Nataliya Lyutenko

Ph.D.

Description of the field of scientific research:

New methods for the synthesis of fluorinated amino acids and low molecular weight bioregulators based on fluorinated enaminoketones, enaminones, and ketoesters.

List of duties:

Nataliya is a researcher at the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry. She is interested in modern organic synthesis, the synthesis of organofluorine compounds, the connection between the structure and biological activity of molecules, and medicinal and bioorganic chemistry.

Professional experience:

From 1997 to 2004, Nataliya was a postgraduate student at the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry. From 2004 to 2008, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Universities of Minnesota and South Carolina. From 2008 to 2019, she worked at commercial chemical companies “Enamin LLC” and “Life Chemicals”. Since 2019, she has been a researcher at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

In addition, Nataliya is the executive editor of the scientific journal Ukrainica Bioorganica Acta, a reviewer of scientific journals and dissertations, an opponent and a member of the Academic Council.

Keywords:

• Chemistry

• Natural sciences

• Science popularization

• Teaching

• Public speaking

Scientific projects:

• Scientific journal of UBA

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  A peer-reviewed open access scientific journal founded in 2004 that presents original research on topical issues of bioorganic, organic, medicinal chemistry and other related sciences.

  Role: Executive Editor

Basic scientific publications:

• Tailor-Made Amino Acids in Pharmaceutical Industry: Synthetic Approaches to Aza-Tryptophan Derivatives

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  Dr. Jianlin Han, Dr. Nataliya V. Lyutenko, Dr. Alexander E. Sorochinsky, Ayaka Okawara, Dr. Hiroyuki Konno, Dr. Sarah White, Dr. Vadim A. Soloshonok. Chem. Eur. J. 2021. 27. 17510

  Role: Author

• aza-Annulation of β-aminovinyl trifluoromethyl ketones with acryloyl chloride: an efficient synthesis of 5-(trifluoroacetyl)-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-pyridinones

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  Nataliya V. Lyutenko, Igor I. Gerus. Tetrahedron Letters. 2013. 54. 4091-4093

  Role: Author

• 1-Bromo-3-(1′,1′-dimethylalkyl)-1-deoxy-Δ8-tetrahydrocannabinols: New selective ligands for the cannabinoid CB2 receptor

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  John W. Huffman, Seon A. Hepburn, Nataliya Lyutenko, Alicia L.S. Thompson, Jenny L. Wiley, Dana E. Selley, Billy R. Martin. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 2010. 18. 7809-7815

  Role: Author