Žarko Boskovic

E-mail: zboskovic@chem.ucsb.edu

Graduate researcher (University of Niš, Serbia) 2004-6,
Diploma Degree (University of Niš, Serbia) 2004.

Honors & Awards
2006 Fellowship of the Republic of Serbia Government
2006 The Best Student at the Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš
2005 Nenad Kostic Fund for chemical sciences award

Current Research
copper hydride, heterogenous catalysis, dienones/dienoates,

Publications
(1) Benjamin A. Baker, Žarko V. Boškovic, Bruce H. Lipshutz "(BDP)CuH: A "Hot" Stryker's Reagent for Use in Achiral Conjugate Reductions" Org. Lett. (accepted) 10.1021/ol702689v
(2) Ž. Boškovic, N. Radulovic, G. Stojanovic"Essential Oil Composition of Four Achillea Species from the Balkans and its Chemotaxonomic Significance" Chem. Nat. Compd., 2005, 6, 555.
(3) I. Gutman, G. Stojanovic, Z. Boškovic, N. Radulovic, P. Rašic"Comparing the Randic-Balaban and the Clar Models for Partitioning of pi-electrons in Rings of the Benzenoid Hydrocarbons: the Case of Phenes and Starphenes" Polycycl. Aromat. Comp., 2005, 25, 345.
(4) I. Gutman, B. Furtula, B. Arsic, Z. Boškovic"On the Relation between Zenkevich and Wiener Indices of Alkanes" J. Serb. Chem. Soc., 2004, 69, 265.