Irina Beletskaya

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name = Irina Beletskaya

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birth_date = birth date|1933|3|10|mf=y
birth_place = Saint Petersburg
residence = flagcountry|Russia
citizenship = flagcountry|Russia
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field = Organometallic chemistry
work_institution = Moscow State University
alma_mater = Moscow State University
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known_for = Studies on aromatic reaction mechanisms, palladium and nickel catalysed methods for C-C bond formation
prizes = Demidov Prize (2003), Lomonosov Prize (1979), Mendeleev Prize (1982), Nesmeyanov Prize (1991)

Irina Beletskaya (born 1933) is a professor of chemistry at Moscow State University, where she serves as head of the Organoelement Chemistry laboratory.cite web
title = Division of Organic Chemistry
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publisher = Moscow State University
date =April 14, 2006
url = http://www.chem.msu.ru/eng/chairs2/organic/welcome.html
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accessdate = 2007-09-10 ] She specialises in organometallic chemistry and its application to problems in organic chemistry. She is best known for her studies on aromatic reaction mechanisms, as well as work on carbanion acidity and reactivity.Citation
title = A Tribute to Prof. Irina P. Beletskaya
journal = Arkivoc
volume = 2008
issue = (iv)
pages = 1-7
date = Jun 10
year = 2007
url = http://content.arkat-usa.org/ARKIVOC/JOURNAL_CONTENT/manuscripts/2008/IB-1430FT%20as%20published%20mainmanuscript.pdf
doi =
id = ] She developed some of the first methods for carbon-carbon bond formation using palladium or nickel catalysts, and extended these reactions to work in aqueous media. She also helped to open up the chemistry of organolanthanides. She is an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a former president of the Division of Organic Chemistry of IUPAC, and she has served as editor-in-chief of the Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry.

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