Name: Srikrishna Bera
Diploma / M.Sc degree: IIT Kanpur, India


PhD Project: Asymmetric synthesis by oxidative NHC catalysis

Abstract of Research Project

We are trying to synthesize a number of biologically active compounds by employing intramolecular Michael addition of various carbon nucleophiles to unsaturated acylazoliums generated by oxidative NHC catalysis.



Publications

S. Bera, R. C. Samanta, C. G. Daniliuc, A. Studer
Asymmetric Synthesis of Highly Substituted b-Lactones through Oxidative Carbene Catalysis with LiCl as Cooperative Lewis Acid
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53 (2014), 9622-9626.