Laboratory of Crystal Chemistry

Professor, Dr. Sci (Physical Chemistry). Head of chemical crystallography laboratory, Chemistry Department, Moscow State University. Recearch interests:structural studies, physical & theoretical chemistry, nanomaterials, fullerenes.

Born in 1955 (Moscow), graduated from the Chemistry Department of M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1978. Employed at the Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences (INEOS) from 1978 to 2005, consequently as a graduate associate, junior researcher, researcher, senior researcher; since 1998 as a head researcher. In 2005 joined the staff of the Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, professor of Physical Chemistry Division since 2008. Married, has a daugther, a son, and two grandchilds.

Research activity

• 1978 - 1990 Single crystal X-ray studies of organic, organometallic, and cluster compounds (INEOS)
• Nov. 1990-May 1991. Research visitor at Prof. Roald Hoffmann's group in Cornell University, USA (quantum chemistry)
• 1991 - 2005. Structural studies of partially ordered compounds and materials (layered intercalates of graphite and MoS₂, metal nanoparticles) by powder diffraction and XAFS spectroscopy. X-ray diffraction studies of fullerenes (INEOS)
• 2000 (Aug.-Dec.). Research visitor at Prof. Setsuo Kashino's laboratory in Okayama University, Japan (endohedral metallofullerenes)
• 2001-2002. A joint work on photovoltaics with ETH Zurich (Dr. Valery Shklover) and ETH Lausanne, Switzerland (Prof. Michael Graetzel) supported by SCOPES 2000-2003 program, with two short-term visits
• 2003 (Feb.-Aug.). Research visitor at Prof. Judith Howard's laboratory in Durham University, U.K. (structural studies of fullerene complexes, correlations of physical properties of organic compounds with their molecular structures)
• From 2005 to now: statistical analysis of crystal structures of organic and organoelement compounds and a search for structure-to-property correlations using databases (Chemistry Department, Moscow State University)

Dr.Sci. Thesis: Atomic structures and special crystallographic features of new fullerene derivatives (in Russian): INEOS, Moscow, 2007.

Publications (selected)

Book
V.A.Artamonov and Y.L.Slovokhotov. Groups and their applications in physics, chemistry, and crystallography. (in Russian), Moscow, Academia, 2005 (513 p.p.)

Reviews and chapters in monographs (selected)
1. A.S.Batsanov, Yu.L.Slovokhotov, Yu.T.Struchkov, Structural chemistry of organometallic compounds, -complexes and clusters of transition metals: geometric criteria of closed electron configurations, в кн. Soviet Scientific Reviews, Coord. Chemistry, 1987, v.10, p.385.
2. Yu.L.Slovokhotov. XAFS spectroscopy of organometallic species and clusters, в кн. Solid State Organometallic Chemistry: Methods and Applications, 1999, Wiley, p.113.
3. Y.V.Zubavichus, Y.L.Slovokhotov, X-ray synchrotron radiation in physicochemical studies, Russ. Chem. Rev., 2001, 373
4. O.A.Belyakova, Y.L.Slovokhotov, Structures of large transition metal clusters, Russ. Chem. Bull., 2003, 52 (11), 1.
5. I.S.Neretin, Y.L.Slovokhotov, Chemical crystallography of fullerenes, Russ. Chem. Rev. 2004, 73, 455.

Papers (selected from ca. 130):

6. A.Banaru, Yu.L.Slovokhotov. On the topology of layered motifs (H₂O)_∞. CrystEngComm., 2010, 12,1054
7. V.I.Gerasimova, Yu.S.Zavorotny A.O.Rybaltovskii, A.Yu.Chebrova, N.L.Semenova, Y.L.Slovokhotov, D.A.Lemenovskii, Optical properties of Eu(fod)₃-doped polymers using supercritical carbon dioxide, Journal of Luminescence, 2009, 129, 1115
8. D.V.Konarev, S.S.Khasanov, G.Saito, Y.L.Slovokhotov, R.N.Lyubovskaya, Neutral and ionic complexes of C₆₀ with (ZnOEP)₂·BPy coordination dimers, CrystEngComm., 2008, 10, 48
9. Y.L.Slovokhotov, A.S.Batsanov, J.A.K.Howard, Molecular van der Waals symmetry affecting bulk properties of condensed phases: melting and boiling points, Struct. Chem. 2007, 18, 477
10. O.A.Belyakova, Y.Kubozono, S.Kashino, Yu.L.Slovokhotov. Ni K- and Au L_III-edge XAFS of [Au₆Ni₃₂(CO)₄₄]^6– and a study of its transformations in acetonitrile solutions, Physica Scripta, 2005, T115, 705
11. O.A.Belyakova, Y.V.Zubavichus, I.S.Neretin, A.S.Golub, Yu.N.Novikov, E.G.Mednikov, M.N.Vargaftik, I.I.Moiseev, Y.L.Slovokhotov. Atomic structure of nanomaterials: combined X-ray diffraction and EXAFS studies, J. Alloys Comp. 2004, 382, 46
12. Y.L.Slovokhotov, I.S.Neretin, J.A.K.Howard, Symmetry of van der Waals miolecular shape and melting points of organic compounds. New J. Chem. 2004, 28, 967
13. D.V.Konarev, I.S.Neretin, Y.L.Slovokhotov, G.Saito, A.Otsuka, R.N.Lyuybovskaya, Ionic multi-component complexes containing TDAE^·+ and C₆₀^·- radical ions and neutral D₁ molecules: D₁·TDAE·C₆₀, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2003, 20, 3886
14. D.V.Konarev, A.V.Kovalevsky, X.Lie, I.S.Neretin, Y.L.Slovokhotov, A.L.Litvinov, N.V.Drichko, P.Coppens, R.N.Lyubovskaya, Synthesis and structure of multicomponent crystals of fullerenes and metal tetraaryl porphyrins, Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 3638
15. Y.V.Zubavichus, Y.L.Slovokhotov, M.K.Nazeeruddin, S.M.Zakeeruddin, M.Graetzel, V.Shklover. Structural characterization of solar cell prototypes based on nanocrystalline TiO₂ anatase sensitized with Ru complexes. X-Ray diffraction, XPS, and XAFS spectroscopy study, Chem. Mater., 2002, 14, 3556
16. D.V.Konarev, I.S.Neretin, Y.L.Slovokhotov, E.I.Yudanova, N.V.Drichko, Yu.M.Shul'ga, B.P.Tarasov, L.L.Gumanov, A.S.Batsanov, J.A.K.Howard, R.N.Lyubovskaya, New molecular complexes of C₆₀ and C₇₀ with tetraphenylporphyrins MTTP, where M=H₂, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn and FeCl, Chem. Eur. J. 2001, 7, 2605
17. S.Iida, Y.Kubozono, Y.L.Slovokhotov, Y.Takabayashi, T.Kanbara, T.Fukunaga, S.Fujiki, S.Emura, S.Kashino, Structure and electronic properties of Dy@C₈₂ studied by UV-vis absorption, X-ray powder diffraction and XAFS, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2001, 338, 21
18. I.S.Neretin, K.A.Lyssenko, M.Yu.Antipin, Yu.L.Slovokhotov, O.V.Boltalina, P.A.Troshin, A.Yu.Lukonin, L.N.Sidorov, R.Taylor. C₆₀F₁₈, a Flattened Fullerene alias a Hexa-substituted Benzene. Angew.Chem. Internat. Ed. 2000, 39, 3273 (see also cover picture)
19. Y.V.Zubavichus, Y.L.Slovokhotov, P.J.Schilling, R.C.Tittsworth, A.S.Golub, G.A.Protzenko, Y.N.Novikov. X-ray absorption fine structure study of the atomic and electronic structure of molybdenum disulfide intercalation compounds with transition metals. Inorg. Chim. Acta 1998, 280, 211
20. Y.L.Slovokhotov, I.V.Moskaleva, V.I.Shilnikov, E.F.Valeev, Y.N.Novikov, A.I.Yanovsky, Y.T.Struchkov. Molecular and crystal structures of C₆₀ derivatives: CSD statistics and theoretical modeling. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. C - Molecular Materials, 1996, 8, 117
21. Y.L.Slovokhotov, D.I.Kochubei. EXAFS atomic distributions in model clusters of Pd and Pt. Physica B, 1995, 208&209, 668
22. E.S.Shubina, L.M.Epstein, D.N.Kravtsov, A.V.Mironov, Y.L.Slovokhotov, Yu.T.Struchkov. (h⁶-Phenyl)Cr(CO)₃ and (h⁶-Phenyl)Co₄(CO)₉-substituted metallocenylcarbinols of the iron subgroup: synthesis, structure and hydrogen bonding. J. Organometal. Chem. 1991, 401, 155
23. S.S.Kurasov, N.K.Eremenko, Y.L.Slovokhotov, Yu.T.Struchkov, High-nuclearity icosahedral carbo-nylphosphine-platinum clusters: synthesis and structure of Pt₁₇(m₂–CO)₄(CO)₈(PEt₃)₈, J. Organometal. Chem. 1989, v.361, p.405
24. E.G.Mednikov, N.K.Eremenko, Y.L.Slovokhotov, Yu.T.Struchkov. Synthesis of high-nuclearity carbonyl-phosphine clusters of palladium under mild conditions and X-ray crystal structure of Pd₃₈(m₂–CO)₂₄(PEt₃)₁₂. Chem. Commun. 1987, 218.
25. Yu.L.Slovokhotov, Yu.T.Struchkov, A statistical analysis of magic numbers of valence electrons in small clusters of transition metals using the Cambridge Crystal Structure Database. J. Organometal. Chem. 1987, 333, 217
26. M.Yu.Antipin, Yu.L.Slovokhotov, R.G.Gerr, A.I.Yanovsky, Yu.T.Struchkov, Experimental study of electronic density distribution in chromium tetrahedral cluster (C₅H₄Me)₄Cr₄S₄ (in Russian), Doklady AN SSSR, 1985, 285, 1413
27. Yu.L.Slovokhotov, Yu.T.Struchkov, X-ray crystal structure of a distorted tetrahedral cluster in the salt [(Ph₃P)₄Au₄N]⁺BF^4–. Geometric indication of a stable electronic configuration. J. Organometal. Chem. 1984, 277, 143
28. Yu.L.Slovokhotov, Yu.T.Struchkov, A simple topological model of a superaromatic cluster and some difficulties of the electron counting schemes, J. Organometal. Chem. 1983, 258, 47
29. E.G.Mednikov, N.K.Eremenko, V.A.Mikhailov, S.P.Gubin, Yu.L.Slovokhotov, Yu.T.Struchkov. New palladium cluster compounds. X-ray structure of Pd₁₀(CO)₁₂(PBu₃)₆. Chem. Commun. 1981, 989

Several presentations in 2000 - 2010:

1. Structural databases as a tool for fundamental research in structural chemistry (invited lecture), 2nd School for young scientists "Diffraction in studies of matter: from molecules to crystals and nanomaterials", Chernogolovka, June 28 - July 2 2010.
2. Space groups, etc. (invited lecture), 1st School for young scientists "Diffraction in studies of matter", Chernogolovka, July 2008.
3. Stereochemistry of ionic, non-ionic and coordinated complexes of fullerenes: implications, opportunities, and prospects. University of Madison-Wisconsin, USA, March 12, 2008.
4. Economics of synchrotron radiation and Instrumental methods on SR (together with Y.V.Zubavichus): two lectures on the SR Users' School, Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, November 10-12, 2005.
5. Atomic structure of nanoparticles: X-ray diffraction and XAFS studies (invited lecture). E-MRS 2003 Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 15.09-19.09 2003.
6. Atomic arrangement in metals and clusters represented by 2D polar diagrams: a new tool for packing analysis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, June 14, 2002.
7. Yu.L.Slovokhotov, Y.Kubozono, S.Kashino. Crystallography of endohedral metallofullerenes (oral talk), 5^th Biennal International Workshop on Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters (IWFAC), St.Petersburg, Russia, July 2-6 2001.
8. Chemistry at Kurchatov SR source (invited lecture), International Conference "Current Status of Synchrotron Radiation in the World", Moscow, Russia, March 9-10 2000.

Supervised Ph.D. works in physical chemistry

1. Zubavichus, Yan Vitautasovich. Structural characterization of partially ordered intercalation compounds of molybdenum disulfide. INEOS, Moscow, 2001.
2. Neretin, Ivan Sergeevich. Crystal structures and intermolecular interactions in molecular complexes of fullerenes. INEOS, Moscow, 2002.
3. Belyakova, Olga Alekseyevna. Studies of metal core structures in transition metal nanoparticles by EXAFS spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. INEOS, Moscow, 2005.
4. Zasurskaya, Larissa Aleksandrovna. Structures of transition metal complexonates with alkali-earth metal and magnesium cations. Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, 2008 (co-supervisor).
5. Banaru, Aleksandr Mikhailovich. A statistical structural analysis of organic crystallohydrates using X-ray diffraction data. Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, 2009.

Lecturing

1. Chemical crystallography. Structures of crystalline compounds and materials. (A basic course of chemical crystallography for Chemistry Department students) - since 2005 till now.
2. Chemical crystallography and structural chemistry. (Extended course of chemical crystallography for Materials Science Department students) - since 2005 till now.
3. Studies of matter by physical methods using synchrotron radiation. A specialization course for Chemistry and Materials Science students (2010), in 1999-2002 for Materials Science students (together with Y.V.Zubavichus).
4. Lectures on X-ray spectroscopy for students of Higher Chemistry Colledge, Russian Academy of Sciences (from 1995 till now) and for Chemistry Department students (from 2007 till now).
5. Molecular structures. (A basic course of intermediate theoretical chemistry for Higher Chemistry Colledge students), 1991-1995.

Other activities

A member of Dissertation Counsel at Moscow State University (Ph.D & Dr.Sci. on physical chemistry and physics).
A head of basic chair for materials structural studies in the Centre for Studies and Research, Institute of Organoelement Compounds