Modern Ylide Chemistry

Viktoria Gessner (born Oct. 1982 in Würzburg) obtained her diploma degree in 2007 from the University of Würzburg and her PhD in 2009 from the TU Dortmund working with C. Strohmann. After a postdoctoral stay at UC Berkeley with T. D. Tilley she started her independent academic career at the University of Würzburg affiliated to the group of H. Braunschweig and finished her Habilitation in 2015. In 2016, she moved to the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where she is now chair for inorganic chemistry. Her research interests involve organometallic and main group metal chemistry with focus on s-block metal compounds and unique carbon-based ligand systems, such as methandiides and metalated ylides. Her work has been recognized by several grants and awards, such as by an Emmy Noether Grant of the German Research Council, a Starting Grant of the European Research Council or the ADUC award and IUPAC prize for young scientists.

• Structure and Reactivity of Carbones and Ylide Stabilized Carbenes: Contributions from Theory.- Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Carbodiphosphoranes,Carbodicarbenes,and Related Species.- Synthesis and Structure of Carbodicarbenes and Their Application in Catalysis.- Sulfur Ylides in Organic Synthesis and Transition Metal Catalysis.- Reactivity and Applications of α-Metalated Ylides.