Rahul Giri was born on January 04, 1996, in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India. He completed his elementary and high school at Kendriya Vidyalaya BSF Meru Hazaribagh in 2013. Afterward, he went to Acharya Narendra Dev College (ANDC), the University of Delhi for his undergraduate degree. He received his Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Chemistry in 2016.
In 2017 he cleared IIT JAM and moved to the IISER BHOPAL for his Master’s studies in AB Research Group with Prof. Alakesh Bisai. In his master’s he cleared CSIR-JRF, GATE. After completion of his Master’s in 2021, he joined the University of Fribourg as an SNSF Ph.D. candidate in Katayev Lab. Since February 2023, he is continuing his Ph.D. research at the University of Bern with the same research group.
Rahul’s research revolves around developing innovative methodologies for functional group transfer reagents. Additionally, he is actively exploring new applications of nitrating reagents developed by the Katayev group.
Rahul likes to write poems and participate in debates, he is also very active on social media he can be found on Quora, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Listening to songs and poetry is his favorite time pass.
Publications:
8. “Review and Theoretical Analysis of Fluorinated Radicals in Direct CAr–H Functionalization of (Hetero)arenes” Anthony J. Fernandes,† Rahul Giri,† Kendall N Houk,* Dmitry Katayev* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202318377 (in press).
7. “Nitrative Difunctionalization of Alkenes via Cobalt-Mediated Radical Ligand Transfer and Radical-Polar Crossover Photoredox Catalysis” Subrata Patra,† Rahul Giri,† Dmitry Katayev* ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 16136−16147.
6. “Electron-Driven Nitration of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons” Subrata Patra, Ivan Mosiagin, Rahul Giri, Thomas Nauser Dmitry Katayev* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202300533.
5. “Nitryl Radical-Triggered Semipinacol Rearrangement, Lactonization, and Cycloetherification of Olefins” Rahul Giri,† Subrata Patra,† Dmitry Katayev* ChemCatChem, 2023, 15, e202201427.
4. “Solvent-Controlled Switchable Synthesis of gem-Difluoro Compounds from Anhydrides Under Photoredox Catalysis” Rahul Giri, Ivan Mosiagin, Ivan Franzoni, Nicolas Yannick Nötel, Subrata Patra, Dmitry Katayev* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e2022091.
3. “Organic Nitrating Reagents (review)” Subrata Patra,† Ivan Mosiagin,† Rahul Giri, Dmitry Katayev* Synthesis, 2022, 54, 3432–3472.
2. “Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole Alkaloids of Biological Relevance: Proposed Biosynthesis and Synthetic Approaches (review)” Avishek Roy, Arindam Maity, Saina Shaheeda MK, Rahul Giri, Alakesh Bisai* Arkivoc 2020, part i, 437-471 (20-11307LR)!.“
1. “Efficient Alkynylation of 2‐Oxindoles with Alkynyl Dibenzothiophenium Triflates: Total Synthesis of (±)‐Deoxyeseroline” Avishek Roy, Arindam Maity, Rahul Giri, Alakesh Bisai* Asian. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 9, 226-232.
