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Interview with Denis Chusov about The Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2021

"Meduza" interviewed Denis Chusov about asymmetric reactions and catalysis, which was The Nobel Prize in chemisrty about.

Interview with Denis Chusov (gazeta.ru in Russian)

About the advantages of working at homeland and not only

Our student took 3rd place in the contest of
scientific-research works of students HSE

Congrats to 1st year student chemistry department HSE
Fedor Kliuev with 3rd place in the contest of scientific-research works of students HSE. This is the first time in the history of the university when 1st year student won in the competition!

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New publication in Organic Letters

We are excited to share that our lab has published a new article in Organic Letters , reporting a ruthenium-catalyzed reductive amination protocol using inexpensive and environmentally friendly sodium hypophosphite as reductant. Congratulations to Olesya Zvereva, Fedor Kliuev, Natalia Lebedeva, Dr. Evgeniya Podyacheva, Dr. Oleg Afanasyev and Prof. Dr. Denis Chusov on this achievement! DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c04073

New sustainable ketone-alkylation published in Journal of Catalysis

We are pleased to announce that our lab has published a new article in Journal of Catalysis , reporting a simple and efficient catalytic system for the reductive alkylation of ketones with aldehydes using waste reductants. Congratulations to all our co-authors from the lab - Alexandra Balalaeva, Dr. Evgeniya Podyacheva, Dr. Oleg Afanasyev and Prof. Dr. Denis Chusov. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116583

Our Team Publishes in Journal of Catalysis with Aldehydes as Reducing Agents

We are proud to announce that our lab has published a new article in Journal of Catalysis (DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116495 ). In this work, our team presents a novel catalytic protocol for the reductive alkylation of ketones using aldehydes as reducing agents, offering an efficient and selective pathway for C–C and C-N bond formation. Congratulations to our colleagues Fedor  Kliuev, Dr. Oleg Afanasyev and Prof. Dr. Denis Chusov for their outstanding contributio

Our new publication was published in ChemSusChem about THF as an alkylating agent

Our laboratory team is delighted to announce a new publication in ChemSusChem (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202402622 ). In this study, we developed a novel sustainable catalytic system for selective conversion of biomass-derived feedstocks, demonstrating significant improvements in efficiency and green metrics. Congratulations to all our co-authors from the lab - Alexandra Balalaeva, Dr. Evgeniya Podyacheva, Dr. Oleg Afanasyev and Prof. Dr. Denis Chusov and a special thanks to Higher S

New publication in Beilstein J. Org. Chem.

Our group has published a new paper in Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. The study explores reductive amination with...

New article about sodium hypophosphite was published in Journal of Organic Chemistry

"Reductive Amination Reactions Using Sodium Hypophosphite: a Guide to Substrates" - our new comprehensive work about reductive amination...