Publications

75.	Cornu, I.; Häussinger, D.; Prescimone, A.; Tiefenbacher, K.* JACS Au, 2025, 5, 7, 3021–3026 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.5c00492 Expanding Meroterpenoid Chemical Space Via Intermolecular Trapping of Cationic Cyclization Intermediates
74.	Lu, Y.; Knezevic, M.; Prescimone, A.; Goldfuss, B.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Chem, 2025, 11, 3, 102442 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102442 Site-selective C(sp3)–H oxidation of alkyl substrates devoid of functional handles
73.	Li, T.-R.; Das, C.; Piccini, G. M.; Tiefenbacher, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025 147, 13, 11108–11116 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c17029 Tetrafluororesorcin[4]arene Hexameric Capsule Enables the Expansion of the Reactivity Space in Supramolecular Catalysis
72.	Fiorini, L.; Köster, J.; Piccini, G. M.; Goldfuss, B.; Prescimone, A.; Fabris, F.; Tiefenbacher, K.; Scarso, A. Chem. Eur. J., 2024, 31, 14, e202404061 https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202404061 Unusual Reaction of Isocyanides with Aromatic Aldehydes Catalyzed by a Supramolecular Capsule
71.	Syntrivanis, L-D.; Tiefenbacher, K. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. , 2024, 63, 16, e202412622. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202412622 “Reactivity Inside Molecular Flasks: Acceleration Modes and Types of Selectivity Obtainable”
70.	Rodríguez-Robles, E.; Müller, D.; Künzl, T.; Nemat, S. J.; Edelmann, M. P.; Srivastava, P.; Louis, D.; Groaz, E.; Tiefenbacher, K.; Roberts, T. M.; Herdewijn, P.; Marlière, P.; Panke, P. Metab. Eng., 2024, 85, 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2024.05.005 “Rational design of a bacterial import system for new-to-nature molecules”
69.	Persiani, G.; Sokolova, D.; Ivanov, R.; Merget, S.; Maintok, T.; Häussinger, D.; Tiefenbacher, K. Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2024, e202400923. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202400923 Catalyzing the Enantioselective Tail-to-Head Terpene Cyclization Inside Optically Active Hexameric Resorcin[4]arene Capsules: A Surprising Odd-Even Effect of the Catalyst
68.	Strassberger, A. F.; Zengaffinen, M. D.; Puigcerver, J.; Trapp, N.; Tiefenbacher, K. Org. Lett., 2024, 26, 31, 6720–6724. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c18687 Quinoacridane[4]arenes—Very Large Conformationally Restricted Macrocycles
67.	Li, T-R.; Das, C.; Cornu, I.; Prescimone, A.; Piccini, G.* and Tiefenbacher, K.* JACS Au, 2024 4, 5, 1901–1910. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00097. “Window[1]resorcin[3]arenes: A Novel Macrocycle Able to Self-Assemble to a Catalytically Active Hexameric Cage”
66.	Muthwill, M. S.; Bina, M.; Paracini, N.; Coats, J. P.; Merget, S.; Yorulmaz Avsar, S.; Messmer, D.; Tiefenbacher, K.; Palivan, C. G. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 10, 13291–13304. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c18687 Planar Polymer Membranes Accommodate Functional Self-Assembly of Inserted Resorcinarene Nanocapsules
65.	Cornu, I.; Syntrivanis, L-D.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Nat. Protoc., 2024, 19, 313–339. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-023-00919-3. “Biomimetic tail-to-head terpene cyclizations using the resorcin[4]arene capsule catalyst”
64.	Klucznik, T.; Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Baś, S.; Mikulak-Klucznik, B.; Moskal, M.; Szymkuć, S.; Mlynarski, J.; Gadina, L.; Beker, W.; Burke, M.; Tiefenbacher, K.; Grzybowski, B. Nature, 2024, 625, 508–515. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06854-3 “Computational Prediction of Complex Cationic Rearrangement Outcomes”
63.	Schmid, D.; Li, T-R.; Goldfuss, B.; Tiefenbacher, K.* J. Org. Chem. 2023, 2023, 88, 20, 14515–14526. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.3c01547 “Exploring the Glycosylation Reaction Inside the Resorcin[4]arene Capsule”
62.	Zenka, M.; Preinl, J.; Pertermann, E.; Lützen, A.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 26, e202300110. “A Water- and Base-Stable Iminopyridine-Based Cage That Can Bind Larger Organic Anions”
61.	Li, T-R.; Piccini, G. M.; Tiefenbacher, K.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4294-4303. “Supramolecular Capsule-Catalyzed Highly β-Selective Furanosylation Independent of the S_N1/S_N2 Reaction Pathway”
60.	Némethová, I.; Schmid, D.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202218625. “Supramolecular Capsule Catalysis Enables the Exploration of Terpenoid Chemical Space Untapped by Nature”
59.	Knezevic, M.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202203480. “Tweezer-Based C-H Oxidation Catalysts Overriding the Intrinsic Reactivity of Aliphatic Ammonium Substrates”
58.	Chen, H.; Li, T-R.; Sakai, N.; Besnard, C.; Guénée, L.; Pupier, M.; Viger-Gravel, J.; Tiefenbacher, K.; Matile, S.* Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 10273. “Decoded fingerprints of hyperresponsive, expanding product space: polyether cascade cyclizations as tools to elucidate supramolecular catalysis”
57.	Pfeuffer-Rooschüz, J.; Heim, S.; Prescimone, A.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202209885. “Megalo-Cavitands: Synthesis of Acridane[4]arenes and Formation of Large, Deep Cavitands for Selective C70 Uptake” (highlighted in C&EN, 2022, 100, 33.)
56.	Li, T-R.; Huck, F.; Piccini, G. M.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Nat. Chem. 2022, 14, 985. “Mimicry of the proton wire mechanism of enzymes inside a supramolecular capsule enables β-selective O-glycosylations”
55.	Sokolova, D.; Piccini, G.M.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202203384. “Enantioselective Tail-to-Head Terpene Cyclizations by Optically Active Hexameric Resorcin[4]arene Capsule Derivatives”
54.	Huck, F.; Catti, L.; Reber, G.L.; Tiefenbacher, K.* J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 419. “Expanding the Protecting Group Scope for the Carbonyl Olefin Metathesis Approach to 2,5-Dihydropyrroles”
53.	Pfeuffer-Rooschüz, J.; Schmid, L.; Prescimone, A.; Tiefenbacher, K.* JACS Au 2021, 11, 1885. “Xanthene[n]arenes: Exceptionally Large, Bowl-shaped Macrocyclic Building Blocks Suitable for Self-Assembly”
52.	Nemat, S. J.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 6861. “Thioderivatives of Resorcin[4]arene and Pyrogallol[4]arene: Are Thiols Tolerated in the Self-Assembly Process?”
51.	Sokolova, D.; Tiefenbacher, K.* RSC Adv. 2021, 11, 24607. “Optimized iminium-catalysed 1,4-reductions inside the resorcinarene capsule: achieving >90% ee with proline as catalyst”
50.	Hao, X.; Li, T-R.; Chen, H.; Gini, A.; Zhang, X.; Rosset, S.; Mazet, C.; Tiefenbacher, K.; Matile, S.* Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 12215. “Bioinspired Ether Cyclizations within a π-Basic Capsule Compared to Autocatalysis on π-Acidic Surfaces and Pnictogen-Bonding Catalysts”
49.	Nemat, S. J.; Van den Eynden, D.; Deblock, L.; Heilmann, M.; Köster, J. M.; Parvizian, M.; Tiefenbacher, K.; De Roo, J. Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 4694. “Resorcin[4]arene-based multidentate phosphate ligands with superior binding affinity for nanocrystal surfaces”
48.	Heilmann, M.; Knezevic, M.; Piccini, G. M.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2021, 19, 3628. “Understanding the binding properties of phosphorylated glycoluril-derived molecular tweezers and selective nanomolar binding of natural polyamines in aqueous solution”
47.	Merget, S.; Catti, L.; Zev, S.; Major, D.T.; Trapp, N.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 4447. “Concentration‐dependent Self‐assembly of an Unusually Large Hexameric Hydrogen‐bonded Molecular Cage”
46.	Némethová, I.; Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Chimia 2020, 74, 561. “Molecular Capsule Catalysis: Ready to Address Current Challenges in Synthetic Organic Chemistry?”
45.	Nemat, S. J.; Jędrzejewska, H.; Prescimone, A.; Szumna, A.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 5506. “Catechol[4]arene: The Missing Chiral Member of the Calix[4]arene Family”
44.	Knezevic, M.; Heilmann, M.; Piccini, G. M.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 12387. “Overriding Intrinsic Reactivity in Aliphatic C–H Oxidation: Preferential C3/C4 Oxidation of Aliphatic Ammonium Substrates”
43.	Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Némethová, I.; Schmid, D.; Levi, S.; Prescimone, A.; Bissegger, F.; Major, D. T.; Tiefenbacher, K.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 5894. “Four-Step Access to the Sesquiterpene Natural Product Presilphiperfolan-1β-ol and Unnatural Derivatives via Supramolecular Catalysis”
42.	Bissegger, F. R.; Neuburger, M.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Supramolecular Chemistry 2020, 32, 32o. “Scope of the direct trimerisation to C₃-symmetric cyclotribenzylene derivatives”
41.	Merget, S.; Catti, L.; Piccini, G. M.; Tiefenbacher, K.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 4400. “Requirements for Terpene Cyclizations inside the Supramolecular Resorcinarene Capsule: Bound Water and its Protonation Determine the Catalytic Activity”
40.	Heilmann, M.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 12900. “A Modulated Phosphorylated Glycoluril-Derived Molecular Tweezer for Potent Binding of Aliphatic Diamines”
39.	Zhang, Q.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 12688. “Sesquiterpene Cyclizations inside the Hexameric Resorcinarene Capsule: Total Synthesis of δ‐Selinene and Mechanistic Studies”
38.	Zhang, Q.; Catti, L.; Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Nat. Prod. Rep. 2019, 36, 1619. “En route to terpene natural products utilizing supramolecular cyclase mimetics”
37.	Pahima, E.; Zhang, Q.; Tiefenbacher, K.; Major, D. T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 6234. “Discovering Monoterpene Catalysis Inside Nanocapsules with Multiscale Modeling and Experiments”
36.	Köster, J.; Häussinger, D.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Front. Chem. 2019, 6, 639. “Activation of primary and secondary benzylic and tertiary alkyl (sp3)C-F bonds inside a self-assembled molecular container”
35.	Zhang Q.; Catti, L.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 2107. “Catalysis inside the Hexameric Resorcinarene Capsule”
34.	Zhang, Q.; Rinkel, J.; Goldfuss, B.; Dickschat, J.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Nat. Catal. 2018, 1, 609. “Sesquiterpene cyclizations catalysed inside the resorcinarene capsule and application in the short synthesis of isolongifolene and isolongifolenone” (highlighted in “News and Views” Nat. Catal. 2018, 1, 567.)
33.	Thamm, I.; Tiefenbacher, K.; Rychlik, M. Toxins 2018, 10, 511. “Quantification of α-Thujone and Its Metabolites in Human Urine after Consumption of a Sage Infusion Using Stable Isotope Dilution Assays”
32.	Köster, J.; Tiefenbacher, K.* ChemCatChem 2018, 10, 2941. “Elucidating the Importance of Hydrochloric Acid as a Cocatalyst for Resorcinarene-Capsule-catalyzed reactions”
31.	Catti, L.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 14589. “Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis inside a Self-Assembled Supramolecular Host”
30.	Bräuer, T.; Zhang, Q.; Tiefenbacher, K.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 17500. “Iminium Catalysis inside a Self-Assembled Supramolecular Capsule: Scope and Mechanistic Studies”
29.	Lou, Y.; Steib, M.; Zhang, Q.; Tiefenbacher, K.; Horvath, A.; Jentys, A.; Liu, Y.; Lercher, J. A.* J. Catal. 2017, 356, 147. “Design of stable Ni/ZrO2 catalysts for dry reforming of methane”
28.	Zhang, Q.; Catti, L.; Pleiss, J.; Tiefenbacher, K.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 11482. “Terpene Cyclizations inside a Supramolecular Catalyst: Leaving Group-Controlled Product Selectivity and Mechanistic Studies“
27.	Pollok, C. H.; Zhang, Q.; Tiefenbacher, K.; Merten, C. ChemPhysChem 2017, 18, 1987. “Chirality induction from a chiral guest to the hydrogen bonding network of its hexameric resorcinarene host capsule”
26.	Richers, J.; Pöthig, A.; Herdtweck, E.; Sippel, C.; Hausch, F.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 3178. “Synthesis and Neurotrophic Activity Studies of Illicium Sesquiterpene Natural Product Analogues”
25.	Catti, L.; Pöthig, A.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2017, 359, 1331. “Host-Catalyzed Cyclodehydration–Rearrangement Cascade Reaction of Unsaturated Tertiary Alcohols”
24.	Zhang, Q.; Catti, L.; Kaila, V. R. I.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 1653. “To catalyze or not to catalyze: elucidation of the subtle differences between the hexameric capsules of pyrogallolarene and resorcinarene”
23.	Richers, J.; Heilmann, M.; Drees, M.; Tiefenbacher, K., Org. Lett.* 2016, 18, 6472. “Synthesis of Lactones via C-H Functionalization of Nonactivated C(sp³)-H Bonds”
22.	Catti L.; Bräuer T.; Zhang Q.; Tiefenbacher K.* Chimia 2016, 70, 810. “Exploring Catalysis inside Self-assembled Supramolecular Containers”
21.	Thamm, I.; Richers, J.; Rychlik M.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 11701. “A six-step total synthesis of α-thujone and d₆-α-thujone, enabling facile access to isotopically labelled metabolites”
20.	Bräuer, T.; Zhang, Q.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7698. “Iminium Catalysis inside a Self-Assembled Supramolecular Capsule: Modulation of Enantiomeric Excess”
19.	Catti, L.; Zhang, Q.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 9060. “Advantages of Catalysis in Self-Assembled Molecular Capsules”
18.	Catti, L.; Zhang, Q.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Synthesis 2016, 48, 313. “Self-Assembled Supramolecular Structures as Catalysts for Reactions Involving Cationic Transition States”
17.	Zhang, Q.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Nature Chem. 2015, 7, 197. “Terpene cyclization catalysed inside a self-assembled cavity” (highlighted in “News and Views” Nature Chem. 2015, 7, 187.)
16.	Catti, L.; Tiefenbacher, K.* Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 892. “Intramolecular hydroalkoxylation catalyzed inside a self-assembled cavity of an enzyme-like host structure”
15.	Räder, A..; Tiefenbacher, K.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 1206. (Highlight) “Tertiary Alcohols as Substrates for SN2-Like Stereoinversion”
14.	Zhang, Q.; Tiefenbacher, K.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 16213. “Hexameric Resorcinarene Capsule is a Brønsted Acid: Investigation and Application to Synthesis and Catalysis”
	Postdoc &PhD work:
13.	Tiefenbacher, K.; Zhang, K-d.; Ajami, D.; Rebek, J. J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2014, 28, 187. “Robust hydrogen-bonded capsules with stability in competitive media”
12.	Wei, J.; Tiefenbacher, K.; Ajami, D.; Rebek, J. Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 3022. “Complexes within complexes: hydrogen bonding in capsules”
11.	Tiefenbacher, K.; Rebek, J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2914. “Selective Stabilization of Self-Assembled Hydrogen-Bonded Molecular Capsules Through π-π Interactions”
10.	Tiefenbacher, K.; Ajami, D.; Rebek, J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 12003. “Self-Assembled Capsules of Unprecedented Shapes” (highlighted in Science 2011, 333, 1361.)
9.	Tiefenbacher, K.; Dube, H.; Ajami, D.; Rebek, J. Chem. Comm. 2011, 47, 7341. “A transparent photo-responsive organogel based on a glycoluril supergelator”
8.	Tiefenbacher, K.; Trondlin, L.; Mulzer, J.; Pfaltz, A. Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 6508. “An expeditious asymmetric formal synthesis of the antibiotic platensimycin”
7.	Tiefenbacher, K.; Gollner, A.; Mulzer, J. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 9616. “Syntheses and Antibacterial Properties of iso-Platencin, Cl-iso-Platencin and Cl-Platencin: Identification of a New Lead Structure”
6.	Magauer, T.; Mulzer, J.; Tiefenbacher, K. Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 5306. “Total Syntheses of (+)-Echinopine A and B: Determination of Absolute Stereochemistry”
5.	Tiefenbacher, K.; Mulzer, J. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 2937. “A Nine-Step Total Synthesis of (–)-Platencin”
4.	Tiefenbacher, K.; Mulzer, J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6199. “Short Formal Synthesis of (–)-Platencin”
3.	Tiefenbacher, K.; Mulzer, J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 2548. “Synthesis of Platensimycin (Minireview)”
2.	Tiefenbacher, K.; Mulzer, J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 8074. “Protecting-Group-Free Formal Synthesis of Platensimycin”
1.	Tiefenbacher, K.; Arion, V. A.; Mulzer, J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 2690. “A Diels-Alder Approach to (–)-Ovalicin”