Doctor of Science degree, Department of Chemistry, Division of Organic Chemistry, Kazan State University (KSU), Russia, 2000 Ph.D. degree, Department of Chemistry, KSU, 1986 Graduate student, KSU, 1983-1986 M.S. degree, Summa cum Laude, KSU, 1983

“Green” synthetic strategies: the use of O2 and H2O2 for selective C‑H and CC functionalization. Organotransition metal chemistry, experimental and computational (DFT). Organometallic reaction mechanisms.

Homogeneous catalysis with transition metal complexes

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