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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Russia Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)

Overview

Vadim Yu. Kukushkin is affiliated with St Petersburg University in the Russian Federation. Their research encompasses multiple domains within materials science and chemistry, with a significant focus on crystallography and molecular interactions. Kukushkin's work integrates studies of crystallization, X-ray diffraction techniques, and the structural analysis of chemical compounds.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science and chemistry, with a particular emphasis on materials chemistry, organic chemistry, physical and theoretical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials. Their research topics predominantly include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, crystallography and molecular interactions, organic and molecular conductors research, crystal structures of chemical compounds, inorganic fluorides and related compounds, and catalytic alkyne reactions.

The publication record features multiple papers in well-known scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Supramolecular Assembly of Metal Complexes by (Aryl)I⋅⋅⋅d[PtII] Halogen Bonds, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Metal Centers as Nucleophiles: Oxymoron of Halogen Bond-Involving Crystal Engineering, 2021, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Diaryliodonium as a double σ-hole donor: the dichotomy of thiocyanate halogen bonding provides divergent solid state arylation by diaryliodonium cations, 2020, Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Bifurcated Halogen Bonding Involving Diaryliodonium Cations as Iodine(III)-Based Double-σ-Hole Donors, 2021, Crystal Growth & Design
  • The halogen bond with isocyano carbon reduces isocyanide odor, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators in Kukushkin's body of work include Antonio Frontera, Daniil M. Ivanov, Nadezhda A. Bokach, Anton V. Rozhkov, and Sergey V. Baykov.

Kukushkin's publications are often found in several recurring scientific venues. These include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Crystal Growth & Design
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Among Kukushkin's recognitions are the title of Member of the European Academy of Sciences awarded in 2020 and membership in the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa).

Best Publications

  • Additions to Metal-Activated Organonitriles†

    Vadim Yu. Kukushkin;Armando J. L. Pombeiro

  • Metal-mediated and metal-catalyzed reactions of isocyanides.

    Vadim P. Boyarskiy;Nadezhda A. Bokach;Konstantin V. Luzyanin;Vadim Yu. Kukushkin

  • Metal-mediated and metal-catalyzed hydrolysis of nitriles

    Vadim Yu. Kukushkin;Armando J.L. Pombeiro

  • Oxime and oximate metal complexes: unconventional synthesis and reactivity

    Vadim Yu. Kukushkin;Armando J.L. Pombeiro

  • Metal-Involving Synthesis and Reactions of Oximes

    Dmitrii S. Bolotin;Nadezhda A. Bokach;Marina Ya. Demakova;Vadim Yu. Kukushkin

  • METAL-ION ASSISTED REACTIONS OF OXIMES AND REACTIVITY OF OXIME-CONTAINING METAL COMPLEXES

    Vadim Yu. Kukushkin;David Tudela;Armando J.L. Pombeiro

  • Tuning of redox potentials for the design of ruthenium anticancer drugs: an Electrochemical study of [trans-RuCl4L(DMSO)]- and [trans-RuCl4L2]- complexes, where L = imidazole, 1,2,4-triazole, indazole

    Erwin Reisner;Vladimir B Arion;M Fátima C Guedes da Silva;Roman Lichtenecker

  • Acyclic diaminocarbenes (ADCs) as a promising alternative to N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) in transition metal catalyzed organic transformations

    Vadim P. Boyarskiy;Konstantin V. Luzyanin;Konstantin V. Luzyanin;Vadim Yu. Kukushkin

  • Halogen bonding between metal centers and halocarbons

    Daniil M. Ivanov;Alexander S. Novikov;Ivan V. Ananyev;Yulia V. Kirina

  • Novel Metal-Mediated (M = Pd, Pt) Coupling between Isonitriles and Benzophenone Hydrazone as a Route to Aminocarbene Complexes Exhibiting High Catalytic Activity (M = Pd) in the Suzuki−Miyaura Reaction

    Konstantin V. Luzyanin;Alexander G. Tskhovrebov;Alexander G. Tskhovrebov;M. Carolina Carias;M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva;M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva

  • Difference in Energy between Two Distinct Types of Chalcogen Bonds Drives Regioisomerization of Binuclear (Diaminocarbene)PdII Complexes

    Alexander S. Mikherdov;Mikhail A. Kinzhalov;Alexander S. Novikov;Vadim P. Boyarskiy

  • Zinc(II)/ketoxime system as a simple and efficient catalyst for hydrolysis of organonitriles.

    Maximilian N. Kopylovich;Vadim Yu. Kukushkin;Matti Haukka;João J. R. Fraústo da Silva

  • Coordination chemistry and metal-involving reactions of amidoximes: Relevance to the chemistry of oximes and oxime ligands

    Dmitrii S. Bolotin;Nadezhda A. Bokach;Vadim Yu. Kukushkin

  • Platinum(IV)-Assisted [2 + 3] Cycloaddition of Nitrones to Coordinated Organonitriles. Synthesis of Δ4-1,2,4-Oxadiazolines

    Gabriele Wagner;Armando J. L. Pombeiro, ,† and;Vadim Yu. Kukushkin

  • Metal-ion mediated deoxygenation of sulfoxides

    Vadim Yu. Kukushkin

  • Synthesis, X-ray diffraction structures, spectroscopic properties, and in vitro antitumor activity of isomeric (1H-1,2,4-triazole)Ru(III) complexes.

    Vladimir B. Arion;Erwin Reisner;Madeleine Fremuth;Michael A. Jakupec

  • A Route to 1,2,4-Oxadiazoles and Their Complexes via Platinum-Mediated 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Nitrile Oxides to Organonitriles

    Nadezhda A. Bokach;Anatolii V. Khripoun;Vadim Yu. Kukushkin;Matti Haukka

  • Reactivity of Coordinated Nitriles

    A.J.L. Pombeiro;V.Yu. Kukushkin

  • Fine-tuning halogen bonding properties of diiodine through halogen–halogen charge transfer – extended [Ru(2,2′-bipyridine)(CO)2X2]·I2 systems (X = Cl, Br, I)

    Xin Ding;Matti J. Tuikka;Pipsa Hirva;Vadim Yu. Kukushkin

  • Addition of HO-nucleophiles to free and coordinated nitriles

    Nadejda A Bokach;Vadim Yu Kukushkin

  • 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of nitrone-type dipoles to uncomplexed and metal-bound substrates bearing the CN triple bond

    Nadezhda A. Bokach;Maxim L. Kuznetsov;Vadim Yu. Kukushkin;Vadim Yu. Kukushkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Matti Haukka
Matti Haukka University of Jyväskylä
Armando J. L. Pombeiro
Armando J. L. Pombeiro Instituto Superior Técnico
M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva
M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva Instituto Superior Técnico
Maximilian N. Kopylovich
Maximilian N. Kopylovich Instituto Superior Técnico
Bernhard K. Keppler
Bernhard K. Keppler University of Vienna
João J. R. Fraústo da Silva
João J. R. Fraústo da Silva Instituto Superior Técnico
Michael A. Jakupec
Michael A. Jakupec University of Vienna
Antonio Frontera
Antonio Frontera University of the Balearic Islands
Vladimir B. Arion
Vladimir B. Arion University of Vienna
Alexander M. Kirillov
Alexander M. Kirillov Instituto Superior Técnico

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