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D-Index
73
Citations
16656
World Ranking
5060
National Ranking
50

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Brindaban C. Ranu is affiliated with the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in India. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions in Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry.

Their work encompasses various subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Inorganic Chemistry, and Toxicology. Key topics explored in their research include Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques, Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, Radical Photochemical Reactions, Organoselenium and Organotellurium Chemistry, as well as Synthesis and Biological Evaluation.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Brindaban C. Ranu are:

  • Mechanochemically Induced Cross Dehydrogenative Coupling Reactions under Ball Milling, 2022, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Direct Asymmetric Arylation of Imines, 2020, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Mechanochemical synthesis of coumarins via Pechmann condensation under solvent-free conditions: an easy access to coumarins and annulated pyrano[2,3-f] and [3,2-f]indoles, 2022, Green Chemistry
  • Synthesis of Organosulfur and Related Heterocycles under Mechanochemical Conditions, 2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Pillararenes as Promising Carriers for Drug Delivery, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brindaban C. Ranu include:

  • Grigory V. Zyryanov
  • Sougata Santra
  • Igor S. Коvalev
  • Tubai Ghosh
  • Dmitry S. Kopchuk

Their research findings are regularly published in scientific journals such as:

  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Polymers
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Materials

Best Publications

  • Ionic liquid as catalyst and reaction medium. The dramatic influence of a task-specific ionic liquid, [bmIm]OH, in Michael addition of active methylene compounds to conjugated ketones, carboxylic esters, and nitriles.

    Brindaban C. Ranu;Subhash Banerjee

  • Indium(III) chloride-catalyzed one-pot synthesis of dihydropyrimidinones by a three-component coupling of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, aldehydes, and urea: an improved procedure for the Biginelli reaction.

    Brindaban C. Ranu;and Alakananda Hajra;Umasish Jana

  • General Procedure for the Synthesis of α-Amino Phosphonates from Aldehydes and Ketones Using Indium(III) Chloride as a Catalyst

    Brindaban C. Ranu;and Alakananda Hajra;Umasish Jana

  • Ionic liquid as catalyst and reaction medium – a simple, efficient and green procedure for Knoevenagel condensation of aliphatic and aromatic carbonyl compounds using a task-specific basic ionic liquid

    Brindaban C. Ranu;Ranjan Jana

  • Indium Metal and Its Halides in Organic Synthesis

    Brindaban C. Ranu

  • Copper Nanoparticle‐Catalyzed Carbon ? Carbon and Carbon ? Heteroatom Bond Formation with a Greener Perspective

    Brindaban C. Ranu;Raju Dey;Tanmay Chatterjee;Sabir Ahammed

  • Solvent-free one-pot synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole derivatives by the ‘Click’ reaction of alkyl halides or aryl boronic acids, sodium azide and terminal alkynes over a Cu/Al2O3 surface under ball-milling

    Nirmalya Mukherjee;Sabir Ahammed;Sukalyan Bhadra;Brindaban C. Ranu

  • Indium(III) Chloride-Promoted Rearrangement of Epoxides: A Selective Synthesis of Substituted Benzylic Aldehydes and Ketones

    Brindaban C. Ranu;Umasish Jana

  • Highly chemoselective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds by copper nanoparticles/ammonium formate.

    Amit Saha;Brindaban Ranu

  • Indium(I) iodide-promoted cleavage of diaryl diselenides and disulfides and subsequent condensation with alkyl or acyl halides. One-pot efficient synthesis of diorganyl selenides, sulfides, selenoesters, and thioesters

    Brindaban C. Ranu;Tanmay Mandal

  • An improved procedure for the three-component synthesis of highly substituted pyridines using ionic liquid.

    Brindaban C. Ranu;Ranjan Jana;S. Sowmiah

  • Significant rate acceleration of the aza-Michael reaction in water

    Brindaban C. Ranu;Subhash Banerjee

  • Ball milling: an efficient and green approach for asymmetric organic syntheses

    Ilya N. Egorov;Sougata Santra;Dmitry S. Kopchuk;Igor S. Kovalev

  • Catalysis by an ionic liquid: efficient conjugate addition of thiols to electron deficient alkenes catalyzed by molten tetrabutylammonium bromide under solvent-free conditions

    Brindaban C Ranu;Suvendu S Dey;Alakananda Hajra

  • Microwave-assisted simple synthesis of quinolines from anilines and alkyl vinyl ketones on the surface of silica gel in the presence of indium(III) chloride

    Brindaban C Ranu;Alakananda Hajra;Umasish Jana

  • Microwave-assisted simple and efficient ligand free copper nanoparticle catalyzed aryl-sulfur bond formation

    Brindaban C. Ranu;Amit Saha;Ranjan Jana

  • Ionic liquid as catalyst and solvent: the remarkable effect of a basic ionic liquid, [bmIm]OH on Michael addition and alkylation of active methylene compounds

    Brindaban C. Ranu;Subhash Banerjee;Ranjan Jana

  • Highly selective reduction of nitroarenes by iron(0) nanoparticles in water.

    Raju Dey;Nirmalya Mukherjee;Sabir Ahammed;Brindaban C. Ranu

  • Catalysis by ionic liquid: a simple, green and efficient procedure for the Michael addition of thiols and thiophosphate to conjugated alkenes in ionic liquid, [pmIm]Br

    Brindaban C Ranu;Suvendu S Dey

  • One-Pot Reductive Amination of Conjugated Aldehydes and Ketones with Silica Gel and Zinc Borohydride

    Brindaban C. Ranu;and Adinath Majee;Arunkanti Sarkar

Frequent Co-Authors

Alakananda Hajra
Alakananda Hajra Visva-Bharati University
Bojja Sreedhar
Bojja Sreedhar Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
Tomas Hudlicky
Tomas Hudlicky Brock University
Dennis J. Stuehr
Dennis J. Stuehr Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

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