People

Name Starý Ivo
Position Head of the Senior Research Group
Ivo Starý

Ivo Starý, Ph.D.

Head of the Senior Research Group

Chemistry of Functional Molecules Research Group
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, v.v.i.
Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

☎: (+420) 220 183 315 (350)
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📱: (+420) 731 447 870
✉: stary@uochb.cas.cz

 
Education
1990 Ph.D. (CSc.) in Organic Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, under supervision of Prof. P. Kočovský at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague.
1984 M.Sc. (RNDr.) in Bioorganic Chemistry, Charles University, Prague, under supervision of Prof. P. Kočovský at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague.
 
Experience
2000-2001 Research assistant with Prof. P. Kočovský, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
1993-1994 Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. E. P. Kündig, Université de Genève, Switzerland.
 
Appointments
Since 2007 Head of the Chemistry of Functional Molecules Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
2003-2006 Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
2000-2006 Research group leader (Organic Synthesis) at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
Since 1997 He has lectured on organic reaction mechanisms at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague.
Since 1990 He has joined the Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague (formerly the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences).
 
Awards and organizations
Since 2005 International Advisory Board of the European Journal of Organic Chemistry.
2003 Thieme Journal Award 2004
1994 First recipient of the Alfred Bader Award (Czech Republic).
 
Teaching
since 2005 Supervisor of Ph.D. students.
Charles University, Prague: Structure and Reactivity II - Organic Reactions Mechanisms.
 
Research interest
Organic synthesis, organometallic chemistry, stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms, asymmetric synthesis, and, more recently, molecular electronics.
 
 
 
Selected papers
 

Teplý, F.; Stará, I.G.; Starý, I. ; Kollárovič, A.; Luštinec, D.; Krausová, Z.; Šaman, D.; Fiedler, P.
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 4244-4250.
A Convenient Route to 2-Hydroxy- and 2,15-Dihydroxyhexahelicene.

Roithová, J.; Schrőder, D.; Míšek, J.; Stará, I.G. ; Starý, I.
J. Mass Spectrom. 2007, 42, 1233-1237.
Chiral Superbases: The Proton Affinities of 1- and 2-Aza[6]helicene in the Gas Phase.

Perzyna, A.; Dal Zotto, C.; Durand, J.-O.; Granier, M.; Smietana, M.; Melnyk, O.; Stará, I.G.; Starý, I.; Klepetářová, B.; Šaman, D.
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 4032-4037.
Reaction of Isocyanate-Functionalised Silicon Wafers with Complex Amino Compounds.

Alexandrová, Z.; Sehnal, P.; Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Šaman, D.; Teplý, F.; Urquhart, S.G.; Otero, E.
Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2006, 71, 1256-1264.
Modified Synthesis of Heptahelicene and its Resolution into Single Enantiomers.

Starý, I.; Stará, I. G.; Alexandrová, Z.; Sehnal, P.; Teplý, F.; Šaman, D.; Rulíšek, L.
Pure Appl. Chem. 2006, 78, 495-499.
Helicity Control in the Synthesis of Helicenes and Related Compounds.

Stará, I. G.; Alexandrová, Z.; Teplý, F.; Sehnal, P.; Starý, I.; Šaman, D.; Buděšínský, M.; Cvačka J.
Org. Letters 2005, 7, 2547-2550.
Asymmetric Synthesis of [7]Helicene-Like Molecules.

Teplý, F.; Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Kollárovič, A.; Šaman, D.; Fiedler, P.; Vyskočil, Š.
J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 5193-5197.
Synthesis of 3-Hexahelicenol and Its Transformation to 3-Hexahelicenyl Amines, Diphenylphosphine, Methyl Carboxylate, and Dimethylthiocarbamate.

Teplý, F.; Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Kollárovič, A.; Šaman, D.; Fiedler, P.
Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 9007-9018.
Transition Metal Control in the Reaction of Alkyne-Substituted Phenyl Iodides with Terminal Alkynes: Sonogashira Coupling vs. Cyclic Carbopalladation.

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.

Hocek, M.; Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Dvořáková, H.
Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 519-521.
Cyclotrimerization of 6-Ethynyl Purines. Synthesis of 1,2,4- and 1,3,5-Tris(purin-6-yl)benzenes as Novel Hoogsteen-Triplet Analogues.

Stará, I. G.; Kollárovič, A.; Teplý, F.; Starý, I.; Šaman, D.; Fiedler, P.
Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2000, 65, 577-609.
Synthesis of Aromatic Triynes as Precursors to Helicene Derivatives.

Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Kollárovič, A.; Teplý, F.; Vyskočil, Š.; Šaman, D.
Tetrahedron Lett. 1999, 40, 1993-1996.
Transition Metal Catalysed Synthesis of Tetrahydro Derivatives of [5]-, [6]- and [7]Helicene.

Abbott, A. P.; Cheung, C. S. M.; Lonergan, G. R.; Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Kočovský, P.
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1999, 641-642.
Electrochemistry of Quaternary Ammonium Binaphthyl Salts.

Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Kollárovič, A.; Teplý, F.; Šaman, D.; Tichý, M.
J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 4046-4050.
A Novel Strategy for the Synthesis of Molecules with Helical Chirality. Intramolecular [2+2+2] Cycloisomerization of Triynes under Cobalt Catalysis.

Dvořák, D.; Starý, I.; Kočovský, P.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 6130-6131.
Stereochemistry of Molybdenum(0)-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution: The First Observation of a Syn-Syn Mechanism.

Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Tichý, M.; Závada, J.; Hanuš, V.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 5084-5088.
Stereochemical Dichotomy in the Stevens Rearrangement of Axially Twisted Dihydroazepinium and Dihydrothiepinium Salts.
A Novel Enantioselective Synthesis of Pentahelicene.

Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Tichý, M.; Závada, J.; Fiedler, P.
J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 1326-1332.
[Nucleophilic Attack on 4,5-Dihydro-4-alkyl-3H-binaphth[2,1-c:1',2'-e]thiepinium Salts. A Convenient Approach to New 2,2'-Bidentate 1,1'-Binaphthalene Ligands with Sulfur Donor Atoms.

Starý, I.; Stará, I. G.; Kočovský, P.
Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 179-182.
Allylic Alcohols as Substrates for the Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution.

Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Závada, J.
J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 6966-6969.
Nucleophilic Cleavage of 4,5-Dihydro-3H-dinaphth[2,1-c:1',2'-e]azepinium Quaternary Salts. A Convenient Approach to New Axially Dissymmetric and Axially Asymmetric Ligands.

Kočovský, P.; Starý, I.
J. Org. Chem. 1990, 55, 3236-3243.
Steric Control of Epoxidation by Carbamate and Amide Groups. Evidence for the Carbonyl-Directed Epoxidation.

Starý, I.; Kočovský, P.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 4981-4982.
The First Observation of Syn-Anti Dichotomy in the Formation of (π-Allyl)palladium Complexes.

 
 
 
Invited lectures & Conference talks
 
2007

Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2007
Helical Aromatics: Their Simplified Synthesis, Properties and Use

15th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry, Dublin, Ireland, July 8-13, 2007
Helical Aromatics: Their Simplified Synthesis, Properties and Use



2006

Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan, November 20, 2006
Synthesis and Properties of Helical Aromatics

University of Basel, Switzerland, November 3, 2006
Synthesis and Properties of Nonplanar Aromatic Systems



2005

5th VUFB Conference on Modern Methods in Synthesis and Analysis of Active Pharmaceutical Substances, Prague, Czech Republic, November 23-24, 2005.
Advanced Methods in the Synthesis of Enantiopure Bioactive Substances.

Congress SFC Eurochem 2005, Nancy, France, August 28 - September 1, 2005.
Helicity Control in the Synthesis of Helicenes and Related Compounds.

13th IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS 13), Geneva, Switzerland, July 17-21, 2005.
Helicity Control in the Synthesis of Helicenes and Related Compounds.



2004

P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic, September 27, 2004.
[2+2+2] Cycloisomerization of Alkynes in the Synthesis of Helically Chiral Molecules.

5th International Symposium on Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis, Glasgow, UK, September 15-17, 2004.
[2+2+2] Cycloisomerization of Alkynes in the Synthesis of Helically Chiral Molecules.

University of Geneva, Switzerland, March 18, 2004.
An Organometallic Approach to the Synthesis of Helicenes and Their Derivatives.

Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Switzerland, March 17, 2004.
An Organometallic Approach to the Synthesis of Helicenes and Their Derivatives.



2003

Organisch-chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Switzerland, December 2, 2003.
Molecular Screws: From Alkynes to Helicenes.

Universität Dortmund, Germany, November 12, 2003.
Molecular Screws: From Alkynes to Helicenes.

MPI für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim, Germany, November 11, 2003.
Molecular Screws: From Alkynes to Helicenes.

Universität zu Köln, Germany, November 10, 2003.
Molecular Screws: From Alkynes to Helicenes.

13th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry, Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 10-15, 2003.
First Efficient Synthesis of Azahelicene Derivatives.

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 19, 2003.
Molecular Screws: From Alkynes to Helicenes.



2002

Nano '02, Brno, Czech Republic, November 19-21, 2002.
Helicene-Based Components for Molecular Electronics.

Chiral Technologies in the Synthesis and Analysis of Drugs, VÚFB - Léčiva, Prague, Czech Republic, November 13-14, 2002.
Recent Progress in Asymmetric Synthesis.

XXVIth Conference of Organic Chemists, New Trends in Organic Synthesis, Stará Lesná, Slovak Republic, September 1-5, 2002.
Helicenes: Artificial Molecules with Helical Chirality.

Institut Le Bel, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, April 26, 2002.
Helicenes: Artificial Molecules with Helical Chirality.