- Designation
- Professor
- Education
- Ph. D.
- njain@chemistry.iitd.ac.in
- Phone
- 01126591562
- Office address
- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 India
- Personal web page
- njlab.in
- IRINS / Google Scholar profile
- iitd.irins.org/profile/70069
Born: New Delhi
Ph.D.: Delhi University (2005)
Post Doctoral Fellow: University of Rhode Island, USA (2005-2008)
Amity University U.P.: July 2008-Nov 2010
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi: Dec 2010-present
Research Interests
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- Copper and palladium assisted C-H bond activation and functionalization in hetero (aromatic) systems.
- Sustainable Chemistry
- Organic synthesis in visible light.
- Use of molecular iodine and hypervalent iodine reagents in oxidative transformations.
- Catalysis with transition-metal nanoparticles.
- Design and Synthesis of biologically potent heterocycles.
Selected Publications
- Quinoline fused lactones via tandem oxidation cyclization: metal-free sp3 C-H functionalization, A. Garia, P. Chauhan, R. Halder and N. Jain, J. Org. Chem., 86, 1, 538-546 (2021).
- Singlet oxygen mediated dual C-C and C-N bond cleavage in visible light, Ritu, C. Sharma, S. Kumar and N. Jain, Org. Biomol. Chem., 18, 2921-2928 (2020).
- Zinc Triflate Catalyzed 1,3-Indolylation of Cyclohexanones: Tandem Condensation, Dehydrogenation and Aromatization Sequence, H. Singh, R. Tiwari, P. Sharma, P. Kumar and N. Jain, Org. Biomol. Chem., 18, 2492-2500 (2020).
- S-Aryl Arenesulfonothioate and Copper Acetate Mediated Arylthiolation of 2-Aryl Pyridines and Heteroarenes, P. Sharma and N. Jain, J. Org. Chem., 84, 13045-13052 (2019).
Research areas: Organic synthesis, Catalysis, Design and Synthesis of biologically potent heterocycles