Dr. SANJAY BATRA
 
Scientist
Medicinal Chemistry Division
Central Drug Research Institute
PO Box 173,
Lucknow 226 001.
 
Phone No. 91-0522-2612411-18 Ext 4368
Fax No. 91-0522-2623405, 2623938
E- mail s_batra@cdri.res.in ,
batra_san@]yahoo.co.uk
Educational Qualifications M.Sc, Ph.D
Date of Birth

6th September 1965
 
POST DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE
 
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 From University of Mississippi, University MS 38677 USA during Nov. 2000-Nov. 2001
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
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 Medicinal Chemistry (15 years),
Combinatorial Chemistry (3 years)
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
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 Combinatorial Chemistry, Baylis-Hillman Reaction and Heterocyclic Chemistry.
   
HONORS AND AWARDS
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 Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Anti Infective Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
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 Bibliography appears in World’s Who’s Who and Marquis Who’s Who
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
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 V. Singh and Sanjay Batra. Advances in the Baylis-Hillman Reaction-Assisted Synthesis of Cyclic Frameworks. Tetrahedron 2008 (Review) (Accepted).
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 S. Madapa, Z. Tusi and Sanjay Batra. Advances in the synthesis of quinoline and quinoline-annulated ring systems. Curr. Org. Chem. 2008 (Review) In press.
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 V. Singh, S. Madapa and Sanjay Batra. P2O5-promoted efficient and diastereoselective synthesis of substituted 5-methylene-dihydropyran-2,6-diones and 3-methylene-3,4-dihydropyran-2-ones. Synth. Comm. 2008 (In press).
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 V. Singh, G. P. Yadav, P. R. Maulik, Sanjay Batra. Synthesis of substituted 3-methylene-2-pyridones from Baylis-Hillman derivatives and its application for the generation of 2-pyridone susbtituted spiroisoxazolines. Tetrahedron 2008 (In press)
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 S. Nag, S. Madapa and Sanjay Batra. Application of primary allyl amines afforded by the Baylis-Hillman adducts for heterocyclic synthesis: Generation of 5-benzyl-4(3H)-pyrimidinones and 2-benzylidene-2,3-dihydro-pyrrolizin-1-ones. SYNTHESIS 2008, 101-109.
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 S. Nag, V. Singh and Sanjay Batra. Studies on the Baylis-Hillman reaction of pyrazolecarbaldehydes under the influence of DABCO: Positional effect on the reactivity of the formyl group. ARKIVOC 2007, xiv, 185-203.
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 R. Pathak and Sanjay Batra. A convenient protocol for the synthesis of new 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro imidazo [1,2-a]pyrimidin-2-ones from Baylis-Hillman adducts of acrylonitrile. Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 9448-9955.
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 S. Madapa, D. Sridhar, G. P. Yadav, P. R. Maulik and Sanjay Batra (2007). A general approach to the synthesis of substituted isoxazolo[4,3-c]quinolines via chalcones. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 4343-4351.
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 V. Singh and Sanjay Batra. Synthesis of substituted 1H-benzo[b]azepines and 3H-benzo[b]azepines and rearrangement of 2-alkoxycarbonyl-1H-benzo[b]azepines to isoquinolines. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 2970-2979.
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 V. Singh, R. Pathak and Sanjay Batra (2007). Significant yield improvement in the stereoselective synthesis of allyl cyanides from Baylis-Hillman derivatives in aqueous medium under the influence of Phase-Transfer catalyst. Catal. Comm. 8, 2048-2052.
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 S. Nag, G. P. Yadav, P. R. Maulik and Sanjay Batra. Sodium hydride-mediated cascade reaction towards the synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted uracil from cyanamides derived from the Baylis-Hillman adducts. Synthesis 2007, 911-917.
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 R. Pathak, S. Madapa and Sanjay Batra. Trifluoroacetic acid: A more effective and efficient reagent for the synthesis of 3-arylmethylene-3,4-dihydro-1H-quinoline-2-ones and 3-arylmethyl-2-amino quinolines from Baylis-Hillman derivatives via Claisen rearrangement. Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 363-370.
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 R. Pathak, S. Nag and Sanjay Batra (2006). An Expeditious synthesis of 3-Methylene-4-aryl-1,3,4,5-tetrahydro-benzo[b][1,4] diazepin-2-ones and 3-arylemethylene-4,5-dihydro-3H-benzo[b][1,4]diazepin-2-ylamines. Synthesis, 4205-4211.
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 V. Singh, S. Kanojiya and Sanjay Batra (2006). Studies on the reduction of nitro group in 3-aryl- 2-methylene-4-nitro-alkanoates afforded by the Baylis-Hillman adducts: Synthesis of 4-aryl-3-methylene-2-pyrrolidinones and 3-(1-alkoxycarbonyl-vinyl)-1H-indole-2-carboxylates. Tetrahedron, 62, 10100-10110.
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 V. Singh and Sanjay Batra (2006). Tributyltin hydride-mediated straightforward synthesis of a new isoxazolo-benzazulene ring system. Tetrahedron Lett. 47, 7043-7045.
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 S. Madapa, V. Singh and Sanjay Batra (2006). An alternate approach to quinoline architecture via Baylis-Hillman chemistry: SnCl2-mediated tandem reaction toward synthesis of 4-(substituted vinyl)-quinolines. Tetrahedron 62, 8740-8747.
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 V. Singh, G. P. Yadav, P. R. Maulik and S. Batra (2006). Studies toward the construction of substituted piperidine-2-ones and pyridine-2-ones from Baylis-Hillman adducts: Discovery of facile synthesis of 5-methyl-4-oxo-6-aryl-3-aza-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-1-carboxylates. Tetrahedron 62, 8731-8739.
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 S. Nag, R. Pathak, M. Kumar, P. K. Shukla and Sanjay Batra (2006). Synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of ureides of Baylis-Hillman derivatives. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 16, 3824-3828.