M. Sc. Rainer Wiechert

 

Department of Chemistry
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz
Room 2.223/02-124
Phone (06131) 39-22288
E-mail rwiecher[at]uni-mainz.de
Research interests: synthetic organic chemistry, total synthesis, natural product synthesis
Publications:

Biosynthesis of the Paecilomyces marquandii conidial pigment saintopin

C. Wieder, S. Galwas, R. Wiechert, K. Seipp, A. Yemelin, E. Thines, T. Opatz, A. Schüffler, Fungal. Biol. Biotechnol., 2025, 12, 11.

Biosynthesis of the fungal cyclic lipodepsipeptide pleosporacin, a new selective inhibitor of the phytopathogen Botrytis cinerea

C. Wieder, R. Wiechert, A. Yemelin, L. P. Sandjo, E. Thines, T. Opatz, A. Schüffler, ChemBioChem, 2025, e202500315.

Allantofuranone Biosynthesis and Precursor-Directed Mutasynthesis of Hydroxylated Analogues

C. Wieder, C. Simon-Sánchez, J. C. Liermann, R. Wiechert, K. Andresen, E. Thines, T. Opatz, A. Schüffler, J. Nat. Prod., 88, 2025, 1191–1200.

Biosynthesis of the antifungal polyhydroxy-polyketide acrophialocinol

C. Wieder, M. Künzer, R. Wiechert, K. Seipp, K. Andresen, P. Stark, A. Schüffler, T. Opatz, E. Thines, Org. Lett., 2025, 27, 1036–1041.

Solving A Mystery with Classical and Dual Photoredox Catalysis: Application of Nickel in the Synthesis of Ergot Alkaloids

J. Brauer, R. Wiechert, A. Hahn, T. Opatz, Org. Lett., 2024, 26, 4314–4317.