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Organo Catalysis

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Organo Catalysis is concatenation of two terms organic and catalyst. Organocatalysis is the acceleration of chemical reactions with a substoichiometric amount of an organic compound which does not contain a metal atom. Over the past two decade, organocatalysis have emerged as third pillar of asymmetric catalysis along with biocatalysis (enzyme) and transition metal catalysis capable of inducing high levels of enantioselectivity in transformations proceeding through a variety of mechanisms, including enamine, iminium, H-bond catalysis, ion-pairing catalysis, etc. Since organocatalysts are metal-free they are typically less toxic and create less hazardous waste for clean-up. Scientists in our division works on all aspects of organocatalysis, including the development of new catalysts and reactivity mode and their integration into other emerging technologies like flow/photo/electro- chemistry. Process intensification for development of drug molecules using organocatalysis is another area of our interest.   

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Das Dr. U.

Principal Scientist: Organic Chemistry
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Area Of Expertise:- Asymmetric synthesis.; Homogeneous Catalysis; Organic Synthesis; Photo-Chemistry; Synthetic methodologies

Dr. P. Maity

Senior Scientist: Organic Chemistry
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Area Of Expertise:- Asymmetric synthesis.; Catalysis; Organic Synthesis; Photo-Chemistry; Synthetic methodologies

Muthukrishnan Dr. M.

Senior Principal Scientist: Organic Chemistry
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Area Of Expertise:- Asymmetric synthesis.; Synthetic methodologies

Ramana Dr. C. V.

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Principal Scientist: Organic Chemistry
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Senthilkumar Dr. B.

Senior Scientist: Organic Chemistry
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Area Of Expertise:- Natural Product Synthesis; Organic Synthesis; Synthetic methodologies