Alexander S. Antonov
Associate Professor at Department of Physical Organic Chemistry, room 2123
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ORCID: 0000-0001-7047-789X
ResearcherID: P-5565-2018
Scopus ID: 56201232900
Research Interests
- Organometallic chemistry (lithium, boron, selenium)
- Chemistry of heterocyclic compounds
- Organic superbases
- Non-covalent interactions (hydrogen bond, agostic interaction)
Education
| 2011–2014 | PhD from the Southern Federal University. Supervisor: Prof. A.F. Pozharskii. Title: “Lithiation of naphthalene proton sponge and synthesis of its derivatives with nitrogen containing substituents in positions 2 and 7” |
| 2009–2011 | M.Sc. Thesis in Chemistry from the Southern Federal University. Supervisor: Prof. A.F. Pozharskii. Title: “ortho-Aldoximes and ortho-Ketoximes of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene: synthesis and properties” |
| 2005–2009 | B.Sc. Thesis in Chemistry from the Southern Federal University. Supervisor: Prof. V.V. Lukov. Title: “Synthesis and magnetic properties of the binuclear copper (II) and nickel (II) chelates on the basis of 3,5-dichlorosalicyl aldehyde thiosemicarbazones” (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation) |
Professional Experience
| Sept. 2021 – present | Scientific supervisor of the Bachelor education program 04.03.01 “Chemistry” at Saint Petersburg University, Russian Federation |
| Sept 2019 – present | Associate professor at Saint Petersburg University, Russia |
| Apr 2018 – Sept 2019 | Senior researcher (postdoctoral) at Saint Petersburg University, Russia |
| Feb 2017 – Apr 2018 | Member of the Academic Senate in the Faculty of Chemistry at the Southern Federal University, Russia |
| Jan 2017 – Apr 2018 | Chairman of the Young Researchers Council in the Faculty of Chemistry at the Southern Federal University, Russia |
| Jan 2016 – Apr 2018 | Senior researcher (postdoctoral) at the Southern Federal University, Russia |
| June 2015 – Nov 2016 | Deputy Dean for research in the Faculty of Chemistry at the Southern Federal University, Russia |
| Sept 2012 – Dec 2015 | Assistant professor at the Southern Federal University, Russia |
Third-party funding experience
- Russian Science Foundation, NR 21-73-10040 «Organolithium reagents in the synthesis and functionalisation of nitrogen heterocycles» 2021–2024;
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, NR 57516244 «The development of novel BINOL based organocatalysts» September–December 2020 (research stay in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Ruth Gachwind, Universität Regensburg);
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research, NR 20-33-70205 «Sterically assisted activation of dialkylamino group in the synthesis of fused nitrogen heterocyles: experimental and theoretical challenge» 2019–2021;
- Russian Science Foundation, NR 18-73-00020 «Superbasic non-nucleophilic polymeric materials based on proton sponges» 2018–2020;
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research, NR 16-33-60030 «Organometallic derivatives of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene» 2016–2018;
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research, NR 12-03-31172 «Novel principle for pyrrole ring construction: synthesis of benzo[g]indoles» 2012–2013.
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