DR. ARNAB RIT

After graduating from IIT Kharagpur in 2007, Dr. Rit has earned his doctorate degree in Organometallic Chemistry in 2011 from WWU Muenster, Germany. After that, he was a post-doctoral researcher at RWTH Aachen, Germany for about 2 years and Marie-Curie post-doctoral fellow for one and half year at the University of Oxford. In December 2015 he joined IIT Madras as an Assistant Professor.

 “Effect of Ancillary Ligand in Cyclometalated Ru (II)-NHC-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Compounds” Bauri, S.; Donthireddy, S. N. R.; Illam, P. M.; Rit, A.* Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 14852-14593.

 “AgSbF₆-Catalyzed anti-Makovnikov Hydroboration of Terminal Alkynes” Mamidala, R.; Pandey, V. K.; Rit, A.* Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 989-992.

 “A Stable Heavier Group 14 Analogue of Vinylidene” Rit, A.; Campos, J.; Niu, H.; Aldridge, S.* Nat. Chem. 2016, 8, 1022 – 1026.

 “Exploiting Electrostatics to Generate Unsaturation: Oxidative Ge = E Bond Formation Using a Non π – Donor Stabilized [R(L)Ge:]⁺ Cation” Rit, A.* Tirfoin, R.; Aldridge, S.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 378 – 382.

 “Molecular Zinc Dihydride Stabilized by N – Heterocyclic Carbenes’’ Rit, A.; Spaniol, T. P.; Maron, L.;* Okuda, J.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 4664 – 4667.