Dr. Viktor Zhdankin

Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Organic Chemistry

Office: 319 Chemistry Building

Phone: (218) 726–6902

Fax: (218) 726–7394

E–mail: vzhdanki@d.umn.edu

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

Research Group

• Doctor of Science (highest scientific degree in U.S.S.R.) 1987, Moscow State University, Moscow, U.S.S.R.

• Senior Research Fellow, Moscow State University, Moscow, U.S.S.R. (1988–1989)

Research Interests

• Exploratory Synthetic Organic Chemistry of Hypervalent Main–Group Elements
• Synthetic Organic Chemistry of Fluorine
• Mechanistic Physical–Organic Chemistry
• Chemistry of Acetylenes

Representative Publications

1. Organic Polyvalent Iodine Compounds. Stang, P.J.; Zhdankin, V.V. Chem. Reviews, 1996, 96, 1123–1178.
2. Preparation, X–Ray Crystal Structure, and Chemistry of Stable Azidoiodinanes – Derivatives of Benziodoxole. Zhdankin, V.V.; Krasutsky, A.P.; Kuehl, C.J.; Simonsen, A.J.; Woodward, J.K.; Mismash, B.; Bolz, J.T. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 5192–5197.
3. 1–Organosulfonyloxy–3–(1H)–1,2–benziodoxoles: Preparation and Reactions with Alkynyltrimethylsilanes. Zhdankin, V.V.; Kuehl, C.J.; Krasutsky, A.P.; Bolz, J.T.; Simonsen, A.J. J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 6547–6551.
4. 1–[Hydroxyl(sulfonyloxy)iodo]–1H, 1H–perfluoroalkanes: Stable, Fluoroalkyl Analogs of Koser's Reagent. Zhdankin, V.V.; Kuehl, C.J.; Simonsen, A.J. J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 8272–827.
5. 1–Amido–3–(1H)–1,2–Benziodoxoles: Stable Amidoiodanes and Reagents for Direct Amidation of Organic Substrates. Zhdankin, V.V.; McSherry, M.; Mismash, B.; Bolz, J.T.; Woodward, J.K.; Arbit, R.M.; Ericksom, S. Tetrahedrom Letters, 1997, 38, 21–24.
6. Preparation, X–Ray Crystal Structure, and Chemistry of [(Arylsulfonyl)methyl](phenyl)iodonium Triflates – Stable Alkyliodonium Salts. Zhdankin, V.V.; Erickson, S.A.; Hanson, K.J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, in press.

Education

• Moscow State University, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
• Bachelor of Science (Russian analog), 1978
• Candidate of Science (analog for Ph.D. in U.S.S.R.), 1981
• Doctor of Science (the highest degree in U.S.S.R.), 1987

Jobs and Academic Positions

• Academic:
• Junior Research Fellow, Moscow State University, Moscow, 1981–1986
• Research Fellow, Moscow State University, Moscow, 1986–1987
• Visiting Scientist, University of Minnesota–Duluth, 1987–1988
• Senior Research Fellow, Moscow State University, Moscow, 1988–1989
• Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Mendeleev's Soviet Chemical Society, 1989–present
• Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Organic Chemistry (USSR), 1989–present
• Leading Research Fellow, Moscow State University, Moscow, 1989–present
• Instructor, University of Utah, 1991–1993
• Senior Research Associate, University of Utah, 1990–1993
• Assistant Professor, Chemistry Dept., University of Minnesota–Duluth, 1993–1996
• Associate Professor, Chemistry Dept., University of Minnesota–Duluth, 1996–1999.
• Professor, Chemistry Dept., University of Mineesota–Duluth, July 1999 – Present