Dr. ALEXANDER V. ZABULA
Education
09/99 − 06/04
06/16/04
The Higher Chemical College of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Master of Science in Chemistry.
MS thesis: Investigation of Germylenes, Stannylenes and Their Complexes by
Vibrational Spectroscopy.
Graduated with Honors (cum laude).
PhD Study
10/04 − 10/07
11/20/2007
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. F. E. Hahn.
PhD thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Bridged Bis(benzimidazolin-2-germa- and
stanna-2-ylidenes) and Their Complexes.
PhD in Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat.). Graduated with supreme honor (summa cum laude).
Postdoctoral Study
03/09 − 03/11
State University of New York at Albany, USA.
Supervisor: Prof. M. A. Petrukhina.
Organic and organometallic chemistry of non-planar polyarenes.
Work History
04/02 − 08/04
10/07 − 02/09
03/09 − 03/11
Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, Moscow.
Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie der Westfälischen WilhelmsUniversität, Münster. Research assistant (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter).
State University of New York at Albany. Postdoctoral Associate.
Grants and Awards
2000 − 2002
2001 − 2004
2004
2003 − 2004
2004
2004 − 2007
INTAS Grant “Group 14 and Transition Metals Unsaturated Compounds: New
Precursors for Advanced Materials” (97-30344)
RFBR Grants (01-03-33057, 02-03-32148, and 01-03-32630)
RFBR Grant for Young Scientist (03-03-06211)
Shorygin Scientific School (1765.2003.3)
DAAD scholarship for 3 months at the Free University, Berlin
Predoctoral grant of the International Graduate School of Chemistry, Münster
Research Interest
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Structure and reactivity of non-planar polyaromatic hydrocarbons and their π-complexes.
Reactivity and property of fullerenes and nanotubes.
Organometallic chemistry of main group elements.
Trapping and stabilization of the reactive key intermediates by different substrates.
Organometallic and coordination chemistry of carbenes and their analogues.
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List of Publications
Review
22) A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn. Mono- and Bidentate Benzannulated N-heterocyclic Germylenes, Stannylenes
and Plumbylenes (invited microreview). Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 5165–5179 (Front Cover).
Book Chapter
21) A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn. Preparation and Coordination Chemistry of Benzannulated N-heterocyclic
Stannylenes Including Some Germanium and Lead Analogues. Tin Chemistry − Fundamentals, Frontiers
and Applications (ed. A. Davies, M. Gielen, K. Pannell, E. Tiekink), Wiley, 2008, 160–176.
Journal Articles
20) A. V. Zabula, S. N. Spisak, A. S. Filatov, A. Y. Rogachev, M. A. Petrukhina. Strain releasing trap for
highly reactive electrophiles: structural characterization of bowl-shaped arenium carbocations.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 2971–2974; Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 3027–3030 (VIP article).
19) A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, M. A. Petrukhina. Coordinatively unsaturated polynuclear mixed-valent SnII–
SnIV and CuII–SnIV oxo-centered carboxylates. J. Clust. Sci. 2010, 21, 361−370.
18) R. R. Aysin, P. S. Koroteev, A. A. Korlyukov, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, L. A. Leites, M. P. Egorov,
O. M. Nefedov. Molecular and electronic structures of germylene and stannylene complexes
(CO)5MECl2•nTHF (M = Cr, W; E = Ge, Sn; n = 1, 2) as studied by IR and Raman spectroscopy, X-ray
analysis, and quantum chemistry. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2010, 59, 348−360.
17) A. V. Zabula, T, Pape, F. Hupka, A. Hepp, F. E. Hahn. N,S- and N,O-Substituted stannylenes:
preparation and X-ray diffraction studies. Organometallics 2009, 28, 4221–4224.
16) F. E. Hahn, A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, F. Hupka. Molecular structure of bisgermylene with two lutidine
bridging units. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2009, 635, 1341−1344
15) F. E. Hahn, A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp, R. Tonner, R. Hausshield, G. Frenking. π-Bonding in
Complexes of Benzannulated Biscarbenes, -germylenes and -stannylenes −an Experimental and
Theoretical Study. Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 10716–10721.
14) A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp, F. M. Schappacher, U. C. Rodewald, R. Pöttgen, F. E. Hahn. Trapping of
tin(II) and lead(II) homologues of carbon monoxide by a benzannulated lutidine-bridged bisstannylene.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5648–5649.
13) A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn, T. Pape, A. Hepp. Coordination chemistry of bisstannylenes with platinum(0).
Dalton Trans. 2008, 5886–5890 (Front Cover).
12) A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn, T. Pape, A. Hepp. Homoleptic complexes of bisstannylenes with nickel(0): Xray diffraction studies and 119Sn NMR investigation. Organometallics 2008, 27, 2756–2760.
11) F. E. Hahn, A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp. Benzannulated bisgermylenes – aggregation behavior and
coordination chemistry. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2008, 634, 2397–2401.
10) A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn, T. Pape, A. Hepp. Preparation and coordination chemistry of bidentate
benzimidazolin-2-germa-2-ylidenes. Organometallics 2007, 26, 1972−1980.
9) F. E. Hahn, A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp. Preparation and molecular structures of stable
bis(germylenes) with pincer topology. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 2405−2408.
8) F. E. Hahn, L. Wittenbecher, D. Le Van, A. V. Zabula. Benzimidazolin-2-stannylenes with N,N´-alkyl
(Me and Et) and Lewis-base functional groups. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 7662−7667.
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7) R. West, D. F. Moser, I. A. Guzei, G.-H. Lee, A. Naka, W. Li, A. V. Zabula, S. Bukalov, L. Leites. The
surprising reactions of 1,3-di-tert-butyl-2,2-dichloro-1,3-diaza-2-germa-4-cyclopentene. Organometallics
2006, 25, 2709−2711.
6) L. A. Leites, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, P. S. Koroteev, O. S. Maslennikova, M. P. Egorov, O. M.
Nefedov. Inversion of ν(MHal) stretching frequencies in the spectra of dihalosilylenes, -germylenes, stannylenes, and their complexes with Lewis-bases. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2005, 54, 1117−1120.
5) L. A. Leites, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, A. A. Korlyukov, P. S. Koroteev, O. S. Maslennikova, M. P.
Egorov, O. M. Nefedov. Experimental and theoretical study of vibrational spectra and structure of
dihalogermylene and dihalostannylene complexes with 1,4-dioxane and triphenylphosphine.
J. Mol. Str. 2005, 750, 116−122.
4) L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, I. A. Garbuzova, D. F. Moser, R. West. The Raman spectrum
and sromatic stabilization in a cyclic germylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 4114−4115.
3) E. G. Kononova, L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, I. V. Pisareva, V. E. Konoplev, I. T.
Chizhevsky. Experimental and theoretical study of the vibrational spectrum, structure and electron
density distribution of the [2-CB10H11]- anion. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2004, 390, 279−284.
2) E. G. Kononova, L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, I. V. Pisareva, V. E. Konoplev, I. T.
Chizhevsky. New concepts of the structures of 11-vertex carba-closo-boranes based on the data of
vibrational spectroscopy and quantum-chemical calculations. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2004, 53, 944−945.
1) L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, D. V. Lubetskiy, I. V. Krylova, M. P. Egorov. Rotational
isomerism in alkylgermane molecules (Alk = nBu, nC6H13) according to Raman spectroscopy and
quantum-chemistry results. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2004, 53, 33−44.
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