?Ismayil A. Aliyev is an organic chemist, a professor, D.Sc. (chemistry), the head of health and safety of life performance department and a professor of the department of organic chemistry Baku State University (Azerbaijan). His main research interests relate to chemistry and physical chemistry of aromatic sulfur derivatives, including new synthesis of pyrroles containing arylthio groups using acetylene, vinyl halides and 1, 2-dibromoalkanes in superbasic media. Also, he is engaged in the studies of relationship between physical-chemical properties of organosulfur compounds and their reactivity. He is the author of more than 270 publications, including 1 monograph, 5 textbooks, 3 manuals, 10 patents and 2 authors’ certificates. Boris A. Trofimov is an organic chemist, a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a professor, D.Sc. (chemistry), the winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology and a research supervisor at the A.E. Favorsky Irkutsk institute of chemistry SB RAS. Among his research interests are fine organic synthesis based on acetylene and its derivatives; superbase catalysts and reagents; chemistry of heterocyclic compounds (pyrroles, indoles, imidazoles, pyrazoles, furans, thiophenes, etc.) and the chemistry of organosulfur and phosphorus compounds. He is the author of 22 monographs and chapters in monographs, 62 reviews and more than 1000 main articles.
Ludmila A. Oparina is an organic chemist, Ph.D. (Chemistry), and a senior researcher at the A.E. Favorsky Irkutsk institute of chemistry SB RAS. Her main directions of research are acetylene chemistry, development of methods for the synthesis of vinyl ethers and sulfides in superbasic media. She is the author of more than 150 publications, authors’ certificates and patents.