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Ivan Aprahamian
PhD The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
MSc The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
BSc The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Research Topics
Functional Redox-Active Liquid Crystalline Rotaxanes
Quantum Dot Architectures Nano Pistons More about Ivan
I was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and lived most of my life in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. After graduating from St. Tarkmanchatz high school I attended The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) and received a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry in 1998. In 1999 I started pursuing a M.Sc. degree in Organic Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Mordecai Rabinovitz and Prof. Tuvia Sheradsky and in 2000 I was accepted to the Ph.D direct track program which I finished in 2005. My Ph.D. thesis focused on the alkali metal reduction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), with emphasis on non-planar PAHs, and the characterization of the obtained anions using NMR spectroscopy. In July 2005, I joined the research group of Prof. J. Fraser Stoddart at UCLA as a postdoctoral scholar. In my free time I enjoy reading – philosophy, history, physics and mathematics – listening to music, relaxing and smoking a good cigar. From time to time I also try to take over the world (CIV3).
Selected Publications
1) A Four-Step Alternating Reductive Dimerization/Bond-Cleavage of Indenocorannulene, I. Aprahamian, R. E. Hoffman, T. Sheradsky, D. V. Preda, M. Bancu, L. T. Scott, M. Rabinovitz, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 1712-1715.
2) “The Great Escape” from Antiaromaticity: Reduction of Strained Pyrenes, I. Aprahamian, G. J. Bodwell, J. J. Fleming, G. P. Manning, M. R. Mannion, T. Sheradsky, R. J. Vermeij, M. Rabinovitz, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 1720-1721.*
3) Reductive Dimerization of Tethered Pyrenes: Implications For the Reduction of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, I. Aprahamian, G. J. Bodwell, J. J. Fleming, G. P. Manning, M. R. Mannion, T. Sheradsky, R. J. Vermeij, M. Rabinovitz, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 2547-2550.**
4) Ball-and-Socket Stacking of Supercharged Geodesic Polyarenes: Bonding by Interstitial Lithium Ions, I. Aprahamian, D. Eisenberg, R. E. Hoffman, T. Sternfeld, Y. Matsuo, E. A. Jackson, E. Nakamura, L. T. Scott, T. Sheradsky, M. Rabinovitz, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 9581-9587.
5) Polycyclic and Fullerene Lithium Carbanions, I. Aprahamian and M. Rabinovitz, In The Chemistry of Organolithium Compounds (Vol II); Z. Rappoport, I. Marek, Eds; John Wiley & Sons Ltd.; Chichester (UK), 2006, 477-524.
* This paper was selected as an “Editors’ Choice” by Science 2003, 299, 979-981.
** This paper was designated a “VIP”.
