Dr. Utpal Das’s Research Group

Research Area: Organocatalytic C-H Oxidation; Spirocyclization of Quinone Methides, Asymmetric Catalysis; Photocatalytic                                reactions; Reaction methodology
 
 

Recent Publications of Our Group

•  Manish Kumar, Someshwar B. Kale, Subramani Jawahar, Apurva D. Barkade, Utpal Das*, "Synthesis of Benzannulated [5,6] Oxa-Fused/Spiro-Lactones via [4+2] Cycloaddition with Quinone Methides: New Insights into Deconjugated Butenolide Reactivity"  J. Org. Chem., 90, 15185-15190 (2025); DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5c01468.
• Archana Rai, Ananya Kundu, Ekta Shukla, Utpal Das*, "ipso-Cyclization via Dienone-Phenol Rearrangement of Alkynyoxy Cyclohexadienones for the synthesis of Oxaspiro[4,5]trienones" J. Org. Chem., 90, 13399-13406 (2025); DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5c00893
• Archana Rai, Priyam Bajpai, Rama Krishna Gamidi, Kumar Vanka, Utpal Das*, Palladium (II)-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of 2-Alkynylbenzoate-Tethered Cyclohexadienones for the Synthesis of Polycyclic Compounds, Org. Lett. 27, 5429-5434 (2025)- DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c01396.
• Manish Kumar, Pawan Kumar and Utpal Das*, Photocatalytic Oxiation of Alfa-Substituted Amines to Lactams/Amides, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2025, DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202400871.
• Archana Rai and Utpal Das*, Reactions of 4-(Alkynyloxy)cyclohaxa-2,5-dienone with Dimethyl-Sulfoxide: A Catalyst-Free Formation of 6/5/3-Fused Tricyclic Enones, J. Org. Chem. 90, 653-657 (2025)-DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.4c02553.

 Current available position: Two PhD positions is available in our group*

Dr. Utpal Das 
Principal Scientist, Organic Chemistry Division
(Room 212, Main Building)
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory
Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune - 411008, India
Phone: +91 20 2590 2303
E-mail u.das.ncl@csir.res.in / dutpal10@gmail.com