Dr. Christian Frech Nabold

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

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

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

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

Conference contributions, peer-reviewed

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

Other publications

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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