Training:

• 2006; 2007. Technical University Berlin, Measuring Gas-phase proton affinities by the kinetic method (Mass spectrometry)
• 2005. University of Siena, School on sustainable Organic Chemistry “New Methods and Techniques in Organic Chemistry”
• 2003. Visitor at the "Institut für Chemie, Karl-Franzes Universität" in Graz, Austria (3 months)
• 1999-2000. Exchange visitor at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA (6 months)
• 1999. ICS-UNIDO, Training Course on Molecular Modelling and Computer Assisted Combinatorial Chemistry
• 1995. Kemijski Inštitut u Ljubljani, Molecular Modelling
• 1995. University of Padua, IV Postgraduate Winter School on Organic Reactivity (WISOR IV)

• 2011-2012 “Gas-phase Studies on Novel Guanidines as Superbases and as Bifunctional Sensors“, bilateral collaboration with Germany, (German partner: Dr. Maria Schlangen)
• 2008 "Polifunctional guanidines. Design, preparation and catalytic properties of novel superbases", supported by Croatian Academy Fund
• 2008. Research project with PPG Industries, USA., (15.000,00 EUR)
• 2007. Research project with PPG Industries, USA., (15.000,00 EUR)
• 1997. "Solvent effect on the acidity of benzocycloalkenes", Project for young scientists supported by the Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology, No. 098408

• 2011. co-lecturer at the Chemistry Department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb (Course in “Selected Chapters in Chemistry”)
• 2009, 2010 assistant at the Chemistry Department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb (1 semester).
• 2002. supervisor at the Annual state competition of schoolchildren in chemistry.
• 1996. assistant at the Chemistry Department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb (1 semester). 

Journal articles

Scientific and review papers

• Antol, I., Glasovac, Z. & Margetić, D. (2023) Mechanistic DFT Study of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Azides with Guanidine. Molecules, 28 (5), 2342, 12 doi:10.3390/molecules28052342.

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• Glasovac, Z., Barešić, L. & Margetić, D. (2023) A DFT Investigation of the Reactivity of Guanidinium Salts in Tandem aza-Michael Addition/Intramolecular Cyclization. Molecules, 28, 2218, 13 doi:10.3390/molecules28052218.

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• Racar, M., Šoljić Jerbić, I., Glasovac, Z. & Jukić, A. (2023) Guanidine catalysts for biodiesel production: Activity, process modelling and optimization. Renewable energy, 202, 1046-1053 doi:10.1016/j.renene.2022.11.044.

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• Barešić, L., Margetić, D. & Glasovac, Z. (2022) Anion-Controlled Synthesis of NovelGuanidine-Substituted Oxanorbornanes. International journal of molecular sciences, 23, 16036, 13 doi:10.3390/ijms232416036.

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• Antol, I., Glasovac, Z., Murata, Y., Hashikawa, Y. & Margetić, D. (2022) Consecutive Utilization of Mechanochemical and Microwave Methods for the Synthesis of Boc-2-amino-quinazolin-4(3H)-ones and DFT Study of Mechanism 6π-Diazaelectrocyclization Process. ChemistrySelect, 7 (13), e202200633, 12 doi:10.1002/slct.202200633.

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• Glasovac, Z. & Kovačević, B. (2022) Modeling pKa of the Brønsted Bases as an Approach to the Gibbs Energy of the Proton in Acetonitrile. International journal of molecular sciences, 23 (18), 10576-10592 doi:10.3390/ijms231810576.

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• Briš, A., Glasovac, Z. & Margetić, D. (2021) Gas-phase basicity of cyclic guanidine derivatives – a DFT study. New journal of chemistry, 45 (5), 2384-2392 doi:10.1039/d0nj04589f.

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• Đud, M., Glasovac, Z., Margetić, D. & Piantanida, I. (2020) Guanidino-aryl derivatives: protonation and structure tuning for spectrophotometric recognition of ds-DNA and ds-RNA. New journal of chemistry, 44, 11537-11545 doi:10.1039/D0NJ01879A.

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• Racar, M., Faraguna, F., Glasovac, Z. & Jukić, A. (2020) Experimental modeling and optimization of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil and ethanol using N,N′,N″-tris(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-guanidine as catalyst. Renewable energy, 146, 2374-2379 doi:10.1016/j.renene.2019.08.028.

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• Pernar, M., Kokan, Z., Kralj, J., Glasovac, Z., Tumir, L., Piantanida, I., Eljuga, D., Turel, I., Brozovic, A. & Kirin, S. (2019) Organometallic ruthenium(II)-arene complexes with triphenylphosphine amino acid bioconjugates: Synthesis, characterization and biological properties. Bioorganic chemistry, 87, 432-446 doi:10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.03.048.

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• Đud, M., Glasovac, Z. & Margetić, D. (2019) The utilization of ball milling in synthesis of aryl guanidines through guanidinylation and N- Boc-deprotection sequence. Tetrahedron, 75 (1), 109-115.

• Glasovac, Z., Eckert-Maksić, M., Kaljurand, I., Saame, J. & Leito, I. (2019) Gas phase basicity of biguanides – Comparison of the equilibrium and the kinetic methods. International journal of mass spectrometry, 435, 61-68 doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2018.10.010.

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• Opačak, S., Kokan, Z., Glasovac, Z., Perić, B. & Kirin, S. (2019) "Backdoor induction" of chirality: Trans‐1, 2‐cyclohexanediamine as key building block for asymmetric hydrogenation catalysts. European journal of organic chemistry, 2019 (11), 2115-2128 doi:10.1002/ejoc.201801647.

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• Glasovac, Z., Barešić, L., Antol, I. & Margetić, D. (2018) Benzoylguanidines as the Anion Responsive Systems. ChemPlusChem, 83 (9), 845-854 doi:10.1002/cplu.201800247.

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• Faraguna, F., Racar, M., Glasovac, Z. & Jukić, A. (2017) Correlation method for conversion determination of biodiesel obtained from different alcohols by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Energy & fuels, 31 (4), 3943-3948 doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b02855.

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• Antol, I., Glasovac, Z., Margetić, D., Crespo-Otero, R. & Barbatti, M. (2016) Insights on the Auxochromic Properties of Guanidinium Group. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part A, 120 (36), 7088-7100 doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.6b05180.

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• Kobetić, R., Kazazić, S., Kovačević, B., Glasovac, Z., Krstulović, L., Bajić, M. & Žinić, B. (2015) Mass Spectrometry and Theoretical Studies on N-C Bond Cleavages in the N-sulfonylamidino Thymine Derivatives. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 26 (5), 833-842 doi:10.1007/s13361-014-1068-8.

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• Štrukil, V., Antol, I. & Glasovac, Z. (2014) The utility of 1, 5, 7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene (TBD) as a hydrogen bond acceptor in the design of novel superbasic guanidines – A computational study. Croatica chemica acta, 87 (4), 423-430 doi:10.5562/cca2487.

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• Antol, I., Glasovac, Z., Crespo-Otero, R. & Barbatti, M. (2014) Guanidine and guanidinium cation in the excited state-theoretical investigation. The Journal of chemical physics, 141 (7), 074307, 11 doi:10.1063/1.4892569.

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• Kokan, Z., Glasovac, Z., Majerić Elenkov, M., Gredičak, M., Jerić, I. & Kirin, S. (2014) "Backdoor induction" of chirality: asymmetric hydrogenation with rhodium(I) complexes of triphenylphosphane-substituted beta-turn mimetics. Organometallics, 33 (15), 4005-4015 doi:10.1021/om5005385.

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• Glasovac, Z. & Eckert-Maksić, M. (2014) Effect of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds on the Gas-phase Basicity of Guanidines. Australian journal of chemistry, 67 (7), 1056-1062 doi:10.1071/CH14182.

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• Glasovac, Z., Trošelj, P., Jušinski, I., Margetić, D. & Eckert-Maksić, M. (2013) Synthesis of highly basic hexasubstituted biguanides by environmentally friendly methods. Synlett, 24 (19), 2540-2544 doi:10.1055/s-0033-1339876.

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• Glasovac, Z., Pavošević, F., Štrukil, V., Eckert-Maksić, M., Schlangen, M. & Kretschmer, R. (2013) Toward Extension of the Gas-Phase Basicity Scale by Novel Pyridine Containing Guanidines. International journal of mass spectrometry, 354/355, 113-122 doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2013.06.012.

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• Šijaković Vujičić, N., Glasovac, Z., Zweep, N., van Esch, J., Vinković, M., Popović, J. & Žinić, M. (2013) Chiral hexa- and nona-methylene bridged bis(L-Leu-oxalamide) gelators. First oxalamide gels containing aggregates with chiral morphology. Chemistry : a European journal, 19 (26), 8558-8572 doi:10.1002/chem.201300642.

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• Šekutor, M., Glasovac, Z. & Mlinarić-Majerski, K. (2013) Neighboring Effect in Fragmentation Pathways of Cage 2 Guanylhydrazones in the Gas Phase. Journal of physical chemistry. A, 117 (10), 2242-2252 doi:10.1021/jp311049f.

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• Štrukil, V., Glasovac, Z., Đilović, I., Matković-Čalogović, D., Šuman, L., Kralj, M. & Eckert-Maksić, M. (2012) Triguanide Derivatives: Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Evaluation of the Proliferation Effect on Some Tumor Cell Lines. European journal of organic chemistry, 2012 (34), 6758-6797 doi:10.1002/ejoc.201200979.

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• Naumov, P., Topcu, Y., Eckert-Maksić, M., Glasovac, Z., Pavošević, F., Manoj, K. & Hara, H. (2011) Photoinduced rearrangement of aromatic N-chloroamides to chloroaromatic amides in the solid state. Inverted PI_N―SIGMA_N occupational stability of amidyl radicals. Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, 115 (26), 7834-7848 doi:10.1021/jp203771c.

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• Margetić, D., Zrinski Antonac, I., Glasovac, Z., Eckert-Maksić, M. & Maksimović, L. (2011) Reactions of Dimethyl Carbonate with aliphatic Amines under High Pressure. Synthetic communications, 41 (15), 2283-2289 doi:10.1080/00397911.2010.501644.

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• Glasovac, Z., Štrukil, V., Eckert-Maksić, M., Schröder, D., Schlangen, M. & Schwarz, H. (2010) Coordination chemistry of Nickel(II) Nitrate with Superbasic Guanidines As Studied by Electrospray Mass Spectrometry. International journal of mass spectrometry, 290 (1), 22-31 doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2009.11.006.

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• Glasovac, Z., Antol, I., Vazdar, M. & Margetić, D. (2009) Zwitterionic structures of strained cis-pyramidalised disilenes – Fact or artifact. Theoretical chemistry accounts, 124 (5-6), 421-430 doi:10.1007/s00214-009-0633-x.

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• Glasovac, Z., Vazdar, M. & Margetić, D. (2009) Proton affinities of didehydroporphyrin and subporphyrin in ground and excited states obtained by quantum chemical calculations. Croatica Chemica Acta, 82 (1), 63-70.

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• Glasovac, Z., Eckert-Maksić, M. & Maksić, Z. (2009) Basicity of organic bases and superbases in acetonitrile by the polarized continuum model and DFT calculations. New journal of chemistry, 33 (3), 588-597 doi:10.1039/b814812k.

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• Tintaru, A., Roithová, J., Schröder, D., Charles, L., Jušinski, I., Glasovac, Z. & Eckert-Maksić, M. (2008) Generation and dissociation pathways of singly and doubly protonated bisguanidines in the gas phase. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 112 (47), 12097-12103 doi:10.1021/jp805897f.

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• Eckert-Maksić, M., Glasovac, Z., Trošelj, P., Kütt, A., Rodima, T., Koppel, I. & Koppel, I. (2008) Basicity of guanidines with heteroalkyl side chains in acetonitrile. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008 (30), 5176-5184 doi:10.1002/ejoc.200800673.

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• Glasovac, Z., Štrukil, V., Eckert- Maksić, M., Schröder, D., Kaczorowska, M. & Schwarz, H. (2008) Gas-phase proton affinities of guanidines with heteroalkyl side chains. International journal of mass spectrometry, 270 (1-2), 39-46 doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2007.11.008.

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• Eckert-Maksić, M. & Glasovac, Z. (2007) Computational Study of Deprotonation of Cyclopropa-Fused Quinones. Polish Journal of Chemistry, 81 (5-6), 1109-1121.

• Glasovac, Z., Kovačević, B., Meštrović, E. & Eckert-Maksić, M. (2005) Synthesis and Properties of Novel Guanidine Bases. N, N', N'' tris(3 dimethylaminopropyl)-guanidine. Tetrahedron letters, 46 (50), 8733-8736.

• Eckert-Maksić, M. & Glasovac, Z. (2005) Ab initio Study of ­­­Alpha-Substituents on Acidity of Benzocyclopropene. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 18, 763-772.

• Eckert-Maksić, M. & Glasovac, Z. (2005) Cycloproparenyl Anions - From Models To Real Systems. Pure and applied chemistry, 77 (11), 1835-1850.

• Antol, I., Glasovac, Z. & Eckert-Maksić, M. (2004) Ab Initio MO and DFT Study of syn-Sesquinorbornatrienyl Dication and its Isoelectronic Boron Analogue. New Journal of Chemistry, 28 (7), 880-886.

• Eckert-Maksić , M., Glasovac , Z., Maskill , H. & Zrinski , I. (2003) Alkane- and arene-oxodiazonium ions: experimental results leading to an ab initio theoretical investigation. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 16 (8), 491-497.

• Margetić, D., Warrener, R., Eckert-Maksić, M., Antol, I. & Glasovac, Z. (2003) A DFT Study of Pyramidalized Alkenes: 7-Oxasesquinorbornenes and 7, 7'-Dioxasesquinorbornenes. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 109 (4), 182-189.

• Antol, I., Glasovac, Z., Hare, M., Eckert-Maksić, M. & Kass, S. (2003) On the Acidity of Cyclopropanaphthalenes. Gas Phase and Computational Studies. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 222 (1), 11-26.

• Eckert-Maksić, M., Antol, I., Margetić, D. & Glasovac, Z. (2002) Syn-Sesquinorbornenyl carbocations and their boron analogues: an ab initio and DFT study. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transaction 2, - (12), 2057-2063.

• Kovačević, B., Glasovac, Z. & Maksić, Z. (2002) The Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond and Intrinsic Proton Affinity of Neutral Organic Molecule: N, N', N''-tris(3-aminopropyl)guanidine and Some Related Systems. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 15 (11), 765-774.

• Maksić, Z., Glasovac, Z. & Despotović, I. (2002) Predicted high proton affinity of poly-2, 5-dihydropyrrolimines-the aromatic domino effect. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 15 (8), 499-508.

• Glasovac, Z., Eckert-Maksić, M., Dacres, J. & Kass, S. (2002) Gas phase formation of 1-phenylcyclobuten-3-yl and 1-phenylallyl anions and a determination of the allylic C-H acidities and bond dissociation energies of 1-phenylcyclobutene and (E)-1-phenylpropene. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transaction 2, - (3), 410-415.

• Eckert-Maksić, M., Glasovac, Z., Novak-Coumbassa, N. & Maksić, Zvonimir, B. (2001) The Mills-Nixon effect and chemical reactivity - methyl cation affinity of some cycloalkabenzenes. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transaction 2, - (7), 1091-1098.

• Glasovac, Z., Eckert-Maksić, M., Broadus, Katherine, M., Hare, Michael, C. & Kass, Steven, R. (2000) Benzocyclobutene: The Impact of Fusing a Strained Ring onto Benzene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 65 (6), 1818-1824.

• Eckert-Maksić, M., Glasovac, Z. & Maksić, Z. (1998) Molecular and electronic structure of some silacyclopropabenzenes-Reversed Mills-Nixon Effect. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 571 (1), 65-75.

• Moore, L., Lubinski, R., Baschky, M., Dahlke, G., Hare, M., Arrowood, T., Glasovac, Z., Eckert-Maksić, M. & Kass, S. (1997) Benzocyclopropenyl anion - a stable 8-pi-electron species. Journal of organic chemistry, 62 (21), 7390-7396.

• Eckert-Maksić, M., Glasovac, Z., Maksić, Z. & Zrinski, I. (1996) Electrophilic reactivity in anti-Mills-Nixon systems. Journal of molecular structure. Theochem, 336 (3), 173-183 doi:10.1016/0166-1280(96)04515-0.

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• Eckert-Maksić, M., Glasovac, Z., Hodošček, M., Lesar, A. & Maksić, Z. (1996) Molecular and electronic structure of 1, 2-disilacyclobutabenzenes - Ab initio molecular orbital and density functional study. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 524 (1-2), 107-114 doi:10.1016/S0022-328X(96)06438-8.

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Conference proceedings papers

Scientific conference proceedings papers

• Barešić, L., Margetić, D. & Glasovac, Z. (2021) Cycloaddition of Thiourea- and Guanidine-Substituted Furans to Dienophiles: A Comparison of the Environmentally-Friendly Methods. U: Chemistry proceedings, 2021, 3(1), doi:10.3390/ecsoc-24-08380.

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• Zrinski Antonac, I., Trošelj, P., Margetić, D., Glasovac, Z. & Eckert-Maksić, M. (2006) Microwave assisted carbomethylation of anilines and phenols. U: Seijas, J. & Tato, M. (ur.)Proceedings of ECSOC-10 : The Tenth International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry.

• Margetić, D., Warrener, R., Eckert-Maksić, M., Antol, I. & Glasovac, Z. (2004) A DFT Study of Pyramidalized Alkenes: 7-Oxasesquinorbornenes and 7, 7'-Dioxasesquinorbornenes. U: Seijas, J. & Tato, M. (ur.)Proceedings of ECSOC-8 : The Eighth International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry.

Patents

• Institut Ruđer Bošković (2005) -.

Theses

Doctoral dissertation

• Glasovac, Z. (1998) 'Structure and properties of phenyl anions annelated with small rings', doktorska disertacija, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb.

Master thesis

• Glasovac, Z. (1995) 'Synthesis, structure and reactivity of halogenated benzocyclobutenes', magistarski rad, Priridoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb.

• since 1993. Croatian Chemical Society (secretary in the period of 2000-2002.)
• member of organizing committee of the "8^th Symposium on Organic Reactivity" (ESOR-8), and co-author of Book of Abstracts. (2001)
• member of the Group for establishing cluster of computers at the Ruđer Bošković Institute. (2002)