydro-1,3-methanopentalene},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58557},
  year      = {1990},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Dobrawa2004,
  author    = {Dobrawa, Rainer Anton},
  title     = {Synthesis and characterization of terpyridine-based fluorescent coordination polymers},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-10367},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {Complexation properties of 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (tpy) have been studied with a series of first row transition metal ions by UV-vis, 1H NMR and isothermal titration calorimetry and ƒ´H values for the tpy complexation processes have been determined. These studies reveal that Zn2+ is the best suited metal ion for the reversible coordination of the terpyridine ligand. Thus, supramolecular coordination polymerization of perylene bisimide fluorophores containing terpyridine functionalities have been investigated by using Zn2+ as metal ion. The formation of the dimeric complexes in the case of monotopic model comounds and coordination polymerization of ditopic functional building blocks have been confirmed by 1H NMR studies. The optical properties of dimeric and polymeric complexes have been investigated by UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. The Zn2+ coordination to the terpyridine unit does not effect the advantageous fluorescence properties of perylene bisimide moieties. The reversibility of the formation of coordination polymers has been established by 1H NMR and additionally by DOSY NMR and fluorescence anisotropy measurements. Coordination polymer strands can be visualized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), which also reveals the formation of an ordered monolayer film at higher concentration. The average polymer length has been determined by AFM to 15 repeat units, which correlates well with the value estimated by 1H NMR to >10 repeat units.},
  subject      = {Terpyridinderivate <2},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{SanchezNaya2023,
  author    = {S{\´a}nchez Naya, Roberto},
  title     = {Synthesis and Characterization of Dye-Containing Covalent Organic Frameworks},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-28899},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-288996},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {The present thesis adress the synthesis and characterization of novel COFs that contain dye molecules as integral components of the organic backbone. These chromophore-containing frameworks open new research lines in the field and call for the exploration of applications such as catalysis, sensing, or in optoelectronic devices. Initially, the fabrication of organic-inorganic composites by the growth of DPP TAPP COF around functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles is reported. By varying the ratio between inorganic nanoparticles and organic COFs, optoelectronic properties of the materials are adjusted. The document also reports the synthesis of a novel boron dipyrromethene-containing (BODIPY) COF. Synthesis, full characterization and the scope of potential applications with a focus on environmental remediation are discussed in detail. Last, a novel diketopyrrolopyrrole-containing (DPP) DPP-Py-COF based on the combination of DDP and pyrene building blocks is presented. The very low bandgap of these materials and initial investigations on the photosensitizing properties are discussed.},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EderHollmannMandasarietal.2022,
  author    = {Eder, Sascha and Hollmann, Claudia and Mandasari, Putri and Wittmann, Pia and Schumacher, Fabian and Kleuser, Burkhard and Fink, Julian and Seibel, J{\"u}rgen and Schneider-Schaulies, J{\"u}rgen and Stigloher, Christian and Beyersdorf, Niklas and Dembski, Sofia},
  title     = {Synthesis and characterization of ceramide-containing liposomes as membrane models for different T cell subpopulations},
  series = {Journal of Functional Biomaterials},
  volume    = {13},
  journal   = {Journal of Functional Biomaterials},
  number    = {3},
  issn      = {2079-4983},
  doi       = {10.3390/jfb13030111},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-286130},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {A fine balance of regulatory (T\(_{reg}\)) and conventional CD4\(^+\) T cells (T\(_{conv}\)) is required to prevent harmful immune responses, while at the same time ensuring the development of protective immunity against pathogens. As for many cellular processes, sphingolipid metabolism also crucially modulates the T\(_{reg}\)/T\(_{conv}\) balance. However, our understanding of how sphingolipid metabolism is involved in T cell biology is still evolving and a better characterization of the tools at hand is required to advance the field. Therefore, we established a reductionist liposomal membrane model system to imitate the plasma membrane of mouse T\(_{reg}\) and T\(_{conv}\) with regards to their ceramide content. We found that the capacity of membranes to incorporate externally added azide-functionalized ceramide positively correlated with the ceramide content of the liposomes. Moreover, we studied the impact of the different liposomal preparations on primary mouse splenocytes in vitro. The addition of liposomes to resting, but not activated, splenocytes maintained viability with liposomes containing high amounts of C\(_{16}\)-ceramide being most efficient. Our data thus suggest that differences in ceramide post-incorporation into T\(_{reg}\) and T\(_{conv}\) reflect differences in the ceramide content of cellular membranes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Dehm2010,
  author    = {Dehm, Volker Christoph},
  title     = {Synthesis and Characterization of an Oligo(Phenylene Ethynylene)-Based Perylene Bisimide Foldamer},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-53211},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {The present work is part of the currently only rudimentary understanding of the structure-property relationships in the self-assembly of pi-conjugated organic molecules. Such structures may reveal favorable photophysical and semiconducting properties due to the weak non-covalent pi-pi interactions between the monomer units. The specific mutual orientation of the dyes is known to evoke individual functional properties for the condensed matter, however, the related electronic processes are still not well-understood and further enhancements of functional properties are seldom triggered by rational design. The pi-pi self-assembly structures of perylene bisimide (PBI) dyes are promising, versatile materials for organic electronic devices and have been elected for this thesis as an archetype aggregate system to investigate the dye-dye interactions in more detail. In cooperation with experts in the field of spectroscopy and theory the development of reliable routines towards a better understanding of the origins of the functional properties may be feasible, and, on a longer time-line, such knowledge may enable optimization of functional organic materials. Having designed such structures entailed the challenge of developing feasible synthesis strategies, and to actually generate the targeted molecules by synthesis. Several synthesis approaches were conducted until finally a perylene bisimide foldamer was obtained based on a Sonogashira co-polymerization reaction. After purification and enrichment of the larger-sized species by means of semi-preparative gel permeation chromatography (GPC) the average size of an octamer (8500 Da) species was determined by analytical GPC. The low polydispersity index (PD) of 1.1 is indicative of a sharp size distribution of the oligomers. This average size was confirmed by performing diffusion ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY). Furthermore, MALDI-TOF mass analysis substantiated the structural integrity of the co-polymerization product. Solvent-dependent UV/vis spectroscopic investigations demonstrated that intramolecular PBI  aggregates are reversibly formed, indicating that this oligomer is able to fold and unfold in the intended manner upon changing external conditions. In the unfolded states, the PBI moieties are closely arranged due to the short OPE bridges (< 2.4 nm), which is expressed by an exciton coupling interaction of the dyes and therefore the characteristic monomer absorption pattern of the PBI chromophore cannot be obtained in the unfolded states. More interestingly, the folded state revealed a pronounced aggregate spectrum of the PBIs, however, striking differences in the shape of the absorption spectrum compared to our previously investigated PBI self-assembly were obtained.},
  subject      = {Perylenbisdicarboximide <Perylen-3},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Stiller2023,
  author    = {Stiller, Carina},
  title     = {Synthesis and applications of modified nucleosides and RNA nucleotides},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-31135},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-311350},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {As central components of life, DNA and RNA encode the genetic information. However, RNA performs several functions that exceed the competences stated in the 'central dogma of life'. RNAs undergo extensive post-transcriptional processing like chemical modifications. Among all classes of RNA, tRNAs are the most extensively modified. Their modifications are chemically diverse and vary from simple methylations (e.g. m3C, m6A) to more complex residues, like isopentenyl group (e.g. i6A, hypermodifications: e.g. ms2i6A) or even amino acids (e.g. t6A). Depending on their location within the overall structure, modifications can have an impact on tRNA stability and structure, as well as affinity for the ribosome and translation efficiency and fidelity. Given the importance of tRNA modifications new tools are needed for their detection and to study their recognition by proteins and enzymatic transformations. The chemical synthesis of these naturally occurring tRNA modifications as phosphoramidite building blocks is a prerequisite to incorporate the desired modification via solid-phase synthesis into oligonucleotides. With the help of the m3C, (ms2)i6A, and t6A oligonucleotides, the importance and impact of tRNA modifications was investigated in this thesis. To this end, the role of METTL8 as the methyltransferase responsible for the installation of the methyl group at C32 for mt-tRNAThr and mt-tRNASer(UCN) was resolved. Thereby, the respective adenosine modification on position 37 is essential for the effectiveness of the enzyme. Besides, by means of NMR analysis, CD spectroscopy, thermal denaturation experiments, and native page separation, the impact of m3C32 on the structure of the tRNA ASLs was shown. The modification appeared to fine-tune the tRNA structure to optimize mitochondrial translation. To investigate the regulation of the dynamic modification pathway of m3C, demethylation assays were performed with the modified tRNA-ASLs and the (α-KG)- and Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenase ALKBH1 and ALKHB3. A demethylation activity of ALKBH3 on the mt-tRNAs was observed, even though it has so far only been described as a cytoplasmic enzyme. Whether this is physiologically relevant and ALKBH3 present a mitochondrial localization needs further validation. In addition, ALKBH1 was confirmed to not be able to demethylate m3C on mt-tRNAs, but indications for a deprenylation and exonuclease activity were found. Furthermore, the aforementioned naturally occurring modifications were utilized to find analytical tools that can determine the modification levels by DNAzymes, which cleave RNA in the presence of a specific modification. Selective DNA enzymes for i6A, as well as the three cytidine isomers m3C, m4C, and m5C have been identified and characterized. Besides the naturally occurring tRNA modifications, the investigation on artificially modified nucleosides is also part of this thesis. Nucleosides with specific properties for desired applications can be created by modifying the scaffold of native nucleosides. During the pandemic, the potential of antiviral nucleoside analogues was highlighted for the treatment of the SARS-CoV-2 infection. For examinations of the potential drug-candidate Molnupiravir, the N4-hydroxycytidine phosphoramidite building block was synthesized and incorporated into several RNA oligonucleotides. A two-step model for the NHC-induced mutagenesis of SARS-CoV-2 was proposed based on RNA elongation, thermal denaturation, and cryo-EM experiments using the modified RNA strands with the recombinant SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Two tautomeric forms of NHC enable base pairing with guanosine in the amino and with adenosine in the imino form, leading to error catastrophe after the incorporation into viral RNA. These findings were further corroborated by thermal melting curve analysis and NMR spectroscopy of the NHC-containing Dickerson Drew sequence. In conclusion, the anti-amino form in the NHC-G base pair was assigned by NMR analysis using a 15N-labeld NHC building block incorporated into the Dickerson Drew sequence. This thesis also addressed the synthesis of a 7-deazaguanosine crosslinker with a masked aldehyde as a diol linker for investigations of DNA-protein interactions. The diol functional group can be unmasked to release the reactive aldehyde, which can specifically form a covalent bond with amino acids Lys or Arg within the protein complex condensin. The incorporation of the synthesized phosphoramidite and triphosphate building blocks were shown and the functionality of the PCR product containing the crosslinker was demonstrated by oxidation and the formation of a covalent bond with a fluorescein label. The development of assays that detect changes in this methylation pattern of m6A could provide new insights into important biological processes. In the last project of this thesis, the influence of RNA methylation states on the structural properties of RNA was analyzed and a fluorescent nucleoside analog (8-vinyladenosine) as molecular tools for such assays was developed. Initial experiments with the fluorescent nucleoside analog N6-methyl-8-vinyladenosine (m6v8A) were performed and revealed a strong fluorescence enhancement of the free m6v8A nucleoside by the installation of the vinyl moiety at position 8. Overall, this thesis contributes to various research topics regarding the application of naturally occurring and artificial nucleoside analogues. Starting with the chemical synthesis of RNA and DNA modifications, this thesis has unveiled several open questions regarding the dynamic (de-)methylation pathway of m3C and the mechanism of action of molnupiravir through in-depth analysis and provided the basis for further investigations of the protein complex condensin, and a new fluorescent nucleoside analog m6v8A.},
  subject      = {Nucleins{\"a}uren},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ChristlReuchlein1990,
  author    = {Christl, Manfred and Reuchlein, H.},
  title     = {Synthesen und NMR-Spektren von 2,3-Dihydro-1,3-methanoindenderivaten und 1,2,3,5-Tetrahydro-1,3-methanopentalen},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58549},
  year      = {1990},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Organische Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Lesch2007,
  author    = {Lesch, Steffen},
  title     = {Synthesen mit Benzolvalenzisomeren: Neue Reaktionen von Benzvalenfolgeprodukten und Azidadditionen an Hexamethyl-Dewar-Benzol},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-23572},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {Ausgehend von Benzvalen wurden zwei an der Doppelbindung difunktionalisierte Bicyclo[2.1.1]hex-2-ene synthetisiert, die in Anlehnung an Literaturmethoden jeweils zu einem Benzolderivat trimerisiert werden sollten. Durch dreifachen Ringschluss in den Anellanden unter Ausbildung von Bicyclobutansystemen sollte daraus dann ein Octahydro-trimetheno-trinden hervorgehen, von dem aufgrund der Spannungsenergie in den anellierten Systemen eine signifikante Bindungsl{\"a}ngenalternanz im Benzolring erwartet wurde. Zur Untersuchung der Natur der zentralen Bindung in [1.1.1]Propellanen wurde aus Benzvalen und Adamantanon in Anlehnung an die Literatur ein neues [1.1.1]Propellan dargestellt. Weiterhin wurden verschiedene aromatische Azide in einer 1,3-dipolaren Cycloaddition an Hexamethyl-Dewar-Benzol (HMDB) addiert. Unter Thermolysebedingungen lagerten die resultierenden Produkte in Abh{\"a}ngigkeit vom aromatischen Rest zu unterschiedlichen Verbindungen um.},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Mayerhoeffer2012,
  author    = {Mayerh{\"o}ffer, Ulrich},
  title     = {Synthese, Eigenschaften und funktionale Anwendungen von NIR absorbierenden Squarainen},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-69428},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Zusammenfassend l{\"a}sst sich festhalten, dass die in dieser Abreit vorgestellten Squaraine herausragend gute NIR-Absorptions- und NIR-Emissionseigenschaften aufweisen, die sie f{\"u}r zahlreiche Anwendungen interessant machen. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus konnte gezeigt werden, dass ihre besondere cis-Konfiguration und ihr daraus resultierendes Dipolmoment zu vorteilhaften Anordnungen in d{\"u}nnen Filmen und in Blends mit PCBM f{\"u}hren. Diese Strukturen zeigen f{\"u}r dipolare Molek{\"u}le beeindruckende Exzitonen- und Ladungstransporteigenschaften, die vielversprechende Anwendungen in der organischen Elektronik wie in hier untersuchten l{\"o}sungsprozessierten BHJ-Solarzellen oder auch in OFETs erwarten lassen.},
  subject      = {Supramolekulare Chemie},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Grzeszkiewicz2014,
  author    = {Grzeszkiewicz, Charlotte},
  title     = {Synthese, Charakterisierung und Aggregationsstudien von amphiphilen Perylen- und Zinkchlorinfarbstoffen},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-98777},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Der erste Teil dieser Arbeit besch{\"a}ftigte sich mit dem Ziel, amphiphile Oligoethylenglykol-funktionalisierte Perylenmonoimiddiester und Dicarbons{\"a}ure- bzw. Amino-funktionalisierte Perylenbisimide zu synthetisieren. Weiterhin wurden die optischen Eigenschaften in L{\"o}sung und das Aggregationsverhalten der Ester-, Dicarbons{\"a}ure- und der Amino-funktionalisierten Perylenfarbstoffe untersucht. (...) Der zweite Teil dieser Arbeit widmete sich dem Ziel, die amphiphilen Oligoethylenglykol-funktionalisierten Zinkchlorine, 31-Hydroxy-Zinkchlorin (ZnChl-OH) und 31-Methoxy-Zinkchlorin (ZnChl-OCH3), herzustellen und desweiteren deren Aggregationsverhalten in w{\"a}ssriger L{\"o}sung vergleichend zu studieren, um den Einfluss der L{\"o}sungsmittel und des Substituenten in 31-Position auf die thermodynamischen und kinetischen Eigenschaften und auf die Aggregatstruktur zu bestimmen. (...)},
  subject      = {Amphiphile Verbindungen},
  language  = {de}
}