Dr. Melanie Walther
Post-Doc
Melanie obtained her Abitur in 2012 and started studying chemistry and business administration at the CAU in Kiel. After working at Cardiff University in Dr. Rebecca Melen’s group on “Cyclisation Reactions using Main Group Lewis Acids” for her bachelor thesis and at Stockholm University in Prof. Berit Olofsson group on “Metal-Free Synthesis of Phenols” for an OC-F3 practical course, she joined the group of Prof. Dr. Anne Staubitz for her master thesis, dealing with photoswitchable polysiloxanes. During her following doctoral study at the University of Bremen she developed synthetic procedures for the modification of azobenzene based switches including efficient cross-coupling protocols as well as utilization of hypervalent iodine(III) chemistry for ortho-functionalization. She continues in the Staubitz group as a postdoctoral researcher on the field of liquid crystalline azobenzenes.
Contact
Dr. Melanie Walther
Building NW2 C
Room C1290
Leobener Strasse 7
28359 Bremen, Germany
Tel. +49 421 / 218 50272
E-Mail melanie.waltherprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de
Publications
Stille vs. Suzuki – Cross-Coupling for the Functionalization of Diazocines
M. Walther,* W. Kipke,* R. Renken, A. Staubitz, RSC Adv. 2023, 13, 15805-15809.
*These authors contributed equally to this work.
Ortho-Functionalization of Azobenzenes via Hypervalent Iodine Reagents
E. M. Di Tommaso, M. Walther, A. Staubitz, B. Olofsson, Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 5047-5050.
Preliminary version on ChemRxiv2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-zn285.
Active Ester Functionalized Azobenzenes as Versatile Building Blocks
S. Schultzke,* M. Walther,* A. Staubitz, Molecules 2021, 26, 3916.
*These authors contributed equally to this work.
Modification of Azobenzenes by Cross-Coupling Reactions
M. Walther, W. Kipke, S. Schultzke, S. Ghosh, A. Staubitz, Synthesis 2021, 53, 1213-1228.
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- Synthesis of Phenols and Aryl Silyl Ethers via Arylation of Complementary Hydroxide Surrogates
M. Reitti, R. Gurubrahamam, M. Walther, E. Lindstedt, B. Olofsson, Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 1785–1788.
L. C. Wilkins, B. A. R. Günther, M. Walther, J. R. Lawson, T. Wirth, R. L. Melen, Angew. Chem. - Int. Ed.2016, 55, 11292–11295.