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Ankita Rai

Assistant Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

School of Physical Sciences

Room No

110

Off. Phone

011-26738808

ankitarai[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in , ankitagalaxy[at]gmail[dot]com

Personal Webpage

https://jnu.ac.in

Qualifications

Ph. D. (2009, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

My research work is in the field of Synthetic Organic Chemistry placing emphasis on the development of new synthetic routes to potentially bioactive heterocycles using organocatalytic reactions, Baylis-Hillman reaction, nitroalkenes, ionic liquids and bio-renewable resources. My present concentration is on the field of organocatalysis, envisioned multicomponent stereoselective synthesis of heterocycles via organocatalysis.

Experience

Research Associate : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Allahabad, India (2010).
Inspire Faculty : Department of Science and Technology (DST) Inspire Faculty Fellowship, India (2013).
Assistant Professor : Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (2013).

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Awarded “J. S. Dasgupta Young Scientist Award” of “Indian Chemical Society” (ICS) in 2011

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Cyclopropenone Catalyzed Direct Conversion of Aldoximes and Primary Amides to Nitriles;

Ankita Rai & L. D. S. Yadav;

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 3127-3131.

2. NHC-catalysed diastereoselective synthesis of N-formyl piperidines via direct annulation of enals and oxazol-5-ones;

A.K. Singh, R. Chawla, Ankita Rai & L.D.S. Yadav;

Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 3766-3768.

3. A new application of Baylis Hillman Alcohols to a stereoselectiove synthesis of 3-nitrothietanes;

Ankita Rai & L.D.S. Yadav;

Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 2459-2464.

4. Strategic application of Baylis Hillman Adducts to general synthesis of 3- Nitroazetidines;

Ankita Rai & L.D.S. Yadav;

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 8058-8061.

5. [2+2] Annulation of aldimines with sulfonic acids: a novel one-pot cis-selective route to ß-sultams;

Ankita Rai, V.K. Rai, A.K. Singh & L.D.S. Yadav;

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 4302-4306.