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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
12603
World Ranking
8160
National Ranking
101

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award

Overview

Vinod K. Singh is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in India. Their research spans across chemistry and materials science, with a significant focus on organic chemistry and materials chemistry. Their body of work includes contributions to pharmaceutical science, inorganic chemistry, and studies on electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their research topics cover a range of specialized areas:

  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Asymmetric synthesis and catalysis
  • Synthetic organic chemistry methods
  • Catalytic C-H functionalization methods
  • Synthesis and catalytic reactions
  • Oxidative organic chemistry reactions

Vinod K. Singh has published extensively in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Letters
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Vinod K. Singh reflect ongoing involvement in organic synthesis and catalysis, highlighting the following publications:

  • Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Spiro-Isoindolinone-Indolines via Formal [3 + 2] Cycloaddition, 2022, Organic Letters
  • Organocatalytic Asymmetric Hetero-Diels-Alder Reaction of in Situ Generated Dienes: Access to α,β-Unsaturated δ-Lactones Featuring CF3-Substituted Quaternary Stereocenter, 2020, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Recent advancement in copper-catalyzed asymmetric reactions of alkynes, 2021, Tetrahedron
  • Cu-Catalyzed Chemodivergent, Stereoselective Propargylic Dearomatization and Etherification of 2-Naphthols, 2021, Organic Letters
  • Asymmetric α-Functionalization of 2-Alkyl Azaarenes: Synthesis of Tertiary Fluorides Having Vicinal Stereogenic Centers, 2021, Organic Letters

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Harshit Joshi
  • Chhavi Khajuria
  • Sushree Ranjan Sahoo
  • Mamta Gill
  • Abhijit Manna

Best Publications

  • A stable and easily prepared catalyst for the enantioselective reduction of ketones. Applications to multistep syntheses

    E. J. Corey;Raman K. Bakshi;Saizo Shibata;Chung Pin Chen

  • Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Direct Aldol Reaction in an Aqueous Medium

    Vishnu Maya;and Monika Raj;Vinod K. Singh

  • Organocatalytic reactions in water

    Monika Raj;Vinod K. Singh;Vinod K. Singh

  • Calibrating the leaf color chart for nitrogen management in different genotypes of rice and wheat in a systems perspective

    Arvind K. Shukla;Jagdish K. Ladha;V. K. Singh;B. S. Dwivedi

  • Practical and Useful Methods for the Enantioselective Reduction of Unsymmetrical Ketones

    Vinod K. Singh

  • Enantioselective one-pot three-component synthesis of propargylamines.

    Alakesh Bisai;Vinod K. Singh

  • AN EFFICIENT METHOD FOR ACYLATION REACTIONS

    Parthasarathy Saravanan;Vinod K. Singh

  • AN EFFICIENT METHOD FOR CLEAVAGE OF EPOXIDES WITH AROMATIC AMINES

    Govindasamy Sekar;Vinod K. Singh

  • Highly Enantioselective Direct Aldol Reaction Catalyzed by Organic Molecules

    Monika Raj;Vishnumaya;Sandeep K. Ginotra;Vinod K. Singh

  • Enantioselective organocatalytic aldol reaction using small organic molecules

    Vishnumaya Bisai;Alakesh Bisai;Vinod K. Singh;Vinod K. Singh

  • Soil physical properties, yield trends and economics after five years of conservation agriculture based rice-maize system in north-western India

    Vinod K. Singh;Yadvinder-Singh;Brahma S. Dwivedi;Susheel K. Singh

  • Lewis acid catalyzed acylation reactions: scope and limitations

    Kusum L Chandra;P Saravanan;Rajesh K Singh;Vinod K Singh

  • Synthesis of Mannich type products via a three-component coupling reaction

    Ghanshyam Pandey;Ravi P. Singh;Ashish Garg;Vinod K. Singh

  • Asymmetric Kharasch reaction: catalytic enantioselective allylic oxidation of olefins using chiral pyridine bis(diphenyloxazoline)-copper complexes and tert-butyl perbenzoate

    Govindasamy Sekar;and Arpita DattaGupta;Vinod K. Singh

  • Highly Enantioselective Water-Compatible Organocatalyst for Michael Reaction of Ketones to Nitroolefins

    Vishnumaya;Vinod K Singh

  • Highly efficient small organic molecules for enantioselective direct aldol reaction in organic and aqueous media.

    Monika Raj Vishnumaya;Vinod K. Singh

  • Effect of integrated nutrient management practice on soil aggregate properties, its stability and aggregate-associated carbon content in an intensive rice–wheat system

    Bappa Das;Debashis Chakraborty;V.K. Singh;P. Aggarwal

  • Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Sulfa-Michael Addition to α,β-Unsaturated Ketones

    Nirmal K Rana;Sermadurai Selvakumar;Vinod K Singh;Vinod K Singh

  • Diversification of rice with pigeonpea in a rice-wheat cropping system on a Typic Ustochrept: effect on soil fertility, yield and nutrient use efficiency

    V.K. Singh;B.S. Dwivedi;Arvind K. Shukla;Y.S. Chauhan

  • Catalytic enantioselective allylic oxidation of olefins with copper complexes of chiral nonracemic bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine type ligands

    Arpita DattaGupta;Vinod K Singh

  • Highly Enantioselective Water‐Compatible Organocatalyst for Michael Reaction of Ketones to Nitroolefins.

    Vishnumaya Vishnumaya;Vinod K. Singh

  • Highly Enantioselective Direct Aldol Reaction Catalyzed by Organic Molecules.

    Monika Raj;Vishnumaya Vishnumaya;Sandeep K. Ginotra;Vinod K. Singh

  • Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Direct Aldol Reaction in an Aqueous Medium.

    Vishnu Maya;Monika Raj;Vinod K. Singh

Frequent Co-Authors

Govindasamy Sekar
Govindasamy Sekar Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Pradeep K. Singh
Pradeep K. Singh University of Washington
E. J. Corey
E. J. Corey Harvard University
Seiichi P. T. Matsuda
Seiichi P. T. Matsuda Rice University
Goverdhan Mehta
Goverdhan Mehta University of Hyderabad

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