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Sangit Kumar

Main Group Chemistry: Synthesis and Catalysis
Professor
Phone: +91 755 269 1317, 669 1317
sangitkumar@iiserb.ac.in

Assistant Professor (January 2009-) at Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India

Post-doctoral Position (June 2007-December 2008) at Department of Chemistry, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, US under Professor Michael R. Detty

Post-doctoral Position (February 2005-April 2007) at Department of Bio- & Organic Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden under Professor Lars Engman

Ph.D. (1999-2004) from Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) under Professor H.B. Singh

M.Sc. (1997-1999) from Department of Chemistry, University of Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)

B. Sc. (1994-1997) from Maharaj Singh College Saharanpur, UP, India

Methodology Development for Organochalocogens

Bromination in Alkenes

Radical Chain Breaking Antioxidant

Carbon-carbon/heteroatom Coupling Reactions

#	Authors	Title	Journals	Year
1	Aditya Upadhyay Dr. Bhagat Singh Bhakuni Rahul Meena Sangit Kumar	Radical Chain Breaking Bis(ortho?organoselenium) Substituted Phenolic Antioxidants.	Chemistry an Asian Journal	2021
2	Aditya Upadhyay Raushan Kumar Jha Monojit Batabyal Tanoy Dutta Apurba Lal Koner Sangit Kumar	Janus-Faced Oxidant and Antioxidant Profiles of Organo Diselenides	Dalton Transactions	2021
3	Ajay Verma Lal Singh Banjara Rahul Meena Sangit Kumar	Transition-Metal-Free Synthesis of N-Substituted Phenanthridinones and Spiro-isoindolinones: C(sp2)-N and C(sp2)-O Coupling through Radical Pathway.	Asian J. Org. Chem	2020
4	Aditya Upadhyay Monojit Batabyal Kanika Sangit Kumar	Organoselenium: Generated and Exploited in Oxidative Reactions.	Chemistry Letters	2020
5	Raviraj Ananda Thorat Saket Jain Moh. Sattar Prateek Yadav Yogesh Mandhar Sangit Kumar	Synthesis of Chiral substituted 2-Aryl-Ferrocenes by the Catellani Reaction.	The Journal of Organic Chemistry	2020
6	Sangit Kumar Apurba Lal Koner Heena Kadyan Monojit Batabyal Rahul Kadu	An efficient copper-catalyzed synthesis of symmetrical bis(N-arylbenzamide) selenides and their conversion to hypervalent spirodiazaselenuranes and hydroxy congeners.	Dalton Transactions	2019
7	Vandana Rathore Sangit Kumar	Visible-light-induced metal and reagent-free oxidative coupling of sp2 C-H bonds with organo-dichalcogenides: synthesis of 3-organochalcogenyl indoles.	Green Chemistry	2019
8	Cavya Jose Vandana Rathore Sangit Kumar	Organoselenium Small Molecules as Catalysts for Oxidative Functionalization of Organic Molecules.	New Journal of Chemistry	2019
9	Vandana Rathore Ajay Verma Sadhan Jana Jana Sangit Kumar	Synthesis of Novel C2-Symmetric Sulfur Based Catalyst: Asymmetric Bromo/Seleno Functionalized Normal and Medium-Sized Rings.	Synlett	2019
10	Raviraj Ananda Thorat Krishna Patidar Moh. Sattar Sangit Kumar	Copper Mediated Selective Mono and Sequential Organochalcogenation of C-H Bond: Synthesis of Hybrid Unsymmetrical Aryl Ferrocene Chalcogenides.	J. Org. Chem.	2019
11	Yogesh Mandhar Prateek Yadav Nitin Kumar Moh. Sattar Sangit Kumar	8-Aminoquinoline Assisted Synthesis and Crystal Structure Studies of Ferrocenyl Aryl Sulfones	Chemistry -Asian Journal	2019
12	Vandana Rathore Aditya Upadhyay Sangit Kumar	An Organodiselenide with Dual Mimic Function of Sulfhydryl Oxidases and Glutathione Peroxidases: Aerial Oxidation of Organothiols to Organodisulfides	Organic Letters	2018
13	Subhrajyoti Bhandary Abhishek Sirohiwal Rahul Kadu Sangit Kumar Deepak Chopra	Dispersion Stabilized Se/TeÂ·Â·Â·Ï€ Double Chalcogen Bonding Synthons in in Situ Cryocrystallized Divalent Organochalcogen Liquids	Crystal Growth & Design	2018
14	Moh. Sattar Muhammed Shareef Krishna Patidar Sangit Kumar	Copper-Catalyzed 8-Aminoquinoline Assisted Aryl Chalcogenation of Ferroceneamide with Aryl Disulfides, Diselenides, and Ditellurides	J. Org. Chem.	2018
15	Moh. Sattar Sangit Kumar	Palladium-Catalyzed Removable 8-Aminoquinoline Assisted Chemo- and Regioselective Oxidative sp2-C-H/sp3-C-H Cross-Coupling of Ferrocene with Toluene Derivatives	Organic Letters	2017
16	Sadhan Jana Ajay Verma Rahul Kadu Sangit Kumar	Visible-Light-Induced Oxidant and Metal-Free Dehydrogenative Cascade Trifluoromethylation and Oxidation of 1,6-Enynes with Water	Chemical Science	2017
17	Sanjeev Kumar Nidhi Sharma Indresh K Maurya Ajay Verma Sangit Kumar K K Bhasin Rohit K Sharma	Insights into selenylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine: synthesis, structural and antimicrobial evaluation	New Journal of Chemistry	2017
18	Nidhi Sharma Sanjeev Kumar Indresh K Maurya K K Bhasin Ajay Verma Nishima Wangoo Aman K K Bhasin S. K. Mehta Sangit Kumar Rohit K Sharma	Synthesis, structural analysis, antimicrobial evaluation and synergistic studies of imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine chalcogenides	RSC Advances	2017
19	Vandana Rathore Moh. Sattar Raushan Kumar Sangit Kumar	Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diaryl Acetamides, Benzofurans, Benzophenones, and Xanthenes by Transition-Metal-Free Oxidative Cross-Coupling of sp3 and sp2 Câ€“H Bonds	J. Org. Chem.	2017
20	Moh. Sattar Ch. Durga Prasad Sangit Kumar	Transition-Metal-Free Selective Oxidative C(sp3 )âˆ’S/Se Coupling of Oxindoles, Tetralone, and Arylacetamides: Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Organochalcogenides	Organic Letters	2017
21	Moh. Sattar V Rathore Ch. D Prasad S Kumar	TM Free Chemoselective Oxidative C-C Coupling of sp3 C-H Bond of Oxindoles with Arenes and Addition to Alkene: Synthesis of 3-Aryl Oxindoles, Benzofuro- and Indolo-indoles	Chemistry -Asian Journal	2017
22	Shailesh Kumar J Yan J F Poon V P Singh X Lu M K Ott L Engman Sangit Kumar	Multifunctional Antioxidants: Regenerable Radical-Trapping and Hydroperoxide-Decomposing Ebselenols	Angewandte Chemie International Edition	2016
23	Shailesh Kumar Rahul Kadu Sangit Kumar	Regioselective transition metal- and halogen-free direct dithiolation at C(sp3)â€“H of nitrotoluenes with diaryl disulfides	RSC Advances	2016
24	S Kumar A Kumar S Kumar S. J Balkrishna S Kumar	Cinchona-Alkaloids Based Isoselenazolones: Synthesis and Their Catalytic Reactivity in Asymmetric Bromolactonization of Alkenoic Acid	Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Sect. A Phys. Sci. India,	2016
25	A Gupta H B Singh S Kumar	Structural and Reactivity Aspects of Organoselenium and Tellurium Cations	Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Sect. A Phys. Sci. India,	2016
26	S Kumar A Verma	Selective Oxidative Decarbonylative Cleavage of Unstrained C(sp3)-C(sp2) Bond: Synthesis of Substituted Benzoxazinones	Organic Letters	2016
27	S Kumar R Kadu S Kumar	Regioselective Transition Metal- and Halogen-Free Direct Dithiolation at C(sp3)-H of Nitrotoluenes with Diaryl Disulfides	Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry	2016
28	V Rathore M Sattar R Kumar S Kumar	Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diaryl Acetamides, Benzofurans, Benzophenones, and Xanthenes by Transition Metal-Free Oxidative Cross Coupling of sp3 and sp2 C-H Bonds	The Journal of Organic Chemistry	2016
29	Nidhi Sharma Sanjeev Kumar Indresh K Maurya KK Bhasin AJay Verma Nimisha Wangoo Aman KK Bhasin SK MEhta Sangit Kumar Rohit K Sharma	Synthesis, structural analysis, antimicrobial evaluation and synergistic studies of imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine chalcogenides	Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry	2016
30	Ajay Verma Sadhan Jana Ch. Durga Prasad Abhimanyu Yadav Sangit Kumar	Organoselenium and DMAP Co-Catalysis: Regioselective Synthesis of Medium-Sized Halolactones and Bromooxepanes from Unactivated Alkenes	Chemical Communications	2016
31	Saket Patel Meenakshi	Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Monomeric Mercury(II) Selenolate Complexes Derived from 2-Phenylbenzamide Ligands	Dalton Transactions	2016
32	Mohd. Sattar Praveen Ch. Durga Prasad Ajay Verma Shailesh Kumar Sangit Kumar	Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Functionalization of Ferrocene Carboxylic Acid by using 8-Aminoquinoline as a Removable Directing Group	Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis	2016
33	Ch. Durga Prasad Ajay Verma Mohd. Sattar Sangit Kumar	Silver Mediated Thio-Acetoxylation and TFA Triggered Cyclization of Amino Disulfides with Unactivated Alkenes: Synthesis of 3-Aryl/Alkyl-1,4-benzothiazines	RSC Advances	2015
34	Sadhan Jana A Asokan Shailesh Kumar Ajay Verma Sangit Kumar	Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Alkenes: Synthesis of Trifluoromethylated BenzoxazinesÊºOrganic & Biomolecular Chemistry	Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry	2015
35	Abhimanyu Yadav Ajay Verma Saket Patel A Kumar Vandana Rathore Meenakshi Shailesh Kumar Sangit Kumar	KOtBu-Mediated annulation of acetonitrile with aldehyde: synthesis of substituted dihydropyridin-2(1H)-ones, pyridin-2(1H)-ones, and thiopyridin-2(1H)-ones	Chemical Communications	2015
36	Amit Kumar Mohd. Sattar Ajay Verma A Dara Sangit Kumar	Double Functionalization of 2-Amino-2â€²-hydroxy-1,1â€²-biaryls: Synthesis of 4-Nitro-dibenzofurans and Benzofuro-indoles	RSC Advances	2015
37	Shailesh Kumar Vandana Rathore Ajay Verma Ch. Durga Prasad Amit Kumar Abhimanyu Yadav Sadhan Jana Mohd. Sattar Meenakshi Sangit Kumar	KOtBu-Mediated Aerobic Transition-Metal-Free Regioselective Î²-Arylation of Indoles: Synthesis of Î²-(2-/4-Nitroaryl)-indoles	Organic Letters	2015
38	Ajay Verma Saket Patel Meenakshi Amit Kumar Abhimanyu Yadav Shailesh Kumar Sadhan Jana S Sharma Ch. Durga Prasad Sangit Kumar	Transition Metal Free Intramolecular Selective Oxidative C(sp3)-N Coupling: Synthesis of N-Aryl-isoindolinones from 2-Alkylbenzamides	Chemical Communications	2015
39	Amit Kumar Abhimanyu Yadav Ajay Verma Sadhan Jana Mohd. Sattar Shailesh Kumar	Chemoselective Arylation of Phenols with Bromo-nitroarenes: Synthesis of Nitro-biaryl-ols and Their Conversion into Benzofurans and Carbazoles	Chemical Communications	2014
40	Bhagat Singh Bhakuni Abhimanyu Yadav Shailesh Kumar Saket Patel S Sharma Sangit Kumar	KOtBu-Mediated Synthesis of Dimethylisoindolin-1-ones and Dimethyl-5-phenylisoindolin-1-ones: Selective C-C Coupling of Unreactive tert-sp3 C-H Bond	The Journal of Organic Chemistry	2014
41	Piyush Panini Shailesh Kumar Ananda S Hodage Shah Jaimin Balkrishna Sangit Kumar	Sensitive and Regenerable Organochalcogen Probes for the Colorimetric Detection of Thiols	RSC Advances	2014
42	Amit Kumar Sangit Kumar	Convenient and Efficient Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diaryl Chalcogenides from Arylboronic Acid in Ethanol at Room Temperature	Tetrahedron	2014
43	J P Jaisinski R Shukla Jaimin S Balkrishna Sangit Kumar	Crystal Structure Studies on Some of Benzamide Ring Substituted Isoselenazolones and Symmetric Diaryl Monoselenides Derived from Benzamides	Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Sect. A Phys. Sci. India,	2014
44	Navajeet Ahlawat Piyush Panini Bhagat Singh Bhakuni G K Azad Shailesh Kumar Shah Jaimin Balkrishna Raghuvir S Tomar Michael R Detty Sangit Kumar	An Ebselen like Catalyst with Enhanced GPx Activity via a Selenol Intermediate	Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry	2014
45	Bhagat Singh Bhakuni Abhimanyu Yadav Shailesh Kumar Sangit Kumar	AMVN-Initiated Expedient Synthesis of Biaryls by the Coupling Reaction of Unactivated Arenes and Heteroarenes with Aryl Iodides	New Journal of Chemistry	2014
46	Bhagat Singh Bhakuni Kaustubh Shrimali Amit Kumar Sangit Kumar	Potassium tert-Butoxide Mediated Synthesis of Phenanthridinone	Organic Synthesis Collective Volume	2013
47	Ch. Durga Prasad Shailesh Kumar Mohd. Sattar A Adhikary Sangit Kumar	ÊºMetal Free Sulfenylation and Bis-Sulfenylation of Indoles: Persulfate Mediated Synthesis in MethanolÊº	Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry	2013
48	J Lu S K Vodnala A L Gustavsson T N Gustafsson B Sjoberg H A Johansson Sangit Kumar A Tjernberg L Engman M E Rottenberg A Holmgren	Ebsulfur is a Benzisothiazolone Cytocidal Inhibitor Targeting the Trypanothione Reductase of Trypanosoma Brucei	Journal of Biological Chemistry	2013
49	Jaimin S Balkrishna Amit Kumar P Panini Shailesh Kumar Sangit Kumar	Synthesis, Characterization and Crystal Structure of 2-((4-Bromophenyl)carbamoyl)phenylselenenyl Bromide Derived from an Oxidative Addition of Bromine to 2-Phenyl-1,2-benzoisoselenazol-3-(2H)-one	Indian Journal of Chemistry-A	2013
50	Amit Kumar Bhagat Singh Bhakuni Ch. Durga Prasad Shailesh Kumar Sangit Kumar	Potassium tert-Butoxide-Mediated Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diaryl Ethers, Sulfides, and Selenides from Aryl Bromides	Tetrahedron	2013
51	Ch. Durga Prasad Jaimin S Balkrishna Amit Kumar Bhagat Singh Bhakuni K Shrimali S Biswas Sangit Kumar	Transition Metal Free Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diaryl Chalcogenides from Arenes and Diaryl Dichalcogenides	The Journal of Organic Chemistry	2013
52	Shah Jaimin Balkrishna Amit Kumar Bhagat Singh Bhakuni Javed A Sheikh Sanjit Konar Sangit Kumar	KOtBu Mediated Synthesis of Phenanthridinones and Dibenzoazepinones	Organic Letters	2012
53	Jaimin S Balkrishna Sangit Kumar	A Highly Efficient Copper Catalyzed Methodology for the Synthesis of 2-Hydroxy-benzamides in Water	Synthesis	2012
54	Bhagat Singh Bhakuni Jaimin S Balkrishna Amit Kumar Sangit Kumar	An Efficient Copper Mediated Synthetic Methodology for Benzo[d]isothiazol-3(2H)-ones and Related Sulfur-Nitrogen Heterocycles	Tetrahedron Letters	2012
55	G K Azad Shah jaimin Balkrishna Narayanan Sathish Sangit Kumar Raghuvir S. Tomar	Multifunctional Ebselen drug functions through the activation of DNA damage response and alterations in nuclear proteins	Biochemical Pharmacology	2012
56	Michael R Detty Piyush Panini Ch. Durga Prasad Shah Jaimin Balkrishna Deepak Chopra Sangit Kumar	Isoselenazolones as Catalysts for the Activation of Bromine: Bromolactonization of Alkenoic Acids and Oxidation of Alcohols	The Journal of Organic Chemistry	2012
57	Bhagat Singh Bhakuni Shah Jaimin Balkrishna Sangit Kumar	Copper Catalyzed/Mediated Synthetic Methodology for Ebselen and Related Isoselenazolones	Tetrahedron	2011
58	Deepak Chopra Bhagat Singh Bhakuni Shah Jaimin Balkrishna Sangit Kumar	Cu-Catalyzed Efficient Synthetic Methodology for Ebselen and Related Se-N Heterocycles	Organic Letters	2010