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Department of Organic Chemistry

Achievements in science 2018

R&D and innovations

The HORIZONT 2020 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation project “PEROVER THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS (PERTPV)”. Head of Lithuanian side V. Getautis.
Research Council of Lithuania funded group project “Synthesis of Tröger‘s Base Fragment Molecular Center Dyes for the Construction of Efficient Solar Cells (SUN)”, principal investigator prof. T. Malinauskas.
Research Council of Lithuania funded NMP “Link Future Technologies” project “Metalborne Perovskite Photo Detectors (MOPED)”. Executive institution – VU, partners – KTU, senior researcher dr. M. Daškevičienė Head of KTU side department.
Research Council of Lithuania funded research project “Single-Step Synthesis of Efficient Organic Semiconductors for Solid State Solar Cells” (Photomolecules), principal investigator V. Getautis.
Research Council of Lithuania funded research project „3D Hole Transporting Materials for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells“ (3D HTM), principal investigator senior researcher dr. M. Daškevičienė.
Research Council of Lithuania Researcher groups project “Self-Assembled Charge Transporting Monolayers for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells (SAM)”, principal investigator prof. T. Malinauskas.

Patents

Lithuanian Patent Office, Hole-transporting Organic Molecules Containing Enamine Groups for Optoelectronic and Photoelectronic Devices (25.06.2018). Inventors: Vytautas Getautis (KTU), Marytė Daškevičienė (KTU), Tadas Malinauskas (KTU), Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin (EPFL), Paek Sanghyun (EPFL), Kasparas Rakštys (EPFL)
S. Patent and Trademark Office (UPSTO) “New Photochromic Compounds and Intermediates Derived Therefrom / NEW PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOUNDS AND INTERMEDIATE COMPOUNDS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF” (17/07/2018). Inventors: Algirdas Šačkus, Vytas Martynaitis, Sonata Krištolaitytė, Greta Ragaitė, Mikas Vengris.
European Patent Office SPIRO [CHROMAN-2,2′-INDOLE] DERIVATIVES AS CYANIDE ION CHEMOSENSORS (10/10/2018). Inventors: Algirdas Šačkus, Vytas Martynaitis, Sonata Krištolaitytė, Greta Ragaitė, Miglė Dagilienė.
Japanese Patent Bureau “New Photochromic Compounds and Intermediates Derived Therefrom / NEW PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOUNDS AND INTERMEDIATE COMPOUNDS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF” (28.11.2018). Inventors: Algirdas Šačkus, Vytas Martynaitis, Sonata Krištolaitytė, Greta Ragaitė, Mikas Vengris.

Publications

Vaitukaityte, Deimante; Wang, Zhiping; Malinauskas, Tadas; Magomedov, Artiom; Bubniene, Giedre; Jankauskas, Vygintas; Getautis, Vytautas; Snaith, Henry J. Efficient and stable perovskite solar cells using lowcost aniline-based enamine hole-transporting materials // Advanced materials. Weinheim : Wiley. ISSN 0935-9648. eISSN 1521-4095. 2018, vol. 30, iss. 45, art. no. 1803735, p. 1-7. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201803735. [PubMed; Scopus; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 21,950; AIF: 5,068; IF/AIF: 4,331; kvartilis: Q1 (2017, InCites JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 21,10, SNIP: 3,619, SJR: 10,579 (2017, Scopus Sources)][M.kr.: 02P, 03P] [Indėlis: 0,125].
Magomedov, Artiom; AlAshouri, Amran; Kasparavičius, Ernestas; Strazdaitė, Simona; Niaura, Gediminas; Jošt, Marko; Malinauskas, Tadas; Albrecht, Steve; Getautis, Vytautas. Selfassembled hole transporting monolayer for highly efficient perovskite solar cells // Advanced energy materials. Weinheim : Wiley. ISSN 1614-6832. eISSN 1614-6840. 2018, vol. 8, iss. 32, art. no. 1801892, p. 1-5. DOI:10.1002/aenm.201801892. [Scopus; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 21,875; AIF:4,812; IF/AIF: 4,545; kvartilis: Q1 (2017, InCites JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 16,78, SNIP: 2,347, SJR: 8,230 (2017,Scopus Sources)] [M.kr.: 03P] [Indėlis: 0,111].
Magomedov, Artiom; Kasparavičius, Ernestas; Rakstys, Kasparas; Paek, Sanghyun; Gasilova, Natalia; Genevičius, Kristijonas; Juška, Gytis; Malinauskas, Tadas; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja; Getautis, Vytautas. Pyridination of hole transporting material in perovskite solar cells questions the long-term stability // Journal of materials chemistry C. Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry. ISSN 2050-7534. eISSN 2050-7526. 2018, vol. 6, iss. 33, p. 8874-8878. DOI: 10.1039/c8tc02242a. [Scopus; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 5,976; AIF: 4,263; IF/AIF: 1,401; kvartilis: Q1 (2017, InCites JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 5,67, SNIP:1,300, SJR: 1,917 (2017, Scopus Sources)] [M.kr.: 03P] [Indėlis: 0,100].
Kasparavicius, Ernestas; Magomedov, Artiom; Malinauskas, Tadas; Getautis, Vytautas. Longterm stability of the oxidized hole transporting materials used in perovskite solar cells // Chemistry – A European journal. Weinheim : Wiley-VCH. ISSN 0947-6539. 2018, vol. 24, iss. 39, p. 9910-9918. DOI:10.1002/chem.201801441. [PubMed; Scopus; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 5,160; AIF: 5,561; IF/AIF: 0,927; kvartilis: Q1 (2017, InCites JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 4,90, SNIP: 1,020, SJR: 2,265 (2017, Scopus Sources)] [M.kr.: 03P] [Indėlis: 0,250].
Daškevičiūtė, Šarūnė; Sakai, Nobuya; Franckevičius, Marius; Daškevičienė, Marytė; Magomedov, Artiom; Jankauskas, Vygintas; Snaith, Henry J.; Getautis, Vytautas. Nonspiro, fluorene-based, amorphous hole transporting materials for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells // Advanced Science. Weinheim : WileyVCH. ISSN 2198-3844. 2018, Vol. 5, iss. 4, art. 1700811, p. 1-7. DOI: 10.1002/advs.201700811. [PubMed; Scopus; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 12,441; AIF: 5,466; IF/AIF: 2,276; kvartilis:Q1 (2017, InCites JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 10,19, SNIP: 1,554, SJR: 4,982 (2017, Scopus Sources)] [M.kr.: 02P, 03P] [Indėlis: 0,125].
Magomedov, Artiom; Paek, S.; Gratia, P.; Kasparavičius, Ernestas; Daškevičienė, Marytė; Kamarauskas, Egidijus; Gruodis, Alytis; Jankauskas, Vygintas; Kantminienė, Kristina; Cho, K.T.; Rakštys, Kasparas; Malinauskas, Tadas; Getautis, Vytautas; Nazeeruddin, M.K. Diphenylamine-substituted carbazolebased hole transporting materials for perovskite solar cells: influence of isomeric derivatives // Advanced Functional Materials. Weinheim : Wiley-VCH. ISSN 1616-301X. eISSN 1616-3028. 2018, Vol. 28, iss. 9, art. 1704351, p. 1-13. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201704351. [Scopus; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 13,325; AIF: 5,068; IF/AIF: 2,629; kvartilis: Q1 (2017, InCites JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 12,51, SNIP: 2,231, SJR: 5,617 (2017, Scopus Sources)] [M.kr.: 03P] [Indėlis: 0,071].
Milišiūnaitė, Vaida; Arbačiauskienė, Eglė; Řezníčková, Eva; Jorda, Radek; Malínková, Veronika; Žukauskaitė, Asta; Holzer, Wolfgang; Šačkus, Algirdas; Kryštof, Vladimír. Synthesis and anti-mitotic activity of 2,4- or 2,6-disubstituted- and 2,4,6-trisubstituted-2H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridines // European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Paris: Elsevier Masson SAS. ISSN 0223-5234. eISSN 1768-3254. 2018, Vol. 150, p. 908-919. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.03.037. [Scopus; BIOSIS Previews; MEDLINE; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 4,816; AIF: 2,931; IF/AIF: 1,643; kvartilis: Q1 (2017, InCites JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 4,63, SNIP: 1,531, SJR: 1,266 (2017, Scopus JM)] [M.kr.: 03P] [Indėlis: 0,334]
Raslavičius, Laurencas; Striūgas, Nerijus; Felneris, Mantas; Skvorčinskienė, Raminta; Miknius, Linas. Thermal characterization of P. moriformis oil and biodiesel // Fuel. Oxford: Elsevier. ISSN 0016-2361. eISSN 1873-7153. 2018, Vol. 220, p. 140-150. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.02.010. [Scopus; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 4,908; AIF: 4,547; IF/AIF: 1,079; kvartilis: Q1 (2017, InCites JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 5,40, SNIP: 2,127, SJR: 1,891 (2017, Scopus JM)] [M.kr.: 03P, 06T, 03T] [Indėlis: 0,200]
Arbačiauskienė, Eglė; Krikštolaitytė, Sonata; Mitrulevičienė, Aiva; Bieliauskas, Aurimas; Martynaitis, Vytas; Bechmann, Matthias; Roller, Alexander; Šačkus, Algirdas; Holzer, Wolfgang. On the tautomerism of N-substituted pyrazolones: 1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-ones versus 1H-pyrazol-3-ols // Molecules. Basel: MDPI AG. ISSN 1420-3049. 2018, vol. 23, iss. 1, art. no. 129, p. 1-15. DOI: 10.3390/molecules23010129. [Academic Search Complete; PubMed; Scopus; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 3,098; AIF: 4,921; IF/AIF: 0,629; kvartilis: Q2 (2017, InCites JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 3,27, SNIP: 1,146, SJR: 0,855 (2017, Scopus JM)] [M.kr.: 03P] [Indėlis: 0,667]
Šačkus, Algirdas; Žukauskaitė, Živilė; Kleizienė, Neringa; Bieliauskas, Aurimas; Amankavičienė, Virginė Albina; Holzer, Wolfgang; Martynaitis, Vytas. One-pot synthesis of polycyclic heterocyclic compounds by condensation of 1-carbamoylmethyl-2,3,3-trimethyl-3H-indolium salts with pyridine-2, 3, and 4- and quinolone- and quinoline-4-carboxaldehydes // Tetrahedron. Oxford: Elsevier. ISSN 0040-4020. eISSN 1464-5416. 2018, vol. 74, iss. 27, p. 3679-3690. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.05.036. [Scopus; BIOSIS Previews; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 2,377; AIF: 3,201; IF/AIF: 0,742; kvartilis: Q2 (2017, InCites JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 2,33, SNIP: 0,679, SJR: 0,800 (2017, Scopus JM)] [M.kr.: 03P] [Indėlis: 0,858]
Tumosienė, Ingrida; Peleckis, Artūras; Jonuškienė, Ilona; Vaickelionienė, Rita; Kantminienė, Kristina; Šiugždaitė, Jūratė; Beresnevičius, Zigmuntas Jonas; Mickevičius, Vytautas. Synthesis of novel 1,2- and 2-substituted benzimidazoles with high antibacterial and antioxidant activity // Monatshefte für Chemie – Chemical Monthly. Vienna: Springer. ISSN 0026-9247. eISSN 1434-4475. 2018, vol. 149, iss. 3, p. 577-594. DOI: 10.1007/s00706-017-2066-x. [Scopus; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 1,285; AIF: 5,561; IF/AIF: 0,231; kvartilis: Q3 (2017, InCites JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 1,21, SNIP: 0,549, SJR: 0,342 (2017, Scopus JM)] [M.kr.: 05T, 03P] [Indėlis: 0,875].

Improvement of qualification

10th international conference on organic synthesis. Balticum Organicum Syntheticum / BOS 2018, Estonia, 2018 July 1-4. V. Getautis. MOLECULAR ENGINEERING OF SMALL MOLECULE HOLE TRANSPORTING MATERIALS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATION.
The 4th International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics / PSCO-2018, Switzerland, 2018 September 30 – Octobre 2. T. Malinauskas. Long-term stability of the oxidized hole transporting materials used in perovskite solar cells.
European materials research society 2018 fall meeting, Poland, 2018 September 17-20. A. Magomedov. CARBAZOLE-BASED HOLE TRANSPORTING MATERIALS FOR PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS: SYNTHESIS, STABILITY AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.
German-Polish-Baltic Conference on Organic Chemistry, Germany, 2018 May 15-19. A. Žukauskaitė, V. Milišiūnaitė, E. Arbačiauskienė, E. Řezníčková, R. Jorda, V. Malínková, W. Holzer, V. Kryštof, A. Šačkus. Synthesis and Anti-mitotic Activity of Variously Substituted 2H-Pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridines.
German-Polish-Baltic Conference on Organic Chemistry, Germany, 2018 May 15-19. V. Kriščiūnienė, M. Iškauskienė; F. A. Sløk; A. Šačkus. Synthesis of new heterocyclic building blocks bearing the azetidine structural unit.

Researchers enhancing the scientific qualification in foreign institutions:

PhD student Artiom Magomedov. Internship at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany, 1 month, investigation of organic semiconductors for perovskite solar cells.

Membership and awards

Representation at international and national level:

V. Getautis is an expert of Research Council of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
V. Martynaitis is a member of Interdepartmental Risk Assessment Commissions for Psychoactive Substances, Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control Department.
Prof. I. Jonuškienė and researcher I. Tumosienė are Board Members of Lithuanian Biotechnology Association.

Doctoral research topics

In 2018 the dissertation was defended:

I. Parašotas, Synthesis and properties of functionalized N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-N-carboxyalkylamine tiazole derivatives, supervisor prof. habil. dr. V. Mickevičius.
I. Petrikytė-Valionienė, Synthesis and properties of effective hole transporting materials with π-conjugation extended via phenylethenyl moieties, , supervisor prof. dr. V. Getautis.
V. Milišiūnaitė, Synthesis of novel condensed pyrazole ring containing heterocyclic systems and investigation of their properties, supervisor prof. habil. dr. A. Šačkus.

The following doctoral dissertations are being prepared:

T. Braukyla, „Synthesis and investigation of functional tröger’s base molecules for optoelectronic applications“, supervisor prof. dr. V. Getautis
A. Magomedov, „Carbazole- and hydrazone-based hole transporting materials: synthesis, properties and application in perovskite solar cells“, supervisor prof. dr. V. Getautis.
A. Peleckis, „Synthesis of N-subtituted amino acids and their derivantives with of the azole and azine moieties“, supervisor prof. habil. dr. V. Mickevičius.
I. Vaškevičienė, „Synthesis and investigation of azoles and azines with amino acids fragments“, supervisor prof. habil. dr. V. Mickevičius.
B. Grybaitė, „Synthesis and investigation of polyfunctionalized aminothiazole derivatives“, supervisor prof. habil. dr. V. Mickevičius.
B. Balandis, „Synthesis and investigation of functionalized azoles and azines“, supervisor prof. habil. dr. V. Mickevičius.
L. Jasiūnas, „Solvothermal liquefaction of residual biomass for the subsequent synthesis of biopolyurethane materials“, supervisor assoc. Prof. dr. L. Miknius.
M. Iškauskienė, „Synthesis and investigation of novel functionalized pyrazole or indole ring containing heterocyclic compounds“, supervisor prof. habil. dr. A. Šačkus.
E. Ščerbetkaitė, „Synthesis of novel pyrazole fragment-containing compounds and investigation of their properties and structure“, supervisor prof. habil. dr. A. Šačkus.
E. Razmienė, „Pyrazolopyridines: new fluorescent molecular probes“, supervisor prof. habil. dr. A. Šačkus.
J. Bruzgulienė, „Design, synthesis, structure and properties of novel nitrogen-rich amino acid derivatives“, supervisor prof. habil. dr. A. Šačkus.
E. Gudelis, „Design, synthesis, structure and properties research of novel heterocyclic amino acid derivatives“, supervisor prof. dr. A. Šačkus.
V. Varnelis, „N-Heterocyclic aminoacid synthesis and investigation“, supervisor prof. dr. V. Martynaitis.
A. Urbonavičius, „Synthesis and investigation of conformationally constrained amino acid derivatives“, supervisor senior researcher dr. Krikštolaitytė.
K.Dzedulionytė, „Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Five-Membered Heterocyclic Derivatives“, supervisor assoc. Prof. dr. Eglė Arbačiauskienė.
G. Matulevičiūtė, „New carbo- and heterocyclic amino acid compound synthesis and investigation of properties and structures“, supervisor prof. habil. dr. A. Šačkus.
D. Vaitukaitytė, „In situ polymerizable organic semiconductors capable of effective hole transport in perovskite solar cells“, supervisor prof. dr. V. Getautis.