Prof. Rajni Kant

Department of Physics and Electronics

University of Jammu, India

Professor

Email: rkant.ju@gmail.com, rkantverma@rediffmail.com

Qualifications

1995 Post-Ph.D., University of Oxford, U.K., X-ray Crystallography

1989 Ph.D., University of Jammu, Physics (Condensed Matter Physics)

1985 M.Phil., University of Jammu, Physics (Condensed Matter Physics)

1983 M.Sc., University of Jammu, Physics (Condensed Matter Physics)

1981 B.Sc., G.G.M. Science College, University of Jammu

Publications (Selected)

1. Paritosh Shukla, Ashok Sharma, Sumati Anthal and RAJNI KANT, "Synthesis of Functionalised Pyrazolopyran Derivatives: Comparison ofTwo-Step vs One-Step vs Microwave Assisted Protocol and X-ray Crystallographic Analysis of 6-Amino-1,4-dihydro-3-methyl-4-phenylpyrano[2,3-c] pyrazole-5-carbonitrile" Bull. Mat. Sci., Vol. 38(5) (2015) pp. 1-9.
2. Tushar R. Sutariya, Balvantsingh M Labana, B.D. Parmar, N. J. Parmar, RAJNI KANT, V. K. Gupta, "A domino synthetic approach for some new, angular pyrazol-and isoxazol-heterocycles using [DBU][Ac] as an effective reaction medium", Roy. Soc. Chem. Advances, 5(2015) 23519.
3. Tushar R Sutariya, B.Singh, M.Labana, N.J.Parmar, ,B.Singh, RAJNI KANT, V.KGupta, G.B.Plata, J.M.Padron, “Efficient synthesis of some new antiproliferative N-fused indoles and isoquinolines via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction in ionic liquid", RSC New J of Chemistry, 39(2015), 2657-2668.
4. Fayaz Baig, RAJNI KANT, V.K. Gupta and Madhushree Sarkar, “Effects of Non Covalent Interactions in Light Emitting Properties of bis-pyridyl-alkyl-di-imines”, Roy. Soc. Chem. ADVANCES, 5(2015), 51220-51232.
5. V.D.Singh, Kamni, Musarat A, N. Al-Musayeib, Sumati Anthal, RAJNI KANT, “15, 16-epoxy-7[beta],9[alpha]-dihydroxylabdane-13(16), 14-dien-6-one", Acta Crystallographica E, 71(2015), 483-484.
6. Gurvinder Kour, Neeruupamma, Renu Sachar, RAJNI KANT, "Crystal Structure of Bis(O-amyldithiocarbonato)Bis(3-Bromopyridine) Nickel-(II)", Eur Chem Bull Short Commun. Sec A, 4(5)(2015), 246-248.
7. K.R.Reddy,A.S.Reddy,Ravi Shankar,RAJNI KANT,Parthasarathi Das, "Copper-catalyzed oxidative C-H amination: Synthesis of imidazo [1,2-a]N-heterocycles from N-heteroaryl enaminones", Asian J. Org. Chem., 4(2015), 573-583.
8. Ahsan Elahi and RAJNI KANT, “Intermolecular Interaction energies in molecular crystals of 4-formyl coumarin derivatives", Chemical Science Transactions, 5/2015 ID # CST-#1064.
9. Balbir Kumar, Sanjay Parihar, R. N. Jadeja, RAJNI KANT and V.K. Gupta, “1-(3-chorophenyl)-3-methyl-4-(4-methylbenzoyl)-1H-pyrazole-5(4H)-one”, Acta Crystallographica E, 71(2015), 280-281.
10. Ravinderpal Kour Sod, Satya Paul*, Vivek K. Gupta, RAJNI KANT, “Conversion of a,b-unsaturated ketones to 1,5-diones via tendem retro-A;dol& Michael addition using Co(acac)2 covalently anchored onto amine functionalized silica”, Tetrahedron Letters, 56(2015), 1944-1948.
11. S.Khanapure, G. Rashinkar, T.Chhowala, S. Anthal, RAJNI KANT, “N-[(4-Methylphenyl)-(2-hydroxynapthalen-1-yl)-methyl]acetamide”, Acta Crystallographica E, 71(2015), 235.
12. A.Sambyal, G. Kour, S. Sharma, R.K Bamezai, S. Anthal, Vivek K Gupta, RAJNI KANT, C. V. Yelamaggad, “Studies of intermolecular hydrogen bonded complex of butyloxy benzoic acid and dipyridyl ethylene”, Mol. Crystal Liquid Crystals, Vol. 608(2015) 135-145.
13. Manjula Gupta, Monika Gupta, Satya Paul, RAJNI KANT, V.K.Gupta, "One-pot synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazoles via Huisgen1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition catalysed by SiO2-Cu(I) oxide and single crystal X-ray analysisof 1-Benzyl-4-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazole", Monatsh Chem, 146(2015), 143-148.
14. Preetika Sharma, K.N.Subbulakshmi,B Narayana,K.Byrappa, RAJNI KANT, “Crystal structure of 2-methyl-4-(thiophen-2-ylmethylidene)-1,3-oxazol-5(4H )-one", Acta Crystallographica Section E, 71(2015), 123-124.
15. Bhawana Gupta, Deepak Kumar, Nidhi Kalgotra, Savit Andotra, Gurvinder Kour, V.K. Gupta, RAJNI KANT and Sushil K Pandey, “Dialkyltin(IV)bis(O-tolyl/benzyldithiocarbonate) Complexes: Spectroscopic, Thermogravimetric, Antifungal and Crystal Analysis of [(n-Bu)2Sn(S2COCH2C6H5)2]", Acta Chim. Slov., 62(2015), 204-212.
16. Ahsan Elahi and RAJNI KANT, “Quantitative insights into energy contribution of weak intermolecula interactions in angular furanocoumarin derivatives", Chemical Science Transaction, 4(2)(2015).
17. Ujjwal Gupta, Vivek Singh, Vinay Kumar, RAJNI KANT,Yugal Khajuria, “Spectroscopic studies and quantum chemical investigations of (3,4-dimethoxybenzylidene) propanedinitrile", Spectrochemica Acta A: Mol & Biomol Spectro., 140 (2015) 65-73.
18. RAJNI KANT, Gurvinder Kour, Sumati Anthal, Neerupama, Renu Sachar, “Bis(O-ethyldithiocarbonato)bis(3-bromopyridine)nickel(II)”, Acta Crystallographica E, 71, (2015), m12-m13.
19. N.A.Wani, V.K. Gupta, RAJNI KANT, S. Aravinda and Rajkishor Rai, “Conformation of 1-aminocyclohexaneacetic Acid ([beta]3,3Ac6c)in N-protected Derivatives”, Acta Crystallographica E, 70(2014), 272-277.
20. Suresh Sharma, B. Banerjee, G. Brahmachari, RAJNI KANT, V. K. Gupta, “STRUCTURE OF 2-AMINO-5-OXO-4-pTOLYL-4,5-DIHYDROPYRANO[3,2-c] CHROMENE-3-CARBONITRILE”, Eur. Chem. Bull., 3(7)(2014), 654-657.
21. Suresh Sharma, B.D Gupta, RAJNI KANT, Vivek K. Gupta, “Synthesis, characterisation and crystal structure of Negundoside (2’-p hydroxy benzoyl mussaenosidic acid)”, Journal of Crystallography, Volume 2014, Article ID 745074, 6 pages.
22. P. Kaswan, K. Pericherla,  Anil Kumar  and RAJNI KANT, "Synthesis of 3-aroylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines via CuCl2 catalyzed tandem dual carbon-nitrogen bonding", Tetrahedron, 45 (2014), 8539-8544.
23. Preetika Sharma, S. Anthal, C.S. Shripanawar, Ajit B Gurav, RAJNI KANT, “Crystal Structure Analysis of (2E)-3-Methoxy-2-{2-[(2-methylphenoxy)methyl] phenyl} prop-2-enoic acid”, Chem Sci Rev Lett, 3(12)(2014), 1026-1030.
24. Sakshi Sharma, S.Laskar, B.Banerjee, G.Brachari, RAJNI KANT V.K.Gupta, “Crystal Structure of 2(4Nitrophenyl)2(phenylamino)propanenitrile and 2(4Fluoro phenyl amino)2(4nitrophenyl)propanenitrile”, Crystallography Reports, 2014, Vol. 59, No. 7, pp. 1037-1041.
25. N.J. Parmar, B.D. Parmar, T.R. Sutariya RAJNI KANT, V.K.Gupta, “An efficient synthesis of some new thiopyranopyrazole‒heterocycles via domino reaction in a Brønsted acidic ionic liquid", Tetrahedron Letters, 55(2014), 6060-6064.
26. Ruchi Khajuria, S. Kumar, A.Syed, Gurvinder Kour, Sumati Anthal, V. K.Gupta, RAJNI KANT, Sushil Kumar Pandey “Disubstituted diphenyldithiophosphates of cadmium:Synthesis,characterization and single crystal X-ray structure” Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 67(17)(2014), 2925-294.