About the Research
Research Theme
Development of Novel CO2 Fixation Reactions Guided by Quantum Chemical Calculations
Keyword
Dearomative carboxylation, CO2 radical anion, electrochemical reduction
Research Outline
During my PhD, I was focused on the development of Cooperative Organometallic Catalysts for nucleophilic addition towards internal alkynes and for transformation of stable C-O bonds. Currrently, I am devoted to the reduction of aromatic compounds through electrochemistry, guided by quantum chemical calculations.
Representative Research Achievements
- Revisiting the Electrochemical Carboxylation of Naphthalene with CO2: Selective Monocarboxylation of 2-Substituted Naphthalenes. Rawat, V. K.; Hayashi, H.; Katsuyama, H.; Mangaonkar, S. R.; Mita, T. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 4231-4235.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c01033 - Construction of Heterobimetallic Catalytic Scaffold with a Carbene-Bipyridine Ligand: Gold-Zinc Two-Metal Catalysis for Intermolecular Addition of O-Nucleophiles to Nonactivated Alkynes. Rawat, V. K.; Higashida, K.; Sawamura, M. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 8325-8330.
DOI:10.1021/acscatal.2c01701 - Nickel-Catalyzed Homocoupling of Aryl Ethers with Magnesium Anthracene Reductant
Rawat, V. K.; Higashida, K.; Sawamura, M. Synthesis 2021, 53, 3397-3403.
DOI: 10.1055/a-1509-5954 - Use of Imidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-3-ylidene as a Platform for Metal-Imidazole Cooperative Catalysis: Silver-Catalyzed Cyclization of Alkyne-Tethered Carboxylic Acids.
Rawat, V. K.; Higashida, K.; Sawamura, M. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 363, 1631-1637.
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202001515
Publications
2023
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Gold-Zinc Cooperative Catalysis for Seven-exo-dig Hydrocarboxylation of Internal Alkynes
, V. K. Rawat, K. Higashida, M. Sawamura, Chem. Eur. J., 2023, ,
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301917