Mörtl, Mária
    assistant professor

Eötvös Loránd University Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry Pázmány Péter sétány 2. 1117 - Budapest Hungary     e-mail: mortl@chem.elte.hu phone: (36-1) 209-0555/1607 fax: (36-1) 209-0602

• M.Sc. Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, 1988
• PhD, Eötvös Loránd University, 1996
• Teaching Assistant, Eötvös Loránd University, 1988-97
• Assistant Professor, Eötvös Loránd University, 1997-

Research at a Glance

• synthetic organometallic chemistry: inert atmospheric techniques to prepare organosilicon compounds and transition metal organics, mainly titanium complexes

 
• synthetic organic chemistry: oxazol derivatives from organosilicon precursors, enamines and oximes from silylcarbamates.

Teaching Activities

• Chemistry
• Attainment target: Introduction to the basics of  chemistry and preparation for the "Chemistry Laboratory Course" (two semesters).
• Detailed programme: First semester: Basic principles and definitions, atomic structure, electron configurations, the main types of the chemical bond, molecular geometry, thermochemistry, changes of state, rates of reaction, equilibria, electrochemistry.    Second semester: Inorganic chemistry of the elements, environmental chemistry, brief summary of chromatography and analytical methods
• Chemistry Laboratory Course
• Attainment target: The course allows the students to get practice in laboratory manipulation and chemical calculations
• Detailed programme: density, melting point, boiling point measurement, titration, rate of reactions, equilibria, electrochemistry, preparation of gases and some substance, simple analytical measurements

 
• Inorganic and Organometallic Synthetic Laboratory Course
• Attainment target: Preparation of inorganic and organometallic compounds. Synthetic principles and methods.
• Detailed programme: Electrochemical reactions: cathodic reduction. Study of molecular oxygen fixation. Synthesis of metal carbonyls.

Reduction by using dissolving metal. Synthesis of organometallic compounds by using anionic alkyating agent. Transition metal sandwich compounds. Use of  organometallic reagent in organic synthesis. Preparation and reactions of  transition metal organyls. Transition metal catalysis. Chemical Vapour Deposition. Organometallic photochemistry. Reactions in MW field.

• Inorganic and Organometallic Special Laboratory Practice
• Attainment target: To gain experience in preparations and manipulations carried out in  inert atmosphere (Schlenk technique). Sample preparation of air sensitive compounds by use of dry box. Structural investigations  of the syntesized compounds by multi-nuclear NMR, FT-IR and UPS methods.
• Detailed programme: Synthesis of main group and transition metal organic derivatives. Recording and interpretation of their FT-IR, multi nuclear (1H, 13C, 15N, 17O, 29Si) NMR and UPS spectra. MOCVD of hard coatings. Imvestigation of reactive intermediates. Preparation of mixed oxides and complexes as precursors for metallic and superconducting materials. Determinations of organic and inorganic contaminants in air, water and soil samples.

Supervised Students

• 2 M.Sc. theses (1 in progress)

Memberships

• Hungarian Chemical Society

Publications

• Papers in referred journals

1. M. Mörtl, D. Knausz, L. Szakács, B. Csákvári:
 „Új karbamidsav-szililészterek szintézise és reakciói”
 Kémiai Közlemények, 74 (1992) 139-146

2. M. Mörtl, D. Knausz, Zs Kolos, L. Szakács, B. Csákvári:
 „Synthesis and reactions of silylcarbamates with bulky substituents”
 J. Organometallic Chemistry, 482, (1994) 183-185

3. M. Mörtl, D. Knausz, Zs. Böcskei, Zs. Kolos, K. Újszászy, L. Szakács, P. Sohár:
 „New N-hydroxy carbamic acid trialkylsilyl derivatives. Preparation and thermal reaction.”
 J. Organometallic Chemistry, 492, (1995) 115-119

4.  M. Mörtl: „Karbamidsav szililészterek előállítása és reakciói.” PhD-thesis
 Magyar Kémiai Folyóirat-Kémiai Közlemények, 103 (1997) 135-136

5. I. P. Csonka, M. Mörtl, D. Knausz, V. Harmat, L. Szepes:
Geometry and electronic structure of silylated hydroxylamine and carbamic acid derivatives
 J. Organometallic Chemistry, 579, (1999) 38-44

6. F. Kardon, M. Mörtl, D. Knausz: Reactions of silylcarbamates with ketones
 Tetrahedron Letters, in press
 
 

• Conference abstracts

1. L. Zanathy, M. Mörtl, R. Szalay, L. Szepes and D.  Knausz:
 „Structural Features of trimethylsilyl carbamids amides.”
 XVth International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Warsaw (1992) 115.

2. D. Knausz, L. Szepes, G.  Vass, R. Szalay, M. Mörtl, K. Újszászy:
 „Correlation between structure and spectroscopic behaviour of silylcarbamates.”
 Xth FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Agia Pelagia (1993) 103.

3. J.  Rohonczy, D. Knausz, M. Mörtl, Zs. Kolos, R. Szalay: „Comparative structure
 investigation of N,O-trimethylsiliyl substituted carbamic acid and hydroxycarbamic acid  derivatives by ¹H, ¹³C and ²⁹Si NMR spectroscopy and DNMR spectrum simulation.”
 1st J. Organomet. Chem. Conference on Appl. Organomet. Chem., München, (1993) 106.

4. M. Mörtl, D. Knausz, K. Újszászy, J. Rohonczy, B. Csákvári, P. Sohár:
 „New N-hydroxy carbamic acid trialkylsilyl derivatives. Preparation and thermal reaction.”
 Xth International Symp. on Organosilicon Chemistry, Poznan (1993) 232.

5.  M. Mörtl, D. Knausz, R. Dezsőfi-Kapiller, P. Sohár:
 „Preparation and structure of some new cyclopentadienyl carbamato titanium complexes.”
 XVIth International Conference on Organomet. Chem., Brighton, (1994) 337

6. M. Mörtl, D. Knausz, Z. Nagy, J. Rohonczy, K. Újszászy, P. Sohár:
 „Generation of reactive intermediatesfrom N-siloxy-amides and imines.”
 XIth International Symp. on Organosilicon Chemistry, Montpellier (1996) PB14.

7.  M. Mörtl, D. Knausz, A. Csámpai, Gy. Tarczay, M. Blazsó, P. Sohár:
 Preparation of oxazole and oxazolon derivatives from silylcarbamates
 9th IUPAC Symp. on Organometallic Chemistry, Göttingen (1997) P176

8. J. Rohonczy, D. Knausz, Zs. Kolos, M. Mörtl:
 Investigation of intramolecular movements of trimethylsilyl-N-substituted carbamates
 by heteronuclear nmr spectroscopy
 XIIth FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Prague (1997) PB173.

9. I. Csonka, M. Mörtl, D. Knausz, L. Szepes:
 The pyramidal Si-H-N-O skeleton in silylhydroxilamines: a quantum chemical and
 photoelectron spectroscopic study
 XIIth FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Prague (1997) PA173.

10. Knausz D., Kolos Zs., Mörtl M., Szalay R. : Karbamidsav-szilil-észterek mint  származékképző reagensek.
 EMT Vegyészkonferencia Kolozsvár, 1997. 20p.

11. F. Kardon, M. Mörtl, D. Knausz: Reactions of silylcarbamates with ketones.
 XIIIth FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Lisboa (1999) P195.

12. Mörtl Mária, Knausz Dezső, Kardon Ferenc:
 Sziloxi-savamidok, mint nitrén prekurzorok
 EMT Vegyészkonferencia, Kolozsvár, 2000. 154p.
 
 

• University textbooks

1. Knausz Dezső, Mörtl Mária, Szakács László: Általános kémia - Kémiai számítások, ELTE Eötvös Kiadó, 1997
2. Kotschy A., Mörtl M., Szalay R., Szepes L., Vass G., Szervetlen és fémorganikus kémiai gyakorlatok, ELTE Általános és Szervetlen Kémiai Tanszék, 1999