Bio-organic chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry, chemical synthesis, functionalisation of saccharides, carbohydrate-based and biologically significant compounds and materials, uronic acid modification

2002-2004 (2 years) - University College Dublin, Ireland (Prof Paul V Murphy)
2006-2007 (1 year) - Abo Akademi University, Finland (Prof Reko Leino)

POLÁKOVÁ M., BELÁŇOVÁ M., PETRUŠ L., MIKUŠOVÁ K.
Synthesis of alkyl and cycloalkyl α-D-mannopyranosides and derivatives thereof and their evaluation in the mycobacterial mannosyltransferase assay
Carbohydrate Research 2010, doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2010.03.011

POLÁKOVÁ M., ROSLUND M.U., EKHOLM F.S., SALORANTA T., LEINO R.
Synthesis of β-(1->2)-Linked Oligomannosides
European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2009, 6, 870-888

EKHOLM F.S., POLÁKOVÁ M., PAWLOWICZ A.J., LEINO R.
Synthesis of Divalent 2,2´-Linked Mannose Derivatives by Homodimerisation
Synthesis 2009, 4, 567-576

O´BRIEN C., POLÁKOVÁ M., PITT N., TOSIN M., MURPHY P.V.
Glycosidation Reactions of 6,1-Anhydroglucopyranosiduronic Acid and Glucuronic Acid Donors promoted by SnCl₄. 1,2-Cis Glycosides are Formed by Rapid Anomerisation of 1,2-Trans Glycosides
Chemistry-A European Journal 2007, 13, 902-909

ŠPÁNIKOVÁ S., POLÁKOVÁ M., JONIAK D., HIRSCH J., BIELY P.
Synthetic esters recognized by glucuronoyl esterase from Schizophyllum commune
Archives of Microbiology 2007, 188, 185-189

POLÁKOVÁ M., PITT N., TOSIN M., MURPHY P.V.
Glycosidation reactions of silyl ethers with conformationally inverted donors derived from glucuronic acid: Stereoselective synthesis of glycosides and 2-deoxyglycosides
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2004, 43, 2518-2521

POLÁKOVÁ M., JONIAK D., ĎURIŠ M. Synthesis and acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of some 3-(4-methoxyphenyl)propyl glucuronates Collection Czechoslovak Chemical Communicatios 2000, 65, 1609-1618

FIŠERA Ľ., JAROŠKOVÁ L., LÉVAI A., JEDLOVSKÁ E., TÓTH G., POLÁKOVÁ M. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of 3-arylidenechromanone-1-thiochromanone and -flavanone: Regio- and Stereoselective formation of spiroheterocycles Heterocycles 1997, 45, 1651-1655