Publications

Goloviznina, K.; Bakis, E.; Philippi, F.; Scaglione, N.; Rekis, T.; Laimina, L.; Costa Gomes, M.; Padua, A. "Attraction between Like Charged Ions in Ionic Liquids: Unveiling the Enigma of Tetracyanoborate Anions" J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02983

Kluga, R.; Kinens, A.; Suna, E. "Chiral 4-MeO-Pyridine (MOPY) Catalyst for Enantioselective Cyclopropanation: Attenuation of Lewis Basicity Leads to Improved Catalytic Efficiency." Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202301136, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301136

Sloboda, D.; Weber, C. C.; Bakis, E. "A Kinetics Study of Copper-Catalysed Click Reactions in Ionic Liquids" Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21, 7984–7993, DOI: 10.1039/D3OB00237C

Koleda O., Prane K., Suna E. "Electrochemical Synthesis of Unnatural Amino Acids via Anodic Decarboxylation of N-Acetylamino Malonic Acid Derivatives" Org. Lett. 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c02687

Bakis, E.; Goloviznina K.; Vaz, Ines C. M.; Sloboda, D.; Hazens, D.; Valkovska, V.; Klimenkovs, I.; Padua, A.; Costa Gomes, M. "Unravelling free volume in branched-cation ionic liquids based on silicon" Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 9062-9073. DOI: 10.1039/D2SC01696F

Mohebbati, N.; Sokolovs, I.; Woite, P.; Lõkov, M.; Parman, E.; Ugandi, M.; Leito, I.; Roemelt, M.; Suna, E.; Francke, R. "Electrochemistry and Reactivity of Chelation-stabilized Hypervalent Bromine(III) Compounds" Chem.Eur. J. 2022, 28, e2022009. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200974

Bobiļeva, O.; Bobrovs, R.; Kaņepe, I.; Patetko, L.; Kalniņš, G.; Šišovs, M.; Bula, A.L.; Grīnberga, S.; Borodušķis, M.; Ramata-Stunda, A.; Rostoks, N.; Jirgensons, A.; Tārs, K.; Jaudzems K. "Potent SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Cap Methyltransferase Inhibitors by Bioisosteric Replacement of Methionine in SAM Cosubstrate" ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 1102–1107. DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00140

Fridmanis, J.; Otikovs, M.; Brangulis, K.; Tārs, K.; Jaudzems, K. "Solution NMR structure of Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface lipoprotein BBP28, a member of the mlp protein family" Proteins 2021, 89, 588–594. DOI: 10.1002/prot.26011

Brune, K. D.; Liekniņa, I.; Sutov, G.; Morris, A. R.; Jovicevic, D.; Kalniņš, G.; Kazāks, A.; Kluga, R.; Kastaljana, S.; Zajakina, A.; Jansons, J.; Skrastiņa, D.; Spunde, K.; Cohen, A. A.; Bjorkman, P. J.; Morris, H. R.; Suna, E.; Tārs, K. "N-Terminal Modification of Gly-His-Tagged Proteins with Azidogluconolactone" ChemBioChem 2021, 22, 3199-3207. DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100381

Sokolovs, I.; Mohebbati, N.; Francke, R.; Suna, E. "Electrochemical Generation of Hypervalent Bromine(III) Compounds" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 15832–15837. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104677

Gulbe, K.; Lugiņina, J.; Jansons, E.; Kinens, A.; Turks, M. "Metal-free glycosylation with glycosyl fluorides in liquid SO₂" Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 964-976. DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.17.78

Kinens, A.; Balkaitis, S.; Ahmad, O. K.; Piotrowski, D. W.; Suna, E. "Acylative Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols: Tandem Catalysis by HyperBTM and Bäckvall’s Ruthenium Complex" J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 7189–7202. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00545

Bakis, E.; van den Bruinhorst, A.; Pison, L.; Palazzo, I.; Chang, T.; Kjellberg, M.; Weber, Cameron C.; Gomes, Margarida C.; Welton, T. "Mixing divalent ionic liquids: effects of charge and side-chains" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 4624-4635. DOI: 10.1039/D1CP00208B

Jaudzems, K.; Kurbatska, V.; Jēkabsons, A.; Bobrovs, R.; Rudevica, Z.; Leonchiks, A. "Targeting Bacterial Sortase A with Covalent Inhibitors: 27 New Starting Points for Structure-Based Hit-to-Lead Optimization" ACS Infect. Dis. 2020, 6, 186-194. DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.9b00265

Kinens, A.; Balkaitis, S.; Suna, E. "Preparative-Scale Synthesis of Vedejs Chiral DMAP Catalysts" J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 12449–12459. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01687

Kinens, A.; Sejejs, M.; Kamlet, A. S.; Piotrowski, D. W.; Vedejs, E.; Suna, E. "Development of a Chiral DMAP Catalyst for the Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Azole Hemiaminals" J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 869–886. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b02955

Koleda, O.; Broese, T.; Noetzel, J.; Roemelt, M.; Suna, E.; Francke, R. "Synthesis of Benzoxazoles Using Electrochemically Generated Hypervalent Iodine" J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 11669–11681. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01686

Priede, E.; Brica, S.; Bakis, E.; Udris, N.; Zicmanis, A. "Ionic liquids as solvents for the Knoevenagel condensation: understanding the role of solvent–solute interactions" New J. Chem. 2015, 39, 9132–9142. DOI: 10.1039/C5NJ01906K

Priede, E.; Bakis, E.; Zicmanis, A. "When Chlorides are the Most Reactive: A Simple Route towards Diverse Mono- and Dicationic Dimethyl Phosphate Ionic Liquids" Synlett. 2014, 17, 2447-2450. DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1379018