The Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in February 23, 1934, as a result of the merging of the laboratories, which represented leading Russian scientific schools. In 1953, the Institute was named after Prof. N.D. Zelinsky who was the head of one of the Institute departments in 1936-1953. N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry (ZIOC) ranks among the leaders of Russian science in the field of organic and bioorganic chemistry and organic catalysis. The following key areas of basic research are being successfully developed at the Institute: in-depth study of the chemical bond nature, reactivity of organic and organoelement compounds, mechanisms and intermediates of chemical reactions; development of new methods and routes of organic and organoelement synthesis; research in chemistry of biologically active and natural compounds; elucidation of general regularities of organic catalysis and mechanisms of catalytic reactions; development of new methods of catalytic synthesis.