Research Topics:

 

  1. Organic Free-Radicals in Solution. Acyloxy Radicals

 

  1. Detection of Diazenyl and Localized Hydrocarbon Biradicals by Single-Crystal Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (EPR).

 

  1. EPR studies of organic spin-labels in liquid inclusions within single crystals.

 

Publications:

 

Fraind, A.; Turncliff, R.; Fox, T.; Sodano, J.; Ryzhkov, L. R.

Exceptionally high decarboxylation rate of a primary aliphatic acyloxy radical determined by

radical product yield analysis and quantitative 1H-CIDNP spectroscopy

J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2011, 24(9), 809

 

Alicia Fraind; Ryan Turncliff; Teri Fox; Brian Salisbury; Justin Sodano; Adam Elabd; Ryzhkov, L. R.
Geminate Reactions and the Lifetimes of Acyloxy Radicals in Thermal Decomposition

of Symmetrical Primary Diacyl Peroxides
Journal of Undergrad. Chem. Res. 2007, 6(2), 67

 

Timothy C. Bentz and Lev R. Ryzhkov
Study of Chemical Shift Variations in Tricyclic Urazoles with a Norbornane Skeleton
Spectroscopy Letters 2006, 39(2), 225

 

Wasylenko, W.; Kebede, N.; Showalter, B. M.; Matsunaga, N.; Miceli, A. P.; Ryzhkov, L. R.; Hadad, C. M.; Toscano, J. P.
Experimental and Computational Confirmation of the Triplet Ground State of Oxynitrenes
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006, 128, 13142

 

Evans, S. E.; Mon, S.; Singh, R.; Ryzhkov, L. R.; Szalai, V. A.
DNA Oxidation in Anionic Reverse Micelles: Ruthenium-Mediated Damage at Guanine in

Single- and Double-Stranded DNA
Inorganic Chemistry 2006, 45(7), 3124

 

Ryzhkov, L. R.; Toscano, J. P.
Crystal Lattice Effects on the Orientation and Orbital Degeneracy of Nitric Oxide Trapped in

Nitramine Single Crystals
Journal of Crystal Growth and Design 2005, 5(6), 2066

 

Josh Robinson; Vincent van Nostrand; David Schaefer; Walter Lowe; Steven S. Suib; Lev R. Ryzhkov
Atomic Force Microscopy, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and X-ray Fluorescence Investigations

of Self-Assembled Lines from Colloidal Solutions of Lamellar MnOx
Chemistry of Materials 2002, 14(4), 1493

 

Ferraris, D.; Cox, C.; Dudding, T.; Young, B.; Drury, W. J. III, Ryzhkov, L.; Lectka, T.
Catalytic, Enantioselective Alkylation of _-Imino Esters: The Synthesis of Non-natural a-Amino Acid Derivatives
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2002, 124(1), 67

 

Brett M. Showalter, Timothy C. Bentz, Lev R. Ryzhkov, Christopher M. Hadad, John P. Toscano
Time-Resolved IR Studies of Triplet 1,3-Cyclopentanediyl
Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 2000, 13, 1

 

Lev R. Ryzhkov
Stereochemical effects on 1H-NMR chemical shifts in 2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene (DBH),

2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene (DBO) and related molecules
Spectroscopy Letters 1998, 31(5), 1089

 

Lev R. Ryzhkov and J. Michael McBride
Structure and Exchange Coupling of 15NO2/14NO2 Radical Pairs Occupying Adjacent Solvent

Cavities of a-HNIW, a Nitramine Hydrate
Journal of the American Chemical Society 1997, 119(21), 4826

 

Lev R. Ryzhkov and J. Michael McBride
Low-Temperature Reactions in Single Crystals of Two Polymorphs of the Polyciclic Nitramine 15N-HNIW
Journal of Physical Chemistry 1996, 100(1), 167

 

Lev R. Ryzhkov
Radical Nature of Alkene and Ester from Thermal Decomposition of Primary Alkyl Diacyl Peroxide
Journal of Organic Chemistry 1996, 61(8), 2801

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