Viktor
V. Zhdankin
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
1038 University Drive, 126 HCAMS
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota 55812
Phone: (218) 726-6902
Fax: (218) 726-7394
E-mail: vzhdanki@d.umn.edu
BS/MS, 1978, Moscow State University
Ph.D., 1981, Moscow State University
Dr.Chem.Sci., 1987, Moscow State University
Senior Research Associate, 1990-1993,
University of Utah
Organic chemistry
• Exploratory Synthetic Organic
Chemistry of Hypervalent Main-Group Elements: preparation,
identification and uses of new hypervalent organic derivatives
of iodine, xenon, selenium, phosphorus
• Green and Sustainable Chemistry:
development of catalytic and recyclable systems based on
hypervalent iodine chemistry
• Synthesis of Heterocycles
• Synthetic Organic Chemistry of Fluorine: organic reactions of powerful fluorinating reagents; synthetic application of fluoroorganic compounds