Contact

Email:

spatnaik@iastate.edu

Bio

B.S. Osmania University, 2002 M.Sc. Osmania University, 2004 Visiting student, UC Berkeley 2012 (Toste)

Publications

1. Tennakoon, A.; Wu, X.; Paterson, A. L.; Patnaik, S.; Pei, Y.; LaPointe, A. M.; Ammal, S. C.; Hackler, R. A.; Heyden, A.; Slowing, I. I.; Coates, G. W.; Delferro, M.; Peters, B.; Huang, W.; Sadow, A. D.; Perras, F. A., "Catalytic Upcycling of High-Density Polyethylene Via a Processive Mechanism." Nature Catalysis 2020, 3, 893-901. DOI:10.1038/s41929-020-00519-4
2. Wang, Z.; Patnaik, S.; Eedugurala, N.; Manzano, J. S.; Slowing, I. I.; Kobayashi, T.; Sadow, A. D.; Pruski, M., "Silica-supported Organolanthanum Catalysts for C–O Bond Cleavage in Epoxides." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 2935-2947. DOI:10.1021/jacs.9b11606
3. Pindwal, A.; Patnaik, S.; Everett, W. C.; Ellern, A.; Windus, T. L.; Sadow, A. D. Cerium-catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Acrylates to α-Silyl Esters Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 628-631. DOI:10.1002/anie.201610263
4. Pindwal, A.; Yan, K.; Patnaik, S.; Schmidt, B. M.; Ellern, A.; Slowing, I. I.; Bae, C.; Sadow, A. D. "Homoleptic Trivalent Tris(Alkyl) Rare Earth Compounds" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 16862-16874. DOI:10.1021/jacs.7b09521
5. Patnaik, S; Sadow, A. D. "Interconverting Lanthanum Hydride and Borohydride Catalysts for C=O Reduction and C−O Bond Cleavage" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2505-2509. DOI:10.1002/anie.201813305
6. Celik, G.; Kennedy, R. M.; Hackler, R. A.; Ferrandon, M.; Tennakoon, A.; Patnaik, S.; LaPointe, A. M.; Ammal, S. C.; Heyden, A.; Perras, F. A.; Pruski, M.; Scott, S. L.; Poeppelmeier, K. R.; Sadow, A. D.; Delferro, M., "Upcycling Single-Use Polyethylene into High-Quality Liquid Products." ACS Central Science 2019, ASAP. DOI:10.1021/acscentsci.9b00722