The Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry was founded in 1958 as a part of reorganization of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. The renowned chemist in the field of organic chemistry, N. N. Vorozhtsov, Jr. (1907-1979) was a founder and the first Director of the Institute up to 1976. Until 1987, the Institute had been governed by Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR V. P. Mamaev (1925-1987). Since then and until the beginning of 1997, Academician V. A. Koptyug has been the Director of the Institute.