School of Basic Sciences

Dr. Ravi Yadav

Assistant Professor
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Research Interests:
Lewis superacids Electromerism Structurally constrained p-block compounds Main group hydrides
Degree Discipline Year School
  B.Sc. (Chemistry Hons.) Major: Chemistry; Minor: Physics and Mathematics 2014 University of Delhi, New Delhi
  M.Sc. Chemistry 2016 IIT Delhi, New Delhi
  Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry 2019 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
  1. Ravi Yadav, P. Janßen, M. Schropp, L. Greb, Calix[4]pyrrolato-germane-(thf)2: Unlocking the Anti-Van’t-Hoff-Le-Bel Reactivity of Germanium(IV) by Ligand Dissociation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, Accepted. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c04424.
  2. M. Haimerl, M. Piesch, Ravi Yadav, P. W. Roesky, M. Scheer, “Reactivity of E4 (E4 = P4, As4, AsP3) towards low-valent Al(I) and Ga(I) compounds’’ Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 29, e202202529. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202529.
  3. Ravi Yadav, X. Sun, R. Köppe, M. T. Gamer, F. Weigend, and P. W. Roesky, “Stimuli responsive silylene: Electromerism induced reversible switching between mono- and bis-silylene” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, e202211115. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211115.
  4. Ravi Yadav, M. Schropp, D. Roth, L. Greb, “Calix[4]pyrrolato Stibenium: Lewis Superacidity by Antimony(III)-Antimony(V) Electromerism” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202207963. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207963.
  5. X. Sun, A. K. Singh, Ravi Yadav, D. Jin, M. Haimerl, M. Scheer, P. W Roesky, “Triple-decker complexes incorporating three distinct deck architectures” Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 673-676. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC06182H.
  6. Ravi Yadav, S. Sinhababu, R. Yadav, S. Kundu, “Base-stabilized formally zero-valent mono and diatomic molecular main group compounds” Dalton trans., 2022, 51, 2170-2202. (Review article). DOI:10.1039/D1DT03569J.
  7. B. Goswami, T. J Feuerstein, Ravi Yadav, S. Lebedkin, P. J Boden, S. T Steiger, G. Niedner‐Schatteburg, M. Gerhards, M. M Kappes, P. W Roesky, “Thermally activated delayed fluorescence and phosphorescence quenching in iminophosphonamide copper and zinc complexes” Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 61, 15110-15119. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101247.
  8. Ravi Yadav, M. Weber, A. K Singh, L. Münzfeld, J. Gramüller, R. M Gschwind, M. Scheer, P. W Roesky, “A Structural Diversity of Molecular Alkaline‐Earth‐Metal Polyphosphides: From Supramolecular Wheel to Zintl Ion” Chem Eur. J., 2021, 27, 56, 14128-14137. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102355.
  9. Ravi Yadav, M. Dahlen, A. K Singh, X. Sun, M. T. Gamer, P. W Roesky, “Nonanuclear zinc-gold [Zn3Au6] heterobimetallic complexes”, Dalton trans., 2021, 50, 24, 8558-8566. DOI: 10.1039/D1DT01396C.
  10. N. Schwarz, X. Sun, Ravi Yadav, R. Köppe, T. Simler, P. W Roesky, “Application of the Redox‐Transmetalation Procedure to Access Divalent Lanthanide and Alkaline‐Earth NHC Complexes” Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 50, 12857-12865. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101923.
  11. N. Reinfandt, N. Michenfelder, C. Schoo, Ravi Yadav, S. Reichl, S. N Konchenko, A. N Unterreiner, M. Scheer, P. W Roesky, “d/f‐Polypnictides Derived by Non‐Classical Ln2+ Compounds: Synthesis, Small Molecule Activation and Optical Properties” Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 29, 7862-7871. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100605.
  12. B. Goswami, T. J Feuerstein, Ravi Yadav, R. Köppe, S. Lebedkin, M. M Kappes, P. W Roesky, “Enantiopure Calcium Iminophosphonamide Complexes: Synthesis, Photoluminescence, and Catalysis” Chem. Eur J., 2021, 27, 13, 4401-4411. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004833.
  13. B. Goswami, Ravi Yadav, C. Schoo and P. W. Roesky, “Neutral and cationic enantiopure group 13 iminophosphonamide complexes”, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 675-681.DOI: 10.1039/C9DT04082J.
  14. Ravi Yadav, Md E. Hossain, R. P. Paramban, T. Simler, C. Schoo, J. Wang, G. B. Deacon, P. C. Junk and P. W. Roesky, “3d-4f Heterometallic Complexes by the Reduction of Transition Metal Carbonyls with Bulky LnII Amidinates” Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 7701-7707. DOI: 10.1039/D0DT01271H.
  15. Ravi Yadav, B. Goswami, T. Simler, C. Schoo, S. Reichl, M. Scheer and P. W. Roesky, “A bis(germylene) functionalized metal-coordinated polyphosphide and its isomerization”, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 70, 10207-10210. DOI: 10.1039/D0CC03920A.
  16. Ravi Yadav, T. Simler, B. Goswami, C. Schoo, R. Köppe, S. Dey and P. W. Roesky, “Regioselective insertion of aluminium(I) in the cyclo-P5 ring of pentaphosphaferrocene” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 9443–9447. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202002774.
  17. Ravi Yadav, T. Simler, S. Reichl, B. Goswami, C. Schoo, R. Köppe, M. Scheer and P. W. Roesky, “Highly selective substitution and insertion reactions of silylenes in a metal-coordinated polyphosphide” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 3, 1190–1195. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b12151.
  18. X. Sun, T. Simler, Ravi Yadav, R. Köppe and P. W. Roesky, “A stable aromatic tetrasilacyclobutadiene dication”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 38, 14987–14990. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b08018.
  19. X. Chen, T. Simler, Ravi Yadav, M. T. Gamer, R. Köppe and P. W. Roesky, “Reaction of an arsinoamide with chloro tetrylenes: substitution and As –N bond insertion” Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 9315-9318. DOI: 10.1039/C9CC04530A.
  20. Ravi Yadav, T. Simler, M. T. Gamer, R. Köppe and P. W. Roesky, “Rhenium is different: CO tetramerization induced by a divalent lanthanide complex in rhenium carbonyls” Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 5765-5768. DOI: 10.1039/C9CC02350J.
  21. T. Simler, T. J. Feuerstein, Ravi Yadav, M. T. Gamer, R. Köppe and P. W. Roesky, “Access to divalent lanthanide NHC complexes by redox-transmetallation from silver and CO2 insertion reactions” Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 222-225. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC08120D.
  22. M. K. Sharma, D. Singh, P. Mahawar, Ravi Yadav and S. Nagendran, “Catalytic cyanosilylation using germylene stabilized platinum(II) dicyanide” Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 5943-5947. DOI: 10.1039/C8DT00043C.

2023- till date Assistant Professor, IIT Bhubaneswar (IITBBS), Odisha, India. 2019-2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) . 2021-2023 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Heidelberg.

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