M.Sc.2001 (Lublin UMCS)

Ph.D. 2007 (Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, France)

Orcid No. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8292-7373

Research areas

• Synthesis and resolution of P-chiral compounds
• Carbohydrate syntheses
• Asymmetric transition metal-catalyzed reactions
• Olefin metathesis; catalysis and catalysts synthesis.

Didactic activity: 

Chemistry against nature of psychoactive compounds (L, LB); Interaction of organic agents on receptors (L, T); Chemistry of aromatic compounds and bases of perfumery (L, LB); Organic chemistry (L, T, LB); Toxicology of organic compounds (L); Molecules of murder (T); Synthesis and organic chemistry of chiral compounds (LB); Graduate seminar (T); Graduate laboratory (LB); Principles of cosmetic preparation (LB); The chemistry of smelling (L); Different states of consciousness - a few words about psychoactive compound (L).

Representative publications:

1. K. Szwaczko, O. M. Demchuk, B. Mirosław, D. Strzelecka, K. M. Pietrusiewicz Straightforward approach to norbornene core based chiral ligands by tandem cross dehydrogenative coupling reactions, , Tetrahedron Lett. , 2016, 56, 3491-3495.

2. K. Szwaczko, I. Czeluśniak, K. Grela, „A partially serendipitous discovery of thermos-switchable ruthenium olefin metathesis initiator that seem to be well suited for ROMP of monomer bearing vinyl pedant groups”, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2017, 847, 146.

3. K. Szwaczko, Ligands Derived from Carbohydrates for Asymmetric Catalysis, 2020, Wydawnictwo UMCS, ISBN: 978-83-227-9402-9

4. K. Dziuba , S.  Frynas, K. Szwaczko  Knoevenagel Condensation of Phosphinoylacetic Acids with Aldehydes: An Efficient One-Pot Strategy for the Synthesis of P-Functionalized Alkenyl Compounds, Synthesis 2021; 53(12): 2142-2154

5. K. Szwaczko, B. Miroslaw, O. M. Demchuk, G. Wójciuk, L. Mazur, K. M.Pietrusiewicz Metathetic approach to new NORPHOS-related bisphosphanes: facile synthesis and application in asymmetric hydrogenation, Pure Appl. Chem. 2021; 93(4): 409–426