News and Updates
Aug 2024: The research article of Ramavath Vinodkumar, Ashwini K. Nakate, Gamidi Rama Krishna, Ravindar Kontham entitled “Ready Access to [5,6,5]-Trioxa-spiro and Fused Ketals via Ag-Catalyzed Cascade Annulation of 4-Pentyn-1-ols and Aldehydes” has been accepted in Org. Lett, congratulations!
April 2024: The research article of Ramavath Vinodkumar, Ashwini K. Nakate, Himanshu Sharma, Kumar Vanka, Gamidi Rama Krishna, Ravindar Kontham entitled “Brønsted Acid-Promoted Cyclodimerization of α,β-Unsaturated γ‑Ketoesters: Construction of Fused Pyrano-ketal-lactones and γ‑Ylidene-butenolides” has been accepted in ACS Omega, congratulations!
Jan 2024: The research article of Shubhranshu Shekhar Sahoo, Priyanka Kataria, Ravindar Kontham entitled “Concise and collective total syntheses of 2,4-disubstituted furan-derived natural products from hydroxyoxetanyl ketones"has been accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem., congratulations!
3rd Jan 2024: Congratulations sir! @ Awarded the Best Scientist of the Year 2022-23, Organised by NCL-RESEARCH FOUNDATION @ National Science Day-2024.
Dec 2023: The research article of Ashwini K. Nakate, Priyanka Kataria, Pooja I. Sambherao, Gamidi Rama Krishna, Ravindar Kontham entitled “Divergent access to polycyclic spiro- and fused-N,O-ketals through Bi(OTf)3-catalyzed [4+2]-annulation of cyclic N-sulfonyl ketimines and alkynols” has been accepted in Chem. Commun, congratulations!
Nov 2024: The research article of Gopal S. Kallure, Shubhranshu Shekhar Sahoo, Rutuja S. Kale, Vitthal T. Barvkar, Ravindar Kontham, Ashok P. Giri entitled “Aminoacylase efficiently hydrolyses fatty acid amino acid conjugates of Helicoverpa armigera potentially to increase the pool of glutamine” has been accepted in Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol congratulations!
November 2023: Dr. Priyanka Kataria Joined as a post doctoral fellow, University of Montpellier, Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Biomolecules Max Mousseron(IBMM), France, Congratulations! @ with Prof. Dr. Camille Oger
November 2023: Dr. Digambar Kamble Joined as a post-doctoral fellow at Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwa, Congratulations! @ with Prof. Kwun-min Chen
Dec 2023: The research article of Akshay B. Rathod, Balasaheb R. Borade,Pooja I. Sambherao, entitled “Bi(OTf)3-promoted cascade annulation of hydroxy-pyranones and unsaturated γ-ketoesters for the construction of polycyclic bridged pyranofuropyranones” has been accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem, congratulations!
Nov 2023: The research article of Sagar S. Thorat, Sagar P. Shimpi, Pooja I. Sambherao entitled “Regioselective Synthesis of Benzannulated [5,6]-Oxaspirolactones via Cu(II)-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 2‑(5- Hydroxyalkynyl)benzoates” has been accepted in J. Org. Chem., congratulations!
29th Mar 2023: Congratulations to Ms. Ashwini Nakate @ successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled “Lewis acid catalyzed σ and π Activation Triggered Cascade Annulation Reaction of Alkynyl Alcohols to Construct Heterocyclic Compounds."
24th Mar 2023: Congratulations to Ms. Priyanka Kataria @ successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled "“Studies on the Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Diarylheptanoid and Furylhydroquinone-Derived Natural Products, and Eugenol Derivatives as Potential Antidiabetic Agents.”
20th Mar 2023: Congratulations to Mr. Madhukar S. Pratapure @ successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Studies directed toward the total synthesis of nannocystins, turnagainolides, and construction of 2-ethynyl tetrahydrofurans and pyrans via cascade reactions of alkynols with alkynes."
28th Feb 2023: Congratulations to Ms. Ashwini K. Nakate @ Best Poster Award, Organic Chemistry Division for ")" Cascade Benzannulation of Alkynols and Enones: A Facile Approach for the Synthesis of Complex Benzochromans" @ National Science Day-2023.
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28th Feb 2023: Congratulations to Ms. Priyanka Kataria @ Awarded the Best Women Research Scholar in Interdisciplinary Research (MRS. UMA DEVAGUPTAPU and PROF. ASHWINI KUMAR NANGIA AWARD 2022), Organised by NCL-RESEARCH FOUNDATION @ National Science Day-2023.
20th Oct 2022: Congratulations to Dr. BalasahebR. Borade @ successfull Ph.D. Viva-voce@ Ph.D. thesis entitled "Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Beshanzuenone D, Abiespiroside A, Lanceolactone A through Photo-oxidation of Hydroxyalkyl Furans and Construction of Bridged Chromanol-lactones via Fe(III)-Catalyzed Annulation of Hydroxyarenes and Unsaturated -Ketoesters"
November 2022: Dr. Sagar S. Thorat Joined as a postdoctoral research associate at North Dakota State University, USA. Congratulations! @ with Prof. Mukund Sibi
September 2022: The research article of Balasaheb Borade entitled "Concise Total Synthesis of (+)-Lanceolactone A: Revision of Absolute Stereochemistry" has been accepted in J. Org. Chem., congratulations!
August 2022: Congratulations! Balasaheb for submitting Ph. D. thesis.
June 2022: Congratulations! Priyanka for giving pre-synopsis viva-presentation.
April 2022: The research article of Balasaheb Borade entitled "Enceleamycins A-C,Furo-Naphthoquinones from Amycolatopsis sp. MCC0218: Isolation, Structure Elucidation, and Antimicrobial Activity" has been accepted in J. Nat. Prod., congratulations!
Feb 2022: The research article of Sagar S. Thorat entitled “Ready Access to Benzannulated [5,5]-Oxaspirolactones using Au(III)-Catalyzed Cascade Cyclizations” has been accepted in J. Org. Chem., congratulations!
Dec 2021: Congratulations! Priyanka for the best oral presentation award (Dr. D. S. Bhakuni award) at the ‘58th Annual Convention of Chemists (ACC-2021) & International Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RTCS-2021)’ organized by the Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata, held online during 21-24 December-2021.
Dec 2021: Research paper of Ashwini Nakate and Sagar S. Thorat entitled “Silver-Catalyzed [3+3]-Annulation Cascade of Alkynyl Alcohols and α,β-Unsaturated Ketones for the Regioselective Assembly of Chromanes” has been accepted in Org. Chem. Front., congratulations!
17th Dec 2021: Congratulations to Dr.Digambar, who successfully defended his thesis today. Ph.D. thesis entitled “π -Activation Triggered Cascade Annulation Reactions of Alkynols: Application in Construction of Ketal-lactones Related to Bioactive Natural Products.”
Dec 2021: Research paper of Priyanka Kataria and Rajesh Nomula entitled “Studies directed toward the synthesis of hedycoropyrans: total synthesis of des-hydroxy (-)-hedycoropyran B (ent-rhoiptelol B)” has been accepted in Org. Bio. Chem., congratulations!
28th Oct 2021: Congratulations to Dr. Sagar S. Thorat, who successfully defended his thesis today. Ph.D. Thesis entitled "Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Yaoshanenolides, Pleurospiroketals, and Construction of Furopyranones through [3+2]-Annulation of Alkynols and α-Ketoesters".
Jul 2021: Research paper of Sagar S. Thorat entitled “Stereoselective Total Synthesis of (±)-Pleurospiroketals A and B” has been accepted in J. Org. Chem., congratulations!
Jul 2021: Research paper of Digambar Kamble and Balasaheb R. Borade entitled “Bismuth(III)-catalyzed bis-cyclization of propargylic diol-esters: aunified approach for the synthesis of [5,5]- and [6,5]-oxaspirolactones” has been accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem. congratulations!
Feb 2021: Congratulations! Digambar for best poster award at NCL science day 2021.
Feb 2021: Congratulations! Balasaheb R. Borade for best-published research publication in organic chemistry with the second highest impact factor – (NCL-RF 2020)
Jan 2021: Congratulations! Balasaheb R. Borade for Synfact highlights of Org. Lett. Paper in chemical synthesis.
Jan 2021: A review article by Sagar S. Thorat entitled “Strategies for the synthesis of furo-pyranones andtheir application in the total synthesis of related natural products” has been accepted in Org. Chem.Front. congratulations!
Feb 2020: Congratulations! Ashwini for the best poster award at NCL science day 2020.
Sep 2020: The research paper of Balasaheb R. Borade entitled “Total Synthesis of Beshanzuenone D and Its Epimers andAbiespiroside A” has been accepted in Org. Lett. congratulations!
Jul 2019: A review article by Sagar S. Thorat entitled “Recent advances in the synthesis ofoxaspirolactones and their application in thetotal synthesis of related natural products” has been accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem., congratulations!
May 2019: The research paper of Megha N. Palange entitled “TiCl4-n-Bu3N-mediated cascade annulation ofketones with α-ketoesters: a facile synthesis ofhighly substituted fused γ-alkylidene-butenolides”has been accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem., congratulations!
Mar 2019: Research paper of Balasaheb R. Borade, Rajesh Nomula, entitled “Fe(III)-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Friedel−Crafts AlkylationHemiketalization−Lactonization Cascade for the Synthesis ofPolycyclic Bridged 2‑Chromanol Lactones” has been accepted in Org. Lett. congratulations!
Jun 2018: The research paper of Sagar S. Throat and Megha N. Palange entitled “Four-Step Total Synthesis of (+)-Yaoshanenolides A and B”has been accepted in ACS Omega congratulations!
Apr 2018: Research paper of Ashwini Nakate and Madhukar Pratapure entitled“Bismuth(III)-catalyzed cycloisomerization and (hetero)arylation of alkynols: simple access to 2-(hetero)aryl tetrahydrofurans and tetrahydropyrans” has been accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem., congratulations!
Feb 2018: Congratulations! Digambar for best poster award at NCL science day 2018
Jan 2018: Research paper of Sagar S. Throat and Priyanka Kataria entitled “Synthesis of Furo[2,3‑b]pyran-2-ones through Ag(I)- or Ag(I)−Au(I)-Catalyzed Cascade Annulation of Alkynols and α‑Ketoesters” has been accepted in Org. Lett. congratulations!
May 2017: Research paper of Digambar Kamble, Sagar S. Throat, and Madhukar Pratapure entitled “Lewis acid catalyzed cascade annulation of alkynols with α-ketoesters: a facile access to γ-spiroketal-γ-lactones” has been accepted in Chem. Commun. congratulations!
