Diploma in chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2003-2008
PhD, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), 2009-2013

Postdoc, University of Pittsburgh, 2013-2014

Research interests: Multicomponent reactions, diversity-oriented synthesis of heterocycles.

Selected publications:

· Assembly of 1H-Pyrrol-2(5H)-one Core through a Novel Cascade Ugi Reaction/5-endo-dig Carbocyclization/Retro-Claisen Fragmentation Process, Anatoly A. Peshkov,Vsevolod A. Peshkov,* Zhenghua Li, Olga P. Pereshivko, and Erik V. Van der Eycken,*European Journal of Organic Chemistry,2014, 6390–6393.

· Three-Component Reaction of a 2-Aminoazine, a 2-Oxoaldehyde and a Cyclic 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compound for the Synthesis of Imidazo[1,2-a]azine Derivatives,Vsevolod A. Peshkov,* Anatoly A. Peshkov, Olga P. Pereshivko, Kristof Van Hecke, Lali L. Zamigaylo, Erik V. Van der Eycken, and Nikolay Yu. Gorobets,*ACS Combinatorial Science,2014,16, 535–542.

· Unexpected Regio- and Chemoselectivity of Cationic Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations of Propargylureas: Access to Tetrasubstituted 3,4-Dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones, Olga P. Pereshivko,Vsevolod A. Peshkov,* Anatoly A. Peshkov, Jeroen Jacobs, Luc Van Meervelt, and Erik V. Van der Eycken,*Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry,2014,12, 1741–1750.

· Cationic Gold- and Silver-Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations of Propargylic Ureas: a Selective Entry to Oxazolidin-2-imines and Imidazolidin-2-ones, Olga P. Pereshivko,^#Vsevolod A. Peshkov,^#Jeroen Jacobs, Luc Van Meervelt, and Erik V. Van der Eycken,*Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis,2013,355, 781–789.^#denotes equal contribution.

· Fast Assembly of 1H-Imidazo[1,2-a]imidazol-5-aminesviaGroebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé Reaction with 2-Aminoimidazoles, Olga P. Pereshivko,^#Vsevolod A. Peshkov,^#Denis S. Ermolat’ev and Erik V. Van der Eycken,*Synlett,2013,24, 351-354.^#denotes equal contribution. Highlighted in Synfacts , 2013 , 9 , 375 .

· Synthesis of Azocino[5,4-b]indolesviaAu-Catalyzed Intramolecular Alkyne Hydroarylation, Vsevolod A. Peshkov , Olga P. Pereshivko, and Erik V. Van der Eycken,*Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis,2012,354, 2841–2848.

· A walk around the A³-coupling,Vsevolod A. Peshkov, Olga P. Pereshivko, and Erik V. Van der Eycken,*Chemical Society Reviews,2012,41, 3790–3807

· Tetrasubstituted 2-ImidazolonesviaAg(I)-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Propargylic Ureas,Vsevolod A. Peshkov, Olga P. Pereshivko, Sweta Sharma, Thirumal Meganathan, Virinder S. Parmar, Denis S. Ermolat'ev,* and Erik V. Van der Eycken,*Journal of Organic Chemistry,2011,76, 5867–5872.

· Synthesis of the Azocino[cd]indole Framework through Pd-Catalyzed Intramolecular Acetylene Hydroarylation,Vsevolod A. Peshkov, Sofie Van Hove, Pavel A. Donets, Olga P. Pereshivko, Kristof Van Hecke, Luc Van Meervelt, and Erik V. Van der Eycken,*European Journal of Organic Chemistry,2011, 1837–1840.

· Diversity-Oriented Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of the 3-Benzazepine Framework,Vsevolod A. Peshkov, Olga P. Pereshivko, Pavel A. Donets, Vaibhav P. Mehta, and Erik V. Van der Eycken,*European Journal of Organic Chemistry,2010, 4861–4867.

· Unprecedented Cu(I)-Catalyzed Microwave-Assisted Three-Component Coupling of a Ketone, an Alkyne, and a Primary Amine, Olga P. Pereshivko,Vsevolod A. Peshkov, and Erik V. Van der Eycken,*Organic Letters,2010,12, 2638–2641.