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Shoubhik Das is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Their primary fields of study include Chemistry and Energy, with a focus on Organic Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. They have also contributed to Process Chemistry and Technology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research covers several main topics, including catalytic C-H functionalization methods, radical photochemical reactions, advanced photocatalysis techniques, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, sulfur-based synthesis techniques, and synthesis and catalytic reactions.

Das has published a number of recent papers in peer-reviewed journals, addressing various areas of catalysis and chemistry. Notable papers include:

  • Lignin-Supported Heterogeneous Photocatalyst for the Direct Generation of H2O2 from Seawater (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • An Atomically Dispersed Mn-Photocatalyst for Generating Hydrogen Peroxide from Seawater via the Water Oxidation Reaction (WOR) (2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Catalytic transformation of CO2 into C1 chemicals using hydrosilanes as a reducing agent (2020, Green Chemistry)
  • Challenges and recent advancements in the transformation of CO2 into carboxylic acids: straightforward assembly with homogeneous 3d metals (2022, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • CO2-Promoted Reactions: An Emerging Concept for the Synthesis of Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals (2021, ACS Catalysis)

Das frequently publishes in journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Green Chemistry, Chemical Science, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Angewandte Chemie.

The scientist maintains collaborations with several frequent co-authors, including Yu Zhang, Tong Zhang, Peng Ren, Prakash Kumar Sahoo, and Yuman Qin, reflecting interdisciplinary teamwork in their research projects.

Best Publications

  • Zinc-Catalyzed Reduction of Amides: Unprecedented Selectivity and Functional Group Tolerance

    Shoubhik Das;Daniele Addis;Shaolin Zhou;Kathrin Junge

  • Selective reduction of carboxylic acid derivatives by catalytic hydrosilylation.

    Daniele Addis;Shoubhik Das;Kathrin Junge;Matthias Beller

  • A convenient and general iron-catalyzed reduction of amides to amines.

    Shaolin Zhou;Kathrin Junge;Daniele Addis;Shoubhik Das

  • Highly Chemoselective Metal-Free Reduction of Phosphine Oxides to Phosphines

    Yuehui Li;Liang-Qiu Lu;Shoubhik Das;Sabine Pisiewicz

  • Metal‐Free Catalyst for the Chemoselective Methylation of Amines Using Carbon Dioxide as a Carbon Source

    Shoubhik Das;Felix D. Bobbink;Gabor Laurenczy;Paul J. Dyson

  • Enantioselective synthesis of amines: general, efficient iron-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of imines.

    Shaolin Zhou;Steffen Fleischer;Kathrin Junge;Shoubhik Das

  • Two iron catalysts are better than one: a general and convenient reduction of aromatic and aliphatic primary amides.

    Shoubhik Das;Bianca Wendt;Konstanze Möller;Kathrin Junge

  • General and selective copper-catalyzed reduction of tertiary and secondary phosphine oxides: convenient synthesis of phosphines.

    Yuehui Li;Shoubhik Das;Shaolin Zhou;Kathrin Junge

  • Metal-Free Catalyst for Visible-Light-Induced Oxidation of Unactivated Alcohols Using Air/Oxygen as an Oxidant

    Waldemar Schilling;Daniel Riemer;Yu Zhang;Nareh Hatami

  • A General and Convenient Catalytic Synthesis of Nitriles from Amides and Silanes

    Shaolin Zhou;Kathrin Junge;Daniele Addis;Shoubhik Das

  • Catalytic transformation of CO2 into C1 chemicals using hydrosilanes as a reducing agent

    Yu Zhang;Yu Zhang;Tong Zhang;Shoubhik Das

  • Zinc-catalyzed chemoselective reduction of tertiary and secondary amides to amines.

    Shoubhik Das;Daniele Addis;Kathrin Junge;Matthias Beller

  • New catalytic properties of iron complexes: dehydration of amides to nitriles

    Shaolin Zhou;Daniele Addis;Shoubhik Das;Kathrin Junge

  • Cu-catalyzed cascades to carbocycles: union of diaryliodonium salts with alkenes or alkynes exploiting remote carbocations.

    Fengzhi Zhang;Shoubhik Das;Andrew J. Walkinshaw;Alicia Casitas

  • Visible-Light-Mediated Efficient Metal-Free Catalyst for α-Oxygenation of Tertiary Amines to Amides

    Yu Zhang;Daniel Riemer;Waldemar Schilling;Jiri Kollmann

  • Thiazolium carbene catalysts for the fixation of CO2 onto amines

    Shoubhik Das;Shoubhik Das;Felix D. Bobbink;Safak Bulut;Mylène Soudani

  • A Rhodium Nanoparticle–Lewis Acidic Ionic Liquid Catalyst for the Chemoselective Reduction of Heteroarenes

    Alena Karakulina;Aswin Gopakumar;İsmail Akçok;Bastien L. Roulier

  • Selective Catalytic Monoreduction of Phthalimides and Imidazolidine‐2,4‐diones

    Shoubhik Das;Daniele Addis;Leif R. Knöpke;Ursula Bentrup

  • Selektive Reduktion von Carbonsäurederivaten durch katalytische Hydrosilylierung

    Daniele Addis;Shoubhik Das;Kathrin Junge;Matthias Beller

  • Challenges and recent advancements in the transformation of CO<sub>2</sub>into carboxylic acids: straightforward assembly with homogeneous 3d metals

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  • Two Iron Catalysts Are Better than One: A General and Convenient Reduction of Aromatic and Aliphatic Primary Amides.

    Shoubhik Das;Bianca Wendt;Konstanze Moeller;Kathrin Junge

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Beller
Matthias Beller Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Kathrin Junge
Kathrin Junge Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Gábor Laurenczy
Gábor Laurenczy École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Fabrice Gallou
Fabrice Gallou Novartis (Switzerland)
Liang-Qiu Lu
Liang-Qiu Lu Central China Normal University
Axel Schulz
Axel Schulz University of Rostock
Stephan Enthaler
Stephan Enthaler Universität Hamburg
Giovanni Barcaro
Giovanni Barcaro National Research Council (CNR)
Zhaofu Fei
Zhaofu Fei École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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