Irina Beletskaya
| Irina Beletskaya | |
|---|---|
 Irina Beletskaya in 2005 | |
| Born |
March 10, 1933 Saint Petersburg |
| Residence | Russian |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Fields | Organometallic chemistry |
| Institutions | Moscow State University |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Known for | Studies on aromatic reaction mechanisms, palladium and nickel catalysed methods for C-C bond formation |
| Notable awards | Demidov Prize (2003), Lomonosov Prize (1979) |
Irina Beletskaya (born 1933) is a professor of chemistry at Moscow State University, where she serves as head of the Organoelement Chemistry laboratory.[1] She specialises in organometallic chemistry and its application to problems in organic chemistry. She is best known for her studies on aromatic reaction mechanisms, as well as work on carbanion acidity and reactivity.[2] She developed some of the first methods for carbon-carbon bond formation using palladium or nickel catalysts, and extended these reactions to work in aqueous media. She also helped to open up the chemistry of organolanthanides. She is an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a former president of the Division of Organic Chemistry of IUPAC, and she has served as editor-in-chief of the Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry.
References
- ↑ "Division of Organic Chemistry". Moscow State University. April 14, 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
- ↑ "A Tribute to Prof. Irina P. Beletskaya". Arkivoc 2008 ((iv)): 1–7. Jun 10, 2007