Congratulations!

The founders, editor-in-chief and editorial staff of “Chemical Problems” journal congratulate the esteemed  Director of Scientific center “Azerbaijan National Encyclopedia”, Department chief of Institute of Catalysis and inorganic chemistry named after acad. M.Nagiev of ANAS, Academician Tofig Murtuza oglu Naghiyev on his 80 th anniversary and awarded with the Order of “SHARAF” by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Wish him good health and new scientific achievements in his future work.

Nagiev T.M. is an author of macrokinetic theory of coherent-synchronous reactions interaction. He has both defined a concept of chemical interference and proposed an equation of determinant considering the condition of coherence as well as phase shifts for the reactions synchronized in time and space. This theory has been definitely proved by experiments. In the basic of enzymes of monooxygenase, peroxidase and catalase reactions were established new biomimetic catalyst and of this direction for the research result in biotechnology new biomimetic sensors has been elaborated. Research of recent years is concerned with biomimetic catalysis, the development of high-performance hydroxylation and epoxidation catalytic biomimics resistant to the action of oxidant and high temperatures, the property of hydrogen peroxide to induce various reactions. In the row of fundamental scientific achievements, the important place belongs to new dependent elementary reactions with appropriate kinetic parameters proposed by him. Namely, this circumstance has allowed him and his team to study new free-radical-induced reactions-oxidative fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, conjugated dehydrogenation of alkanes and alkenes, epoxidation, hydroxylation and oxidation of methane to methanol, formaldehyde hydrogen-containing gas. A certain contribution has been made to the study of chemical energy accumulation principles in the conjugated chemical and biochemical systems. In the meantime the scientific principles of creation of biomimetic sensors – new analytic systems are successfully elaborated under his guidance. Obtaining of nitrogen 1-oxide on the fixation mechanism of molecular nitrogen with hydrogen peroxide by the result of the quantum-chemical studies and existence of stable HOO–N=N–OOH intermediate was theoretically substantiated. Thus T.M.Nagiev’s the formerly results of scientific researches were proved and this process was named “Nagiev Effect”. The sphere of scientific interests: physical chemistry, the chemistry of free-radical-induced reactions of oxidation, heterogeneous and biomimetic catalysis, kinetics and mechanism of coherent-synchronized reactions, applied biochemistry, and biotechnology.