Dr. Bela Torok
Associate Professor, Chemistry

Education:
B.S/MS., University of Szeged,Hungary
Ph.D., University of Szeged, Hungary
Postdoc. training , University of Southern California (with G. A. Olah)

Current Position:
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Office: S-1-132
Telephone: 287-6159
EMail: bela.torok@umb.edu

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Teaching Interests:
Organic chemistry, green chemistry, general chemistry.

Research Interests:
Asymmetric Catalysis: Enantio- and diastereoselective heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenations, development and application of immobilized (solid) asymmetric catalysts, Green chemistry, Chiral fluorine chemistry, Medicinal chemistry

Representative Publications:

  1. S. Dasgupta, B. Török: Application of Clay Catalysts in Organic Synthesis. A Review.
    Org. Prep. Proced. Int. 2008 , 40 , 1 (invited review).
  2. S. M. Landge, D. A. Borkin, B. Török: Microwave-Assisted Preparation of Trifluoroacetaldehyde (Fluoral): Isolation and Applications.
    Tetrahedron Lett. 2007 , 48 , 6372.
  3. M. Abid, L. Teixeira, B. Török: Triflic acid controlled successive annelation of aromatic sulfonamides: An efficient one-pot synthesis of N-sulfonyl pyrroles, indoles and carbazoles.
    Tetrahedron Lett. 2007 , 48 , 4047.
  4. S. M. Landge, A. Schmidt, V. Outerbridge, B. Török : Synthesis of Pyrazoles by a One-Pot Tandem Cyclization-Dehydrogenation Approach on Pd/C/K-10 Catalyst.
    Synlett 2007 , 1600.
  5. M. Abid, A. Spaeth, B. Török: Solvent-Free Solid Acid Catalyzed Electrophilic Annelations: A New Green Approach for the Synthesis of Substituted Five-Membered N-Heterocycles.
    Adv. Synth. Catal. 2006 , 348 , 2191.
  6. M. Török, M. Abid, S. C. Mhadgut, B. Török : Organofluorine Inhibitors of Amyloid Fibrillogenesis.
    Biochemistry 2006 , 45, 5377.
  7. S. C. Mhadgut, M. Török, J. Esquibel, B. Török : Highly Asymmetric Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Isophorone on Proline Modified Base-Supported Palladium Catalysts.
    J. Catal. 2006 , 238, 441.
  8. B. Török, M. Abid, G. London, J. Esquibel, M. Török, S. C. Mhadgut, P. Yan, G. K. S. Prakash: Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Hydroxyalkylation of Indoles with Ethyl Trifluoropyruvate.
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005 , 44, 3086.
  9. G. A. Olah, T. Matthew, A. Goeppert, B. Török, I. Bucsi, X.Y. Li, Q. Wang, E. Marinez, P. Batamack, R. Aniszfeld, G.K.S. Prakash: Ionic Liquid and Solid HF Equivalent Amine-Poly(Hydrogen Fluoride) Complexes Effecting Efficient Environmentally Friendly Isobutane-Isobutylene Alkylation.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005 , 127, 5964.
  10. M. Abid, B. Török: Cinchona Alkaloid Induced Chiral Discrimination for the Determination of Enantiomeric Composition of alpha-Trifluoro-methylated-Hydroxyl Compounds by 19F NMR Spectroscopy.
    Tetrahedron:Asymmetry 2005 , 16 , 1547.

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