Frank Glorius

Mild Heterogeneous Thiophene Hydrogenation Enabled by a Modified Palladium Catalyst

Abstract Thiophenes are readily available sulfur heteroarenes and prominent motifs in medicinal and synthetic chemistry, but their direct heterogeneous hydrogenation to thiolanes remains challenging due to sulfur-induced catalyst deactivation and competing hydrodesulfurization. H...

HydrogenBonding Networks Formed by Hydroxyl-FunctionalizedN-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Ag(111)

Abstract N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have emerged as robust alternatives to thiols for metal-surface functionalization, offering strong σ-donor character, high thermal stability, and tunable molecular design. Despite advances in NHC surface engineering, the formation of ordere...