The Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry was refunded in 1993. Its staff consists of one full professor, seven assistants, two technicians, and a secretary. The institute is responsible for all lectures and laboratory courses in Pharmaceutical Chemistry according to the curriculum of pharmacy. Every year 40 to 50 students of pharmacy take the six obligatory laboratory courses offered by the institute as well as the related lectures and seminars. Furthermore, students of pharmacy work on their diploma theses and dissertations at the institute.
Postdoctoral fellows from abroad participate regularly in the research activities of the institute.
The main research interest of the institute concerns the development of novel bio-active compounds, in particular in the field of heterocyclic chemistry. In this context syntheses and studies of the reactivity of novel synthetic building blocks are performed. This is the basis for systematic structural modifications of pharmacologically active lead compounds. Biological data obtained from in vitro studies together with the determination of biologically important physicochemical parameters and computer assisted research are employed for establishing structure activity relationships. The institute is equipped with standard instruments for chromatographic as well as spectroscopic analyses, NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry are extensively used.