Dr. Nejc Petek

 

Department of Chemistry
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz
Room 2.223/02-124
Phone (06131) 39-22288
E-Mail peteknej[at]uni-mainz.de
Research interests: synthetic organic chemistry, heterocycles, active pharmaceutical ingredients, photoredox catalysis
Publications:

Catalytic Photoredox C–H Arylation of 4-Oxo-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-diazonium Tetrafluoroborates and Related Heteroaryl Diazonium Salts
K. Antolinc, H. Brodnik, U. Grošelj, B. Štefane, N. Petek, J. Svete, J. Org. Chem., 2023, accepted.

Photoinduced Ring Opening of Methyl 1-Aryl-5-oxo-6,7-dihydro-1H,5H-pyrazolo[1,2-a]pyrazole-2-carboxylates in the Presence of Diaryl Disulfides
N.Petek, U.Grošelj, Molbank, 2023, 2023, M1670.

Copper- and Photoredox-Catalyzed Cascade to Trifluoromethylated Divinyl Sulfones
N. Petek, H. Brodnik, O. Reiser, B. Štefane, J. Org. Chem., 2023, 88, 6538–6547.

Synthesis, Molecular Docking, and Neuroprotective Effect of 2-Methylcinnamic Acid Amide in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)—An Induced Parkinson’s Disease Model
M. Chochkova, R. Rusew, R. Kalfin, L. Tancheva, M. Lazarova, H. Sbirkova-Dimitrova, A. Popatanasov, K. Tasheva, B. Shivachev, N. Petek, M. Štícha, Crystals, 2022, 12, 1518.

2-Acyl-1-aryl-6,7-dihydro-1H,5H-pyrazolo[1,2-a]pyrazole derivatives: Versatile fluorescent probes with remarkably large Stokes shift
N. Petek, B. Erjavec, D. Slapšak, A. Gaber, U. Grošelj, F. Požgan, S. Ričko, B. Štefane, M. Klemenčič, J. Svete,. Dyes Pigm., 2022, 201, 110224.

Hybridization of Aminoadamantanes with Cinnamic Acid Analogues and Elucidation of Their Antioxidant Profile
M. Chochkova, A. Georgieva, T. Ilieva, M. Andreeva, G. Pramatarov, N. Petek, P. Petrova, M. Štícha, Y. Mitrev, J. Svete, J. Chem., 2022, 2022, 1–11.

Synthesis and kinetic characterization of hyperbolic inhibitors of human cathepsins K and S based on a succinimide scaffold
T. Goričan, L. Ciber, N. Petek, J. Svete, M. Novinec, Bioorg. Chem., 2021, 115, 105213.

Visible-Light Driven Selective C-N Bond Scission in anti-Bimane-Like Derivatives
N. Petek, H. Brodnik, U. Grošelj, J. Svete, F. Požgan, B. Štefane, Org. Lett., 2021, 23, 5294–5298.

Eosin Y-Catalyzed Visible-Light-Mediated Aerobic Transformation of Pyrazolidine-3-One Derivatives
N. Petek, U. Grošelj, J. Svete, F. Požgan, D. Kočar, B. Štefane, Catalysts, 2020, 10, 981.

Synthesis and biological evaluation of 7-(aminoalkyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives as cathepsin K inhibitors
N. Petek, B. Štefane, M. Novinec, J. Svete, Bioorg. Chem., 2019, 84, 226–238.

A four-step synthesis of novel (S)-1-(heteroaryl)-1-aminoethanes from (S)-boc-alanine
L. Šenica, N. Petek, U. Grošelj, J. Svete, Acta Chim. Slov., 2015, 62, 60–71.