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Research has been conducted on the single- and double mutant flavocytochromes c (sub)3. The structure of the one of these enzymes indicate the existence of a water molecule at the enzyme's active site.

Research has been conducted on the sterically hindered and unhindered alkyl nitriles and on benzyl and phenyl nitriles. The hydrolysis of these nitriles to carboxamides has been catalyzed via zinc(II)/ketoxime combination and the results are reported.

Research has been conducted on the allyl aromatic compounds. The synthesis of these compounds which does not involve metal-containing reagents or catalysts has been investigated and the results are reported.

Research has been conducted on sodium tetraalkynylaluminates. The preparation of these compounds from NaAlH (sub)4 and terminal alkynes in the presence of palladium(0) and palladium(II) catalysts is described.

Research has been conducted on the cyclic compounds with the trisubstituted double bonds. Results indicate that these compounds affect olefin metathesis via the user of Grubbs catalyst.

Research has been conducted on the polypyridyl type ligands. The deuteriation of these ligands has been carried out via the use of the Pd/C catalyst and D (sub)2 O as a deuterium source and the details are reported.

Research has been conducted on the antimony compounds used as catalysts for the polymer poly(ethyleneterphthalate) synthesis. The catalytic nature of the species has been investigated via the structural characterization of antimony ethylene glycolate compounds and catecholate derivatives.

Research has been conducted on the catalyst for Wittig-type olefination and dehalogenation reactions. The development of this catalyst and the details of these reactions are reported.

Research has been conducted on the multiple dendritic ligands based on chiral diamine. The synthesis and application of the dendritic catalysts to the chiral diamine based ligands at the periphery are discussed.

Research has been conducted on bismuth triflate. The use of this compound as a catalyst for conversion of aldehydes and ketones to acetals is described.

Research has been conducted on amides, sters and carboxylic acids. The reduction of these compounds with trialkylsilanes has been carried out via the use of triruthenium carbonyl cluster with the bridging acenaphthylene ligand as a catalyst.

Research has been conducted on the FeCl (sub)3 -PPh (sub)3 complex. The study of this complex has indicated that it catalyzes electrophilic diamination reaction of the electron-deficient alkenes.

Research has been conducted on Pseudomonas aeruginosa's proline 293 of p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase. The peptide segment flexibility in catalysis has been investigated via the substitution of this hydroxylase with serine by site-directed mutagenesis

Research has been conducted on the catalytic histidine 447. The nature of the putitive array of interactions optimizing histidine 447 orientation has been explored and the details are reported.

Research has been conducted on the enzyme catalysis and allosteric regulation. The use of various kinetic methods in investigating the dynamics of these processes is discussed.

Research has been conducted on the aromatic amino acids. The synthesis of the optically active aromatic, thiophenyl, pyrrolyl and furfuryl alpha-amino acid derivatives has been carried out via the use of chiral Lewis acid catalysis and the results indicate that the protected heteroaromatic and aromatic alpha-amino acids can be produced via the addition of aromatic and heteroaromatic C-H bonds to alpha-amino ester electrophiles.

Research has been conducted on the idolizidine alkaloid (-)-swainsonine. The enantioselective synthesis of this alkaloid has been carried out starting from oxazolidinone and the efficiency of the metal-catalyzed reactions is discussed.

Research has been conducted on Diels-Alder reactions. The catalysis of these reactions by noncovalent synthetic, nucleic acid and protein host binding has been investigated and the details are reported.

Research has been conducted on the methyl aryldiazoacetates. The tetrakis-catalyzed decomposition of these compounds carried out in the presence of substituted ethylbenzenes has led to the C-H activation via the rhodium-carbenoid-induced C-H insertion and the details are presented.

Research has been conducted on the acylnitroso hetero Diels-Alder cycloadducts. Results indicate that the treatment of these cycloadducts with the organomagnesium reagents carried out in the presence of copper induces ring opening and produces monocyclic anti-1,2-hydroxamic acids.

Research has been conducted on the cyclic ureas. The results of the oxidative carbonylation of 1,3-propanediamine to the urea carried out under different conditions are presented.

Research has been conducted on the 4'-substituted nucleoside analogues. The synthesis of these analogues carried out via palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic amination conditions is described.

Research has been conducted on the peptide acetals. The results of biocyclization of these acetals via the phenyl group's nucleophilic reaction with endocyclic acyliminium ion are described.

The authors review the publications on lanthanide reagents and catalysts. The topics of interest include chiral complexes and ligands, asymmetric catalysis and nonlinear effects and Diels-Alder reaction.

The authors review the publications on asymmetric catalysis. The topics of interest include heterobimetallic catalysts based on lanthanide and lithium, alkali-metal-free lanthanide complexes and related lanthanide complexes.

The authors review the publications on lanthanide metallocenes. The topics of interest include application of these catalytic species to the synthesis of small organic molecules via the alkyne and alkene insertion reactions.

Research has been conducted on the allylic alcohols. The reaction of the allylic alcohol with olefins in the presence of benzoic acid, 2-amino-4-picoline and RhCl(PPh (sub)3) (sub)3 in producing aliphatic ketones is described.

Research has been conducted on the carbonates and trichlorobenzoate. The metal-catalyzed allylic substitution reaction of these compounds has been investigated and the metal complexes which contain iridium, palladium, tungsten, rhodium and molybdenum have been compared as catalysts.

Research has been conducted on the air-stable palladium complexes. Results indicate that these complexes serve as catalysts for the vinyl and aryl chloride cross-coupling reactions with thiols, arylzinc reagents and arylboronic acids.

Research has been conducted on the Michael addition reaction. The results of the 1,4-addition of alpha-amino ester's higher nitroalkanes, primary alcohols and a Schiff base to alpha,beta-unsaturated substrates are reported.

Research has been conducted on the small autocatalytic RNA motif, hammerheads ribozyme. Hammerhead dynamics has been investigated via the preparation of the covalent cross-linked hammerheads with different linked lengths and the results of their catalytic property characterization are presented.

Research has been conducted on the chital fluoro ketones. The preparation of these ketones has been carried out in examining their potential as enantioselective catalysts for the asymmetric epoxidation with Oxone and the details are described.

Research has been conducted on the heteroaromatic compounds. The reaction of furans, thiophenes, thiazoles and pyrroles with alkylidenecyclopropanes has been carried out in the presence of palladium catalysts and has produced alpha-allylated products.

Research has been conducted on the bicyclic cyclopentenones. Results indicate that the complex produced via the dicobalt octacarbonyl and chiral bisphosphite reaction can serve as the intramolecular asymmetric Pauson-Khand reaction's catalyst.

Research has been conducted on the palladium-catalyzed cross-conjugated silyl enol ether cycloalkenylation. The role of the catalysts, solvents and substituent groups in this cycloalkenylation has been investigated and the results indicate that the catalytic reaction proceeds smoothly.

Research has been conducted on the use of the rhodium catalysts and organoboron reagents in the reactions. The mechanism establishing the catalytic cycle of the rhodium-catalyzed 1,4-addition of organoboronin acid has been developed and is described.

Research has been conducted on the delta-substituted allylic acetates. The substitutions of these acetates with the Grignard reagents and copper catalysts has been investigated and the results indicate that these substitutions occur with high diastereoselectivities.

Research has been conducted on the Chinese medicine natural product, (S)-(+)-imperanene. The synthesis of this compound has been carried out from the cinnamic acid by the enantioselective carbon-hydrogen insertion from the diazoacetate via the use of the chiral dirhodium(II) carboxamidate catalyst and the details are described.

Research has been conducted on the 1-methyl-2-methyleneacenaphthenes which bear a variable substituent at the 1-position. The synthesis of these compounds and their hydrogenation in ethanol in assessing substituent's haptophilicity have been carried out and are discussed.

Research has been conducted on the sulfoxides. The description of the method developed for the sulfoxide deoxygenation to their corresponding sulfides at room temperature is presented.

Research has been conducted on the butadiene. The butadiene's cyclodimerization mechanism has been investigated via the use of the generic catalyst explored by the gradient-corrected density functional method and the results are described.

Research has been conducted on the cyclic esters' ring-opening polymerization. The structural characterization of the iron(III)-alkoxide complexes and the comparative studies of the compounds' behavior have been carried out and are described.

Research has been conducted on the manganese tetraphenylporphyrin monoleyer films. The preparation of these films has been carried out and their use as supported oxidation catalysts is described.

Research has been conducted on the asymmetric carbon-carbon formation, Diels-Alder, Michael, and aldol reactions. The synthesis of the planar chiral 1,3-oxazol-2(3H)-one and its applications in asymmetric carbon-carbon bond formation are described.

Research has been conducted on the optically active 1,2-diol unit. The results of the anti-selective direct catalytic asymmetric aldol reaction of 2-hydroxyacetophenones with aldehydes carried out via the use of heteropolymeric catalyst are presented.

Research has been conducted on the chiral oxazolidinone ketone catalyst for asymmetric epoxidation. The role of electronic interactions in stereodifferentiation has been investigated via the mechanistic studies and the details are presented.

Research has been conducted on 4-pentyl-1-ol endo- and exo-cycloisomerizations. The study of these cycloisomerizations carried out computationally via the use of density functional theory both in the presence and in the absence of tungsten carbonyl catalyst is presented.

Research has been conducted on alpha-methylene-beta-amino acid derivatives. The formation of these derivatives has been carried out via the use of the Baylis-Hillman aza version protocol and the results indicate that the protocol allows for the substrate structural variation.

Research has been conducted on the 2-substituted acetophenones. The reduction of these acetophenones with a mixture containing chiral ruthenium(II) catalyst has been carried out and the results are reported.

Research has been conducted on the aerobic oxidation of alcohols. The use of the biomimetic catalytic system in developing this oxidation is described and the results indicate that the oxidation principle is reminiscent of alcohol biological oxidation via respiratory chain.