A team from the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II at Ruhr-Universität Bochum has developed new chemical compounds that make catalysts more efficient. With their electronic and spatial properties, the new class of what are known as phosphine ligands ensures that catalysts are more active and more stable. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, researchers led by Prof Dr. Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner describe how the new ligands act on gold catalysts. The group assumes that the results can be transferred to other catalysts and that the systems are worth considering for broader industrial application. The results were initially published online on June 3, 2018.