Design & Synthesis

We design and synthesize novel (mainly coordination) compounds and materials and study their properties.

Analytical methods (click here)

Selected publications:

a) Synthesis of new coordination compounds

Bunzen H., Mahmood F., Grzywa M., Volkmer D.: Zinc(II) Coordination Frameworks Based on Benzobisimidazole: The Role of the Methyl Substituent, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 5395-5402.

Bunzen H., Lamp A., Grzywa M., Barkschat C.,Volkmer D.: Bistriazole-p-benzoquinone and its alkali salts: electrochemical behaviour in aqueous alkaline solutions, Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 12537-12543.

Bunzen H., Grzywa M., Kalytta-Mewes A., Volkmer D.: One-pot synthesis of utrastable pentanuclear alkylzinc complexes, Dalton Trans. 2017, 146, 2618-2625.

b) Synthesis of new coordination materials

Röß-Ohlenroth R., Freudig C., Kraft M., Bunzen H., Volkmer D.: Assembly of Porous Metal Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks from Diamine-Functionalized Kuratowski Complexes, Cryst. Growth Des. 2022, 22, 379-391.

Bunzen H., Grzywa M., Aljohani R., Krug von Nidda H.-A., Volkmer D.: Synthesis, thermal stability and magnetic properties of a Mn(II) coordination framework containing bistriazolate ligands, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 41, 4471-4476.