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Research Interests
Ooganic synthesis and catalysis, organometallic chemistry, stereochemistry & chirality, π-electron & aromatic systems, self-assembly, on-surface chemistry, nanoparticles, molecular electronics and single-molecule devices
Dr. Ivo Starý
Profile
Education
1993-1994
Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. E. P. Kündig, Université de Genève, Switzerland
1990
Ph.D. (CSc.) in Organic Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, under supervision of Prof. P. Kočovský at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague
1984
M.Sc. (RNDr.) in Bioorganic Chemistry, Charles University, Prague, under supervision of Prof. P. Kočovský at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague
Chronology of Employment
Since 2007
Head of the Senior Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
2003-2006
Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
2000-2006
Research Group Leader (Organic Synthesis) at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
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Research Sabbaticals
2000-2001
Research assistant with Prof. P. Kočovský, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Honors & Scientific Recognition
2018
Rudolf Lukeš Award (Czech Chemical Society)
Since 2017
Elected member of The Learned Society of the Czech Republic, member of the Executive Board
2016
IOCF Yoshida Lectureship
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Publications
90 original papers, 4 chapters in books / h-index: 31
Selected papers
An Ultimate Stereocontrol in Asymmetric Synthesis of Optically Pure Fully Aromatic Helicenes
Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 (26): 8469-8474 (2015)
The role of the helicity of small molecules in enantioselective \ncatalysis, molecular recognition, self-assembly, material science, \nbiology, and nanoscience is much less understood than that of point-, \naxial-, or planar-chiral molecules. To uncover the envisaged potential \nof helically chiral polyaromatics represented by iconic helicenes, their\n availability in an optically pure form through asymmetric synthesis is \nurgently needed. We provide a solution to this problem present since the\n birth of helicene chemistry in 1956 by developing a general synthetic \nmethodology for the preparation of uniformly enantiopure fully aromatic \n[5]-, [6]-, and [7]helicenes and their functionalized derivatives. [2 + 2\n + 2] Cycloisomerization of chiral triynes combined with asymmetric \ntransformation of the first kind (ultimately controlled by the \n1,3-allylic-type strain) is central to this endeavor. The \npoint-to-helical chirality transfer utilizing a traceless chiral \nauxiliary…
Latest publications
Helicene-based π-conjugated macrocycles: their synthesis, properties, chirality and self-assembly into molecular stripes on a graphite surface
Nanoscale 15 (4): 1542–1553 (2023)
Electrochemistry of Tetrathiafulvalene Ligands Assembled on the Surface of Gold Nanoparticles
Molecules 27 (21): 7639 (2022)
Push–pull amino-nitro helicenes: synthesis, (chir)optical properties and self-assembly into thin films
Chemical Communications 58 (91): 12732–12735 (2022)
Cycloiridated Helicenes as Chiral Catalysts in the Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines
ACS Catalysis 12 (17): 10793–10800 (2022)