The Costin Nenitzescu-Rudolf Criegee Lecture was established in collaboration with the Romanian Academy of Sciences in 2002. It took place for the first time in Germany in 2005. Since then, German and Romanian chemists have regularly received awards, thereby promoting international cooperation between the countries.
Both namesakes of the lecture were organic chemists. The Nenitzescu indole synthesis was named after Professor Costin Nenitzescu, which makes it possible to create substituted 5-hydroxyindoles using a ring closure reaction from a substituted benzoquinone and an unsaturated carbonyl compound. Nenitzescu also received the August Wilhelm von Hofmann memorial coin in 1970 and was a member of the Leopoldina.
Professor Rudolf Criegee 's greatest achievement was the elucidation of the mechanism of ozonolysis. In addition, the Criegee rearrangement was named after him. This rearrangement makes it possible to produce ketones, esters and carbonates from tertiary alcohols using a peracid. Criegee also received the Emil Fischer Medal from the German Chemical Society.
Professor Cristian Silvestru is a Romanian inorganic and organometallic chemist. His research focuses on the coordination and organometallic chemistry of main group elements, particularly antimony and bismuth, as well as the synthesis and characterization of hypervalent organopnictogen compounds. He also works on the activation of small molecules, CO₂ fixation, C–H bond activation, and supramolecular organometallic systems.
Professor Matthias Tamm's research is in the field of preparative organometallic chemistry and coordination chemistry. The working group is concerned with the development of new, unusual ligand systems such as superbasic imines and imides, N-heterocyclic carbenes and frustrated Lewis pairs.
| 2025 | Cristian S. Silvestru, Cluj-Napoca/Romania |
| 2022 | Niculina D. Hădade, Cluj-Napoca/Romania |
| 2020 | Matthias Tamm, Braunschweig |
| 2014 | Sorin Rosca, Bucharest/Romania |
| 2013/2014 | Achim Müller, Bielefeld |
| 2012 | Luminita Silaghi-Dmitescu, Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg)/Romania |
| 2011 | Henning Hopf, Braunschweig |
| 2008/2009 | Marius Andruh, Bucharest/Romania |
| 2007 | Herbert Roesky, Göttingen |
| 2005 | Ionel Haiduc, Cluji-Napoca (Klausenburg)/Romania |
Prof. Dr. Evamarie Hey-Hawkins, University of Leipzig (lead)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Bräse, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Carmen-Simona Jordan, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Dr. Nora Kulak, University of Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Lang, Chemnitz University of Technology
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