Prof. Dr. Ala Bunescu

Das bin ich!

CV

https://www.bunescu.de/about

  • Since 2021, Junior Professor (W1), University of Bonn, Germany
  • 2018-2020, Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK (Prof. Matthew Gaunt)
  • 2015-2018, SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Berkeley, US (Prof. John F. Hartwig)
  • 2010-2014, PhD in Organic Chemistry, ISIC, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (Prof. Jieping Zhu)
  • 2004-2010, Master in Organic Chemistry, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Rouen, France

Publikationen

https://www.bunescu.de/publications

  • A. Bunescu, Y. Abdelhamid, and M.J. Gaunt, Multicomponent alkene azido-arylation via anion-mediated dual catalysis, Nature 598 (2021) 597-603. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-021-03980-8
  • B. Su, A. Bunescu, Y. Qiu, S. J. Zund, M. Ernst, J. F. Hartwig, Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidation of β-C(sp3)–H Bonds of Primary Alkylamines through a Rare Four-Membered Palladacycle Intermediate J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142 (2020) 7912-7919. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.0c01629
  • A. Bunescu, T. W. Butcher and J. F. Hartwig, Traceless Silylation of β C(sp3)−H Bonds of Alcohols via Perfluorinated Acetals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140 (2018) 1502-1507.DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12150
  • A. Bunescu, S. Lee, Q. Li and J. F. Hartwig, Catalytic Hydroxylation of Polyethylenes, ACS Cent. Sci., 3 (2017) 895-903 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00255
  • A. Bunescu, T. M. Ha, Q. Wang and J. Zhu, Copper-Catalyzed Three-Component Carboazidation of Alkenes with Acetonitrile and Sodium Azide, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56 (2017) 10555-10558. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201705353

Projekte

Our group’s expertise extents in organic chemistry, organometallic chemistry and catalysis. Our research goal is to develop novel strategies access chemical entities in sustainable fashion. To achieve this aim, we will employ earth-abundant transition metal-catalysis to enable chemical transformations via C-H activation, dearomative functionalization and photocatalytic radical cross-coupling processes.

Auszeichnungen

  • 2022 - 2027 : ERC starting grant Awardee
  • 2022             : Thieme Chemistry Journals Award, Thieme Chemistry, Germany
  • 2018 – 2020: Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2017 – 2018: Advanced Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship SNSF
  • 2015 – 2016: Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship, SNSF

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