Dr. Victor Nemykin

Assistant Professor

Bioinorganic & Materials Chemistry

Office: Chem 110

Phone: (218) 726–6729

Fax: (218) 726–7394

E-mail: vnemykin@d.umn.edu

Personal Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~vnemykin

•PhD 1995, Institute of General & Inorganic Chemistry, Kiev, Ukraine

•Postdoctoral Research Associate, Duquesne University

Research Interests

• Exploratory Synthetic Chemistry of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines
• Synthesis & Oxygen Transfer Reactivity of Cytochrome P450, NOS, Molybdo- & Tungtopterine Enzyme Models
• Synthetic Chemistry & Application of Mixed-Valence Systems
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Theoretical Modeling

Representative Publications

1. Millar, A. J.; Doonan, C. J.; Smith, P. D.; Nemykin, V. N.; Basu, P.; Young, C. G. Oxygen Atom Transfer in Models of Molybdenum Enzymes: Isolation and Structural, Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of Intermediates in Oxygen Atom Transfer From Mo(VI) to P(III). Chem. Eur. J. 2005 , in press .
2. Nemykin, V. N.; Laskin, J.; Basu, P. Isolation, Characterization of an Intermediate in an Oxygen Atom-Transfer Reaction, and the Determination of the Bond Dissociation Energy. J. Am. Chem. Soc.   2004 , 126 , 8604-8605.
3. Nemykin, V. N. ; Basu, P. A Bifurcated Pathway of Oxygen Atom Transfer Reactions From a Monooxo Molybdenum(VI) Complex Under Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometric Conditions.     Dalton Trans.   2004 , 1928-1933.
4. Basu, P.; Nemykin, V. N.; Sengar, R. Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Redox Chemistry of Encapsulated Oxo-Mo(V) Centers: Implications for Pyranopterin-Containing Molybdoenzymes. Inorg. Chem. 2003 , 42 , 7489-7501.
5. Carrano, C. J.; Chohan, B. S.; Hammes, B. S.; Kail, B. W.; Nemykin, V. N.; Basu, P. Donor Atom Dependent Geometric Isomers in Mononuclear Oxo-Molybdenum(V) Complexes: Implications for Coordinated Endogenous Ligation in Molybdoenzymes. Inorg. Chem. 2003 , 42, 5999-6007.

Education

• MS Organic Chemistry, 1993, Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine.
• PhD Inorganic Chemistry, 1995, Institute of General & Inorganic Chemistry, Kiev, Ukraine.

Jobs and Academic Positions

• Research Fellow, Institute of General & Inorganic Chemistry, Kiev, Ukraine, 1995-1998
• JSPS postdoctoral fellow, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1998-2000
• Visiting Scientist, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan, 200-2001
• Research Associate, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001-2004  
• Adjunct Faculty, Bethany College, Bethany, WV, 2004
• Assistant Professor, Chemistry Dept., University of Minnesota-Duluth, 2004-present