Burkhard Koenig

Photoswitches are molecules whose conformation changes upon irradiation with light of specific wavelength. Such light-induced change affects binding to their targets, enabling photomodulation of protein function…

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an attractive one-carbon (C1) building block in terms of sustainability and abundance. However, its low reactivity limits applications in organic synthesis as typically high-energy reagents are required to drive transformations…

Cross–coupling reactions are at the heart of modern organic synthesis, enabling selective formation of carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds…

Cross-coupling reactions belong to the most important reactions in organic synthesis in industry and academia. We will discuss, how photochemistry can improve the performance of this reaction class…

Cross-coupling reactions belong to the most important reactions in organic synthesis in industry and academia. We will discuss, how photochemistry can improve the performance of this reaction class…

Photoredox catalysis, which enables both electron and hydrogen transfer, has become a powerful tool for activating chemical bonds and synthesizing complex molecules under mild conditions…

Cross-coupling reactions are among the most important transformations in modern organic synthesis…

Through our work, we want to remind the scientific and industrial communities that photodynamic pest control is an effective, yet forgotten approach, which carries interesting advantages, such as being effective against resistant organisms, a major problem of many synthetic pesticides…