GROUP
VIII.
Stereocontrolled
Organic Synthesis and Supramolecular Chemistry
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Head of the group Prof. Janusz Jurczak e-mail: <jurczak@icho.edu.pl>
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Ph.D., Institute of Organic Chemistry PAS, 1970 Post-doc, Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, 1971-72 D.Sc., Institute of Organic Chemistry PAS, 1979 Professor of Organic Synthesis at IOC PAS, 1988 – present Professor at Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Warsaw, 1991-present Corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 1991, Full Member 2004. Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Permament Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Symposia on Supramolecular Chemistry, Supervisor of 33 defended PhD Theses; 19 other are in progress, Co-author of 350 scientific papers published mostly in high ranking international journals, Award of the Division of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 1980, Kostanecki Medal of the Polish Chemical Society, 1989, Scientific Prize of the Prime Minister of Poland, 1997, Świętosławski Award of the Warsaw University, 1999, Pierre & Marie Curie Award of the French Chemical Society, 2000. |
Staff:
Research activity
[4+2]Cycloaddition and organometallic addition reactions, using optically active aldehydes are investigated, and the results are applied to the synthesis of natural products with special emphasis laid on sugars and antibiotics. Particular attention is devoted to the stereocontrolled reactions accelerated by high pressure. New methods of the synthesis of coronands, cryptands, and related compounds, including the high pressure approach, are studied. Application of the macrocyclic products to various problems of supramolecular chemistry is also investigated. X-Ray structural and conformational studies, as well as advanced NMR investigations supporting synthetic project are conducted.
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