A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds
Russian Academy of Sciences

INEOS is an R&D institute which functions in the framework of the Russian Academy of  Sciences.

Research

INEOS is a worldwide-recognized R&D institute that has investigated the chemistry and physical chemistry of organoelement and macromolecular compounds for more than 50 years. The major areas of the investigations:

• Division of Organoelement Compounds
• Fundamental studies in the field of organoelement and organometallic chemistry.
• Synthesizing novel compounds and studying their properties; elaborating new synthesis processes; and studying reaction mechanisms.
• Applications of organoelement compounds to organic synthesis and catalysis, including new organometallic catalysts, asymmetric catalysis, and synthesis of biologically active compounds.
• Division of Macromolecular Compounds
• Studying fundamental problems for the synthesis, structure and properties of polymers, including organoelement polymers and materials derived from them.
• Computer design of macromolecules.
• Aromatic and heterocyclic polymers, polyconjugated and network polymers, liquid crystal polymers and polyelectrolytes.
• Nanostructures in polymers.
• Synthesis of nanoparticles in polymer matrix.
• Various applications of polymers for medicine and technology.
• Physical Division
• Application of modern physical methods for studying the structure and reactivity of organic, including organoelement and macromolecular compounds.

Equipment

X-Ray Structural Centre (XRSC):

• Bruker-AXS - SMART 1000 CCD with Oxford Cryostream Cooler (1 item).
• Siemens P3/PC diffractometers with LT-2 low-temperature systems (3 items).
• CAD 4 diffractometer (1 item).
• Syntex P21 diffractometer equipped with LT-1 low-temperature system (1 item)

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy:

• High Performance Digital NMR Spectrometer AvanceTM300 (300MHz)
• NMR Spectrometer AMX 400 (400MHz)
• NMR Spectrometer WP-200 SY (200MHz)
• NMR Spectrometer WM-250 SY (250MHz)

Molecular Spectroscopy, Microscopy and other methods:

• Fourier-Transform IR Spectrum GX spectrometer
• Raman Spectroscopy instruments:
• Analytical instruments: - LabRAM (Jobin Yvon)
• Research systems: T64000, U1000 (Jobin Yvon)
• Various tools for variable temperature and pressure measurements
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• Polarization microscope
• Mass-spectrometer
• PE-341 Polarimeter
• Scanning probe microscopes
• Reverse Osmosis Facility EPRO-600W
• Microcalorimeter DSM-10M
• Chromatography complex «Kristaluks-4000 M»
• Liquid Chromatograph «Millikhrom 5-3»
• Laboratory Mixing Extruder
• Two-channel Fourier-Transform IR Spectrometer for near IR region
• AVANCE TM 600 NMR Spectrometer
• Chromatography-mass-spectrometry complex MC/MC System for HPGC and HPLC Laser Raman Spectrometer «LABRAM 010»

At present there are more than 400 computers and more than 500 registered users on the INEOS RAS computer network. INEOS supports internet, mail-services, file exchange services, as well as the corporate site. The specified solutions are maintained using a separate server cluster, consisting of four computers governed by OC UNIX united in a segment. Within the framework of special projects, several high-performance calculation clusters were assembled based on non-expensive PC- compatible solutions. These clusters are governed by ОС Linux (including 64-bit versions) using libraries of distributed calculations and are successfully applied to complicated quantum mechanics, molecular modeling and structural chemical calculations.

Organizational Structure

Administration and Technical Services	Administration	Scientific Divisions
1. Scientific Secretary	Director	Organoelement Compounds Division (18 laboratories and  9  teams)
2. Patent Department	Deputy Directors
3. Group for Foreign Relations	Academic Council	Macromolecular Compounds Division (16 laboratories and  7  teams)
4. Financial and material services	Academic Council of the Division of Organoelement Compounds	Physical Division (7  laboratories)
5. Technical services	Academic Council of the Division of Macromolecular Compounds	Pilot plant Laboratory

 Foreign Collaborators

• Du Pont de Nemours (USA)
• Hitachi Chemical Co. (Japan)
• Crompton Corporation (USA)
• Nippon Mektron (Japan)
• The Dow Chemical Co. (USA)
• General Electric (USA)
• Bayer AG (Germany)
• ExxonMobil Chemical(USA)

INEOS holds some patents.

Areas of Interest

• Chemistry of organic and organoelement compounds
• Polymer chemistry and physical chemistry
• Chemical technology and biotechnology
• Development of novel drugs, plant protectors, and catalysts

Staff

INEOS is  a  research  center  where  800 employees are working including 591 researchers, among them there are 83 Professors (D.Sc.), 286 PhD researchers and 50 PhD Students. Some educational centers for students function within the structure of INEOS.

Heads of Laboratories	38
Main scientific researchers	7
Leading scientific researchers	64
Senior scientific researchers	166
Scientific researchers	143
Junior scientific researchers	43
Engineers and technologists	147
Technicians and assistants	59
Workmen	71
Operating personnel	11
Office and management staff	58