Organic Synthesis & Catalysis

    C-H Activation/functionalization

     Heterocycles Synthesis 

Phytochemistry (Himalayan Medicinal Plants)

    Isolation and structure elucidation of  plant secondary metabolites

    Standardization of plant extracts (targetted activity & four marker compounds) 

    Development of analytical methods (UPLC, GC, and NMR) 

    Chemical profiling using NMR (1D & 2D), UPLC-MS/MS, and GC-MS/MS

Medicinal Chemistry

    Discovery of new heterocycles as potential therapeutic agents 

     Scientific validation of plant traditional knowledge (Ayush or Phytopharma route)

Selected Publications in the last five years

Organic Synthesis and Catalysis 

107. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 8, 12902. [Link]  

106. Chemistry-A European Journal, 2020, 26, 4396 [Hot Paper]. [Link]

105. Organic  Letters,  2020, 22, 305. [Link]

104. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020, 85, 11844. [Link]

103. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020, 85, 9244. [Link]

102. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020, 85, 1181. [Link]

101.  The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019, 84, 12871 [Part of Special Issue]. [Link]

100.  The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019, 84, 6962. [Link]

  99.  European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019, 2019, 2753. [Link] 

  98.  The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019, 84, 2786. [Link]

  97.  Medicinal Chemistry, 2019, 15, 1. [Link]

  96.  The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019, 84, 1542. [Link]

  95.  Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2018, 360, 2013. [Link]

  94.  The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 83, 12702. [Link]

  93.  Catalysis Reviews: Science and Engineering, 2018, 60, 497. [Link] 

  92.  The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 83, 11552. [Link]

  91. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2017,359, 3022. [Link]

  90. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2017, 7, 2857. [Link]

  89. Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 9648. [Link]

Phytochemistry 

  88. Journal of Ethanopharmcology, 2020, accepted. [Link]

  87. Natural Product Research, 2020, doi: 10.1080/14786419.2020.1761360. [Link] 

  86. Phytochemical Analysis, 2020, doi.org/10.1002/pca.2951. [Link]

  85. Natural Product Research, 2020, 34, 233. [Link]

  84. Natural Product Research, 2020, 34, 233. [Link]

  83. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 2019, 175, 112750. [Link]  

  82. Separation Science Plus, 2018, 1, 311. [Link]

  81. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2018, 55, 1806. [Link]

  80. Analytical Chemistry Letters, 2018, 8, 177. [Link]

  79. Natural Product Communication, 2018, 13, 189. 

  78. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 2017,132, 46. [Link]

  77. Chemistry & Biodiversity, 2017, 14, e1600376. [Link]

For a Complete List of Publications Please Visit

https://sites.google.com/site/chactivationandphytochemistry/publications

One Year Advance Promotion i.e. Merit Promotion from Scientist to Senior Scientist.

Member of Early Career Advisory Board of Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. [Link]

Manjushree Pal Memorial Award for Best Oral Presentation from Ethanopharmacology Society of India, Kolkata (2017)

Thieme Chemistry Journal Award (2016)

Postdoc Fellowship KAIST, South Korea (2014)

D S Kothari Postdoc Fellowship (2012)

Fast Track Young Scientist project for three years (2012)

CSIR Senior Research Fellowship (2009)

CSIR Junior Research Fellowship (2007)

GATE (2007)

CSIR-NET (2006) 

Book Chapters

3. Steroidal Sapogenins from Genus Trillium: Chemistry, Synthesis and Opprtunities in Neuro-active Steroids Designing.

P. S. Suresh, V. Bhatt, P. P. Singh and U. Sharma.

Studies in Natural Product Chemistry (Elsevier), 2020, accepted.

2. Direct Arylation via C-H activation.

U. Sharma, A. Modak, S. Maity, A. Maji and D. Maiti.

Thomas CoIacot eds., Introduction to New Trends in Cross-Coupling: Theory and   

Applications (RSC) 2014. [Link]

1. In Vitro Studies on the Antioxidant/Antigenotoxic Potential of Aqueous Fraction from Anthocephalus cadamba Bark.

M. Chandel, U. Sharma, N. Kumar, B. Singh and S. Kaur.

P. R. Sudhakaran et. al. (eds.), Perspectives in Cancer Prevention-Translational Cancer Reserch (Springer), 2013, pp 61-72. [Link]

4. An Eco-friendly Process for Isolation of Fiber from Plant Species and Product thereof. 

M. Sharma, S. Thakur, U. Sharma and S. Kumar. 

Ref. No. 0054NF2020. D.O.F: 22-04-2020.  

3. The Process for Isolation of Active Constituents from Cissampelos pareira extract and fraction for Antimalarial Activity. 

V. Bhatt, S. Kumari, A. Kumar, P. Upadhyay, P. Agarwal, D. Sahal, D. Singh and

U. Sharma. 

Ref. No. 0219NF2019. D.O.F: 11-12-2019.  

2. Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Benzofurans and Coumarins from Phenols and Olefins.

D. Maiti, U. Sharmaand N. Tagoti.  

Ref. No. IPA No: 2012/Mum/2013. D.O.F: 13-06-2013. 

1. Benzothiazole Substituted Phthalimide Analogues as Potential Angiogenesis Inhibitors.

B. Singh, S. Chattergi, N. Kumar and U. Sharma.  

Ref. No. 0918 DEL 2011. D.O.F: 31-03-2011. 

Ph.D. Fellows

Mr. Inder Kumar

Mr. Ankit K Dhiman

Mr. Patil Shivprasad Suresh

Mr. Devesh Chandra

Ms. Diksha Parmar

Ms. Surekha Kumari

Project Fellows

Mr. Rohit Kumar 

Mr. Prithvi Pal Singh

Mr. Shiv Sankar Gupta

Mr. Anmol

Mr. Prateek Singh Bora 

Group Alumni  

Ph.D. Thesis Awarded

Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Feb. 2020

Dr. Ritika Sharma, July 2019

Dr. Deepali Katoch, July 2019 

Dr. Vinod Bhatt, Feb. 2018

Project Fellows

Ms. Divya Rana, PA-II, Feb. 2018-June 2019

Ms. Shivani Puri, PA-II, Sept. 2018-March 2020 

Ms. Kavita Devi, PA-II, July 2019-March 2020

Postdocs

Dr. Vinod Bhatt, Postdoc, 2018-2019

Dr. Ashun Chaudhary, Postdoc, 2016-2018

Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Postdoc, 2016-2017

Prospective Team Members 

Ph.D. and Postdoc positions are available for self-motivated persons.