Research of the group is directed towards the rational synthesis of juvenile hormone (e.g. Methoprene) and insect pheromones, which can be used in the integrated environmental protection. They are also dealing with the preparation of new UVA light protective agents (e.g. benzotriazine and imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives II and III, respectively), and the elaboration of new complex sigmatropic rearrangements, and their application for the preparation ofnovel heterocyclic compounds (e.g. IV→V).
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2. Tőrincsi, M., Kolonits, P., Fekete, J., Novák, L. "Rearrangement of Aryl Geranyl Ethers." Synthetic Communications. 42 (21). pp. 3187-3199, 2012.
3. Király, I., Hornyanszky, G., Kupai, K., Novák, L. "Synthesis of Cycloalkanoindoles, the Carba Analogs of Physostigmine." Heterocycles. 75 (1). pp. 43-56. 2008.
4. Kupai, K., Banoczi, G., Hornyanszky, G., Kolonits, P., Novak, L. "A "Facile synthesis of cycloalkanoindole derivatives by aza-Claisen rearrangement." Monatshefte für Chemie –Chemical Monthly. 143 (12). pp. 1663-69. 2012.
5. Farkas, R., Törincsi, M., Kolonits, P., Alonso, O. J., Novak, L. "One-pot synthesis of benzotriazoles and benzotriazole 1-oxides by reductive cyclization of o-nitrophenyl azo compounds with benzylalcohol." Heterocycles. 78 (10). pp. 2579-2588. 2009.
6. Farkas, R., Lhiaubet-Vallet, V., Corbera, J., Törincsi, M., Gorchs, O., Trullas, C., Jiménez, O., Miranda, M.A., Novak, L. “Synthesis of new 2-(2’-hydroxyaryl)benzotriazoles and evaluation of their Photochemical Behavior as Potential UV-filters. “ Molecules. 15(9), pp. 6205-6216. 2010.
