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Dr. Raja Kumar Rit

Alumni-Doctoral
  • E-mail :
    ritchem2009@gmail.com
  • Graduation :
    Uluberia College, 2007 University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
  • Post Graduation :
    Rank: 1. Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, 2009 University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
  • PhD Details :
    JRF & SRF (July, 2009 – April, 2015) School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, India. Thesis title: “Sulfoximine Assisted Activation and Functionalization of Remote Unactivated C(sp3)-H Bond”
  • Postdoc Details :
    Post-doctoral research fellow (June, 2016-March, 2017) Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Research Interests :
    Organic synthesis and its application to biology/pharmaceutical. Asymmetric transformations involving TM-Brönsted acid cooperation catalysis. Mechanistic investigation of TM-catalysis.
  • Hobbies :
    Playing football, Reading Documentaries
  • More Details :
    Raja K. Rit was born in Howrah, West Bengal, a state in eastern India. In 2009, after completion of BSc. & MSc. degree in chemistry from Calcutta University, Kolkata, he moved to Nizam´s city in the southern India to pursue his doctoral research with Prof. Akhila K. Sahoo at the School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad. He obtained his PhD in April, 2015, working on the field of C–H activation. Then he moved to Germany for post-doctoral research, working with Prof. Lukas J. Goossen on electro-organic synthesis.
  • Publications :
    15. “One Pot Unsymmetrical {[4+2] and [4+2]} Double Annulations of o/o´-C-H Bonds of Arenes:Access to Unusual Pyrano-Isoquinolines”
    M. Shankar, K. Ghosh, K. Mukherjee, R. K. Rit, and A. K. Sahoo* Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 5144.


    14. “Sulfoximine Assisted One-Pot Unsymmetrical Multiple Annulation of Arenes: A Combined
    Experimental and Computational Study” K. Ghosh, M. Shankar, R. K. Rit, and A. K. Sahoo,* G. Dubey, and P. V. Bharatam* J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 9667.


    13. “C-H Imidation: A Distinct Perspective of C-N Bond Formation”
    R. K. Rit, M. Shankar, and A. K. Sahoo* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 1282.


    12. “Ru-Catalyzed One-Pot Diannulation of Heteroaryls: Direct Access to p-Conjugated Polycyclic Amides”
    R. K. Rit,* K. Ghosh, R. Mandal, and A. K. Sahoo* J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 8552.


    11. “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroarylation of Arenes and Mechanistic Study: Synthesis of Dihydrobenzofurans, Indolines, and Chromans”
    Shashank Shandilya, Manash Protimg Gogoi, Shubham Dutta, and Akhila K. Sahoo* The Chemical Record, 2021, 10.1002/tcr.202100159. (equal contribution)


    10. “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydroarylation and One Pot Twofold Unsymmetrical C-H Functionalization of Arenes”
    K. Ghosh, R. K. Rit, E. Ramesh, and A. K. Sahoo* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.2016, 55, 7821.


    9. “Reusable and Removable Directing Groups for C(sp2)-H Bond Functionalization of Arenes”
    M. R. Yadav, R. K. Rit, M. Shankar, and A. K. Sahoo* Asian J. Org. Chem. 2015, 4, 846.


    8. “Reusable Directing Groups [8-aminoquinoline, picolinamide, sulfoximine] in C(sp3)-H Bond Activation: Present and Future”
    R. K. Rit, M. R. Yadav, K. Ghosh, and A. K. Sahoo* Tetrahedron.2015, 71, 4450.


    7. “Sulfoximine Assisted Pd(II)-Catalyzed Bromination and Chlorination of Primary-b-C(sp3)-H Bond”
    R. K. Rit, M. R. Yadav, K. Ghosh, M. Shankar and A. K. Sahoo* Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 5258


    6. “Sulfoximine Directed Ruthenium Catalyzed ortho-C-H Alkenylation of (Hetero)Arenes: Synthesis of EP3 Receptor Antagonist Analogue”
    M. R. Yadav, R. K. Rit, M. Shankar, and A. K. Sahoo* J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 6123.


    5. “Pd(II)-Catalyzed ortho-C-H Oxidation of Arylacetic Acid Derivatives: Synthesis of Benzofuranones”
    R. K. Rit, M. R. Yadav and A. K. Sahoo* Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 968.


    4. “Ru(II)-Catalyzed Intermolecular ortho-C-H Amidation of Aromatic Ketones with Sulfonyl Azides”
    M. Bhanuchandra, M. R. Yadav, R. K. Rit, M. R. Kuram and A. K. Sahoo* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 5225.


    3. “Sulfoximine Directed Intermolecular o-C-H Amidation of Arenes with Sulfonyl Azides”
    M. R. Yadav, R. K. Rit and A. K. Sahoo* Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 1638.


    2. “Pd(II)-Catalyzed Primary-C(sp3)-H Acyloxylation at Room Temperature”
    R. K. Rit, M. R. Yadav and A. K.Sahoo* Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3724.


    1. “Sulfoximines: A Reusable Directing Group for Chemo- and Regioselectiveortho C-H Oxidation of Arenes”
    M. R.Yadav, R. K. Rit and A. K. Sahoo* Chem-Eur. J. 2012, 18, 5541.