Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry School of Basic Sciences
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Degree/ Certificate |
University /Institute |
Year |
Subject/ Specialization |
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Ph.D. |
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata Supervisor : Professor Subhas C. Roy Dissertation : Synthesis of Natural Products and Related Compounds |
2006 |
Organic Chemistry |
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M.Sc. |
University of Calcutta |
2000 |
Chemistry |
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B.Sc. |
University of Calcutta |
1998 |
Chemistry |
Teaching Experience
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Central University of Punjab, Bathinda |
Assistant Professor |
2017-Present |
Research Experience
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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Worked with Professor Chuan-Fa Liu in Peptide and Protein Chemistry to develop Biopharmaceuticals. |
Research Fellow, Postdoctoral |
2014-2017 |
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Albany Molecular Research, Singapore & Hyderabad. Worked in Drug Discoverry and Development |
Senior Research Scientist |
2012-2014 |
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Purdue University, USA. Worked with Professor Mark Cushman in the areas of anticancer and antibiotic drug development |
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
2009-2012 |
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Brigham Young University, USA. Worked with Professor Steven L Castle in the area of Total Synthesis of Complex Natural Products |
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
2007-2009 |
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA |
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
2007-2007 |
Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Peptide and Protein Chemistry, C-H activation, Photocatalysis and nanocatalysis
- Total synthesis of biologically important natural products and development of useful synthetic methodologies
- Asymmetric synthesis and photocatalytic reactions
- Transition metal catalysis, nanocatalysis and C-H activation
- Structure based drug design approach in medicinal chemistry to develop antibiotic and anticancer drugs
- Peptide and protein chemistry and bioorthogonal reaction development
Metal Free C-N Bond Formation for Late-Stage Functionalization of Drug Molecules
“Metal Free Direct Access to N-Sulfonyl Amidines from Sulfonamides and Secondary Amines Involving Tandem C-N Bond Formations”. C. S. Nishad, K. K. Haldar and B. Banerjee, J. Org. Chem., 2022, 87, 11644.
Total Synthesis of the Antimitotic Bicyclic Peptide Celogentin C
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 1159
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 6104
C-H Activation : Auxiliary-Directed Pd-Catalyzed γ‐C(sp3)−H Bond Activation of α‐Aminobutanoic Acid Derivatives
Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 6094
Thiazolidin-5-imine Formation as a Catalyst-Free Bioorthogonal Reaction for Protein and Live Cell Labeling
Org. Lett., 2018, 20, 7790
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Project :
DST SERB Core Research Grant: (2020-2023) Amount : 38.13 Lakhs
Project Title:
Photoinduced Cascade Process and Remote Functionalization for the Synthesis of Privileged Heterocycles, Natural Products and Late Stage Functionalization of Drugs and Bioactive Molecules
(Funding Agency : DST SERB)
RSM CUPB : (2019-2021) Amount : 3 Lakhs (Funding Agency : CUPB)
RSM Project Title:
Development of a Novel Peptide Stapling Strategy for Generation of New Peptide Architectures Potential Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitors
UGC FRP Start-UP Grant : (2018-2021) Amount : 10 Lakhs (Funding Agency : UGC)
Play role as reviewer in many of International and national Journals.
- Received Graduate Aptitude Test Fellowship in Engineering (GATE 2000) conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
- Received Senior and Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR-NET) from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, Govt. of India for doctoral research (2001-2006).
- Received best presenter award in an international conference “Organic chemistry : Today and Tomorrow,” January 2006, Department of organic chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
- Received Best Teacher Award from Central University of Punjab, Bathinda in 2019.
Dr. Krishna Kanta Haldar "Department of Chemistry Central University of Punjab Bathinda 151401".
28. "Metal-Free Direct Access to N‑Sulfonyl Amidines from Sulfonamides and Secondary Amines Involving Tandem C−N Bond Formations" C. S. Nishad, K. K. Haldar and B. Banerjee, J. Org. Chem., 2022, 87, 11644. (Impact Factor: 4.19)
27. “Dumbbell-Shaped Ternary Transition-Metal (Cu, Ni, Co) Phosphate Bundles: A Promising Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction” H. Singh, R. Biswas, I. Ahmed, P. Thakur, A. Kundu, A. R. Panigrahi B. Banerjee, Krishna Kamal Halder, J. Lahtinen, K, Mondal, K. K. Haldar, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 5, 6570–6581. (Impact Factor : 9.22)
26. “Genomic DNA-mediated formation of a porous Cu2(OH)PO4/Co3(PO4)2.8H2O rolling pin shape bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting reactions” H. Singh, I. Ahmed, R. Biswas, S. Mete, Krishna Kamal Halder, B. Banerjee, K. K. Haldar, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 3738. (Impact Factor : 3.36)
25. I. Ahmed, R. Biswas, R. A. Patil, K. K. Halder, H. Singh, B. Banerjee, B. Kumar, Y.-R Ma, K. K. Haldar. Graphitic Carbon Nitride Composites with MoO3-Decorated Co3O4 Nanorods as Catalysts for Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021, (10.1021/acsanm.1c03238) (IF = 5.09)
24. R. Biswas, P. Thakur, G. Kaur, S. Som, M. Saha, V. Jhajhria, H. Singh, I. Ahmed, B. Banerjee, D. Chopra, T. Sen, K. K. Haldar. Interfacial Engineering of CuCo2S4/g-C3N4 Hybrid Nanorods for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60, 12355–12366. (IF = 5.16 )
23. R. Biswas, B. Banerjee, M. Saha, I. Ahmed, S. Mete, R. A. Patil, Y. R. Ma, K. K. Kaldar. Green Approach for the Fabrication of Au/ZnO Nanoflowers: A Catalytic Aspect. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125, 6619-6631. (IF = 4.12)
22. “Rational design of marigold-shaped composite Ni3V2O8 flowers: a promising catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction” R. Biswas, A. Kundu, M. Saha, V. Kaur, B. Banerjee, R. S. Dhayal, R. Patil, Y. Ma, T. Sen and K. K. Haldar, New J. Chem., 2020, 44, 12256. (Impact Factor-3.28)
21. “Fabrication of mesoporous titanium dioxide using azadirachta indica leaves extract towards visible-light-driven photocatalytic dye degradation” L. Dash, R. Biswas, R. Ghosh, V. Kaur, B. Banerjee, T. Sen, R. Patil, Y. Ma and K. K. Haldar, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2020, 400, 112682. (Impact Factor-3.30)
20. “Novel Green Approach for Fabrication of Ag2CrO4/TiO2/Au/r-GO Hybrid Biofilm for Visible Light-Driven Photocatalytic Performance” R. Biswas, S. Mete, M. Mandal, B. Banerjee, H. Singh, I. Ahmed and K. K. Haldar, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020, 124, 5, 3373. (Impact Factor : 4.30)
19. “Zn(II) Di-isobutyldithiocarbamate Complex Enabled Efficient Synthesis of Au/ZnS Nanocomposite Core-shell in One Pot” R. Biswas, H. Singh, B. Banerjee, and K. K. Haldar, ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 4003. (Impact Factor : 1.71)
18. “Thiazolidin-5-imine Formation as a Catalyst-Free Bioorthogonal Reaction for Protein and Live Cell Labeling” X. Bi, J.Yin, C. Rao, S. Balamkundu, B. Banerjee, D. Zhang, D. Zhang, P. C. Dedon and C-F. Liu, Org. Lett., 2018, 20, 7790. (Impact Factor : 6.55)
17.“5-Methylisoxazole-3-carboxamide-Directed Palladium-Catalyzed γ-C(sp3)−H Acetoxylation and Application to the Synthesis of γ-Mercapto Amino Acids for Native Chemical Ligation” K. K. Pasunooti, R. Yang, B. Banerjee, T. Yap and C-F. Liu, Org. Lett., 2016, 18, 2696. (Impact Factor : 6.55)
16. “Auxiliary-Directed Pd-Catalyzed γ-C(sp3)−H Bond Activation of α-Aminobutanoic Acid Derivatives” K. K. Pasunooti, B. Banerjee, T. Yap, Y. Jiang and C-F. Liu, Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 6094. (Impact Factor : 6.55)
15. “Synthesis of 3-(3-aryl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-5-aryl-1,2,4-triazines that have antibacterial activity and also inhibit inorganic pyrophosphatase” W. Lv, B. Banerjee, K. Molland, M. Seleem, A. Ghafoor, B. Wan, A. D. Mesecar and M. Cushman, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2014, 22, 406. (Impact Factor : 2.80)
14. “Efficient Total Synthesis of Ammosamide B” P. V. N. Reddy, B. Banerjee and M. Cushman, Org. Lett., 2010, 12, 3112. (Impact Factor : 6.55)
13. “Stereoselective Additions of Thiyl Radicals to Terminal Ynamides” B. Banerjee, D. Litvinov, J. Kang, J. D. Bettale and S. L. Castle, Org. Lett., 2010, 12, 2650. (Impact Factor : 6.55)
12. “Total Synthesis of the Antimitotic Bicyclic Peptide Celogentin C” B. Ma, B. Banerjee, D. Litvinov, L. He and S. L. Castle, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 1159. (Impact Factor : 14.69)
11. “Total Synthesis of Celogentin C” B. Ma, D. Litvinov, L. He, B. Banerjee and S. L. Castle, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 6104. (Impact Factor : 12.25)
10. “Second-Generation DBFOX Ligands for the Synthesis of β-Substituted α-Amino Acids via Enantioselective Radical Conjugate Additions” B. Banerjee, S. G. Capps, J. Kang, J. W. Robinson and S. L. Castle, J. Org. Chem., 2008, 73, 8973. (Impact Factor : 4.74)
9. “Titanocene(III) chloride mediated radical-induced one-pot synthesis of α-methylene-γ-butyrolactones” M. Paira, B. Banerjee, S. Jana, S. K. Mandal and S. C. Roy, Tetrahedron Letters, 2007, 48, 3205. (Impact Factor : 2.25)
8. “Efficient synthesis of bis(indolyl) methanes in aqueous medium catalyzed by molybdenyl acetylacetonate ” B. Banerjee, S. K. Mandal and S. C. Roy, Ind. J. Chem, 2007, 46B, 669. (Impact Factor : 0.50)
7. “Stereoselective Synthesis of Polysubstituted Tetrahydropyrans by Radical Cyclization of Epoxides using a Transition-Metal Radical Source” B. Banerjee and S. C. Roy, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2006, 489. (Impact Factor : 3.02)
6. “Cerium(IV) Ammonium Nitrate-catalyzed Synthesis of β-Keto Enol Ethers from Cyclic β-Diketones and Their Deprotection ” B. Banerjee, S. K. Mandal and S. C. Roy, Chemistry Letters, 2006, 35, 16. (Impact Factor : 1.55)
5. “Concise Enantioselective Synthesis of Furan Lignans (-)-Dihydrosesamin and (-)-Acuminatin and Furofuran Lignans (-)-Sesamin and (-)-Methyl Piperitol by Radical Cyclization of Epoxides” B. Banerjee and S. C. Roy, Synthesis, 2005, 2913. (Impact Factor : 2.86)
4. “A Novel and Efficient Ceric Ammonium Nitrate Catalyzed Oxidative Nuclear Chlorination of Activated Aromatic Compounds by Acetyl Chloride” S. C. Roy, K. K. Rana, C. Guin and B. Banerjee, Synlett, 2003, 221. (Impact Factor : 2.41)
3. “Mild and efficient iodine catalyzed protection of carbonyl compounds as oxathiolane derivatives” K. K. Rana, C. Guin, B. Banerjee and S. C. Roy, J. Ind. Chem. Soc., 2003, 80, 1005. (Impact Factor : 0.14)
2. “Ceric ammonium nitrate catalyzed mild and efficient a-chlorination of ketones by acetyl chloride” S. C. Roy, K. K. Rana, C. Guin and B. Banerjee, ARKIVOC, 2003, (ix), 34. (Dedicated to Prof. (Mrs.) A. Chatterjee on her 85th birthday) (Impact Factor : 1.04)
1. “A Mild and Efficient Method for the Chemoselective Synthesis of Acylals from Aldehydes and their Deprotections catalysed by Ceric Ammonium Nitrate” S. C. Roy and B. Banerjee, Synlett, 2002, 1677. (Impact Factor : 2.41)
Ongoing:
Ongoing:
- Imtiaz Ahmed (CSIR-UGC NET, JRF) (as Co-supervisor)
- Chandrasekhar Nishad (GATE, Project JRF)
M.Sc. Project Students
2022
Pallav Suman, Himadri Saha, Regashree Dash, Kirti, Sahil Mondal
2021
Ankush Dhiman, Mohd Arief, Drita Mondal, Albert J Elookunnel, Simranjeet Kaur, Naveen Kumar, Prahlad Sharma
2020
Farhin Sultana Ahmed, Jeevanjit Pattanayak, Suraj Kumar Agrawalla, Ronit Nath, Shyam Dutt Sanwal, Jyoti Yadav, Jagpreet Singh
2019
Reena Sinwer, Sumita Kumari, Rohit Mehrok, Ashish Chander Satti, Tushar Jindal
- B Banerjee and S. C. Roy “Enantioselective synthesis of furano lignans (-)-dihydrosesamin and furofurano lignans (-)-Sesamin by radical cyclization of epoxides using a transition metal radial source” symposium on modern trends in organic chemistry, April 2005, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India. (Poster)
- B Banerjee and S. C. Roy “Stereoselective synthesis of polysubstituted tetrahydropyrans by radical cyclization of epoxides using Ti(III) chloride” international conference “Organic chemistry : Today and Tomorrow,” January 2006, Department of organic chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. (Poster and short talk)
- B. Banerjee and Steven L. Castle “Progress towards the total synthesis of Kapakahine E” Spring Research Conference, Brigham Young University, USA, March 2008. (Talk)
- JOC Editors Meeting at Park City, Utah, USA 2008
- Delivered talk “ Exploring New Methods : From Bioactive Natural Products to Small Molecule Therapeutics” IIT Kharagpur February 2012
- Delivered talk “ Exploring New Methods : From Bioactive Natural Products to Small Molecule Therapeutics” Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, India March, 2012.
- Delivered talk “ Exploring New Methods : From Bioactive Natural Products to Small Molecule Therapeutics” Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, March, 2012.
- 7th International Peptide Symposium(IPS), Matrix at Biopolis, Singapore, December 2015
- 2nd Peptides and Proteins Symposium Singapore (P2S2), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, December 2016
- Medicinal Chemistry Strategy Meeting APAC, October 2016, Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
Citations : 729
H index 16
i-10 index 21