Denis Chusov
- Department Head, Professor:Joint Department of Organoelement Chemistry with the Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences
- Denis Chusov has been at HSE University since 2019.
Education and Degrees
- 2020
Doctor of Sciences*
Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences - 2009
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
- 2005
Degree in Chemistry
Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia
* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
* Doctor of Sciences
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
Visiting researcher at Newcastle University (with Prof. Michael North)
Visiting researcher at Université Paris-Sud 11 (with Prof. Henri Kagan)
Postdoctoral studies were conducted at Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (with Prof. Benjamin List)
Courses (2023/2024)
- Research Seminar "Modern World Trends in Chemistry and Chemical Technology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Chemistry; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar ""Organic and Organoelement Chemistry" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Chemistry; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Publications31
- Article Runikhina S. A., Afanasyev O. I., Kuchuk E. A., Perekalin D., Jagadeesh R., Beller M., Chusov D. Catalytic Utilization of Converter Gas – An industrial Waste for the Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals // Chemical Science. 2023. Vol. 14. P. 4346-4350. doi
- Article Biriukov K. O., Belova S. A., Dudkin S. V., Afanasyev O. I., Godovikova M., Chusov D. Peculiarities of fluoride activation of porphyrin and phthalocyanine catalysts by the example of zirconium and hafnium in the production of cyclic carbonates // MOLECULAR CATALYSIS. 2023. Vol. 549. Article 113432. doi
- Article Kharitonov V. B., Evgeniya Podyacheva, Chusov D., Nelyubina Y. V., Muratov D. V., Loginov D. A. Planar Chiral Rhodium Complex Based on the Tetrahydrofluorenyl Core for Enantioselective Catalysis // Organic Letters. 2023. Vol. 25. No. 49. P. 8906-8911. doi
- Article Mikhail A. Losev, Kozlov A. S., Kharitonov V. B., Afanasyev O. I., Fedor S. Kliuev, Bulygina L. A., Khrushcheva N. S., Loginov D. A., Chusov D. Reductive coupling of nitroarenes with carboxylic acids – a direct route to amide synthesis // Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. 2023. Vol. 21. No. 42. P. 8477-8481. doi
- Article Artemy R. Fatkulin, Korochantsev V., Afanasyev O. I., Evgeniya Podyacheva, Chusova O., Muratov D. V., Godovikova M. I., Semenov S., Denis Chusov. Sodium hypophosphite mediated reductive amination of carbonyl compounds with N,N-dialkylformamides // New Journal of Chemistry. 2023. Vol. 47. P. 6532-6535. doi
- Article Gao J., Ma R., Poovan F., Zhang L., Atia H., Kalevaru N. V., Sun W., Wohlrab S., Chusov D., Wang N., Jagadeesh R. V., Beller M. Streamlining the synthesis of amides using Nickel-based nanocatalysts // Nature Communications. 2023. Vol. 14. No. 1. Article 5013. doi
- Article Evgeniya Podyacheva, Balalaeva A. I., Afanasyev O. I., Runikhina S. A., Chusova O., Kozlov A. S., Liao S., Denis Chusov. Syngas as a synergistic reducing agent for selective reductive amination—a mild route to bioactive amines // New Journal of Chemistry. 2023. Vol. 47. P. 10514-10518. doi
- Article Trifonova E. A., Ankudinov N. M., Denis A. Chusov, Nelyubina Y. V., Dmitry S. Perekalin. Asymmetric cyclopropanation of electron-rich alkenes by the racemic diene rhodium catalyst: the chiral poisoning approach // Chemical Communications. 2022. Vol. 58. No. 47. P. 6709-6712. doi
- Article Evgeniya Podyacheva, Afanasyev O. I., Vasilyev D. V., Denis Chusov. Borrowing Hydrogen Amination Reactions: A Complex Analysis of Trends and Correlations of the Various Reaction Parameters // ACS Catalysis. 2022. Vol. 12. No. 12. P. 7142-7198. doi
- Article Fatkulin A., Afanasyev O. I., Tsygankov A. A., Chusov D. Enhancing the efficiency of the ruthenium catalysts in the reductive amination without an external hydrogen source // Journal of Catalysis. 2022. Vol. 405. P. 404-409. doi
- Article Afanasyev O. I., Fedor S. Kliuev, Tsygankov A. A., Nelyubina Y. V., Gutsul E., Valentin V. Novikov, Chusov D. Fluoride Additive as a Simple Tool to Qualitatively Improve Performance of Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Michael Addition of Malonates to Nitroolefins // Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2022. Vol. 87. No. 18. P. 12182-12195. doi
- Article Kuznetsova S., Yunusov S., Gak A., Riazanov V., Nelyubina Y., Barker R., North M., Zhereb V., Ekaterina A. Khakina, Naumkin A., Lobanov N., Khrustalev V., Denis Chusov, Kalyuzhnaya E., Belokon Y. Palladium Nanoparticles Entrapped In a Hydrogen Bonded Crystalline Organic Salt Matrix as a Selective Heterogeneous Reduction Catalyst // ChemistrySelect. 2022. Vol. 7. No. 41. Article e202203011. doi
- Article Podyacheva E., Afanasyev O. I., Ostrovskii V. S., Chusov D. Syngas Instead of Hydrogen Gas as a Reducing Agent─A Strategy To Improve the Selectivity and Efficiency of Organometallic Catalysts // ACS Catalysis. 2022. Vol. 12. No. 9. P. 5145-5154. doi
- Article Makarova M., Afanasyev O. I., Kliuev F., Nelyubina Y. V., Godovikova M., Chusov D. Phosphine ligands in the ruthenium-catalyzed reductive amination without an external hydrogen source // Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 2021. Vol. 941. Article 121806. doi
- Article Afanasyev O. I., Kuchuk E. A., Muratov K. M., Denisov G. L., Chusov D. Symmetrical Tertiary Amines: Applications and Synthetic Approaches // European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2021. Vol. 2021. No. 4. P. 543-586. doi
- Article Ankudinov N. M., Denis A. Chusov, Nelyubina Y. V., Dmitry S. Perekalin. Synthesis of Rhodium Complexes with Chiral Diene Ligands via Diastereoselective Coordination and Their Application in the Asymmetric Insertion of Diazo Compounds into E−H Bonds // Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 2021. Vol. 60. No. 34. P. 18712-18720. doi
- Article Chusov D., Leith G. A., Rice A. M., Yarbrough B. J., Berseneva A. A., Ly R. T., Buck III C. N., Brandt A. J., Chen D. A., Lamm B. W., Stefik M., Stephenson K. S., Smith M. D., Vannucci A. K., Garashchuk S., Shustova N. B. A Dual Threat: Redox‐Activity and Electronic Structures of Well‐Defined Donor–Acceptor Fulleretic Covalent‐Organic Materials // Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 2020. Vol. 59. No. 15. P. 6000-6006. doi
- Article Afanasyev O. I., Fatkulin Artemy R., Solyev P. N., Smirnov I., Amangeldyev A., Semenov S. E., Chusov D. Direct reductive amination of camphor using iron pentacarbonyl as stoichiometric reducing agent: features and limitations // European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2020. Vol. 2020. No. 39. P. 6289-6294. doi
- Article Kuchuk E., Muratov K., Perekalin D., Chusov D. Anthracene rhodium complexes with metal coordination at the central ring – a new class of catalysts for reductive amination // Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. 2019. Vol. 17. P. 83-87. doi
- Article Kharitonov V. B., Podyacheva E., Nelyubina Y. V., Muratov D. V., Peregudov A. S., Denisov G., Chusov D., Loginov D. Fluorene Complexes of Group 9 Metals: Fluorene Effect and Application for Reductive Amination // Organometallics. 2019. Vol. 38. No. 16. P. 3151-3158. doi
- Article Afanasyev O., Tsygankov A., Makarova M., Podyacheva E., Chusov D. Hitchhiker’s Guide to Reductive Amination // Synthesis. 2019. Vol. 51. No. 13. P. 2667-2677. doi
- Article Afanasyev O., Kuchuk E., Usanov D., Chusov D. Reductive Amination in the Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals // Chemical Reviews. 2019. Vol. 119. No. 23. P. 11857-11911. doi
- Article Afanasyev O., Zarochintsev A., Petrushina T., Cherkasova A., Denisov G., Cherkashchenko I., Chusova O., Oh J., Chun M., Usanov D., Semenov S., Chusov D. Synthesis of Nitriles from Aldehydes with Elongation of the Molecule with Two Carbon Atoms // European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2019. Vol. 2019. No. 1. P. 32-35. doi
- Article Trifonova E. A., Ankudinov N. M., Mikhaylov A. A., Chusov D., Nelyubina Y. V., Perekalin D. S. A Planar‐Chiral Rhodium(III) Catalyst with a Sterically Demanding Cyclopentadienyl Ligand and Its Application in the Enantioselective Synthesis of Dihydroisoquinolones // Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 2018. Vol. 57. No. 26. P. 7714-7718. doi
- Article Runikhina S., Usanov D., Chizhov A., Chusov D. Atom- and Step-Economical Ruthenium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Esters from Aldehydes or Ketones and Carboxylic Acids // Organic Letters. 2018. Vol. 20. No. 24. P. 7856-7859. doi
- Article Chusov D., Tsygankov A., Makarova M. Carbon monoxide as a selective reducing agent in organic chemistry // Mendeleev Communications. 2018. Vol. 28. No. 2. P. 113-122. doi
- Article Muratov K., Kuchuk E., Vellalath S., Afanasyev O., Moskovets A., Denisov G., Chusov D. Formal reductive addition of acetonitrile to aldehydes and ketones // Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. 2018. Vol. 16. P. 7693-7701. doi
- Article Chusov D., Kharitonov V., Makarova M., Arsenov M., Nelyubina Y., Chusova O., Peregudov A., Zlotskii S., Loginov D. Indenyl Rhodium Complexes with Arene Ligands: Synthesis and Application for Reductive Amination // Organometallics. 2018. Vol. 37. No. 15. P. 2553-2562. doi
- Article Trifonova E., Ankudinov N., Mikhaylov A., Chusov D., Nelyubina Y., Perekalin D. Planar‐chiral rhodium(III) catalyst with sterically demanding cyclopentadienyl ligand and its application for enantioselective synthesis of dihydroisoquinolones // Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 2018. Vol. 57. No. 26. P. 7714-7718. doi
- Article Chusov D., Yagafarov N., Muratov K., Biriukov K., Usanov D., Chusova O., Perekalin D. Ruthenium-catalyzed reductive amidation without an external hydrogen source // European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2018. Vol. 2018. No. 4. P. 557-563. doi
- Article Chusov D., Muratov K., Usanov D., Kolesnikov P. Dichotomy of Atom-Economical Hydrogen-Free Reductive Amidation vs Exhaustive Reductive Amination // Organic Letters. 2017. Vol. 19. No. 20. P. 5657-5660. doi
HSE University Launches New Master’s Programme in Chemistry
In 2023, the first Master's programme 'Chemistry of Molecular Systems and Materials' at the HSE Faculty of Chemistry will enrol students. Half of the study time will be devoted to research projects in the field of modern fundamental and applied research on the topics studied at five institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitrii Roitershtein, Academic Supervisor of the programme and Associate Professor at the Joint Department of Organic Chemistry with the RAS Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, spoke about the programme to the HSE News Service.
‘Conducting Research Is an Opportunity to Change the World for the Better’
Fedor Kluev, a student first-year student in the Bachelor’s programme in Chemistry at HSE University, was the only first-year undergraduate student to win a prize in this year’s Student Research Paper Competition (SRPC). He began working with his academic supervisor, Denis Chusov, when he was still in high school. In an interview with the HSE News Service, Fedor talked about his research, the role of science in human life, and the importance of popularising science.