Dr. Srikrishna Bera

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest :

• Reaction Development
• Asymmetric Synthesis
• Development of New Catalyst and Reagent for Organic Synthesis
• Asymmetric Transition Metal Catalysis
• Radical Chemistry
• Energy Driven Organic Transformation
• Molecular Editing

Education

• Ph.D (10.2013-07.2017), Institute of Organic Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster, Germany.
• M.Sc (08.2011-05.2013), Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.
• B.Sc (07.2008-07.2011), Chemistry, R. K. Mission Residential College Narendrapur, Kolkata, West Bengal.

Latest Publications

• Enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) Cross-Coupling of Non-activated Alkyl Electrophiles via Nickel Hydride Catalysis. S. Bera, R. Mao, X. Hu Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, 270-277.
• Nickel‐Catalyzed Regioselective Hydroalkylation and Hydroarylation of Alkenyl Boronic Esters. S. Bera, X. Hu Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 13854-13859.
• Oxidative N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Dearomatization of Indoles to Spirocyclic Indolenines with Quaternary Carbon Stereocenter. S. Bera, C. G. Daniliuc, A. Studer Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 7402-7406.
• Enantioselective Synthesis of Substituted δ-Lactones by Cooperative Oxidative N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Lewis Acid Catalysis S. Bera, C. G. Daniliuc, A. Studer Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 4940-4943.
• Asymmetric Synthesis of Highly Substituted β-Lactones via Oxidative Carbene Catalysis with LiCl as Cooperative Lewis Acid S. Bera, R. C. Samanta, C. G. Daniliuc, A. Studer. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9622-9626.