Research Focus Areas

Expanding the Frontiers of Organometallic Chemistry with Non-covalent Interactions

Organolithium Chemistry

Steric effects in synthesis, structure and reactivity of organolithium compounds

Heterocyclic Chemistry

Non-covalent interactions in synthesis and functionalisation of heterocyclic compounds

Pnictogen and Boron Chemistry

New methods for the synthesis of organopnictogens

Meet Our Team

Dr. Alexander Antonov 🌱

Dr. Alexander Antonov

(he/him)

Group Leader

Regensburg University

Education

PhD in Organic Chemistry

2011-10-01
2014-09-10

Southern Federal University

MS in Organic Chemistry

2009-09-01
2011-06-30

Southern Federal University

BS in Physical Chemistry

2005-09-01
2009-06-30

Southern Federal University

Interests

Organometallic Chemistry Heterocyclic Chemistry Non-covalent Interactions

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Semyon Tsybulin

Dr. Semyon Tsybulin

Postdoctoral Researcher

Saint Petersburg University

PhD Students

Valerii Verkhov

Valerii Verkhov

PhD Student

Saint Petersburg University

Undergraduate Students

Benjamin Begović

Benjamin Begović

Bachelor student

Regensburg University

Stepan Galiakhmetov

Stepan Galiakhmetov

Bachelor student

Saint Petersburg University

Maxim Kruglov

Maxim Kruglov

Bachelor Student

Saint Petersburg University

Recent Publications
Hydrogen-Bond-Assisted Configurational Diversity of Benzamidines: Experimental and Theoretical Study featured image

Hydrogen-Bond-Assisted Configurational Diversity of Benzamidines: Experimental and Theoretical Study

Configurational diversity and mechanisms of prototropic tautomerism of 15 N,N’-diarylbenzamidines as potential building blocks in H-bonded polymeric materials are investigated. …

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A data-driven and quantum chemistry-anchored framework for modeling and classifying carbon–lithium bonding in organolithium aggregates featured image

A data-driven and quantum chemistry-anchored framework for modeling and classifying carbon–lithium bonding in organolithium aggregates

We present a quantum chemistry-based, data-driven framework for the automated classification of carbon–lithium bonding motifs in archetypal organolithium aggregates. Starting from …

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Valerii Verkhov
Hydrogen-bond-assisted Chalcogen Transfer Between Phosphine Selenides and Arsine Oxides featured image

Hydrogen-bond-assisted Chalcogen Transfer Between Phosphine Selenides and Arsine Oxides

The Brønsted acid catalysis is widely regarded as one of the most effective methods for activating inert substrates and enabling unique reactivity. In this work, we introduce the …

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A Precise Synthetic Toolbox: H-Bond-Assisted Quadruple Reactivity of o-Dimethylaminoaryloximes featured image

A Precise Synthetic Toolbox: H-Bond-Assisted Quadruple Reactivity of o-Dimethylaminoaryloximes

It has been shown that azomethines, hydrazones, and oximes derived from 2(7)-carbonyl derivatives of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene can undergo acid-catalyzed heterocyclization …

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Dr. Semyon Tsybulin

Research Funding

Finished

Organolithium reagents in the synthesis and functionalization of nitrogen heterocycles

Russian Science Foundation, № 21-73-10040, 2021-2024

Finished

Sterically assisted activation of dialkylamino group in the synthesis of fused nitrogen heterocycles

Russian Foundation for Basic Research, № 20-33-70205, 2019-2021

Finished

The development of novel BINOL based organocatalysts

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, 2020. Three month research stay in the group of Prof. Ruth Gschwind (Regensburg University)

Finished

Superbasic non-nucleophilic polymeric materials based on proton sponges

Russian Science Foundation, № 18-73-00020, 2018-2020

Finished

Organometallic derivatives of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene

Russian Foundation for Basic Research, № 16-33-60030, 2016-2018

Finished

Novel principle for pyrrole ring construction: synthesis of benzo[g]indoles

Russian Foundation for Basic Research, № 12-03-31172, 2016-2018

Lab News & Updates
ACOC6 in Antalya (Feb 9–11, 2026) featured image

ACOC6 in Antalya (Feb 9–11, 2026)

Dr. Antonov attended the 6th Anatolian Conference on Organic Chemistry in Antalya, Türkiye — a great few days of talks, new ideas, and meeting old friends and making new ones.

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Dr. Alexander Antonov

Recent Teaching Activities

Courses Offered by Our Lab

Active

Organic Chemistry: Seminar

Bachelor (in German), Regensburg University, since 2025

Inactive

Modern Organometallic Synthesis: Lecture

Master (In English), Regensburg University, since 2025

Inactive

New Synthetic Methods in Organic Chemistry: Lecture

Master (In English), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2024 - 2025

Our Collaboration Partners
Prof. Ruth Gschwind

Prof. Ruth Gschwind

Regensburg University

Prof. Peter Tolstoy

Prof. Peter Tolstoy

Saint Petersburg University

Prof. Elena Tupikina

Prof. Elena Tupikina

Saint Petersburg University

Prof. Hendrik Zipse

Prof. Hendrik Zipse

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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Institute of Organic Chemistry

University of Regensburg

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93053 Regensburg

Germany

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