Beginnings of chemical science in Russia

The genesis and advancement of chemistry in Russia is tracked during the 18th century marked by founding the Russian Academy of Sciences. The role of M.V. Lomonosov and other first Russian chemists is characterized in formation of basic concepts of chemical science. The creation of the first Russian scientific chemical laboratory and its achievements are described.     

Scientific Heritage of Georgii Konstantinovich Boreskov

Kinetics and Catalysis - The review is a brief summary of the great scientific heritage of Georgii Konstantinovich Boreskov, the member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a famous Russian...     

Analysis of strategy of the petrochemistry development till 2015

The Program of Russian Federation Government “Development of Strategy of Chemical and Petrochemical Industry till 2015” is analyzed. The program determines the priority lines of petrochemistry development in Russian Federation.     

Prospects for Production and Use of Hydrogen as one of Directions of the Development of Low-Carbon Economy in the Russian Federation

Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry - Prospects for the production and use in the Russian Federation of hydrogen produced from fossil fuel and by water electrolysis are considered. The amount of...     

Russian Academy of Sciences

The history of the foundation and development of Russian Academy of Sciences is briefly outlined. The role of the Academy in the formation of the Russian scientific community and national educational system, in solution of defense and political problems, etc., is mentioned.     

Advances in fullerene chemistry

The review outlines the key results obtained in experimental and theoretical studies on fullerene chemistry in the Russian Federation and, in particular, at the A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences.Devoted to fiftieth anniversary of the A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences.Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1749–1770, September, 2004.     

Thermodynamic and Electrochemical Investigations of Potassium–Antimony Alloys

Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry - In September 1975, the head of Russian electrochemists, Academician A.N. Frumkin (1895–1976), in his report at the XI Mendeleev Congress on General and...     

Crystal structure investigation of ternary molybdates Li3Ba2Ln3(MoO4)3 (Ln=Gd,Tm)

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Buryat Institute of Natural Sciences, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 126–130, May–June, 1992.     

Seasonal Variation and Spatial Distribution of the Content of Benzo(a)pyrene in the Atmospheric Air in the Russian Federation

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - The results of analysis for the content of benzo(a)pyrene are presented for the atmospheric air samples collected in 142 cities of the Russian Federation...     

The Russian and Foreign Experience in the Field of Creating Photo- and Thermochromic Masking Coatings

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - The Russian and foreign experience in the field of creating photo- and thermochromic adaptive masking coatings (AMC) is analyzed. The global leading...     

Statute on the Prizes of the Scientific Council on Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences

In the Scientific Council on Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Statute on the Prizes of the Scientific Council on Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences     

Influence of structural factors on delocalization of spin density in nitroxyl radicals of the imidazoline series

Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 42–51, November–December, 1991.     

Biosensors in Russia: Twenty years of research

The main achievements of Russian researchers in the field of biosensors from 1991 till nowadays are considered. The biosensors are classified according to the nature of the biochemical component. The most important reviews of Russian scientists devoted to enzyme, microbe, immune, and DNA-sensors are revised together with the most interesting results acquired within the field.     

Magnetic resonance parameters and structure of substituted stannyloxyphenoxyl radicals: Investigation by means of ESR in the 2-mm band

Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Heteroorganic Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 69–77, September–October, 1992.     

Production of (+)-norsolanadione

Institute of Chemistry, Bashkir Scientific Center, Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 735–736, September–October, 1991.     

Antibiotics produced at the G. F. Gauze Scientific-Research Institute of New Antibiotics,Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (marking the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Institute). (Review)

The major achievements of the G. F. Gauze Scientific-Research Institute of New Antibiotics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, over the last 50 years are reviewed. The structures of antibiotics and related compounds discovered at the Institute and important for medical practise and/or of theoretical interest as new compounds with high biological activity are described.Dedicated to the memory of Director of the G. F. Gauze Scientific-Research Institute of New Antibiotics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Prof. Yu. V. Dudnik (1938–2003).Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1603–1618, November, 2004.     

Synthesis and study of the biological activity of fragments of salmon calcitonin II

A number of fragments of salmon calcitonin II possessing analgesic activity of the nonopioid type have been synthesized.Institute of High-Molecular-Mass Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Experimental Medicine, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, St. Petersburg. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 126–132, January–February, 1993.     

Crystal and molecular structure of the iodide salt of a new chromogenic 15-crown-5-ether

Institute of Chemical Physics, Chernogolovka, Russian Academy of Sciences. N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 126–134, July–August, 1992.     

Crystal structure of 1,2-bis-(phenylseleno)-1,2-dichlorethene

Vladimir State Pedagogical Institute. Institute for Elementorganic Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences. Irkutsk Institute for Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 153–154, July–August, 1992.     

Reflection of Reflections: Scientist’s Activity in the Mirror of Bibliometrics

Using data form Chemical Abstracts Plus, Web of Science, Scopus, and Russian Science Citation Index, a bibliometric and thematic analysis of scientific publications by V.A. Parmon, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is made.