Selected Publications
Submitted
Alam, M.; Ping, K.; Kahnert, S.-R.; Bhadoria, R.; Kazimova, N.; Mere, A.; Mikli, V.; Käärik, M.; Aruväli, J.; Paiste, P.; Kikas, A.; Kisand, V.; Järving, I.; Leis, J.; Tammeveski, K.; Kongi, N.; Starkov, P. Multi-purpose chemo- and electrocatalyst material from amorphous cobalt metal–organic framework. Submitted
Independent Group
Kazimova, N.; Ping, K.; Alam, M.; Danilson, M.; Merisalu, M.; Aruväli, J.; Käärik, M.; Mikli, V.; Leis, J.; Tammeveski, K.; Starkov, P.; Kongi, N. Shungite-derived graphene as a carbon support for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts. J. Catal. 2021, ASAP. DOI:10.1016/j.catal.2021.01.004
Bhadoria, R.; Ping, K.; Lohk, C.; Järving, I.; Starkov, P. A phenotypic approach to probing cellular outcomes using heterobivalent constructs. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 4216–4219 . DOI:10.1039/C9CC09595K
[Originally on ChemRxiv]
Ping, K.; Braschinsky, A.; Alam, M.; Bhadoria, R.; Mihkli, V.; Mere, A.; Aruväli, J.; Vlassov, S.; Kook, M.; Rähn, M.; Sammelselg, V.; Tammeveski, K.; Kongi, N.; Starkov, P. Fused hybrid organic linkers for metal-organic frameworks-derived bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 152–157. DOI:10.1021/acsaem.9b02039
[Originally on ChemRxiv] ACS Free to Read License until Dec31–2020
Ping, K.; Alam, M.; Käärik, M.; Leis, J.; Kongi, N.; Järving, I.; Starkov, P. Surveying iron–organic framework TAL-1 derived materials in ligandless heterogenous oxidative catalytic transformations of alkylarenes. Synlett 2019, 30, 1536–1540.
[Invited] DOI:10.1055/s-0037-1611877 [Author's PDF]
Kasak, L.; Näks, M.; Eek, P.; Piirsoo, A.; Bhadoria, R.; Starkov, P.; Saarma, M.; Kasvandik, S.; Piirsoo, M. Characterization of protein kinase ULK3 regulation by phosphorylation and inhibition by small molecule SU6668. Biochemistry 2018, 57, 5456–5465. DOI:10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00356
As Graduate Student and PostDoc
Starkov, P.; Moore, J. T.; Duquette, D.; Stoltz, B. M.; Marek, I. Enantioselective construction of acyclic quaternary carbon stereocenters: Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative allylic alkylation using fully-substituted amide enolates. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9615–9620. DOI:10.1021/jacs.7b04086
Lanigan, R. M.; Karaluka, V.; Sabatini, M.; Starkov, P.; Badland, M.; Boulton, L.; Sheppard, T. D. Direct amidation of unprotected amino acids using B(OCH2CF3)3. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 8846–8849. DOI:10.1039/C6CC05147B [Open Access]
Starkov, P.; Jamison, T. F.; Marek, I. Electrophilic amination: The case of nitrenoids. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 5278–5300. DOI:10.1002/chem.201405779
Lanigan, R. M.; Starkov, P.; Sheppard, T. D. Direct synthesis of amides from carboxylic acids and amines using B(OCH2CF3)3. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 4512–4523. DOI:10.1021/jo400509n [Open Access]
Starkov, P.; Rota, F.; D'Oyley, J. M.; Sheppard, T. D. Catalytic electrophilic halogenation of silyl‐protected and terminal alkynes: Trapping gold (I) acetylides vs. a Brønsted acid‐promoted reaction. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 3217–3224. DOI:10.1002/adsc.201200491
Starkov, P.; Sheppard, T. D. Borate esters as convenient reagents for direct amidation of carboxylic acids and transamidation of primary amides. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 1320–1323. DOI:10.1039/C0OB01069C
Körner, C.; Starkov, P.; Sheppard, T. D. An alternative approach to aldol reactions: Gold-catalyzed formation of boron enolates from alkynes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 5968–5969. DOI:10.1021/ja102129c
Starkov, P.; Zemskov, I.; Sillard, R.; Tšubrik, O.; Mäeorg, U. Copper-catalyzed N-arylation of carbamate-protected hydrazones with organobismuthanes. Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 1155–1157. DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.12.071
PhD Thesis
Starkov, P. Applications of boronic acids in organic synthesis. PhD Thesis, University College London, London, UK, 2011. UCL/DOI Link [Open Access]