[1] She developed some of the first methods for carbon-carbon bond formation using palladium or nickel catalysts, and extended these reactions to work in aqueous media.

[1] Until 2001 she served on the IUPAC Committee on Chemical Weapons Destruction Technology (CWDT).

Currently, she serves as the head of the Laboratory of Organoelement Compounds within the Department of Chemistry at Moscow State University, where she has concentrated her research on carbon dioxide utilization and its utility in renewable energy and reactions with epoxides.

[8] Beletskaya is known for her foundational contributions to organometallic chemistry and as one of the first prominent female chemists.

Her work helped pave the way for women in Russia to participate in the scientific community.

[9] Her pioneering role in organometallic synthesis has laid an essential foundation for future organic chemists.