Creating Awesome Stuff

Basic research

• Organic Chemistry: Synthesis, Structure, and Application – Programme (Slovenian Research Agency, P1-0230) J. Košmrlj

• Mechanistically Driven Discovery of Cross-Coupling Reactions (European Research Council (ERC) complementary scheme, Slovenian Research Agency, N1-0179) M. Gazvoda

• Ligands bearing tzNHCs in Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis: C–C and C–N Bond Formation in Water (Slovenian Research Agency, J1-8147) J. Košmrlj

• Redefinition and revival of copper-free Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction (Slovenian Research Agency, J1-9166) M. Gazvoda

• Development of highly efficient catalytic systems for the formation of carbon-carbon bond - Researchers at the beginning of career - M. Gazvoda (Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Republic of Slovenia)

Bilateral

• Advanced organometallic materials for metal-based catalysis, with B. Sarkar, Universität Stuttgart (Slovenian Research Agency)

• Mechanisms of cross-coupling reactions: the key for understanding and efficient designing of cross-coupling reactions, with S.L. Buchwald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Slovenian Research Agency)

• Pyridine-modified bicyclo[2.2.2]octenes as potential ligands with rhenium: promising photocatalysts for the preparation of hydrogen from water, with J. Hoberg, University of Wyoming (Slovenian Research Agency)

• Advanced organic-inorganic composites for metal-based catalysis and drugs, with B. Sarkar, Freie Universität Berlin (Slovenian Research Agency)

• When old drugs meet new form: cisplatin and statin, with A. Brozović, Rudjer Boskovic Institute (Slovenian Research Agency)

Industrial

• Custom synthesis

• Synthesis of reaction intermediates relevant to pharmaceutical industry

• Synthesis of impurities and standards relevant to pharmaceutical industry

• Consulting and preparation of expert opinions

In Partnership

• Illicit drugs, alcohol and tobacco: wastewater based epidemiology, treatment efficiency and vulnerability assessment of water catchments, with E. Heath, Jožef Stefan Institute (Slovenian Research Agency)

• Pharmaceutical and personal care product residues in the environment: Occurrence, sources, treatment and effects, with E. Heath, Jožef Stefan Institute (Slovenian Research Agency) 

• Collect, analyse, organize, evaluate, share - a response to challenges in forensic drugs analyses - RESPONSE, with S. Klemenc, National Forensic Laboratory, Ministry of the Interior, Slovenia