Organic Chemistry (OC)
Recent Submissions
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Studies of Carbohydrate-Conjugated Anthracenes in Self-Assembly, Bioimaging and Photosensitization
Conjugation of a carbohydrate moiety to an aromatic core leads to glycostructures that possess a high propensity for self-assembly in aq. solutions, driven primarily by π-stacking of the aromatic ring, as well as, the ... -
Functionalized Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials in Antibacterial Activity and Drug Delivery
The rise in multi-drug-resistant bacterial infections is a major health concern of the 21st-century. Overuse of traditional antibiotics in medical, agricultural, and veterinary practices has led to numerous drug-resistant ... -
Unleashing the Potential of Nanomaterials in Organic Synthesis: QD-based Photocatalysis and AuNP-catalysed Cascade Rearrangement Reaction
The thesis titled Unleashing the Potential of Nanomaterials in Organic Synthesis: QD-based Photocatalysis and AuNP-catalysed Cascade Rearrangement Reaction explores innovative strategies for organic synthesis using ... -
Studies of Pyridoneimine in Site-Selective Functionalization of Carbohydrates and in Multivalent Phenomenon
Carbohydrates are functionally rich biomolecules with multiple hydroxy functionalities. As a result, the most often practiced chemical route is to install protecting groups that permit selective functionalization at the ... -
Cp2Ti(III)Cl-Mediated Endo- and Exo-Radical Cyclization: Synthesis of a Tri-nor-guaiane Sesquiterpene Isoclavukerin A, Terpenoid Bicyclic Lactones and Synthetic Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of Scabrolide A
Radical cyclization strategy always gives an expedient access to complex molecular scaffolds present in many bioactive natural products. In this research work, a systematic study is undertaken to investigate the less ... -
Harnessing Strained Systems: Arynes, Donor Acceptor Cyclopropanes, and Bicyclobutanes in Annulations, Multicomponent Couplings and Insertion Reactions
More than a century ago, the discovery of aryne intermediates proved to be a valuable addition to the toolkit of organic chemists, enabling the synthesis of a diverse range of molecules using these electrophilic ... -
Lanthanide-derived Photoluminescent Hydrogels for Analytical Screening of Norfloxacin, Ofloxacin, α-Chymotrypsin, and Gossypol
Supramolecular gels are soft substances made of elastic cross-linked three-dimensional network connected by noncovalent interactions such as hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interactions, donor-acceptor interactions, π- π ... -
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Dihydrothiopyranones, Functionalized Benzofurans and Extending Michael Acceptor Aldimine Umpolung
Carbenes exhibit high reactivity as divalent species with six electrons in their valence shell. Their electrophilic nature arises from an incomplete octet. However, when a heteroatom is introduced adjacent to the carbene ... -
Functionalized Nanomaterial and Metallocycle for Selective Antibacterial, Diagnosis, and Anti-cancer Activity
The evolution of drug resistant bacteria has become a severe threat to public health globally. The misuse of conventional antibiotics has led to the development of multi-drug resistant bacteria. Even though antibiotics ... -
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Synthesis of Oxazolones, e-Lactones and N-N Axially Chiral Molecules
The diverse reactivity of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) in organocatalysis is due to the possibility of different modes of action. Although NHC-bound enolates and dienolates were well-known, the NHC-bound cross-conjugated ... -
Engineering of Nanomaterials: Application in Antibacterial Activity, Bio-Analyte Detection and Environmental Remediation
Infectious diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria are creating a global health problem. In the recent report of World Health Organization (WHO), it has been mentioned that around 7 lacks people are dying each year worldwide ... -
Construction of C-C Bonds by Photocatalysis via Radical Addition Cascade Cyclization (RACC): Synthesis of Heteroatom-Containing Small Molecules
The thesis presents photocatalytic methods for synthesizing small organic molecules at room temperature. The thesis is divided into four sections. Section A presents the general introduction to the thesis. Section B is ... -
HBS Constrained Antiparallel β-Sheets and Flat Toroid Turns; Homoserine, Thioamide and 1,3-Thiazine Containing Peptidomimetics: Design, Synthesis, Conformational Analyses and applications
In chemical biology, short peptidomimetic biological active models have been widely used for anti-microbial activity, drug development, catalysis, and amyloidogenesis. In this thesis, I have synthesized several unnaturally ... -
Enantioselective Annulation Reactions: From Fischer Indolization to de novo Arene Construction
In summary, we have developed the first decarboxylative [4+2]-annulation of ethynyl benzoxazinanones with azlactones for the enantioselective synthesis of cyclic α-quaternary α-acylaminoamides.25 This direct and modular ... -
Employing Arynes in Unique Multicomponent Reactions and a Strain-Release Ene Reaction
Arynes are highly reactive electrophilic intermediates, extensively used for synthesizing various benzo-fused heterocycles and 1,2-disubstituted benzenes. Among the numerous reactions of arynes, multicomponent coupling ... -
2,3-Dideoxy Sugars in Glycoconjugations and Cyclic Oligosaccharide Synthesis
2,3- Dideoxy sugars are versatile synthons for organic synthesis. The applications are diverse in biological systems and organic synthesis. In the first part of the thesis, 2,3-unsaturated sugars are used for the ... -
Synthesis and Studies of Covalent Polydiacetylene Glycopolymers as Scaffolds to Uncover Intricate Carbohydrate-Protein Interactions
Overall, the Thesis work establishes: • Monomeric and multimeric ligand-lectin interactions occurring at cell surfaces that could be assessed using purified protein and cellular model system, namely, glycovesicles; • ... -
Radical and Lewis Acid Mediated Syntheses of Panaginsene, Indole-Fused Azabicyclo[3.3.1]Nonane and Davanoids
The thesis contains radical and Lewis acid-mediated syntheses of panaginsene, indole-fused azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes, and davanoids. The thesis includes three chapters; chapter-I contains the total synthesis of panaginsene, ... -
Diverse Applications of Luminescent Metallocholate Hydrogels
Supramolecular gels are soft materials consisting of a solid three-dimensional network with noncovalent interactions such as hydrophobic interactions, hydrogen bonding, cation-п, and п- п interactions. Due to their soft, ... -
Total Synthesis of Piperidine and Pyrrolidine Alkaloids and Towards the Total Synthesis of Strychnine
Total synthesis of natural products is an important area of contemporary interest in synthetic organic chemistry. Total synthesis of natural products serves as a platform for the development of new synthetic strategies ...