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Organic synthesis, Organo-Fluorine Chemistry, Asymmetric Synthesis, Reaction Mechanisms, Biocatalysis.
Petr Beier, Ph.D.
Profile
Research interest
Awards
2013
Alfred Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry
2017
Royal Chemical Society Fluorine Prize
Education
1996-2001
M.Sc. (Dipl. Ing.) in organic chemistry, at the University of Pardubice, Czech Republic.
2001-2004
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, under Prof. David O’Hagan at the University of St. Andrews, UK.
Appointments
2005-2006
Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. G. K. Surya Prakash, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
2007-2011
Head of the Junior Research Team, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague, Czech Republic.
Since 2012
Head of the Senior Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague, Czech Republic.
Latest publications
Synthesis of 2-Fluoroalkylated Pyridines and Fluoropyridines by Thermal Denitrogenation of N-Fluoroalkyl-1,2,3-triazoles and Cyclization of Ketenimines
Journal of Organic Chemistry 2026: Early View
Photochemical Cu(III)-mediated trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes and biomolecules
Chemical Science 17 (1): 430–435 (2026)
Synthesis of N-trifluoromethylsulfilimines via trifluoromethyl nitrene and their synthetic potential
Organic Chemistry Frontiers 12 (20): 5610–5615 (2025)
Reactivity of 2H-Azirines in Copper-Catalyzed Azide–Alkyne Cycloaddition Reactions
Organic Letters 27 (36): 10077–10081 (2025)