PD Dr. Armin R. Ofial

	Address	Dr. Armin R. Ofial Department Chemie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstr. 5-13, Haus F 81377 München Germany
	Phone	+49 (0)89 2180-77715
	Room-Nr.	F2.080
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Research Interests

• C-H functionalization
• Chemistry of iminium ions
• Kinetics of polar organic reactions

Short CV

• 1986-1991, Studied chemistry at TH Darmstadt
• 1991 Diploma thesis under the guidance of Prof. Alarich Weiss, TH Darmstadt
• 1992-1996 Research for doctoral thesis under the guidance of Prof. Herbert Mayr at TH Darmstadt
• 1997 Research associate in the group of Prof. H. Mayr at the LMU München
• 2008 Start of independent research in the field of C-H functionalization
• 2013 Habilitation, LMU München

Key publications

• Palladium-katalysierte dehydrierende Kreuzkupplung von Benzazolen mit Azolen (Palladium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Cross Couplings of Benzazoles with Azoles), W. Han, P. Mayer, A. R. Ofial, Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 2226-2230; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 2178-2182.
• Abschied vom HSAB-Modell ambidenter Reaktivität (Farewell to the HSAB Treatment of Ambident Reactivity), H. Mayr, M. Breugst, A. R. Ofial, Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 6598-6634; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 6470-6505.
• Iron catalyzed oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines, W. Han, A. R. Ofial, Chem. Commun. 2009, 5024-5026.