Educational Qualifications:

Research Experience

Ph.D. (1986-1991) I.A.C.S. (Kolkata) Thesis title: “Bridged Ring and Condensed Cyclic Systems”

Professional Experience:

1. January 1994 - October 2005 (St. Paul’s C. M. College)
2. Joined as Reader at Calcutta University in October 2005
3. Associate Professor (Calcutta University, January 2006)
4. Professor (Calcutta University, June 2010 till date)

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

• “Intramolecular Ullmann-type C−N coupling for the synthesis of substituted benzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyridines” by Pampa Maity and Chhanda Mukhopadhyay*, Tetrahedron, volume 75 (issue 35), pages 1-10 (2019).
• “Pseudo five component reaction towards densely functionalized spiro[indole-3,2'- pyrrole] by picric acid, an efficient syn-diastereoselective catalyst: An insight to the diastereoselection on C(sp3 )-C(sp3 ) axial conformation” by Ayon Sengupta, Suvendu Maity, Animesh Mondal, Prasanta Ghosh, Sonali Rudra and Chhanda Mukhopadhyay*, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 17, 1254-1265 (2019).
• “Na-Y Zeolite, a convenient and recyclable catalyst for the facile one-pot synthesis of spiro dibenzo[b,e][1,4]oxazepine scaffolds”, by Kajal De, Suvendu Maity, Prasanta Ghosh and Chhanda Mukhopadhyay*, Applied Organometallic Chemistry (DOI: 10.1002/aoc.4852) volume 33, issue 6, pages 1-12 (2019).
• “Acid-Promoted Multicomponent Allylic Amidation towards 7-acetamido tetrahydroindole derivatives” by Sayan Pramanik, Suvendu Maity, Prasanta Ghosh and Chhanda Mukhopadhyay*, Tetrahedron Letters, 60, 435-438 (2019).
• “A Quick Accelerating Microwave Assisted Sustainable Technique: Permutated SpiroCasing for Imaging Experiment” by Animesh Mondal, Barnali Naskar, Sanchita Goswami, Chandraday Prodhan, Keya Chaudhuri and Chhanda Mukhopadhyay*, Molecular Diversity (DOI: 10.1007/s11030-019-09934-7) (2019).

Research Interests:

• Organic Synthesis with special emphasis on nitrogen containing heterocycles like pyridines, triazoles, 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazoles, diverse five ring fused acridines, pyrroloacridinones, acridine-1,8-dione, xanthenes, 2,4,5-triaryl and 2-alkyl-4,5-diaryl oxazole, blue light emitting highly fluorescent C7-imidazo indolizines, 1,6- naphthyridines, spiro-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridines and spiro[indolo-3,10´-indeno [1,2- b]quinolin]-trione etc…,
• Green Chemical reactions using green catalys heterogeneous catalysis mainly silica and alumina based
• organic-inorganic hybrid catalysts
• mixed metal-oxide catalysts
• host-guest chemistry focusing on the formation of pseudorotaxanes
• application of nano-catalysts towards organic transformations
• multicomponent reactions
• calixarene chemistry: synthesis and applications
• fluorescence sensors and their application in imaging in living cells