Debabrata Maiti

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Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 56, Issue 21 p. 5658-5658 Author ProfileFree Access Debabrata Maiti First published: 07 December 2016 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201610514AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract “If I were not a scientist, I would be a sportsperson. My biggest motivation is the arduous journeys of eminent chemists before they became successful ...” This and more about Debabrata Maiti can be found on page 5658. Debabrata Maiti The author presented on this page has recently published his 10th article in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years: “Cobalt-Catalyzed sp2-C−H Activation: Intermolecular Heterocyclization with Allenes at Room Temperature”: N. Thrimurtulu, A. Dey, D. Maiti, C. M. R. Volla, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12361; Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 12549. Date of birth: December 10, 1980 Position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay E-mail: dmaiti@iitb.ac.in Homepage: http://www.chem.iitb.ac.in/∼dmaiti/index.html ORCID: 0000-0001-8353-1306 Education: 2001 BSc, RKM Vidyamandira, Belur Math 2003 MSc supervised by Prof. G. K. Lahiri, IIT Bombay 2008 PhD supervised by Prof. K. D. Karlin, Johns Hopkins University 2008–2010 Postdoctoral work with Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Awards: 2013 Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award, National Academy of Sciences, India; 2013 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award; 2014 Young Scientist Award, Indian National Science Academy Research: Remote C−H functionalization reactions; bioinspired catalysis Hobbies: Fitness training; movies; music If I were not a scientist, I would be a sportsperson. My biggest motivation is the arduous journeys of eminent chemists before they became successful. I chose chemistry as a career because it offers a unison in diversity. My greatest achievement has been the reason for someone's decision to choose chemistry research as a career. My worst nightmare is surviving in a noncreative limbo. Guaranteed to make me laugh is when my two little kids imitate me. The best advice I have ever been given is work hard till you succeed, then work harder to beat yourself! If I could have dinner with three famous scientists from history, they would be C. V. Raman, Jagadish Chandra Bose, and Prafulla Chandra Ray. My top three films of all time are The Shawshank Redemption; A Beautiful Mind; Pather Panchali. My favorite food is steamed Hilsa fish (Bhapa Ilish, a Bengali dish). My favorite song is Ekla Chalo Re by Rabindranath Tagore. What I look at first in a publication is the problem that the authors have addressed and the extent to which they have solved the problem. My 5 top papers: References 1“Remote para-C−H Functionalization of Arenes by a D-Shaped Biphenyl Template-Based Assembly”: S. Bag, T. Patra, A. Modak, A. Deb, S. Maity, U. Dutta, A. Dey, R. Kancherla, A. Maji, A. Hazra, M. Bera, D. Maiti, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11888. (The Si-containing directing group can reach and functionalize the furthest C−H bond in the aromatic ring.) 2“Palladium-Catalyzed Directed para C−H Functionalization of Phenols”: T. Patra, S. Bag, R. Kancherla, A. Mondal, A. Dey, S. Pimparkar, S. Agasti, A. Modak, D. Maiti, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7751; Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 7882. (The utility of remote C−H activation in functionalizing readily available phenol substrates.) 3“Palladium(II)-Catalyzed meta-C−H Olefination: Constructing Multisubstituted Arenes through Homo-Diolefination and Sequential Hetero-Diolefination”: M. Bera, A. Maji, S. K. Sahoo, D. Maiti, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 8515; Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 8635. (A simple sulfonyl linker and cyanophenol directing group for meta-C−H functionalization.) 4“Palladium Catalyzed Aryl C−H Olefination with Unactivated, Aliphatic Alkenes”: A. Deb, S. Bag, R. Kancherla, D. Maiti, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13602. (The oxidative Heck reaction could be applied to olefins that are difficult to functionalize.) 5“Efficient and Stereoselective Nitration of Mono- and Disubstituted Olefins with AgNO2 and TEMPO”: S. Maity, S. Manna, S. Rana, N. Togati, A. Mallick, D. Maiti, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3355. (Efficient nitration of internal and geminal disubstituted aliphatic olefins could be realized with exclusive stereoselectivity and predictable regioselectivity.) Volume56, Issue21May 15, 2017Pages 5658-5658 ReferencesRelatedInformation