Research Interests

S-Chelated ruthenium precatalysts for olefin metathesis:

• Latent thermo- and photoactivated precatalysts

• Understanding of latency mechanism

• Self-destructive latent catalysts

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Advances in olefin metathesis:

• Dimer ring closing metathesis (DRCM)

• Olefin metathesis of bio-renewable materials

• Asymmetric olefin metathesis

• New monomers for ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)

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Single-chain collapsed nanoparticles:

• Synthesis and characterization of mono- and bimetallic organometallic nanoparticles (ONPs)

• Understanding of mechanism of ONPs formation

• Applications of ONPs in catalysis​

Advances in macromolecular chemistry:

• Dendrimers with modifiable termini

• Dendritic catalysts

• Other supramolecular structures

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Organic and organometallic chemistry:

• New reactions of thiols

• New organometallic complexes of late transition metals

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Photochemistry in olefin metathesis:

• Development of chromatic orthogonality by "sunscreen effect"

• Application of "sunscreen effect" in synthetic chemistry