About Me

Dr. Samanta obtained his B.Sc. from Vidyasagar University and M.Sc. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He received Ph.D. degree from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster, Germany under supervision of Prof. Armido Studer. After completing his first postdoctoral stay with Prof. Hisashi Yamamoto at the Chubu University, Japan, as a JSPS fellow, he moved to the group of Prof. Lutz Ackermann as Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) fellow at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany. In February 2022, he joined the Organic Chemistry Division at the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory as a DST Inspire faculty, and in July 2022, he was appointed as Senior Scientist (Ad-hoc). His research interests lie in method development for sustainable organic synthesis and application to value-added compounds.

Professional Experience

Senior Scientist (Ad-hoc) in Organic Chemistry Division at the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India (July 2022-present)

DST-Inspire Faculty in Organic Chemistry Division at the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India (Feb 2022-July 2022)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany (Supervisor: Prof. Lutz Ackermann) (2018-2021)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Chubu University, Japan (Supervisor: Prof. Hisashi Yamamoto) (2014-2018)

Selected Publications

I. Maksso, † R. C. Samanta, † Y. Zhan, K. Zhang, S. Warratz And L. Ackermann*, Polymer up-cycling by mangana-electrocatalytic C(sp3)–H azidation without directing groups, Chem. Sci., 14, 8109 - 8118 (2023), DOI:10.1039/D3SC02549G († contributed equally).
T. H. Meyer, † R. C. Samanta, † A. Del Vecchio And L. Ackermann* , Mangana(III/IV)electro-Catalyzed C(sp3)–H Azidation, Chem. Sci., 12, 2890 - 2897 (2021), DOI:10.1039/d0sc05924b († contributed equally).
R. C. Samanta, J. Struwe And L. Ackermann* , Nickelaelectro-Catalyzed Mild C–H Alkylations at Room Temperature, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59, 14154 - 14159 (2020), DOI:10.1002/anie.202004958.
R. C. Samanta* And H. Yamamoto* , Catalytic Asymmetric Bromocyclization of Polyenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139, 1460 - 1463 (2017), DOI:10.1021/jacs.6b13193.
R. C. Samanta* And H. Yamamoto*, Selective Halogenation Using an Aniline Catalyst, Chem. Eur. J., 21, 11976 - 11979 (2015), DOI:10.1002/chem.201502234.
R. C. Samanta, S. De Sarkar, R. Fröhlich, S. Grimme* And A. Studer* , N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Catalyzed Chemoselective Acylation of Alcohols in the Presence of Amines with Various Acylating Reagents, Chem. Sci., 4, 2177 - 2184 (2013), DOI:10.1039/c3sc00099k.
R. C. Samanta, B. Maji, S. De Sarkar, K. Bergander, R. Fröhlich, C. Mück-Lichtenfeld*, H. Mayr* And A. Studer*, Nucleophilic Addition of Enols and Enamines to ?,?-Unsaturated Acyl Azoliums: Mechanistic Studies, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 5234 - 5238 (2012), DOI:10.1002/anie.201109042.

Research Interest

Organic Chemistry

Contact Details

Dr. Ramesh C. Samanta

Senior Scientist

Organic Chemistry Division

CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory

Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune-411008

Phone: +912025902285

Email: rc.samanta@ncl.res.in

rsamanta5@gmail.com