Lukas Michael Römer

About me

Organoboron compounds play a crucial role as building blocks in the synthesis of complex molecules, particularly in medicinal chemistry. The boron group serves as a versatile placeholder that can easily be replaced with another molecule fragment to build up larger carbon skeletons. Putting two of these boron groups in the same molecule - or even on the same atom - would provide even greater flexibility for fragment assembly. This would be especially true if the two boron groups were distinct, allowing you to select which one to replace. However, many aspects about these molecules and their reactivities are still unknown, making their synthesis in the laboratory quite challenging. To address this, we want to employ computational methods to model and analyze their behavior, aiming to uncover viable synthesis routes and applications for them.