Alexander Ripp

Project

Synthesis and Integration of Light-Responsive Molecules in Polymers
During the beginning of my project, I am synthesizing and characterizing light-responsive nucleosides. I will later integrate these nucleosides into polymers, for example DNA. The resulting material will be able to modify its properties in response to light stimulation of different wavelengths.

First supervisor

Prof. Dr. Henning Jessen

Publications in livMatS

• Thiocoumarin Caged Nucleotides: Synthetic Access and Their Photophysical Properties*
  Ma, J., Ripp, A., Wassy, D., Dürr, T.,Qiu, D., Häner, M., Haas, T., Popp, C., Bezold, D., Richert, S., Esser, B., Jessen, H. J. (2020). Thiocoumarin Caged Nucleotides: Synthetic Access and Their Photophysical Properties. Molecules, 25(22), 5325. doi: 10.3390/molecules25225325
• Rapid Synthesis of Nucleoside Triphosphates and Analogues*
  Ripp, A., Singh, J., & Jessen, H. (2020). Rapid Synthesis of Nucleoside Triphosphates and Analogues. Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry, 81(1), e108. doi: 10.1002/cpnc.108
• Synthesis of Modified Nucleoside Oligophosphates Simplified: Fast, Pure, and Protecting Group Free*
  Singh, J., Ripp, A., Haas, T. M., Qiu, D., Keller, M., Wender, P. A., Siegel, J. S., Baldridge, K. K., & Jessen, H. J. (2019). Synthesis of modified nucleoside oligophosphates simplified: Fast, pure, and protecting group free. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(38), 15013-15017. doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b08273
  
  
  * Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807