Hosek Research Team
Hosek Research Team
Hocek Research Team

Petr Čapek, Ph.D.

Petr Čapek, Ph.D.

e-mail: capek@uochb.cas.cz


Born 8. 6. 1979 in Prague.

Scientific CV:
1997-2002 undergraduate study, Charles University in Prague - Faculty of Science, M. S. degree - specialization organic chemistry (supervisor Dr. Otmar)
2002-2006 PhD study, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (supervisor Dr. M. Hocek)
since 2006 Postdoctoral stay, The Scripps Research Institute, Romesberg's Group

Professional membership:
Czech Chemical Society
International Society for Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Awards:
2004 Award of the Czech Catalytic Group for PhD students

List of publications:
7. Čapek, P.; Cahová, H.; Pohl, R.; Hocek, M.; Gloeckner, C.; Marx, A.: "An Efficient Method for the Construction of Functionalized DNA Bearing Amino Acid Groups through Cross-Coupling Reactions of Nucleoside Triphosphates Followed by Primer Extension or PCR" Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 6196–6203.
6. Čapek, P.; Vrábel, M.; Hasník, Z.; Pohl, R.; Hocek, M.: "Aqueous-Phase Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions of Free Halopurine Bases" Synthesis 2006, 3515-3526.
5. Čapek, P.; Pohl, R.; Hocek, M.: "Cross-coupling reactions of unprotected halopurine bases, nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleoside triphosphates with 4-boronophenylalanine in water. Synthesis of (purin-8-yl)- and (purin-6-yl)phenylalanines." Org. Biomol. Chem. 2006, 4, 2278-2284.
4. Čapek, P.; Hocek, M.: "Efficient One-Step Synthesis of Optically Pure (Adenin-8-yl)phenylalanine Nucleosides" Synlett 2005, 3005-3007.
3. Čapek, P.; Pohl, R.; Hocek, M.: "Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure (Purin-6-yl)phenylalanines and Their Nucleosides, a Novel Type of Purine-Amino Acid Conjugates" J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 8001-8008.
2. Čapek, P.; Pohl, R.; Hocek, M.: "A Facile and Efficient Synthesis of (Purin-6-yl)alanines" J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 7985-7988.
1. Čapek, P.; Otmar, M.; Masojídková, M.; Votruba, I.; Holý, A.: "A FACILE SYNTHESIS OF 9-DEAZA ANALOGUE OF OLOMOUCINE" Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2003, 68, 779.
© Michal Hocek
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic