Cascade transformation brought a victory in a competition to RUDN chemists
The study "Dinitriles’ cascade transformations in basic medium" won the category "Chemistry, new materials and chemical technologies" of a contest of state support of young Russian PhD holders.
The research is aimed to create new domino reactions - effective methods for synthesis of organic compounds that might display useful properties.
RUDN scientists of the Faculty of Science conducted a series of studies of the properties of cyanomethyl thiazolium salts undergoing domino-reaction with salicylic aldehydes. Biological studies compounds obtained that way demonstrated their high cytotoxic activity. Detailed results offer hope for improving the effectiveness of some medications, including those against cancer.
"We pursue two main objectives in our studies - says the author - Aleksey Festa, PhD (Chemistry), Senior Lecturer at Organic Chemistry Department - Firstly, we want to create interesting and beautiful fundamental chemistry. Secondly, we are focused on the practical relevance which can manifest itself in the form of a biological activity or fluorescence properties of the compounds we obtain.
We hope to strengthen our cooperation with biologists, to make our hit-compounds candidates for medicine."
Creation of new types of domino processes inevitably attracts the attention of researchers from all over the world. Every year more than 500 studies are published in this research field.
The new list of federal innovation sites (FIS) of the Russian Federation includes 30 new organizations. Among them is the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. This became possible thanks to the development of the Digital Preparatory Faculty of RUDN University.
RUDN rose to the 26th position in the UI GreenMetric 2022 ranking and confirmed the status of the “greenest” university in Russia. The ranking includes 1,050 world universities, of which 52 are Russian.
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia is represented in all 16 subject rankings and in five out of six subject profiles of the Expert Analytical Center ranking. RUDN University showed the best results in the following areas: “Ecology” and “Agriculture and Biological Sciences” — 1st place. “Mathematics”, “Chemistry”, “Artificial Intelligence”, “Renewable Energy” are in the TOP — 5 subject ranking. In total, 152 universities were ranked in 2022 (137 in 2021).