Educational Qualification:

Degree University
B. Sc. (1999) Walchand College (Shivaji University)
M. Sc.(2001) Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Ph. D. 2007 University of Stuttgart, Germany

Professional Experience

  • 2019- Current - Professor (AcSIR) & Senior Principal Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
  • 2015- 2019 Associate Professor (AcSIR) & Principal Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
  • 2012- 2015 Assistant Professor (AcSIR) & 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 

Reviewer

  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Chemical Communication
  • Green Chemistry
  • ChemCatChem
  • Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Journal of Applied Polymer Science 
  • RSC Advances

Selected Publications

  • 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., , (2018), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b01286.
  • K. 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., , (2017), DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00352.
  • V. S. Koshti, S. Thorat, R. G. Gonnade And S. H. Chikkali*, The impact of modular substitution on crystal packing: The tail of two urea's, CrystEngCommun., 18 (2016), 7078-7094. 
  • 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., (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(2015), 3468 - 3471.
  • 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 (2015), 933 - 937.
  • 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 (2015), 4802 - 4805.
  • B. S. Rajput, S. R. Gaikwad, S. K. Menon, Samir H. Chikkali*, Sustainable polyacetals from isohexides, Green Chem. 16 (2014) 3810-3818.
  • Vijay Koshti, Shahaji Gaikwad, Samir H. Chikkali*, Contemporary avenues in catalytic P-H bond addition reaction: A case study of hydrophosphination, Coord. Chem. Rev. 265 (2014) 52-73.
  • Samir H. Chikkali*, Jarl I. van der Vlugt*, Joost N. H. Reek*, Hybrid Diphosphorus Ligands in Rhodium Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroformylation, Coord. Chem. Rev. 262 (2014) 1-15.
  • Shahaji Gaikwad, Satej Deshmukh, Samir H. Chikkali*, Pd-Phosphinesulfonate Bravely Battles the "Vinyl Halide Insertion Copolymerization" Barricade, J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 52 (2014) 1-6. DOI: 10.1002/pola.26968.
  • Samir Chikkali, Florian Stempfle, Stefan Mecking, Long-chain Polyacetals from Plant Oils, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 33 (2012) 1126-1129
  • Samir Chikkali, Rosalba Bellini, Bas de Bruin, J. I. van der Vlugt, Joost, N. H. Reek, Highly Selective Asymmetric Rh-catalyzed Hydroformylation of Heterocyclic Olefins, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 (2012) 6607-6616
  • R. Bellini, S. Chikkali, G. Berthon, J. N. H. Reek, Supramolecular Control of Ligand Coordination and Implications in Hydroformylation Reactions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50 (2011) 7342-7345
  •  S. Chikkali, M. Nieger, D. Gudat, Stoichiometry Controlled Self-assembly of Tri- and Octa-nuclear Palladium-Yttrium Complexes, New J. Chem. 34 (2010) 1348-1354 
  • S. H. Chikkali, R. Bellini, G. Berthon, J. I. van der Vlugt, B. De Bruin, J. N. H. Reek, Highly enantioselective hydroformylation of dihydrofurans catalyzed by hybrid phosphine phosphonite-rhodium complexes, Chem. Commun. 46 (2010) 1244-1246
  • S. Chikkali, D. Gudat, F. Lissner, M. Niemeyer, T. Schleid, M. Nieger, Template controlled assembly of ditopic catechol phosphines: A strategy for the generation of complexes of bidentate phosphines with different bite angles Chem. Eur. J. 15 (2009) 482-491