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
2004
2004
2004 − 2007
2008
RFBR Grant for Young Scientist (03-03-06211)
DAAD scholarship for 3 months at the Free University, Berlin
Predoctoral grant of the International Graduate School of Chemistry, Münster
Certificate for the excellent PhD work (ausgezeichnete Dissertation)
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 reactive key intermediates by different substrates.
Organometallic and coordination chemistry of carbenes and their analogues.
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List of Publications
Review
25) 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
24) 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
23) A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, S. N. Spisak, A. Y. Rogachev, M. A. Petrukhina. Science 2011, 333,
1008−1011.
22) S. N. Spisak, A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, A. Y. Rogachev, M. A. Petrukhina. Selective endo and
exobinding of alkali metals to corannulene. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8090−8094; Angew. Chem.
2011, 123, 8240−8244.
21) Z. Wei, J.-H. Yang, V. D. Vreshch, A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, E. V. Dikarev. Homoleptic tetranuclear
complexes of divalent tin and lead tetraolates. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 7295–7300.
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.
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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.
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 aromatic 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.
Poster presentations
11) S. N. Spisak, A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, A. Y. Rogachev, M. A. Petrukhina. First endo-complex of
corannulene. 242nd ACS National Meeting, 2011, Denver, CO, USA, INOR-389.
10) A. V. Zabula, C. Dubceac, M. A. Petrukhina. NMR evidence for the functionalization of non-planar
corannulene surface by electrophilic and nucleophilic substrates. 241st ACS National Meeting, 2011,
Anaheim, CA, USA, INOR-168 (selected for the Sci-Mix session).
9) A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, M. A. Petrukhina. Coordinatively unsaturated polynuclear mixed-valent oxocentered tin carboxylates. 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 2010, INOR-202.
8) A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp, F. E. Hahn. Heavy homologues of bis(benzimidazolin-2-ylidenes) and
their complexes with transition metals. XXIInd International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry,
Zaragoza, Spain, 2006, P136.
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L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, G. I. Magdanurov, A. V. Zabula, R. West. Comparative study of aromaticity
of stable heterocyclic carbene, silylene and germylene by Raman, UV-Vis and IR spectroscopy. 38th ACS
Central Regional Meeting, Frankenmuth, MI, USA, 2006, CRM-243.
6) 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 spectra, structure and electron density
distribution of 11-vertex carbaboranes [2-CB10H11]- and 2,3-C2B9H11. Int. Conf. 50th Anniversary of A. N.
Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds (INEOS), Moscow, 2004, P8.
5) L. A. Leites, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, D. Moser, I. Guzei, R. West. Aromatic stabilization in a cyclic
germylene and surprising organogermane reaction. Int. Conf. 50th Anniversary of A. N. Nesmeyanov
Institute of Organoelement Compounds (INEOS), Moscow, 2004, O25.
4) R. West, D. Moser, L. A. Leites, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov. A surprising organogermane reaction and a
highly aromatic organogermanium compound. The XIth International Conference on the Coordination and
Organometallic Chemistry of Ge, Sn and Pb, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 2004, O17.
3) L. A. Leites, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, I. A.Garbuzova, A. A.Korlyukov, P. S. Koroteev, O. S.
Maslennikova, M. P. Egorov. Optical spectra and structure of dichlorogermylene and dichlorostannylene
complexes with Lewis-bases and chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten pentacarbonyls. VII Conference
on Carbenes and Related Intermediates, Kazan, Russia, 2003.
2) A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, I. A. Garbuzova, L. A. Leites, D. A. Moser, R. West. Conjugation in the
thermally stable germylene (CHtBuN)2Ge evidenced by Raman spectroscopy. The Xth Int.Conference on
the Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry of Ge, Sn and Pb, Bordeaux, France, 2001, 1P6.
1) P. S. Koroteev, A. V. Lalov, V. I. Faustov, M. P. Egorov, O. M. Nefedov, S. E. Nefedov, I. I. Eremenko,
V. M. Novotortsev, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, L. A. Leites. Structure, reactivity and thermal
transformations of (CO)5E=GeCl2THF (E = Cr, Mo, W) complexes. Int. Conference − Organometallic
Compounds − the Materials of Future Millennium), Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2000, P-86.
Oral Presentations
2) A. V. Zabula, S. N. Spisak, A. S. Filatov, M. A. Petrukhina. Electrophilic attack to curved polyaromatic
surface: The first structural characterization of bowl-shaped carbocations. 241st ACS National Meeting,
March, 2011, Anaheim, CA, USA, INOR-505.
1) A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn. Bidentate N-heterocyclic benzannulated bisgermylenes and bisstannylenes. The
XIIth Int. Conference on the Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry of Ge, Sn and Pb, Galway,
Ireland, 2007, O6.
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