Projects

In 2017, we reported a breakthrough in azide chemistry. CF₃N₃ and longer carbon chain analogues were prepared from silanes or other carbanion precursors, which opened a door to study properties and reactivity of these compounds...

Copper(III) complexes often exhibit unique reactivity properties. We prepared novel Cu(III) trifluoromethyl complexes with 1,3-diketonate ligands...

NH-1,2,3-triazoles can be easily acylated on nitrogens and the products are isolable species...

Starting from dibromotetrafluoroethane we have synthesized a variety of nucleophilic and radical sulfur-containing compounds, which are now under investigation as reagents for tetrafluoroethyl and tetrafluoroethylene group transfer...

We have developed a new oxidative nucleophilic aromatic amination of substituted nitrobenzenes...

Organic compounds with pentafluorosulfanyl (SF₅) groups display a unique set of physicochemical properties. This includes extreme kinetic and hydrolytic stability, very strong electron acceptor capability, and high lipophilicity with high SF₅ electronegativity...

We have developed new methodologies for nucleophilic transfer of fluorine-containing groups using fluorinated phosphonates...

In this project we exploit extremely inert and hydrophobic properties of perfluorinated hydrocarbons by employing them as reaction media in enzyme-catalyzed processes. We perform biocatalysis (using isolated enzymes or whole cells) in perfluorocarbons...

In 2004, germination promotor of many plant species worldwide has been isolated from the smoke of burning vegetation. This remarkable potent germination stimulant, with effective germination promotion observed at nanomolar concentrations (10^-9M) was identified independently by Flematti and Van Staden...