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Publications

* denotes corresponding author(s); † denotes equal contribution

Postdoctoral, Doctoral and Undergraduate work:

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Dynamic palladium coordination cages formed by self-assembly of extended tetra(nitrile)cavitands

Csók, Z.*; Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Häussinger, D.; Kollár, L.*

RSC Adv. 2026, 16, 8380-8387

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Synthesis of very large cavitand-based bimolecular capsules

Csók, Z.*; Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Caturello, N.A.M.S.; Albuquerque, R.Q.; Kollár, L.*

Tetrahedron 2025, 185, 134807

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Reactivity Inside Molecular Flasks: Acceleration Modes and Types of Selectivity Obtainable

Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Tiefenbacher, K.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202412622

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Computational prediction of complex cationic rearrangement outcomes

Klucznik, T.†; Syntrivanis, L.-D.†*; BaÅ›, S.; Mikulak-Klucznik, B., Moskal, M.; Szymkuć, S.; Mlynarski, J.; Gadina, L.; Beker W.†*; Burke, M. D.*; Tiefenbacher K.*; Grzybowski B. A.*

Nature 2024, 625, 508-515

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Biomimetic tail-to-head terpene cyclizations using the resorcin[4]arene capsule catalyst

Cornu, I.†; Syntrivanis, L.-D.†; Tiefenbacher, K.*

Nat. Protoc. 2024, 19, 313-339

  • ​Featured on the cover of the Journal (Volume 19, Issue 2)

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Catalysis inside the hexameric resorcinarene capsule: Towards addressing current challenges in synthetic organic chemistry?

Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Tiefenbacher, K.*

In “Supramolecular Catalysis – New Directions and Developments” van Leeuwen, Raynal (eds.), Wiley-VCH 2022, 321-333

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​Molecular Capsule Catalysis: Ready to Address Current Challenges in Synthetic Organic Chemistry?

Némethová, I.; Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Tiefenbacher, K.*

Chimia (Aarau) 2020, 74 (7-8), 561-568

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Four-Step Access to the Sesquiterpene Natural Product Presilphiperfolan-1β-ol and Unnatural Derivatives via Supramolecular Catalysis

Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Némethová, I.; Schmid, D.; Levi, S.; Prescimone, A.; Bissegger, F.; Major, D. T.;      Tiefenbacher, K.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (12), 5894-5900​

  • Featured on the cover of the Journal (Volume 142, Issue 18)

  • Highlighted in Synfacts 2020, 16 (06), 0709

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En route to terpene natural products utilizing supramolecular cyclase mimetics

Zhang, Q.; Catti, L.; Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Tiefenbacher, K.*

Nat. Prod. Rep. 2019, 36 (12), 1619-1627

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Hydroxylation of Eleuthoside Synthetic Intermediates by P450BM3 (CYP102A1)

​Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Wong, L. L.*; Robertson, J.*

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 45, 6369–6378

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A flow electrochemical cell for the convenient oxidation of furfuryl alcohols

Syntrivanis, L.-D.; del Campo, F. J.; Robertson, J.*

J. Flow Chem. 2018, 8 (3), 123–128

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Synthesis of (E)-4-methylhexa-3,5-dien-1-ol and its Diels-Alder reaction with thioester dienophiles: a short enantioselective synthesis of bicyclic lactones

Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Robertson, J.*

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 33, 4916–4921

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Merging Synthesis and Enantioselective Functionalization of Indoles by a Gold-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cascade Reaction

Chiarucci, M.; Mocci, R.; Syntrivanis, L.-D.; Cera, G.; Mazzanti, A.; Bandini, M.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52 (41), 10850–10853

  • Highlighted in Synfacts 2014, 10 (1), 68

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