ALEXANDER V. ZABULA
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Education
09/99−06/04 The Higher Chemical College of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
06/16/04Master of Science in Chemistry.MSthesis: Investigation of Germylenes, Stannylenes and Their Complexes by Vibrational Spectroscopy.
Graduated with Honors (cum laude).
PhD Study
10/04 −10/07 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
Supervisor:Prof. Dr. F. E. Hahn.
PhD thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Bridged Bis(benzimidazolin-2-germa-and stanna-2-ylidenes) and Their Complexes.
11/20/2007PhD in Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat.).
Graduated with supreme honor (summa cum laude).
Postdoctoral Study
03/09 −03/11State University of New York at Albany, USA.
Supervisor: Prof. M. A. Petrukhina.
Organic and organometallic chemistry of non-planar polyarenes.
Work History
04/02 −08/04 Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the RussianAcademy of Sciences, Moscow.
10/07−02/09Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität, Münster. Research assistant (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter).
03/09−03/11State University of New York at Albany. Postdoctoral Associate.
Grants and Awards
2004RFBR Grant for Young Scientist (03-03-06211)
2004 DAAD scholarship for 3 months at the Free University, Berlin
2004−2007Predoctoral grant of the International Graduate School of Chemistry, Münster
2008Certificate for the excellent PhD work (ausgezeichnete Dissertation)
Research Interest
- Structure and reactivity of non-planar polyaromatic hydrocarbons and their π-complexes.
- Reactivity and property of fullerenes and nanotubes.
- Organometallic chemistry of main group elements.
- Trapping and stabilization of reactive key intermediates by different substrates.
- Organometallic and coordination chemistry of carbenes and their analogues.
List of Publications
Review
25)A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn. Mono- and bidentate benzannulated N-heterocyclic germylenes, stannylenes and plumbylenes(invited microreview). Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 5165–5179 (Front Cover).
Book Chapter
24)A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn. Preparation and Coordination Chemistry of Benzannulated N-heterocyclic Stannylenes Including Some Germanium and Lead Analogues. Tin Chemistry − Fundamentals, Frontiers and Applications(ed.A. Davies, M. Gielen, K. Pannell, E. Tiekink), Wiley, 2008, 160–176.
Journal Articles
23)A. V.Zabula,A. S.Filatov, S. N. Spisak,A. Y. Rogachev, M. A.Petrukhina. Science2011, 333, 1008−1011.
22)S. N. Spisak,A. V.Zabula,A. S.Filatov, A. Y. Rogachev, M. A.Petrukhina. Selective endoand exobinding of alkali metals to corannulene. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2011, 50, 8090−8094; Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 8240−8244.
21)Z. Wei, J.-H. Yang, V. D. Vreshch, A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov,E. V. Dikarev.Homoleptic tetranuclear complexes of divalent tinand lead tetraolates. Inorg. Chem.2011, 50, 7295–7300.
20)A. V.Zabula, S. N. Spisak, A. S.Filatov, A. Y. Rogachev, M. A.Petrukhina. Strain releasing trap for highly reactive electrophiles: structural characterization of bowl-shaped arenium carbocations.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2011,50, 2971–2974; Angew. Chem.2011,123, 3027–3030 (VIP article).
19)A. V.Zabula, A. S.Filatov, M. A.Petrukhina. Coordinatively unsaturated polynuclear mixed-valent SnII–SnIV and CuII–SnIVoxo-centered carboxylates. J. Clust. Sci.2010, 21, 361−370.
18)R. R. Aysin, P. S. Koroteev, A. A. Korlyukov, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov,L. A. Leites, M. P. Egorov, O. M. Nefedov. Molecular and electronic structures of germylene and stannylene complexes (CO)5MECl2•nTHF (M = Cr, W; E = Ge, Sn; n = 1, 2) as studiedby IR and Raman spectroscopy, X-ray analysis, and quantum chemistry. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2010, 59, 348−360.
17)A. V. Zabula, T, Pape, F. Hupka, A. Hepp, F. E. Hahn.N,S- and N,O-Substituted stannylenes: preparation and X-ray diffraction studies. Organometallics2009, 28, 4221–4224.
16)F. E. Hahn, A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, F. Hupka. Molecular structure of bisgermylene with two lutidine bridging units. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem.2009, 635, 1341−1344
15)F. E. Hahn, A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp, R. Tonner, R. Hausshield, G. Frenking. π-Bonding in complexes of benzannulated biscarbenes, -germylenes and -stannylenes −an experimental and theoretical study. Chem. Eur. J.2008, 14, 10716–10721.
14)A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp, F. M. Schappacher, U. C. Rodewald, R. Pöttgen, F. E. Hahn. Trapping of tin(II) and lead(II) homologues of carbon monoxide by a benzannulated lutidine-bridged bisstannylene.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.2008, 130, 5648–5649.
13)A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn, T. Pape, A. Hepp.Coordination chemistry of bisstannylenes with platinum(0).Dalton Trans.2008, 5886–5890 (Front Cover).
12)A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn, T. Pape, A. Hepp. Homoleptic complexes of bisstannylenes with nickel(0): X-ray diffraction studies and 119Sn NMR investigation. Organometallics 2008, 27, 2756–2760.
11)F. E. Hahn, A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp. Benzannulated bisgermylenes –aggregation behavior and coordination chemistry. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem.2008, 634, 2397–2401.
10)A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn, T. Pape, A. Hepp.Preparation and coordination chemistry of bidentate benzimidazolin-2-germa-2-ylidenes.Organometallics2007, 26, 1972−1980.
9)F. E. Hahn, A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp.Preparation and molecular structures of stable bis(germylenes) with pincer topology.Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2007, 2405−2408.
8)F. E. Hahn, L. Wittenbecher, D. Le Van, A. V. Zabula.Benzimidazolin-2-stannylenes with N,N´-alkyl (Me and Et) and Lewis-base functional groups.Inorg. Chem.2007, 46, 7662−7667.
7)R. West, D. F. Moser, I. A. Guzei, G.-H. Lee, A. Naka, W. Li, A. V. Zabula, S. Bukalov, L. Leites. The surprising reactions of 1,3-di-tert-butyl-2,2-dichloro-1,3-diaza-2-germa-4-cyclopentene. Organometallics2006, 25, 2709−2711.
6)L. A. Leites, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, P. S. Koroteev, O. S. Maslennikova, M. P. Egorov, O. M. Nefedov. Inversion of ν(MHal) stretching frequencies in the spectra of dihalosilylenes, -germylenes, -stannylenes, and their complexes with Lewis-bases. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2005, 54, 1117−1120.
5)L. A. Leites, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, A. A. Korlyukov, P. S. Koroteev, O. S. Maslennikova, M. P. Egorov, O. M. Nefedov. Experimental and theoretical study of vibrational spectra and structure of dihalogermylene and dihalostannylene complexes with 1,4-dioxane and triphenylphosphine.
J. Mol. Str.2005, 750, 116−122.
4)L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, I. A. Garbuzova, D. F. Moser, R. West. The Raman spectrum and aromatic stabilization in a cyclic germylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2004, 126, 4114−4115.
3)E. G. Kononova, L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, I. V. Pisareva, V. E. Konoplev, I. T. Chizhevsky. Experimental and theoretical study of the vibrational spectrum, structure and electron density distribution of the [2-CB10H11]- anion. Chem. Phys. Lett.2004, 390, 279−284.
2)E. G. Kononova, L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, I. V. Pisareva, V. E. Konoplev, I. T. Chizhevsky. New concepts of the structures of 11-vertex carba-closo-boranes based on the data of vibrational spectroscopy and quantum-chemical calculations. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2004, 53, 944−945.
1)L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, D. V. Lubetskiy, I. V. Krylova, M. P. Egorov. Rotational isomerism in alkylgermane molecules (Alk = nBu, nC6H13) according to Raman spectroscopy and quantum-chemistry results. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2004, 53, 33−44.
Poster presentations
11)S. N. Spisak, A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, A. Y. Rogachev, M. A. Petrukhina. First endo-complex of corannulene.242ndACS National Meeting, 2011, Denver, CO, USA,INOR-389.
10)A. V.Zabula, C. Dubceac, M. A.Petrukhina. NMR evidence for the functionalization of non-planar corannulene surface by electrophilic and nucleophilic substrates. 241stACS National Meeting, 2011, Anaheim, CA, USA, INOR-168(selected for the Sci-Mix session).
9)A. V.Zabula, A. S.Filatov, M. A.Petrukhina. Coordinatively unsaturated polynuclear mixed-valent oxo-centered tin carboxylates.240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, USA,2010, INOR-202.
8) A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp, F. E. Hahn. Heavy homologues of bis(benzimidazolin-2-ylidenes) and their complexes with transition metals. XXIInd International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Zaragoza, Spain, 2006, P136.
7) L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, G. I. Magdanurov, A. V. Zabula, R. West. Comparative study of aromaticity of stable heterocyclic carbene, silylene and germylene by Raman, UV-Vis and IR spectroscopy.38th ACS Central Regional Meeting, Frankenmuth, MI, USA, 2006, CRM-243.
6)E.G. Kononova, L.A. Leites, S.S. Bukalov, A.V. Zabula, I.V. Pisareva, V.E. Konoplev, I.T. Chizhevsky. Experimental and theoretical study of the vibrational spectra, structure and electron density distribution of 11-vertex carbaboranes [2-CB10H11]- and 2,3-C2B9H11. Int. Conf. 50thAnniversary of A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds (INEOS), Moscow, 2004, P8.
5)L. A. Leites, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, D. Moser, I. Guzei, R. West. Aromatic stabilization in a cyclic germylene and surprising organogermane reaction. Int. Conf. 50thAnniversary of A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds (INEOS), Moscow, 2004,O25.
4)R.West, D. Moser, L. A. Leites, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov.A surprising organogermane reaction and a highly aromatic organogermanium compound.The XIth International Conference on the Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry of Ge, Sn and Pb, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 2004, O17.
3)L. A. Leites, A.V. Zabula, S.S. Bukalov, I.A.Garbuzova, A.A.Korlyukov, P.S.Koroteev, O.S.Maslennikova, M.P.Egorov. Optical spectra andstructure of dichlorogermylene and dichlorostannylene complexes with Lewis-bases and chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten pentacarbonyls.VII Conference on Carbenes and Related Intermediates, Kazan, Russia, 2003.
2)A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, I. A. Garbuzova, L. A. Leites, D. A. Moser, R. West. Conjugation in the thermally stable germylene (CHtBuN)2Ge evidenced by Raman spectroscopy. The Xth Int.Conference on the Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry of Ge, Sn and Pb, Bordeaux, France, 2001, 1P6.
1)P.S.Koroteev, A.V.Lalov, V.I.Faustov, M.P.Egorov, O.M.Nefedov, S.E. Nefedov, I.I.Eremenko, V.M.Novotortsev, A.V.Zabula, S.S.Bukalov, L.A.Leites. Structure, reactivity and thermal transformations of (CO)5E=GeCl2THF (E=Cr, Mo, W) complexes. Int. Conference −Organometallic Compounds − the Materials of Future Millennium), Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2000, P-86.
Oral Presentations
2)A. V.Zabula, S. N. Spisak,A. S. Filatov, M. A.Petrukhina.Electrophilic attack to curved polyaromatic surface: The first structural characterization of bowl-shaped carbocations.241stACS National Meeting, March, 2011, Anaheim, CA, USA, INOR-505.
1)A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn.Bidentate N-heterocyclic benzannulated bisgermylenes and bisstannylenes.The XIIth Int. Conference on the Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry of Ge, Sn and Pb, Galway, Ireland, 2007, O6.
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