Educational Qualification:

• Specialization: Organic Chemistry.
• Ph D (eq, candidate of science): organic chemistry from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.
• M. Sc.: First Class in Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.
• B. Sc.: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Languages Skils: Ukrainian (Native or bilingual proficiency), English (Professional proficiency), German (Full professional proficiency, C1 Goethe-Institute exam in the year 2011 (90,00/100, very good, Certificate number EFC1 037495, http://www.goethe.de/lrn/prj/pba/bes/gc1/enindex.htm), Russian (Native or bilingual proficiency), Polish (more or less), Slovak (B1 level).

• 2009: Group leader (E14 position, grade 3) University of Rostock Institute of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry;
• 2013: Visiting Research Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Chicago;
• 2015: Principal Investigator, Head of the Laboratory of Homogeneous Catalysis and Molecular Design at Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland;

• 2020: Visiting Professor at University of Salerno, Italy;

• 2020: Senior Researcher at University of Helsinki, Finland;
• 2020: Member of Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Finland; https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/viktor-iaroshenko 
• 2021: UMB Docent (Associate Professor); 
• 07.2022-09.2022: Visiting Faculty at Universität Osnabrück, Germany;
• 09.2022: KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Sweeden; https://www.kth.se/profile/viktiaro 
• 09.2022: Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Sweeden; https://wwsc.se/wwsc-members/viktor-iaroshenko/ 
• 02.2023-08.2023: Visiting Fellow at Ohio State University, USA, OH.
• 01.2024: 

Scientific Interests:

• Heterocyclic chemistry, element-organic chemistry, fluorine chemistry, phosphorus chemistry, metal-organic chemistry;
• Molecular design, drug design, medicine chemistry, fluorine-containing bioactive molecules;
• Synthesis of pollyfloroalkylcontaining purines, and their isoster analogues;
• Domino reactions;
• Transition metal chemistry;
• Functionalization of C-H Bound;
• Design of fine-tunable phosphine ligands for homogenous and organo-catalysis;
• Photoredox catalysis, mechanochemistry, green chemistry, sustainability.

Professional Services:

Referee for the following journals:

J. Org. Chem., Org. Lett., Acc. Chem. Res., ACS Catalisys, Org. Process Res. Dev.,Org. Biomol. Chem., RCS Advances, Future Sci. OA., Adv. Synth. Catal., Catal. Sci. Technol., New J. Chem., Tetrahedron, Synthesis, Synlett, Current Organic Chemistry, act.

 

Teaching:

 Winter Semester: 

1. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 (4 credits);

2. CATALYSIS AND SUSTAINABILITY IN CHEMISTRY (4 credits);

https://www.fpv.umb.sk/en/international-cooperation/ects-courses.html 

 

Summer Semester:

1. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2 (4 credits);

2. MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY AND DRUG DISCOVERY (4 credits);

https://www.fpv.umb.sk/en/international-cooperation/ects-courses.html 

 

Personal grants:

Since 2016 the actual grant-based budget is about 700 000 €.

 

2023:

09.2022: Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Sweden) https://kaw.wallenberg.org/en .

07.2022-12.2025:Agentúra na Podporu Výskumu a Vývoja. "Perfluóralkylácia - stratégia diverzifikácie komplexných organických molekúl v neskorej fáze syntézy.  Budget: ~220 000 €. Duration 42 months." Nr. APVV-21-0362. Role in the project – Principal Investigator, Project Manager. https://www.apvv.sk/ 

02.2017-02.2019: Narodowe Centrum Nauki, NCN-POLONEZ 2 Fellowship;Project title: “Design, bio and diversity-oriented synthesis of fused pyridin-4(1H)-ones, 4H-pyrane-4-ones and 4H-thiopyran-4-ones as potential preclinical drug-candidates”.  This grant from National Science Centre (NSC) Poland in the frames of European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 665778 (POLONEZ 2 grant, Nr. 2016/21/P/ST5/00630). Role in the project – Research Partner. The actual budget: 932 874 PLZ (~ 214 022 €). Obtained by Dr. Satenik Mkrtchyan member of “Homogeneous catalysis and molecular design” group at Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, PAS. https://www.ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/listy-rankingowe/2016-03-15/streszczenia/331575-en.pdf

08.2016-08.2019: Narodowe Centrum Nauki, NCN-SONATA 10; Project title in Polish: „Katalizowane metalami przejściowymi ukierunkowane reakcje aktywacji wiązania C-H nitro-podstawionych związków aromatycznych i olefin wraz z dalszą transformacją grupy nitrowej.” Budget: 698 800 PLN (~158 000 € ). Duration: 36 months. Nr. 2015/19/D/ST5/02774. Role in the project – Principal Investigator, Project Manager. https://www.ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/listy-rankingowe/2015-09-15/streszczenia/309499-pl.pdf

Publication Statistic 2007-2022:

The number of peer-reviewed publications: 104 (74 are Q1);

The number of first authorships: 38; The number of second authorships: 16;

The number of corresponding authorships:  75. 

 (More than 2000 total citations, h-index = 29).

Scopus: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=23012226400

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=IbJQXagAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate 

 

Special Issues:

1. Molecules 2022 "Organofluorine Chemistry and Beyond"  Guest editor. 

2. Molecules 2023 "Modern Organophosphorus Chemistry"   Main guest editor with Dr. Satenik Mkrtchyan as co-editor.

3. Molecules 2023 "Recent Research on Cross-Coupling Reactions" Main guest editor with Dr. Michał Jakubczyk and Dr. Satenik Mkrtchyan as co-editors.

 

Books: 

• Edited by Viktor Iaroshenko “Organophosphorus Chemistry ” Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 2019. ISBN 3527335722, 9783527335725.
  
• Book chapter by Viktor Iaroshenko and Satenik Mkrtchyan “Modern aspects of phosphorus heterocycles” at “Organophosphorus Chemistry” Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 2019. ISBN 3527335722. https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Organophosphorus+Chemistry%3A+From+Molecules+to+Applications-p-9783527335725

Very Recent Papers: 

2020

1. Visible-light-mediated arylation of ortho-hydroxyarylenaminones: Direct access to isoflavones.

Satenik Mkrtchyan,* Viktor O. Iaroshenko*. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 2606-2609. (Open access).

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/cc/c9cc09945j#!divAbstract

This article is part of the themed collection: Most popular organic chemistry articles

Highlighted at Organic Chemistry Portal: https://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit8/548.shtm 

 

2. Photoredox functionalisation of 3-halogenchromones, 3-formylchromones and chromone-3-carboxilyc acids: Routes to 3-acylchromones.

Satenik Mkrtchyan,* Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 11, 7152–7174.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.0c00537

 

2021

1. Arylation of ortho-hydroxyarylenaminones by sulfonium salts and arenesulfonyl chlorides: An access to isoflavones.

Satenik Mkrtchyan,* Viktor O. Iaroshenko* J. Org. Chem. 2021,86, 7, 4896–4916.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.0c02294

Highlighted at Organic Chemistry Portal: https://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit7/863.shtm 

 

2. Cu-catalyzed arylation of bromo-difluoro-acetamides by aryl boronic acids, aryl trialkoxysilanes and dimethyl-aryl-sulfonium salts: New entries to aromatic amides.

Satenik Mkrtchyan,* Michał Jakubczyk,Suneel Lanka, Michael Pittelkow, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* MPDI Molecules, 2021, 26,2957. (Open Access). https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/10/2957

Part of the Special Issue "Organofluorine Chemistry and Beyond" edited by Dr. Viktor Iaroshenko.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/special_issues/Organofluorine_Chemistry

 

3. Practical mechanochemical transformation of CF₃ group: Synthesis of amides and Schiff bases.

Satenik Mkrtchyan,* Michał Jakubczyk, Suneel Lanka, Muhammad Yar, Khurshid Ayub, Mohanad Shkoor, Michael Pittelkow, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 21, 5448-5460. (Open access)

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adsc.202100538

 

4. Mechanochemical synthesis of aromatic sulfonamides via three-component TM-catalyzed coupling of appropriate SO₂-source, arylation agents and amines.

Satenik Mkrtchyan, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* Chem. Commun. 2021, 57(84), 11029–11032.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/cc/d1cc03224k 

 

2022

1. Structure, optical and electro-physical properties of tetramerized anion-radical salt (N-Xy-Qn)(TCNQ)₂.

Bolesław Barszcz, Tetiana N. Starodub, Adam Mizera, Roman Świetlik, Karol Rytel, Viktor O. Iaroshenko, Vladimir A. Starodub. Spectrochim. Acta A. 2022, 270, 120822.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1386142521013998

 

2. Crystal Structure of Anion-Radical Salts of 7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane with N-xylyl-pyridinium and N-xylyl-isoquinolinium Cations.

T. N. Starodub,* D. Fenske, O. Fuhr, V. O. Iaroshenko, D. Stepen’. Crystallography Reports 2022, 67,  356–363. DOI: 10.1134/S1063774522030191

 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1063774522030191

 

3. Mechanochemical Ni-catalysed arylation of ortho-hydroxyarylenaminones: Synthesis of isoflavones.

Satenik Mkrtchyan, Michał Jakubczyk, Suneel Lanka, Muhammad Yar, Tariq Mahmood, Khurshid Ayub, Mika Sillanpää, Christine M. Thomas, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022, b364, 3512–3535.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adsc.202200645  (Open access). 

Front Cover Picture: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adsc.202200956 

 

4. Mechanochemical conversion of aromatic amines into aryl trifluoromethyl ethers. 

Michał Jakubczyk, Satenik Mkrtchyan,* Suneel Lanka, Mohanad Shkoor, Simon Budzak, Miroslav Iliaš,  Marek Skorsepa, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.*  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 23, 10438–10445.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.2c02611 (Open Access). Among the "Most Read" articles of June 2022 – July 2022 (more then 15 K reads) in JACS.

Highlighted at Organic Chemistry Portal: https://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit8/485.shtm 

 

2023

1. Nickel Catalyzed Mechanochemical Defluorinative Arylation of Trifluoroacetamides Enabled by Dysprosium(III) Oxide C-F bond activation: Facile entry to Aromatic Amides.

Satenik Mkrtchyan,* Mohanad Shkoor, Mandalaparthi Phanindrudu, Miroslav Medveď, Olena Sevastyanova, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 2, 863–870.

 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.2c02197 (Open access). Among the "Most Read" articles of Janury 2023 – Febraury 2023 (more then 2 K reads) in JOC

 

2. Metal-free Supramolecular Reduction of Nitro Compounds into the Cucurbit[7]uril Cavity: Testing the Enabling Technique in Aqueous Media.

Satenik Mkrtchyan, Vishal B. Purohit, Sehrish Sarfaraz, Khurshid Ayub,  Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 2023, 11, 23, 8406–8412.  (Open access). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c00497

Among the "Most Read Articles" in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, June 2023- .

https://pubs.acs.org/action/showMostReadArticles?topArticlesType=month&journalCode=ascecg 

 

3. Introducing trifluoromethyl group as halide surrogates in mechanochemical realizations of Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions.

Satenik Mkrtchyan, Michał Jakubczyk, Šimon Budzák, Barbora Benická, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* Asian J. Org. Chem. 2023, 12(6), e202300094. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajoc.202300094 

 

4. Mechanochemical Defluorinative Cyanation of Trifluoromethylarenes. 

Satenik Mkrtchyan, Mohanad Shkoor, Sehrish Sarfaraz, Khurshid Ayub, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21, 6549–6555. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2023/OB/D3OB00787A

 

5.Mechanochemical acylation of ortho-hydroxyarylenaminones by CF₃-compounds: Synthesis of 3-acylchromones.

Satenik Mkrtchyan*, Vishal B. Purohit, Jela Nociarova, Spartak Khutsishvili, Muhammad Yar, Tariq Mahmood, Khurshid Ayub, Simon Budzak, Marek Skoršepa,  Viktor O. Iaroshenko.*  Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023,  2026-2035. (Open access).

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adsc.202300260 

 

6. Nanocellulose as Convenient Reaction Media for Mechanochemical FeCl₃ mediated Synthesis of 3-Acylchromones. 

Satenik Mkrtchyan*, Vishal B. Purohit,  Viktor O. Iaroshenko.*  ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 11, 38, 13877–13884.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c03467 

 

2024

 

1. Nanocelulose as a reaction media for FCl₃ mediated reductive functionalization of nitro compounds.

Satenik Mkrtchyan*, Vishal B. Purohit,  Jiří Zapletal, Oleksandr O. Shalimov, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 1, 1–9. (Open access).

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c04372

 

2. One-step Ru-catalyzed conversion of phenolic OH groups to trifluoromethyl under mechanochemical conditions. Satenik Mkrtchyan,* Michał Jakubczyk, Sehrish Sarfaraz, Khurshid Ayub, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* 2024, conditionally accepted. 

 

3. Mechanochemical Transformation of Aryltrimethylammonium Triflates, Aryldiazonium Tetrafluoroborates and Aryl Pinacolboranes to Aryl Trifluoromethyl Ethers. Satenik Mkrtchyan* Vishal B. Purohit, Jiří Zapletal, Oleksandr O. Shalimov, Jela Nociarová, Juraj Filo, Michael Garcia, Elena Kupcová, Barbora Benická, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* 2024, conditionally accepted.

 

4. Mechanochemical Transformation of Aromatic Amines into Trifluoromethyl Arenes. Satenik Mkrtchyan*, Vishal B. Purohit, Jiří Zapletal, Oleksandr O. Shalimov, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.*

2024, conditionally accepted. 

 

5. Mechanochemical Synthesis of Aromatic Ketones: Pyrylium Tetrafluoroborate Me-diated Deaminative Arylation of Amides. Satenik Mkrtchyan,* Oleksandr Shalimov, Michael G. Garcia, Jiří Zapletala, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* 2024, conditionally accepted. 

 

6. Nanocellulose as Reaction Media for FeCl₃-mediated Mechanochemical Deaminative Fluorination of (Hetero)aromatic Amines. Satenik Mkrtchyan,*Oleksandr Shalimov, Vishal B. Purohit,Jiří Zapletal, Vaibhav D. Prajapati, Ronak V. Prajapati, Dhanasekar Elumalai, Michael G. Garcia, Juraj Filo, Barbora Benicka, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* 2024, conditionally accepted. 

 

7. Mechanochemically enabled, Pyrylium tetrafluoroborate Mediated Deaminative Arylation of Aromatic Amines, Synthesis of Biphenyls. Satenik Mkrtchyan*, Oleksandr O. Shalimov, Jiří Zapletal, Michael Garcia, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* 2024, conditionally accepted.

 

8. TM-catalyzed activation of free phenols in a one-step Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling under mechanochemical conditions. Satenik Mkrtchyan*, Michał Jakubczyk, Sehrish Sarfaraz, Khurshid Ayub, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* 2024, conditionally accepted.

 

9. Mechanochemically enabled, Pyrylium tetrafluoroborate Mediated Deaminative Arylation of Aromatic Amines, Synthesis of Biphenyls. Satenik Mkrtchyan*, Oleksandr Shalimov, Michael Garcia, Jiří Zapletal, Juraj Filo, Mohanad Shkoor, Elena Kupcová, Barbora Benická, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* 2024,submitted.

 

10. Dry Ice utilized Nickel-Catalyzed Mechanochemical Direct Carboxylation of Aryl Halides using nanocellulose as reaction media. Satenik Mkrtchyan,* Dhanasekar Elumalai, Vishal B. Purohit, Jiří Zapletal, Viktor O. Iaroshenko.* 2024,submitted.