OC Seminar
Cutting-edge research & lively debate
Wednesdays at 4 p.m. in HS 3
Join us for our institute-wide series of guest lectures by leading organic chemists!
This semester's exciting line-up:
| 3 Sept. 2025 | Prof. Debabrata Maiti, PhD, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
| 16 Sept. 2025 (Tuesday, 10 a.m.!) | Prof. Emily P. Balskus, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, U.S.A. |
| 25 Sept. 2025 (Thursday, Hs 1!) | Prof. Douglas W. Stephan, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada (during the 5th International DoSChem Student Symposium) |
| 15 Oct. 2025 | Prof. Dr. Thomas Magauer, Dept. of Organic Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 29 Oct. 2025 | Prof. Dr. Burkhard König, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Germany |
| 26 Nov. 2025 | Associate Prof. Michal Juríček, Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 14 Jan. 2026 | Prof. Dr. C. Oliver Kappe, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Austria |
| 11 Feb. 2026 | Prof. Dr. Stefan M. Huber, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany |
OC Seminar summer semester 2025
Dr. Josep Cornellà, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany: “Advancing Bismuth Redox Catalysis,” 9.4.2025
Prof. Dr. Eva Hevia, University of Bern, Switzerland: “Tailoring Organosodium Reagents for Arene Functionalisation and Catalysis,” 23.4.2025
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Bart Pieber, Institute of Science and Technology (ISTA), Austria: “Taming Light-Mediated Nickel Catalysis through Ligand Design,” 14.5.2025 (6th OC Symposium)
Prof. Dr. Rafal Klajn, Institute of Science and Technology (ISTA), Austria: “Controlling chemical reactivity by confinement effects,” 21.5.2025
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Hannes Mikula, TU Wien, Austria: “Unlocking Chemistry: Next-Level Bioorthogonal Click-to-Release,” 18.6.2025
Teaching
Teaching
For detailed information about the individual courses, please refer to the course catalogue of the University of Vienna.
Courses
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Bachelor's in Chemistry
Organic Chemistry I (VO - 270033) Univ.-Prof. K.C. Hultsch (Inst. für chem. Katalyse) 6 ECTS
Organic Chemistry II (VO - 270085) Univ.-Prof. N. Maulide 5 ECTS
Basic Organic Laboratory Course II B (PR - 270062) Dr. C. Dank 7 ECTS
Practical Course Special Synthetic Chemistry (PR - 270222) Dr. C. Dank 10 ECTS
Advanced Laboratory Course in Organic Chemistry (PR - 270132) Dr. K. Pallitsch 10 ECTS
Proseminar in Organic Chemistry (PS - 270150) Dr. K. Pallitsch 2 ECTS
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Master's in Chemistry
Organic-chemical Seminar Advanced (SE - 270271) Univ.-Prof. N. Maulide 2 ECTS
Strategies and Tactics in Organic Synthesis (VO - 270095) Univ.-Prof. N. Maulide 4 ECTS
Heteroatom Chemistry (VO - 270153) Univ.-Prof. N. Maulide 4 ECTS
Organic Chemical Production (SE - 270097) Univ.-Prof. D. Bonifazi 2 ECTS
Problem Solving in Organic Chemistry (UE - 270272) Dr. D. Kaiser 2 ECTS
From Synthesis to the Science and Strategy of Medicinal Chemistry (VO - 270047) Dr. D. McConnell (Böhringer Ingelheim)/Univ.-Prof. N. Maulide 4 ECTS
Advanced Practical Course Synthetic Organic Chemistry (PR - 270270) Univ.-Prof. N. Maulide 4 ECTS
Supramolecular organic Chemistry (VO - 270104) Univ.-Prof. D. Bonifazi 4 ECTS
Organic Stereochemistry (SE - 270107) Ass.-Prof. J. Mateos 2 ECTS
Advanced Practical Course Organic Reaction Mechanisms and Supramolecular Chemistry (PR - 270274) Univ.-Prof. D. Bonifazi 4 ECTS
Photochemical Synthesis and Catalysis (VO - 270278) Univ.-Prof. D. Bonifazi 4 ECTS
Modern Methods in Synthesis and Catalysis (UE - 270276) Univ.-Prof. N. Maulide 2 ECTS
Advanced Practical Course Organometallic and Organoelement Chemistry (PR - 270274) Univ.-Prof. K.C. Hultsch (Inst. für chem. Katalyse) 4 ECTS
Heterocyclic Chemistry and Agents Synthesis (VO - 270280) Dr. S. Shaaban 4 ECTS
Selected topics in bioorganic chemistry (VO - 270084) Privatdoz. R. Lichtenecker 4 ECTS
Introduction to the chemistry and biological chemistry of carbohydrates (VO - 270071) Privatdoz. R. Lichtenecker 2 ECTS
Enzymes - Mechanisms and their Application (VO - 270008) Dr. K. Pallitsch 2 ECTS
Advanced Practical Course Organometallic and Organoelement Chemistry (PR - 270277) Privatdoz. R. Lichtenecker/Dr. K. Pallitsch/Dr. C. Dank 4 ECTS
NMR Spectroscopy of bio-molecules (VO - 270210) Ass.-Prof. H. Kählig 2 ECTS
NMR-Spectroscopy of Dynamic Phenomena (VO - 270085) Univ.-Prof. L. Brecker 2 ECTS
Advanced Practical Course Spectroscopy (PR - 270282) Univ.-Prof. L. Brecker 4 ECTS
Structure-determination 1D/2D NMR (VO - 270115) Univ.-Prof. L. Brecker 2 ECTS
Practical Course Spectroscopy (VO - 270130) Ass.-Prof. H. Kählig 6 ECTS
Seminar on new methods in the total synthesis of natural products (SE - 530007) Univ.-Prof. N. Maulide 2 ECTS
Seminar about asymmetric synthesis methods (SE - 270005) Univ.-Prof. N. Maulide 2 ECTS
Current Problems in Bioorganic Chemistry (SE - 270057) Privatdoz. R. Lichtenecker 1 ECTS
Seminar for modern Bioorganic Chemistry and Structure Determination (SE - 530023) Privatdoz. R. Lichtenecker 1 ECTS
Seminar about new methods supramolecular organic synthesis (SE - 270068) Univ.-Prof. D. Bonifazi 2 ECTS
Seminar about strategies in organic self-assembly and self-organisation (SE - 530006) Univ.-Prof. D. Bonifazi 2 ECTS
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Courses for other degree programmes
Chemical laboratory course for biologists (UE - 300030) Privatdoz. R. Lichtenecker 5 ECTS
Chemical exercises for nutritional scientists (UE - 330001) Privatdoz. R. Lichtenecker 5 ECTS
Semicompulsory Lab Course Organic Chemistry (UE - 301403) Dr. C. Dank 10 ECTS
Laboratory Course in Organic Chemistry (UE - 301615) Dr. C. Dank 5 ECTS