Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Ioannis D. Kostas
Research Director
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Vas. Constantinou 48, 116 35 Athens, Greece
Tel.: +30 210 7273878; Fax: +30 210 7273831

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Education

1986                    Degree in Chemistry, University of Thessaloniki
1991                    PhD in Organometallic Chemistry, University of Athens

Employment

Recent research activities:

1.    Transition metal homogeneous catalysis

• Catalysis by hybrid and hemilabile phosphorus ligands
• Catalysis in air by phosphane-free ligands
• Asymmetric catalysis
• Catalysis by high energy techniques
• Aqueous catalysis

2.    Catalysis by metal nanoparticles
3.    Dendrimer chemistry
4.    Pharmaceutical chemistry

10 recent selected publications

• C. Stangel, G. Charalambidis, V. Varda, A.G. Coutsolelos,* I.D. Kostas* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201100668 "Aqueous-Organic Biphasic Hydrogenation of trans-Cinnamaldehyde Catalyzed by Rhodium and Ruthenium Phosphane-Free Porphyrin Complexes".
• K.-M. Alexacou, A.-C. Tenchiu (Deleanu), E.D. Chrysina, M.-D. Charavgi, I.D. Kostas*, S.E. Zografos, N.G. Oikonomakos, D.D. Leonidas* Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2010, 18(22), 7911-7922 "The binding of β-d-glucopyranosyl-thiosemicarbazone derivatives to glycogen phosphorylase: A new class of inhibitors".
• A.-C. Tenchiu (Deleanu), I.D. Kostas*, D. Kovala-Demertzi, A. Terzis Carbohydr. Res. 2009, 344(11), 1352-1364 "Synthesis and characterization of new aromatic aldehyde/ketone 4-(β-d-glucopyranosyl)thiosemicarbazones".
• I.D. Kostas* Curr. Org. Synth. 2008, 5(3), 227-249 "Recent Advances on P,N-Containing Ligands for Transition-Metal Homogeneous Catalysis" (invited review).
• I.D. Kostas*, K.A. Vallianatou, J. Holz, A. Borner* Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49(2), 331-334 "A new easily accessible chiral phosphite-phosphoramidite ligand based on 2-anilinoethanol and R-BINOL moieties for Rh-catalyzed asymmetric olefin hydrogenation".
  
• D. Kovala-Demertzi*, N. Kourkoumelis*, K. Derlat, J. Michalak, F.J. Andreadaki, I.D. Kostas* Inorg. Chim. Acta 2008, 361(5), 1562-1565 "Thiosemicarbazone-derivatised palladium nanoparticles as efficient catalyst for the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl bromides with phenylboronic acid".
  
• I.D. Kostas*, A.G. Coutsolelos*, G. Charalambidis, A. Skondra Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48(38), 6688-6691 "The first use of porphyrins as catalysts in cross-coupling reactions: a water-soluble palladium complex with a porphyrin ligand as an efficient catalyst precursor or the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction in aqueous media under aerobic conditions".
  
• K.A. Vallianatou, I.D. Kostas*, J. Holz, A. Borner Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47(45), 7947-7950 "Me-AnilaPhos: A new chiral phosphine-phosphoramidite ligand for a highly efficient Rh-catalyzed asymmetric olefin hydrogenation". Selected comments: (a) "excellent catalyst" (a critical review: L. Eberhardt, D. Armspach, J. Harrowfield, D. Matt Chem. Soc. Rev. 2008, 37, 839); (b) "highly versatile ligand class" (ALDRICH: D. Amoroso et al. Aldrichimica Acta, 2008, 41, 20).
  
• I.D. Kostas*, B.R. Steele*, A. Terzis, S.V. Amosova, A.V. Martynov, N.A. Makhaeva Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2006, (13), 2642-2646 "New Palladium Complexes with S- or Se-Containing Schiff-Base Ligands as Efficient Catalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction of Aryl Bromides with Phenylboronic Acid under Aerobic Conditions".
  
• I.D. Kostas*, F.J. Andreadaki, D. Kovala-Demertzi*, C. Prentjas, M.A. Demertzis Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46(12), 1967-1970 "Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of aryl bromides and chlorides with phenylboronic acid under aerobic conditions catalyzed by palladium complexes with thiosemicarbazone ligands". The catalyst is currently commercially available by ALDRICH (Product No. 674125) and SANTA CRUZ (Product No. sc-253529).

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