Edmunds LUKEVICS

(14.12.1936 - 21.11.2009)

lukevics.jpg (11249 bytes) Professor Edmunds LUKEVICS
Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis,
Head of the Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry

Aizkraukles iela 21,
Riga, LV-1006
Latvia

 

Born: December 14, 1936, Liepaja, Latvia
Departed: November 21, 2009, Riga, Latvia

Interests:

Main Research:

Development of methods for the synthesis of organosilicon and -germanium derivatives of furan, thiophene and nitrogen-containing heterocycles ; study of the influence of organosilicon ,-germanium and -tin substituents on the direction of substitution and addition reactions of furan and thiophene derivatives ; study of hydrosilylation and hydrogermylation reactions, synthesis and investigation of properties of penta- and hexacoordinated organosilicon and -germanium derivatives; application of alkenyl silanes and germanes in the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles; application of phase-transfer catalysis and ultrasonic irradiation in organometallic synthesis; synthesis of biologically active organosilicon and organogermanium compounds and studies of their properties.

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Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis -

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Hobbies:

Opera, Basketball, Mountains.



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