Dr. Stephan Enthaler

Research interests

Homogeneous catalysis, organic chemistry, mechanistic studies, organometallic chemistry

Research Fields in UniCat

Research Field D3

2009-2011: A4

Selection of research projects

  • Development of homogeneous zinc and iron catalyts for deoxygenation, reduction, oxidation, and dehydration reactions
  • Application of well-defined nickel and iron precatalysts for C-C bond formations
  • Application of homogeneous zinc and iron catalyts for depolymerization processes
  • Activation of small molecules and transformation to valuable products

UniCat publications

802 Application of Nickel Complexes Modified by Tridentate O,N,O´-Ligands as Precatalysts in Nickel-Catalyzed C(sp2)-C(sp3) Bond Formations S. Enthaler, C. I. Someya, S. Inoue, S. Krackl, E. Irran European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2012, 0, 1269 - 1277, 10.1002/ejic.201101253

801 The Rise of the Iron Age in Hydrogen Evolution? B. Loges, S. Enthaler ChemCatChem 2012, 4, 323 - 325, 10.1002/cctc.201100391

796 Iron-based pre-catalyst supported on polyformamidine for C-C bond formation S. Enthaler, S. Krackl, J. D. Epping, B. Eckhardt, S. M. Weidner, A. Fischer Polym. Chem. 2012, 3, 751 - 756, 10.1039/c2py00540a

795 Zinc-catalyzed Depolymerization of Artificial Polyethers S. Enthaler, M. Weidauer Chemistry - A European Journal 2012, 18, 1910 - 1913, 10.1002/chem.201103677

794 Synthesis of delta- and epsilon-Cyanoesters by Zinc-catalyzed Ring-opening of Cyclic Ethers with Acid Chlorides and Subsequent Cyanation S. Enthaler, M. Weidauer Catalysis Letters 2012, 142, 168 - 175, 10.1007/s10562-011-0744-6

776 An Efficient Zinc-Catalyzed Dehydration of Primary Amides to Nitriles S. Enthaler, S. Inoue Chemistry - An Asian Journal 2012, 7, 169 - 175, 10.1002/asia.201100493

754 The Iron-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alkynes - 1,2-Dione Formation vs. Oxidative Cleavage - A Matter of Temperature S. Enthaler ChemCatChem 2011, 3, 1929 - 1934, 10.1002/cctc.201100206

689 Straightforward Iron-catalyzed Synthesis of Primary Amides by Dehydration of Nitriles S. Enthaler European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2011, 0, 4760 - 4763, 10.1002/ejoc.201100754

688 Palladium-catalysed Hydroxylation and Alkoxylation S. Enthaler, A. Company Chemical Society Reviews 2011, 40, 4912 - 4924, 10.1039/c1cs15085e

669 Hydrosilylation of Alkynes by Ni(CO)3-Stabilized Silicon(II) Hydride M. Stoelzel, C. Präsang, S. Inoue, S. Enthaler, M. Driess Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2011, 50, 0 - 0, 10.1002/anie.201105722

645 Straightforward Uranium-Catalyzed Dehydration of Primary Amides to Nitriles S. Enthaler Chemistry - A European Journal 2011, 17, 9316 - 9319, 10.1002/chem.201101478

644 Copper-Catalyzed Dehydration of Primary Amides to Nitriles S. Enthaler, M. Weidauer Catalysis Letters 2011, 141, 1079 - 1085, 10.1007/s10562-011-0660-9

610 Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Application of Iron Complexes Modified by Monodentate Phosphane Ligands S. Enthaler, M. Haberberger, E. Irran European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2011, 0, 2797 - 2802, 10.1002/ejic.201100233

606 New Binding Modes of 1-Acetyl- and 1-Benzoyl-5-hydroxypyrazolines – Synthesis and Characterization of O,O´-Pyrazoline- and N,O-Pyrazoline-Zinc Complexes S. Enthaler, C. I. Someya, S. Inoue, E. Irran, S. Krackl European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2011, 0, 2691 - 2697, 10.1002/ejic.201100248

603 Highly Selective Iron-Catalyzed Synthesis of Alkenes by the Reduction of Alkynes S. Enthaler, M. Haberberger, E. Irran Chemistry - An Asian Journal 2011, 6, 1613 - 1623, doi: 10.1002/asia.201000941

595 Reduction of Sulfoxides to Sulfides in the Presence of Copper Catalysts S. Enthaler, M. Weidauer Catalysis Letters 2011, 141, 833 - 838, DOI 10.1007/s10562-011-0590-6

519 Intermolecular Hydrogen-Fluorine-Interaction in Dimolybdenum Triply Bonded Complexes Modified by Fluorinated Formamidine Ligands for the Construction of 2D- and 3D-Networks S. Enthaler, S. Kragl, S. Inoue, M. Drieß European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2011, 2011, 2103 - 2111, 10.1002/ejic.201001357

518 A Facile and Efficient Iron-Catalyzed Reduction of Sulfoxide to Sulfides S. Enthaler ChemCatChem 2011, 3, 666 - 670, 10.1002/cctc.201000400

517 A straightforward zinc-catalyzed reduction of sulfoxides to sulfides S. Enthaler Catal. Sci. Technol. 2011, 1, 104 - 110, 10.1039/C0CY00039F

416 High Efficiency in Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Ketones with Zinc-Based Precatalysts Featuring Hard and Soft Tridentate O,S,O-Ligands N. Marinos, S. Enthaler, M. Drieß ChemCatChem 2010, 2, 846 - 853, 10.1002/cctc.201000036

415 Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrosilylation of Aromatic Olefins K. Junge, B. Wendt, S. Enthaler, M. Beller ChemCatChem 2010, 2, 453 - 458, 10.1002/cctc.200900263

414 Iron-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Aromatic Olefins and 1,3-Dienes K. Schröder, S. Enthaler, B. Join, K. Junge, M. Beller Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis 2010, 352, 1771 - 1778, 10.1002/adsc.201000091

413 Practical one pot zinc-catalyzed reductive amination of aldehydes using PHMS as cheap hydride source S. Enthaler Catalysis Letters 2011, 141, 55 - 61, 10.1007/s10562-010-0463-4

412 Synthesis of Secondary Amines by Iron-Catalyzed Reductive Amination S. Enthaler ChemCatChem 2010, 2, 1411 - 1415, 10.1002/cctc.201000180

411 Ammonia - An Environmentally Benign Nitrogen Source for Primary Aniline Synthesis S. Enthaler ChemSusChem 2010, 3, 1024 - 1029, 10.1002/cssc.201000145

410 Facile and Efficient Reduction of Ketones in the Presence of Zinc Catalysts Modified by Phenol Ligands S. Enthaler, B. Eckhardt, S. Inoue, E. Irran, M. Drieß Chemistry - An Asian Journal 2010, 5, 2027 - 2035, 10.1002/asia.201000317

409 Formamidines - Versatile Ligands for Zinc-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation and Iron-Catalyzed Epoxidation Reactions S. Enthaler, K. Schröder, S. Inoue, B. Eckhardt, K. Junge, M. Beller, M. Drieß European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2010, 25, 4893 - 4901, 10.1002/ejoc.201000648

408 Carbon dioxide and formic acid-the couple for environmental-friendly hydrogen storage? S. Enthaler, J. von Langermann, T. Schmidt Energy & Environmental Science 2010, 3, 1207 - 1217, 10.1039/b907569k

Dr. Stephan Enthaler

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Stephan Enthaler
Technische Universität Berlin
Inst. f. Chemie; Cluster of Excellence UniCat; Sekr. C2
Straße des 17. Juni 135
10623 Berlin
+49 30 314-22039
stephan.enthaler(at)tu-berlin.de