Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology
Division of Organic & Medicinal Chemistry (OMC)
Tel: (+30)2107273882
E-mail: kvallian
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry, University of Athens / NHRF, 2008
MSc in Organometallic Chemistry, University of Athens / NHRF, 2004
BSc in Chemistry, University of Athens, 2002
Oenology certificate, University of Athens, 2002
Total Quality Management, Vocational Training Center, University of Athens, 2010
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Design and synthesis of new, chiral ligands containing phosphorus atoms, and the corresponding transition metal complexes.The activation of the new molecules is evaluated in asymmetric catalysis. Synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications of hemilabile ligands.
Experience in design, synthesis and characterization of dendrimers with ferrocene moieties.
PUBLICATIONS
'A new very easily accessible chiral phosphite-phosphoramidite ligand based on 2-anilinoethanol and R-BINOL moieties for Rh-catalyzed asymmetric olefin hydrogenation' I.D. Kostas, K.A. Vallianatou, J. Holz, A. Borner Tetrahedron Letters 2008, 49, 331
'Synthesis and characterization of new RhI complexes bearing CO, PPh3 and chelating P,O- or Se,Se-ligands: Application to hydroformylation of styrene' K.A. Chatziapostolou, K.A. Vallianatou, A.G. Grigoropoulos, C.P. Raptopoulou, A. Terzis, I.D. Kostas, P. Kyritsis, G. Pneumatikakis J. Organomet. Chem.2007, 692, 4129
'Me-AnilaPhos: a new chiral phosphine-phosphoramidite ligand for a highly efficient Rh-catalyzed asymmetric olefin hydrogenation' K.A. Vallianatou, I.D. Kostas, J. Holz, A. Borner Tetrahedron Letters, 2006, 7947
'A new rhodium complex with a nitrogen-containing bis(phosphine oxide) ligand as an efficient catalyst for the hydroformylation of styrene' E.I. Tolis, K.A. Vallianatou, F.J. Andreadaki, I.D. Kostas Appl. Organomet. Chem.2006, 20(5), 335
'Rhodium complexes with a new chiral nitrogen-containing BINOL-based diphosphite or phosphonite ligand. Synthesis and application to hydroformylation of styrene and/or hydrogenation of prochiral olefins' I.D. Kostas, K.A. Vallianatou, J. Holz, A. Borner Appl. Organomet. Chem.2005, 19, 1090
'Hydroformylation of alkenes catalyzed by new dinuclear aryloxide- and carboxylate-bridged rhodium complexes' É.D. Kostas, K.A. Vallianatou, P.Kyritsis, J. Zednik, J. Vohildal Inorg. Chim. Acta2004, 357, 308