IHTM Department of chemistry

IHTM Department of chemistry
References

Still working

Department of Chemistry is a part of
Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy

"Oligogal - Se" Biotechnological preparation of bakers' yeast enriched with selenium - "selenium yeast" (procedure made available to pharmaceutical and chemical company ICN Galenika - Belgrade); registered patent.
"Dijabet - hrom" Biotechnological preparation of brewers' yeast enriched with chromium (procedure made available to "NRK Engineering", Belgrade); registered patent.
Procedures for isolation and purification of physiologically active substances from plant and animal material (lectins and experimental antitumour agents and diagnostic tools).
Procedures for small scale and large scale syntheses of significant preparations: coronary vasodilators like isosorbide dinitrate ("Difutrat-sprej" ) and lentonitrat, herbicides (alachlor), and pyrethroid insecticides (deltamethrin, permethrin, fenvalerate).
"Rivemul-S" Procedure for prerparation of glyceryl monostearate for cosmetics (in collaboration with "Henkel-Riviera", Kotor).
Technological procedure for synthesis of triacetin, and production of acetic acid as the byproduct (made available to the chemical plant "Milan Blagojević", Lučani); registered patent.
Technological procedure for production of selenium dioxide, selenous acid and anhydrous sodium selenite "food grade", as well as anhydrous sodium selenate "for microfertilizers"; made available to "Salt Factory" and "Mining and Smelting Corporation, Bor"
Development of a percolation and agitation procedure for biogeotechnological (biohydrometallurgic) production of copper, silver and gold from submarginal raw materials (for "Mining and Smelting Corporation, Bor")
Developped, constructed, and tested "pilot" bioreactor having a high degree of automatization and control (in collaboration with "Goša", Smederevska Palanka).
Technology for production of the microbial polysaccharide pullulan, with the yield of 400 g/L, and glucose conversion of 65%. Technology for ethanol production from the root of Jerusalem artichoke.

^{(c)Mario Zlatović}