 | Dr. Amrendra K. Singh Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Indore Simrol, Indore 453552, M.P., India Phone: +91 731 660 3185 Email: aks[AT]iiti.ac.in |
Research Interests
The research activities in my group fall under the broad domain of inorganic and organometallic chemistry and catalysis. My group focuses on designing new pincer and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands and their transition metal complexes capable of the following type of reactivities:
- Small molecule activation
- C-H activation and functionalisation
Investigation of fundamental aspects of these activities and their mechanisms are carried out for the potential application in the development of renewable energy and sustainable chemical processes, including the following:
- CO2 capture, functionalisation, and reduction
- H2 production, storage, and transportation
- Development of Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHCs)
- Catalytic systems for hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactions
- Catalytic systems for C-C, C-N, and C-O bond-forming reactions
Selected Publications
- Singh, R. K.; Yadav, D.; Singh, A. K. Cationic Ruthenium(II)-CNC Pincer Complexes as Phosphine-free Catalysts for Nitrile Hydration to Amides in Aqueous Medium. Molecular Catalysis, 2023 549, 113523. (Author share link)
- Srivastava, N.; Shahid, N.; Singh, A. K. Insights into the effect of contact ion-pairs on C-H bond activation for the synthesis of Ru(III)-NHC complexes: A combined experimental and computational study. J. Organomet. Chem., 2023, 998, 122802. (Preprint version – free access)
- Nath, S.; Yadav, E.; Raghuvanshi, A.; Singh, A. K. Ru(II) Complexes with Protic- and Anionic-Naked-NHC Ligands for Cooperative Activation of Small Molecules. Chem. Eur. J., 2023, e202301971. (Author share link)
- Shahid, N.; Singh, R. K.; Srivastava, N.; Singh, A. K. Base-Free Synthesis of Benchtop Stable Ru(III)-NHC Complexes from RuCl3·3H2O and Their Use as Precursors for Ru(II)-NHC Complexes. Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 4176. (Preprint version – free access)
- Yadav, D.; Singh, R. K.; Misra, S.; Singh, A. K. Ancillary Ligand Effects and Microwave-Assisted Enhancement on the Catalytic Performance of Cationic Ruthenium(II)-CNC Pincer Complexes for Acceptorless Alcohol Dehydrogenation. Appl. Organomet. Chem. 2022, 36, e6756. (Author share link)