Speaker: Victor Chernyshev

Inviter: Professor Li Xuehui

Time: October 16, 2025 (Thursday) 15:00-16:30

Venue: Room 105, Yifu Engineering Building, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Hosted by: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Report Summary:

This report summarizes our studies on the catalysis of cross-coupling and C–H functionalization reactions using transition-metal complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbenes (M/NHCs) and other ligands. The stability challenges of M/NHC catalytic systems (M = Pd, Ni, Ru) are discussed, along with developed solutions that employ new functionalized NHC ligands to address these issues. Particular emphasis is placed on novel methodologies for the selective C–H functionalization of furan platform molecules catalyzed by transition-metal complexes supported by NHC and other ligand frameworks.

Speaker Introduction:

Victor Chernyshev, male, born in March 1974. He obtained his Ph.D. from Yaroslavl State Technical University in 2000 and worked at Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), where he was promoted to professor in 2012. In 2016, he received the honorary title of "Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation," and in 2018, he was awarded the "Thank You from the President of the Russian Federation for Science and Education." In 2022, he earned the title of "Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences." Since January 2024, he has been working at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology as the Chief Scientist. He continues to serve as the Director of the Shared Research Center for Nanotechnology at Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), the Director of the Laboratory of Catalytic Technology for Carbon Material Processing, and the Head of the Spectroscopy and Chromatography Laboratory at the Institute of Nanotechnology and New Materials. His research primarily focuses on organic synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, transition metal catalysis, the preparation of NHC-metal complexes, and the derivation of furan from lignocellulosic materials. He has led over 20 projects at various levels with a total funding exceeding 100 million rubles and published more than 100 papers in top journals in the field of chemistry, such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, and ACS Catalysis, as well as filed over 10 patents.