Samir H. Chikkali

Samir H. Chikkali

Polymer Science and Engineering Division

About Me

Research in my group integrates various elements of ligand synthesis, organometallic chemistry, green and sustainable chemistry to design catalytic transformation that can address scientific puzzles of fundamental importance. The scientific issues we wish to tackle revolve around phosphorus based ligand design, supramolecular catalysis based on cheaply available earth abundant transition metals for industrially important reactions like hydrogenation, hydroformylation and insertion polymerization. The individual research projects may be thematically very focused on one problem for example hydrophosphination of internal alkynes. We are interested in wide range of transformation and have the following research topics to offer:

Catalytic synthesis of P-chiral phosphines

Functional olefin (co)polymerization

Polymers from renewable resources Cooperative bimetallic catalysis

Professional Experience

  • 2012- Current- Senior scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
  • 2011-2012 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (with Prof. Dr. Stefan Mecking, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
  • 2008-2011 Dutch Polymer Institute Post-doctoral Fellow (with Prof. Dr. Joost Reek, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands 
  • 2003-2008 Ph. D. student (with Prof. Dr. Dietrich Gudat, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany 

Selected Publications

  • Rajkumar S. Birajdar, Rajesh G. Gonnade And Samir H. Chikkali*, Regulating the polyethylene microstructure by increasing steric crowding in naphthoxy imine ligated Ni(II) complexes, Polym. Chem., 15, 292 - 302 (2024), DOI:10.1039/D3PY01010D.
  • Amol C. Chandanshive, Rajesh G. Gonnade And Samir H. Chikkali*, Thermally Stable P-Chiral Supramolecular Phosphines, their Self-Assembly and Implication in Rh-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation, Chem. Eur. J., 30, e202401077 (2024), DOI:10.1002/chem.202401077.
  • Anirban Sen, Rohit Kumar, Tanuja Tewari, Rajesh G. Gonnade And Samir H. Chikkali*, Iron-Catalyzed Alkoxylation, Dehydrogenative-Polymerization and Tandem Hydrosilylative-Alkoxylation, Chem. Eur. J., 29, e202301375 - 1-8 (2023), DOI:10.1002/chem.202301375.
  • Rajkumar S. Birajdar, Rajesh G. Gonnade, Harshawardhan V. Pola, Basava Prabhu M., Dhammaraj Rokade, Sheetal Nandimatha And Samir H. Chikkali*, Palladium-catalyzed polar solvent empowered synthesis of hyper-branched ethylene oligomers and their application, Polym. Chem., 14, 3239 - 3251 (2023), DOI:DOI: 10.1039/D3PY00311F.
  • Tanuja Tewari, Rohit Kumar And Samir H. Chikkali*, Iron-Catalysed Highly Selective Hydroalkoxycarbonylation of Alkynes Using CO as C1 Source, Catal. Sci. Technol., 13, 5549 - 5555 (2023), DOI:10.1039/D3CY00843F.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CY00843F
  • Anirban Sen, Rohit Kumar, Swechchha Pandey, K. Vipin Raj, Pawan Kumar, Kumar Vanka And Samir H. Chikkali*, Mechanistically Guided One Pot Synthesis of Phosphine-phosphite and Its Implication in Asymmetric Hydrogenation, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2022, 1 - 9 (2022), DOI:10.1002/ejoc.202101447.
    e202101447/1-9
  • Ketan Patel, Samir H. Chikkali* And S. Sivaram, Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene: Catalysis, Structure, Properties, Processing and Applications, Prog. Polym. Sci., 109, 101290/1 - 30 (2020), DOI:10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2020.101290.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2020.101290
  • Shahaji R. Gaikwad, Ketan Patel, Satej S. Deshmukh, Nilesh R. Mote, Rajkumar S. Birajdar, Satish P. Pandole, Jeetender Chugh And Samir H. Chikkali*, Palladium-Catalyzed Insertion of Ethylene and 1,1- Disubstituted Difunctional Olefins: An Experimental and Computational Study, ChemPlusChem., 85, 1200 - 1209 (2020), DOI:DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000309.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202000309
  • Satej S. Deshmukh, Shahaji R. Gaikwad, Rajesh G. Gonnade, Satish P. Pandole And Samir H. Chikkali*, Pd-iminocarboxylate complexes and their behavior in ethylene polymerization, Chem. Asian J., 15, 398 - 405 (2020), DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asia.201901501.
    Invited
  • Satej S. Deshmukh, Shahaji R. Gaikwad, Nilesh R. Mote, Manod M, Rajesh G. Gonnade And Samir H. Chikkali*, Neutral Imino-methyl Benzenesulfonate Ligated Pd(II) Complexes and Implications in Ethylene Polymerization, ACS Omega., 4, 9502 - 9511 (2019), DOI:ao-2019-007099.R1.
    Invited article
  • Swechchha Pandey, K. Vipin Raj, Dinesh Shinde, Kumar Vanka, Varchaswal Kashyap, Sreekumar Kurungot, Chathakudath Vinod And Samir Chikkali*, Iron Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Alkenes under Mild Conditions: Evidence of an Fe(II) Catalyzed Process, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 4430 - 4439 (2018), DOI:DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b01286.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.8b01286
  • Ravindra P. Gote, Dipa Mandal, Ketan Patel, Krishnaroop Chaudhuri, C. P. Vinod, Ashish Lele And Samir H. Chikkali*, Judicious Reduction of Supported Ti Catalyst Enables Access to Disentangled Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene, Macromolecules., 51, 4541 - 4552 (2018), DOI:10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00590.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00590
  • Nilesh R. Mote And Samir H. Chikkali*, Hydrogen Bonding Assisted Supramolecular Metal Catalysis, Chem. An Asian J., 13, 3623 - 3646 (2018), DOI:10.1002/asia.201801302.
    Accepted as Cover Feature
  • V. S. Koshti, A. Sen, D. Shinde And S. H. Chikkali*, Self-assembly of P-chiral supramolecular phosphine on rhodium and a direct evidence for Rh-catalyst-substrate interaction in asymmetric hydrogenation, Dalton Trans., 46, 13966 - 13973 (2017), DOI:10.1039/C7DT02923C.
    http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/dt/c7dt02923c#!divAbstract
  • Ketan Patel, Satej Deshmukh, Dnyaneshwar Bodkhe, Manoj Maneb, Kumar Vankab, Dinesh Shindec, Pattuparambil R. Rajamohananc, Shyamapada Nandid, Ramanathan Vaidhyanath And Samir H. Chikkali*, Secondary Interactions Arrest the Hemiaminal Intermediate to Invert the Modus Operandi of Schiff Base Reaction: A Route to Benzoxazinones, J. Org. Chem., 82, 4342 - 4351 (2017), DOI:DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00352.
  • Swechchha Pandey, Dinesh R. Shinde And Samir H. Chikkali*, Isomerizing Hydroformylation of Cashew Nut Shell Liquid, ChemCatChem., 9, 3397 - 4004 (2017), DOI:10.1002/cctc.201700717.
  • Shahaji R. Gaikwad, Satej S. Deshmukh, Vijay S. Koshti, Suparna Poddar, Rajesh G. Gonnade, Pattuparambil R. Rajamohanan And Samir H. Chikkali*, Reactivity of Difunctional Polar Monomers and Ethylene Copolymerization: A Comprehensive Account, Macromolecules., 50, 5748 - 5758 (2017), DOI:10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01356.
    http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01356
  • Nilesh R. Mote, K. Patel, D. Shinde, Shahaji R. Gaikwad, Vijay S. Koshti, Rajesh G. Gonnade And Samir H. Chikkali*, H-Bonding assisted self-assembly of anionic and neutral ligand on metal: A comprehensive strategy to mimic ditopic ligands in olefin polymerization, Inorg. Chem., 56, 12448 - 12456 (2017), DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01923.
    http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01923
  • B. S. Rajput, U. Chander, K. Arole, F. Stempfle, S. Menon, S. Mecking And S. H. Chikkali*, Synthesis of Renewable Copolyacetals with Tunable Degradation, Macromol. Chem. Phys., 217, 1396 - 1410 (2016), DOI:10.1002/macp.201600071.
  • Swechchha Pandey And S. H. Chikkali*, Highly regioselective isomerizing hydroformylation of long-chain internal olefins catalyzed by rhodium bis-phosphite complex, ChemCatChem., 7, 3468 - 3471 (2015), DOI:10.1002/cctc.201500743.
  • Shahaji Gaikwad, Satej Deshmukh, Rajesh Gonnade, P. R. Rajamohanan And Samir H. Chikkali*, Insertion Copolymerization of Di-functional Polar Vinyl Monomers with Ethylene, ACS Macro Lett., 4, 933 - 937 (2015), DOI:10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00562.
  • Vijay S. Koshti, Nilesh R. Mote, Rajesh G. Gonnade And Samir H. Chikkali*, Highly Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Synthesis of p-Stereogenic Supramolecular Phosphines, Self-assembly, and Implication, Organometallics., 34, 4802 - 4805 (2015), DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00664.
  • Sahaji Gaikwad, Satej Deshmukh And Samir H. Chikkali*, Pd-phosphinesulfonate Bravely Battles the “Vinyl Halide Insertion Copolymerization” Barricade, J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 52, 1 - 6 (2014), DOI:10.1002/pola.26968.
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pola.26968/abstract
  • Samir H. Chikkali*, J. I. van der Vlugt* And J. N. H. Reek*, Hybrid Diphosphorus Ligands in Rhodium Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroformylation, Coord. Chem. Rev., 262, 1 - 15 (2014), DOI:10.1016/j.ccr.2013.10.024.
  • Vijay Koshti, Shahaji Gaikwad And Samir H. Chikkali*, Contemporary Avenues in Catalytic P-H Bond Addition Reaction: A Case Study of Hydrophosphination, Coordination Chemistry Reviews., 265, 52 - 73 (2014), DOI:10.1016/j.ccr.2014.01.006.
  • B. S. Rajput, S. R. Gaikwad, S. K. Menon And S. H. Chikkali*, Sustainable polyacetals from isohexides, Green Chem., 16, 3810 - 3818 (2014), DOI:10.1039/C4GC00543K.
    http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/gc/c4gc00543k#!divAbstract
  • Samir H. Chikkali And Bhausaheb S. Rajput, Isohexide-diacetal based polymers and a process thereof, PCT Int. Appl., 0, 1 - 43 (2014), DOI:WO 2014/181358 A2.
  • D. Hetterscheid, S. Chikkali, B. de Bruin And J. N. H. Reek, Binuclear Cooperative Catalysts for the Hydrogenation and Hydroformylation of Olefins, ChemCatChem., 5, 2785 - 2793 (2013), DOI:10.1002/cctc.201300092.
  • Samir Chikkali, Florian Stempfle And Stefan Mecking, Long-chain Polyacetals from Plant Oils, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 33, 1126 - 1129 (2012).
  • Samir Chikkali And Stefan Mecking, Refining of Plant Oils to Chemicals by Olefin Metathesis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 5802- - 5808 (2012).
  • Samir Chikkali, Rosalba Bellini, Bas de Bruin, J. I. van der Vlugt, Joost And N. H. Reek, Highly Selective Asymmetric Rh-catalyzed Hydroformylation of Heterocyclic Olefins, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 6607 - 6616 (2012).

Research Interest

  • Polymer Chemistry

Contact Details

Dr. Samir H. Chikkali


Senior Principal Scientist and Professor (AcSIR)

Polyolefin Lab, Polymer Science and Engineering Division
National Chemical Laboratory
Dr. Homi Bhabha Road
Pune 411008, India
Phone +91 20 2590 3145
Fax +91 20 2590 2615
Email:s.chikkali@ncl.res.in