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Asit K. Chakraborti

Asit K. Chakraborti

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Chemistry
India
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
13759
World Ranking
6348
National Ranking
70

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award

Overview

Asit K. Chakraborti is affiliated with the University of Burdwan in India. Their research primarily intersects the fields of chemistry, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, with a particular focus on subfields such as organic chemistry, molecular biology, infectious diseases, pharmacology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The body of work includes significant contributions to topics such as synthesis and biological activity, cancer therapeutics and mechanisms, tuberculosis research and epidemiology, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, synthesis and biological evaluation, multicomponent synthesis of heterocycles, and quinazolinone synthesis and applications.

Frequently published in several scientific journals, their notable venues of publication include:

  • Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry - An Asian Journal
  • Future Medicinal Chemistry
  • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • New Journal of Chemistry

Among recent papers authored are:

  • Benzimidazoquinazolines as new potent anti-TB chemotypes: Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation (2020, Bioorganic Chemistry)
  • Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of benzo[d]imidazole-2-carboxamides as new anti-TB agents (2020, Bioorganic Chemistry)
  • Characterization of Photodegradation Products of Bepotastine Besilate and In Silico Evaluation of Their Physicochemical, Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion and Toxicity Properties (2020, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
  • Ruthenium (II) Catalyzed C(sp2)−H Bond Alkenylation of 2-Arylbenzo[d]oxazole and 2-Arylbenzo[d]thiazole with Unactivated Olefins (2020, Chemistry - An Asian Journal)
  • Visible light promoted tandem dehydrogenation-deaminative cyclocondensation under aerobic conditions for the synthesis of 2-aryl benzimidazoles/quinoxalines from ortho-phenylenediamines and arylmethyl/ethyl amines (2021, New Journal of Chemistry)

Collaboration is a noticeable aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Tejas M. Dhameliya
  • Nirjhar Saha
  • Dharmarajan Sriram
  • Kshitij I. Patel
  • Vagolu Siva Krishna

Best Publications

  • Synthesis and evaluation of stilbene and dihydrostilbene derivatives as potential anticancer agents that inhibit tubulin polymerization.

    Mark Cushman;Dhanapalan Nagarathnam;D. Gopal;Asit K. Chakraborti

  • An extremely efficient three-component reaction of aldehydes/ ketones, amines, and phosphites (Kabachnik-Fields Reaction) for the synthesis of α-aminophosphonates catalyzed by magnesium perchlorate

    Srikant Bhagat;Asit K Chakraborti

  • Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking of curcumin analogues as antioxidant, cyclooxygenase inhibitory and anti-inflammatory agents.

    C. Selvam;Sanjay M. Jachak;Ramasamy Thilagavathi;Asit. K. Chakraborti

  • Perchloric acid adsorbed on silica gel as a new, highly efficient, and versatile catalyst for acetylation of phenols, thiols, alcohols, and amines

    Asit K. Chakraborti;Rajesh Gulhane

  • Catalyst-Free Conjugated Addition of Thiols to α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds in Water

    Gopal L Khatik;Raj Kumar;Asit K Chakraborti

  • On Catalysis by Ionic Liquids

    Asit K. Chakraborti;Sudipta Raha Roy

  • Catalyst-free chemoselective N-tert-butyloxycarbonylation of amines in water.

    Sunay V Chankeshwara;Asit K Chakraborti

  • Zinc(II) perchlorate hexahydrate catalyzed opening of epoxide ring by amines: applications to synthesis of (RS)/(R)-propranolols and (RS)/(R)/(S)-naftopidils.

    Shivani;Brahmam Pujala;Asit K. Chakraborti

  • Degradation of phenanthrene by different bacteria: evidence for novel transformation sequences involving the formation of 1-naphthol

    S K Samanta;Asit K Chakraborti;R K Jain

  • Catalytic application of room temperature ionic liquids: [bmim][MeSO4] as a recyclable catalyst for synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes. Ion-fishing by MALDI-TOF-TOF MS and MS/MS studies to probe the proposed mechanistic model of catalysis

    Asit K. Chakraborti;Sudipta Raha Roy;Dinesh Kumar;Pradeep Chopra

  • ZrCl4 as a new and efficient catalyst for the opening of epoxide rings by amines

    Asit K Chakraborti;Atul Kondaskar

  • Magnesium perchlorate as an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of imines and phenylhydrazones

    Asit K. Chakraborti;Srikant Bhagat;Santosh Rudrawar

  • “On water” organic synthesis: a highly efficient and clean synthesis of 2-aryl/heteroaryl/styryl benzothiazoles and 2-alkyl/aryl alkyl benzothiazolines

    Asit K. Chakraborti;Santosh Rudrawar;Kirtikumar B. Jadhav;Gurmeet Kaur

  • Characterization of solid-state forms of celecoxib

    Garima Chawla;Piyush Gupta;R Thilagavathi;Asit K Chakraborti

  • Zirconium(IV) Compounds As Efficient Catalysts for Synthesis of α-Aminophosphonates

    Srikant Bhagat;Asit K. Chakraborti

  • Indium(III) chloride as a new, highly efficient, and versatile catalyst for acylation of phenols, thiols, alcohols, and amines

    Asit K. Chakraborti;Rajesh Gulhane

  • Nonsolvent application of ionic liquids: organo-catalysis by 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium cation based room-temperature ionic liquids for chemoselective N-tert-butyloxycarbonylation of amines and the influence of the C-2 hydrogen on catalytic efficiency.

    Anirban Sarkar;Sudipta Raha Roy;Naisargee Parikh;Asit K. Chakraborti

  • Progress in COX-2 Inhibitors: A Journey So Far

    Asit K. Chakraborti;Sanjeev K. Garg;Raj Kumar;Hashim F. Motiwala

  • 2-(2-Arylphenyl)benzoxazole As a Novel Anti-Inflammatory Scaffold: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation.

    Kapileswar Seth;Sanjeev K. Garg;Raj Kumar;Priyank Purohit

  • Supramolecular assemblies in ionic liquid catalysis for aza-Michael reaction.

    Sudipta Raha Roy;Asit K. Chakraborti

  • Design, Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Docking of Curcumin Analogues as Antioxidant, Cyclooxygenase Inhibitory and Antiinflammatory Agents.

    C. Selvam;Sanjay M. Jachak;Ramasamy Thilagavathi;Asit. K. Chakraborti

  • Catalyst-Free Chemoselective N-tert-Butyloxycarbonylation of Amines in Water.

    Sunay V. Chankeswara;Asit K. Chakraborti

Frequent Co-Authors

Uttam Chand Banerjee
Uttam Chand Banerjee University of Waterloo
Saranjit Singh
Saranjit Singh McMaster University
Dharmarajan Sriram
Dharmarajan Sriram Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Gaurav Sharma
Gaurav Sharma University of Rochester
Rakesh K. Jain
Rakesh K. Jain Harvard University
Mark Cushman
Mark Cushman Purdue University West Lafayette
Perumal Yogeeswari
Perumal Yogeeswari Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Uwe Beifuss
Uwe Beifuss University of Hohenheim
Ernest Hamel
Ernest Hamel National Institutes of Health
Bimal K. Banik
Bimal K. Banik Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University

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