Prof. Dr. Rainer Herges

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Contact Information

rherges [at] oc.uni-kiel.de
 
Otto-Diels-Institut für Organische Chemie
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Otto-Hahn-Platz 4
24098 Kiel
Raum 220
 
phone: +49 (0)431 880-2440
fax: +49 (0)431 880-1558


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Curriculum Vitae

Studies

Oct. 1975 - March 1981, chemistry at Saarland University, Saarbrücken - 10 semesters


Diploma

March 1981, Saarbrücken


Diploma Thesis

Title: "Valence Isomerization and Ring Inversion of Cyclopheptatrienes" with Prof. Dr. H. Dürr.


Promotion:

July 1981 - July 1984; Department for Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich. Title: "Computer Aided Deductive Search for Novel Reactions and their Experimental Realization", with Prof. I. Ugi, summa cum laude.


Post-Doc.

Sept. 1984 - Sept. 1985; University of Southern California, Los Angeles with Prof. G. A. Olah. "Synthesis of Carbocations and Dications"


Habilitation

Dec. 1985 - July 1992; Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg with Prof. P. v. R. Schleyer. Title: "Reaction Planning: Rational Design of Chemical Reactions"


Professor (C3)

since Feb. 1, 1996, Institute for Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Braunschweig.


Professor (C4)

since March 1, 2001, Institute for Organic Chemistry, Christiana-Albertina University of Kiel


Visiting Professor


Awards


Research Areas


Startup Companies


Other Posts


Key Publications

Reaction Planning: Computer-Aided Discovery of a Novel Elimination Reaction
R. Herges, C. Hoock
Science 1992, 255, 711-713

Delocalization of Electrons in Molecules
D. Geuenich, R. Herges
J. Phys. Chem. A 2001, 105, 3214-3220

Synthesis of a Moebius aromatic hydrocarbon
D. Ajami, O. Oeckler, A. Simon, R. Herges
Nature 2003, 426, 819-821

Mounting Freestanding Molecular Functions onto Sufaces: The Platform Approach
B. Baisch, D. Raffa, U. Jung, O. Magnussen, C. Nicolas, J. Lacour, J. Kubitschke, R. Herges
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 442-44

Magnetic Bistability of Molecules in Homogeneous Solution
S. Venkatamarani, U. Jana, M. Dommaschk, F. Soennichsen, F. Tuczek, R. Herges
Science 2011, 331, 445-448