Fields of research: 
      - Photochemistry of transition metal organyls
      - CC-Bond formations at metal centres
      - Metal organyls in organic syntheses
      - Static and dynamic stereo chemistry of metal organyls
      Abstract: 
      Photoreactions of mononuclear and binuclear complexes with metal-metal-bonds with alkynes and conjugated or cumulated dienes.
      Photochemical generation of reactive solvens complexes.
      Selective syntheses of hydrocarbons by linkage of simple precursors at transition metals, successive decomplexation of the hydrocarbon ligands.
      Investigation of static and dynamic stereochemistry of selected metal organyls with spectroscopic methods.
      Realised projects, 01/95 - 12/98:
      Manganese mediated C-C-bond formation between pentadienyl and alkynes
      (Ernst-Christian Koch)

      Photoreactions of tricarbonyl(h5-cyclodienyl)manganese complexes with alkynes
      (Christian Fiedler)
      Syntheses, reactivity and stereochemistry of fulvalene- and dibenzofulvalene-bridged binucelar molybdenum complexes
      (Alexander Centner)
      Photochemical and thermal reactions of unsaturated hydrocarbons at binucelar molybdenum and tungsten complexes
      (C. Bettina Schwarz)
      Photoreactions of pentacarbonyl(m-h5:3-4H-indenyl)diiron(Fe-Fe) with unsaturated hydrocarbons
      (Mike Packheiser)
      Photochemical reactions of tricarbonyl(h6-1,3,5-cycloheptatriene)- and tricarbonyl(h6-1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene)metal(0) complexes of chromium and molybdenum with conjugated dienes and trienes
      (Ralf Eckert)
      Reactions of cumulated dienee with tricarbonyl-h5-cyclodienyl complexes of manganese
      (Norbert Wachter)
      Photoreactions of tricarbonyl(h5-cyclooctadienyl)manganese with alkynes
      (Ahmad Bahrami)
      Photoreaktions of azulene-bridged molybdenum, tungsten and iron complexes with dienes and alkynes
      (Claudia Ulrich)
      Reactions of binuclear naphthaline and mononuclear hydronaphthaline manganese complexes
      (Andreas Georg)
      Syntheses and reactivity of tricarbonyl(bicyclodienyl)manganese complexes
      (Sabine Corr)
      Photoreactions of tricarbonyl(h5-2,4-cycloheptadien-1-yl)manganese with 2-butyne
      (Markus Melcher)
      Syntheses and reaktions of tricarbonyl(h5-1,4-dimethyl-2,4-cyclohexadienyl)manganese
      (Joachim Krakehl)
      Reactions at h4:2 coordinated bicyclic hydrocarbons
      (Maria Agostinho)
      Syntheses of tricarbonyl-h5pyranyl-manganese
      (Stefan Boettcher)
      Photoreactions of tricarbonyl(h5-2,4-cycloheptadien-1-yl)manganese against diynes
      (Anselmo Filipe De Freitas Gonçalves)


06.01.2000