The Thiele group

Jan Rettig

Working area(s)

Bachelor thesis 04/18 - 07/18, M.Sc. thesis 03/20 - 09/20, PhD thesis 12/20 -

Contact

work +49 6151 16-21834

Work L2|07 3
Peter-Grünberg-Str. 16
64287 Darmstadt

Field of research

  • relative configuration determination using RDCs, NOEs and J couplings
  • synthesis, purification and application of peptide-based alignment media

Education

06/15 High school graduation, Gymnasium Gernsheim, Gernsheim
10/15 – 09/18 Study of Chemistry (B.Sc.), Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt
10/18 – 09/20 Study of Chemistry (M.Sc.), Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt

Bachelor thesis

Title Measurement of a complete RDC data set of Isopinocampheol
Group Prof. Dr. C. M. Thiele
Place Department of Chemistry, Technical University Darmstadt

Master thesis

Title Determination of the relative configuration of a polysubstituted hydrindane
Group Prof. Dr. C. M. Thiele
Place Clemens-Schöpf-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Fachbereich Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Prizes and awards

10/19 – 09/20 Student fellowship (Deutschlandstipendium)
04/21 Award of the Dr.-Anton-Keller-Foundation at Technische Universität Darmstadt
08/21 – 08/23 Kekulé-PhD-Fellowship, Chemical Industry Fund (FCI)
07/2023 Best Poster Award, Chirality 2023, Rom/Italy

Publications

1 F. A. Roth, V. Schmidts, J. Rettig, C. M. Thiele
Model Free Analysis of Experimental Residual Dipolar Couplings in Small Organic Compounds
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24, 281-286. [Raw Data: 10.5281/zenodo.5636052, Pre-Print: 10.26434/chemrxiv.14636316.v1]
2 Editors: L. Yao, B. Vogeli
Residual Dipolar Couplings: Principles and Applications
J. Rettig, M. Brauser, C. M. Thiele
Chapter 11: Structure Determination of Organic Molecules Using RDCs (and RCSAs)
RSC 2024, ISBN: 978-1-83916-429-3, 252-279, 10.1039/9781839167898

Poster

1 J. Rettig, C. M. Thiele
Lyotropic Liquid Crystals (LLCs) and Residual Dipolar Couplings (RDCs) – A Dream Team
German Liquid Crystal Conference (GLCC) 2022, Würzburg, 03/22.
2 J. Rettig, L. Neumann, E. Stempel, T. Tautz, M. Kalesse, C. M. Thiele
Thorough NMR-based structure elucidation of diastereomeric compounds synthesized with surprisingly high selectivity
ORCHEM 2022, Münster, 09/22.
3 J. Rettig, T. Tautz, E. Stempel, M. Kalesse, C.M. Thiele
Determination of relative configurations of diastereomeric compounds bearing a flexible, quarternary stereocenter by NMR spectroscopy
Chirality 2023, Rom/Italy, 07/23.
J. Rettig, T. Tautz, E. Stempel, M. Kalesse, C.M. Thiele
The inherent challenges posed by a quaternary, exocyclic stereocenter in structure elucidation using RDCs
SMASH 2023, Baveno/Italy, 09/23.