Elena Chikunova
© Kathrin Siebold
Elena Chikunova
PhD Student
AK Gilmour
Room 210
Corrensstrasse 36
48149 Münster
T: +49 251 83 35262
elena.chikunova@uni-muenster.de
  • Curriculum Vitae

    09/2016–07/2020

    Moscow State University, Baku branch, BS in Chemistry

    09/2020–06/2022 Saint Petersburg State University, MS in Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry department
    09/2022–12/2023

    Saint Petersburg State University, PhD Organic chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry department

    02/2024–present PhD in the group of Prof. Dr. Ryan Gilmour, Universität Münster, Germany

     

  • Publications

    “Non-Friedländer Route to Diversely 3‐Substituted Quinolines through Au(III)-Catalyzed Annulation Involving Electron-Deficient Alkynes”, E. I. Chikunova, V.Yu. Kukushkin, A.Yu. Dubovtsev, Org. Lett., 2023, 25, 8756–8760

     “Gold-Catalyzed Oxygen Transfer to Alkynylsulfones: A Diazo-Free Route to 4-Sulfonyl-1,3-Oxazoles”, E.I. Chikunova, D.V. Dar’in, V.Yu. Kukushkin, A.Yu. Dubovtsev, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2022, 364, 1–12

     “Atom-economic synthesis of β-ketosulfones based on gold-catalyzed highly regioselective hydration of alkynylsulfones”, E.I. Chikunova, V.Yu. Kukushkin, A.Yu. Dubovtsev, Green Chem., 2022, 24, 3314–3320

     “Modular approach to non-aromatic and aromatic pyrroles through gold-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition of 2H-azirines and ynamides”, N.V. Shcherbakov, G.D. Titov, E.I. Chikunova, I.P. Filippov, N.V. Rostovskii, V.Yu. Kukushkin, A.Yu. Dubovtsev, Org. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 5133–5140

     “Redox-Neutral and Atom-Economic Route to β‑Carbolines via Gold-Catalyzed [4 + 2] Cycloaddition of Indolylynamides and Cyanamides”, N.V. Shcherbakov, E.I. Chikunova, D. Dar’in, V.Yu. Kukushkin, A. Yu. Dubovtsev, J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86, 17804−17815