Prof. Dr. Connie C. Lu

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietAnorganische Molekülchemie
Keywordssigma acceptor ligand, metal-metal bonding, ligand design, small molecule activation, metal-metal bond

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandDeutschland
OrtBonn
Universität/InstitutionRheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Institut/AbteilungInstitut für Anorganische Chemie

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Karl WieghardtMax-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr
Prof. Dr. Tobias RitterArbeitsgruppe Organische Synthese, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.01.2007

Programm(e)

2006Humboldt-Forschungsstipendien-Programm
2020Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel-Forschungspreis-Programm

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Lu is known internationally for her work in the field of heterobimetallic chemistry. Her research has generated the first molecular examples of multiple metal-metal bonds between different first-row transition metals, which have advanced the understanding of their bonding, electronic structure, and properties. Professor Lu is also known for pioneering bimetallic active sites to use metal-metal interactions for tuning catalyst activity and selectivity. During her stay in Germany, Professor Lu will pursue new catalyst designs for functionalizing small molecules.

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2008Connie C. Lu, Serena DeBeer George, Thomas Weyhermueller, Eckhard Bill, Eberhard Bothe, Karl Wieghardt: An Electron- Transfer Series of High-valent Chromium Complexes with Redox Non-innocent, Non-heme Ligands. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2008, 6384-6387
2008Nicoleta Muresan, Connie C. Lu, Meenakshi Ghosh, Jonas C. Peters, Megumi Abe, Lawrence M. Henling, Thomas Weyhermueller, Eckhard Bill, and Karl Wieghardt: Bis(α-diimine)iron Complexes: Electronic Structure Determination by Spectroscopy and Broken Symmetry Density Functional Theoretical Calculations. In: Inorganic Chemistry, 2008, 4579-4590
2008Connie C. Lu, Eckhard Bill, Thomas Weyhermueller, Eberhard Bothe, and Karl Wieghardt: Neutral Bis(alpha-iminopyridine)metal Complexes of the First-Row Transition Ions (Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn) and Their Monocationic Analogues: Mixed Valency Involving a Redox Noninnocent Ligand System. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 3181-3197
2007Connie C. Lu, Eckhard Bill, Thomas Weyhermueller, Eberhard Bothe, and Karl Wieghardt: The Monoanionic pi-Radical Redox State of alpha-Iminoketones in Bis(ligand)metal Complexes of Nickel and Cobalt . In: Inorganic Chemistry, 2007, 7880-7889