UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/ CV

Full name of the faculty member: Asish Ranjan Das

Designation: Professor

Specialisation : Organic Chemistry

Contact information : Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Sir Rashbehari

Shiksha Prangan, 92, A.P.C. Road, Kolkata-700 009; ardas66@[Link];

ardchem@[Link]; Contact: 91-9433120265

Academic qualifications:

College/ university from which the degree Abbreviation of the degree

was obtained
Serampore College, University of Calcutta [Link]( Honours in Chemistry)
University of Calcutta [Link] (Specializaton in Organic Chemistry)
UGC-CSIR (NET) Qualified NET as JRF ( CSIR Fellow, Top 5%
Candidate)
Jadavpur University Ph.D( Sc)
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Post-Doctoral Fellow(May 2002 – July 2003),
worked with Prof. Reuben Jih-Ru Hwu
Positions held/ holding:

Lecturer(16.11.1994-19.02.1996) in Scottish Church College, Calcutta; ( 20.02.1996-

15.11.1999) in University of Calcutta; Senior Lecturer (16.11.1999-15.11.20030 in University of
Calcutta); Reader ( 16.11.2003-15.11.2006) in University of Calcutta; Associate Professor
(16.11.2006-27.06.2011); Professor(28.06.2011-Present)

Research interests:
 Development of new synthetic methods.
 Nano metal oxide and nano particle mediated catalysis.
 Use of green tools and green synthetic procedures.
 Metal ion as the promoter in carbon-carbon and carbon-hetero atom bond formation.
 Synthesis of novel heterocyclic molecules of medicinal interest.

Research guidance:
Number of researchers awarded Ph.D. degrees: 08
Number of researchers pursuing Ph.D.: 04
Number of Postdoctoral fellows: 02

Selected list of publications:

a) Journals:
1)Journal of Organic Chemistry(ACS):“Spirocyclopropanes from Intramolecular
Cyclopropanation of Pyranopyrazoles and Pyranopyrimidine-diones and Lewis Acid
Mediated (3+ 2) Cycloadditions of Spirocyclopropylpyrazolones”, Prasun Mukherjee and
Asish R. Das, [Link]., 2017, 82, 2794-2802.
“Diastereoselective Synthesis of Structurally and Stereochemically Diversified 2‑ Oxa-7-
azabicyclo[4.1.0]hept-3-enyl Carboxylates and Their Potential Application toward the
Synthesis of Functionalized Pyranooxazolone and Pyrrole Derivatives through Skeletal
Transformations”, Prasun Mukherjee and Asish R. Das, [Link].,2016,81, 5513-
5524 .
“Nanocrystalline and Reusable ZnO Catalyst for the Assembly of Densely Functionalized
4H-Chromenes in Aqueous Medium via One-Pot Three Component Reactions: A
Greener “NOSE” Approach” ParthaPratim Ghosh and Asish R. Das, J. Org Chem., 2013,
78, 6170-6181.
2) Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis(Wiley): “Magnetically retrievable nano
crystalline NiFe2O4 catalyzed aerobic, ligand free C-N, C-O and C-C cross-coupling
reactions for the synthesis of a diversified library of heterocyclic molecules”, Asish R.
 Das, Sanjay Paul, Koyel Pradhan, Sirshendu Ghosh, S.K. De, Advanced Synthesis &
Catalysis,2014, 356, 1301–1316.

3) Catalysis Science and Technology(RSC): “A new application of polymer

supported, homogeneous and reusable catalyst PEG–SO3H in the synthesis of coumarin
and uracil fused pyrrole derivatives”, Sanjay Paul; Asish R. Das, Catal. Sci. Technol.,
2012, 2, 1130-1135.
“Magnetically retrievable nano crystalline CuFe2O4 catalyzed multi-component reaction:
A facile and efficient synthesis of functionalized dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazol,
pyrano[3,2-c]coumarin and 4H-chromene derivatives in aqueous media” Asish R. Das,
Koyel Pradhan and Sanjay Paul Catal. Sci. Technol., 2014, 4, 822.

4) Green Chemistry(RSC): “Design and synthesis of benzylpyrazolyl coumarin

derivatives via four component reaction in water: Investigation on the weak interactions
accumulating the crystal structure of a signified compound”, ParthaPratim Ghosh, Gargi
Pal, Sanjay Paul, Asish R. Das, Green Chemistry, 2012, 14, 2691-2698.
5) RSC Advances (RSC):“Synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolinones and quinazolin-
4(3H)-one catalyzed by Graphene Oxide nanosheets in aqueous medium: “on-water”
synthesis accompanied by carbocatalysis and selective C-C bond cleavage”,
NaziaKausar, Indranil Roy, Dipankar Chattopadhyay and Asish R. Das, RSC Advances.,
2016, 6, 22320-22330.
b) Other publications:
 Please See…List of publications

Membership of Learned Societies:

1)Life member, Asiatic Society, Kolkata; 2) Life Member Indian Chemical Society,
Kolkata,India; 3)Life Member Indian Association for the cultivation of Science, Jadavpur,
Kolkata,India.

Patents: 05
1) “Process for preparation of Tamsulosin and its derivatives via coupling of
aminopropylbenzenesulfonamide hydrochlorides with phenoxyethanol tosylates or mesylates”,
Jih- Ru Hwu, M. Balachary, Subhasish K. Chakraborty, Asish R. Das, Shwu- Chen Tsay, Kuen
Wang Sheu, Chun Mei Shu, Chin kun Lu, Wei Ming Chang; Eur. Pat. Appl. (2006), EP 1734036
A1 20061220.

2) “Process for preparation of Tamsulosin and its aralkylamine derivatives”, Jih- Ru

Hwu, Shwu- ChenTsay, M. Balachary, Subhasish K. Chakraborty, Asish R. Das, Kuen Wang
Sheu, Chun Mei Shu, Chin kun Lu, Wei Ming Chang; United States Patent 7282606, 2007.
 3) “Preparation of benzimidazole-containing nucleosides as antiviral agents”, Johan
Neyts, Asish R. Das, Shih Ching Hung, Jih Ru Hwu, R. Singha; PCT Int. Appl. (2007), WO
2007128086 A2 20071115.

4)“Novel Viral Replication Inhibitors”, Johan Neyts, Asish R. Das, Hung Shih Ching, Jih
Ru Hwu, R. Singha; US Patent 2009/0197910 DOP 06/08/2009.

5)“Novel Viral Replication Inhibitors”, Johan Neyts, Asish R. Das, Hung Shih Ching, Jih
Ru Hwu, R. Singha; EP 2009/2032541 DOP 11/03/2009.

Invited lectures delivered:

1) Science Academies’ Education Programmes

Lecture Workshop
on
“Recent Trends in Chemistry with Reference to Teaching and Research”
13th & 14th March, 2015
Organized by

Department of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati Santiniketan -731235

West Bengal, India

Venue: Department of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati

th
Title: Nanocatalyst: Application to Organic Synthesis (14 March,2015)

2) 53rd ACC(ANNUAL CONVENTION OF CHEMISTS) 2016, GITAM

UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM(DEC 27-29,2016).
ORGANISED BY: INDIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Venue: Gitam Institute of Science, Gitam University
Title: Hypervalent Iodine Promoted Synthesis of NH-Aziridine and

Cyclopropane Fused Heterocycles and Their Synthetic Applications (IL-10)

(Dec29,2016)

Chairs held in International and National Conferences:

1) Acted as the Chair- Person in “International Conference on Chemistry forHuman

Development(ICCHD-2018) (Date 8-10 Jan,2018, Heritage Instituteof Technology, Kolkata)of

Technical Session 18(Jan9,2018) comprising thelectures(i)PL-18 by Prof. Qi-Lin Zhou, of

Nankai University China( ii)IL-38by Dr. Ranjan Jana of IICB, Kolkata (iii) IL-39 by Dr. P

Shanmugam ofCLRI, Chennai.

2) Acted as the Chair-Person in "National Conference on Functional Molecules(NCOFM-

2019)(Date: 30th March, 2019, University of Calcutta) ofTechnical Session 3 comprising the

lectures (i) IL-5 by Prof. SoumenHajra, CBMR, Lucknow (ii)Dr. Debajyoti Ghosal, JU

List of Publications:

76)Magnetically Recyclable Nano Nickel Ferrite Catalyzed One-pot Chalcogenation of

Bioactive Heterocycles Under Aerobic Condition, Dwaipayan Das, Prasun Mukherjee, and
Asish R. Das, Chem. Select,2019,4,1971-1978
75)Oleic acid ameliorates adrenaline induced dysfunction of rat heart mitochondria by binding
with adrenaline: An isothermal titration calorimetry
study,SanatanMishraab1 AindrilaChattopadhyay,ShamreenNaaz,Arnab [Link],Asish
RanjanDas,DebasishBandyopadhyay, Life sciences, 2019, 218, 96-111

74) An easy access towards quinazolines via an improved protocol for ynones, Subhadeep Ghosh
and Asish R. Das, J. Indian Chem. Soc., 2018, 95, 1249-1258.
73)I2/TBHP promoted oxidative C–N bond formation at room temperature: Divergent access of
2-substituted benzimidazoles involving ring distortion, MoumitaSaha, Asish [Link], Tetrahedron
Lett. ,2018, 59, 2520-2525

72) Synthesis of novel tricyclic pyrazolo(1, 4)oxathiinopyrazines and Evaluation of Their

Competency Towards the Inhibition of Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity-Inhibition of LDH
Activity, Prasun Mukherjee, Asish R. Das, Raghwendra Mishra, ShovonlalBhowmick,
AchintyaSaha, Drug Res, 2018,68:653-660

71) “Cu(OAc)2 catalyzed N-benzylation of 3-aminocoumarins with primary aromatic amines and
alcohols: A new efficient route to access direct C-N bond via monobenzylation of 3-
aminocoumarin derivatives” ,NaziaKausar and Asish R Das ,[Link] Chem Soc.,2018,95,81-89
70) Access of Diverse 2-Pyrrolidinone, 3,4,5-Substituted Furanone and 2-Oxo-dihydropyrroles
Applying Graphene Oxide Nanosheet: Unraveling of Solvent Selectivity
MoumitaSaha, Asish R. Das, Chem Select,2017,2,10249-10260

69) “One-flask synthesis of pyrazolone thioethers involving catalyzed and uncatalyzed

thioetherification pathways of pyrazolones”, Prasun Mukherjee and Asish R. Das, Org. Biomol.
Chem, 2017,15,7267-7271

68)“CuI-Zn(OAc)2 catalyzed C(sp2)-H activation for the synthesis of pyridocoumarins through

an uncommon Cu(I)-Cu(III) switching mechanism: A fast, solvent-free, combo-catalytic, ball
milling approach” ,NaziaKausar and Asish R Das , Tetrahedron Lett. ,2017, 58, 2602-2617

67) “A facile and versatile protocol for the one-pot PhI(OAc)2 mediated divergent synthesis of
quinazolines from 2-aminobenzylamine” , MoumitaSaha, Prasun Mukherjee and Asish R. Das,
Tetrahedron Lett. ,2017, 58 ,2044-2049

66) “Spirocyclopropanes from Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of Pyranopyrazoles and

Pyranopyrimidine-diones and Lewis Acid Mediated (3 + 2) Cycloadditions of
Spirocyclopropylpyrazolones”, Prasun Mukherjee and Asish R. Das, [Link]., 2017, 82,
2794-2802

65) “A green synthetic approach toward the synthesis of structurally diverse spirooxindole
derivative libraries under catalyst-free conditions”, NaziaKausar,
AbdullaAlMasum,[Link] and [Link],Mol Divers, 2017,21,325-337

64) “Practical application of PhI(OAc)2/I2 combination to synthesize benzimidazoles from 2-

aminobenzylamine through ring distortion strategy” , MoumitaSaha, Prasun Mukherjee and
Asish R. Das, Tetrahedron Lett. ,2017, 58 ,1046–1049

63) “A practical carbocatalysis by Graphene Oxide nanosheets in aqueous medium towards the
synthesis of diversified dibenzo[1,4]diazepine scaffold” , NaziaKausar , Prasun Mukherjee
and Asish R Das, RSC Advances., 2016, 6, 88904-88910.
62)“Facile and eco-friendly synthesis of chromeno[4,3-b]pyrrol-4(1H)-one derivatives applying
magnetically recoverable nano crystalline CuFe2O4 involving a domino three-component
reaction in aqueous media”,MoumitaSaha, Koyel Pradhan and Asish R. Das, RSC Advances.,
2016, 6, 55033-55038

61) “Diastereoselective Synthesis of Structurally and Stereochemically Diversified 2‑ Oxa-7-

azabicyclo[4.1.0]hept-3-enyl Carboxylates and Their Potential Application toward the Synthesis
of Functionalized Pyranooxazolone and Pyrrole Derivatives through Skeletal Transformations”,
Prasun Mukherjee and Asish R. Das, [Link].,2016,81,5513-5524

60)“Synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolinones and quinazolin-4(3H)-one catalyzed by Graphene

Oxide nanosheets in aqueous medium: “on-water” synthesis accompanied by carbocatalysis and
selective C-C bond cleavage”, NaziaKausar, Indranil Roy, Dipankar Chattopadhyay and Asish
R. Das, RSC Advances., 2016, 6, 22320-22330

59) “Ethyl Lactate as a Green Solvent: A Promising Bio-Compatible Media for Organic
Synthesis” ,Sanjay Paul,Koyel PradhanandAsish R Das, Current green Chemistry,
2016,3,111-118

58) “Facile synthesis of functionalized 6-cyano-2-oxa-7-azabicyclo[4.1.0]hept-3-en-1-yl

acetates: a catalyst free approach to access the pyran fused 2-acetoxy-NH-aziridines”, Prasun
Mukherjee and Asish R. Das, RSC Advances., 2016, 6, 132-139

57) “Expeditious synthesis of functionalized tricyclic 4-spiro pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles in aqueous

medium using dodecylbenzenesulphonic acid as a Brønsted acid–surfactant-combined catalyst” ,
Prasun Mukherjee, Sanjay Paul and Asish R. Das, New [Link]., 2015,39,9480-9486

56) “Graphene oxide nanosheets: a highly efficient and reusable carbocatalyst catalyzes the
Michael-cyclization reactions of 4-hydroxycoumarins, 4-hydroxypyrone and 4-hydroxy-1-
methylquinolinone with chalcone derivatives in aqueous media”, NaziaKausar,
ParthaPratimGhosh, Gargi Pal and Asish R. Das,RSC Advances., 2015, 5, 60199-60207

55) “Synthesis of indeno and acenaphtho cores containing dihydroxy indolone, pyrrole,
coumarin and uracil fused heterocyclic motifs under sustainable conditions exploring the
catalytic roleof the SnO2 quantum dot”,Koyel Pradhan, Sanjay Paul and Asish R. Das, RSC
Advances,2015,5,12062-12070

54)“In situ synthesis of reduced graphene oxide/cuprous oxide nanocomposite: A reusable

catalyst” ,Indranil Roy, Amartya Bhattacharyya, Gunjan Sarkar, Nayan Ranjan Saha, Dipak
Rana,ParthaPratim Ghosh,MainakPalit, Asish R Das, Dipankar Chattopadhyay, RSC Advances,
2014,4, 52044

53) “Uncapped SnO2 quantum dot catalyzed cascade assembling of four components: A rapid
and green approach to the pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole and spiro-2-oxindole derivatives” Asish R.
Das, Sanjay Paul, Koyel Pradhan, Sirshendu Ghosh, S.K. De Tetrahedron, 2014, 70, 6088-6099.
52) “A facile and efficient synthesis of functionalized 4-oxo-2-(phenylimino)thiazolidin-5-
ylideneacetate derivatives via CuFe2O4 magnetic nanoparticles catalyzed regioselective
pathway” Asish R. Das, Gargi Pal, Sanjay Paul, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 2787-2791.

51) “Synthesis of a diversified combinatorial library of 1H-pyrazolo[1,2-b]phthalazine-5,10-

dione derivatives applying sustainable carbon based solid acid catalyst involving domino four-
component reaction”, Asish R. Das, Koyel Pradhan, Sanjay Paul, MonatsheftefürChemie -
Chemical Monthly, 2014, 145, 1343-1352.

50) “Magnetically retrievable nano crystalline NiFe2O4 catalyzed aerobic, ligand free C-N, C-O
and C-C cross-coupling reactions for the synthesis of a diversified library of heterocyclic
molecules”, Asish R. Das, Sanjay Paul, Koyel Pradhan, Sirshendu Ghosh, S.K. De, Advanced
Synthesis & Catalysis,2014, 356, 1301–1316.

49) “Magnetically retrievable nano crystalline CuFe2O4 catalyzed multi-component reaction: A

facile and efficient synthesis of functionalized dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazol, pyrano[3,2-
c]coumarin and 4H-chromene derivatives in aqueous media” Asish R. Das, Koyel Pradhan and
Sanjay Paul,Catal. Sci. Technol., 2014, 4, 822

48) “PhIO promoted synthesis of nitrile imines and nitrile oxides within micellar core in aqueous
media: A regiocontrolled approach to synthesize densely functionalized pyrazole and isoxazoline
derivatives” Asish R. Das, Gargi Pal, Sanjay Paul and ParthaPratim Ghosh, RSC Adv., 2014, 4,
8300-8307
47) “An efficient and reusable non-ionic surfactant-catalysed synthesis of bis-coumarin
derivatives in aqueous media” ParthaPratim Ghosh, Prasun Mukherjee, Rajesh Mondal and
Asish R. Das,J. Indian Chemical Society, 2013, 90, 1781-1787.
46) Synthesis of a SO3H-bearing carbonaceous solid catalyst, PEG–SAC: application for the easy
access to a diversified library ofpyranderivatives, Sanjay Paul,Sirshendu Ghosh,Pranabes
Bhattacharyya andAsish R. Das, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 14254-14262.

45) “Nanocrystalline and Reusable ZnO Catalyst for the Assembly of Densely Functionalized
4H-Chromenes in Aqueous Medium via One-Pot Three Component Reactions: A Greener
“NOSE” Approach” ParthaPratim Ghosh and Asish R. Das, J. Org Chem., 2013, 78,6170-6181.

44) “Three-component synthesis of a polysubstituted pyrrole core containing heterocyclic

scaffolds over magnetically separable nanocrystalline copper ferrite” Sanjay Paul, Gargi Pal and
Asish R. Das, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 8637-8644

43) “Triton-X-100 catalyzed synthesis of 1,4-dihydropyridines and their aromatization to

pyridines and a new one pot synthesis of pyridines using visible light in aqueous media”
ParthaPratim Ghosh, Prasun Mukherjee and Asish R. Das, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 8220-8226.

42) “Fe(DS)3, an efficient Lewis acid-surfactant-combined catalyst (LASC) for the one pot
synthesis of chromeno[4,3-b]chromene derivatives by assembling the basic building blocks”,
Koyel Pradhan, Sanjay Paul, Asish R. Das , Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54,3105-3110

41) “Alum-Catalyzed Synthesis of 3-(1H-Pyrrol-2-yl)-2H-chromen-2-ones: A Water-PEG 400

Binary Solvent Mediated, One-Pot, Three-Component Protocol”, Gargi Pal, Sanjay Paul, Asish
R. Das, Synthesis ,2013,45,1191-1200

40) “Facile synthesis of pyridopyrimidine and coumarin fused pyridine libraries over a Lewis
base-surfactant-combined catalyst TEOA in aqueous medium”, Pranabes Bhattacharyya, Sanjay
Paul, Asish R. Das, RSC Advances. 2013, 3, 3203-3208

39) “Dual role of the polymer supported catalyst PEG-OSO3H in aqueous reaction medium:
Synthesis of highly substituted structurally diversified coumarin and uracil fused
spirooxindoles”, Sanjay Paul, Asish R. Das,Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 1149-1154.

38) “An expedient synthesis of biologically potent Aryloxycoumarins and

(Aryloxyimino)ethylcoumarins via Copper(II)-promoted Chan-Lam coupling reaction”, Arunima
Medda, Gargi Pal, Raghunath Singha, Tabassum Hossain, AchintaSaha, Asish R. Das, Synth.
Commun. 2013, 43,169-181

37)“Light induced synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical dihydropyridines in ethyl

lactate-water under tunable condition”, Partha Pratim Ghosh, Sanjay Paul, Asish R.
DasTetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54,138-142

36) “Design and synthesis of coumarinyl 1,4-benzodioxanes as potential anti-oxidant”,Asish R

Das, Gargi Pal, Pranabes Bhattacharyya, Arnab [Link], Debasri Mukherjee, Debasish
Bandyopadhyay, Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53,7060-7066

35) “Synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyridin-2-one derivatives in convergent mode applying bio catalyst

Vitamin B1 and polymer supported catalyst PEG-SO3H from two different sets of building
blocks”, Koyel Pradhan, Pranabes Bhattacharyya, Sanjay Paul, Asish R. Das, Tetrahedron Lett.
2012, 53, 5840-5844

34) “Design and synthesis of benzylpyrazolyl coumarin derivatives via four componentreaction
in water: Investigation on the weak interactions accumulating the crystal structure of a signified
compound”, ParthaPratim Ghosh, Gargi Pal, Sanjay Paul, Asish R. Das, Green Chemistry, 2012,
14, 2691-2698

33) “Nano Crystalline ZnOcatalysed one- pot multicomponent reaction for an easy access of
fully decorated 4H-pyran scaffolds and its rearrangement to 2-pyridone nucleus in aqueous
media”, Pranabes Bhattacharyya, Koyel Pradhan, Sanjay Paul, Asish R. Das, Tetrahedron Lett.
2012,53, 4687-4691

32) “A new application of polymer supported, homogeneous and reusable catalyst PEG–SO3H in
the synthesis of coumarin and uracil fused pyrrole derivatives”, Sanjay Paul; Asish R. Das,
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 1130-1135

31) “Nano crystalline ZnO: a competent and reusable catalyst for one pot synthesis of novel
benzylamino coumarin derivatives in aqueous media”, ParthaPratim Ghosh; Asish R. Das,
Tetrahedron Lett., 2012, 53,3140-3143
30) “An efficient green protocol for the synthesis of coumarin fused highly decorated
indenodihydropyridyl and dihydropyridyl derivatives”, Sanjay Paul; Asish R. Das, Tetrahedron
Lett., 2012,53, 2206-2210
29) “A new strategy for the one pot synthesis of (aryloxyimino)ethylcoumarins promoted by
CuCl2”, Gargi Pal; Pranabes Bhattacharyya; Arunima Medda; Asish [Link], Journal of Chemical
Research, 2012,36, 5-8.

28) “A novel coumarinyl Scaffold as metal ion sensor towards spectrophotometric detection of
Cu+2, Ni+2 and Zn+2 ions”, Pranabes Bhattacharyya, Arunima Medda, Dinesh C. Gorain, Bijon
Kr. Pal, Nikhil Guchhait, Asish R. Das, J. Indian Chemical Society, 2012,89,623-629

27) “One-pot synthesis of dihydropyrano[2,3-c]chromenes via a three component coupling of

aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile, and 3-hydroxycoumarin catalyzed by nano-structured ZnO in
water: a green protocol”, Sanjay Paul; Pranabes Bhattacharyya; Asish [Link], Tetrahedron Lett.,
2011, 52, 4636-4641

26) “Silica gel-mediated microwave-assisted efficient synthesis of highly substituted imidazoles

and exploration of naked eye/colorimetric sensor for anions”, Pranabes Bhattacharyya; Arunima
Medda; AnuvaSamanta; Nikhil Guchhait; Asish [Link], J. Indian Chemical Society, 2011,88,
983-993.

25) “Synthesis of biologically potent new 3-(heteroaryl)aminocoumarin derivatives via

Buchwald-Hartwig C-N coupling”, Asish R. Das; Arunima Medda; Raghunath Singha,
Tetrahedron Lett., 2010, 51, 1099-1102

24) “Synthesis and application of 4-methoxy benzeneazo-2’-naphthol and 2-nitro benzeneazo-2’-

naphthol on wood, silk and nylon fabrics” [Link], P.K. Saha, [Link], [Link],
[Link], Colourage, 2009, LVI (7), 82-88

23) “A highly active catalyst supported molecular sieves-NaHCO3 mixture for the selective and
advantageous N-monoalkylation of amines”, Asish R Das; Arunima Medda; Raghunath Singha;
Nikhil Guchhait, J. Indian Chemical Society, 2009, 86, 841-848.
22) “Structure-activity relationship of new anti-hepatitis C virus agents: heterobicycle-coumarin
conjugates”, Johan Neyts; Erik De Clercq; Raghunath Singha; Yung Hsiung Chang; Asish R
Das;Subhasish K Chakraborty; Shih Ching Hong; Shwu-Chen Tsay; Ming-Hua Hsu; Jih Ru
Hwu, J. Med. Chem., 2009, 52, 1486-1490.

21) “Silicon-induced ene-type reaction in the thermal conversion of enolates to beta-silyl enones
with molecular dioxygen”, Jih Ru Hwu; Chien Hsien Chen; Chuan-I Hsu; Asish R Das; Yen
Cheng Li; Lung Ching Lin ;Organic letters, 2008, 10, 1913-6

20) “Synthesis of novel 3-substituted coumarin carboxamides with biological interest and their
spectral studies”, Asish R. Das, [Link], [Link], [Link], [Link] ; J. Indian
Chemical Society, 2008, 85, 1124-1129.

19) “Synthesis of new Benzimidazole-coumarin conjugates as anti-hepatitis C virus agents”, Jih

Ru Hwu, [Link], [Link], [Link], Asish R. Das, Inge Vliegen, Erik de Clercq, Johan
Neyts; Antiviral Research, 2008, 77, 157-162

18) “Novel Viral Replication Inhibitors”, Johan Neyts, Asish R. Das, Hung Shih Ching, Jih Ru
Hwu, R. Singha; US Patent 2009/0197910 DOP 06/08/2009 ; EP 2009/2032541 DOP
11/03/2009.

17) “Preparation of benzimidazole-containing nucleosides as antiviral agents”, Johan Neyts,

Asish R. Das, Shih Ching Hung, Jih Ru Hwu, R. Singha; PCT Int. Appl. (2007), WO
2007128086 A2 20071115.

16) “Process for preparation of Tamsulosin and its aralkylamine derivatives”, Jih- Ru Hwu,
Shwu- Chen Tsay, M. Balachary, Subhasish K. Chakraborty, Asish R. Das, Kuen Wang Sheu,
Chun Mei Shu, Chin kun Lu, Wei Ming Chang; United States Patent 7282606, 2007.

15) “Process for preparation of Tamsulosin and its derivatives via coupling of
aminopropylbenzenesulfonamide hydrochlorides with phenoxyethanol tosylates or mesylates”,
Jih- Ru Hwu, M. Balachary, Subhasish K. Chakraborty, Asish R. Das, Shwu- Chen Tsay, Kuen
Wang Sheu, Chun Mei Shu, Chin kun Lu, Wei Ming Chang; Eur. Pat. Appl. (2006), EP 1734036
A1 20061220.
14) “1,2-Eliminations in a novel reductive coupling of nitroarenes to give azoxy arenes by
sodium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide”, Jih- Ru Hwu; Asish R Das; Chia Wei Yang; Jiann-Jyh Huang;
Ming-Hua Hsu ,Organic Letters, 2005, 7, 3211-3214.

13) “Zinc mediated allylation of aldehydes and ketones using allylbromides and commercial zinc
dust. The issue of regio- and stereoselectivity”, AdinathMajee, Asish [Link] and Brindaban C.
Ranu, Indian Journal of Chemistry, 1998, 37B, 731-736.

12) “A convenient synthesis of β, γ- unsaturated ketones through Zinc mediated allylation of acid
chlorides”, [Link], [Link] and Asish [Link], Tetrahedron Lett., 1996, 37, 1109.

11) “Facile and efficient synthesis of homoallylic alcohols using Allyl Bromide and commercial
Zinc dust”, [Link], [Link] and Asish [Link], Tetrahedron Lett., 1995, 36, 4885.

10) “Surface-mediated solid phase reaction. Part 71. A simple and convenient procedure for the
Methoxymethylation of alcohols with Methoxymethyl Chloride on the surface of Alumina”,
[Link], [Link] and Asish [Link], Synth. Commun., 1995,25, 363.

9) “Surface-mediated reactions- A powerful technique in organic synthesis use of Alumina and

Silica gel as active surface for useful synthetic transformations”, [Link], [Link],
[Link], Asish [Link], [Link], [Link], [Link] and [Link], J. Ind. Inst.
Sci., 1994, 74, 15.

8) “Two carbon ring expansion through free cyclobutylcarbinyl radical fragmentation”,

[Link] and Asish [Link], J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans.1, 1994, 921.

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