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| name = Rajendra Rathore
| image = Rathore in Lab.png
| caption = Rathore in his chemistry lab
| birth_date = {{birth date |df=yes|1961|12|12}}
| birth_place = [[Kannauj]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|2018|02|16 |1961|12|12}}
| death_place = [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], USA
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| fields = [[Organic chemistry]]
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* [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]]
* [[University of Western Ontario]]
* [[University of Houston]]
* [[Marquette University]]}}
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| thesis_title = Stereoelectronic Effects, Mechanism, and Synthesis in Sulfonyl Chemistry
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'''Rajendra Rathore''' (12 December 1961 – 16 February 2018) was an [[Organic chemistry|organic]] chemist and professor at [[Marquette University]] in [[Milwaukee]], Wisconsin as Pfletschinger-Habermann professor of organic chemistry.<ref>[http://www.marquette.edu/chem/Rathore.shtml/about/ Rajendra Rathore Biography]. [[Marquette University]]</ref> He made important contributions in the area of [[supramolecular chemistry]],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rathore|first1=Rajendra|last2=Burns|first2=Carrie L.|title=A Practical One-Pot Synthesis of Soluble Hexa-''peri''-hexabenzocoronene and Isolation of Its Cation-Radical Salt|journal=The Journal of Organic Chemistry|date=May 2003|volume=68|issue=10|pages=4071–4074|doi=10.1021/jo034271e|pmid=12737593}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Navale|first1=Tushar S.|last2=Ivanov|first2=Maxim V.|last3=Hossain|first3=Mohammad M.|last4=Rathore|first4=Rajendra|title=FHBC, a Hexa-''peri''-hexabenzocoronene-Fluorene Hybrid: A Platform for Highly Soluble, Easily Functionalizable HBCs with an Expanded Graphitic Core|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|date=15 January 2018|volume=57|issue=3|pages=790–794|doi=10.1002/anie.201711739|pmid=29194947|doi-access=free}}</ref> synthesis of novel electro-active molecules,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rathore|first1=Rajendra|last2=Abdelwahed|first2=Sameh H.|last3=Guzei|first3=Ilia A.|title=Synthesis, Structure, and Evaluation of the Effect of Multiple Stacking on the Electron-Donor Properties of π-Stacked Polyfluorenes|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|date=July 2003|volume=125|issue=29|pages=8712–8713|doi=10.1021/ja035518s|pmid=12862451 |bibcode=2003JAChS.125.8712R }}</ref> and drug discovery.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramchandran |first1=Ramani |last2=Sem |first2=Daniel |last3=Rathore |first3=Rajendra |title=US Patent Application for SMALL MOLECULE ANTAGONISTS OF DUSP5 AND METHODS OF USE Patent Application (Application #20180000778 issued January 4, 2018) – Justia Patents Search |url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/20180000778 |website=patents.justia.com |accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Milwaukee doctor imagines better umbilical cord clamp |url=http://archive.jsonline.com/business/local-doctor-imagines-better-umbilical-cord-clamp-b99719387z1-378170651.html/ |accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref> Rathore died on 16 February 2018, after complications from chronic pulmonary sarcoidosis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Klingler College of Arts and Sciences 2018 Awards |url=https://medium.com/@MUArtsSciences/klingler-college-of-arts-and-sciences-2018-awards-4a8a72c64d10 |website=medium.com |accessdate=31 May 2018 |date=19 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rajendra Rathore – Krause Funeral Home |url=https://www.krausefuneralhome.com/obituary/rajendra-rathore/ |website=www.krausefuneralhome.com}}</ref>

== Education ==
Rathore received his M.Sc. from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]] in 1986, under the mentorship of [[Srinivasan Chandrasekaran|S. Chandrasekaran]]. He earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the [[University of Western Ontario]] in London, Canada in 1990. He was a post-doctoral research associate and then a visiting assistant professor during 1992–2000 at the [[University of Houston]] under the supervision of [[Jay Kochi]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rathore|first1=Rajendra|title=Jay Kazuo Kochi (1927–2008)|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|date=17 November 2008|volume=47|issue=48|pages=9186|doi=10.1002/anie.200805187|doi-access=free}}</ref> Rajendra Rathore joined the faculty at Marquette University in 2000.

== Research ==
Rathore was the Pfletschinger-Habermann Professor of Organic Chemistry at Marquette University. He was also nominated for the Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences Scholar of the Year for 2017–2018, in recognition of outstanding scholarly contributions over the past three years, which he was awarded and received posthumously.<ref>{{cite web |title=KLINGLER COLLEGE AWARDS |url=https://www.marquette.edu/arts-sciences/about-college-awards.php |website=Marquette University}}</ref> Rathore made key contributions to the areas of organic supramolecular and materials chemistry. His interests focused in rational design and synthesis of novel electro-active molecules with applications in molecular recognition, photovoltaics, molecular electronics, and drug discovery. In particular, Rathore was well known for his contributions to studies of the Scholl reaction mechanism, syntheses of cofacially arrayed polyfluorenes, and applications of nitric oxide complexes with aromatic donors. His recent work was focused on elucidating the application of frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs) in the rational design of novel charge-transfer materials.

=== Synthesis of pillarene ===
In 1995 Rathore and Kochi reported a synthetic procedure to produce various diarylmethanes from their corresponding benzyl methyl ethers.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rathore|first1=Rajendra|last2=Kochi|first2=Jay K.|title=Radical-Cation Catalysis in the Synthesis of Diphenylmethanes via the Dealkylative Coupling of Benzylic Ethers|journal=The Journal of Organic Chemistry|date=November 1995|volume=60|issue=23|pages=7479–7490|doi=10.1021/jo00128a020}}</ref> They showed that transformation of ''bis''(methoxymethyl)-''p''-hydroquinone ether yields corresponding diarylmethane and a polymeric-like material. A reanalysis of this polymeric material showed that it consisted mainly from [[pillararene]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ivanov|first1=Maxim V.|last2=Wang|first2=Denan|last3=Navale|first3=Tushar S.|last4=Lindeman|first4=Sergey V.|last5=Rathore|first5=Rajendra|title=From Intramolecular (Circular) in an Isolated Molecule to Intermolecular Hole Delocalization in a Two-Dimensional Solid-State Assembly: The Case of Pillarene|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|date=19 February 2018|volume=57|issue=8|pages=2144–2149|doi=10.1002/anie.201712159|pmid=29327390|url=https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1881&context=chem_fac|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref> A full characterization of pillararene was first reported in 2008 by Tomoki Ogoshi et al.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ogoshi|first1=Tomoki|last2=Kanai|first2=Suguru|last3=Fujinami|first3=Shuhei|last4=Yamagishi|first4=Tada-aki|last5=Nakamoto|first5=Yoshiaki|title=-Bridged Symmetrical Pillar[5]arenes: Their Lewis Acid Catalyzed Synthesis and Host–Guest Property|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|date=April 2008|volume=130|issue=15|pages=5022–5023|doi=10.1021/ja711260m|pmid=18357989}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Rajendra Rathore was born in Kannauj, India in 1961. In college in Kanpur, India, he met his wife, Rajni. They had two girls.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

In October 2018, Marquette University held the Rajendra Rathore Memorial Symposium,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marquette.edu/chem/RathoreSymposium.shtml|title=Rathore Symposium {{!}} Department of Chemistry {{!}} Marquette University|website=www.marquette.edu|access-date=2018-10-22}}</ref> where friends and colleagues of Rathore spoke about their research and Rathore's influence on their science and lives.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

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