DFG research grant
Our research proposal was approved by German Research Foundation (DFG)
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
Lab News & Updates
CDT 2026 in Essen (Mar 2–4, 2026)
Dr. Antonov attended GDCh Chemiedozententagung in Essen, Germany
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.
Meet Our Team
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
PhD Students
Undergraduate Students
Recent Publications
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. …
edem-r.-chakalov
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 …
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 …
d.-v.-krutin
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 …
Research Funding
Active
Advancing Reactivity and Selectivity of Organolithiums Reagents with Non-Covalent Interactions
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, № 577098559, 2026-2029
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
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
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AK Gschwind
Institute of Organic Chemistry
University of Regensburg
Universitätsstr. 31
93053 Regensburg
Germany
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