Immobilization of Catalysts for the Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Aryl Ketones [Elektronische Ressource] / Jonas Dimroth. Betreuer: Reinhard Schomäcker

Immobilization of Catalysts for theAsymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of ArylKetonesvorgelegt vonDiplom-IngenieurJonas Dimrothaus BerlinVon der Fakultät II – Mathematik und Naturwissenschaftender Technischen Universität Berlinzur Erlangung des akademischen GradesDoktor der IngenieurwissenschaftenDr.-Ing.genehmigte DissertationPromotionsausschuss:Vorsitzende: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Karola Rück-BraunBerichter: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Reinhard Schomäcker Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Rainer HaagTag der wissenschaftlichen Aussprache: 18.8.2011Berlin 2011D 83AcknowledgementsMany people helped me directly or indirectly in completing this work. I am grateful andindebted to all of them. First of all, I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Schomäcker for thesupervision of this thesis, his great support and commitment, and for the many stimulatingdiscussions we have had. I am also grateful to Prof. Dr. Haag for acting as a referee and forhis encouraging and valuable support during our collaboration.I am most deeply indebted to Dr. Uwe Schedler for giving me this opportunity and for hisinitiative, participation, and belief in this project. This thesis would not have been possiblewithout him. I would also like to thank the whole team from PolyAn GmbH, especiallyDr. Thomas Thiele for his permanent support and encouragement as well as Dr. HeikeMatuschewski, Markus Heinrich, and Dr. Christian Heise for their help on various occasions.