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  1. Mechanochemistry: A Transformative Technique for the Synthesis of Polar Organometallics from Zero‐Valent Metals

    Article • ChemPlusChem, November 2025, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  2. Predicting the Host-guest Binding Gibbs Free Energy for Anion Guests

    Article • May 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  3. Mechanochemical Synthesis of 5‐Amino‐4‐Cyanoxazoles

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2025, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  4. Scalable Mechanochemical Synthesis of Biotin[6]uril

    Article • ChemSusChem, January 2025, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  5. How reliable is internal standard method in monitoring mechanochemical synthesis? A case study of triphenylmethane in HPLC-UV-MS analysis of hemicucurbit[n]urils

    Article • RSC Mechanochemistry, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  6. MatchMass: A Web-Based Tool for Efficient Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis

    Article • April 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  7. Mechanochemical Birch Reduction with Low Reactive Alkaline Earth Metals

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2024, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  8. Mechanochemical Birch Reduction with Low Reactive Alkaline Earth Metals

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2024, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  9. Hemicucurbituril-Porphyrin Supramolecular Systems for Pollutant Sensing and Remediation

    Article • January 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Riina Aav

  10. Selective Capture of Small Environmental Pollutants by Cyclohexanohemicucurbit[n]urils

    Article • January 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Riina Aav

  11. Protecting-Group-Free Mechanosynthesis of Amides from Hydroxycarboxylic Acids: Application to the Synthesis of Imatinib

    Article • RSC Mechanochemistry, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  12. ChemEASTry Europe, the Status of the Chemical Sciences in a Growing Region

    Article • Organic Letters, September 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  13. ChemEASTry Europe, the Status of the Chemical Sciences in a Growing Region

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  14. Innenrücktitelbild: Mechanochemistry‐Amended Barbier Reaction as an Expedient Alternative to Grignard Synthesis (Angew. Chem. 39/2023)

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, August 2023, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  15. Inside Back Cover: Mechanochemistry‐Amended Barbier Reaction as an Expedient Alternative to Grignard Synthesis (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 39/2023)

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, August 2023, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  16. Mechanochemistry‐Amended Barbier Reaction as an Expedient Alternative to Grignard Synthesis**

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, July 2023, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  17. Mechanochemistry‐Amended Barbier Reaction as an Expedient Alternative to Grignard Synthesis**

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, July 2023, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  18. Chiral Recognition by Supramolecular Porphyrin–Hemicucurbit[8]uril-Functionalized Gravimetric Sensors

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, June 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  19. Solution- and gas-phase study of binding of ammonium and bisammonium hydrocarbons to oxacalix[4]arene carboxylate

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  20. Stereoselective Synthesis of γ‐(Acyloxy)carboxylic Acids and γ‐Lactones Featuring the Switch of Stereopreference of Candida antarctica Lipase B in Sodium γ‐Hydroxycarboxylate Homologues

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, December 2022, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  21. Self-Assembly of Chiral Cyclohexanohemicucurbit[n]urils with Bis(Zn Porphyrin): Size, Shape, and Time-Dependent Binding

    Article • Molecules, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Riina Aav

  22. Mechanochemical Nucleophilic Substitution of Alcohols via Isouronium Intermediates**

    Article • ChemSusChem, January 2022, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  23. Carbonyl hypoiodites from pivalic and trimesic acid and their silver(i) intermediates

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  24. Cyclohexanohemicucurbit[8]uril Inclusion Complexes With Heterocycles and Selective Extraction of Sulfur Compounds From Water

    Article • Frontiers in Chemistry, December 2021, Frontiers

    Professor Riina Aav

  25. Mechanochemical Nucleophilic Substitution of Alcohols via Isouronium Intermediates

    Article • October 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Riina Aav

  26. Mechanochemical Nucleophilic Substitution of Alcohols via Isouronium Intermediates

    Article • October 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  27. Thiourea Organocatalysts as Emerging Chiral Pollutants: En Route to Porphyrin-Based (Chir)Optical Sensing

    Article • Chemosensors, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Riina Aav

  28. Chirogenesis in Zinc Porphyrins: Theoretical Evaluation of Electronic Transitions, Controlling Structural Factors and Axial Ligation

    Article • ChemPhysChem, July 2021, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  29. Binding Between Cyclohexanohemicucurbit[n]urils and Polar Organic Guests

    Article • Frontiers in Chemistry, June 2021, Frontiers

    Professor Riina Aav

  30. Cyclohexanohemicucurbit[8]uril forms inclusion complexes with heterocycles and removes sulfuric guests from water via solid-phase extraction

    Article • May 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  31. Binding of Heterocycles by Cyclohexanohemicucurbiturils and Solid-Phase Extraction of Sulfur-Containing Heterocycles from Water

    Article • April 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  32. Editorial: Supramolecular Chirogenesis in Chemical and Related Sciences

    Article • Frontiers in Chemistry, April 2021, Frontiers

    Professor Riina Aav

  33. Supramolecular Chirogenesis in Bis-Porphyrin: Crystallographic Structure and CD Spectra for a Complex with a Chiral Guanidine Derivative

    Article • Symmetry, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Riina Aav

  34. Scalable Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis of (R)-4-(Acyloxy)pentanoic Acids from Racemic γ-Valerolactone

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, January 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  35. Mechanochemical Synthesis of Amides with Uronium-Based Coupling Reagents: A Method for Hexa-amidation of Biotin[6]uril

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, October 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  36. Rapid Mechanochemical Synthesis of Amides with Uronium-Based Coupling Reagents, a Method for Hexa-amidation of Biotin[6]uril

    Article • July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  37. Dynamic Chiral Cyclohexanohemicucurbit[12]uril

    Article • July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  38. Benchmarking computational methods and influence of guest conformation on chirogenesis in zinc porphyrin complexes

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  39. Dynamic chiral cyclohexanohemicucurbit[12]uril

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  40. Formation and Trapping of the Thermodynamically Unfavoured Inverted-Hemicucurbit[6]uril

    Article • April 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  41. Size-Control by Anion Templating in Mechanochemical Synthesis of Hemicucurbiturils in the Solid State

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2019, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  42. Size‐Control by Anion Templating in Mechanochemical Synthesis of Hemicucurbiturils in the Solid State

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2019, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  43. Size-Control by Anion Templating in Mechanochemical Synthesis of Hemicucurbiturils in the Solid State

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, February 2019, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  44. Size-Control by Anion Templating in Mechanochemical Synthesis of Hemicucurbiturils in the Solid State

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, February 2019, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  45. Formation and trapping of the thermodynamically unfavoured inverted-hemicucurbit[6]uril

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  46. Supramolecular chirogenesis in zinc porphyrins by enantiopure hemicucurbit[n]urils (n = 6, 8)

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  47. The Breaking of Symmetry Leads to Chirality in Cucurbituril-Type Hosts

    Article • Symmetry, April 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Riina Aav

  48. Ranking of DFT methods: B3LYP failed to provide 1JCH coupling constants, the best was mPW1PW91

    Article • ChemPhysChem, January 2018, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav, Associate Professor Ryszard Bolesław Nazarski

  49. Spectroscopic Study of (all-R,R)-cyclohexanohemicucurbit[8]uril and Its Host-Guest Supramolecular Hexafluorophosphate Complexes

    Article • Proceedings, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Riina Aav

  50. Templating Effects in the Dynamic Chemistry of Cucurbiturils and Hemicucurbiturils

    Article • Israel Journal of Chemistry, December 2017, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  51. Synthesis and Characterisation of Chiral Triazole-Based Halogen-Bond Donors: Halogen Bonds in the Solid State and in Solution

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, May 2017, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  52. Chiral hemicucurbit[8]uril as an anion receptor: selectivity to size, shape and charge distribution

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  53. A quantitative method for analysis of mixtures of homologues and stereoisomers of hemicucurbiturils that allows us to follow their formation and stability

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  54. Cucurbiturils: Synthesis, Structures, Formation Mechanisms, and Nomenclature

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Riina Aav

  55. Lipase-catalyzed stereoresolution of long-chain 1,2-alkanediols: A screening of preferable reaction conditions

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic, June 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Riina Aav

  56. Template-controlled synthesis of chiral cyclohexylhemicucurbit[8]uril

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  57. Asymmetric synthesis of the 2,2,3-trisubstituted cyclopentanone, D-ring fragment of 9,11-secosterols

    Article • Tetrahedron, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Riina Aav

  58. New homologues of chiral cyclohexylhemicucurbit[n]urils

    Article • Supramolecular Chemistry, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Riina Aav

  59. Computational and ion mobility MS study of (all-S)-cyclohexylhemicucurbit[6]uril structure and complexes

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  60. New Chiral Cyclohexylhemicucurbit[6]uril

    Article • Organic Letters, July 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Riina Aav

  61. Methylphosphonic acid as a 31P-NMR standard for the quantitative determination of phosphorus in carbonated beverages

    Article • Analytical Methods, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Riina Aav

  62. rac-8a'-Methyl-3′,4′,8′,8a'-tetrahydro-2′H-spiro[[1,3]dioxolane-2,1′-naphthalen]-6′(7′H)-one

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, August 2011, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Riina Aav

  63. Organic acid catalyzed synthesis of 5-methylresorcinol based organic aerogels in acetonitrile

    Article • Journal of Porous Materials, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Riina Aav

  64. Theoretical prediction and assignment of vicinal 1 H-1 H coupling constants of diastereomeric 3-alkoxy-6,7-epoxy-2-oxabicyclo[3.3.0]octanes

    Article • Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, January 2011, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  65. (1S,2S,6S,9S)-6-Methyl-5-oxobicyclo[4.4.0]decane-2,9-diyl diacetate

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, September 2010, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Riina Aav

  66. Synthesis of substituted cyclopentanones from 2-oxabicyclo[3.3.0]oct-6-en-3-one

    Article • Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Chemistry, October 2007, Estonian Academy Publishers

    Professor Riina Aav

  67. Diastereoselective Alkylation of (Arene)tricarbonylchromium and Ferrocene Complexes Using a Chiral,C2-Symmetrical 1,2-Diamine as Auxiliary

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, August 2006, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  68. Unexpected Reactivity of Ethyl 2-(Diethylphosphono)Propionate Toward 2,2-Disubstituted-1,3-cyclopentanediones

    Article • Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements, July 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Riina Aav

  69. Diastereoselective Alkylation of (Arene)tricarbonylchromium and Ferrocene Complexes Using a Chiral,C2-Symmetrical 1,2-Diamine as Auxiliary

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2005, Wiley

    Professor Riina Aav

  70. Synthesis and Derivatization of Bis-nor Wieland-Miescher Ketone

    Article • Synthesis, January 2005, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Riina Aav

  71. OXIDATION OF SUBSTITUTED BICYCLO[4.4.0]DECEN-3-ONES

    Article • Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Chemistry, October 2001, Estonian Academy Publishers

    Professor Riina Aav

  72. Preparation of highly enantiopure stereoisomers of 1-(2,6-dimethylphenoxy)-2-aminopropane (mexiletine)

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, July 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Riina Aav

  73. CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE MONOTERPENOIC FRACTION OF ESTONIAN CONIFER NEEDLE OIL

    Article • Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Chemistry, February 1995, Estonian Academy Publishers

    Professor Riina Aav