Dr. Christian Frech Nabold

Dr. Christian Frech Nabold

ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Fachgruppe Grundlagenchemie
Einsiedlerstrasse 31
8820 Wädenswil

+41 (0) 58 934 53 29
christian.frech@zhaw.ch

Publications

• Oberholzer, Miriam; Frech Nabold, Christian M.,

  2014.

  Mizoroki-Heck cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by dichloro{bis[1,1',1''-(phosphinetriyl)tripiperidine]}palladium under mild reaction conditions.

  Journal of Visualized Experiments.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3791/51444

• Oberholzer, Miriam; Frech Nabold, Christian M.,

  2013.

  Mizoroki–Heck reactions catalyzed by palladium dichloro-bis(aminophosphine) complexes under mild reaction conditions : the importance of ligand composition on the catalytic activity.

  Green Chemistry.

  2013(6), pp. 1678-1686.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1039/c3gc40493e

• Gerber, Roman; Frech, Christian M.,

  2012.

  Alkyne hydrothiolation catalyzed by a dichlorobis(aminophosphine) complex of palladium : selective formation of cis-configured vinyl thioethers.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  18(29), pp. 8901-8905.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201200388

• Gerber, Roman; Oberholzer, Miriam; Frech, Christian M.,

  2012.

  Cyanation of aryl bromides with K4[Fe(CN)6] catalyzed by Dichloro[bis{1-(dicyclohexylphosphanyl)piperidine}]palladium, a molecular source of nanoparticles, and the reactions involved in the catalyst-deactivation processes.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  18(10), pp. 2978-2986.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201102936

• Oberholzer, Miriam; Gerber, Roman; Frech, Christian M.,

  2012.

  Mizoroki-Heck reactions catalyzed by dichloro{bis[1-(dicyclohexylphosphanyl)piperidine]}palladium : palladium nanoparticle formation promoted by (water-Induced) ligand degradation.

  Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.

  354(4), pp. 627-641.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201100646

• Fetz, Marco; Gerber, Roman; Blacque, Olivier; Frech, Christian M.,

  2011.

  Hydrolysis of ammonia borane catalyzed by aminophosphine-stabilized precursors of rhodium nanoparticles : ligand effects and solvent-controlled product formation.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  17(17), pp. 4732-4736.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201003543

• Bolliger, Jeanne L.; Oberholzer, Miriam; Frech, Christian M.,

  2011.

  Access to 2-aminopyridines : compounds of great biological and chemical significance.

  Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.

  353(6), pp. 945-954.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201000942

• Gerber, Roman; Blacque, Olivier; Frech Nabold, Christian M.,

  2011.

  Negishi cross-coupling reaction catalyzed by an aliphatic, phosphine based pincer complex of palladium biaryl formation via cationic pincer-type PdIV intermediates.

  Dalton Transactions.

  40(35), pp. 8996-9003.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1039/c1dt10398a

• Gerber, Roman; Frech, Christian M.,

  2011.

  Negishi cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by an aminophosphine-based nickel system : a reliable and general applicable reaction protocol for the high-yielding synthesis of biaryls.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  17(42), pp. 11893-11904.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201101037

• Agrawal, Divya; Schröder, Detlef; Frech, Christian M.,

  2011.

  Observation of binuclear palladium clusters upon ESI-MS monitoring of the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling catalyzed by a dichloro-bis(aminophosphine) complex of palladium.

  Organometallics.

  30(13), pp. 3579-3587.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/om200274z

• Bolliger, Jeanne L.; Frech, Christian M.,

  2010.

  [Pd(Cl)2{P(NC5H10)(C6H11)2}2] - a highly effective and extremely versatile palladium-based Negishi catalyst that efficiently and reliably operates at low catalyst loadings.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  16(36), pp. 11072-11081.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201001201

• Bolliger, Jeanne L.; Frech, Christian M.,

  2010.

  Dichloro-bis(aminophosphine) complexes of palladium : highly convenient, reliable and extremely active Suzuki-Miyaura catalysts with excellent functional group tolerance.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  16(13), pp. 4075-4081.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200903309

• Jiang, Yanfeng; Blacque, Olivier; Fox, Thomas; Frech, Christian M.; Berke, Heinz,

  2010.

  Facile synthetic access to rhenium(II) complexes : activation of carbon-bromine bonds by single-electron transfer.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  16(7), pp. 2240-2249.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200902600

• Blacque, Olivier; Frech, Christian M.,

  2010.

  Pincer-type Heck catalysts and mechanisms based on PdIV intermediates : a computational study.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  16(5), pp. 1521-1531.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200902091

• Gerber, Roman; Fox, Thomas; Frech, Christian M.,

  2010.

  P Csp3 P and P Csp2 P palladium(II) hydride pincer complexes : small structural difference-large effect on reactivity.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  16(23), pp. 6771-6775.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201000247

• Frech, Christian M.,

  2010.

  Reactions within molecular single crystals of inorganic and organometallic compounds : recent advances and implications for catalysis.

  ChemCatChem.

  2(11), pp. 1387-1389.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201000222

• Bolliger, Jeanne L.; Frech, Christian M.,

  2010.

  The 1,3-diaminobenzene-derived aminophosphine palladium pincer complex {C6H3[NHP(piperidinyl)2]2Pd(Cl)} : a highly active Suzuki-Miyaura catalyst with excellent functional group tolerance.

  Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.

  352(6), pp. 1075-1080.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.200900848

• Maccaroni, Elisabetta; Dong, Hailin; Blacque, Olivier; Schmalle, Helmut W.; Frech, Christian M.; Berke, Heinz,

  2010.

  Water soluble phosphine rhenium complexes.

  Journal of Organometallic Chemistry.

  695(4), pp. 487-494.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2009.11.031

• Bolliger, Jeanne L.; Frech, Christian M.,

  2009.

  Aminophosphine palladium pincer complexes for Suzuki and Heck reactions.

  Chimia.

  63(1-2), pp. 23-28.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2009.23

• Jiang, Yanfeng; Blacque, Olivier; Fox, Thomas; Frech, Christian M.; Berke, Heinz,

  2009.

  From alkynes to carbenes mediated by [Re(Br)(H)(NO)(PR3)2] (R = Cy,iPr) complexes.

  Organometallics.

  28(16), pp. 4670-4680.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/om900459x

• Bolliger, Jeanne L.; Frech, Christian M.,

  2009.

  Highly convenient, clean, fast, and reliable Sonogashira coupling reactions promoted by aminophosphine-based pincer complexes of palladium performed under additive- and amine-free reaction conditions.

  Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.

  351(6), pp. 891-902.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.200900112

• Jiang, Yanfeng; Blacque, Olivier; Fox, Thomas; Frech, Christian M.; Berke, Heinz,

  2009.

  Highly selective dehydrogenative silylation of alkenes catalyzed by rhenium complexes.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  15(9), pp. 2121-2128.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200802019

• Frech, C. M.; Llamazares, A.; Blacque, O.; Schmalle, H. W.; Berke, H.,

  2009.

  Reactivity of cationic dinitrosyl bisphosphine rhenium complexes toward acetylene : base-controlled product formation.

  Organometallics.

  28(18), pp. 5333-5340.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/om9003412

• Gerber, Roman; Blacque, Olivier; Frech, Christian M.,

  2009.

  Suzuki cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by an aliphatic phosphine-based pincer complex of palladium : evidence for a molecular mechanism.

  ChemCatChem.

  1(3), pp. 393-400.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.200900169

• Bolliger, Jeanne L.; Frech, Christian M.,

  2009.

  Transition metal-free amination of aryl halides : a simple and reliable method for the efficient and high-yielding synthesis of N-arylated amines.

  Tetrahedron.

  65(6), pp. 1180-1187.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2008.11.072

• Frech, Christian M.; Shimon, Linda J. W.; Milstein, David,

  2009.

  Unsaturated Rh(I) and Rh(III) naphthyl-based PCP complexes : major steric effect on reactivity.

  Organometallics.

  28(6), pp. 1900-1908.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/om801147w

• Frech, Christian M.; Leitus, Gregory; Milstein, David,

  2008.

  Processes involved in the reduction of a cyclometalated palladium(II) complex.

  Organometallics.

  27(5), pp. 894-899.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/om7008815

• Bolliger, Jeanne L.; Blacque, Olivier; Frech, Christian M.,

  2008.

  Rationally designed pincer-type Heck catalysts bearing aminophosphine substituents : PdIV intermediates and palladium nanoparticles.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  14(26), pp. 7969-7977.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200800441

• Bolliger, Jeanne L.; Blacque, Olivier; Frech, Christian M.,

  2007.

  Bis[2,6-bis(dipiperidin-1-ylphosphanyloxy)phenyl]bromidopalladium(II).

  Acta Crystallographica.

  E63(m3086).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536807059405

• Frech, Christian M.; Shimon, Linda J. W.; Milstein, David,

  2007.

  Methylene transfer from SnMe groups mediated by a rhodium(I) pincer complex: Sn-C, C-C, and C-H bond activation.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  13(26), pp. 7501-7509.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200700320

• Bolliger, Jeanne L.; Blacque, Olivier; Frech, Christian M.,

  2007.

  Short, facile, and high-yielding synthesis of extremely efficient pincer-type Suzuki catalysts bearing aminophosphine substituents.

  Angewandte Chemie: International Edition.

  46(34), pp. 6514-6517.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200701804

• Frech Nabold, Christian M.; Blacque, Olivier; Schmalle, Helmut W.; Berke, Heinz; Adlhart, Christian; Chen, Peter,

  2006.

  Unprecedented ROMP activity of low-valent rhenium-nitrosyl complexes : mechanistic evaluation of an electrophilic olefin metathesis system.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  12(12), pp. 3325-3338.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200501025

• Frech, Christian M.; Milstein, David,

  2006.

  Direct observation of reductive elimination of methyl iodide from a rhodium(III) pincer complex : the importance of sterics.

  Journal of the American Chemical Society.

  128(38), pp. 12434-12435.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/ja064945d

• Frech, C. M.; Blacque, O.; Schmalle, H. W.; Berke, H.,

  2006.

  Ligand controlled dioxygen oxidation of rhenium nitrosyl complexes.

  Dalton Transactions.

  35(38), pp. 4590-4598.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1039/b604858g

• Frech, Christian M.; Shimon, Linda J. W.; Milstein, David,

  2006.

  Ligand-controlled formation of a low-valent pincer rhodium(I)–dioxygen adduct bearing a very short O-O Bond.

  Helvetica Chimica Acta.

  89(8), pp. 1730-1739.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.200690170

• Frech, C. M.; Blacque, O.; Schmalle, H. W.; Berke, H.,

  2006.

  Metal nitrosyl reactivity : acetonitrile-promoted insertion of an alkylidene into a nitrosyl ligand with fission of the NO bond.

  Chemistry - A European Journal.

  12(20), pp. 5199-5209.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200600286

• Frech, Christian M.; Ben-David, Yehoshoa; Weiner, Lev; Milstein, David,

  2006.

  Metal-controlled reactivity of a pincer-type, σ-coordinated naphthyl radical anion.

  Journal of the American Chemical Society.

  128(22), pp. 7128-7129.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0615066

• Frech, Christian M.; Shimon, Linda J. W.; Milstein, David,

  2005.

  Redox-induced collapse and regeneration of a pincer-type complex framework : a nonplanar coordination mode of palladium(II).

  Angewandte Chemie: International Edition.

  44(11), pp. 1709-1711.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200462386

• Frech, C. M.; Llamazares, A.; Alfonso, M.; Schmalle, H. W.; Berke, H.,

  2004.

  Reactions of [Re(NO)2(PR3)2][BArF4] complexes with phenylacetylene.

  Russian Chemical Bulletin.

  53(5), pp. 1116-1120.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RUCB.0000041309.19570.1d

• Frech, Christian Manfred; Blacque, Olivier; Berke, Heinz,

  2006.

  Dinitrosyl rhenium complexes for ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) [paper].

  In:

  International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers (FCFP-XV) and the 1st International Symposium on Novel Materials and Synthesis (NMS-I), Shanghai, China, 17-20 October 2005.

  Berlin:

  De Gruyter.

  pp. 1877-1887.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200678101877

• Berke, Heinz; Frech Nabold, Christian M.; Blacque, Olivier; Adlhart, Christian; Chen, Peter,

  2005.

  New catalysts for ROMP.

  Journal of Fudan University.

  44(4), pp. 625.

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