School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences College of Science

Higher-Education

• PhD, Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 2004

Research Overview

The Bandyopadhyay lab pursues a wide range of research interests that include food/agricultural materials, natural products, green & medicinal organic chemistry. Specific efforts have been inspired by botanicals with an emphasis on the identification of phytochemicals and phytoceuticals from marine and plant resources including fruits and vegetables as they relate to human health and diseases. One of the major foci of his research is to determine the composition, structure, and properties of bio-privileged molecules that are present in various natural resources including food/agricultural/forestry waste through extraction, fractionation, isolation, and characterization with broader impact in the fields ranging from industrially privileged chemicals to pharmacologically relevant compounds. Besides, his lab is also aimed at understanding some of the basic features of protein-ligand interactions in the design, in silico validation, and synthesis of novel small molecule inhibitors as well as chemical modification of bio-products leading to the synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). Research related to functional foods, phytonutrients, and aroma compounds to identify a new chemical entity (NCE) is also his point of interest. The Bandyopadhyay lab is committed to environmental safety. Consequently, new methodology development following eco-friendly routes is investigated. Along the way, group members will be involved in various aspects of drug development research that comprised of functional foods and botanicals, chemical modification of natural products to develop new semi-synthetic compounds with higher potency and reduced toxicity (side effects), design and synthesis of inhibitors as anticancer agents, as well as the development of greener methodologies aiming to the synthesis of novel pharmacophores.

Publications

International Patent

• Debasish Bandyopadhyay. Preparation of substituted pyridinyl azetidinone derivatives for use in treating cancer and other diseases. International Patent Number: WO 2019227040, A1 (International Application Number: PCT/US2019/033996). Priority Data: 62/676,603: May 25, 2018, US 2018-62676603. Accession Number: 2019:2256963, CAN 172:25234.

Book (Edited) & Book Chapters

• Bimal K. Banik, and Debasish Bandyopadhyay (Editors). Advances in Microwave Chemistry, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, Boca Raton, Florida 33487, USA [ISBN 9780815375197 (Print); 9781351240499 (eBook)]. The book has 534 Pages and 496 B/W Illustrations. Published on December 07, 2018.
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Bimal K. Banik, Microwave-induced Synthesis of Medicinally Privileged Heterocycles In Green Synthetic Approaches for Biologically Relevant Heterocycles. Editor: G. Brahmachari (2nd Edition) Volume 1: Advanced Synthetic Techniques, Chapter 3, 2021, Elsevier, Oxford, United Kingdom (In Production).
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Felipe Gonzalez, Anti-cancer Agents from Natural Sources In Promising Drug Molecules of Natural Origin, Eds. Rohit Dutt, Anil K. Sharma, Raj K. Keservani, and Vandana Garg. Chapter 5, pp.83-162, 2020. [Apple Academic Press (Taylor & Francis Group), CRC Press], Boca Raton, Florida 33487-2742 USA. [ISBN: 978-1-77188-886-8 (Printed), ISBN: 978-1-00301-039-5 (e-book)].
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Valeria Garcia, and Felipe Gonzalez, Heterocyclic Drugs from Plants In Promising Drug Molecules of Natural Origin, Eds. Rohit Dutt, Anil K. Sharma, Raj K. Keservani, and Vandana Garg. Chapter 8, pp. 215-270 (56 pages), 2020. [Apple Academic Press (Taylor & Francis Group), CRC Press], Boca Raton, Florida 33487-2742 USA. [ISBN: 978-1-77188-886-8 (Printed), ISBN: 978- 1-00301-039-5 (e-book)].
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Gabriel Lopez, Stephanie Cantu, Samantha Balboa, Annabel Garcia, Christina Silva, Diandra Valdes. In Chemistry Research and Applications (Vol. 2): Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Chapter 9; Key Enzymes in Cancer: Mechanism of Action and Inhibition with Anticancer Agents. 2018,Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, New York, USA (ISBN: 978-1-53614-855-8).
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik, Microwaves in Lactam Chemistry In Advances in Microwave-Assisted Chemistry, 2018, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, Boca Raton, Florida 33487, USA [ISBN9780815375197 (Print); 9781351240499 (eBook)].
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Curcumin: A folklore remedy from the kitchen on the way to clinic as cancer drug In Horizons in Cancer Research, 2014, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, New York, USA, pp.1- 42 (ISSN: 2159-1326; ISBN: 978-1-63463-247-8).
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Bimal K. Banik, Microwave-induced Synthesis of Heterocycles of Medicinal Interests In Green Synthetic Approaches for Biologically Relevant Heterocycles, Editor: G. Brahmachari. Chapter 19, 2014, Elsevier, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 517-557 (ISBN: 978-0-12-800070-0).

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Kush K. Maheshwari, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, “Heterocycles in the Treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases." Curr. Med. Chem., 2021, 28(3), 472-495 [PMID:32072886; DOI:10.2174/0929867327666200219141652]. https://doi.org/10.2174/0929867327666200219141652
• Precious Okwuchukwu, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, “Sultams as Medicinally Privileged Molecules: Synthesis and Mechanisms of Action.” Mini-Rev. Med. Chem., 2020, 20, 2193-2206. [PMID:32682375; DOI:10.2174/1389557520666200719015234]. https://doi.org/10.2174/1389557520666200719015234
• Subrata Laskar, Omar Espino, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, “Isolation, solid-state structure determination, in silicoand in vitroanticancer evaluation of an indole amino acid alkaloid L-Abrine”. Curr. Cancer Drug Targets.2019, 19(9), 707–715(This paper was highlighted as Front Cover featured article).[PMID:30636612; DOI:10.2174/1568009619666190111111937]. https://doi.org/10.2174/1568009619666190111111937
• Bo Garza, Alondra Echeverria, Felipe Gonzalez, Orlando Castillo, Thomas Eubanks, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, “Phytochemical investigation of Magnolia grandifloragreen seed cones: Analytical and phytoceutical studies”. Food Sci. Nutri.2019, 7, 1761-1767. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Ffsn3.1016
• Estefania Alexandre, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, “Growth Factors in the Human Body: A Conceptual Update”. Cohesive J. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2019, 2(5), Article# CJMI.000546.2019.
  Raisa Ramirez, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, “Pharmacological Aspects of Resveratrol”. Biomed. J. Sci. & Tech. Res.2019, 16(2), Article# 002815. http://dx.doi.org/10.26717/BJSTR.2019.16.002815
• Cristian J. Rosales, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, “Vitamin D: Controversy, cancer and beyond”. J. Nutri. Bio.2018, 4(1), 236–243. https://doi.org/10.18314/jnb.v4i2.1374
  Cristina E. Raya, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, “Glutathione: A small molecule with big sense”. Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Res.2018, 4(5), 39–44.
• Fabián Olazarán-Santibáñez, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Pilar Carranza-Rosales, Gildardo Rivera,Isaías Balderas-Rentería, “Stereochemical preference toward oncotarget: Design, synthesis and in vitroanticancer evaluation of diastereomeric β-lactams”. Oncotarget 2017, 8(23), 37773–37782. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.18077
• Sushobhan Ukil, Subrata Laskar, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, “Isolation, purification and partial characterization of Crotalaria pallidaAiton seed proteins”. Int. J.Pept.Res. Ther. 2017, 23(4), 461–467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10989-017-9578-4
• Fabian E. Olazaran, Carlos A. Garcia-Perez, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Isaias Balderas-Renteria, Angel D. Reyes-Figueroa, Lars Henschke, Gildardo Rivera, “Theoretical and experimental study of polycyclic aromatic compounds as β-tubulin inhibitors”, J. Mol. Model.2017, 23(3), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-017-3256-5
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik, “Synthesis of medicinally privileged heterocycles through dielectric heating”, Curr. Med. Chem.2017, 24(41),4596-4626. This article was selected for press release by EurekAlert/AAAS, Bentham Science Publishers, BIONITY.com and CHEMEUROPE.com https://doi.org/10.2174/0929867324666170223152137
• Claudia A. Almaraz, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, “Cytidine deaminase as a molecular target in cancer: an insight”. Cancer Cell Microenviron.2017, 4: e1584.
• Prakash T. Parvatkar, P. S.Parameswaran, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-induced Bismuth(III)-catalyzed Synthesis of Linear Indoloquinolines”. Tetrahedron Lett.2017, 58(30), 2948–2951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.06.040
• Prakash Parvatkar, P. Parameswaran, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-assisted iodine-catalyzed rapid synthesis of 6H-indolo[2,3-b]quinolones: Formal synthesis of cryptotackieine”. Curr. Microwave Chem. 2017, 4(3),238–241. https://doi.org/10.2174/2213335604666170412162854
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Selina Samano, Juan C. Villalobos-Rocha, Luvia E. Sanchez-Torres, Benjamín Nogueda-Torres, Gildardo Rivera, Bimal K. Banik, “A practical green synthesis, and biological evaluation of benzimidazoles against tropical diseases: Chagas andLeishmaniasis”, Curr. Med. Chem.2017,24(41), 4714–4725. https://doi.org/10.2174/0929867325666171201101807
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Ashley Chavez, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-Induced Bismuth Salts-Mediated Synthesis of Molecules of Medicinal Interests”, Curr. Med. Chem.2017, 24(41),4677–4713. https://doi.org/10.2174/0929867324666170320121142
• Thelma Salazar, Andres Gonzalez, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, “Dihydropyridines as calcium channel blockers: An overview”. J. Anal. Pharm. Res.2017, 5(4): 00148. https://doi.org/10.15406/japlr.2017.05.00148
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Bimal K. Banik,“A Selective, Expeditious and Sustainable Entry en Route to Benzopyrazines and bis-Benzopyrazines”,Comb. Chem. High T. Scr.2015, 18, 53–62. This article ranked 1stfrom the same field among 20 top-cited papers in the world in 2015. https://doi.org/10.2174/1386207318666150131125053
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Jorge L. Sanchez, Adrian M. Guerrero, Fang-Mei Chang, Jose C. Granados, John D. Short, Bimal K. Banik, “Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel pyrenyl derivatives as anticancer agents”, Eur. J. Med. Chem., 2015, 89, 851–862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.09.072
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, “Farmer to pharmacist: Curcumin as an anti-invasive and antimetastatic agent for the treatment of cancer”, Front.Chem.,2014, 2, Article#113. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2014.00113
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Lauren C. Smith, Daniel Garcia, Ram N. Yadav, and Bimal K. Banik, “An expeditious green route toward 2-aryl-4-phenyl-1H-imidazoles”, Org. Med. Chem. Lett, 2014, 4:9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13588-014-0009-7
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Gildardo Rivera, Jorge L. Sanchez, Jesse Rivera, Jose C. Granados, Adrian M. Guerrero, Fang-Mei Chang, Robert K. Dearth, John D. Short, and Bimal K. Banik, “Bismuth nitrate-induced novel nitration of estradiol: An entry to newanticancer agents”, Eur. J. Med. Chem., 2014, 82, 574–583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.06.010
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Artemio Zavala, and Bimal K. Banik, “Organocatalyzed green synthesis of 2,3-dihydropyrazines en route to medicinally privileged novel polyheterocyclic systems” , Current Organocatalysis, 2014, 1, 59-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/22133372114016660001
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Jessica Cruz, Liza D. Morales, Hadi D. Arman, Erica Cuate, Young S. Lee, Dae J. Kim, Bimal K. Banik.“A green approach toward quinoxalines and bis-quinoxalines and their biological evaluation against A431, human skin cancer cell lines”, Future Med. Chem., 2013, 5, 1377–1390. https://doi.org/10.4155/fmc.13.101
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Irani Biswas, Subrata Laskar, Bidyut Basak.“Evaluation of single electron transfer reduction products of 3-oxoindoles as antibacterial agents”,Int.J.Pharm.Pharm.Sci.,2013, 5 (Suppl 3), 447–450. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/tipr/v8/9821D
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Elvira Rhodes, and Bimal K. Banik, “A green, chemoselective, and practical approach toward N-(2-azetidinonyl) 2,5-disubstituted pyrroles”,RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 16756–16764 https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA42266F
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, SanghamitraMukherjee, Jose C. Granados, John D. Short, Bimal K. Banik, “Ultrasound-assisted bismuth nitrate-induced green synthesis of novel pyrrole derivatives and their biological evaluation as anticancer agents”, Eur. J. Med. Chem., (2012), 50, 209–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2012.01.055
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Jessica Cruz, Ram N. Yadav, Bimal K. Banik. “An expeditious iodine-catalyzed synthesis of 3-pyrrole-substituted 2-azetidinones”, Molecules (2012), 17(10),11570-11584. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules171011570
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Jessica Cruz, Bimal K. Banik. “Novel synthesis of 3-pyrrole substituted β-lactams via microwave-induced bismuth nitrate-catalyzed reaction”,Tetrahedron (2012), 68,10686-10695.This paper was selected for “Tetrahedron: Symposium-In-Print”issue. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.06.009
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik, “Bismuth nitrate-induced microwave-assisted expeditious synthesis of vanillin from curcumin”, Org. Med. Chem. Lett., (2012), 2:15 (doi:10.1186/2191-2858-2-15). https://doi.org/10.1186/2191-2858-2-15
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, SanghamitraMukherjee, Luis C. Turrubiartes, Bimal K. Banik, “Ultrasound-assisted aza-Michael reaction in water: A green procedure”, Ultrason. Sonochem., (2012), 19, 969-973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2011.11.009
• Mandira Banik, Bianca Ramirez, Ashwini Reddy,Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik,“Polystyrenesulfonate-catalyzed synthesis of novel pyrroles through Paal-Knorr reaction”, Org. Med. Chem. Lett., (2012), 2:11(doi:10.1186/2191-2858-2-11). https://doi.org/10.1186/2191-2858-2-11
• Rosario A.V. Cárdenas, Blanca O.Q. Leal, Ashwini Reddy,Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-assisted polystyrenesulfonate-catalyzed synthesis of novel pyrroles”, Org. Med. Chem. Lett., (2012), 2:24(doi:10.1186/2191-2858-2-24). https://doi.org/10.1186/2191-2858-2-24
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Stephanie Maldonado, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-assisted bismuth nitrate-catalyzed unique route toward 1,4-dihydropyridines”, Molecules, (2012), 17, 2643-2662. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules17032643
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Jose C. Granados, John D. Short, Bimal K. Banik, “Polycyclic aromatic compounds as anticancer agents: Evaluation of synthesis and in vitrocytotoxicity”, OncologyLetters, (2012), 3 (1), 45-49 (This paper washighlighted as Front-Cover featured article). https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2011.436
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Marco Yanez, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-induced stereoselectivity of β-lactam formation: effects of solvents”, Heterocycl. Lett., (2011), 1 (Spl. Issue, July), 65-67.
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Juliana M. Velazquez, Bimal K. Banik, “A truly green synthesis of α-aminonitriles viaStrecker reaction”, Org. Med. Chem. Lett., (2011), 1: 11(doi: 10.1186/2191-2858-1-11). https://doi.org/10.1186/2191-2858-1-11
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Yvette Mora, Jesús A. Treviño Cantu, Bimal K. Banik, “An easy and straightforward route for the synthesis of disubstituted imidazoles”, Heterocycl. Lett., (2011),1 (Spl. Issue, July), 61-63.
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Rene S. Fonseca, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-induced bismuth nitrate-mediated selective hydrolysis of amides”, Heterocycl. Lett., (2011), 1 (Spl. Issue, July), 75-77 https://dx.doi.org/10.3390%2Fmolecules17032643
• Luis Canales, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik, “Bismuth nitrate pentahydrate-induced novel nitration of Eugenol” Org. Med. Chem. Lett., (2011), 1:9 (doi:10.1186/2191-2858-1-9). https://doi.org/10.1186/2191-2858-1-9
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Stephanie Maldonado, Bimal K. Banik, “Phosphoric acid catalyzed aza-Michael reaction in water: an ecofriendly procedure”, Heterocycl. Lett., (2011),1 (Spl. Issue, July), 13-16.
• Sonya Rivera, Laura Iglesias, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-induced bismuth nitrate-catalyzed electrophilic substitution of indole with keto ester under slovent-free conditions”, Heterocycl. Lett., (2011), 1 (Spl. Issue, July), 73-74.
• Pizush Kanti Biswas, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Thierry Prangé, Alain Neuman and Avijit Banerji, “A Remarkable Stereocontrol in 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Acyclic Nitrones: Investigation of the Cycloaddition of C,N-Diaryl Nitrones to Methyl Cinnamate under Different Reaction Conditions”, Synthetic Commun., (2011), 41 (8), 1146-1159. https://doi.org/10.1080/00397911003797858
• Sonya Rivera,Debasish Bandyopadhyay,Bimal K. Banik,“Microwave-induced bismuth nitrate-catalyzed electrophilic substitution of 7-aza indole with activated carbonyl compound under solvent-free conditions”, Heterocycl. Lett., (2011), 1 (Spl. Issue, July), 43-46.
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-induced bismuth nitrate-catalyzed expeditious enamination of β-dicarbonyl compounds under solvent-freeconditions”, Heterocycl. Lett., (2011), 1 (Spl. Issue, July), 17-21.
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Manas Banerjee, Subrata Laskar, Bidyut Basak, “Asimafoetidnol: a new Sesquiterpenoid Coumarin from the gum resin of Ferulaassa-foetida L.”, Nat. Product Commun., (2011), 6 (2), 209-212.
• Rosemarie Andoh-Baidoo, Robert Danso, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, DebasishBandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-induced N-bromosuccinimide-mediated novel synthesis of pyrroles via Paal-Knorr reaction”, Heterocycl. Lett., (2011), 1 (Spl. Issue, July), 107-109.
• Dina Abrego, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-induced Indium-catalyzed Synthesis of Pyrrole fused with Indolinone in Water”, Heterocycl. Lett., (2011), 1 (2), 94-95.
• Laura Iglesias, Calista Aguilar, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik, “A New Bismuth Nitrate-Catalyzed Electrophilic Substitution of Indoles with Carbonyl Compounds Under Solventless Conditions”, Synthetic Commun., (2010), 40 (24), 3678-3682. https://doi.org/10.1080/00397910903531631
• Antara Banik, Sahil Bhatta, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik, “A Highly Efficient Bismuth Salts-Catalyzed Route for the Synthesis of α-Aminophosphonates”, Molecules, (2010), 15, 8205-8213. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules15118205
• Andrea Kall, Debasish Bandyopadhyayand Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-induced Aza-Michael Reaction in Water: A Remarkable Simple Procedure”, Synthetic Commun., (2010), 42 (12), 1730-1735. https://doi.org/10.1080/00397910903134634
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Bimal K. Banik, “An Expeditious Synthesis of N-substituted Pyrroles via Microwave-induced Iodine-catalyzed reaction Under Solventless Conditions”, Molecules, (2010), 15, 2520-2525. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules15042520
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Robert R. Rodriguez, Bimal K. Banik, “An Effective Microwave-induced Iodine-Catalyzed Method for the Synthesis of Quinoxalines via Condensation of 1,2-Dicarbonyl Compounds”, Molecules, (2010), 15, 4207-4212. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules15064207
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-Induced Stereoselectivity of b-Lactam Formation with Dihydrophenanthrenyl Imines via StaudingerCycloaddition”, Helv. Chim. Acta., (2010), 93 (2), 298-301.
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Gildardo Rivera, Isabel Salinas, Hector Aguilar, Bimal K. Banik, “Iodine-Catalyzed Remarkable Synthesis of Novel N-Polyaromatic β-Lactams Bearing Pyrroles”, Molecules, (2010), 15, 1082-1088. (This paper ranked 4thfrom the same field among 10 top-cited papers in the world in 2010). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390%2Fmolecules15021082
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Antara Banik, Sahil Batta, Bimal K. Banik, “Microwave-Assisted Ruthenium Trichloride Catalyzed Synthesis of Pyrroles Fused with Indole Systems”, Heterocycl.Commun., (2009), 15 (2), 121-122. https://doi.org/10.1515/HC.2009.15.2.121
• Gildardo R. Sánchez, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sonam Jaggi, R. Christopher Gonzales, Bimal K. Banik, “An Expeditious Synthesis of 3-Amino b-Lactams Derived from Polyaromatic Compounds”, Heterocycl.Commun., (2009), 15 (5), 323-325. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/HC.2009.15.5.323
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Monica Xavier and Bimal. K. Banik, “Highly Stereoselective b-Lactam Synthesis via the Staudinger Reaction Using Polyaromatic Imines”, Heterocycl.Commun., (2009), 15 (3), 229-231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/HC.2009.15.3.229
• Avijit Banerji, Pizush Kanti Biswas, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Maya Gupta, Thierry Prangé, Alain Neuman. “Synthetic Studies on 2H-Thiopyran Compounds ― A Reinvestigation of the Reaction between Benzaldehydes and Sodium Sulfide”,Phosphorus Sulfur Silicon and Related Elements, (2009), 184 (12), 3199-3211. https://doi.org/10.1080/10426500902717523
• Sonya Rivera, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bimal K. Banik, “Facile Synthesis of N-Substituted Pyrroles Via Microwave-Induced Bismuth Nitrate-catalyzed Reaction Under Solventless Conditions”, Tetrahedron Lett., (2009), 50, 5445-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.06.002
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bidyut Basak,Anupam Nayak, Avijit Banerji, Julie Banerji, Asima Chatterjee. “N-(4-Methylphenyl) benzenepropanamide -The First Isolated Amide from the Genus Paederia”, Nat. Product Commun.(2007), 2(7), 753-754. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1934578X0700200709
• Asima Chatterjee, Utpal Dutta, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Anupam Nayak, Bidyut Basak, Avijit Banerji, Julie Banerji. “An Overview on the Genus Nardostachys”, Nat. Product Commun. (2007), 2(11), 1163-1173. https://doi.org/10.1177/1934578X0700201124
• Avijit Banerji, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bidyut Basak, Pizush Kanti Biswas, Julie Banerji, Asima Chatterjee. “An Entry to the Synthesis of Novel Nitrogen Macroheterocycles”. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.(2007), 80 (6), 1199-1201. https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.80.1199
• Avijit Banerji, Pizush Kanti Biswas, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Maya Gupta, Thierry Prangé, Alain Neuman. “1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions: Investigation of Cycloadditions of C-Aryl-N-(4-chlorophenyl) nitrones to N-cinnamoyl piperidines”. J. Heterocycl. Chem.(2007), 44 (1), 137-143. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jhet.5570440122
• Avijit Banerji, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Piyali Sengupta, BidyutBasak, Thierry Prangé, Alain Neuman. “The First Report of Unusual Flipping of the Cycloadducts from 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of 3,4,5,6-Tetrahydropyridine N-Oxide to N-Cinnamoyl Piperidines”. Tetrahedron Lett.(2006), 47 (23), 3827-3830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.03.168
• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bidyut Basak, Asima Chatterjee, Tapan K. Lai, Avijit Banerji, Julie Banerji, Alain Neuman, Thierry Prangé. “Saradaferin, a new Sesquiterpenoid Coumarin from Ferula assafoetida”. Nat. Product Res.(2006), 20 (10), 961-965. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786410600823431
• Avijit Banerji,Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bidyut Basak, Thierry Prangé, Alian Neuman. “Structure Elucidation and X-ray Crystallographic Study of 3-(Naphth-1-ylmethyl)indole”. J. Struct. Chem.(2005), 46 (5), 906-912. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10947-006-0217-8
• Avijit Banerji, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bidyut Basak, Pizush Kanti Biswas, Julie Banerji, Asima Chatterjee. “A New Route to the Synthesis of indolo[2,3-a]carbazoles”. Chem.Lett.(2005), 34 (11), 1500-1501. https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.2005.1500
• Avijit Banerji, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bidyut Basak, Kumar R. Sur, Jyoti N. Paul, Julie Banerji, Asima Chatterjee. “Effect of Sodium Naphthalenide, a key SET reagent, on Trifluoroacetyl Derivatives”. Tetrahedron Lett.(2005), 46 (41), 7033-7035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.08.052
• Bidyut Basak, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Avijit Banerji, Julie Banerji, Asima Chatterjee. “Application of Ninhydrin for Detection of Silylated Amino Acids”. J. Planar Chromatography-Modern TLC(2005), 18 (103), 251-252. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/JPC.18.2005.3.17
• Avijit Banerji, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Thierry Prangé, Alain Neuman. “Unexpected Cycloadducts from 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of 3,4-Dehydromorpholine N-oxide to N-Cinnamoyl Piperidines―First Report of the Novel Formation of 2:1 cycloadducts”. Tetrahedron Lett.(2005), 46 (15), 2619-2622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.02.083
• B. Basak, D. Bandyopadhyay, M. Patra, A. Banerji, A. Chatterjee, J. Banerji. “Role of Sulfur Compounds in the Detection of Amino Acids by Ninhydrin on TLC Plate”.J. Chromatographic Sc.(2005), 43 (2), 104-105.
• Avijit Banerji, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bidyut Basak. “Effect of Sodium Naphthalenide, a key SET reagent, on 3-Substituted Indoles”. Heterocycles(2004), 63 (10), 2371-2377. https://dx.doi.org/10.3987/COM-04-10142
• Avijit Banerji, Debasish Bandyopadhyay. “Recent Advances in the 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions of Nitrones”. J. Ind.Chem. Soc.(2004), 81(10), 817-832. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.200532271
• Avijit Banerji, Rita Ray, Sudhir C. Pal, Debasis Banerji, Kaustabh K. Maiti. “Metal Reagents in Organic Reactions. Part VI. Oxidation of Indoles with Thallium (III) acetate”.J. Ind.Chem. Soc.(1998), 75(10-12), 698-704.

Present Courses

• CHEM 2323 – Organic Chemistry I
• CHEM 2325 – Organic Chemistry II
• UNIV 4000 – Directed Research
• BIOL 4201– Biology Problem I
• BIOL 4202– Biology Problem II
• CHEM 4201– Chemistry Problem I
• CHEM 4202– Chemistry Problem II
• CHEM 4316 – Medicinal Chemistry
• CHEM 4378 – Special Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
• CHEM 6330 – Special Topics in Organic Medicinal Chemistry
• CHEM 7300 – Thesis I
• CHEM 7301 – Thesis II