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Martin Kotora

Martin Kotora

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Chemistry

D-Index
44
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6753
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National Ranking
88

Overview

Martin Kotora is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic. Their research spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with primary focus areas in Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry, as well as contributions to Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Martin Kotora has contributed frequently to publication venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Catalysts
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • ChemistryEurope

Among the recent papers published by Martin Kotora are:

  • On-Surface Strain-Driven Synthesis of Nonalternant Non-Benzenoid Aromatic Compounds Containing Four- to Eight-Membered Rings, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Special Issue: Recent Advances in Transition-Metal Catalysis, 2021, The Chemical Record
  • Unusual Scaffold Rearrangement in Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons Driven by Concerted Action of Single Gold Atoms on a Gold Surface, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent and CPL-Active Dispiroindeno[2,1-c]fluorenes, 2021, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Catalytic vs. uncatalyzed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinones with alkynes, 2023, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martin Kotora include:

  • Ivana Cı́sařová
  • Timothée Cadart
  • Ilaria Caivano
  • Róbert Gyepes
  • David Nečas

Best Publications

  • Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of γ-alkylidenebutenolides and related compounds

    Ei-ichi Negishi;Martin Kotora

  • Cycloaddition Reaction of Zirconacyclopentadienes to Alkynes: Highly Selective Formation of Benzene Derivatives from Three Different Alkynes

    Tamotsu Takahashi;Zhenfeng Xi;Akiko Yamazaki;Yuanhong Liu

  • Selective preparation of pyridines, pyridones, and iminopyridines from two different alkynes via azazirconacycles.

    Tamotsu Takahashi;Fu-Yu Tsai;Yanzhong Li;Hui Wang

  • Copper-Mediated Coupling of Zirconacyclopentadienes with Dihalo Aromatic Compounds. Formation of Fused Aromatic Rings

    Tamotsu Takahashi;Ryuichiro Hara;Yasushi Nishihara;Martin Kotora

  • Carbon−Carbon Bond Formation Reaction of Zirconacyclopentadienes with Alkynes in the Presence of Ni(II)-complexes

    Tamotsu Takahashi;Fu-Yu Tsai;Yanzhong Li;Kiyohiko Nakajima

  • On the Mechanism of Asymmetric Allylation of Aldehydes with Allyltrichlorosilanes Catalyzed by QUINOX, a Chiral Isoquinoline N-Oxide

    Andrei V. Malkov;Pedro Ramirez-Lopez;Lada Biedermannova;Lubomir Rulisek

  • Coupling reaction of zirconacyclopentadienes with dihalonaphthalenes and dihalopyridines: a new procedure for the preparation of substituted anthracenes, quinolines, and isoquinolines.

    Tamotsu Takahashi;Yanzhong Li;Petr Stepnicka;Masanori Kitamura

  • Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage and Selective Transformation of Zirconacycles

    Tamotsu Takahashi;Martin Kotora;Ryuichiro Hara;Zhenfeng Xi

  • Selective Formation of Substituted Pyridines from Two Different Alkynes and a Nitrile: Novel Coupling Reaction of Azazirconacyclopentadienes with Alkynes

    Tamotsu Takahashi;and Fu-Yu Tsai;Martin Kotora

  • Direct Synthesis of Terminal Alkynes via Pd-Catalyzed Cross Coupling of Aryl and Alkenyl Halides with Ethynylmetals Containing Zn, Mg, and Sn. Critical Comparison of Countercations

    Ei-ichi Negishi;Martin Kotora;Caiding Xu

  • Highly Efficient and Selective Procedures for the Synthesis of γ-Alkylidenebutenolides via Palladium-Catalyzed Ene-Yne Coupling and Palladium- or Silver Catalyzed Lactonization of (Z)-2-En-4-ynoic Acids. Synthesis of Rubrolides A, C, D, and E

    Matin Kotora;Ei-ichi Negishi

  • Catalytic Deallylation of Allyl- and Diallylmalonates

    David Necas;Matyás Turský;Martin Kotora

  • Rhodium-catalyzed C-C Bond Cleavage Reactions - An Update

    Ales Korotvicka;David Necas;Martin Kotora

  • Cycloaddition of zirconacyclopentadienes to alkynes using copper salts: formation of benzene derivatives

    Tamotsu Takahashi;Martin Kotora;Zhenfeng Xi

  • New pyridine N-oxides as chiral organocatalysts in the asymmetric allylation of aromatic aldehydes

    Andrei V. Malkov;Mary-Margaret Westwater;Andrey Gutnov;Pedro Ramírez-López

  • Novel Syntheses of Eight-Membered-Five-Membered Fused-Ring Compounds from Zirconacyclopentadienes

    Tamotsu Takahashi;Martin Kotora;Kayoko Kasai;Noriyuki Suzuki

  • Simple and Fast Synthesis of New Axially Chiral Bipyridine N,N′-Dioxides for Highly Enantioselective Allylation of Aldehydes

    Aneta Kadlčíková;Radim Hrdina;Irena Valterová;Martin Kotora;Martin Kotora

  • Oxidative Addition of 2-Haloalkene to Zirconocene

    Tamotsu Takahashi;Martin Kotora;Reinald Fischer;Yasushi Nishihara

  • New Pathway to C2‐Symmetric Atropoisomeric Bipyridine N,N′‐Dioxides and Solvent Effect in Enantioselective Allylation of Aldehydes

    Radim Hrdina;Martin Dračínský;Irena Valterová;Jana Hodačová

  • Inter‐ or Intramolecular Carbometalation of Nonactivated Alkynes by Zirconacyclopentanes in the Presence of Copper Chloride

    Yuanhong Liu;Baojian Shen;Martin Kotora;Tamotsu Takahashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamotsu Takahashi
Tamotsu Takahashi Hokkaido University
Ivana Císařová
Ivana Císařová Charles University
Michal Hocek
Michal Hocek Czech Academy of Sciences
Kiyohiko Nakajima
Kiyohiko Nakajima Aichi University of Education
Petr Novák
Petr Novák ETH Zurich
Chanjuan Xi
Chanjuan Xi Tsinghua University
Ei-ichi Negishi
Ei-ichi Negishi Purdue University West Lafayette
Noriyuki Suzuki
Noriyuki Suzuki National Institute for Environmental Studies
Jana Roithová
Jana Roithová Radboud University
Yasushi Nishihara
Yasushi Nishihara Okayama University

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