Nayantara Asok

Chair of Organic Chemistry II

Visiting researchers

Address

Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10 91058 Erlangen

00.122

Synthesis and characterization of various Schiff’s base for complexation with copper metal

Synthesis of various metal doped nanocomposites and study their dye degradation efficiency using fluorescence spectroscopy.
Chalcone-based sensing of toxic metals using fluorescence spectroscopy.
Synthesis and characterization of chiral ionic liquid from various amino acids.

Synthesis of phosphorus-containing conjugated material and study of their structural, chemical, optical and electronical properties for various functional application

From Sep 2024	Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany). “Phosphorus-Containing Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes” Supervisor: Dr. Andreas Hirsch
Jan 2018 – July 2024	PhD in Main-group/material Chemistry. York University, Canada ‟Structural and chemical modification of dithienophospholes for functional material applications” Supervisors: Dr. Thomas Baumgartner
Jun 2014 – May 2016	Master’s degree in chemistry. VIT University, India. ‟Dye Degradation Using Metal Doped Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysts” Supervisor: Dr. Sivakumar Amaravathy.
Jun 2011 – May 2014	Bachelor’s degree in chemistry. Mahatma Gandhi University, India ‟Synthesis of Schiff’s Base and Complexation with Copper Metal” Supervisor: Dr. Joseph John

2024

Asok, N.; Baumgartner, T. Multivalency unlocked: The unique redox traits of the “tripak” system.
In: Chem 10, 1−3, 2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2024.02.009
URL:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451929424000718?via%3Dihub

2023

Asok, N.; Zondag, B. A.; Pradhan, E.; Odagwe, O.; LeBlanc, J.;Walsh, J. C.; Bodwell, G. J.; Zeng, T.; Baumgartner, T. Exploring the Lewis Acidity and Reactivity of Neutral Hypervalent Dithienophospholes.
In: Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202300173.
ISSN: 0947-6539
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300173
URL:https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/chem.202300173

Asok, N.; Gaffen, J. R.; Baumgartner, T. Unique Phosphorus-based Avenues for the Tuning of Functional Materials.
In: Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202300173.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00707
URL: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00707
Hussein, A.; Asok, N.; Béland, V. A.; Gaffen, J. R.; LeBlanc, J.; Baumgartner, T. Development of the P-Arylation of Dithieno[3,2-b : 2’,3’-d]phosphole with Aryl Iodonium Salts.
In: ChemPlusChem 2023, e202300133.
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300133
URL:https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cplu.202300133

2021

Asok, N.; Gaffen, J. R.; Pradhan, E.; Zeng, T.; Baumgartner, T. Structure-Reactivity Studies on Hypervalent Square-Pyramidal Dithieno[3,2-b:2,3’-d]phospholes.
In: Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 2243−2252.
DOI: 10.1039/D1DT00062D
URL: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/dt/d1dt00062d

2018

Wang, Z.; Asok, N.; Gaffen, J.; Gottlieb, Y.; Bi, W.; Gendy, C.; Dobrovetsky, R.; Baumgartner, T. An Unexpected “Step-Conjugated” Biphosphole via Unique P–P Bond Formation.
In: Chem 2018, 4, 2628−643.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.08.022
URL: https://www.cell.com/chem/fulltext/S2451-9294(18)30374-7