Jochen Mattay

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Jochen Mattay (* 1946 ) is a German chemist and emeritus professor of organic chemistry.

Mattay studied chemistry at RWTH Aachen University , where he received his doctorate in 1978 in the working group of Hans-Dieter Scharf . This was followed by a research stay at Columbia University , New York, USA, followed by his habilitation in 1984, again at RWTH Aachen. From 1985 to 1989 he was Professor of Organic Chemistry at the RWTH, whereupon he was appointed to the University of Münster, 1995 to Kiel and 1998 to the University of Bielefeld.

His main areas of work are supramolecular chemistry with a focus on molecular recognition, molecular encapsulation and photoswitches, photochemistry and organic synthesis. For a long time he focused on photoinduced electron transfer (PET), the chemistry of fullerenes , especially their functionalization, for example into aza-heterofullerenes. Another research topic is so-called "green chemistry" using sunlight to carry out organic syntheses.

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  1. ↑ C. Schäfer et al. (2007): Photochemical single-molecule affinity switch. J Am Chem Soc. 129 (6): 1488-9; PMID 17249675 .
  2. ↑ C. Schäfer et al. (2006): On the Way to Supramolecular Photochemistry at the Single Molecule Level. Pure Appl. Chem. 78 (12), 2247-2259; doi : 10.1351 / pac200678122247 ; PDF (free full text access, in English).
  3. ↑ PA. Waske et al. (2007): Rearrangement and Cyclization Reactions by Photoinduced Electron Transfer. New Approaches for the Synthesis of Polycyclic Compounds. Synlett (Account article, in press).
  4. ↑ M. Oelgemöller et al. (2006): Green Photochemistry: Solar chemical synthesis of Juglone with medium concentrated sunlight . In: Green Chem . 8, 831-834, doi : 10.1039 / b605906f .
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SURNAME Mattay, Jochen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH 1946