Vikas Saini

We explored the photophysics of heavy T‑shaped Pn trisamides and uncovered unique behaviour✨ A fantastic collaboration with the Winter and Coburger groups, combining synthesis, spectroscopy, and theory. Stellar work by Katharina and Soti 👏 …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch…

Work led by Sandeep on #PN3P‐Ir Catalyzed Upgrading Ethanol Into Butanol and Higher Alcohols in #AsianJOC @ACES_Journals aces.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aj…

Excited to share our latest publication in Nature Communications! 🎉 A bicontinuous LCE–hydrogel composite (BALCEH) that couples reversible shape change, adaptive wettability & autonomous motion in one system. 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4146… Thanks to @IITGuwahati @ANRFIndia

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨Our group is recruiting a PDRA in Organometallic Catalytic Polymerisation and Depolymerisation. More details below, RT appreciated. jobs.ac.uk/job/DRF699/res… @Chemjobber @StAndrewsChem @univofstandrews

Dr Subham Chaudhary, student of Prof Santosh Kumar got selected as Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Bhuwneshwar. A proud moment for Kumaun University. Heartiest congratulations Subham! @LtGenGurmit

Just out Proton and Electron Transfer Control of Selectivity in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction: Selective Reduction of CO2 to CO, CH4, and C2H6 Catalyzed by the Same Iron Porphyrin Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… @J_A_C_S

We are happy to disclose Mn-catalyzed effective utilization of methyl formate #OrgLett. @AnirbanSau95 @DivyaaM15 @IITKanpur @ANRFIndia @Chemistry_IITK @JOC_OL pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Excited to share our ChemRxiv preprint on de novo pyrrole synthesis via an aza-Michael/oxaza-Cope/aromatization cascade from O-vinylhydroxylamines. Congrats to Charlotte, Zach as well as Oleksander and Pavel (@MykhailiukChem) at Enamine (@EnamineLtd)! chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26…

New in @angew_chem! We turn waste nitrile butadiene rubber (gloves, O-rings) into valuable polyamines & polyols via Ru-catalysed hydrogenation. Big congrats to @ASophia_Lozano & the team @StAndrewsChem @univofstandrews! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Excited to begin a new chapter as Assistant Professor (Grade-I) at the Center for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. @iitroorkee Looking forward to the journey ahead. Grateful for all the support 🙏

Have a look at our multicomponent coupling strategy for the anti-Markovnikov hydrophosphinothiolation of alkene #OrgLett. @SouvikRoy563876 @SaloniK22 @IITKanpur @ANRFIndia @Chemistry_IITK @JOC_OL pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Our new publication exploring β-Boron in metal catalysis : β-Boron or β-Silicon Effect Enables a Regioselective Ni-Catalyzed Hydrocyanation of Internal Alkynes - now published in Green Chemistry pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Our patent on the enantioselective synthesis of benzo-fused compounds is now granted. This work was published last year: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…. Congratulations @RaySayanray @iiscbangalore

Our other @chemrxiv is a collaborative project with Phil Miller and @BASF. Led by Mónica Martínez-Aguirre and Rowan Bailey on the implementation of [Co2(CO)8] as a catalyst and CO-surrogate for aryl halide carbonylation in flow. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26…

We have a couple of @ChemRxiv preprints out. The first is from Hodan Warsame on the selective defluorination of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) - the biggest use 3rd generation refrigerant. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26…

PhD positions available (CSIR Special Pool). Applicants who have cleared CSIR and who wish to pursue PhD in Organometallics/Catalysis are encouraged to apply. Kindly contact akshaikumar@iitg.ac.in fac.iitg.ac.in/akshaikumar/Ho… Deadline: April 1, 2026 iitg.ac.in/acad/admission

Happy to share our latest paper in Mater. Horiz. Herein, we have demonstrated chemoenzymatically controlled artificial light-harvesting nanoaggregates with multicoloured transient emissions for time-gated information encryption. @IITGChem @IITGuwahati pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Pyridine is the common starting material for these four products. Can you identify the original fragment they all come from? Answer here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Special issue: “Skeletal Editing, Molecular Metamorphosis, and Structural Reprogramming in Organic Synthesis”

We have a recently accepted paper with the Stasch group in @Orgmet_ACS (doi.org/10.1021/acs.or…). We determined the structures of ten complexes of gallium with new ligands, as well as various reaction products. @StAndrewsChem