Prof. Dr. Jürgen Stohner

Projects

Small Chiral Molecules: Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Parity Violation / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Wichmann, G. et al. (2026) 'High resolution gigahertz spectroscopy of the dichlorofluorophosphane isotopomers PF35Cl2, PF35Cl37Cl, and PF37Cl2 : structure and isotopic chirality', Molecular Physics, p. 2664213. doi: 10.1080/00268976.2026.2664213.
• Albert, S. et al. (2025) 'High resolution infrared spectroscopy of monodeutero-oxirane (c-C2H3DO) and analysis of two fundamentals between 820 and 950 cm−1', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2025(27), pp. 14240–14253. doi: 10.1039/d5cp00880h.
• Possolo, A. et al. (2024) 'A brief guide to measurement uncertainty (IUPAC Technical Report)', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 96(1), pp. 113–134. doi: 10.1515/pac-2022-1203.
• Kaiser, J., Hibbert, D. B. and Stohner, J. (2022) 'Preparation, formatting and review of IUPAC Technical Reports and Recommendations, IUPAC-sponsored books, or other items carrying the IUPAC label', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 94(11-12), pp. 1257–1267. doi: 10.1515/pac-2022-1106.
• Svoboda, V. et al. (2022) 'Femtosecond photoelectron circular dichroism of chemical reactions', Science Advances, 8(28), pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abq2811.
• Stohner, J. (2021) 'Does exhaled aerosol increase with COVID-19 infection correlate with body mass index-years?', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(27), p. e2106088118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2106088118.
• Fehre, K. et al. (2021) 'Strong differential photoion circular dichroism in strong-field ionization of chiral molecules', Physical Review Letters, 126(8), p. 083201. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.083201.
• Böselt, L. et al. (2019) 'Determination of absolute stereochemistry of flexible molecules using a vibrational circular dichroism spectra alignment algorithm', Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 59(5), pp. 1826–1838. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.8b00789.
• Marquardt, R. et al. (2019) 'Quantum dynamics and spectra of the iodine atom in a strong laser field as calculated with the URIMIR package', Molecular Physics, 117(21), pp. 3132–3147. doi: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1606952.
• Berger, R. and Stohner, J. (2019) 'Parity violation', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews, 9(3). doi: 10.1002/wcms.1396.
• Marquardt, R. et al. (2018) 'Definition of the mole (IUPAC Recommendation 2017)', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 90(1), pp. 175–180. doi: 10.1515/pac-2017-0106.
• Pitzer, M. et al. (2018) 'Investigating absolute stereochemical configuration with coulomb explosion imaging', Chimia, 72(6), pp. 384–388. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2018.384.
• Fehre, K. et al. (2018) 'Absolute ion detection efficiencies of microchannel plates and funnel microchannel plates for multi-coincidence detection', Review of Scientific Instruments, 89(4), p. 45112. doi: 10.1063/1.5022564.
• Marquardt, R. et al. (2017) 'A critical review of the proposed definitions of fundamental chemical quantities and their impact on chemical communities (IUPAC Technical Report)', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 89(7), pp. 951–981. doi: 10.1515/pac-2016-0808.
• Mazenauer, M. R. et al. (2017) 'Synthetic routes for a variety of halogenated (chiral) acetic acids from diethyl malonate', RSC Advances, 7(87), pp. 55434–55440. doi: 10.1039/C7RA09727A.
• Schilling, M. and Stohner, J. (2017) 'Demodulation of multimodulation artifacts in Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy', Applied Optics, 56(14), pp. 4076–4084. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3701.
• Pitzer, M. et al. (2016) 'Absolute configuration from different multifragmentation pathways in light-induced coulomb explosion imaging', ChemPhysChem, 17(16), pp. 2465–2472. doi: 10.1002/cphc.201501118.
• Quack, M. and Stohner, J. (2015) 'Fixierte Konstanten : zur Definition des Mols (mol), der Masseneinheit (kg) und zur Avogadroschen Konstanten NA', Nachrichten aus der Chemie, 63(5), pp. 515–521. doi: 10.1002/nadc.201590160.
• Prentner, R. et al. (2015) 'Wavepacket dynamics of the axially chiral molecule Cl-O-O-Cl under coherent radiative excitation and including parity violation', The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 119(51), pp. 12805–12822. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b08958.
• Hobi, F., Berger, R. and Stohner, J. (2013) 'Investigation of parity violation in nuclear spin-rotation interaction of fluorooxirane', Molecular Physics, 111(14-15), pp. 2345–2362. doi: 10.1080/00268976.2013.816444.
• Pitzer, M. et al. (2013) 'Direct determination of absolute molecular stereochemistry in gas phase by coulomb explosion imaging', Science, 341(6150), pp. 1096–1100. doi: 10.1126/science.1240362.
• Quack, M., Stohner, J. and Willeke, M. (2008) 'High-resolution spectroscopic studies and theory of parity violation in chiral molecules', Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 59, pp. 741–769. doi: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.58.032806.104511.
• Quack, M. and Stohner, J. (2005) 'Parity violation in chiral molecules', Chimia, 59(7-8), pp. 530–538. doi: 10.2533/000942905777676119.
• Berger, R. et al. (2005) 'Isotopeneffekte durch Paritätsverletzung in chiralen Molekülen', Angewandte Chemie, 117(23), pp. 3689–3693. doi: 10.1002/ange.200462088.
• Stohner, J. (2004) 'Parity violating effects in the molecular anion CBrClF(-)', International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 233(1-3), pp. 385–394. doi: 10.1016/j.ijms.2004.01.015.
• Quack, M. and Stohner, J. (2003) 'Combined multidimensional anharmonic and parity violating effects in CDBrClF', The Journal of Chemical Physics, 119(21), pp. 11228–11240. doi: 10.1063/1.1622381.
• Albert Keppler, K. et al. (2003) 'Conference report : physical methods for molecular and biomolecular structure and dynamics', Chimia, 57(10), pp. 659–666. doi: 10.2533/000942903777678777.
• Ha, T.-K., Quack, M. and Stohner, J. (2002) 'Spectroscopy and dynamics of the sp2 isolated CH chromophore in trideuteroacetaldehyde CD3CHO as derived from extrapolated SDCI ab initio surfaces', Molecular Physics, 100(11), pp. 1797–1805. doi: 10.1080/00268970210121641.
• Quack, M. and Stohner, J. (2001) 'Molecular chirality and the fundamental symmetries in physics : influence of parity violation on rovibrational frequencies and thermodynamic properties', Chirality, 13(10), pp. 745–753. doi: 10.1002/chir.10025.
• Gottselig, M. et al. (2001) 'Mode selective stereomutation and parity violation in disulfane isotopomers H2S2, D2S2, T2S2', Helvetica Chimica Acta, 84(6), pp. 1846–1861. doi: 10.1002/1522-2675(20010613)84:6<1846::AID-HLCA1846>3.0.CO;2-F.
• Donley, E. A. et al. (2001) 'Some simple mechanisms of multiphoton excitation in many-level systems', Molecular Physics, 99(15), pp. 1275–1287. doi: 10.1080/00268970010009657.
• Quack, M., Stohner, J. and Suhm, M. (2001) 'Analytical 3-body intercation potential for hydrogen aggregates and consequences for the vibrational dynamics of (HF)n, n>=3', Journal of Molecular Structure, 599, pp. 381–425. Available at: http://www.ir.ethz.ch/preprints/MQ240_J_Mol_Struct_2001.pdf.
• Berger, R., Quack, M. and Stohner, J. (2001) 'Parity violation in fluorooxirane', Angewandte Chemie: International Edition, 40(9), pp. 1667–1670. doi: 10.1002/1521-3773(20010504)40:9<1667::AID-ANIE16670>3.0.CO;2-I.
• Quack, M. and Stohner, J. (2000) 'Influence of parity violating weak nuclear potentials on vibrational and rotational frequencies in chiral molecules', Physical Review Letters, 84(17), pp. 3807–3810. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3807.
• Quack, M. and Stohner, J. (2000) 'How do parity violating weak nuclear interactions influence rovibrational frequencies in chiral molecules ?', Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 214(5), pp. 675–703. doi: 10.1524/zpch.2000.214.5.675.
• Beil, A. et al. (2000) 'Vibrational spectra and intramolecular vibrational redistribution in highly excited deuterobromochlorofluoromethane CDBrClF : experiment and theory', The Journal of Chemical Physics, 113(7), pp. 2701–2718. doi: 10.1063/1.1302083.
• Pochert, J. et al. (2000) 'Ab initio calculation and spectroscopic analysis of the intramolecular vibrational redistribution in 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroiodoethane CF3CHFI', The Journal of Chemical Physics, 113(7), pp. 2719–2735. doi: 10.1063/1.1302084.
• Beil, A. et al. (1997) 'Intramolecular vibrational redistribution and unimolecular reaction : concepts and new results on the femtosecond dynamics and statistics in CHBrClF', Bunsen-Magazin, 101(3), pp. 311–328. doi: 10.1002/bbpc.19971010303.
• Quack, M. and Stohner, J. (1993) 'Femtosecond quantum dynamics of functional groups under coherent infrared multiphoton excitation as derived from the analysis of high-resolution spectra', The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 97(48), pp. 12574–12590. doi: 10.1021/j100150a020.
• Nguyen, M. T. et al. (1993) 'Structure and conformation of chlorosulfonylisocyanate and cyclopropylisocyanate', Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, 89(14), pp. 2381–2384. doi: 10.1039/FT9938902381.
• Luckhaus, D., Quack, M. and Stohner, J. (1993) 'Femtosecond quantum structure, equilibration and time reversal for the CH-chromophore dynamics in CHD2F', Chemical Physics Letters, 212(5), pp. 434–443. doi: 10.1016/0009-2614(93)87225-R.
• Quack, M., Stohner, J. and Suhm, M. (1993) 'Vibrational dynamics of (HF)n aggregates from an ab initio based analytical (1+2+3)-body potential', Journal of Molecular Structure, 294, pp. 33–36. doi: 10.1016/0022-2860(93)80308-I.
• Marquardt, R. et al. (1986) 'Quantum-mechanical wavepacket dynamics of the CH group in the symmetric top X3CH compounds using effective hamiltonians from high-resolution spectroscopy', Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions II: Molecular and Chemical Physics, 82(8), pp. 1173–1187. doi: 10.1039/F29868201173.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Stohner, J. and Quack, M. (2011) 'Conventions, symbols, quantities, units and constants for high-resolution molecular spectroscopy', in Quack, M. and Merkt, F. (eds) Handbook of high-resolution spectroscopy. Hoboken: Wiley, pp. 263–324. doi: 10.1002/9780470749593.hrs005.
• Stohner, J. and Quack, M. (2009) 'Education about the use of quantities, units and symbols in chemistry : the earlier the better', in Gupta-Bhowon, M. et al. (eds) Chemistry education in the ICT age. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 339–344. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9732-4_31.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Albert, S. et al. (2024) 'High resolution infrared spectroscopy of monodeutero-oxirane (c-C2H3DO) and the analysis of two fundamentals between 820 and 900 cm−1', in Book of Abstracts of the XXIV Symposium on Atomic, Cluster and Surface Physics. Trento: Universita di Trento, pp. 91–94.
• Manov, S. et al. (2016) '3. Synthesis and derivative resolution of halogenated enantiomers', in Stohner, J. and Yeretzian, C. (eds) Proceedings of the 20th SASP 2016. Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press, pp. 199–202. Available at: https://www.uibk.ac.at/iup/buch_pdfs/9783903122048.pdf.
• Schilling, M. and Stohner, J. (2016) '2. Mathematical compensation of multi-modulation artefacts in medium resolution gas-phase spectra using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy', in Stohner, J. and Yeretzian, C. (eds) Proceedings of the 20th SASP 2016. Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press, pp. 212–216. Available at: https://www.uibk.ac.at/iup/buch_pdfs/9783903122048.pdf.
• Pitzer, M. et al. (2015) 'Direct determination of molecular handedness via coulomb explosion imaging', in Journal of Physics: Conference Series. IOP Publishing, p. 112065. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/635/11/112065.
• Mariotti, F. et al. (2004) 'Editorial and review : theoretical chemistry : molecular spectroscopy and dynamics', in Chimia. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft, pp. 263–275. doi: 10.2533/000942904777677849.

Other publications

• Rüegg, L. et al. (2024) 'News about synthesis, enantio-separation and absolute configuration of some small chiral molecules', in Book of Abstracts of the XXIV Symposium on Atomic, Cluster and Surface Physics. Trento: Universita di Trento, pp. 120–122.
• Stohner, J. (2018) Small chiral molecules : synthesis, spectroscopy and quantum dynamics : SFB-Se­mi­nar gehalten an der Universität Kassel, 19. November 2018.
• Stohner, J. and Yeretzian, C. (eds) (2016) XXth Symposium on Atomic, Cluster and Surface Physics 2016 (SASP 2016), XXth Symposium on Atomic, Cluster and Surface Physics 2016 (SASP 2016), Davos, 7-12 February 2016. Innsbruck University Press. Available at: https://www.uibk.ac.at/iup/buch_pdfs/9783903122048.pdf.
• Stohner, J. (2015) 'Freiheit als Grundlage der Wissenschaften', in Seidl, E. (ed.) Freiheit : Mythos und Realität im Lichte individueller Betrachtungen. Zürich: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, pp. 108–109.
• Stöferle, Y. and Stohner, J. (2014) 'Synthese chiraler Halomethane und Oxirane', À Jour: SVC - Chemie, Life Sciences & Biotechnologie, 14(1), pp. 14–16.
• Deuber, F. and Stohner, J. (2013) 'Katalytische und enzymatische Trennung kleiner chiraler Moleküle', À Jour: SVC - Chemie, Life Sciences & Biotechnologie, 13(1), pp. 12–15.
• Stohner, J. (2012) Spectroscopy and its contribution to the understanding of fundamental laws in nature.
• Stohner, J. and Quack, M. (2012) 'Eine handliche Zusammenstellung einiger Grössen, Einheiten und Symbole in der Physikalischen Chemie', Bunsen-Magazin, 14(6), pp. 242–245.
• Zucchetti, B. et al. (2012) 'NIRS of chocolate and its chemometric analysis', New Food, 15(6), pp. 21–28.
• Deuber, F. and Stohner, J. (2012) 'Synthese und Spektroskopie kleiner chiraler Moleküle', Transfer, 2012(3), p. 8. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4509.
• Stohner, J. (2011) Overtone spectroscopy, quantum dynamics and molecular parity violation.
• Stohner, J. and Quack, M. (2011) 'A concise summary of quantities, units and symbols in physical chemistry', Chemistry International, 33(4).
• Stohner, J. (2011) Quantum dynamics derived from overtone spectroscopy and parity violation in chiral molecules.
• Stohner, J. (2011) All you probably never wanted to know about molecular parity violation.
• Stohner, J. (2009) Parity violation in molecular spectroscopy and quantum dynamics.
• Cohen, E. R. et al. (eds) (2007) Quantities, units and symbols in physical chemistry. 3rd edition. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry. doi: 10.1039/9781847557889.
• Quack, M., Stohner, J. and Riehn, C. (2006) Physikalische Chemie 2005 : Trendbericht. Wiley. doi: 10.1002/nadc.20060540312.
• Stohner, J. et al. (2006) 'Recent results on parity violation in chiral molecules : camphor and the influence of molecular parity violation', in XV symposium on atomic surface physics and related topics : contributions: Obergurgl, Austria, february 4 - 9, 2006. Innsbruck: University Press, pp. 196–199.
• Stohner, J. and Quack, M. (2006) 'Theory and molecular spectroscopy of the parity violating electroweak interaction : signatures in rovibrational spectra of polyatomic molecules', in Simos, T. and Maroulis, G. (eds) Recent progress in computational sciences and engineering : lectures presented at the international conference of computational methods in sciences and engineering 2006 (ICCMSE 2006). Leiden: Brill, pp. 968–972.
• Gottselig, M. et al. (2004) 'Mode-selective stereomutation tunnelling and parity violation in HOClH(+) and H2Te2 isotopomers', International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 233(1-3), pp. 373–384. doi: 10.1016/j.ijms.2004.01.014.
• Stohner, J., Amrein, A. H. and Quack, M. (2003) 'Nachhaltigkeit in physikalisch-chemischer Forschung : spektroskopischer Beitrag zur Untersuchung von Spurengasen in der Atmosphäre', ZHWInfo, 16, p. 26.
• Keppler Albert, K. et al. (2003) 'Analysis of the high resolution infrared spectrum of monodeuterated ethylene oxide between 850-950 cm^-1', in 18th Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Dijon, 8-12 September 2003. Dijon.
• Stohner, J. (1986) 'Die Gibbssche Energie (Freie Enthalpie) und die Gleichgewichtskonstante', Praxis der Naturwissenschaften, 35(1), pp. 29–32.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Stohner, J. (2024) 'Synthesis and enantio-separation of small chiral molecules for spectroscopic investigations', in Invited Talk at the Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland, 22 May 2024.
• Albert, S. et al. (2021) 'High resolution infrared spectroscopy of cyano-oxirane (c-C2H3OCN)', in Abstracts & Presentations : 2020 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy. Illinois: IDEALS.
• Stohner, J. (2018) 'Small chiral molecules for the investigation of chiroptical properties', in Workshop WG2 of MOLIM and Leopoldina Symposium on Molecular Quantum Dynamics and Kinetics, Athens, Greece, 8 October 2018.
• Stohner, J. (2018) 'Small chiral molecules : ! Useful species to study chiroptical properties', in Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Chiral Structures and their Assemblies, Telluride CO, USA, 2018.
• Stohner, J. (2014) 'What are chiral molecules good for?', in SASP 2014, Obergurgl, Österreich, 8-14 February 2014.
• Stohner, J. (2014) 'Chiral molecules', in Division of Physical and Biophysical Chemistry: IUPAC off-year Meeting, Kappel am Albis, 31 May-1 June 2014.
• Stohner, J. (2013) 'Chiral molecules in molecular spectroscopy', in Leopoldina-Symposium 'Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics at the Limit', Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, Zürich, 10-13 September 2013.
• Stohner, J. (2012) 'Spectroscopy of chiral molecules', in 18th Symposium on Atomic, Cluster and Surface Physics (SASP 2012), Alpe d'Huez, France, 22–27 January 2012.
• Stohner, J. (2012) 'Chiral molecules : spectroscopy, dynamics and fundamental laws', in Symposium of the Japanese Chemical Society and the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 8 June 2012.
• Stohner, J. (2010) 'Parity violation in molecular spectroscopy and its consequences', in Vortrag an Yale University, New Haven, 8. Juli 2010.
• Stohner, J. (2009) 'Line shift in rotational spectra of polyatomic chiral molecules caused by parity violating electroweak interaction', in 64th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus OH, USA, 22-26 June 2009.
• Stohner, J. (2009) 'Infrared multiphoton excitation in polyatomic molecules', in Vortrag an Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Frankfurt a.M., Deutschland, 11. Februar 2009.
• Quack, M. and Stohner, J. (2008) 'Parity violating electroweak interaction effects in calculated (Ro)vibrational spectra of polyatomic chiral molecules', in Bunsentagung Saarbrücken 2008 - 107. Hauptversammlung der Deutschen Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie, Saarbrücken, Deutschland, 1.-3. Mai 2008.
• Stohner, J. and Quack, M. (2008) 'Education about the use of quantities, units and symbols in chemistry : the earlier the better', in 20th International Conference on Chemical Education (ICCE), Mauritius, 3-8 August 2008.
• Stohner, J. (2006) 'Signatures from electroweak quantum chemistry in (ro)vibrational spectra of polyatomic molecules', in International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering ICCMSE 2006: Symposium «Relativistic Quantum Theory: Computational Perspectives and Applications», Chania, Greece, 29 October – 1 November 2006.
• Stohner, J. and Quack, M. (2005) 'Parity violation in chiral molecules : talk at the Telluride Workshop on 'vibrational dynamics in condensed and gas phase'', in Workshop on «Vibrational Dynamics in Condensed and Gas Phase», Telluride CO, USA, 2005.
• Stohner, J. (2005) 'Parity violation in chiral molecules : facts and speculations'.
• Stohner, J. (2005) 'Parity violation in polyatomic chiral molecules'.
• Stohner, J. (2005) 'Spectroscopy and dynamics of chiral molecules : the role of parity violation and immediate consequences'.
• Willeke, M. et al. (2004) 'Theorie der Stereomutationsdynamik und der Paritätsverletzung in Molekülen mit helicaler Chiralität', in Hauptversammlung der Deutschen Bunsen-Gesellschaft fuer Physikalische Chemie, Dresden, Deutschland, 2004.
• Stohner, J. (2004) 'Theory of parity violation in chiral molecules : the role of multi-dimensional anharmonic couplings for spectroscopic observables in CDBrClF'.
• Stohner, J. (2004) 'Parity violation in CDBrClF and camphor : the role of anharmonicity and anharmonic couplings', in Talk at the Fall Meeting of the Swiss Chemical Society, Zürich, 2004.
• Stohner, J. (2003) 'Spectroscopy, dynamics and parity violation in chiral molecules', in Condensed Phase and Gas Phase Vibrational Dynamics Conference, Telluride CO, USA, 2003.

Patents and patent applications

Spenger, B. and Stohner, J. (2016) 'Verfahren zur gaschromatischen Trennung eines Enantiomerengemisches'. Available at: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP3069777A1.

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