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В. И. Веденеев. Архив ИХФ им. Н. Н. Семёнова (из юбилейного издания, 1992).
Vladimir I. Vedeneev
Владимир Иванович Веденеев
Born(1929-01-03)January 3, 1929
Saratov, Russian SFSR, USSR
NationalitySoviet; Russian
Alma materSaratov State University; Moscow State University (postgraduate, Department of Chemical Kinetics)
Known forRadical-chain oxidation of hydrocarbons; low-temperature combustion (“cool flames”); EPR diagnostics of active species; high-pressure direct oxidation of methane to oxygenates (methanol)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry; Chemical kinetics; Oxidation of hydrocarbons; Electron paramagnetic resonance
InstitutionsSemenov Institute of Chemical Physics (ICP RAS)

Vladimir Ivanovich Vedeneev (born 3 January 1929, Saratov) is a Soviet and Russian physical chemist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, known for research on radical-chain oxidation of hydrocarbons, gas-phase combustion and the “cool-flame” regime. Over several decades he worked at the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics (ICP RAS), advancing from junior researcher to head of the Laboratory for the Oxidation of Hydrocarbons and shaping a durable research school. His work spans fundamental kinetic modelling and EPR diagnostics of reactive intermediates as well as applied studies on direct conversion of methane and natural gas to methanol and other oxygenates, including international patenting.[1]

Biography and family

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Vedeneev was born on 3 January 1929 in Saratov. He received his basic higher education at Saratov State University; institutional histories of the chemical-kinetics school note that Saratov graduates V. I. Vedeneev and A. M. Chaykin entered postgraduate study at the Department of Chemical Kinetics of Moscow State University (the department associated with N. M. Emanuel and the school of Nobel laureate N. N. Semenov).[2][3]

In 1955 Vedeneev joined the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics (Moscow). He progressed through the research ranks—junior researcher (1955–1963), senior researcher (1963–1969)—and then headed the Laboratory for the Oxidation of Hydrocarbons (1969–2001; some official lists cite the administrative interval 1973–2001). He earned the Candidate of Chemical Sciences degree in 1959 and the Doctor of Chemical Sciences in 1979. During his leadership the laboratory united theoreticians and experimentalists around EPR diagnostics, cool-flame studies, quantitative ignition limits and high-pressure regimes for direct oxidation of methane and natural gas, linking elementary-step kinetics to small-scale gas processing.

His family was active in public life. His first wife, Rimma Petrovna Vedeneeva, organised civic and educational initiatives in Moscow in the 1990s–2010s; she served as chair of the “Ecological Association of Women (EAW)” and as rector of the non-state institution “Higher School of the Civilised Statesman”. Their daughter is Irina Vladimirovna Vedeneeva.

Research and contributions

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Vedeneev’s research combines rigorous kinetic analysis with experimentally testable models and diagnostics.

  • Radical-chain mechanisms and cool flames. He analysed chain initiation, limiting steps and transitions to the low-temperature “cool-flame” regime, in which heat release and radical concentration are modest yet decisive for subsequent combustion dynamics; these studies underpinned later work on ignition boundaries and chain branching.
  • EPR diagnostics of active species. With colleagues he used EPR for direct detection and quantitative interpretation of radicals and intermediates in gas-phase systems (including F₂–O₂ and F₂+H₂(+O₂)), showing the role of heterogeneous initiation on surfaces and the sensitivity of chain propagation to medium composition and purity.[4][5]
  • Self-ignition limits and their kinetic nature. In studies including D₂+F₂(+Ar) he and co-authors provided a quantitative interpretation of self-ignition limits and argued for their kinetic—not purely thermal—origin, governed by the balance of initiation/termination and branching steps.[6]
  • High-pressure direct oxidation of methane and natural gas. From the early 1990s his group focussed on one-stage, high-pressure gas-phase routes to methanol and oxygenates. Pressure was shown to be a key parameter for selectivity and yield; regimes where homogeneous and heterogeneous stages compete or complement each other were systematised.[7][8] A 1996 review in Russian Chemical Reviews summarised the evidence and proposed a unified picture of direct high-pressure gas-phase oxidation of natural gas to oxygenates.[9]

Laboratory, organisation and influence

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The ICP Laboratory for the Oxidation of Hydrocarbons—founded in 1947 by A. B. Nalbandyan—is among the institute’s oldest units. Vedeneev headed it from 1969 to 2001, steering research from elementary steps to technology-oriented schemes for partial conversion of natural gas. After reorganisation the line was continued by his successors; in 2002 the laboratory was re-established under Prof. V. S. Arutyunov, maintaining the Nalbandyan–Vedeneev tradition.[10]

Within the ICP/IPC technological programme, projects on partial oxidation of methane to methanol and other oxygenates were carried out under the scientific guidance of Vedeneev and V. S. Arutyunov, including schemes combining homogeneous and heterogeneous stages in a single apparatus—linking classical kinetics to small-scale gas processing for remote fields and flared gas.[11]

Collaboration with the United States and patents

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In the late 2000s and early 2010s, results of the ICP school were incorporated into international Mini-GTL projects. Vedeneev is a co-inventor of U.S. patents on methods and apparatus for direct methanol production. Notably, US 8,202,916 B2 (19 June 2012) and US 8,293,186 B2 (23 October 2012) list Gas Technologies LLC (Walloon Lake, MI) as assignee; the title pages give Vedeneev’s address as “Moscow (RU)”, indicating collaboration rather than relocation.[12][13]

Selected publications

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  • Bond dissociation energies, ionisation potentials and electron affinities: a handbook (in Russian). Moscow: Academy of Sciences of the USSR. 1962.
  • Vedeneev, V. I. (1970). "EPR study of heterogeneous generation of active particles in the F₂–O₂ system". Russian Chemical Bulletin. doi:10.1007/BF00852703.
  • Vedeneev, V. I. (1970). "EPR study of the reaction of fluorine with hydrogen in the presence of oxygen". Russian Chemical Bulletin. 19 (6): 1366–1367. doi:10.1007/BF00852704.
  • Vedeneev, V. I.; Gershenzon, Yu. M.; Sarkisov, O. M.; Sher, E. (1974). "Quantitative interpretation of self-ignition limits in D₂+F₂+Ar". Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry.
  • Arutyunov, V. S.; Vedeneev, V. I.; Krymov, N. Yu.; Shcherbakov, P. M. (1992). "Some features of methane oxidation at high pressures". Catalysis Today. 13: 327–335.
  • Vedeneev, V. I.; Arutyunov, V. S.; Basevich, V. Ya. (1994). "Methane activation: Role of pressure in homogeneous and/or catalytic oxidation of methane". Catalysis Today. 21 (2–3): 527–532. doi:10.1016/0920-5861(94)80176-2.
  • Arutyunov, V. S.; Basevich, V. Ya.; Vedeneev, V. I. (1996). "Direct high-pressure gas-phase oxidation of natural gas to oxygenates: an overview". Russian Chemical Reviews. 65 (3): 211–241. doi:10.1070/RC1996v065n03ABEH000207.

Patents

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Timeline

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  • 1929 — born in Saratov;
  • 1950s — Saratov State University; postgraduate study at MSU Department of Chemical Kinetics;[14]
  • 1955 — joins ICP (Semenov Institute) as junior researcher;
  • 1959 — Candidate of Chemical Sciences;
  • 1963 — Senior researcher;
  • 1969—2001 — Head, Laboratory for the Oxidation of Hydrocarbons (ICP);
  • 1979 — Doctor of Chemical Sciences;
  • 1992—1996 — key papers on high-pressure methane oxidation (Catalysis Today, Russian Chemical Reviews);
  • 2004 — Russian patent RU 2233831 C2;
  • 2012 — U.S. patents US 8,202,916 B2; US 8,293,186 B2.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Arutyunov, V. S.; Basevich, V. Ya.; Vedeneev, V. I. (1996). "Direct high-pressure gas-phase oxidation of natural gas to oxygenates: an overview". Russian Chemical Reviews. 65 (3): 211–241. doi:10.1070/RC1996v065n03ABEH000207.
  2. ^ "История школы химической кинетики (mention of Saratov graduates entering MSU postgraduate study)". icp-ras.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Кафедра химической кинетики — краткий очерк (Department of Chemical Kinetics, MSU)". chem.msu.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  4. ^ Vedeneev, V. I. (1970). "EPR study of heterogeneous generation of active particles in the F₂–O₂ system". Russian Chemical Bulletin. doi:10.1007/BF00852703.
  5. ^ Vedeneev, V. I. (1970). "EPR study of the reaction of fluorine with hydrogen in the presence of oxygen". Russian Chemical Bulletin. 19 (6): 1366–1367. doi:10.1007/BF00852704.
  6. ^ Vedeneev, V. I.; Gershenzon, Yu. M.; Sarkisov, O. M.; Sher, E. (1974). "Quantitative interpretation of self-ignition limits in D₂+F₂+Ar". Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry.
  7. ^ Arutyunov, V. S.; Vedeneev, V. I.; Krymov, N. Yu.; Shcherbakov, P. M. (1992). "Some features of methane oxidation at high pressures". Catalysis Today. 13: 327–335.
  8. ^ Vedeneev, V. I.; Arutyunov, V. S.; Basevich, V. Ya. (1994). "Methane activation: Role of pressure in homogeneous and/or catalytic oxidation of methane". Catalysis Today. 21 (2–3): 527–532. doi:10.1016/0920-5861(94)80176-2.
  9. ^ Arutyunov, V. S.; Basevich, V. Ya.; Vedeneev, V. I. (1996). "Direct high-pressure gas-phase oxidation of natural gas to oxygenates: an overview". Russian Chemical Reviews. 65 (3): 211–241. doi:10.1070/RC1996v065n03ABEH000207.
  10. ^ "Лаборатория окисления углеводородов — история и руководство (Lab history and leadership)". old.chph.ras.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Химико-технологическое направление ИХФ/ИПХФ — парциальное окисление метана (Technological programme)". icp-ras.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  12. ^ "US 8,202,916 B2 — Method of and apparatus for producing methanol (front page)" (PDF). 19 June 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  13. ^ "US 8,293,186 B2 — Method and apparatus for producing methanol". 23 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  14. ^ "История школы химической кинетики (mention)". icp-ras.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.

Further reading

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  • Institutional overviews and memoirs of ICP staff on oxidation and low-temperature combustion research.
  • Bibliographic guides on physical chemistry and chemical kinetics.
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  • Patent cards (RU/US) — see the Patents section.
  • Selected papers in Russian Chemical Reviews, Catalysis Today, and Russian Chemical Bulletin.


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