Dr. Valerian Dragutan

Romanian Academy of Sciences, Romania

Email: vdragutan@yahoo.com

Qualifications

1977 Ph.D., Institute of Organic Chemistry, Romania,Organic Chemistry

1964 M.Sc., Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, Polymer Chemistry

1963 B.Sc., Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, Chemical Engineering

Publications (selected)

1. V. Dragutan, I. Dragutan, H. Fischer, “Synthesis of Metal-Containing Polymers via Ring-Opening metathesis Polymerization (ROMP). Part. I. Polymers Containing Main Group Metals”, J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 2008, 18 (1), 18-32.
2. I.Dragutan, V. Dragutan, H. Fischer, “Synthesis of Metal-Containing Polymers via Ring-Opening metathesis Polymerization (ROMP). Part. II. Polymers Containing Transition Metals”, J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 2008, 18 (1), 000.
3. S. Monsaert, R. Drozdzak, V. Dragutan, I. Dragutan, F. Verpoort, “Ruthenium Indenylidene Complexes Bearing Saturated N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis and Catalytic Investigation in Olefin Metathesis Reactions”, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2008, 432-440.
4. I.Dragutan, V. Dragutan, “Practical New Strategies for Immobilising Ruthenium Carbene Complexes. Part I. Immobilization via Phosphane, Alkylidene and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands”, Platinum Metals Rev., 2008, 52, 000.
5. Dragutan, V. Dragutan, “Practical New Strategies for Immobilising Ruthenium Carbene Complexes. Part II. Immobilization via Schiff-Base, Arene, Anionic and Tagged Ligands”, Platinum Metals Rev., 2008, 52, 000.
6. V. Dragutan and F. Verpoort, “Immobilized Ruthenium Complexes Bearing N, O-Bidentate Ligands”, Rev. Roumaine Chim., 2007, 52, (8-9), 905-915.
7. V. Dragutan, I. Dragutan, R. Drozdzak and F. Verpoort, “Synthetic Approach To Ruthenium Vinylidene Complexes and Their Applications in Metathesis Catalysis”, Rev. Roumaine Chim., 2007, 52, (10), 931-939.
8. I.Dragutan, V. Dragutan, R. Drozdzak, F. Verpoort, Ruthenium Vinylidene Complexes: An Eficient Class of Homogeneous Metathesis Catalysts” in: “Metahthesis Chemistry: From Nanostructure Design to Synthesis of Advanced Materials” (Y. Imamoglu and V. Dragutan, Eds.), NATO Science Series. II. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 243, Springer, Dordrecht, 2007, pp. 137-150.
9. B. Allaert, N. Dieltiens, C. Stevens, R. Drozdzak, I. Dragutan, V. Dragutan and F. Verpoort, „Towards New Generations of Metathesis Metal-Carbene Pre-catalysts“ in: : “Metahthesis Chemistry: From Nanostructure Design to Synthesis of Advanced Materials” (Y. Imamoglu and V. Dragutan, Eds.), NATO Science Series. II. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 243, Springer, Dordrecht, 2007, pp. 39-78.
10. B. Spurcaciu, E. Buzdugan, C.-A. Nicolae, I. Dragutan and V. Dragutan, “Synthesis of New Elastomers with Controlled Structures Based on Alkylene Oxides, Grafted by ROMP”, in: “Metahthesis Chemistry: From Nanostructure Design to Synthesis of Advanced Materials” (Y. Imamoglu and V. Dragutan, Eds.), NATO Science Series. II. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 243, Springer, Dordrecht, 2007, pp. 347-354.
11. I. Dragutan, V. Dragutan, L. Delaude, A. Demonceau, A.F. Noels, “N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ruthenium Complexes : Synthesis and Catalytic Properties” Rev. Roumaine Chim., 2007, 52, (11), 1013-1025.
12. V. Dragutan. I. Dragutan, L. Delaude, A. Demonceau, “NHC-Ru complexes – Friendly catalytic tools for manifold chemical transformations”, Coord. Chem. Rev. 251 (2007) 765-794.
13. V. Dragutan, I. Dragutan, “A resourceful new strategy in organic synthesis: tandem and stepwise metathesis/nonmetathesis processes”, J. Organomet. Chem. 691 (2006) 5129-5147.
14. I. Dragutan, V. Dragutan, “Ruthenium allenylidene complexes”, Platinum Metals Rev. 50 (2006) 81-94.
15. V. Dragutan, I. Dragutan, A.T. Balaban, “Nobel Prize 2005 in Chemistry for the Metathesis Reaction”, Awarded for the Development of the Metathesis Reaction in Organic Synthesis, Platinum Metals Rev. 2006, 50 (1), 35-37.
16. V. Dragutan, I. Dragutan, A. Demonceau, “Recent Developments on Ruthenium Complexes Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Ligands as Highly Efficient Metathesis Pre-catalysts”, Platinum Metals Rev. 2005, 49 (4), p. 183-188.
17. R. Drozdzak, B. Allaert, N. Ledoux, I. Dragutan, V. Dragutan, F. Verpoort “Ruthenium complexes bearing bidentate Schiff-base ligands as efficient catalysts for organic and polymer synthesis”, Coord. Chem. Rev. 249 (2005) 3055-3064.
18. V. Dragutan, I. Dragutan, F. Verpoort, “Ruthenium indenylidene complexes”, Platinum Metals Rev. 49 (2005) 33-40.
19. V. Dragutan, I. Dragutan, A. Demonceau, “Ruthenium complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands”, Platinum Metals Rev. 49 (2005) 123-137.
20. R. Drozdzak, B. Allaert, N. Ledoux, I. Dragutan, V. Dragutan, F. Verpoort, “Synthesis of Schiff-base ruthenium complexes and their applications in catalytic processes”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 347 (2005) 1721-1743.