Ajai K. Singh

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Ajai Kumar Singh
Born1953 (age 6970)
Alma mater University of Delhi
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, catalysis, and Nanomaterials
Institutions Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Ajai Kumar Singh FRSC (born in 1953) is an Indian chemist and Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at IIT Delhi. [1] Singh is known for his contribution to the development of new organochalcogen ligand family and their metal complexes for promoting carbon-carbon coupling and related transformations. [2] Singh is an honorary member of Science Faculty of the University of Delhi.

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Early life and education

Ajai was born in New Delhi, India. He completed his master's degree in Inorganic Chemistry at University of Delhi. In 1977 Singh was promoted to Ph.D. at University of Delhi. His thesis advisor was RP Singh.[ citation needed ]

Career

Singh was a postdoctoral fellow at Aston University with W. R. McWhinnie. In 1982, he joined IIT faculty as an assistant professor of chemistry. He was promoted to associate professor in 1995 and to Professor in 2000. He has coauthored over 200 accepted academic publications. He is known for his involvement in the development of organochalcogen ligand family and their metal complexes for promoting C-C coupling reactions and related transformations. [3] [4] As of 2015, he served as an editorial member for the academic journal, RSC Advances. [5]

Notable awards

Related Research Articles

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References

  1. "Professor (Emeritus)". Department of Chemistry. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  2. Kumar, Arun; Rao, Gyandshwar Kumar; Kumar, Satyendra; Singh, Ajai K. (16 October 2013). "Formation and Role of Palladium Chalcogenide and Other Species in Suzuki–Miyaura and Heck C–C Coupling Reactions Catalyzed with Palladium(II) Complexes of Organochalcogen Ligands: Realities and Speculations". Organometallics. 33 (12): 2921–2943. doi:10.1021/om4007196.
  3. Rao, Gyandshwar Kumar; Kumar, Arun; Ahmed, Jahangeer; Singh, Ajai Kumar (2010). "Palladacycle containing nitrogen and selenium: Highly active pre-catalyst for the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction and unprecedented conversion into nano-sized Pd17Se15". Chemical Communications. 46 (32): 5954–6. doi:10.1039/C0CC01075H. PMID   20625588.
  4. Kumar, Arun; Kumar Rao, Gyandshwar; k Singh, Ajai (2012). "Organochalcogen ligands and their palladium(ii) complexes: Synthesis to catalytic activity for Heck coupling". RSC Advances. 2 (33): 12552. doi:10.1039/C2RA20508D.
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