Studied chemistry at the Technical University, Berlin 1986 PhD, TU Berlin (Dr. rer. nat.) 1990 Habilitation 1990-1995 Privat-Dozent, TU Berlin 1995-1997 Ramsay Professor of Chemistry, Glasgow/Scotland Since 1997 Professor (C4) of Inorganic Chemistry, LMU Since 1998 Bavarian Elite Academy Representative

Inorganic molecule chemistry Energetic materials: explosives, pyrotechnics, propellants Fluorine chemistry

Improved green-light-emitting pyrotechnic formulations based on tris(2,2,2-trinitroethyl)-borate and boron carbide, T. M. Klapötke, B. Krumm, M. Rusan, J. J. Sabatini, Chem. Commun. 2014, DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04616a. Chlorfreie Pyrotechnik: "grüne" Emission blauen Lichtes durch Kupfer(I)-iodid, T. M. Klapötke, M. Rusan, J. J. Sabatini, Angew. Chem. 2014, DOI: 10.1002/ange.201405195 Dikalium-1,1′-dinitramino-5,5′-bistetrazolat – ein Primärsprengstoff mit schneller Detonation und hoher Initiierungsleistung, D. Fischer, T. M. Klapötke, J. Stierstorfer, Angew. Chem. 2014, DOI: 10.1002/ange.201404790. The 1,3-bis(nitroimide)-1,2,3-triazolate anion, the N-nitroimide moiety, and the strategy of alternating positive and negative charges in the design of energetic materials, T. M. Klapötke, D. G. Piercey, J. Stierstorfer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20827. Pushing the Limits of Energetic Materials - The synthesis and characterization of hydroxylammonium bistetrazolate-N-oxide, D. Fischer, N. Fischer, T.M. Klapötke, D. G. Piercey, J. Stierstorfer, J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 20418. Nitrotetrazolate-2N-oxides and the Strategy of N-Oxide Introduction, M. Göbel, K. Karaghiosoff, T. M. Klapötke, D. G. Piercey, J. Stierstorfer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 17216-17226. The Binary Selenium(IV) Azides Se(N3)4, [Se(N3)5]-, and [Se(N3)6]2- T. M. Klapötke, B. Krumm, M. Scherr, R. Haiges,K. O. Christe, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 46, 8686. The Crystal and Molecular Structure of Mercury Fulminate (Knallquecksilber) W. Beck, J. Evers, M. Göbel, G. Oehlinger, T. M. Klapötke, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2007, 633, 1417. The Sila-Explosives Si(CH2N3)4 and Si(CH2ONO2)4: Silicon Analogues of the Common Explosives Pentaerythrityl Tetraazide, C(CH2N3)4, and Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate, C(CH2ONO2)4 T. M. Klapötke, B. Krumm, R. Ilg, D. Troegel, R. Tacke, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 6908.

First Structurally Characterised Binary P-N Molecule: The Highly Energetic Compound P3N21 T. M. Klapötke,M. Göbel, K. Karaghiosoff, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 5895.