The Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Education was created in 2021 as a result of the merger of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Ecology and the Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Education. Each of these departments has a long, largely common history, which is covered in detail in publications about I.I. Mechnikov Odesa National University and separately about the Faculty of Chemistry (currently the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy).
The Department of Inorganic Chemistry at Odesa University has been open since the founding of the Faculty of Chemistry in 1933. Its first director during 1933-1936 was Doctor of Chemical Sciences, famous Soviet scientist Professor Dmytro Kostyantynovich Dobroserdov (1877-1936). The research in the field of the chemistry of complex compounds which continues at the department until now was initiated by the works of D.K. Dobroserdov. During this period another scientific direction was successfully developed at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, associated with the name of Yevhen Samoilovych Burkser (1887-1965), professor of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, who first investigated the radioactivity of Odesa estuaries (mineral waters and therapeutic muds), brines of salt ponds, bottom sediments.
The research in the field of the chemistry of complex compounds received further development in the work of the department's employees led by Associate Professor Avram Mykhailovych Zharnovsky (1900-1974), who headed the department from 1936 to 1941. The heads of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry from 1941 to 1944 were Assoc. A. I. Kogan and V. S. Tsonev. After the return of the university from evacuation in 1944, the department was headed by an outstanding chemist-technologist, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Eduard Xaveriyovich Lopatto (1893-1951). Along with traditional research in the field of complex compounds, the department is developing technological works on the physico-chemistry of the processing of phosphate raw materials and the production of sulfuric acid.
In 1951, the department was headed by associate professor Andriy Ivanovich Pozygun (1910-1973). During this period, the work on the study of complex compounds of some elements of the II and III groups of the Periodic table resumed at the department. In 1969, the department was accepted by Docent Olena Mykhaylivna Bilousova (1919-1986), under whose leadership the department staff focused their efforts on the research of complexes of germanium, indium, and thallium with polydentate ligands in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions, a series of works on the complexation of germanium tetrahalides with fatty and aromatic amino acids, as well as compounds containing heterocyclic nitrogen (picoline, pyridinecarboxylic acids and their derivatives) were carried out.
Inna Yosypivna Seifullina, who continued to work fruitfully in this scientific direction and in 1992 headed the Department of General Chemistry and Polymers (from 2020 - Applied Chemistry and Chemical Education) was a postgraduate student of Olena Mykhailivna.
In different years, famous scientists: Professor Lev Dmytrovych Skrylov (1970-1971), Associate Professor Alim Abdul-Amidovych Ennan (1971-1972), Professor Arkadiy Anatoliyovych Opalovskyi (1972-1978), Associate Professor Oleksiy Ivanovich Prysiazhniuk (1978 -1986) were the heads of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry. O.I. Prysiazhnyuk, whose scientific interests were in the field of coordination compounds of 3d-metals with N- and N,S-organic ligands was the scientific guide of T.V. Koksharova and V. O. Karpinchik candidate theses. At the same time, the department is successfully developing the scientific direction "Chemical materials science based on coordination compounds of p- and d-metals with organic polydentate ligands" under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. I.Y. Seifullina.
In 1973, on the initiative of A.A. Ennan, the Department of Chemical Methods of Environment Protection was created, which he headed until 1986. In 1986, this department was merged with the Department of Inorganic Chemistry. Prof. A.A. Ennan was elected as the head of the new Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Ecology. At that time, scientific work was mainly carried out in the field of ecology (theoretical and practical aspects of the development of effective chemosorbents for acid gases and low-temperature catalysts for the neutralization of carbon monoxide, phosphine, and ozone) and coordination chemistry (physicochemical foundations of directed synthesis of compounds with predetermined useful properties).
In 1991, the department was headed by associate professor Volodymyr Ivanovich Nikitin. In these years, the staff of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Ecology (assistant professors M.I. Gavrylenko, G.P. Sokhranenko, T.V. Koksharova, L.V. Koroeva, S.V. Kurando, V.O. Karpinchyk, O. Y. Bandurko, L.P. Berezina, R.I. Makorday, senior lecturer N.O. Misharina, assistant professor L.A. Raskola, A.S. Truba, etc.) improves and develops lecture courses and implements laboratory practicums in the disciplines "General Chemistry", "Inorganic Chemistry", "Chemical Technology", "Synthesis and Purification of Inorganic Compounds", "Chemical Experiment in the School Course of Inorganic Chemistry", etc.
From 2001 to 2021, the Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Ecology is headed by Professor Tetyana Leonidivna Rakitska. Since 1991, the scientific school of Professor T.L. Rakitska was founded at the department. The scientific school conducts fundamental research in the field of metal-complex redox catalysis. Catalysts are being developed that are intended for low-temperature air purification from ozone, phosphine, carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide in means of environmental and human protection - respirators and gas masks. This direction is original and does not duplicate research in other scientific institutions of Ukraine and abroad. The representatives of the scientific school are candidates of chemical sciences, associate professors V.Ya. Volkova, T.D. Redko, O.Yu. Bandurko, A.S. Truba, T.O. Kiose, L.A. Raskola, H.M. Dzhiga, H.O. Golubchik. Having their own scientific achievements, they work on applied and fundamental state budget topics, including "Development of a new generation of metal complex catalysts for low-temperature neutralization of toxic gaseous substances." Scientific achievements are successfully implemented in the educational process in the form of special courses "Ecological catalysis", "Metal complex catalysis of redox reactions with the participation of gaseous toxic substances"; "Latest materials in environmental protection technologies" for bachelors and masters.
In 1988, the Department of General Chemistry and Polymers (from 2020 – Applied Chemistry and Chemical Education) appeared as a result of the reorganization on the Faculty of Chemistry. It included teachers and scientists of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry and the Department of Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Colloids, on the basis of which the new department began to exist. In fact, the history of the department began in 1960, when, on the initiative of the rector, professor, honored scientist of the Ukrainian SSR, a well-known specialist in the field of colloid chemistry and polymer chemistry Oleksandr Ivanovich Yurzhenko (1910-1989), the Department of Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Colloids was created at the Faculty of Chemistry of I.I. Mechnikov Odesa State University. The need for its foundation at that time was due to the accelerated development of polymer chemistry and industry, as well as the lack of qualified personnel in this field.
From 1979 to 1989, under the guidance of the head of the department, associate professor Yury Mykytovych Anisimov (since 2000, professor), the department continued research into polymerization initiation processes using peroxides and organometallic compounds, developed synthesis methods, and investigated the initiating activity of new organic peroxides, the kinetics of radical reactions (associate professor V. I. Galibey, senior lecturer Yu. K. Epimakhov, associate professor P. O. Ivanchenko, assistant professor V. I. Oleschuk). During these years, due to the realization of a significant amount of economic and contractual work for industrial and research enterprises, the department managed to improve the material base for scientific and educational and laboratory work to a large extent.
In 1988, the Department of Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Colloids was reorganized into the Department of General Chemistry and Polymers, which in 1989 was headed by an associate professor, head of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry from 1978 to 1986 Oleksiy Ivanovich Prysiazhnyuk (1936-1992) - specialist in chemistry of polymers and inorganic chemistry, defended his doctoral thesis in 1990. The united staff of the department, which included teachers of the department of inorganic chemistry - Ph.D. A.I. Gansh, associate professors T.F. Gudymovich, R.I. Makorday, I.Y. Seyfullina, research staff T.P. Batalova, L.S. Skorokhod, V.M. Tkachenko, M.V. Khitrich and graduate student S.V. Zubkov, did a lot to create a modern teaching-methodical and scientific base of the department.
From 1992 to 2021, the department was headed by a leading specialist in the field of coordination chemistry, Doctor of Science, Professor Inna Yosipivna Seifullina. Under her guidance, the scientific activity of the department is carried out within the scientific school "Coordination chemistry of p-, d- and f-metals with organic nitrogen-, oxygen-, sulfur- and phosphorus-containing molecules" and is aimed at the development of science and technology in the priority direction "New substances and materials". The concept of controlling the processes of directed synthesis of a wide range of new complex compounds, which, in contrast to ordinary ones, have unique properties, has been developed. More than 200 new homo- and heteronuclear supramolecular compounds of germanium, tin, s-, d- and f-elements were obtained. Based on them, new functional materials, including biologically active substances, were developed. A number of drug substances of a new type with a wide spectrum of physiological action have been patented (Prof. Seifullina I.Y., Prof. Martsinko O.E., Assoc. Prof. Skorokhod L.S., Assoc. Prof. Shmatkova N.V., Assoc. Prof. Khitrich M. V., Senior Research Fellow Tkachenko V.M., Senior Research Fellow Chebanenko O.A.). In parallel, research is being conducted in the field of chemistry of polymers. The regularities of copolymerization of vinyl monomers and oligomer-oligomer systems initiated by peroxides and coordination compounds of transition metals have been established. With the use of energy-saving technologies, filled polymer composites with electrically conductive properties and increased strength characteristics were developed (Prof. Yu.M. Anisimov, Assoc. Prof. S.M. Savin). Highly effective initiating systems based on intracomplex compounds of acetylacetonates and dithiocarbamates of variable valence metals and hydroperoxides of various nature have been created for the implementation of homogeneous and heterogeneous polymerization of vinyl monomers in the region of moderately low temperatures (Assoc. Prof. Ivanchenko P.O., Epimakhov Yu.K., Assoc. Prof. Khitrich M.V.).
The teachers of the department have developed general and special courses of lectures for students of chemical, biological, geological-geographical and philosophical faculties: "Inorganic chemistry", "General chemistry", "Chemistry with the basics of geochemistry", "History of chemistry", "Chemistry of coordination compounds", "High-molecular compounds", "Methodology of teaching chemistry", "Synthesis, structure and properties of coordination compounds", "Complex formation in solution and methods of its research", "Reactivity of coordination compounds", "Bio-inorganic chemistry", "Supramolecular chemistry", etc. After the introduction of the "Secondary Education (Chemistry)" educational program at the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, the department was renamed the Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Education, as it provided most of the disciplines under this OPP: "Methodology of teaching chemistry", "Methodology of tasks solving", "Theoretical foundations of a school chemistry course" etc.
In 2021, a merger took place and a new Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Education was established, the head of which was elected Olena Eduardivna Martsynko.
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