Zoia Voitenko

Zoia Voitenko is a Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv since 2006. She has held administrative roles including Deputy Dean of Science (2007-2015) and Deputy Dean for International Relations (2008-2016), and currently coordinates international cooperation for the Faculty of Chemistry.

Her research focuses on heterocyclic chemistry, particularly the synthesis, reactivity, and properties of isoindoles and their derivatives. Key areas include:

• Uncovering three novel rearrangements in [4+2]-cycloaddition reactions of condensed isoindoles
• Elucidating the azido-tetrazole tautomerism and ring-opening mechanisms
• Developing cyanine dyes derived from tetrazoloisoindoles and triazoloisoindoles with high extinction coefficients
• Investigating hyperconjugation effects in isoindole-derived amides and thioamides

Her work combines experimental and computational approaches, utilizing NMR, UV-Vis, X-ray structural analysis, and quantum chemistry to explore reactivity patterns and electronic structures. She collaborates internationally as Editor-in-Chief of the French-Ukrainian Journal of Chemistry and coordinates the France-Ukraine Chemistry Association (GRDI).

Recent publications highlight her contributions to:

• RAFT polymerization control
• Fluorinated reagents in cross-coupling reactions
• Metalla-assembled supramolecular systems
• Photophysical properties of cyclohexadiene chromophores
• Electronic tuning in π-extended TTF derivatives