Dr. Arseni Kostenko

CV  
07/2021 – present Research assistant, TU München
12/2018 – 08/2020

Research assistant, TU Berlin

(Prof. Matthias Driess)

12/2016 – 11/2018

Postdoc TU Berlin

(Prof. Matthias Driess)

04/2016 – 10/2016

Research assistant, Tel-Aviv University.

(Prof. Roman Dobrovetsky)

05/2013 – 12/2016

Ph.D. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

(Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig)

09/2011 –12/2011

Research stay at University of Ulm.

(Prof. Hans-Ullrich Siehl)

10/2010 – 03/2013

Master of Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

(Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig)

10/2005 – 09/2009

Bachelor of Science Molecular Biochemistry, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Awards  
2017 Israel Chemical Society Excellent Graduate Student Prize
2016

Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers

2016

Lise Meitner-Minerva Center Junior Award 2016

2014 Best Poster Award, ISOS XVII Berlin 2014
2012 Schulich Prize of Excellence for an outstanding graduate student
2011 Scholarship from the Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
2009

B.Sc. in Molecular Biochemistry, Cum Laude

2008, 2006 Dean’s List
Publications

Changing the Reactivity of Zero‐and Mono‐Valent Germanium with a Redox Non‐Innocent Bis (silylenyl) carborane Ligand

Shenglai Yao, Arseni Kostenko, Yun Xiong, Christian Lorent, Ales Ruzicka, Matthias Driess

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 14864.

Synthesis and coordination ability of a donor-stabilised bisphosphinidene

Terrance J. Hadlington,* Arseni Kostenko, Matthias Driess,*

Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 2476.

Isolable Dibenzo[a,e]disilapentalene with a Dichotomic Reactivity toward CO2

Bochao Su, Arseni Kostenko, Shenglai Yao, and Matthias Driess*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020 142, 40, 16935.­

Redox Non-Innocent Monoatomic Silicon(0) Complex (‘Silylone’): Its One-Electron-Reduction Induces an Intramolecular One-Electron-Oxidation of Silicon(0) to Silicon(I)

Shenglai Yao, Arseni Kostenko, Yun Xiong, Ales Ruzicka, Matthias Driess*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020 142, 29, 12608.

A Systems Approach to a One-Pot Electrochemical Wittig Olefination Avoiding the Use of Chemical Reductant or Sacrificial Electrode

Biswarup Chakraborty, Arseni Kostenko, Prashanth W. Menezes, Matthias Driess*

Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 11829.

Cycladdition Chemistry of a Silylene-Nickel Complex Toward Organic π-Systems: From Reversibility to C-H Activation

Terrance J. Hadlington,* Arseni Kostenko, Matthias Driess*

Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 1958.

Mechanism of the Thermal Z⇌E Isomerization of a Stable Silene. Experiment and Theory

Lieby Zborovsky, Arseni Kostenko, Dmitry Bravo-Zhivotovskii, Yitzhak Apeloig*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 14524.

Silicon-Mediated Coupling of Carbon Monoxide, Ammonia, and Primary Amines to Form Acetamides

Marcel-Philip Luecke, Arseni Kostenko Yuwen Wang, Shenglai Yao, Matthias Driess*

Angew. Chem. Int .Ed. 2019, 58, 12940.

Silicon-Mediated Selective Homo- and Hetero-Coupling of Carbon Monoxide

Yuwen Wang,+ Arseni Kostenko,+ Terrance J. Hadlington,+ Marcel-Philip Luecke, Shenglai Yao, Matthias Driess

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (1), 626.

The Role of the Fluoro‐ Hydrido‐ Phosphorane Intermediate in Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Acetophenone: Computational Study

Arseni Kostenko,* Roman Dobrovetsky*

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 318.

A Geometrically Compelled Disilene with λ4-Coordinate SiII Atoms

Arseni Kostenko,* Matthias Driess*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 49, 16962.

Chelate Silylene–Silyl Ligand Can Boost Rhodium-Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization Reactions

Zhenbo Mo,+ Arseni Kostenko,+ Yu-Peng Zhou, Shenglai Yao, Matthias Driess*

Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 14608.

Generation and Characterization of the First Persistent Platinum(I)-Centered Radical

Yosi Kratish, Arseni Kostenko, Alexander Kaushansky, Boris Tumanskii, Dmitry Bravo-Zhivotovskii, Yitzhak Apeloig,*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 8275.

An isolable β-diketiminato chlorosilylene

Yun Xiong, Shenglai Yao, Arseni Kostenko, Matthias Driess*

Dalton Trans. 2018, 47 (7), 2152.

Bis(silylenyl)-substituted ferrocene-stabilized 6-arene iron(0) complexes: synthesis, structure and catalytic application

Marcel-Philip Luecke, Digvijay Porwal, Arseni Kostenko, Yupeng Zhou, Shenglai Yao, Matthias Keck, Christian Limberg, Martin Oestreich, Matthias Driess *

Dalton Trans. 2017, 46 (47), 16412.

Divalent Silicon-Assisted Activation of Dihydrogen in a Bis(N-heterocyclic silylene)xanthene Nickel(0) Complex for Efficient Catalytic Hydrogenation of Olefins

Yuwen Wang, Arseni Kostenko, Shenglai Yao, Matthias Driess*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (38), 13499.

Spectroscopic Observation of the Triplet Diradical State of a Cyclobutadiene

Arseni Kostenko, Boris Tumanskii, Yuzuru Kobayashi, Masaaki Nakamoto, Akira Sekiguchi,* Yitzhak Apeloig,*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (34), 10183.

Facile Access to NaOCAs and Its Use as an Arsenic Source to Form Germylidenylarsinidene Complexes.

Shenglai Yao, Yves Grossheim, Arseni Kostenko, Ernesto Ballestero-Martinez, Stefan Schutte, Mark Bispinghoff, Hansjoerg Gruetzmacher,* Matthias Driess*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (26), 7465.

Intriguing Physical and Chemical Properties of Phosphorus Corroles

Jenya Vestfrid, Rashmi Kothari, Arseni Kostenko, Israel Goldberg, Boris Tumanskii, Zeev Gross*

Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 6061.

Heavier congeners of CO and CO2 as ligands: from zero-valent germanium ('germylone') to isolable monomeric GeX and GeX2 complexes (X = S, Se, Te)

Yun Xiong, Shenglai Yao, Miriam Karni, Arseni Kostenko, Alexander Burchert, Yitzhak Apeloig,* Matthias Driess*

Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 5462.

Isolation of cationic and neutral (allenylidene)(carbene) and bis(allenylidene)gold Complexes

Liqun Jin, Mohand Melaimi, Arseni Kostenko, Miriam Karni, Yitzhak Apeloig,*  Curtis E. Moore,*  Arnold. L. Rheingold,* Guy Bertrand*

Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 150.

Observation of a Thermally Accessible Triplet State Resulting from Rotation around a Main Group π-bond

Arseni Kostenko, Boris Tumanskii, Miriam Karni, Shigeyoshi Inoue, Masaaki Ichinone, Akira Sekiguchi,* Yitzhak Apeloig*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 12144.

Activation of Homolytic Si-Zn and Si-Hg Bond Cleavage, Mediated by a Pt(0) Complex, via Novel Pt-Zn and Pt-Hg Compounds

Yosi Kratish , Gregory Molev, Arseni Kostenko, Dennis Sheberla, Boris Tumanskii, Mark Botoshansky, Shigeru Shimada, Dmitry Bravo-Zhivotovskii, Yitzhak Apeloig*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 11817.

Formation of Three New Bonds and Two Stereocenters in Acyclic Systems by Zinc-​Mediated Asymmetric Alkynylation of Acylsilanes, Brook-​Rearrangement and Ene-​Allene Carbocyclization Reactions

Polina Smirnov, Einat Katan, Jomon Mathew, Arseni Kostenko, Miriam Karni, Anne Nijs, Carsten Bolm, Yitzhak Apeloig,* Ilan Marek*

J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79 (24), 12122.

The 1-Phenyl-1-Trimethylsilyl Ethyl Cation: An NMR Spectroscopic and Computational Study of the α-Silyl Effect in Benzyl Cations

Arseni Kostenko, Bernhard Müller, Frank-Peter Kaufmann, Yitzhak Apeloig,* Hans-Ullrich Siehl*

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 1730.