Dr. Mrinal Kanti Das

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Dr. Mrinal Kanti Das

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Educational Qualifications
Post-Doc (Poly. Chem.) Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Year: May 21, 2019– March 13, 2020
Project Title: “H-shaped Bifacial π-Conjugated Polymers”
Advisor: Assistant Professor Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli
Post-Doc (Org. Chem.) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISERB)
Year: September 11, 2018– May 11, 2019
Project Title: “Catalytic Asymmetric Syntheses of Ergot alkaloids”
Advisor: Professor Alakesh Bisai
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISERB)
Year: August 2013– August 2018
Project Title: “Total Syntheses of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids Sharing cis-3a-Aryloctahydroindole Skeleton”
Advisor: Professor Alakesh Bisai
M.Sc. Organic Chemistry Visva Bharati University, West Bengal, India
Year: August 2011 – July 2013
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry Burdwan Raj College, Burdwan University, West Bengal, India
Year: August 2008 – July 2011
Specialization Organic Chemistry
Courses Undertaken UG level
Area of Research
  • Total Synthesis of Architecturally Novel Natural and Unnatural Products, Synthetic Methodology.
  • Asymmetric catalysis.
  • Development of new catalytic methods involving novel reactivity concepts to enable the rapid generation of architecturally complex chiral molecules and natural products from simple building blocks.
  • Developing Novel Building Blocks for Disruptive Design of 1D- and 2D-π-Conjugated Polymers and H-shaped molecules.
Awards & Fellowships:
  • Cleared Joint CSIR-UGC (National Eligibility Test) June 2012 and obtained CSIR JRF with All India Rank 101.
  • Cleared Joint CSIR-UGC (National Eligibility Test) December 2012 and obtained CSIR JRF with All India Rank 65.
  • Cleared Joint CSIR-UGC (LS) (National Eligibility Test) June 2013 and obtained CSIR JRF with All India Rank 54.
  • Cleared Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2013
  • Senior Research Fellowship (SRF-CSIR), India (2015-2018) [for doctoral studies]
  • IISER Bhopal Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, India (September 11, 2018– May 11, 2019)
  • Georgetown University Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, USA (May 21, 2019– March 13, 2020)
Publications
Sl. no. Authors Title Book/Journal Year ISBN/ISSN
1 Das, M. K.;‡ De, S.;‡ Shubhashish.; Bisai, A. Concise total syntheses of (±)-mesembrane and (±)-crinane Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13, 3585-3588. (RSC) 2015 1477-0520
2 De, S.; Das, M. K.; Bhunia, S.; Bisai, A. Unified Approach to the Spiro(pyrrolidinyl-oxindole) and Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole Alkaloids: Total Syntheses of Pseudophrynamines 270 and 272A Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 5922–5925. (ACS) 2015 1523-7060
3 Das, M. K.; De, S.; Shubhashish; Bisai, A. Concise Total Syntheses of (±)-joubertiamine, (±)-O-methyljoubertiamine, (±)-3'-methoxy-4'-O-methyljoubertiamine, (±)-mesembrane and (±)-crinane Synthesis 2016, 48, 2093-2104. (Thieme) 2016 0039-7881
4 De, S.; Das, M. K.; Roy, A.; Bisai, A. Synthesis of 2 Oxindoles Sharing Vicinal All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters via Organocatalytic Aldol Reaction J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 12258-12274. (ACS) 2016 0022-3563
5 Kumar, N.; Das, M. K.; Ghosh, S.; Bisai, A. Development of catalytic deacylative alkylations (DaA) of 3-acyl-2-oxindoles: total synthesis of meso-chimonanthine and related alkaloids Chem.Commun. 2017, 53, 2170-2173 (RSC) 2017 1359-7345
6 Das, M. K.; Kumar, N.; Bisai, A. Catalytic Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Naturally Occurring Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids, (−)-Crinine, (−)-epi-Crinine, (−)-Oxocrinine, (+)-epi-Elwesine, (+)-Vittatine, and (+)-epi-Vittatine Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 4421-4424. (ACS) 2018 1523-7060
7 Das, M. K.;‡ Roy.; A.;‡ Chaudhuri, S.; Bisai, A. Transition-Metal Free Oxidative Alkynylation of 2-Oxindoles with Ethynylbenziodoxolone (EBX) Reagents J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 403-421. (ACS) 2018 0022-3563
8 Chaudhuri, S.; Bhunia, S.; Roy.; A.; Das, M. K.; Bisai, A. Biomimetic Total Syntheses of Clavine Alkaloids Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 288-291.(ACS) 2018 1523-7060
9 Das, M. K.;‡ Dinda, K. B.;‡ Bisai, V. A unified approach to sesquiterpenes sharing trimethyl(p-tolyl) cyclopentanes: Formal total synthesis of (±)-laurokamurene B Tetrahedron Lett. 2019, 60, 2039-2042. (Elsevier) 2019 0040-4039
10 Maity, A.;‡ Roy, A.;‡ Das, M. K.; De, S.; Naskar, M.; Bisai, A. Oxidative Cyanation of 2-Oxindoles: Formal Total Synthesis of (±)-Gliocladin C Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, 18, 1679-1684. (RSC) 2020 1477-0520
11 Das, M. K.; Yadav, A.; Majumdar, S.; Bisai, A. Catalytic Deacylative Alkylations (DaA) of Enolcarbonates: Total Synthesis of (±)-Crinane Tetrahedron Lett. 2020, 61, XXX-XXX. (DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.152129) (Elsevier) 2020 0040-4039
12 Das, M. K.;‡ Hameed, F.;‡ Lillis, R.; Gavvalapalli, Nagarjuna. A Twist in the Non-Slanted H-mers to Control π-Conjugation in 2-Dimensions and Optical Properties Mater. Adv. 2020, 1, 2917-2925 2020 2633-5409
13 Pal.; S, Khatua, A.; Das, M. K.; Bisai, V. Concise Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (−)-Nuciferol, (−)-Nuciferal, and (−)-Dihydrocurcumene via Rh(I)-Catalyzed Boronic Acid Addition Tetrahedron Lett. 2020, 65, 152790. 2020 00404039
14 Das, M. K.; Yadav, A.; Majumdar, S.; Mondal, A.; Bisai, A. Total Syntheses of (+)- and (−)-Crinane via Pd(0)-Catalyzed Deacylative Allylation Tetrahedron 2021, 82, 131928 2021 0040-4039
15 Khatua, A.; Pal.; S, Das, M. K.; Bisai, V. Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (–)-ar-Turmerone, (–)-Dihydro-ar-turmerone, (–)-ar-Dehydrocurcumene, and (–)-ar-Himachalene via a Key Allylic Oxidative Rearrangement Tetrahedron Lett. 2021, 73, 153105. 2021 0040-4039
16 Yadav, A.; Majumdar, S.; Das, M. K.; Mondal, A.; Bisai, A. Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (-)-Dihydromaritidine and (-)-Oxomaritidine Synlett 2022, XX, XXXX-XXXX. (DOI: 10.1055/a-1912-2378). (Just Accepted) 2022 0936-5214
Participation in Seminar/Conferences/Workshops
Sl. no. Name of the programme National/International Date(s) Title of the presentation Organized by
1 J-NOST Conference International 5th-7th Dec., 2013 IISER Bhopal
2 Interaction: In-house Symposium National 30th August 2014 IISER Bhopal
3 Interaction: In-house Symposium National 1th October 2016 Poster Title: Unified Approach to the Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids of Biological Importance IISER Bhopal
4 Pre-ICOS Conference International 9th-10th Dec., 2016 Poster Title: Unified Approach to the Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids of Biological Importance IISER Bhopal
5 Royal Society of Chemistry-IISERB Symposium International 3rd February 2015 IISER Bhopal
6 Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis towards Sustainable Future National 20th August-02nd September 2016 IISER Bhopal
7 J-NOST Conference International 9th-12th November 2017 Oral Presentation Title: Unified Total Syntheses of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids and Related Natural Products Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
8 Inter-Disciplinary Explorations in Chemistry International 06th-08th Dec., 2018 Oral Presentation Title: Catalytic Deacylative Alkylations (DaA) of Enolcarbonates: Total Syntheses of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids IISER Bhopal
Additional Responsibilities at Karimpur Pannadevi College
  • Academic Council member
  • IT & Smart Classroom Subcommittee member
  • Feedback Sub-committee member
  • Research & Publication Sub-committee member
  • Laboratory Maintenance Committee member
  • Infrastructure & Maintenance Convenor
Faculty Development Program: Refresher Course on Recent Advancement in Science and Technology (February 15, 2022 – February 28, 2022), NBU