Dr. Pinky Yadav

Specialization

Inorganic Chemistry, Spectroscopy

Teaching 

• PG Level: Bio-Inorganic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Co ordination Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry and Chemistry Lab
• UG Level: Co ordination Chemistry and Spectroscopy and Chemistry Lab
• UG Level at IIT Delhi: B.Tech. Practical lab (sem. July 2022-23, and Jan. 2023-24) 

Research Interest 

Optimizing the synthetic routes for Pyrrolic compounds to explore their various catalytic activities: specifically- Di and Tri-pyrromethanes and porphyrinoids. 

Research Project 

Project Title: Metallocorrole Based Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 and Protons 

Funding: Inspire faculty award from DST, India 

Status: Ongoing 

Research Experience 

DST Inspire faculty Fellow with the mentorship of Prof. S. Nagendran at Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi (Nov. 2021-March 2024) 

Assistant Professor (Special Appointment) at Hiroshima University, Japan (Supervisor- Prof. Manabu Abe) worked on “PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF DIRADICAL SYSTEMS” (Feb. 2021-Aug. 2021) 

Post-doctoral fellow at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (Supervisor- Prof. Zeev Gross) worked on “SYNTHESIS AND CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS OF CORROLES AND SAPPHYRINS” (Aug. 2017-Oct. 2021)

Profiles

Research Gate ID link https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pinky-Yadav 

Google Scholar ID link https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=bpnDz6sAAAAJ 

ORCID ID link https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7669-3374 Linkedin ID https://www.linkedin.com/in/pinky-yadav-3243501a3/

List of Publications

• Submitted manuscript or under preparation

P. Yadav, X. Zhan, N. Friedman and Z. Gross “Synthesis and photocatalytic applications of Re(V) corroles” Manuscript under preparation.

• Published research papers

1. Z. Wang, P. Yadav and M. Abe, “Long-lived localised singlet diradicaloids having carbon–carbon π-single bonding character (C–π–C)” Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 11301-11309.
2. P. Yadav, A. Kumar, M. Majdoub, I. Saltsman, N. Fridman, A. Kumar, A. Mahammed, S. Kumar and Z. Gross, “Corroles: The Hitherto elusive parent macrocycle and its metal complexes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 25097-25103 (Equal Authorship) IF-16.9
3. R. Kubba, O. Yadav, P. Yadav, N. Fridman and A. Kumar, “Penta -hexa coordination behavior of ABA-P(V) corrole” J. Mol. Struct. 2021, 1243, 130857 IF- 4.7
4. P. Yadav, I. Nigel-etinger, A. Kumar, A. Mizrahi, A. Mahammed, N. Friedman and Z. Gross, “Hydrogen evolution catalysis, by terminal molybdenum-oxo complexes” iScience 2021, 24, 102924 IF-4.1
5. Yadav, S. Khoury, N. Fridman, V. K. Sharma, A. Kumar, M. Majdoub, A. Kumar, Y. DiskinPosner, A. Mahammed and Z. Gross, “Trifluoromethyl hydrolysis en route to corroles with increased druglikeness” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 12829-12834 IF-16.9
6. P. Yadav, S. Khoury, A. Mahammed, M. Morales, S. C. Virgil, H. B. Gray, and Z. Gross, “Enhanced synthetic access to tris-CF3-substituted corroles” Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 8, 3119-3122 IF-5
7. P. Yadav, N. Friedman, A. Mizrahi and Z. Gross, “Rhenium(I) sapphyrins: remarkable difference between C6F5- and CF3- substituted derivatives” Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 980-983 IF-4.2
8. X. Zhan, P. Yadav, Y. Diskin-Posner, N. Fridman, M. Sundararajan, Z. Ullah, Q. C. Chen, L. J. W. Shimon, A. Mahammed, D. G. Churchill, M. H. Baik and Z. Gross, “Positive shift in corrole redox potentials leveraged by modest β-CF3-substitution helps achieve efficient photocatalytic C-H bond functionalization for group 13 complexes” Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 12279–12286 IF-3.3
9. P. Yadav, M. Sankar, X. Ke, L. Cong and K. M. Kadish, “Highly reducible π-extended copper corroles” Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 10014-10022 IF 3.3
10. P. Yadav, P. Rathi and M. Sankar, “Facile generation of A2B corrole radical using Fe(III) salts and its spectroscopic properties” ACS Omega 2017, 2, 959-965 IF-4.3
11. P. Yadav and M. Sankar, “Facile synthesis, photophysical and electrochemical redox properties of octa- and tetra-carboxamidophenylporphyrins and the first example of amido-imidol tautomerism in porphyrins” Dyes Pigm. 2017, 139, 651-657 IF- 4.2
12. P. Yadav, T. Anand, M. S. S. Bharathi, S. Bhattacharya, M. Sankar and S. V. Rao, “Synthesis and femtosecond third order nonlinear optical properties of push-pull trans-A2B-corroles” Dyes Pigm. 2017, 143, 324-330 IF- 4.2
13. P. Yadav and M. Sankar, “Spectroscopic and theoretical studies of anionic corroles derived from phosphoryl and carbomethoxyphenyl substituted corroles” Chem. Phys. Lett. 2017, 677, 107-113 IF-3.1
14. P. Yadav, R. Kumar, A. Kumar, R. J. Butcher and M. Sankar, “β-Tri ubstituted ‘push-pull’ porphyrins: synthesis and structural, photophysical, and electrochemical redox properties” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 2017(26), 3269-3274 IF-2.5
15. P. Yadav and M. Sankar, “Synthesis, Spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of phosphoryl and carbomethoxy substituted corroles and their anion detection properties” Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 14680-14688 (One of the "Most accessed articles" during August 2014) IF 3.3
16. R. Kumar, P. Yadav, P. Rathi and M. Sankar, “Synthesis, Spectroscopic, Electrochemical redox, solvatochromism and anion binding properties of β-tetra- and -octaphenylethynyl substituted mesotetraphenylporphyrins” RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 82237-82246 IF- 4.6
17. R. Kumar, P. Yadav, A. Kumar and M. Sankar, “Facile synthesis and electrochemical studies of diethoxyphosphorylphenyl substituted porphyrin and its metal complexes” Chem. Lett. 2015, 44, 914-916 IF-1.6
18. X. Ke, P. Yadav, L. Cong, R. Kumar, M. Sankar and K. M. Kadish, ”Facile and reversible electrogeneration of porphyrin trianions and tetraanions in nonaqueous media” Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56 (14), 8527-8537 IF-4.7

Conferences/ Seminars attended

1. P. Yadav and M. Sankar* 'Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Studies of Phosphoryl and Carbomethoxyphenyl Substituted Corroles, and their Anion Detection Properties' presented at Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) India Roadshow held at IIT Delhi on 5th Nov 2014.
2. P. Yadav and M. Sankar* 'Synthesis of Carboxy and Phosphonic Acid Corroles for Materials Applications' poster presented at the 16th National Symposium in Chemistry organized by Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), February 7-9, 2014 at IIT Bombay, India.
3. P. Yadav and M. Sankar ‘Synthesis, Solvatochromism and Electrochemical Studies of βoctaphenylethynyl Cu(III) corroles’ poster presented at the 18th National Symposium in Chemistry organized by Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), February 5-7, 2016 at PU, Chandigarh, India.
4. P. Yadav, M. Sankar*, Xiangyi Ke, Lei Cong and K. M. Kadish, “Synthesis, Structural, Spectral and Electrochemical Redox Properties of π-Extended Corroles” Poster presented at SABIC 2107, Symposium on Advanced Biological Chemistry, jointly organized by TIFR and IACS at Kolkata during Jan. 7-11, 2017.
5. Participated in Israel National Research Center for Electrochemical Propulsion (INREP) during Aril 30th to May 1, 2018 at Bar Ilan University, Israel.
6. P. Yadav, M. Sankar, Xiangyi Ke, Lei Cong and Karl M. Kadish, Synthesis, Spectral and Electrochemical Properties of Highly Reducible π-Extended Copper Corroles' Poster Presentation at 10th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP-10) held at Istanbul, Turkey during July 1-6, 2018.
7. P. Yadav M. Soll, Q.-C. Cheng and Z. Gross*, Trifluoromethyl Corrole' Poster Presentation at 10th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP-10) held at Munich, Germany during July 1-6, 2018.
8. Participated in Israel-Japan conference for “molecular catalysis in the service of society” at Schulich faculty of chemistry, Technion-IIT Haifa, during November 3-6, 2019.
9. Participated in 11th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP-11) held virtually at Buffalo, USA during June 28- July 3, 2021.
10. Attended Faculty Orientation Program held at IIM Nagpur, during 10-14 Feb. 2025.