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Aleksey Kuznetsov

Federico Santa María Technical University Chile

Dr. Aleksey Kuznetsov obtained his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, the USA. He graduated after 3 years of doctorate studies with a specialization in Computational/Theoretical Chemistry. Since graduation, he has been doing research in various subareas of this field. In 2019, after several postdoctoral and visiting professor positions in Germany, the USA, and Brazil, Dr. Kuznetsov acquired a permanent faculty position at the Department of Chemistry, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria, in Santiago, Chile, where he has been working on the computational design of various complexes of porphyrins, including core-modified porphyrins, with nanoparticles, fullerenes, and graphenes, along with computational studies of various transition metal complexes, organic compounds with potential pharmacological applications, metal-fullerene complexes, compounds with anticorrosive properties, etc.

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Latest work with IntechOpen by Aleksey Kuznetsov

Azoles are a broad and promising class of five-membered heterocyclic compounds containing from one up to five nitrogen atom(s) that can also contain sulfur or oxygen atoms. Widely used as potent antifungal agents, various azole derivatives have also demonstrated many other promising biological properties. This book covers studies of several types of thiazole-based heterocyclic scaffolds, the development of 4-thiazolidinone and thiazole derivatives with heterocyclic fragments as potential candidates for new drugs against trypanosomiasis, numerous synthetic approaches for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles, the application of N-azole, N,S-azole, and N,O-azole as well as their derivatives as retarders of metallic corrosion, and the integration of azoles in materials used for renewable energy processing and applications and wood treatment.

Azoles

Azoles

Edited by Aleksey Kuznetsov

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Design of Novel Classes of Building Blocks for Nanotechnology: Core‐Modified Metalloporphyrins and Their Derivatives

By Aleksey E. Kuznetsov

Metalloporphyrins and related macrocycles have been of great interest due to their role in biology and their numerous technological applications. Engineering of the porphyrins by replacing pyrrole nitrogens with other elements is a highly promising approach for tuning properties of porphyrins. To date, numerous efforts have been made to the modification of the porphyrin core with main‐group elements, such as chalcogens (O, S, Se) and phosphorus. Thus, the modification of the porphyrin core by incorporation of heteroatoms instead of nitrogens is a very promising strategy for obtaining novel compounds with unusual optical, electrochemical and coordinating properties as well as reactivity. These novel compounds can be used as building blocks in various nanotechnological applications. Within the framework of this research, the following questions can be formulated: (i) what structures will core‐modified porphyrins adopt? (ii) How will electronic properties of core‐modified porphyrins differ from those of common tetrapyrroles? (iii) Will the core‐modified porphyrins be able to form stacks and other arrays like regular porphyrins? (iv) Can core‐modified porphyrins form complexes with fullerenes? (v) Can core‐modified porphyrins activate small molecules, e.g. O2 or N2? (vi) Will the core‐modified porphyrins be able to form complexes with nanoparticles?

Part of the book: Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry Researches of Metal Compounds

Introductory Chapter: Azoles, Their Importance, and Applications

By Aleksey E. Kuznetsov

Part of the book: Azoles

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