Andris ZICMANIS

Born: April 21, 1941, Jelgava, Latvia

Interests: 

• Organic Chemistry
• Methods of Organic Synthesis
• Ionic Liquids
• Heterocyclic compounds

Main Research:

Methods of organic synthesis.Ionic liquids. Chemistry of heterocyclic compounds.  Medicinal Chemistry.

Languages: Latvian, English, Russian, French..

Education

• Riga Technical University (Faculty of Chemistry), 1964
• Dr.chem. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, Ph.D. in Western countries), Riga Technical University, 1969
• Dr.habil.chem. (Doctor of Science in former USSR, D.Sc. in Western countries), Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, 1989.

Experience

• Leader of the Laboratory of Organic Synthesis, Plant of Chemical Reagents, Olaine, Latvia, 1969-1975
• Associate Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Latvia, 1975-1979

Research and Production Company “Biolar”, Latvia -

• Head of the Laboratory of Ion Exchange Resins, 1979-1985
• Deputy Director (research and development), 1985-1990

University of Latvia, Faculty of Chemistry -

• Professor, 1990-
• Dean, 1995- 2003

Honours and Awards

• Full Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2007
• Corresponding Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1998
• Latvian SSR State Prize, 1982.
• The Latvian Academy of Sciences Gustavs Vanags Prize for series of works " Organic synthesis in coherence with untraditional materials", 2007 

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Member (1990- ), and Chairman (1997- ) of the Council of Habilitation and Promotion (in Chemistry), University of Latvia.
• Member, Latvian Council of Science (2003 - 2013).
• Latvian Council of Science, Expert Committee for Chemistry, Member (2007 - ), Chairman (2003 - 2007).
• European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS), Representative of the Republic of Latvia (1998 - ).
• COST Actions CM0905 and CM1206 - representative of Latvia in the Management Committee (2010 - 2017).

Lectures:

• Polymer-bound Crown Ethers. Invited lecture. Gordon Research Conference “Reactive Polymers, Ion Exchangers and Adsorbents”, July 31 - August 4, 1989, New Port, Rhode Island, USA.
• Ionic Liquids in Organic Synthesis. Invited lecture. University of Bologne, April 20-21, 2011, Bologne, Italy.
• Paul Walden and ionic liquids in Latvia. Invited lecture. Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids XXV, July 6-11, 2014, Tallinn, Estonia.

Courses

University of Latvia:

• Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, 2000 -
• Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds, 1990 -
• Organic Chemistry (for undergraduate students), 1990 -
• Organic Chemistry (for post-graduate students), 1996 -
• Methods of Organic Synthesis (for undergraduate students), 1992 -
• Methods of Organic Synthesis (for post-graduate students), 1996 -

Published Papers:   334 (including 54 patents)

Recent/Representative Publications

1. S. Brica, M. Klavins, A. Zicmanis. Unsubstituted - Alkyl Aspartates as Highly Biodegradable and Almost Nontoxic Surfactants. Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2016, 6, No 3, pp. 125-135.
2. S. Brica, M. Klavins, A. Zicmanis. A route to simple nonionic surfactants. Cogent Chemistry 2016, 2, pp. 1-4.
3. E. Priede, S. Brica, E. Bakis, N. Udris, A. Zicmanis. Ionic liquids as solvents for the Knoevenagel condensation: understanding the role of solvent-solute interactions. New J. Chem. 2015, 39, pp. 9132-9142.
4. E. Priede, S. Brica, N. Udris, A. Zicmanis. Designing highly efficient solvents for the Knoevenagel condensation: two novel dicationic dimethyl phosphate ionic liquids. Arkivoc 2015, No 7, pp. 243-252.
5. E. Priede, A. Zicmanis. One-Pot Three-Component Synthesis of Hantzsch 1,4-Dihydropyridines Promoted by Dimethyl Phosphate Ionic Liquids. Helvetica Chimica Acta 2015, 98, Issue 8, pp. 1095-1103.
6. E. Priede, E. Bakis, A. Zicmanis. When chlorides are the most reactive: a simple route towards diverse mono- and dicationic dimethyl phosphate ionic liquids. Synlett, 2014, pp. 2447-2450.
7. E. Priede, I. Nakurte, A. Zicmanis. Structure effect of imidazolium-based dicationic ionic liquids on Claisen rearrangement. Synthetic Communications 2014, 44, pp. 1803-1809.
8. A. Zicmanis, L. Anteina. Dialkylimidazolium dimethyl phosphates as solvents and catalysts for the Knoevenagel condensation reaction. Tetrahedron Letters 2014, 55, No 12, pp. 2027-2028.

Recent Research Projects

• (Leading Researcher of the Project). Synthesis and Investigation of Polymer Membranes and Ionic Liquids with Lithium Salts. Latvian Council of Science (2014 - 2017).
• (Leader of the Project). Biodegradable Ionic Liquids of Low Toxicity. Eureka project (2012 - 2013).
• (Leader of the Project). Conversions of Ambident Anions in Ionic Liquid Media. Latvian Council of Science (2005 - 2009). 

Last update 12.05.2017