Low melting carbohydrate mixtures as solvents for chemical reactions and the conversion of carbohydrates [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Florian Ilgen

Low melting carbohydrate mixtures as solvents for chemical reactions and the conversion of carbohydrates Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) an der naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät IV - Chemie und Pharmazie - der Universität Regensburg vorgelegt von Florian Ilgen aus Lindau (B) 2009 The experimental part of this work was carried out between March 2006 and February 2009 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Burkhard König at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg. The PhD thesis was submitted on: 15.04.2009 The colloquium took place on: 08.05.2009 Board of Examiners: Prof. Dr. Jörg Heilmann (Chairman) Prof. Dr. Burkhard König (1st Referee) Prof. Dr. Oliver Reiser (2nd Referee) Prof. Dr. Arno Pfitzner (Examiner) Acknowledgements I would like to thank my supervisor Prof. Dr. Burkhard König for the opportunity to work in his group and the useful and encouraging hints during my Ph.D. (both on and off topic). He gave me the possibility to work on different exciting projects which I appreciated a lot. The German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) for funding my work. I thank my supervisors at the DBU, Dr. Peter Lay and Dr. Maximilian Hempel, for supporting me and the beautiful time we had during the annual stipendiary meetings, summer schools and on conferences.