AK Schnöckel

Keywords

matrixisolation spectroscopy, cocondensation technique, metalloid clusters, mass spectroscopy, naked metal atom clusters, organometallic synthesis, formation process of Grignard reagents

Research activities

• spectroscopy, bonding and reactivity of high-temperature molecules in solid Ar (matrix isolation spectroscopy) and in a synthetic scale
• synthesis, structure, bonding and properties of metalloid Al/Ga clusters
• FT-ICR-MS investigation of naked Al_n^-/Ga_n^- clusters (superatoms)
• molecules with Mg-Mg bonds, Mg(I) chemistry and primary steps in the formation process of Grignard regents

Highlights

• Die tetramere Aluminium(I)-Verbindung [{Al(η⁵-C₅Me₅)}₄], Angew. Chem., 1991, 103, 594 (link)
• Synthesis and structural characterization of an AI₇₇ cluster, Nature, 1997, 387, 379 (link)
• Synthesis and Structure of a Ga₈₄R₂₀⁴⁻ Cluster-A Link between Metalloid Clusters and Fullerenes?, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2001, 40, 711 (link)
• Spin Conservation Accounts for Aluminum Cluster Anion Reactivity Pattern with O₂, Science, 2008, 319 (5862), 438 (link)