Dr. Stojan Stavber

Contact information

Office:

Address: Jozef Stefan Institute, Dept. of Physical and Organic Chemistry, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Phone: +386 61 17 73 660

Fax: +386 61 17 73 811

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Address: Vogelna 4 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Biographical sketch

• born july 14, 1951, Maribor, Slovenia
• B.Sc. in Chemistry, Univ. Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1975
• M.Sc. in Chemistry, Univ. Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1978
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Univ. Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1986
• acting head of the Laboratory for Organic and Bioorganic Chem.

Areas of research

• organic chemistry,
• fluorine org. chem., selective fluorination under mild react. cond.

Scientific cooperation with:

• CNRS Ura 1843, BIOCIS, Chatenay-Malabry, Paris, France
• AlliedSignal inc., Buffalo Research Lab, Buffalo, USA

Scientific publications:

• Medved, M.; Stavber, S.; Kramer, V.; Bencic, L.; Marsel, J. A mass spectral study of substituent effects in some substituted N, N-dimethyl-N' -phenyl- and N-pyridyl-formamidines, Croatica Chemica Acta, 1977, 49, 415.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Fluorination with xenon difluoride. Part. XIV. Reactions of phenyl substituted olefins in the presence of bromine, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1977, 10, 271.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Chemistry of organo halogenic molecules. Part XLVII. Stereo chemistry of iodofluorination of 1,2,- and 1,4-Dihydro naphthalene with (Difluoroido) methane, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1978, 12, 307.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Regiospecific BF3 catalysed fluorine addition to fluoro-substituted benzene derivatives using xenon difluoride, Journal of Chemical Society. Chemical Communications, 1978, 969.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Chemistry of organo halogenic molecules. Stereochemistry of halofluorination of 1,2- and 1,4-dihydro naphthalene, Bulletin of Chemical Society of Japan, 1979, 52.539.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Caesium fluoroxysulphate as a mild fluorinating agent for the fluorination of alkoxy-substituted benzene and naphthalene derivatives, Journal of Chemical Society. Chemical Commununications, 1981, 148.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Room-temperature fluorination of alkenes with caesium fluoroxysulphate, Journal of Chemical Society. Chemical Communicatins, 1981, 795.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Room-temperature fluorination of aromatic molecules with cesium fluoroxysulphate, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1981, 17. 597.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. BF3 -Catalyzed fluorine addition to fluoro-substituted benzene derivates using xenon difluoride, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1981, 46. 300.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Effect of catalyst on the fluorination of methyl- substituted benzenes with xenon difluoride, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1983, 48. 2223.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Room-temperature reactions of CsSO4F with organic molecules containing heteroatoms, Journal of Chemical Society. Chemical Communications, 1983, 563.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Fluorination with cesium fluoroxysulfate. Room-temperature fluorination of benzene and naphtalene derivatives, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1985, 50, 3609.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Fluorination with caesium fluoroxysulphate, room temperature fluorination of phenyl substituted olefins, Tetrahedron, 1986, 42, 5035.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Room-temperature fluorination of 1-phenylacetylenes with caesium fluoroxysulfate, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1987, 52, 5022.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Stereochemistry of room-temperature fluorination of alkenes with caesium fluoroxysulfate, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1987, 52, 919.
• Bregar, Z.; Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Fluorination with xenon difluoride, part XXV. Reaction with Grinard reagents, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1989, 44,187.
• Stavber, S.; Planinsek, Z.; Zupan, M. Mild conversion of primary alcohols and aldehydes to acid fluorides with caesium fluoroxysulphate, Tetrahedron Letters, 1989, 30, 6095.
• Stavber, S.; Sket, B.; Zajc, B.; Zupan, M. Chemistry of organo halogenic molecules. Part 100. Comparative behaviour of xenon difluoride and caesium fluoroxysulphate in the fluorination of enolacetates and ketones, Tetrahedron, 1989, 45, 6003.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. Fluorination with caesium fluoroxysulphate. Part XI. Mild functionalization of saturated hydrocarbons, Tetrahedron, 1989, 45, 2737.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M.; Mild fluorination of uracil derivatives by caesium fluoroxysulphate, Tetrahedron, 1990, 46, 3093.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M.; Rections of caesium fluoroxysulphate with pyridine, Tetrahedron Letters, 1990, 31, 775.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M.; Mild fluorofunctionalization of side chain in alkyl- substituted aromatics by cesium fluoroxysulfate, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1991, 56, 7347.
• Stavber, S.; Kosir, I.; Zupan, M.; New, mild method for direct introduction of a fluorine atom into aromatic molecules, Journal of Chemical Society, Chemical Communication, 1992, 274.
• Stavber, S.; Z. Planinsek, Zupan, M.; Substituent modulation of mild fluorination of aromatic molecules with caesium fluoroxysulphate, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1992, 59, 409.
• Stavber, S.; Planinsek, Z.; Zupan, M.; Reactions of aldehydes with cesium fluoroxysulfate, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1992, 57, 5334.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M. The effect of heteroatoms on the reactions of organic molecules with caesium fluoroxysulphate, Tetrahedron, 1992, 48, 5875.
• Zupan, M.; Cerniz, K.; Hribar, M.; Stavber, S.; Zajc, B.; Ferlez, M.; Kapus, F. Chemistry of organohalogenic molecules, Part CXXX. Halogenation of substituted phenols, Vestnik Slovenskega kemijskega drustva, 1992, 39, 405.
• Beltram, T.; Kosec, M.; Stavber, S. Reactions taking place during the sol-gel processing of PLZT, Materials Research Bulletin, 1993, 28, 313.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M.; Room temperature reactions of XeF2 with phenyl substituted alcohols, Tetrahedron Letters, 1993, 34, 4355.
• Zupan, M.; Metelko, M.; Stavber, S.; Effect of alkene structure on the course of reactions with XeF2 and CsSO4F, Journal of Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 1, 1993, 2851.
• Stavber, S.; Koren, Z.; Zupan, M.; Selective, room temperature, high yield conversion of benzaldehydes to difluoromethoxy benzene derivates using xenon difluoride, SYNLETT, 1994, 4, 265.
• Stavber, S.; Sotler, T.; Zupan, M.; A mild, selective method for preparation of vicinal fluoro ethers using "F-Teda-BF4", Tetrahedron Letters, 1994, 35, 1105.
• Stavber, S.; T. Sotler, Zupan, M.; A. Popovic, Fluorination with XeF2.40. The important role of p-bond disruption in fluorine addition to phenyl-substituted alkenes, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1994, 59, 5891.
• Stavber, S.; Sotler-Pecan, T.; Zupan, M. Fluorination with CsSO4. Part 21, Effect of the structure of alkene and alcohol on stereochemistry and relative rate of fluoroalkoxylation, Tetrahedron, 1994, 50, 12235.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M.; A new, selective method for conversion of alcohols to vicinal fluorohydrins, Journal of Chemical Society. Chemical Communications, 1994, 149.
• Zupan, M.; Bregar, Z.; Stavber, S. Reactions of thiocarbonyl and thiocarboxyl functional groups with xenon difluoride, Bulletin of the Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia, 1994, 13, 97.
• Zupan, M.; Iskra, J.; Stavber, S. Solvent effects in the fluorination of aromatic molecules with F-TEDA-BF4, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1995, 70, 7.
• Zupan, M.; Iskra, J.; Stavber, S.; Regioselective conversions of 1-phenyl-substituted acetylenes to a,a-difluoro ketones with F-TEDA-BF4, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1995, 60, 259.
• Zupan, M.; Iskra, J.; Stavber, S. Chemistry of organo halogenic molecules. 140. Role of the reagent structure on the transformations of hydroxy substituted organic molecules with the N-fluoro class of fluorinating reagents, Bulletin of Chemical Society of Japan, 1995, 68 , 1655.
• Stavber, S.; Zupan, M.; Poss, A.J.; Shia, G.A. 1-Fluoro4-hydroxy-1,4-diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2.]octane bis(tetrafluoroborate) as a new, effective reagent for selective fluorofunctionalisation of alkenes under mild reaction conditions Tetrahedron Letters, 1995, 36, 6769.