Mgr. Michal Horáček, Ph.D.

Deputy Head of the Department of Synthesis and Catalysis
link to J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry

Scientific Activities:

Organometallic and coordination chemistry of early transition metals.

- Preparation and characterization of transition metal complexes.
- Chemistry of low-valent and multinuclear metallocene complexes.
- Study of steric and electronic effects of transition metal complexes.
- Chemistry of cyclooctatetraene derivatives.
- Modification of cyclopentadienyl ligands by substitution of cyclopentadienyl ring.

Catalysis of transformations of unsaturated hydrocarbons by transition metal complexes. Investigation of catalytic centers and reaction mechanisms.

- Linear dimerization of terminal alkynes.
- Polymerization of olefins.
- Oligomerization of alkynes.

Investigation of relations between the structure of early transition metal complexes and their catalytic and physicochemical properties.

A combination of vacuum and inert gas techniques for syntheses of new compounds.

ESR spectroscopy of transition metal complexes and organic radicals.