Department of
Chemistry

Satavisha earned her doctoral degree in 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Santanu Mukherjee from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, in the field of Asymmetric Organic Synthesis. Subsequently, she joined the research group of Prof. Masahiro Terada as a postdoctoral fellow at Tohoku University, Japan, followed by another postdoctoral research with Prof. Daniel Seidel at the University of Florida, USA. Before joining IISER Pune, Satavisha was an Assistant Professor at IIT Dharwad for a year.

Research

Asymmetric organic synthesis; Development of novel hybrid catalysis

The primary interest of our research revolves around various aspects of asymmetric catalysis, such as the development of novel relay hybrid catalytic systems by combining transition metal catalysts and organocatalysts, the development of novel phase transfer catalysts, etc. During this process, we are also interested in novel enantioselective transformations (i.e, C-C/C-X; X = N, O, etc. bond formation) that will lead us to achieve enantio-enriched molecules, which are highly demanded in the research field of pharmaceutical and material science.

Selected Publications

“Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Tertiary Allylic Alcohols through S_N2´ Reaction Using a Chiral Bisphosphoric Acid/Silver(I) Salt Co-catalyst System” Kayal, S.; Kikuchi, J.; Shinagawa, N.; Umemiya, S.; Terada, M. Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 9607-9613.

“Chiral Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Formal α-Vinylation of Cyclopentanones for the Enantioselective Construction of Quaternary Carbon Centers” Kayal, S.; Kikuchi, J.; Shimizu, M.; Terada, M. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 6846-6850.

“Catalytic Enantioselective Vinylogous Allylic Alkylation of Coumarins”, Kayal, S.; Mukherjee, S. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 4944-4947.