Dr. BIJOY KUNDU
 


Scientist G
Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division
Lucknow-226001, India.
 
E- mail bijoy_kundu[at]yahoo dot com
Educational qualifications M.Sc. Ph.D.
Date of Birth

2-7-1955
 
POST DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE
 
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 College of staten Island City, University of New York, USA during 1982-84
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 University of University of Ilinois at Urbana Champaign, USA, during 1989-1991
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 University of Tubingen, Germany during 1997-98 (WHO fellowship)
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
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 Combinatorial Chemistry (5 years)
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 Peptide synthesis (25 years)
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
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 Design and synthesis of Combinatorial libraries of small organic molecules and peptides of biological interest.
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
 
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 Saha B, Sharma S, Sawant D and Kundu B. Application of the Pictet-Spengler reaction to aryl amine substrates linked to deactivated aromatic heterosystems. (2008) Tetrahedron 64, 8676–8684
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 Sharma S. and Kundu B. Unprecedented SnCl2.2H2O mediated intramolecular cyclization of nitroarenes via C-N bond formation: A new entry to the Synthesis of Cryptotackieine and related skeletons. (2008) Tetrahedron Leters 49, 7062-7065
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 Duggineni S, Srivastava G, Kundu B, Kumar M, Chaturvedi AK and Shukla PK. - A novel dodecapeptide from a combinatorial synthetic library exhibits potent antifungal activity and synergy with standard antimycotic agents . (2007) - International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 29, 73-78
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 Rana S, Kundu B and Durani S. - A mixed-?, ?, miniprotein stereochemically reprogrammed to high- binding affinity for acetylcholine. (2007) - Biopolymers 87, 231-243
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 Rana Soumendra, Kundu Bijoy and Durani Susheel. - A double catgrip mixed l and d mini protein only 20 residues long. (2007) - Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 15, 3874-3882
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 Saha B, Sharma S, Sawant D and Kundu B. - Cu-FeCl3 one pot multicomponent reaction leading to the synthesis of N-aryl/alkyl triazoles in water. (2007) - Synlett (2007), 1591-1599
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 Saha Biswajit, Sharma Sunil, Sawant Devesh and Kundu Bijoy - Water as an efficient medium for the synthesis of tetrahydro-ß-carbolines via Pictet-Spengler reactions. (2007) - Tetrahedron Letters 48, 1379-1383
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 Sharma Preeti, Singh Sangeeta, Siddiqui Tanveer I, Singh Vishnu S, Kundu Bijoy, Prathipati Philip, Saxena Anil K, Dikshit Dinesh K, Rastogi Leena, Dixit Chetna, Gupta MB, Patnaik GK and Dikshit Madhu. - a-Amino acid derivatives as proton pump inhibitors and potent anti-ulcer agents. (2007) - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 42, 386-393
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 Sharma S, Saha B, Sawant D and Kundu B - Synthesis of novel N-rich polycyclic skeletons based on azoles and pyridines. (2007) - J Comb Chem 9, 783-792
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 Duggineni, Srinivas, Sawant, Devesh, Saha, Biswajit and Kundu, Bijoy - Application of modified Pictet-Spengler reaction for the synthesis of thiazolo- and pyrazolo-quinolines (2006) - Tetrahedron, 62, 3228-3241.
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 Saha, Biswajit, Kumar, Rishi, Maulik, Prakash R.and Kundu, Bijoy - Synthesis of fused polycyclic nitrogen-containing heterocycles via cascade cyclization (2006) - Tetrahedron Letters, 47, 2765-2769.
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 Sawant, Devesh; Kumar, Rishi; Maulik, Prakas R; Kundu, Bijoy - Unprecedented SnCl2-mediated cyclization of nitro arenes via N-N bond formation (2006) - Organic Letters, 8, 1525-1528.
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 Sharma Sharad.; Saha B.; Sawant D.; Kundu B. - Synthesis of a novel structural variant of imidazoquinazoline with three-point diversity (2006) - Synthesis, Issue 11, 1841-1847
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 New Application of Pictet-Spengler Reaction leading to the synthesis of an unusual seven membered heterocyclic ring system. B. Kundu, D. Sawant, P. Partani, A. P. Kesarwani. J. Org. Chem 70, 4889, 2005.
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 A Novel Strategy for Pictet-Spengler Reaction leading to the Synthesis of Imidazoquinoxalines on Solid-phase. B. Kundu, D. Sawant and R. Chhabra J. Comb. Chem 7, 317-321, 2005.
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 Base catalyzed intramolecular transamidation of 2-aminoquinazoline derivatives on solid-phase. R. K. Grover, A.P. Kesarwani, G.K. Srivastava, B. Kundu, R. Roy. Tetrahedron 61, 5011-18, 2005.
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 Identification of a novel antifungal nonapeptide generated by combinatorial approach M. Kumar, A. K. Chaturvedi, A. Kavishwar, P.K. Shukla, A. P. Kesarwani and B. Kundu Int. J Antimicrobial Agents 25, 313, 2005.
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 Solid-Phase synthesis of Imidazoquinazolinone derivatives with three-point diversity. A. P. Kesarwani, R. K. Grover, R. Roy and B. Kundu. Tetrahedron 61, 629, 2005.
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 A small peptide stereochemically customized as a globular fold with a molecular cleft. S. Rana, B. Kundu, S. Durani. Chem Comm 207, 2005.
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 Novel Intramolecular Rearrangement leading to the Synthesis of Biheterocyclic Indole-Benzoimidazole derivatives on Solid Phase. A. D. Roy, S. Sharma, R. K. Grover, B. Kundu, R. Roy. Organic Lett 6, 4763, 2004.
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 In situ cyclopropanation: A rapid one pot method for the synthesis of resin bound cyclopropyl phenyl methanones as combinatorial scaffolds. R. K. Grover, R. C. Mishra, B. Kundu, R P. Tripathi, R. Roy Tetrahedron Lett 45, 7331, 2004