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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
  • Alina A. Komarova, PhD student
  • Tatiana N. Petrushina, Ph student
  • Andrey M. Kolos, PhD student
  • Mikhail A. Boym, MS student
  • Nikita V. Alekseev, MS student
  • Dr. Evgeniya A. Trifonova, researcher (currently on leave)


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 
  • Natalia L. Loskutova, defended Ms thesis, left for industrial position at Mars
  • Andrei M. Shved, defended Ms thesis, left for PhD studies in some secret place :)
  • Dr. Andrey I. Konovalov, defended Ms thesis, left for PhD studies in ICIQ, Spain with Prof. Vladimir V. Grushin


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
Unpredictable cycloisomerization of 1,11-dien-6-ynes by a common cobalt catalyst

A. A. Suleymanov - synthesis
D. V. Vasilyev - synthesis
V. V. Novikov - NMR
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 639–643. Link
Synthesis of the cyclopentadienone rhodium complexes and investigation of their catalytic activity in the reductive amination of aldehydes in the presence of carbon monoxide

R. A. Pototskiy - synthesis
O. I. Afanasyev - catalytic studies
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. Chusov - catalytic studies
A. R. Kudinov - head of the lab
D. S. Perekalin - head of the lab

J. Organomet. Chem. 2017, 835, 6–11. Link
Cyclobutadiene arene complexes of rhodium and iridium
N. V. Shvydkiy - synthesis
E. A. Trifonova - synthesis
A. M. Shved - synthesis
Y. V. Nelyubina - X-ray
D. Chusov - catalytic studies
D. S. Perekalin - ideas, DFT calculations
A. R. Kudinov - head of the lab

Organometallics 2016, 35, 3025−3031. Link
Heterogeneous bromination of alkenes using Bi(III) polybromide complexes as {Br2} source

S. A. Adonin - idea, synthesis of polybromides
D. S. Perekalin - bromination reactions
I. D. Gorokh - synthesis
D. G. Samsonenko - 
M. N. Sokolov - head of the lab
V. P. Fedin - head of the lab

RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 62011–62013. Link
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