Research Interests
Organic Synthesis, Physical Organic Chemistry, Reaction Mechanisms, Asymmetric Catalysis, Materials Chemistry(a) Development of new synthetic methods
- C-C and C-X bond formation via Michael addition, Diels-Alder reaction, 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction etc
- New methods involving one pot multistep reactions, multicomponent reactions and atom economical reactions involving nitroalkenes
- Asymmetric reactions: asymmetric catalysis, ligand-metal and organocatalysts
- Synthetic applications of several reactive intermediates
- Theoretically interesting molecules and intermediates: carbenes, strained alkenes and alkynes, nonclassical aromatic and antiaromatic systems
- Multi-functional bioactive molecules, high energy density (HED) materials
- Chemo-, regio- and stereodifferentiations in organic reactions