Academician, Doctor of Sciences, Professor, member of RAS Scientific Council on macromolecular compounds, founder and leader of scientific school “Macromolecules-particles as a novel form of macromolecular compounds”.

Graduated from academician K.A.Andrianov’s faculty at Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology in 1973. Since 1991, A.M.Muzafarov is the head of the laboratory of the synthesis of organoelement polymers in N.S.Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymer Materials of RAS. In 1997, he defended a dissertation for the Doctor of Sciences degree in the form of scientific report entitled “Organosilicon dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers” in L.Y.Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry. A.M.Muzafarov was elected a corresponding member of RAS in 2000 and a full member of RAS in 2011.

Research interests of A.M.Muzafarov are related to synthesis of organosilicon compounds. He is one of the pioneers in a novel macromolecular science, chemistry of organosilicon dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers. A variety of molecular nanoscale objects such as multiarm functional polymeric stars, molecular brushes, and nanogels were produced using methods developed by A.M.Muzafarov. In his studies, academician A.M.Muzafarov had formulated criteria of hyperbranching, substantiated existence of new organosilicon materials generation as well as expanded hyperbranched polymer synthesis strategy onto macromonomers.

In recognition of his scientific achievements, the Russian Academy of Sciences awarded him with S.V.Lebedev Prize in 1998.

Since 2013, аcademician A.M.Muzafarov is the Director of the Institute of Organoelement Compounds of RAS.

Personal data:

Date of Birth:   October 1, 1934.

Place of Birth:  Rostov Velikiy, Russia.

Marital status:  married

Tel:          7-499-135-61-66

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Languages:           English, German

He is an authority in the field of organic and organometallic chemistry. The area of his scientific interests generally is chemistry of organoboron compounds, its dynamics (borotropy), stereochemistry, applications in organic synthesis in practice. He discovered allylborating (1964), allylboron-acetylene condensation (1965) and reductive allylation of nitrogenous aromatic heterocycles (1992) — the three fundamental reactions provided new on principle construction strategy of unsaturated, cyclic, heterocyclic and skeleton structures (such as derivatives of 1-boraadamantane and diboric clatrochelatic complexes of iron and cobalt) from simple unsaturated boron derivatives. Applied «boron methodology» for obtaining many important natural substances and their analogues: cephalotaxine (possessing of antileukaemia and antimalaria effect), ernandulzine (3000 times sweater than sugar), neuroregulator GABOB, ipsenol and ipsdienol (insects sexual pheromones), indolisidines and pinidines (components of tree frogs venom), muscarine (strong fly agaric poison), rimantadine (antiinfluenza remedy) and so on. Found original boron containing catalysts for synthesis of block and impart polymers. In his research team were obtained original boron containing drugs for prevention and treatment of poultry and human influenza, including H5N1 and H1N1 viruses. Developed scientific classification of organoboron reactions.

Director of A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compound RAS (1996-2013), member of BCMS (Branch of Chemistry and Materials Sciences) bureau, member of scientific council on organic and organometallic chemistry under the presidium of RAS (1999 — present), member of committee on skeleton compounds of scientific council RAS on fine organic synthesis. Member of editorial board of “Uspekhi Khimii” (“Russian Chemical Reviews”) journal (1998 — present). Was a chairman of organizing committees of a whole number of Russian and international conferences on organic, organometallic and organoboron chemistry. Periodically give lectures for students of Chemical Department of MSU, other universities, Higher Chemical College RAS and others. Awarded with the Order of Friendship (1999) and the Order of Honour (2005); the medal “For valorous work. In V.I. Lenin 100^th anniversary” (1970). Laureate of A.N. Nesmeyanov prize (2006). Awarded with the N. Copernic medal (Torun University, Poland, 1989).

Trained 24 candidates of sciences (PhDs) and 2 doctors of sciences.

Selected recent publications:

Yu.N. Bubnov, "Allylboranes" in Science of Synthesis. Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations, D.S. Matteson, D. Kaufmann, Eds., George Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany; Vol. 6, Ch. 35, 2004. 945-1072.

Yu.N. Bubnov, M.E. Gurskii, S.Yu. Erdyakov, “Bicyclic Systems with Bridgehead Boron Atom”, in Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chem. 3d Ed., A.R. Katrizky, R. Taylor, K. Jones (Eds.), Elsevier, Vol. 12, Ch. 13, 2008, 573-633.

Ya.Z. Voloshin, O.A. Varzatskii, Yu. N. Bubnov, Cage complexes of transition metals in biochemistry and medicine, Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim., 2007, 555-582.

M.E. Gurskii, S.Yu. Erdyakov, T.V. Potapova, Yu.N. Bubnov, “Allylboranes and synthesis of diamond-like structures on its basis”, Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim., 2008, 788-800.

P. Kaszynski, S. Pakhomov, M.E. Gurskii, S.Yu. Erdyakov, Z.A. Starikova, K.A. Lyssenko, M.Yu. Antipin, V.G. Young, Jr., Yu.N. Bubnov, “1-Pyridine- and 1-Quinuclidine-1-boraadamantane as Models for Derivatives of 1-Borabicyclo[2.2.2]octane. Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation of the B–N Fragment as a Polar Isosteric Substitution for the C–C Group in Liquid Crystal Compounds”, J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74, 1709-1720.

Yu.N. Bubnov, M.E. Gurskii, S.Yu. Erdyakov, O.A. Kizas, G.D. Kolomnikova, N.Yu. Kuznetsov, T.V. Potapova, O.A. Varzatskii, Y.Z. Voloshin “Allylic Boranes are Chemist’s Best Friends: Reactivity, Applications, New Opportunities”, J. Organomet. Chem., 2009, 694, 1754-1763.