Microwave-assisted Organic Synthesis
Microwave-assisted Organic Synthesis

Type

Center

Department

Research Institute of Chemistry (RIC)

Head:

Eric Van der Aiken

PhD, Professor of Organic Chemistry Professor of Organic Chemistry and Head of Laboratory LOMAC, University of Leuven, Belgium.

Structural unit: Research Institute of Chemistry (RIC).

The Center’s activitiy is aimed at:
⦁    research activities in the synthesis of natural compounds based on domino-reactions and highly selective reagents;
⦁    development of innovative methods and technologies for searching, obtaining and studying new bioactive substances

Goal of the Center – the study and preparation of significant chemical compounds by asymmetric catalysis and various methods of solid phase synthesis

The Center’s Objectives – solving chemical problems of domino-reactions, searching for highly effective and inexpensive selective reagents and also searching for and obtaining bioactive substances that could be applied in pharmaceutical and medical chemistry
 

Main scientific directions
  • study of new domino-reactions
  • synthesis of bioactive substances
  • search for new efficient and highly selective reagents
Achievements

Development of new methods for the synthesis of natural compounds and their analogues based on domino-reactions and highly selective reagents to search for new bioactive substances