Kangkan Pradhan

Emerging ground-state and photoexcited-state reactivity of the nitro group.

In 1979, Dieter Seebach coined the phrase "nitroalkanes as ideal intermediates in organic synthesis"; subsequently, he commented on their "chameleon-like" switchable chemical properties. Similarly, depending on their distinct electronic nature and coordination ability, nitroarenes exhibit diverse ground-state reactivit...