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28.06.2017

Starý Ivo

RNDr., CSc.
Born January 20, 1961 in Prague

  • Organic chemistry
  • Member of Learned Society since 2017

Educational and professional preparation

  • 1984 MSc (RNDr.) in bioorganic chemistry, Charles University, Prague (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague)
  • 1990 PhD (CSc.) in organic chemistry (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, under supervision of Prof. P. Kočovský)
  • 1993/1994 postdoctoral fellow at Université de Genève, Switzerland (with Prof. E. P. Kündig)
  • 2000/2001 research assistant at University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (with Prof. P. Kočovský)

Employment and academic positions

  • 1900- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (2000-2006 research group leader, 2003-2006 head of the Department of Organic Chemistry, 2007- head of the senior research group)
  • 1997- teaching at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (organic reaction mechanisms)

Membership in selected domestic scientific bodies

  • Czech Chemical Society

Membership and positions in selected international organizations and societies

  • 2012-2015 Editorial Board of Chirality
  • 2005-2015 International Advisory Board of The European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • 2012- International Advisory Board of the European Symposium of Organic Chemistry (President Elect)

Notable awards

  • 1994 Alfred Bader Award (Czech Chemical Society)
  • 2003 Thieme Journal Award 2004
  • 2016 JSPS Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan
  • 2016 IOCF Yoshida Lectureship 2016, Japan (International Organic Chemistry Foundation, Kyoto University)

Selected publications

  • Stetsovych, O.; Švec, M.; Vacek, J.; Vacek Chocholoušová, J.; Jančařík, A.; Rybáček, J.; Kosmider, K.; Stará, I. G.; Jelínek, P.; Starý, I. Nat. Chem. 2017, 9, 213–218. From helical to planar chirality by on-surface Chemistry.
  • Nejedlý, J.; Šámal, M.; Rybáček, J.; Tobrmanová, M.; Szydlo, F.; Coudret, C.; Neumeier, M.; Vacek, J.; Vacek Chocholoušová, J.; Buděšínský, M.; Šaman, D.; Bednárová, L.; Sieger, L.;] Stará, I. G.; Starý, I. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 5839–5843. The Synthesis of Long Oxahelicenes by Polycyclization in a Flow Reactor.
  • Šámal, M.; Chercheja, S.; Rybáček, J.; Vacek Chocholoušová, J., Vacek, J.; Bednárová, L.; Šaman, D.; Stará, I. G.; Starý I. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 8469–8474. An Ultimate Stereocontrol in Asymmetric Synthesis of Optically Pure Fully Aromatic Helicenes.
  • Buchta, M.; Rybáček, J.; Jančařík, A.; Kudale, A. A.; Buděšínský, M.; Chocholoušová, J. V.; Vacek, J.; Bednárová, L.; Císařová, I.; Bodwell, G. J.; Starý, I.; Stará, I. G. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21 (24), 8910–8917. Chimerical Pyrene-Based [7]Helicenes as Twisted Polycondensed Aromatics.
  • Chercheja, S.; Klívar, J.; Jančařík, A.; Rybáček, J.; Salzl, S.; Tarábek, J.; Pospíšil, L.; Vacek Chocholoušová, J.; Vacek, J.; Pohl, R.; Císařová, I.; Starý, I.; Stará, I. G. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 8477–8482. The Use of Cobalt-Mediated Cycloisomerisation of Ynedinitriles in the Synthesis of Pyridazinohelicenes.
  • Jančařík, A.; Rybáček, J.; Cocq, K.; Vacek Chocholoušová, J.; Vacek, J.; Pohl, R.; Bednárová, L.; Fiedler, P.; Císařová, I.; Stará, I. G.; Starý, I. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9970–9975. Rapid Access to Dibenzohelicenes and their Functionalized Derivatives.
  • Žádný, J.; Jančařík, A.; Andronova, A.; Šámal, M.; Vacek Chocholoušová, J.; Vacek,6 Jančařík, A.; Rybáček, J.; Cocq, K.; Vacek Chocholoušová, J.; Vacek, J.; Pohl, R.; Bednárová, L.; Fiedler, P.; Císařová, I.; Stará, I. G.; Starý, I. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 5857–5861. A General Approach to Optically Pure [5]-, [6]-, and [7]Heterohelicenes.
  • Sehnal, P.; Stará, I. G.; Šaman, D.; Tichý, M.; Míšek, J.; Cvačka, J.; Rulíšek, L.; Chocholoušová, J.; Vacek, J.; Goryl, G.; Szymonski, M.; Císařová, I.; Starý, I. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2009, 106, 13169–13174. An organometallic route to long helicenes.
  • Míšek, J.; Teplý, F.; Stará, I. G.; Tichý, M.; Šaman, D.; Císařová, I.; Vojtíšek, P.; Starý, I. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 3188–3191. A Straightforward Route to Helically Chiral N-Heteroaromatic Compounds: Practical Synthesis of Racemic 1,14-Diaza[5]helicene and Optically Pure 1- and 2-Aza[6]helicenes.
  • Teplý, F.; Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Kollárovič, A.; Šaman, D.; Rulíšek, L.; Fiedler, P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 9175–9180. Synthesis of [5]-, [6]-, and [7]helicene via Ni(0)- or Co(I)- catalyzed isomerization of aromatic cis,cis-dienetriynes.

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