2020-02-20   Our paper entitled "Applications of Bolm’s Ligand in Enantioselective Synthesis" was published (Bednařová, E.; Malatinec, Š.; Kotora, M. Molecules 2020, 25, 958. doi:10.3390/molecules25050958).

2020-01-08   Our paper entitled "A Study of Polarization and Directing Effects of Unsymmetrical Alkynes Using Regioselective Pd-Catalyzed Bromoallylation" was published as a VIP paper (Topolovčan, N.; Hara, S.; Císařová, I.; Tošner, Z.; Kotora, M. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 234–240. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201901476)

2019-11-09   Our paper entitlked "Synthesis of Tri- and Disubstituted Fluorenols and Derivatives Thereof Using Catalytic [2+2+2]
Cyclotrimerization" was published (Caivano, I.; Kaiser, R. P.; Schnurrer, F.; Mosinger, J.; Nečas, D.; Císařová, I.; Kotora, M. Catalysts 2019, 9, 942. doi:10.3390/catal9110942)

2019-10-16   Our paper entitled "Straightforward Synthesis and Properties of Highly Fluorescent [5]- and [7]-Helical Dispiroindeno[2,1-c]fluorenes" was published (Kaiser, R. P.; Nečas, D.; Cadart, T.; Gyepes, R.; Císařová, I.; Mosinger, J.; Pospíšil, L.; Kotora, M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 17169-17174.  doi: 10.1002/anie.201908348)

2018-11-14  Our paper entitled "Catalyst-Counterion Controlled, Regioselective C–C Bond Cleavage in 1-Azabiphenylene: Synthesis of Selectively Substituted Benzoisoquinolines" was published (Frejka, D.; Ulč, J.; Kantchev, E. A. B.; Císařová, I.; Kotora, M. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 10290– 10299: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.8b01874 

2018-08-20  Our paper entitled "Synthesis of a Bolm's Ligand Analogue and its Applications" was published (Bednářová, E.; Dračínský, M.; Malatinec, Š.; Císařová, I.; E.; Lamaty, F.; Kotora, M. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, 360, 2869–2878: doi: 10.1002/adsc.201800452

2018-01-17  Our paper entitled "Enantioselective Synthesis of the C23-C33 Aetheramide A Fragment and Its C32-Epimer." was published (Peňaška, T.; Koukal, P.; Martin Kotora, M. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 147-149.): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejoc.201701416/full 

2018-01-17 My author profile published at EJOC: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejoc.201701508/full

2018-01-16 We welcome Gabriel Lopes Espindola, a visiting student from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Brasil. He will stay in our group for 2 month.

2017-08-23 Our paper entitled "Synthesis of Selectively 4-Substituted 9,9´-Spirobifluorenes and Modulation of Their Photophysical Properties" was published (Kaiser, R. P.; Mosinger, J.; Císařová, I.; Kotora, M. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 6913-6920): http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=C7OB01319A

2017-08-22 Our review entitled "Pyridine N-Oxides and Derivatives Thereof in Organocatalysis" was  published (Koukal, P.; Ulč, J.; Nečas, D.; Kotora, M. Chapter in Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry, 2017, 53, 29-58):  http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319606866

2017-04-05  Our paper entitled "Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cross-Metathesis of Allyl Acetate and Styrenes: A Practical Approach to the Synthesis of Tripolinolate A and Its Analogs"  was published (Araki, Y.; Topolovčan, N.; Kotora, M. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 1736-1739): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejoc.201700132/full

2017-02-01   We welcome Tibor Peňaška, a visiting student from Komenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. He will stay in our group for 5 month.

2017-01-12  We welcome Julia Bezerra, a visiting student from University of Campinas, Brasil. She will stay in our group for 2 month.

2016-11-13  Mr. Araki, a visiting student form Okayama University (Japan), won the "The best poster prezentation price" at 51th Advances in Organic, Bioorganic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry "Liblice 2016" conference. Congratulations!

2016-10-27  We welcome Prof. Yasuhiro UOZUMI, a visiting professor from IMS and RIKEN, Japan. He will stay in our group for a couple of weeks.

2016-10-07  Our paper on synthesis of halopyridines by cyclotrimerization (Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 358, 1916) was highlighted in Org. Chem. Highlights, Oct. 17th: www.organic-chemistry.org/Highlights/2016/17October.shtm

2016-09-30   We welcome Florian Schnurrer, an ERASMUS student from University of Jena, Germany. He will stay in our group for 4 month.

2016-09-19   "Quo vadis chemie" lecture series (15:00):  Professor C. Nevado (University of Zurich). 

2016-09-16   Eva Prchalová successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations!

2016-09-05   We welcome Anna Strejčková, a trainee from "Masaryk Secondary School of Chemistry"

2016-09-01   We welcome Yasuhiro ARAKI, an intern from "Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University", Japonsko. He will stay in our group for 3 month.

2016-06-22    Group meeting. 

2016-06-16   We welcome Roberta Farkaš, a trainee from "Masaryk Secondary School of Chemistry",

2016-06-20   "Quo vadis chemie" lecture series (15:00):  Professor H. Sakurai 

2016-04-22    Professor Takahashi is visiting our lab and stay for 1 month. Professor Takahashi was awarded the "Golden Medal of Faculty of Science".