Gunars Zelcans
Born: April 15, 1931, Livani, Latvia
Interests:
- Organometallic Chemistry, Main Group
- Coordination Chemistry
- Biological Activity of Organic Compounds
- Chemical Science Funding Policy
Main Research:
Hypervalent main group element organic compounds like
boratranes, germatranes, silatranes etc., their synthesis, structure, chemical and
biologicalproperties
Languages: English, German, Latvian, Russian
Education:
- University of Latvia (Faculty of Chemistry), 1955
- Post-graduate, Institute of Organic Synthesis, 1960-1963
- Dr.chem. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, Ph.D. in
Western countries), Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1967
Experience:
Latvian Institute of
Organic Synthesis -
- Junior Researcher, 1963-1970
- Senior Researcher, 1970-1986
- Head of the Laboratory of Silyl Methods, 1986-1996
- Head of the Research Group of Silyl Methods, 1996-
Honours and Awards:
- The Latvian Academy of Sciences Presidium First Award,
1973, 1982
Professional Activities and Memberships:
Recent/Representative Publications:
- M.G.Voronkov, G.Zelchan, E.Lukevits. Silicon and Life, 1975,Berlin:
Akademie-Verlag, 370 pp. (in German).
- M.G.Voronkov, G.Zelcans, E.Lukevics. Silicon and Life, 2nd
Revised Edition,1978, Riga: Zinatne, 588 pp. (in Russian).
- I.I.Solomennikova, G.Zelcans, E.Lukevics. Siloxazolidines
with pentacovalentsilicon atom. - Khim.Geterotsikl.Soed., 1977, pp. 1299-1310 (in
Russian).
- E.Kupce, E.Liepins, A.Lapsina, G.Zelcans, E.Lukevics.
Synthesis and 1H, 13C,15N, 29Si NMR spectra of
sil- and germ-atranones. - J.Organomet.Chem., 1983,vol.251, pp. 15-19.
- I.Urtane, G.Zelchan, E.Lukevics. Synthesis of cyclic
organosilicon esters of diethanolamines. - Z.anorg.allg.Chem., 1985, vol. 520, pp.
179-195 (in German).
- I.Urtane, G.Zelcans, E.Lukevics, I.Mazeika, A.Gaukhman.
Synthesis and mass spectra of spirocyclic organosilicon esters of diethanolamines. - Zhurn.
Obshchei Khim., 1988, vol. 58, pp. 2135-2144 (in Russian).
- I.Mazeika, S.Grinberga, A.Gaukhman, G.Zelcans, E.Lukevics.
Fast atom bom-bardment mass spectra of silatranes and silocanes. - J.Organomet.Chem.,
1992, vol. 426, pp. 41-48.
- K.Broka, J.Stradins, V.Glezer, G.Zelcans, E.Lukevics.
Electrochemical oxidation of silatranes. - J.Electroanal.Chem., 1993, vol. 351, pp.
199-206.
- F.Polyak, T.Dorofeeva, G.Zelcans. Catalytic hydrogenation
of 2-(2-furyl)-3,4- dimethyl-5-phenyloxazolidine. - Synth.Commun., 1995, vol .25, pp.
2895-2900.
- G.Zelcans. Ethylene sulfide. - In: Encyclopedia of
Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 1995, Chichester: Wiley & Sons, vol. 4, pp. 2458-2460.
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Research Projects:
- G.Zelcans (Head of Project). Synthesis and Investigation of
New Hypervalent Organosilicon Compounds with Potential Biological Activity, Especially
with Plant and Animal Tissue Stimulant Properties. Latvian Council of Science
(1994-1996).
- G.Zelcans (Head of Project). Synthesis of New Biologically
Active Silicon Compounds by Methods of Combinatorial Chemistry. Latvian Council of
Science (1997-2000).
- G.Zelcans (Head of Project). Synthesis and Investigation of
Biologically Active Nitrogen Sulfur Heterocycles and Their Silyl Derivatives. Latvian
Council of Science (2001-).
Last update 13.09.1999