prof. dr hab. Piotr Bałczewski

Profesor, Koordynator Działu Chemii Organicznej

Telefon: (+48) (42) 68 03 213

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Pokój: Budynek A, pokój 114

Scientific degrees:

• 2008 – Full Professor of Chemistry; title conferred by the President of Republic of Poland.
• 1998 – Habilitation, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies (CMMS), Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Łódź
• 1985 – Ph.D., Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies PAS, Łódź
• 1979 – M.Sc. eng., Technical University of Lodz and Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies PAS, Łódź

Education:

• 1974-1979 – Technical University of Łódź, Faculty of Chemistry and CMMS PAS, Łódź
• 1978 – obecnie – Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies PAS, Łódź
• 1979-1982 – Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (PhD studies)
• 1983 – International School of NMR (Jachranka near Warsaw)
• 1986 – Universities of Milan (Exchange Assistant Professor), University of Roma (Visiting Assistant Professor), Italy
• 1989-1991 – University of Manchester, England (post-doctoral studies with Dr John Joule in heterocyclic chemistry)
• 1991 – University of Barcelona, Facultad de Farmacia, Spain (continuation of post-doctoral work)
• 1995 – National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt (Exchange Assistant Professor)
• 1997 – University of Negev, Beer-Sheva; University of Jerusalem, Israel (Exchange Assistant Professor)
• 2007 – Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination LCC, CNRS, Toulouse, France(Visiting Professor)

Member of professional societies:

• 1993 – obecnie – The Polish Chemical Society (Heteroorganic Chemistry Section, Section of Medical Chemistry)
• 1999-2003 – The Polish Chemical Society (chairman of the Commission of the International Affairs)
• 2001-2003 – The Polish Chemical Society (vice-President)
• 2001-2003 – The Polish Chemical Society (member of the Commission for Contacts with Media)
• 2010-2012 – The Polish Chemical Society (vice-President)
• 2012-2015, 1999-2000, 2001-2003, 2004-2006, 2007-2009, 2010-2012, 2013-2015 – The Polish Chemical Society (1st vice-President)

Awards and distinctions:

• 1972, 1973, 1974 – State Prizes in Technical Competitions (2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd)
• 1975/76/ 76/77, 77/78 – Prizes of the Dean of the Chemical Faculty, Technical University of Lodz
• 1978/1979 – Travel Scholarship in the Laboratory of the Pharmaceutical Factory „Zdravlje” in Leskovac, former Yugoslavia
• 1997 – 1st Prize of the Polish Chemical Society in the Prof. Kemula’s Competition for the best research work of the year
• 2002 – The Hanuš Medal of the Czech Chemical Society for achievements in phosphonate chemistry and a contribution to cooperation between the Polish and Czech Chemical Societies.
• 2009 – Rector’s 1° Award for achievements in scientific work (The Jan Dlugosz University in Częstochowa.

Participation in owners boards:

• 2000 – Chemistry. A European Journal (a representative of the Polish Chemical Society to the Owners Board)

Participation in editorial and program boards:

• 2000-2003 – co-editor of the e-Bulletin, international information journal of the Polish Chemical Society (PCS).
• 2000-2010 – The PCS’s website (chairman of the Editorial Board)
• 2000-2008 – The PCIM 2’s (Polish Chemical Information Management 2) website (a representative of the PCS and the CM&MS, PAS, Łódź in the Program Board)
• 2010 – ISRN Organic Chemistry (journal) – Editorial Board (a member)
• 2010 – Chemistry, Environment, Biotechnology (journal) (Editor in-chief, editor of Chemistry)

Participation in conferences scientific and organizing committees:

• 55. Annual Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society, Białystok, 16-20.09.2012
• 25th International Symposium on the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur (ISOCS-25), 24-29.06.2012
• 54. Annual Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society, Lublin, 18-22.09.2011
• 53. Annual Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society, Gliwice, 14-18.09.2010
• 51. Annual Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society, Opole, 7-11.09.2008
• 50. Jubilee Annual Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society, Toruń, 09-12.09.2007
• Prof. Sir D.H.R.Barton (08.09.1918-13.03.1998) – a chemist, a teacher and a man”, Łódź, CBMiM PAN, 16.03.1999 (main organiser)
• II Symposium of Organic Chemistry, Arturówek, Łódź, 03-04.06.1993

Current research area:

1. Synthesis of new, functional materials for electronics and optoelectronics including fused acenes and heteroacenes,
   Organic synthesis, reaction mechanisms and new reagents containing heteroatoms (P, S, N, Si) including chemistry of heteroatom containing reactive intermediates (carbanions, carbenes and radicals),
   Total syntheses of biomolecules utilizing heteroatom reagents (cyclopentanoids, alkaloids, lignanoids, etc.),
   Synthesis of heteronium salts including ionic liquids for practical applications including investigations of their ecophytotoxic, herbicidal and cytotoxic activity.
2. Selected references and patents (2006-2012):
3. Nowy związek 2-etylo-3-metylotiometylofuran oraz sposób jego wytwarzania:
   P.Bałczewski, M.Mikołajczyk
   Patent 17.06.1997/19.05.2006 P-320 600.
4. Synthesis of both RP and SP enantiomers of unsymmetrical methylphosphonates based on a new approach utilizing P-ester bond with alpha-hydroxyacids.
   Bałczewski, P., Szadowiak, A., Białas, T., Wieczorek, W.M., Balińska, A.,
   Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 17, 1209-1216, (2006).
5. Unusual transformation of the diarylmethanol derivative into unknown 1,2,3,6,7,10-hexahydroxylated anthracene system.
   Bałczewski, P., Koprowski, M., Bodzioch, A., Marciniak, B., Różycka-Sokołowska, E.
   J.Org.Chem., 71, 2899-2902, (2006).
6. Synthesis and phytotoxicity of new ionic liquids incorporating chiral cations and/or chiral anions.
   Bałczewski, P., Bachowska, B., Białas,T., Biczak,R., Wieczorek,M., Balińska, A.
   J.Agricult.Food Chem. 55, 1881-1892, (2007).
   1,3-Dithioles. in: Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry – III
   Bałczewski, P., Kudelska, W., Bodzioch, A.
   Katritzky, A. R., Ramsden, Ch., A., Scrieven, E.F.V., Taylor, R.J.K. (Eds), Elsevier: Oxford, 2008; Vol. 4, pp 955 – 1090
7. Nowe skondensowane węglowodory poliaromatyczne i poliheteroaromatyczne, sposób ich wytwarzania, oraz związki pośrednie, Bałczewski, P., Bodzioch, A, Koprowski, M.
   Patent Application, P-385794, 31.07.2008
8. Quinquevalent compounds. in: Organophosphorus Compounds, Vol.37 (review 01.01.2006 – 31.12.2006).
   D.W. Allen, J.C. Tebby (Eds.), The Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing,
   Bałczewski, P., Bodzioch, A., 2008, 37, 1-39.
9. Recent progress in synthesis and mechanistic aspects of phosphonate C-radical chemistry
   Bałczewski, P., Bodzioch, A,
   Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon, 184, 1076-1090 (2009).
10. Quinquevalent compounds. in: Organophosphorus Compounds, Vol.38 (review Jan.2007 – Jan.2008).
    D.W. Allen, J.C. Tebby (Eds.), The Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing,
    Bałczewski, P., Bodzioch, A., 2009, 38, 279-317.
11. Synthesis of β-ketophosphonates with electron rich β-aryl groups as useful organophosphorus reagents in lignans synthesis
    M. Koprowski, D. Szymańska, A. Bodzioch, B. Marciniak, E. Różycka-Sokołowska, P. Bałczewski
    Tetrahedron, 65, 4017-4024 (2009)
12. Synthesis of acrylonitrile free polyamines, en route to acylpolyamine neurotoxins, via the regioselective Michael cyanoethylation of unprotected polyamines. Unusual behaviour of 1-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine
    P. Bałczewski, R. Żurawiński, M. Mikina, B. Dudziński
    Tetrahedron, 65, 8727-8732 (2009) .
13. Nowe skondensowane węglowodory poliaromatyczne i poliheteroaromatyczne, sposób ich wytwarzania, oraz związki pośrednieP. Bałczewski, A.Bodzioch, J.Skalik, M.Koprowski
    Patent Application, 05.12.2009 nr P-389778
14. Quinquevalent phosphorus acids. in: Organophosphorus Compounds, Vol.39 (review Jan. 2008 – Jan.2009).
    D.W. Allen, J.C. Tebby, D.Loakes (Eds.), The Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing,
    Bałczewski, P., Bodzioch, A., 2010, 39, 238-289.
15. P. Bałczewski A. Bodzioch, E. Różycka-Sokołowska, B. Marciniak, P. Uznański
    First Approach to Nitrogen-Containing Fused Aromatic Hydrocarbons as Targets for organoelectronics Utilizing a New Transformation of O-Protected Diaryl Methanols
    Chem. Eur. J., 16, 2392-2400, (2010)
16. P. Bałczewski, A. Bodzioch
    Synthesis of polycyclic, linearly fused heteroaromatic hydrocarbons containing nitrogen and sulfur atoms
    Chemistry, Environment and Biotechnology, 1, 7-31, (2010)
17. Quinquevalent phosphorus acids. in: Organophosphorus Compounds, Vol.40 (review Jan. 2009 – Jan.2010).
    D.W. Allen, J.C. Tebby, D.Loakes, (Eds.), The Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing
    Bałczewski, P., Skalik, J., 2011, 40, 217-296
    Electrochemical oxidation of methylthiomethyl¬eneisoquinolinium chloride – the first water soluble alkylthiomethylene substituted ammonium salt
    Smarzewska, S., Skrzypek, S., Bachowska, B.,Bałczewski,P., Ciesielski, W.
    Cent.Eur.J.Chem. 2011, 9, 840-845
18. Zastosowanie soli fosfoniowych
    Piotr Bałczewski, Barbara Nawrot, Marcin Cieślak, Julia Kaźmierczak-Barańska
    Patent application, P-395749, 25.07.2011
19. Sposób wytwarzania policyklicznych, skondensowanych węglowodorów aromatycznych i heteroaromatycznych
    P. Bałczewski, A. Bodzioch, J.Skalik
    Patent application, P 396700, 10.19. 2011.
20. Quinquevalent phosphorus acids. in: Organophosphorus Compounds, (review 01.01.2010 – 31.12.2010). Vol.41
    D.W. Allen, J.C. Tebby, D.Loakes (Eds.), The Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing,
    Bałczewski, P., Skalik, J., 2012, 41, 251-321.
21. High cytotoxic activity of phosphonium salts and their complementary selectivity towards HeLa and K-562 cancer cells: Identification of tri-n-butyl-n-hexadecylphosphonium bromide as a higly potent anti-HeLa phosphonium salt
    Barbara Bachowska, Julia Kazmierczak-Baranska, Marcin Cieslak, Barbara Nawrot, Dorota Szczęsna,
    Joanna Skalik, Piotr Bałczewski
    ChemistryOpen, 2012, 1, 33-38.
22. Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properites of Hexahydroxylated 10-O-R Substituted Anthracenes via a New Modification of the Friedel-Crafts Reaction Using O-Protected ortho-Acetal Diarylmethanols
    A. Bodzioch, B. Marciniak, E. Różycka-Sokołowska, J. K. Jeszka, P. Uznański, S. Kania, J. Kuliński, P. Bałczewski,
    Chem.Eur. J, 2012, 18, 4866-4877.
23. A. Bodzioch, B. Marciniak, E. Różycka-Sokołowska, J.K. Jeszka, P. Uznański, S. Kania, J. Kuliński, P. Bałczewski,
    Milder Bradsher Conditions for Blue light Emitting Anthracenes
    SynFacts -Highlighys in Current Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 2012, 8, 619.
24. A method of preparation of polycyclic, fused aromatic and heteroaromatic hydrocarbons and intermediates
    P. Bałczewski, A. Bodzich, J. Skalik, M. Koprowski
    European Patent Office, Submission No 1833848, Application No EP 121877088, 2012.
25. Quinquevalent phosphorus acids. in: Organophosphorus Compounds, (review 01.01.2011 – 01.01.2012)
    D.W. Allen, J.C. Tebby, D.Loakes (Eds.), The Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing,
    Bałczewski, P., Skalik, J., 2013, 42, in press.