Research Interests:
My research focus is Photoredox-mediated radical generation and follow-up synthetic utilization. The development of new photoredox catalysts is also a major aspect of my research. Photo-catalysis has proven a powerful technique to achieve functional group tolerance as well as exquisite selectivity for radical chemistry. I am working with some small organic molecules which upon deprotonation can do a single-electron transfer
(SET) to make a dimer of the parent molecule or to gain aromaticity. Also, I am working with the dione molecule, the combination of dione and KOtBu help in facile alcohol dehydrogenation under visible-light excitation via the hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) pathway. Photoredox catalysis has since emerged as a versatile platform for the development of a broad array of C–C and C-heteroatom bond-forming methodologies.
