Maxim A. Voinov, Ph.D.

Born in 1963 in Novosibirsk, USSR
Education and scientific degree:
  • 1985     M.S. (Chemistry), Kemerovo State University
  • 2001     Ph.D. (Chemistry), Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS

Professional appointments:
  • 09/2003 – 01/2005: Research Associate for High Field EPR group, North Carolina State University, Department of Chemistry, Raleigh, NC, USA.
  • 1997 - present: Researcher, Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, SB RAS
  • 1987 - 1997: Junior Researcher, Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, SB RAS
  • 1984 - 1985: Graduate student, Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo

Fields of scientific interest:
  • Solution synthesis of spin-labelled peptides
  • Development of new approach to the synthesis of a-substituted nitrones on the base of reaction sequence a-lithiation of aldonitrones - electrophilic substitution.
  • Elaboration of the approach to the synthesis of new pH-sensitive spin labels and probes
  • Synthesis of the nitroxides with unusual neithboring of the nitroxide moiety
  • The study of the electronic structure of cyclic nitrones by 14N and 17O NMR spectroscopy
  • Synthesis of sterically hindered hydroxylamines as markers for biophysical research
  • The study of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of aldonitrones
  • Synthesis of pyridyl-containing a-hydroxylaminooxime and heterocyclic compounds based on it

Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies:
  • Member of the International EPR/ESR Society
  • 09/2003 - 09/2004: NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science and Technology for Scientists from NATO Partner Countries
  • 06/2002 - 07/2002: Researcher for the Joint Russian-American project (NATO Collaborative Linkage Grant) in the Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA (Prof. A. Smirnov)
  • 09/1998 - 12/1998: Invited Visiting Reseacher in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany (Prof. W. Trommer)
  • 09/1985 - Second Prize, All-Union Competition of Graduate Students, Moscow, USSR

Publications:
  1. Smirnov, A. I., Ruuge, A., Reznikov, V. A., Voinov, M. A., Grigor'ev, I. A.
    Site-Directed Electrostatic Measurements with a Thiol-Specific pH-Sensitive Nitroxide: Differentiating Local pK and Polarity Effects by High-Field EPR.
    J. Amer. Chem. Soc., Vol. 126, 2004, p. 8872-8873.
  2. Voinov, M. A., Grigor’ev, I. A.
    A Route to the Synthesis of Previously Unknown a-Heteroatom Substituted Nitrones
    Tetrahedron Letters, 43, 2002, p. 2445-2447.
  3. Voinov, M. A., Grigor’ev, I. A.
    Dipole Stabilized Carbanions in Series of Cyclic Aldonitrones. 3. The Influence of the Configuration of the Nitrone Group on H-D Exchange of the Methyne Hydrogen Atom and Metallation of Aldonitrones.
    Russian Chemical Bulletin, Int. Ed., Vol. 51, No. 2, 2002, p. 297-305.
  4. Voinov, M. A., Salnikov, G. E., Genaev A. M., Mamatyuk, V. I., Shakirov M. M., Grigor’ev, I. A.
    Dipole Stabilized Carbanions in Series of Cyclic Aldonitrones. Part 4. 13C, 14N and 7Li NMR Spectra of Dipole Stabilized Organolithiums Derived from a Cyclic Aldonitrone.
    Magn. Reson. Chem., 39, 2001, p. 681-683
  5. Voinov, M. A., Grigor’ev, I. A., Volodarsky, L. B.
    Dipole Stabilized Carbanions in Series of Cyclic Aldonitrones. Part II. Reactions of the Metalated Aldonitrones - Derivatives of 3-Imidazoline 3-Oxide and 2H-Imidazole 1-Oxide with Aldehydes and Ketones.
    Tetrahedron, Vol. 56, 2000, p. 4071-4077.
  6. Voinov M. A., Grigor’ev I. A., Volodarsky L. B.
    Dipole Stabilized Carbanions in Series of Cyclic Aldonitrones. Part I. Aldonitrones Metallation and Dimerization in LDA and n-BuLi Solutions.
    Heterocyclic Communications 1998, Vol. 4, No. 3, 261-270.
  7. Dikalov, S., Voinov M. A., Grigor’ev I. A., Bassenge E.
    Detection of Superoxide Radicals and Peroxynitrite by 1-Hydroxy-4-phosphonooxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine: Quantification of Extracellular Superoxide Radicals Formation
    Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., Vol. 248, 1998, p. 211-215.
  8. Voinov M. A., Volodarsky L. B.
    Synthesis and Properties of N-[1-Hydroximino-2-methyl-1-(2-pyridyl)prop-2-yl]hydroxylamine and Heterocyclic Derivatives Based on It.
    Russian Chemical Bulletin, No. 1, Vol. 46, 1997, p. 126-132.
  9. Voinov, M. A., Martin, V. V., Volodarskii, L. B.
    Reactions of Aldonitrones (3-Imidazoline 3-Oxides) with Isothiocyanates.
    Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci., Div. Chem. Sci. (Engl. Transl.), 41, 1992, p. 2091-2095.
  10. Martin, V. V., Volodarskii, L. B., Voinov, M. A., Berezina, T. A., Lelyuch, T. F.
    1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of 3-Imidazoline 3-Oxide Nitroxyl Radical to Dipolarophiles Containing Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds.
    Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci. (Engl. Transl.), 37, 1988, p. 1677-1682.