Publications
Revisiting Hafner’s Azapentalenes: The Chemistry of 1,3-Bis(dimethylamino)-2-azapentalene
Enikő Meiszter, Tamás Gazdag, Péter J. Mayer, Attila Kunfi, Tamás Holczbauer, Máté Sulyok-Eiler and Gábor London J. Org. Chem. 2024, ASAP.
An Exploration of Substituent Effects on the Photophysical Properties of Monobenzopentalenes
Tamás Gazdag, Enikő Meiszter, Péter J. Mayer, Tamás Holczbauer, Henrik Ottosson, Andrew B. Maurer, Maria Abrahamsson and Gábor London ChemPhysChem 2024, e202300737.
Salicylideneaniline/Dithienylethene Hybrid Molecular Switches: Design, Synthesis, and Photochromism
Péter Pál Kalapos, Attila Kunfi, Marcell M. Bogner, Tamás Holczbauer, Michał Andrzej Kochman, Bo Durbeej and Gábor London J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 16.
The π-molecular complex of biphenylene and tetracyanoethylene
Rita Dobszay, Péter J. Mayer, Tamás Holczbauer, Attila Kunfi, András Stirling and Gabor London Helv. Chim. Acta 2023, e202300079.
Vertical π-extension of dibenzopentalene: a combined experimental and computational study of a phenanthreno-benzopentalene derivative
Péter J. Mayer, Bence B. Botlik, Enikő Meiszter, Krisztina Németh, Christian J. Schürmann, Tamás Holczbauer and Gábor London Comput Theor Chem 2023, 1224, 114113. (Special Issue: Computational chemistry: a tool to revolutionise education and research, in honor of Professor Imre G. Csizmadia)
Stable Monoareno-pentalenes with Two Olefinic Protons
Péter J. Mayer and Gábor London Org. Lett., 2023, 25, 42.
Metal-free synthesis of indenone derivatives from ortho-alkynylaryl ketones mediated by the combination of dialkyl phosphonates and CBr4
Áron Adorján, Péter J. Mayer, Pál T. Szabó, Tamás Holczbauer and Gábor London Synth. Commun., 2022, 52, 1956.
Photoswitching of Local (Anti)Aromaticity in Biphenylene-Based Diarylethene Molecular Switches
Péter Pál Kalapos, Péter J. Mayer, Tamás Gazdag, Attila Demeter, Baswanth Oruganti, Bo Durbeej and Gábor London J. Org. Chem 2022, 87, 9532.
Light-Induced and Thermal Isomerization of Azobenzenes on Immobilized Gold Nanoparticle Aggregates
Attila Kunfi, Ágnes Ábrahám, Gergő Gyulai, Éva Kiss and Gabor London ChemPlusChem 2022, 87, e202200153.
Unsymmetrical Thienopentalenes: Synthesis, Optoelectronic Properties, and (Anti)aromaticity Analysis
Tamás Gazdag, Péter J. Mayer, Péter Pál Kalapos, Tamás Holczbauer, Ouissam El Bakouri and Gábor London ACS Omega 2022, 7, 8336.
Chapter Seven – A new color in green chemistry: Photochromic molecular switches as components of multifunctional catalytic systems
István Jablonkai, Attila Kunfi, Da-Hui Qu and Gábor London Advances in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2021, 241-282
A photoresponsive palladium complex of an azopyridyl-triazole ligand: light-controlled solubility drives catalytic activity in the Suzuki coupling reaction
Attila Kunfi, István Jablonkai, Tamás Gazdag, Péter J. Mayer, Péter Pál Kalapos, Krisztina Németh, Tamás Holczbauer and Gábor London RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 23419.
Construction and Properties of Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts on Gold Surfaces
Dalma Edit Nánási, Attila Kunfi, Ágnes Ábrahám, Péter J. Mayer, Judith Mihály, Gergely F. Samu, Éva Kiss, Miklós Mohai and Gábor London Langmuir 2021, 37, 3057.
Photoinduced changes in aromaticity facilitate electrocyclization of dithienylbenzene switches
Baswanth Oruganti, Péter Pál Kalapos, Varada Bhargav, Gábor London and Bo Durbeej J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13941.
Structure-property relationships in unsymmetric bis(antiaromatics): Who wins the battle between pentalene and benzocyclobutadiene?
Péter J. Mayer, Ouissam El Bakouri, Tamás Holczbauer, Gergely F. Samu, Csaba Janáky, Henrik Ottosson and Gábor London J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 5158.
Photoswitchable Macroscopic Solid Surfaces Based on Azobenzene‐Functionalized Polydopamine/Gold Nanoparticle Composite Materials: Formation, Isomerization and Ligand Exchange
Attila Kunfi, Rita Bernadett Vlocskó, Zsófia Keresztes, Miklós Mohai, Imre Bertóti, Ágnes Ábrahám, Éva Kiss and Gábor London ChemPlusChem 2020, 85, 797.
Polydopamine: An Emerging Material in the Catalysis of Organic Transformations
Attila Kunfi and Gábor London Synthesis 2019, 51, 2829.
Effect of particle restructuring during reduction processes over polydopamine-supported Pd nanoparticles
Tamás Gazdag, Ádám Baróthi, Koppány Levente Juhász, Attila Kunfi, Péter Németh, András Sápi, Ákos Kukovecz, Zoltán Kónya, Kornél Szőri and Gábor London J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2019, 19, 484. (Special Issue: Shape tailored nanocrystals in catalysis)
Polydopamine supported palladium nanoparticles: Highly efficient catalysts in Suzuki cross-coupling and tandem Suzuki cross-coupling/nitroarene reductions under green reaction conditions
Attila Kunfi, Zoltán May, Péter Németh and Gábor London J. Catal. 2018, 361, 84.
Cyanation of aryl bromides with K4[Fe(CN)6] using polydopamine supported Pd nanoparticle catalysis: formation of magnetite during the reaction
Tamás Gazdag, Attila Kunfi and Gábor London React. Kinet. Mech. Catal. 2018, 125, 567.
Palladium on polydopamine: its true potential in catalytic transfer hydrogenations and Heck coupling reactions
Attila Kunfi, Vivien Szabó, Ágnes Mastalir, Imre Bucsi, Miklós Mohai, Péter Németh, Imre Bertóti and Gábor London ChemCatChem 2017, 9, 3236.
Earlier works
Jing-Jing Yu, Li-Yang Zhao, Zhao-Tao Shi, Qi Zhang, Gabor London, Wen-Jing Liang, Chuan Gao, Ming-Ming Li, Xiao-Ming Cao, He Tian, Ben L. Feringa and Da-Hui Qu ‘Pumping a ring-sliding molecular motion by a light-powered molecular motor’ J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 5790.
Cai-Xin Zhao, Qi Zhang, Gábor London and Da-Hui Qu ‘Functional rotaxanes – from synthetic methodology to functional molecular materials’ In: Liu Y., Chen Y., Zhang HY. (eds) Handbook of Macrocyclic Supramolecular Assembly. Springer, Singapore 2019.
Dorina G. Dobó, Dániel Sipos, András Sápi, Gábor London, Koppány L. Juhász, Ákos Kukovecz and Zoltán Kónya ‘Tuning the activity and selectivity of phenylacetylene hydrosilylation with triethylsilane in the liquid phase over size controlled Pt nanoparticles’ Catalysts, 2018, 8, 22.
András A. Gurka and Gábor London ‘Dual Stereocontrol in Enantioselective Aldol Reactions’ Org. Prep. Proc. Int. 2017, 49, 415.
Zhan-Qi Cao, Yi-Chuan Wang, Ai-Hua Zou, Gábor London, Qi Zhang, Chuan Gao and Da-Hui Qu ‘Reversible switching of a supramolecular morphology driven by an amphiphilic bistable [2]rotaxane’ Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 8683.
Attila Dékány, Enikő Lázár, Bálint Szabó, Viktor Havasi, Gyula Halasi, András Sápi, Ákos Kukovecz, Zoltán Kónya, Kornél Szőri and Gábor London ‘Exploring Pd/Al2O3 Catalysed Redox Isomerisation of Allyl Alcohol as a Platform to Create Structural Diversity’ Catal. Lett. 2017, 147, 1834.
András A. Gurka, Kornél Szőri, Milán Szőri, Mihály Bartók and Gábor London ‘Application of hydroxyproline derivatives in enantioselective α-amination reactions in organic and aqueous environments: a structure-activity relationship study’ Structural Chem. 2017, 28, 415. (Special Issue: Honoring George A. Olah at 90)
Dorottya Hursán, Gábor London, Balázs Olasz and Csaba Janáky ‘Synthesis, characterization, and electrocatalytic properties of a custom-designed conjugated polymer with pyridine side chain’ Electrochim. Acta 2016, 217, 92.
András A. Gurka, Kornél Szőri, Mihály Bartók and Gábor London ‘Dual stereocontrol in aldol reactions catalysed by hydroxyproline derivatives in the presence of a large amount of water’ Tetrahedron Asymm. 2016, 27, 936.
Attila Kunfi, Ágnes Mastalir, Imre Bucsi and Gábor London ‘Heck arylation of alkenes with aryl bromides by using supported Pd catalysts: a comparative study’ React. Kinet. Mech. Catal. 2016, 119, 165.
Dániel Zsolnai, Péter Mayer, Kornél Szőri and Gábor London ‘Pd/Al2O3-catalysed redox isomerisation of allyl alcohol: application in aldol condensation and oxidative heterocyclization reactions’ Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016, 6, 3814.
András A. Gurka, Kornél Szőri, György Szőllősi, Mihály Bartók and Gábor London ‘Tuning the sense of product stereochemistry in aldol reactions of acetone and aromatic aldehydes in the presence of water with a single chiral catalyst’ Tetrahedron Lett., 2015, 56, 7201.
Jing Cao, Gábor London, Oliver Dumele, Margarete von Wantoch Rekowski, Nils Trapp, Laurent Ruhlmann, Corinne Boudon, Amnon Stanger and François Diederich ‘The Impact of Antiaromatic Subunits in [4n+2] π-Systems: Bispentalenes with [4n+2] π-Electron Perimeters and Antiaromatic Character’ J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 7178.
Kuang-Yen Chen, Sander J. Wezenberg, Gregory T. Carroll, Gábor London, Jos C. M. Kistemaker, Thomas C. Pijper and Ben L. Feringa ‘Tetrapodal Molecular Switches and Motors: Synthesis and Photochemistry’ J. Org. Chem., 2014, 79, 7032.
Kuang-Yen Chen, Oleksii Ivashenko, Gregory T. Carroll, Jort Robertus, Jos C. M. Kistemaker, Gábor London, Wesley R. Browne, Petra Rudolf and Ben L. Feringa ‘Control of Surface Wettability Using Tripodal Light-Activated Molecular Motors’ J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 3219.
Gábor London, Margarete von Wantoch Rekowski, Oliver Dumele, W. Bernd Schweizer, Jean-Paul Gisselbrecht, Corinne Boudon and François Diederich ‘Pentalenes with novel topologies: exploiting the cascade carbopalladation reaction between alkynes and gem-dibromoolefins’ Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 965.
Gábor London, Kuang-Yen Chen, Gregory T. Carroll and Ben L. Feringa ‘Towards Dynamic Control of Wettability Using Functionalized Altitudinal Molecular Motors on Solid Surfaces’ Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 10690.
Gábor London, Gregory T. Carroll and Ben L. Feringa ‘Silanization of quartz, silicon and mica surfaces with light-driven molecular motors: construction of surface-bound photo-active nanolayers’ Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 3477.
Peter Csermely, Tamás Korcsmáros, Huba J. M. Kiss, Gábor London and Ruth Nussinov ‘Structure and dynamics of molecular networks: A novel paradigm of drug discovery: A comprehensive review’ Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2013, 138, 333.
Gregory T. Carroll, Gábor London, Tatiana Fernández Landaluce, Petra Rudolf and Ben L. Feringa ‘Adhesion of Photon-driven Molecular Motors to Surfaces via 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions: Effect of Interfacial Interactions on Molecular Motion’ ACS Nano, 2011, 5, 622.
Francesco Bonardi, Gábor London, Nico Nouwen, Ben L. Feringa and Arnold J. M. Driessen ‘Light induced control of protein translocation via the SecYEG complex’ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 122, 7392.
Tatiana Fernández Landaluce, Gábor London, Michael M. Pollard, Petra Rudolf and Ben L. Feringa ‘Rotary Molecular Motors: A Large Increase in Speed through a Small Change in Design’ J. Org. Chem., 2010, 75, 5323.
Gábor London, Gregory T. Carroll, Tatiana Fernández Landaluce, Michael M. Pollard, Petra Rudolf and Ben L. Feringa ‘Light-driven altitudinal molecular motors on surfaces’ Chem. Commun., 2009, 1712.
Gábor London, György Szöllősi and Mihály Bartók ‘Organocatalytic direct aldol reaction between acetone and ɑ-substituted β-keto esters’ J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical, 2007, 237, 98.
Béla Török, Mohammed Abid, Gábor London, Joseph Esquibel, Marianna Török, Shilpa C. Mhadgut, Ping Yan and G. K. Surya Prakash ‘Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Hydroxyalkylation of Indoles with Ethyl Trifluoropyruvate’ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 3086.
György Szöllősi, Gábor London, Lajos Baláspiri, Csaba Somlai and Mihály Bartók ‘Enantioselective Direct Aldol-Addition of Acetone to Aliphatic Aldehydes’ Chirality, 2003, 15, S90.
Béla Török, Gábor London and Mihály Bartók, ‘Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds to Hydrocarbons by Catalytic Hydrogenation: A Novel One-Pot Method Using Pt/K-10 Montmorillonite Catalyst’ Synlett, 2000, 5, 631.