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Radovan Sebesta
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Professor of organic chemistry at Comenius University Bratislava, interested in chirality, catalysis, organometallics, green chemistry, mechanochemistry. I like reading books, playing chess, and walking in nature.
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We report here that Povarov cycloaddition is highly enantioselective under mechanochemical conditions using chiral Bronsted acid catalysts - Chemistry – A European Journal - chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
P. Kisszekelyi, T. Doblejova, E. Rakovsky
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Mechanochemical Stereoselective Povarov Reaction via Brønsted Acid Organocatalysis
Mechanochemical activation enables the synthesis of chiral tetrahydroquinolines with excellent enantioselectivity and good yield. This asymmetric Povarov reaction is efficiently catalyzed via BINOL-b...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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We have been overcome by our passion for ferrocene and had to make some beautiful ferrocene thioamides via Willgerodt–Kindler Reaction - Eur. J. Org. Chem. - chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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H. Kabzan, P. Kisszekelyi, J. Filo, M, Cigan, E. Rakovsky
One‐Pot Synthesis of Ferrocene Thioamides from Ferrocenecarboxaldehyde via the Willgerodt–Kindler Reaction
A series of ferrocene thioamides is synthesized via Willgerodt–Kindler reaction from ferrocenecarboxaldehyde. Two experimental protocols are developed to effectively employ both primary and secondary...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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New issue (Issue 10, October 2025) of
#ChemicalPapers (part of Springer Nature
family) is now online with 59 interesting papers across various chemistry topics.
link.springer.com/journal/1169...
Chemical Papers
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October 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Spreading the word that mechanochemistry is great for metal catalyzed cross-couplings and carbonylations at 77. Meeting of chemists in High Tatras
September 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I am proud to present three new doctors from our group: Dr. Henrich Szabados, Dr. Barbora Zahradnikova, and Dr. Klara Stankovianska.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Our newest example of catalytic mechanochemistry - atroposelective organocatalytic synthesis of 1,2'-binaphthalene-3'-carbaldehydes under mechanochemical conditions - now published in RSC Mechanochemistry
@comeniusuni.bsky.social, with Henrich Szabados
doi.org/10.1039/D5MR...
Atroposelective organocatalytic synthesis of 1,2'-binaphthalene-3'-carbaldehydes under mechanochemical conditions
Ball-milling allowed the efficient realization of asymmetric organocatalytic Michael/aldol cascade, which affords 1',2´-dihydro-1,2´-binaphthalene derivatives. These compounds were transformed into ax...
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August 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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I always love returning to Switzerland. This time to attend #EuCOMC2025 in Bern and speak about mechanochemical cross-couplings.
July 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Cordial congratulations to our PhD student Zuzana Mravíková for receiving Dean´s award for the best publication of PhD students for her work published in ChemSusChem 2025, 18, e202402599 (lnkd.in/eWDu5ppB)
May 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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I cordially welcome our new postdoc, Dr. Suman Yadav, have a good time in research group.
May 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The thematic issue “Advances in asymmetric #organocatalysis II” ed. by Radovan Šebesta @rsebesta.bsky.social, @comeniusuni.bsky.social, in the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry is complete ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/yc24a85y
#GreenChemistry #greensolvents #catalysis #DiamondOpenAccess 💎🔓 #BJOC
April 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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I am happy to share that I’ve been recognised as one of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2024 outstanding reviewers for @chemcomm.rsc.org . Explore the full list at rsc.li/OutstandingReviewers2024 #RSCPeerReview
Outstanding peer reviewers | Royal Society of Chemistry
Thank you to each and every one of our peer reviewers working tirelessly to ensure that the scientific record is accurate and getting great science into the world.
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April 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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It is nice to learn that our work is read. Our article received enough views to be a Top Viewed Article. Read it here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #TopViewedArticle
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Mechanochemical Radical Boronation of Aryl Diazonium Salts Promoted by Sodium Chloride
Mechanochemically performed boronation of arene diazonium salts is presented. The key feature of this method is NaCl which significantly enhances this procedure. Mechanistic and DFT investigations su...
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April 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Our chapter "Partial Reduction of Enones, Styrenes, and Related Systems" for the upcoming release of Comprehensive Organic Synthesis is published
doi.org/10.1016/B978...
With Dr. Viktoria Nemethova, @comeniusuni.bsky.social
doi.org
April 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Mechanochemistry and organometallics - Pd-catalyzed coupling of organozinc pivalates and arene thianthrenium salts go well together as can be seen in our recent work
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@comeniusuni.bsky.social, T. Carny, M. Mart, M. Blauciak, B. Steinhublova.
Pd‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling of Organozinc Pivalates with Arene Thianthrenium Salts under Ball‐milling Conditions
Cross-coupling reactions are important tools in the synthesis of complex molecules. Here we show that the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl zinc pivalates with aryl thianthrenium salts offers a gre...
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April 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Reunion with past and present group members at the occasion of my 20 years at Comenius University
April 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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🧪Here are our current open positions:
www.benferinga.com/vacancies/

- PhD on Functional DNA-Rotator Motors
- PhD in the Origin of Homochirality
- PhD on Expanding Prebiotic Chemistry Through Reactivity in Oil Droplets
- Postdoc Molecular motors based DNA-walkers
March 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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📢 PhD position is open in my group starting in october 2025 for 3-years.
MSc. 👨‍🎓 interested in environmental chemistry; it is time to apply for exciting science at #PC2A @univlille.bsky.social @cnrs-hautsdefrance.bsky.social
@ph15.bsky.social @arizonastateuni.bsky.social
deadline: april 25th 2025
February 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Another product of our passion for catalytic mechanochemistry - Suzuki-type cross-coupling with thianthrenium salts #ChemSusChem, #Mechanochemistry
doi.org/10.1002/cssc...
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Zuzana Mravikova, Tibor Penaska, Daniela Horniakova
Mechanochemical Palladium‐catalyzed Cross‐coupling of Thianthrenium Salts and Arylboronic Acids
Cross-coupling reactions are indispensable for the construction of complex molecular scaffolds. In this work, we developed a sustainable methodology for the cross-coupling reaction of arene thianthre...
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January 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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If you are interested in asymmetric organocatalysis and axially chiral compounds, check out our recent review in Beilstein J. Org. Chem. Chem.
www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article...
Recent advances in organocatalytic atroposelective reactions
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
www.beilstein-journals.org
January 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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If you are interested in how to make carboxamide derivatives of oseltamivir, check out our recent article in EurJOC chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Utilizing N‐Hydroxylamine‐Based Active Esters for the Synthesis of Oseltamivir Amide Derivatives
Hydroxylamine-derived active esters were synthesized from oseltamivir, which can serve as practical synthetic handles to prepare oseltamivir analogs. Succinimide-based active ester was the most effec...
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January 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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I present our newest work on mechanochemical cross-couplings of Reformatsky enolates with aryl halides, which has been published in Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Mechanochemical Pd‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling of In‐Situ Generated Reformatsky Zn‐Enolates
Transition-metal-catalyzed α-arylations of carbonyl compounds have shown to be a useful strategy for the late-stage synthesis of α-arylesters. However, the use of strong basic conditions and difficul...
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January 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Our new toy for mechanochemistry! We believe chemical reactions should be shaken, not stirred. :D
December 10, 2024 at 12:56 PM