Name

Surname

Allan

Niidu

Institution name and department

TalTech, Virumaa College

Position held

Assistant Professor

Address/Country

Järveküla tee 75, 30322, Kohtla-Järve/ Estonia

E-mail

Webpage

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Key words (up to 5)

·       Scale-up

·       Process optimisation

Areas of Research/Expertise 

Asymmetric oxidation in construction of chiral cyclopentane and tetrahydrofuran derivatives. Scale-up of pharmaceutical intermediates and API-s, process optimization in relevant field. MOF-synthesis and adsorption of aromatic sulfur containing compounds. MOF analysis: BET, PXRD, SEM, NMR, DRIFTS.

Oxidation of organic matter in oil shale – direct valorization to compounds for fine chemical business. Analysis of solid and liquid fuels.

5 Most representative publications related to mechanochemistry 

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5 Most representative publications non-related to Mechanochemistry 

(1)       Niidu, A.; Paju, A.; Eek, M.; Müürisepp, A.-M.; Pehk, T.; Lopp, M. Synthesis of Chiral Hydroxylated Cyclopentanones and Cyclopentanes. Tetrahedron Asymmetry 2006, 17 (18), 2678–2683. https://doi.org/doi: DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2006.09.015.

(2)       Niidu, A.; Paju, A.; Müürissep, A.-M.; Kailas, T.; Pehk, T.; Lopp, M. Synthesis of chiral enantioenriched tetrahydrofuran derivatives. ARKIVOC 2009, xiv, 39–52.

(3)       Niidu, A.; Paju, A.; Müürisepp, A.-M.; Järving, I.; Kailas, T.; Pehk, T.; Lopp, M. Stereoselective Synthesis of 1-Methyl-1,2-and 1,3-Cyclopentanediols via γ-Lactones. Chem. Heterocycl. Compd. 2013, 48 (12), 1751–1760. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10593-013-1206-4.

(4)       Pihl, O.; Niidu, A.; Merkulova, N.; Siirde, A.; Fomitsov, M.; Tshepelevitsh, M. GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION OF SULFUR COMPOUNDS IN THE GASOLINE FRACTIONS OF SHALE OIL AND OIL OBTAINED FROM USED TIRES. Oil Shale 2019, 36 (2S), 188. https://doi.org/10.3176/oil.2019.2S.09.

(5)       Niidu, A. PHENOLS TO PORES TO ADSORPTION. A POTENTIAL ROUTE TOWARDS NEW METHODS FOR EXTRACTING VALUE FROM SHALE OIL SIDE STREAM. Oil Shale 2019, 36 (2S), 128. https://doi.org/10.3176/oil.2019.2S.04.

Orcid ID/ Google Scholar/ Researchgate/ Scopus profiles

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3406-9869

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZqOM4vYAAAAJ&hl=en

Researchgate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Allan_Niidu

Scopus profiles

Twitter/ Linkedin/ Instagram accounts

Twitter/

@allanniidu

Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-niidu-0abb3174/

Instagram accounts

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