UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 doc. RNDr. Zita Tokárová, PhD.
Email:
 zita.tokarova@ucm.sk
Homepage:
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Fakulta/Univerzita:
FPV UCM - Faculty of Natural Sciences
Pracovisko:
UCHEV - Ústav chémie a environmentálných vied

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Tokárová (Puterová)
I.2 - Name
Zita
I.3 - Degrees
Assoc. prof. RNDr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1979
I.5 - Name of the workplace
University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Department of Chemistry
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Nám. J Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava
I.7 - Position
Associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
zita.tokarova@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5432
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
17. Chemistry
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-5074-0336

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
II.b - Year
2003
II.c - Study field and programme
chemistry
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
chemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Department of Organic chemistry, Slovak Universtity of Technology, Bratislava
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
organic chemistry
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Slovak Universtity of Technology, Bratislava
II.b - Year
2025
II.c - Study field and programme
17. Chemistry, organic chemistry
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Associate professor University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Department of Chemistry 2022 - present
Assistant Professor, University Lecturer Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2012-2022
Research Fellow Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw 2010-2012
Assistant Professor, University Lecturer Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava 2008–2012
Research Fellow Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University in Krakow 2007-2008

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Course of nuclear magnetic resonance Warszaw University 2011
Course of applied organic synthesis Institute of applied synthetic, TU Wien 2006,2007

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Organic chemistry chemistry I. Chemistry
Physical Organic Chemistry applied chemistry II. Chemistry
Bioorganic chemistry applied chemistry II. Chemistry
Laboratory exercises of organic chemistry I chemistry I. Chemistry
Laboratory exercises of organic chemistry II chemistry I. Chemistry
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
8
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
12
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Organic chemistry I Applied analytical chemistry (profesionally oriented study programme) I. Chemistry
Laboratory exercises of organic chemistry biotechnology I. Biotechnology

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
40
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
16
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
28
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
440
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
100
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
440
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
100
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Z. Tokárová (30 %) - R. Balogh (20 %), P. Tisovský (20 %), K. Hrnčariková (10 %), Végh, D. (20 %). Direct nucleophilic substitution of polyfluorobenzenes with pyrrole and 2,5-dimethylpyrrole. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 2017, 204, 59-64. DOI: 10.1016/j.fluchem.2017.10.006 A / Q2

A. Andicsová-Eckstein (25 %), K. Tokár (25 %), E. Kozma (25 %), Z. Tokárová (25 %). Investigations of the structure and opto-electronic properties of substituted 2,2´-bithiophenes as pi building blocks: a joint experimental and theoretical study. New Journal of Chemistry, 2017, 41, 14871-14875. DOI: 10.1039/C7NJ02857A A / Q2

Puterová Z (60 %), Valentová J (10 %), Bojková Z. (10 %), Kožíšek J (10 %), Devínsky F. (10 %): Synthesis, crystal structure and antiradical effect of copper(ii) Schiff base complexes containing five-, six- and unusual seven-membered rings, Dalton Transactions, 2011, 40(7),1484-1490. DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00901F A+/ Q1

Romiszewski J (5 %) , Puterová-Tokárová Z. (85 %), Mieczkowski J. (5 %), Gorecka E (5 %). Optical properties of thiophene-containing liquid crystalline and hybrid liquid crystalline materials. New Journal of Chemistry, 2014, 38(7), 2927-2934 DOI: 10.1039/C4NJ00298A A / Q2

Puterová, Z. (70 %), Romiszewski, J. (10 %), Mieczkowski (10 %), Gorecka, E (10 %). Synthesis and study of new rod-like mesogens containing 2-aminothiophene unit. Tetrahedron, 2012, 68, 8172-8180. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.07.075 A+ / Q1

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Gašparová M., Kabaňová N, Tokár K., Végh D., Tokárová Z. Novel type of azomethines with combined effects of thiophene cores and vicinal cyano groups. Monatschefte fur Chemie, 2022, 153 (11), 1099-1105.

IF = 1.613, Q3

Váry T, Tokárová Z, Nádazdy V. Energy resolved electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of furan-substitued thiazolo [5,4- d] thiazoles, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2021, 2411, 040012.

IF = 0.402, Q4

Tokárová, Z. (75 %), Eckstein-Andicsová, A. (5 %), Balogh, R. (5 %), Tokár, K. (15 %). Survey of the Ketcham reaction for the series of furan-substituted thiazolo(5,4-d)thiazoles. Tetrahedron, 2021, 89 (4), 132155. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2021.132155 A / Q2

Tokárová, Z. (50 %), Maxianová, P. (10 %), Váry, T. (10 %), Nádazdy, V. (10 %), Végh, D. (10 %), Tokár, K (10 %). Thiophene-centered azomethines: Structure, photophysical and electronic properties. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2020, 1204, 127492 DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.127492 A / Q2

Eckstein-Andicsová, A. (30 %), Tokárová, Z.(30 %), Kozma E. (5 %), Balog,h R. (5 %), Vykydalová, A. (5 %), Mróz, W. (5 %), Tokár, K. (5 %). Thiazolo(5,4-d)thiazoles with spirobifluorene moiety as novel D-p-A type organic hosts: design, synthesis, structure-properties relationship and applications in electroluminescent devices. New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 47, 11165-11175. DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ0163A A / Q2

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Tokárová Z, Maxianová P, Váry T., Nádazdy V., Végh D., Tokár K. Thiophene-centered azomethines: Structure, photophysical and electronic properties. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2020, 1204, 127492

CITATIONS

  1. Soroceanu M., Constantin C.-P., Damaceanu M.-D.,"A straightforward synthetic strategy towards conjugated donor-acceptor naphthylimido-azomethines with tunable films morphologies and opto-electronic properties",2022,"Progress in Organic Coatings","166",,"106785"
  2. Al-Wahaibi L.H., Mary Y.S., Shyma Mary Y., Al-Mutairi A.A., Hassan H.M., El-Emam A.A., Yadav R.,"Investigation of the electronic properties of solvents (water, benzene, methanol) using IEFPCM model, spectroscopic investigation with docking and MD simulations of a thiadiazole derivative with anti-tumor activities",2022,"Journal of Molecular Liquids","348",,"118061
  3. Kotowicz S., Pająk A.K., KORZEC M., Schab-Balcerzak E.,"Selected physicochemical properties of the thiophene imines with a free -NH2 group [Ogniwa hybrydowe - iminy tiofenowe jako HTM]",2022,"Przeglad Elektrotechniczny","98","2",,"76","78",,
  4. Vu Quoc T., Do Ba D., Tran Thi Thuy D., Nguyen Ngoc L., Nguyen Thuy C., Vu Thi H., Khanh L.D., Doan Thi Yen O., Thai H., Long V.C., Talu S., Nguyen Trong D.,"DFT study on some polythiophenes containing benzo[d]thiazole and benzo[d]oxazole: structure and band gap",2021,"Designed Monomers and Polymers","24","1",,"274","284",
  5. Anderson C.M., Coffey B., Morales L., Greenberg M.W., Norman M., Weinstein M., Brown G., Tanski J.M.,"Platinum Complexes from C-H Activation of Sterically Hindered [C^N] Donor Benzothiophene Imine Ligands: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties",2020,"ACS Omega","5","41",,"26855","26863",,

Romiszewski J, Tokárová Z, Mieczkowski J., Gorecka E. Optical properties of thiophene-containing liquid crystalline and hybrid liquid crystalline materials New Journal of Chemistry, 2014, 38(7), 2927-2934

CITATIONS

  1. Seth K., Sunny S., Maingle M.,"Advances in Bifunctional Squaramide-catalyzed Asymmetric Sulfa-Michael Addition: A Decade Update",2022,"Synlett"
  2. Dotsenko V.V., Bespalov A.V., Vashurin A.S., Aksenov N.A., Aksenova I.V., Chigorina E.A., Krivokolysko S.G.,"2-Amino-4,5-dihydrothiophene-3-carbonitriles: A new synthesis, quantum chemical studies, and mannich-type reactions leading to new hexahydrothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines",2021,"ACS Omega","6","48",,"32571","32588",,"
  3. Ikeda G., Kawasaki M., Hanamoto T.,"Sonogashira cross-coupling of (Z)-2‑bromo-2-CF3-vinyl benzyl sulfide and access to 4-CF3-3-iodo-2-substituted thiophenes",2021,"Journal of Fluorine Chemistry","248",,"109838"
  4. Kamruzzaman, Roushown A.L.I., Karim R., Chowdhury S.I., Hasan T.,"Effect of flexible chain on mesomorphic properties of alkyloxy substituted 4-chloroazobenzene liquid crystals",2021,"Asian Journal of Chemistry","33","5",,"1159","1164",
  5. Huang G., Li J., Li J., Li J., Sun M., Zhou P., Chen L., Huang Y., Jiang S., Li Y.,"Access to Substituted Thiophenes through Xanthate-Mediated Vinyl C(sp2)-Br Bond Cleavage and Heterocyclization of Bromoenynes",2020,"Journal of Organic Chemistry","85","20",,"13037","13049",,

Tokárová Z., Balogh R., Tisovský P., Hrnčariková K. Végh D.,Direct nucleophilic substitution of polyfluorobenzenes with pyrrole and 2,5-dimethylpyrrole. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 2017, 204, 59-64.

CITATIONS

  1. Panova M.A., Shcherbakov K.V., Burgart Y.V., Saloutin V.I.,"Selective nucleophilic aromatic substitution of 2-(polyfluorophenyl)-4H-chromen-4-ones with pyrazole",2022,"Journal of Fluorine Chemistry","263",,"110034",
  2. Shcherbakov K.V., Panova M.A., Burgart Y.V., Sinegubova E.O., Orshanskaya I.R., Zarubaev V.V., Gerasimova N.A., Evstigneeva N.P., Saloutin V.I.,"Alternative Functionalization of 2-(3,4-Dihalophenyl)-4H-chromen-4-ones via Metal-Free Nucleophilic Aromatic Fluorine Substitution and Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions",2022,"ChemistrySelect","7","33","e202201775
  3. Sasaki Y., Takase M., Mori S., Uno H.,"Synthesis and properties of nitroHPHAC: The first example of substitution reaction on HPHAC",2020,"Molecules","25","11","2486"
  4. Xu Z., Yang Y., Jiang J., Fu Y.,"Theoretical Investigation on Ni-Catalyzed C(sp3)-F Activation and Ring Contraction of Tetrahydropyrans: Exploration of an SN2 Pathway",2018,"Organometallics","37","7",,"1114","1122",,

Puterová Z, Valentová J, Bojková Z., Kožíšek J, Devínsky F.: Synthesis, crystal structure and antiradical effect of copper(ii) Schiff base complexes containing five-, six- and unusual seven-membered rings, Dalton Transactions, 2011, 40(7),1484-1490.

CITATIONS

  1. Ozdemir O., Gurkan P., Simay Demir Y.D., Ark M.,"Antioxidant and cytotoxic activity studies in series of higher amino acid schiff bases",2020,"Gazi University Journal of Science","33","3",,"646","660",,"
  2. Tümer F., Köse M., Akar S., Güngör S.A., Tümer M.,"Structural characterization of disperse black 9 based Cu (II) complex and investigation of its some properties",2019,"Applied Organometallic Chemistry","33","3","e4764"
  3. Hazra S., Rocha B.G.M., Guedes da Silva M.F.C., Karmakar A., Pombeiro A.J.L.,"Syntheses, structures, and catalytic hydrocarbon oxidation properties of N-heterocycle-sulfonated schiff base copper(II) complexes",2019,"Inorganics","7","2","17","","
  4. Khalaji A.D., Ghorbani M., Feizi N., Akbari A., Eigner V., Dusek M.,"A novel trinuclear copper(II) complex containing a symmetric tetradentate N2O2Schiff base ligand: Synthesis, characterization, crystal structure and its usage as a new precursor for the preparation of CuO particles",2017,"Polyhedron","121",,,"9","12",,
  5. Hazra S., Martins L.M.D.R.S., Guedes Da Silva M.F.C., Pombeiro A.J.L.,"Sulfonated Schiff base copper(ii) complexes as efficient and selective catalysts in alcohol oxidation: syntheses and crystal structures",2015,"RSC Advances","5","109",,"90079","90088",,

Puterová, Z., Andicsová, A., Végh, D.: Synthesis of π-conjugated thiophenes starting from substituted 3-oxopropanenitriles via Gewald reaction, Tetrahedron 2008, 64 (49), 11262-11269.

CITATIONS

  1. Alahmdi M.I., Mohareb R.M., Abdelaziz Mahmoud M.A., Alkhamis K., Abo-Dya N.E., Zidan N.S., Khasim S., Alsharif M.A.,"Anti-proliferative Activities of Thiophenes, Pyrans and PyridinesDerived from 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds",2021,"ChemistrySelect","6","43",,"12094","12100",,
  2. Cheng P., Wang W., Wang L., Zeng J., Reiser O., Liang Y.,"Ag2CO3-mediated direct functionalization of alkyl nitriles: Facile synthesis of γ-ketonitriles through nitrile alkylation of enol acetates",2019,"Tetrahedron Letters","60","21",,"1408","1412",,
  3. Mohareb R.M., Samir E.M., Halim P.A.,"Synthesis, and anti-proliferative, Pim-1 kinase inhibitors and molecular docking of thiophenes derived from estrone",2019,"Bioorganic Chemistry","83",,,"402","413",,"
  4. Zhang X., Huang H.,"Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of AIBN and Ketone-Derived Enoxysilanes to γ-Ketonitriles",2018,"Organic Letters","20","16",,"4998","5001",,
  5. Nedolya N.A., Tarasova O.A., Albanov A.I., Trofimov B.A.,"Expeditious Scalable Catalyst-Free One-Pot Synthesis of 4-Alkoxy-5-amino-3-methylthiophene-2-carbonitriles via Sequential Reactions of Lithiated Alkoxyallenes with Isothiocyanates and 2-Bromoacetonitrile",2018,"Synthesis (Germany)","50","9","ss-2017-z0746-op","1891","1900",,"
VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

VEGA 2/0055/21

Study of low molecular weight \pi-conjugated thiophene derivatives suitable as organic semiconductors

Principal investigator for UCM: Assoc. prof. RNDr. Zita Tokárová, PhD.

2021-2023

VEGA 1/0086/21

New compounds with useful magnetic and opto-electrical properties

Principal investigator: prof. RNDr. Ján Titiš, PhD.

Representing investigator: Assoc. prof. RNDr. Zita Tokárová, PhD.

2021-2024

APVV-19-0087

Bioactive transition metal complexes with magnetic bistability

Principal investigator for UCM: prof. RNDr. Ján Titiš, PhD.

Member of the research team: Assoc. prof. RNDr. Zita Tokárová, PhD.

2020-2023

VEGA 1/0013/18

Physicochemical properties of monoamine neurotransmitters

Principal investigator: prof. Ing. Prof. Roman Boča, DrSc.

Member of the research team: Assoc. prof. RNDr. Zita Tokárová, PhD.

2018-2021

KEGA 025 UCM-4/2021

Introduction of a new professionally oriented study programme Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, UCM in Trnava

Principal investigator: doc. Ing. Jozef Sokol, CSc., mim. prof.

Member of the research team: Assoc. prof. RNDr. Zita Tokárová, PhD.

2021-2024 

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
European Researchers' Night Slovak Organization for Research and Development Activities, o.z. (SOVVA) 2019 - now
Student Scientific Conference – Expert Guarantor in the Applied Chemistry Section Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2018-2022
Children’s University – Expert Guarantor and Organizer Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2016-2021, 2024

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Center for New Technologies Banacha 2C, 02-097, Warszawa, Poland 2018-september lecture stay
Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional Materials, University of Warsaw Banacha 2C, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland April 2008 lecture stay
Faculty of the Environment, J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem Pasteurova 3632/15, 40096 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic v pedagogical activity

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned
  • Expert Consultant of the project: Ag²⁺-initiated Diels–Alder Reactions, in cooperation with the Centre of New Technologies (CeNT), University of Warsaw, Poland – preparation for research stay
  • Permanent Member of the Referees’ Board for ARKIVOC – international peer-reviewed journal
Date of last update
2025-06-25