Rainer Mahrwald

Total synthesis of apoptolidin.

Enantioselective direct aldol-Tishchenko reaction: access to chiral stereopentads.

Unusual highly regioselective direct aldol additions with a moisture-resistant and highly efficient titanium catalyst.

Apoptolidin A: total synthesis and partially glycosylated analogues.

Enantioselective equilibration-access to chiral aldol adducts of mandelic acid esters.

Modern aldol methods for the total synthesis of polyketides.

Amine-catalyzed direct aldol addition.

Total syntheses of carbohydrates: organocatalyzed aldol additions of dihydroxyacetone.

Tetranuclear BINOL-titanium complex in selective direct aldol additions.

Solvation oscillations and excited-state dynamics of 2-amino- and 2-hydroxy-7-nitrofluorene and its 2'-deoxyriboside.

Catalyst-free tandem aldol condensation/Michael addition of 1,3-cyclohexanediones with enolizable aldehydes.

Toward asymmetric aldol-Tishchenko reactions with enolizable aldehydes: access to defined configured stereotriads, tetrads, and stereopentads.

Enantioselective C-C bond formation with titanium(IV) alkoxides--an unusual alkylation.

Local THz time domain spectroscopy of duplex DNA via fluorescence of an embedded probe.

Asymmetric histidine-catalyzed cross-aldol reactions of enolizable aldehydes: access to defined configured quaternary stereogenic centers.

Asymmetric acid-catalyzed Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley-Aldol reactions of enolizable aldehydes.

Stereoselective direct amine-catalyzed decarboxylative aldol addition.

Excited state proton transfer is not involved in the ultrafast deactivation of Guanine-Cytosine pair in solution.

Covalent linkage of N-methyl-6-oxyquinolinium betaine to trehalose.

Direct glycosylation of unprotected and unactivated carbohydrates under mild conditions.

Histidine-catalyzed asymmetric aldol addition of enolizable aldehydes: insights into its mechanism.

Stereoselectivities of histidine-catalyzed asymmetric aldol additions and contrasts with proline catalysis: a quantum mechanical analysis.

Isoleucine-catalyzed direct asymmetric aldol addition of enolizable aldehydes.

Stereoselective amine-catalyzed carbohydrate chain elongation.

Barrierless photoisomerisation of the "simplest cyanine": joining computational and femtosecond optical spectroscopies to trace the full reaction path.

Synthesis of 4-aminophthalimide and 2,4-diaminopyrimidine C-nucleosides as isosteric fluorescent DNA base substitutes.

Organocatalytic methods for C-C bond formation.

Recent advances in organocatalytic methods for asymmetric C-C bond formation.

Organocatalyzed direct glycosylation of unprotected and unactivated carbohydrates.

Organocatalyzed cascade reactions of carbohydrates - a direct access to C-glycosides.