Ralf Steudel

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Deutsche Version

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Institute of Chemistry

Technical University of Berlin

mailing address: Grethe-Weiser-Weg 11, D - 14055 Berlin

Phone: +49-30-304 03 82

Fax: +49-30-887 68 919

1963 Dipl.-Chem., Freie Universität Berlin

1965 Dr. rer. nat., Technische Universität Berlin

1969 Habilitation, Technische Universität Berlin

1969-2003 Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin

1973/4 Visiting Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

1974 - 1978 Karl-Winnacker-Fellowship

1991 Chairman of the 6th International Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems (IRIS VI)

since 1969 Head of the Sulfur Research Group at the Technical University Berlin

Molecular structures, transition states, reaction mechanisms and thermodynamic properties by ab-initio MO calculations (computational chemistry)
Elemental sulfur: synthesis of new allotropes, their spectroscopic and structural characterization, physical properties important for industrial processes
Synthesis and structure of sulfur-rich compounds with organic and inorganic substituents
Oxides and oxoacids of sulfur (experimental and theoretical study of the structures and physical properties such as acidities)
Hydrogen sulfide, higher sulfanes and polysulfide anions (theoretical study of their structures, reactions and physical properties such as acidities; reactions in sodium/sulfur and lithium/sulfur batteries)
Halides and oxohalides of sulfur (experimental and theoretical study of the structures and physical properties)
Sulfurization- and desulfurization processes including rubber vulcanization (elucidation of the reaction mechanisms, role of zinc oxide, study of side reactions)
Transition metal complexes with sulfur-donor ligands (synthesis of novel complexes for the application as ligand transfer reagents)
Metabolism of sulfur bacteria (redox reactions occurring in natural habitats populated by sulfur bacteria as part of the global sulfur cycle)
Analytical techniques for sulfur compounds (Raman spectroscopy, HPLC and ion-pair chromatography)
Link to Literature on elemental sulfur and sulfur compounds

Selenium chemistry (Elemental selenium and selenium-rich compounds, their characterization by ⁷⁷Se NMR spectroscopy)
Zinc chemistry (Zinc oxide clusters: Structures, thermodynamics and reactions; coordination compounds of zinc, especially those related to rubber vulcanization chemistry)

R. Steudel, Chemie der Nichtmetalle, de Gruyter, Berlin, 1974, 471 Seiten.
R. Steudel, Chemistry of the Non-Metals,de Gruyter, New York, 1977, 402 pp.
R. Steudel, Kimia Bukan Logan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1990, 372 pp.
R. Steudel (ed.), The Chemistry of Inorganic Ring Systems, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1992, 486 pp.
R. Steudel, Chemie der Nichtmetalle, 2. Auflage, de Gruyter, Berlin, 1998, 575 S.
R. Steudel (ed.), Elemental Sulfur and Sulfur-Rich Compounds, Parts I and II, Springer, Heidelberg, 2003, together 450 pp. (Volumes 230 and 231 of the Series Topics in Current Chemistry). Book Review
R. Steudel, Chemie der Nichtmetalle, 3. Auflage, de Gruyter, Berlin, 2008, 558 Seiten.