Panayiotis A. Koutentis, PhD (DIC), BSc (ARCS), CSci, CChem, FRSC

Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry Department of Chemistry,
University of Cyprus, Nicosia,
Cyprus

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Four areas of interest are currently under investigation. 1) The synthesis and reactivity of novel and unusual S,N-heterocyclic compounds; 2) The design and synthesis of organic magnets based on radical and diradical polyazaheterocyclic systems; 3) The design and synthesis of novel conjugated and non conjugated polymers; 4) The design and synthesis of biologically active heteroarenes.

PUBLICATION RECORD

He has ca. 80 Publications and 4 Book Chapters on sulfur nitrogen heterocycles (Thiazoles, 1,2,5-Thiadiazoles and 1,3,4-Thiadiazoles).

EDUCATION

1992 BSc (Hons) First Class, Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London.

1997 PhD, Organic Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London. Thesis on New Chemistry of 1,2,3-Dithiazoles and 1,2,6-Thiadiazines. Supervisor: Prof Charles W. Rees.

1997 University of Bristol, United Kingdom: Research Assistant. Preparation of conformationaly controlled polymers. Advisor: Professor Roger W. Alder.

1997-1998 Exotic Materials Institute, UCLA: Postdoctoral Fellow. Preparation of zwitterionic tetraazapentacenes. Advisor: Professor Fred Wudl.

1999 Haddon Research Group, University of Kentucky, Lexington: Postdoctoral Scholar. Preparation of stable phenalenyl neutral radicals. Advisor: Professor Robert C. Haddon.

In 1999 he joined the University of Cyprus, Department of Chemistry as Lecturer and became Associate Professor in 2009.

Invited Lectures

Selective Ligands for Actinide-Lanthanide Separations
Design, Synthesis, And Pharmacological Properties Of New Cb₂ Cannabinoid Receptor Ligands
Novel Rearrangements in Targeted Synthesis of Natural Compound Analogs
Nef-Isocyanide Adducts as key Intermediates for Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds
Multicomponent 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Stabilized Azomethine Ylides
Discovering new applications of chiral N-sulfinyl imines in heterocyclic chemistry
Aliphatic Nitrocompounds as Strategic Sources of Heterocycles
Synthetic Strategies for New Pyrazoles of Potential Biological Activities
Enaminones in the synthesis of heterocyclic systems. [2+2] Cycloadditions, ring expansion reactions and other transformations
Design, synthesis and pharmacological properties of new thiazole and thiadiazole derivatives
Cultivating over thirty years the passion to build heterocycles from 1,2-diaza-1,3-dienes
[1,4]Thiazino[3,4-c][1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-ones: an examination of their reactivity and of their biological profile
Effective Conversion of Carbohydrate Molecules to Nitrogen-containing Heterocyclic Derivatives
Recent Advances in Appel Salt Chemistry
Heterocyclic compounds in the design of biodegradable polymers
Synthesis and study of some triazolo Isoxazole heterocyclic Compounds
Three different approaches to target the T315I mutation: ATP-competitive, ATP-non-competitive and 14-3-3 inhibitors
Tetrapyrrolic macrocycles: Synthetic features and potential applications
Reactivity of alpha-halogen substituted pyridinium ylides.
Benzopyran building blocks: herald of hope for multitarget drug discovery
A new general 3CR leading to 1,4,5-trisubstituted-1,2,3-triazoless
Marine alkaloid nortopsentin analogues inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1)