Laboratory for Synthetic Organic Chemistry is continuing the tradition of the former Laboratory of Synthetic and Physical Organic Chemistry dealing with the chemistry of cage molecules. Research interests have recently been shifted to several main themes:

• synthesis of host and guest molecules for different supramolecular systems and applications
• synthesis of cage polycyclic systems for application in the design of new materials
• research of fundamental properties for diamondoid derivatives

Covering various synthetic, analytical and spectroscopic techniques on cage polycyclic molecules, the research activities in the laboratory are ideal for training young researchers in graduate and post-graduate education (BSc, MSc, and PhD thesis).

DIAMONDOIDS RESEARCH

LSOC 2023 (from left to right: Nikola Basarić, Marija Alešković, Marko Bogomolec, Margareta Sohora, Antonela Šimunić, Enidija Rajaković, Antonija Erben, Katarina Zlatić, Mladena Glavaš, Marina Šekutor, Igor Sviben and Josip Draženović)

LSOC 2013  (from left to right: Enidija Lukša, Marija Matković, Marija Alešković, Martina Tireli, Nikola Cindro, Tatjana Šumanovac, Matija Sambol, Vesna Blažek Bregović, Marina Šekutor, Kata Mlinarić-Majerski, Đani Škalamera, Antonela Šimunić, Leo Mandić and Barica Baborsky; sitting: Nikola Basarić and Jelena Veljković)

LSOC 2011 (from left to right: Nikola Cindro, Marija Matković, Jelena Veljković, Marina Šekutor, Lucija Ptiček, Kata Mlinarić-Majerski, Tatjana Šumanovac, Marija Alešković, Margareta Sohora, Nikola Basarić and Vesna Blažek Bregović; down: Jakov Ivković)

LSOC 2010 (from left to right, behind: Ines Vujasinović, Margareta Sohora, Vesna Blažek Bregović, Nikola Basarić, Tatjana Šumanovac and Damir Bobinac; middle: Marija Alešković, Jelena Veljković, Kata Mlinarić-Majerski, Enidija Lukša, Marina Šekutor and Nikola Cindro; down: Marija Matković)

LSOC 2006 (from left to right, behind: Renato Margeta, Nikola Basarić, Oliver Franković and Marija Matković; middle: Marija Alešković, Ines Vujasinović, Jelena Veljković, Kata Mlinarić-Majerski and Dragica Petračija)

LSOC 2002 (from left to right: Goran Kragol, Tatjana Šumanovac, Dunja Šafar-Cvitaš, Marijana Vinković, Dragica Petračija, Lada Klaić, Renato Margeta and Danko Škare; sitting: Jelena Veljković, Kata Mlinarić-Majerski and Ines Vujasinović)

Former LSOC employees

Academician Nikola Basarić (Head of the LSOC during 2015-2026)

Prof. dr. sc. Kata Mlinarić-Majerski (Head of the LSOC during 1990-2015)

Dr. sc. Jasna Alić Stolar (Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at BAM, Berlin)

Mag. chem. Nataša Burić ()

Dr. sc. Mladena Glavaš (NMR centar - IRB)

Mag. chem. Josip Draženović (MI, Karlovac)

Mag. appl. chem. Marko Bogomolec (Czechia)

Dr. sc. Katarina Zlatić (Czechia)

Dr. sc. Leo Mandić (ZKM-IRB, Zagreb)

Mag. pharm. Matej Cindrić

Dr. sc. Irena Sović (ZFK-IRB, Zagreb)

Dr. sc. Marija Matković (LBIS-IRB, Zagreb)

Dr. sc. Đani Škalamera (PMF, Zagreb)

Dr. sc. Vesna Blažek Bregović (DPC-RBI, Zagreb)

Dr. sc. Jelena Veljković (retired)

Mag. chem. Matija Sambol (Fidelta, Zagreb)

Mag. appl. chem. Martina Tireli (DPC-RBI, Zagreb)

Dipl. ing. Jakov Ivković (Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technische Universität Graz)

Dr.sc. Ines Vujasinović (Fidelta, Zagreb)

Renato Margeta

Dipl. ing. Oliver Franković

Dr. sc. Danko Škare, research associate (retired)

Dr. sc. Maja Vinković, (NMR center, RBI, Zagreb)

Mr. sc. Lada Klaić

Dr. sc. Goran Kragol, research associate (Fidelta, Zagreb)

Mr. sc. Dunja Šafar Cvitaš (retired)

Dr. sc. Dražen Pavlović

Dr. sc. Mira Kaselj

Dr. sc. Vlado Vinković (CAT-BIO, RBI, Zagreb; retired)