Presidential Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Oklahoma; developing new sustainable synthetic methods using Carbene/Nitrene Chemistry

Joined August 2011
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Please check our Preprint on Skeletal Editing using Blue-Light Promoted Sulfenylnitrenes, a follow-up work of our Science paper (DOI: 10.1126/science.adp0974), for N-Atom Insertion under aqueous conditions at room temperature. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…
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Feeling Proud as a Mentor, Sharma Lab shined at the Department Awards Banquet! 🌟 proud to share that our lab took home four major departmental awards and also won the Chemistry Trivia Challenge! Special congratulations to 🏆 Upasana, Deacon, Prakash and Surya!
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I am overjoyed to share that I have been awarded the Presidential Professorship — a truly humbling honor! @UofOklahoma
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As the Undergraduate Engagement Committee Chair, I am thrilled to share that our department now has an undergraduate chemistry club. We kicked off the first meeting with an incredible Spring Social, which was a resounding success!
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Our recent publication in Science (Science Vol. 387, Issue 6729, pp. 102–107; DOI: 10.1126/science.adp0974) has been highlighted in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), a testament to the impact and significance of our research. cen.acs.org/synthesis/reagen…
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Please check our preprint on late-stage functionalization using unique sulfenylcarbenes, which exhibit inverse chemoselectivity compared to metal carbenes. Notably, they selectively react with alkenes in the presence of alcohols, carboxylic acids, amines. linkedin.com/posts/indrajeet…
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I am proud and overjoyed to share the exciting news that Adam Alber, my graduate student who will defend his Ph.D. thesis next month, is embarking on a remarkable new chapter as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Northwest Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) in the Fall of 2024.
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With immense pride and joy, I want to congratulate the outstanding members of the Sharma Research Group, who are recognized for their contributions to teaching and research at the 2024 Award Banquet of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (OU). linkedin.com/posts/indrajeet…
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Dr. Indrajeet Sharma retweeted
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I am delighted to announce that the inaugural symposium "The Art and Science of Total Synthesis of Natural and Designed Molecules for Biology and Medicine: Synthetic Strategies and Methods" (ASTS-NDM 2024) will take place in Paris, France.
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Please check our Preprint on Skeletal Editing using unique Sulfenylnitrenes, which allow selective single Nitrogen-Atom Insertion into Pyrroles, Indoles, and Imidazoles for their late-stage functionalization. #Skeletal Editing View Preprint: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…
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First, A Very Happy New Year to All my Friends/Colleagues. What a beginning to the year 2024! Please check out the SHARMA Lab back-to-back papers on Earth-abundant metal carbenes in ACS Catalysis. Here is the link to the second one on Iron Carbenes. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Oklahoma (OU) is seeking applications from candidates for three open-rank (tenure-track/tenured) faculty positions starting in August 2023.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
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Dr. Indrajeet Sharma retweeted
An example of structure-based rational design of functional selectivity in GPCRs, great collaboration with Sush Majumdar, @TaoChelab, @RothLabUNC, Jay McLaughlin and Jonathan Javitch
Controlling opioid receptor functional selectivity by targeting distinct subpockets of the orthosteric site doi.org/10.7554/eLife.56519
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