We develop methods for synthesis of organic compounds of late transition metals with application in homogeneous catalysis, photochemistry, and biochemistry.

Current group members

• Prof. Dr. Dmitry S. Perekalin, Group leader, dsp@ineos.ac.ru
• Dr. Nikita V. Shvydkiy, researcher
• Dr. Roman A. Pototsky, researcher
• Dr. Evgeniya A. Trifonova, researcher
• Tatiana N. Petrushina, Ph student
• Andrey M. Kolos, PhD student
• Alina A. Komarova, PhD student
• Nikita V. Alekseev, PhD student

Former group members

• Dr. Maria V. Babak, defended Ms thesis, left for PhD studies in the University of Vienna, Austria with Prof. Christian Hartinger, currently professor at City University of Hong Kong
• Dr. Eduard E. Karslyan, defended PhD thesis, left for industrial position at BASF 
• Dr. Andrey A. Mikhailov, researcher, left for independent research career in the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS
• Dr. Dmitry V. Vasilyev, defended Ms thesis, left for PhD studies in EPFL, Switzerland with Prof. Paul Dyson
• Dr. Nikita M. Ankudinov, defended PhD thesis, currently postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Mu-Hyun Baik at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Dr. Petr A. Zhmurov, researcher, left for research in Krasavin group at the Saint Petersburg State University
• Dr. Abdusalom A. Suleymanov, defended Ms thesis, left for PhD studies in EPFL, Switzerland with Prof. Kay Severin, currently postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Timothy Swager at MIT 
• Dr. Andrey I. Konovalov, defended Ms thesis, left for PhD studies in ICIQ, Spain with Prof. Vladimir V. Grushin
• Natalia L. Loskutova, defended Ms thesis, left for industrial position at Mars
• Andrei M. Shved, defended Ms thesis, left for PhD studies
• Mikhail Boym, defended Bs thesis, left for Ms studies in Basel, Switzerland with Prof. Thomas R. Ward

Planar chiral arene ruthenium complexes derived from R-carvone

M. A. Boym - synthesis
R. A. Pototskiy - synthesis
E. S. Podyacheva - HPLC analysis
D. V. Muratov - NMR and advice
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray studies
D. S. Perekalin - ideas, head of the lab

Dalton Trans. 2025, 54, 5655–5658. Link

Catalytic insertion of nitrenes into B–H bonds

N. M. Ankudinov - synthesis, key ideas
N. V. Alexeev - synthesis
E. S. Podyacheva - analysis
D. A. Chusov - some ideas
K. A. Lyssenko - X-ray studies
D. S. Perekalin - ideas, head of the lab

Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 6298−6306. Link

 Synthesis of rhodium complexes with chiral diene ligands based on R-carvone

T. N. Petrushina - synthesis
A. N. Rodionov - spectrometry
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray diffraction
D. S. Perekalin - ideas, head of the lab

J. Organomet. Chem. 2025, 1029, 123554. Link

Synthesis of chiral boranes via asymmetric insertion of carbenes into B–H bonds catalyzed by the rhodium(I) diene complex

N. M. Ankudinov - synthesis, idea
A. A. Komarova - synthesis
E. S. Podyacheva - HPLC analysis
D. A. Chusov - ideas
A. A. Danshina - X-ray studies
D. S. Perekalin - ideas, catalyst synthesis, head of the lab

Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 8601−8604. Link

Synthesis, reactivity, and catalytic application of tetraphenylcyclobutadiene iridium complexes

N. V. Shvydkiy - idea, synthesis

Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray studies

D. S. Perekalin - small ideas, head of the lab

Mend. Commun. 2024, 34, 547−549. Link

Planar-chiral arene ruthenium complexes: synthesis, separation of enantiomers, and application for catalytic C-H activation

M. A. Boym - synthesis
R. A. Pototskiy - synthesis
E. S. Podyacheva - HPLC analysis
D. A. Chusov - ideas
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray studies
D. S. Perekalin - ideas, head of the lab

Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 4491−4494. Link

 

Catalytic activity of cyclobutadiene rhodium complexes in hydrosilylation and other transformations of alkynes

T. N. Petrushina - synthesis
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray studies
D. S. Perekalin - revision, head of the lab
N. V. Shvydkiy - ideas, some synthesis

New J. Chem. 2024, 48, 3952−3956. Link

Rhodium complexes with planar-chiral cyclopentadienyl ligands: synthesis from tert-butylacetylene and catalytic performance in C-H activation of arylhydroxamates

A. V. Kolos - synthesis, ideas
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray studies
E. S. Podyacheva - HPLC analysis
D. S. Perekalin - ideas, head of the lab

Dalton Trans. 2023, 52, 17005–17010. Link 

Textbook

A short textbook "Organometallic Chemistry and a bit of Catalysis" in Russian. Designed to explain organometallic chemistry to a common organic chemist. Download from Google Drive

Photochemically induced formation of adhesive hydrogels from sodium alginate, acrylamide, and iron sandwich complex

A. S. Sokolov - synthesis

V. A. Korabelnikova - investigation of properties

V. P. Ananikov - ideas, head of the lab

D. A. Michurov - investigation of properties

V. I. Lozinsky - ideas, head of the lab

D. S. Perekalin - ideas, synthesis, head of the lab

Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 10532−10535. Link

Noble metal versus abundant metal catalysts in fine organic synthesis: cost comparison of C−H activation methods

A. A. Komarova - calculations

D. S. Perekalin - ideas, head of the lab

Organometallics 2023, 42, 1433−1438. Link

Cyclobutadiene platinum complex as a new type of precatalyst for hydrosilylation of alkenes and alkynes

N. V. Shvydkiy - synthesis, ideas
K. V. Rimskiy - catalytic reactions
D. S. Perekalin - ideas, head of the lab

Appl. Organomet. Chem. 2023, 37, e7008. Link

Catalytic and Stoichiometric Reactions of the Parent Olefin Rhodium(I) Complex with Alkynes

А. М. Kolos - synthesis
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - idea, head of the lab

Organometallics 2022, 41, 3038-3043. Link

 

Synthesis of the sterically shielded rhodium(I) arene complex by cycloaddition of the phosphorous-substituted alkyne

R. A. Pototskiy - synthesis
M. A. Boym - synthesis
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - DFT calculations, head of the lab

Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2022, e202200231. Link

 

Cyclopentadienyl rhodium(III) complexes as catalysts for the insertion of phenyldiazoacetate into E−H bonds

A. A. Komarova - synthesis
D. V. Muratov - NMR
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

Mend. Commun. 2022, 32, 482−484. Link

Asymmetric cyclopropanation of electron-rich alkenes by the racemic diene rhodium catalyst: the chiral poisoning approach

E. A. Trifonova - synthesis
N. M. Ankudinov - synthesis, DFT
D. A. Chusov - ideas, HPLC
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - concept, a bit of DFT, head of the lab

Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 6709−6712. Link

 

Generation of cyclopentadiene for Diels-Alder reactions by visible-light irradiation of iron sandwich complexes

A. S. Sokolov - synthesis
A. V. Polezhaev - idea
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - a bit of synthesis, head of the lab

Helv. Chim. Acta 2022, 105, e202100246. Link

 

Synthesis of ruthenium catalysts with chiral arene ligand derived from natural camphor.

R. A. Pototskiy - synthesis, ideas
M. A. Boym - synthesis
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - ideas, DFT calculations, head of the lab

Synthesis 2022, 54, 4721-4726. Link

Planar chiral rhodium complexes of 1,4-benzoquinones

N. M. Ankudinov - synthesis, DFT
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - ideas, DFT, head of the lab
special thanks to Maria Pikunova for Cover design

Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202200195. Link

Synthesis of overloaded cyclopentadienyl rhodium(III) complexes via cyclotetramerization of tert-butylacetylene

A. V. Kolos - synthesis
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
B. Sundararaju - advice
D. S. Perekalin - ideas, DFT, head of the lab

Organometallics 2021, 40, 3712−3719. Link

 

Synthesis of rhodium complexes with chiral diene ligands via diastereoselective coordination and their application in the asymmetric insertion of diazo compounds into E-H bonds

N. M. Ankudinov - a lot of synthesis, DFT calculations, many ideas
D. A. Chusov - HPLC, some ideas
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - concept, DFT calculations, head of the lab

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 18712-18720. Link 

 

Cyclobutadiene rhodium complexes as catalysts for the synthesis of amides from electron-rich arenes, tosyl azide and CO

N. V. Shvydkiy - synthesis
T. N. Petrushina - synthesis
D. S. Perekalin - DFT, head of the lab

ChemCatChem, 2021, 13, 2873-2878. Link 

Synthesis of catalytically active diene and cyclopentadienyl rhodium halide complexes

A. V. Kolos - review
D. S. Perekalin - review, head of the lab

Mendeleev Commun., 2021, 31, 1-7. Link 

 

Patterning of various materials by the photochemical reaction of [(C5H5)Fe(C6H6)]+ complex with salicylate dyes

A. M. Shved - synthesis, tests
P. A. Zhmurov - synthesis, tests
E. I. Gutsul - UV-vis spectroscopy
D. S. Perekalin - idea, tests, head of the lab

New. J. Chem., 2020, 44, 18157-18161. Link

Rhodium catalysts with a chiral cyclopentadienyl ligand derived from natural R-myrtenal

R. A. Pototskiy - synthesis
A. M. Kolos - synthesis of complexes, catalysis
Y. Y. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2020,  6019-6025. Link

Unexpected antifungal activity of half-sandwich complexes with metal−iodine bonds

N. N. Efimov - synthesis
D. A. Loginov - synthesis, head of the group
M. Yu. Sharipov - antifungal activity
A. A. Nazarov - cytotoxicity studies
Y. Y. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

J. Organomet. Chem., 2020, 916, 121272. Link

 

Synthesis of cyclopentadienyl iron complexes with substituted phenylene ligands via Suzuki coupling

A. M. Shved - synthesis
Y. Y. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

J. Organomet. Chem., 2020, 906, 121061. Link

Synthesis and reactivity of the cyclobutadiene nickel bromide

N. V. Shvydkiy - synthesis
E. A. Dlin - synthesis
K. V. Ivanov - synthesis
A. G. Buyanovskaya - analytical methods
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 6801−6806. Link

Variability of Rh(III)-catalyzed reactions of aromatic oximes with alkenes

E. A. Trifonova - synthesis
A. A. Komarova - synthesis
D. Chusov - ideas, chiral chromatography
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

Synlett, 2020, 31, 1117−1120. Link

Reactions of arene replacement in transition metal complexes

N. V. Shvydkiy - review
D. S. Perekalin - review, head of the lab
special thanks to E. E. Karslyan and N. L. Loskutova for initial work

Coord. Chem. Rev. 2020, 411, 213238. Link

Synthesis and reactivity of heptamethylcyclohexadienyl rhodium(III) complexes

R. A. Pototskiy - synthesis
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

Organometallics 2019, 38, 4607–4614. Link

Design of manganese phenol pi‐complexes as Shvo‐type catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of ketones

N. V. Shvydkiy - catalytic studies
O. Vyhivskyi - synthesis
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

ChemCatChem 2019, 11, 1602−1605. Link

 

Organometallic cyanotype: formation of Prussian blue by photochemical decomposition of the arene iron complex

D. S. Perekalin - idea, synthesis, head of the lab
D. S. Shved - synthesis
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray

Mendeleev Commun. 2019, 29, 71−73. Link

Rhodium(III) complex with a bulky cyclopentadienyl ligand as a catalyst for regioselective synthesis of dihydroisoquinolones via C-H activation of arylhydroxamic acids

E. A. Trifonova - synthesis

N. M. Ankudinov - synthesis

M. V. Kozlov - synthesis

M. Yu. Sharipov - fungicide studies

Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 16570−16575. Link

Sandwich complexes of iron and ruthenium with the semiconducting aromatic hydrocarbon picene

A. M. Shved - synthesis
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

J. Organomet. Chem. 2018, 875, 24−28. Link

A planar-chiral rhodium(III) catalyst with sterically demanding cyclopentadienyl ligand and its application for the enantioselective synthesis of dihydroisoquinolones

E. A. Trifonova - synthesis
N. M. Ankudinov - synthesis
A. A. Mikhaylov - synthesis
D. A. Chusov - ideas and chiral resolution
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7714−7718. Link

Synthesis and reactivity of the cyclohexadienyl rhodium complexes

R. A. Pototskiy - synthesis
A. A. Lisov - synthesis
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

J. Organomet. Chem. 2018, 862, 71−75. Link

Insertion of carbenoids into X-H bonds catalyzed by the cyclobutadiene rhodium complexes

N. L. Loskutova - synthesis
N. V. Shvydkiy - synthesis of catalyst and intermediate
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - DFT calculations, head of the lab

J. Organomet. Chem. 2018, 867, 86−91. Link

Ruthenium-catalyzed reductive amidation without an external hydrogen source

N. Z. Yagafarov - synthesis
K. Muratov - synthesis
K. Biriukov - synthesis
D. Usanov
O. Chusova
D. S. Perekalin - synthesis of catalysts, discussion of mechanism
D. Chusov - head of the lab

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 557–563. Link

Cluster [Co₃(CO)₃(μ₂-CO)₃(μ₃-C₈H₈)]⁻ as a ligand: experimental and theoretical study

M. M. Vinogradov - synthesis
D. S. Perekalin - DFT calculations
E. I. Gutsul - IR spectroscopy
V. V. Novikov - NMR
A. F. Smol’yakov - X-ray
H. Wadepohl - synthesis, head of the lab
A. R. Kudinov - DFT calculations, head of the lab
D. A. Loginov - synthesis, head of the lab

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 5663–5669. Link

Synthesis of 13-vertex dimetallacarboranes by electrophilic insertion into 12-vertex ruthenacarboranes

D. S. Perekalin - synthesis
K. A. Lyssenko - X-ray
A. R. Kudinov - DFT calculations, head of the lab
M. Corsini - electrochemistry
F. Fabrizi de Biani - electrochemistry

Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 15710−15718. Link

Cyclobutadiene complexes of platinum metals

N. V. Shvydkiy - review
D. S. Perekalin - review, head of the lab

Coord. Chem. Rev. 2017, 349, 156–168. Link

Some aspects of reductive amination in the presence of carbon monoxide: cyclopropyl ketones as bifunctional electrophiles

O. I. Afanasyev - synthesis
A. A. Tsygankov - synthesis
D. L. Usanov - ideas
D. S. Perekalin - DFT calculations
A. D. Samoylova - synthesis
D. Chusov - head of the lab

Synthesis 2017, 49, 2640−2651. Link

Ligand design for site-selective metal coordination: Synthesis of transition metal complexes with η⁶-coordination of the central ring of anthracene

E. E. Karslyan - synthesis
A. O. Borissova - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - synthesis, DFT calculations, head of the lab

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 5584–5587. Link