Ass. Prof. Alexi Alexiev

Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”, Faculty of Chemistry and pharmacy

Department of Organic chemistry and pharmacognosy, room 224

1 J. Baurchier blvd, 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria

Phone: +359 2 8161 295

e-mail: alexiev@chem.uni-sofia.bg

Education and academic degrees

1979 – M.Sc. in chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”

Professional experience

1979 – 1992 Chemist at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia;

1992 – 1993 Assistant Professor (Organoelement Chemistry), Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia

1993 – 2004 Senior assistant Professor (Organoelement Chemistry), Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia

2004 – 2014 Main assistant Professor (Organoelement Chemistry), Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia

2015 – Assistant Professor, Department of Organic chemistry and pharmacognosy, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”

Research interests

Element-organic chemistry – synthesis, structure and properties of metal complexes of poly-functional organic and organic phosphorous compounds, hetero-functional organic compounds, biologically active compounds

Selected publications (up to 5)

Petrov, G., Alexiev, A., Angelova, O., Macicek, J. Behaviour of bis(ethylacetoacetato)-magnesium and calcium in solutions of polychloromethanes. The crystal structure of trinuclear bis(ethylacetoacetato)-magnesium, J. Coord. Chem., 1992, 25, 101-110; DOI: 10.1080/00958979209409741

Alexiev, A., Lachkova, V., Petrov, G. Study on the kinetics of the reaction between diethyl ester of 1-aminomethyl-ethanephosphonic acid and phenyl isocyanate, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon, 1997, 128, 191; DOI: 10.1080/10426509708031574

Alexiev, A., Petrov, G. Behaviour of magnesium and calcium complexes of diethoxy-phosphinyl-2-propanone in solutions of plolychloromethanes, Main group metal chemistry, 2006, 29(1), 47.

Raykov, Z. Z., Vassilev, K., Grigorova, G., Lyapova, A., Alexiev, A., Petrov, G. Spin-labeled Rifamicin. Biological activity. Die Pharmazie, 2008, 63(1), 61-66; DOI: 10.1691/ph.2008.7607.

Deligeorgiev, T. G., Kurutos, A. A., Gadjev, N. I., Alexiev, A. A. An easy and fast one-pot preparation of 2-thiomethyl and 2-thioacyl benzothiazoles, benzoxazoles, and benzimidazoles. Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 2015, 47(4), 1034–1038.

Other professional activities

Manuals: Petrova, Y., Alexiev, A., Momchilova, S., Zdravkova, Z. Manual for analysis of toxic substances, University publ. house “St. Kl. Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria; 1st ed. 1994, ISBN 954-07-0373-5; 2nd ed. 2004, ISBN 954-07-1838-4.

Teaching

Practicums:

Seminars and practical exercises in Organic chemistry I and II – all bachelor programmes in FCP and FB

Seminars and practical exercises in Organic chemistry for Optometrists

Practical exercises in chemistry of toxic substances

Practical exercises in chemistry of pesticides; practical exercises in complexes in Organic chemistry