Biography
Amit was born and had his early education in Rampurhat, West-Bengal. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in chemistry from Visva-Bharati University. Amit earned his doctoral degree in 2018 under supervision of Prof. Santanu Mukherjee from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore where he focused on developing enantioselective transformations. During his stays in Prof. M. Kevin Brown’s lab at Indiana University and in Prof. Keary M. Engle’s lab at The Scripps Research Institute, CA as a Postdoctoral fellow, he developed several olefin functionalization reactions using transition metal catalysts. After completion of five years of postdoctoral studies in US, Amit joined Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Berhampur as an Assistant Professor. He enjoys spending time with family.
Key Publications
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Simlandy, A. K.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Nguyen, J. M.; Oxtoby, L. J.; Wong, Q. N.; Chen, J. S.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M. Enantioselective Hydroalkenylation and Hydroalkynylation of Alkenes Enabled by a Transient Directing Group: Catalyst Generality through Rigidification. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202304013.
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Simlandy, A. K.; Rodphon, W.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Mai, B. K.; Ni, H.-Q.; Gurak, J. A., Jr.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M. Catalytic Addition of Nitroalkanes to Unactivated Alkenes via Directed Carbopalladation. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 13755–13762. (Highlighted in ChemistryViews and Synfacts 2023, 19, 0040).
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Simlandy, A. K.; Lyu, M.; Brown, M. K. Catalytic Arylboration of Spirocyclic Cyclobutenes: Rapid Access to Highly Substituted Spiro[3.n]alkanes. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 12815–12820.
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Simlandy, A. K.; Brown, M. K. Allenylidene Induced 1,2-Metalate Rearrangement of Indole-Boronates: Diastereoselective Access to Highly Substituted Indolines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 12366–12370. (Selected as a HOT article) .
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Simlandy, A. K.; Sardini, S.; Brown, M. K. Construction of Congested Csp3-Csp3 Bonds by a Formal Ni-Catalyzed Alkylboration. Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 5517–5521. (Highlighted in Synfacts 2021, 17, 0650).