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Curriculum Vitae: Prof. Dr. Alexander C. Filippou
| 1958 |
born in Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1976 - 1982 |
studies of chemistry at the Technische Universität München |
| 1982 |
Diploma in chemistry (“summa
cum laude”), diploma thesis “Formation of an anionic carbyne complex
of tungsten” Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Technical University of
Munich
(Supervisor: Prof. Dr. E.O. Fischer) |
| 1984 |
Dr. rer. nat. doctoral thesis (“summa
cum laude”) “New ways to anionic ketenyl-
and carbyne complexes of group 6 transition metals starting from neutral carbyne-carbonyl
complexes”, Technical University of Munich (Prof. Dr. E.O. Fischer) |
| 1992 |
Habilitation (facultas
docendi) in chemistry from the Technical University of Munich, “Metal-centered
coupling reactions of C1 ligands” |
| 1992 |
Supervisor of the research group
of Professor M.L.H. Green in Oxford |
| 1993 |
Associate Professor of
Inorganic Chemistry at the Humboldt-University of Berlin
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| 2005 |
Full professor of Inorganic
Chemistry at the University
of Bonn |
| 2007-2009 |
Director of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Bonn |
| since oct. 2009 |
Dean of the Chemistry Department, University of Bonn |
awards:
| 1994 |
lecture scholarship of the union of chemical industry |
research areas:
organometallic chemistry, coordination chemistry, molecular chemistry of main-group elements, quantum chemistry
main research topics
The main aspects of the research are the syntheses, characterization and reactivity studies of
1) unprecedented metal complexes featuring unusual bonding motives (e.g. triple bonds of transition metals with Si-Pb)
2) molecular main-group element compounds in unusual oxidation states
3) coordination compounds containing “electron-rich” metal centers or ligands.
Analytical methods, such as IR, Raman and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, single crystal X-ray diffraction, Mößbauer spectroscopy and cyclic voltammertry are used for the characterization of the compounds. In addition, quantum chemical methods are employed to analyze the bonding and electronic structure of the target molecules.
research projects:
1) Triple bonds to silicon, germanium, tin and lead
2) Molecular chemistry of silicon, germanium, tin and lead in low oxidation states
3) Transition metal chemistry of π-basic ligands
4) Coordination and organometallic chemistry of “electron- rich” alkynes
5) Alkylidyne and nitrido complexes of transition metals
6) quantum chemical studies on the structure, bonding and reactivity of transition metal complexes and molecular compounds of the main-group elements
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