Prof. Kotha's Group
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India

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Our Lab (Organic Research Lab, no. 421) is situated at 3rd floor of Department of Chemistry. The lab is well equipped to conduct research in organic synthesis and synthetic methodology. 

Past and current group members

Ph. D.  students

(1)Mr. E. Brahmachary

(M.Sc. from Osmania University-Hyderabad)

Title of the thesis: Development of new methodologies for the synthesis of  conformationally constrained  unusual a-amino acid derivatives (Graduated 1999)

(2) Mr. N. Sreenivasachary

(M.Sc. from Osmania University-Hyderabad)   

 Title of the thesis:   Design of new building blocks for the synthesis of unusual a-amino acid derivatives  (Graduated 2000).

(3) Mr. R. Sivakumar

(M.Sc. from University of Madras, Chennai)      

 Title of the thesis:  A Novel synthetic approach to dodecahedrane  (Graduated  2001).

(4) Mr. E. Manivannan .

(M.Sc. from University of Madras, Chennai)  

Title of the thesis: Synthesis and reactions of polycyclic systems. Part I. Allylation of caged ketones and its application  to [6]peristylane. Part II.  New synthetic approach to spirocyclics (Graduated 2001).

(5) Mr. S. Halder

(M.Sc. from Burdwan University, Burdwan)

 Title of the thesis:   Development of new methodologies for the synthesis of constrained phenylalanine derivatives (Graduated  2002).

(6) Ms. K. Lahiri

(nee'Chakraborty) 

(M.Sc. from Burdwan University, Burdwan)

 Title of the thesis:  Synthesis of benzocyclobutene derivatives,  C3-symmetric molecules and unusual peptides via the Suzuki-Miyura coupling reaction (Graduated  2002).

(7) Mr. M. Behera

(M.Sc from Sambalpur University, Sambalpur)

  Title of the thesis:  Synthesis of tetraphenylmethane derivatives, dibenzylglycines and allylated aromatics via the Suzuki-Miyura coupling reaction (Graduated in 2003).

(8) Mr. A. K. Ghosh 

(M.Sc. from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan )

Title of the thesis: Cycloaddition approach to constrained a-amino acid derivatives and the synthesis of 9,10 diarylanthracenes via Suzuki coupling reaction (Graduated in 2003).

(9) Mr. A. C.Deb            .

(M.Sc. from  NEHU, Shillong)

 Title of the thesis:  New synthetic approches to spirocyclics (Graduated in 2004).
(10) Mr. D. Kasinath (M.Sc. from Osmania University, Hyderabad)
Title of the thesis: Synthesis of C3-symmetric polyaromatic compounds and functionalized benzocrowns via the trimerization, Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling and Diels-Alder reactions as key steps (Graduated in 2005).
(11) Mr. K. Mandal (M.Sc. from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan )
Title of the thesis: Synthesis of Polycyclics and Unusual a-Amino Acid Derivatives via Olefin Metathesis (Graduated in 2006).
(12) Mr. S. Banerjee  (M.Sc. from  IIT, Roorkee)
Title of the thesis: Synthetic Approaches to Novel Polycycles via The Diels-Alder Reaction (Graduated in 2007).
(13) Mr. K. Singh  ( M.Sc. from  IIT, Roorkee)
Title of the thesis: Synthetic Approaches to Novel Heterocycles and Carbocycles via Metathesis (Graduated in 2007).
(14) Mr. V. Shah   (M.Sc. from M. S. University, Baroda, Vadodara)
Title of the thesis: Strategic Utilization of Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction and Ring-Closing Metathesis in Organic Synthesis (Graduated in 2008).
(15) Ms. P. Khedkar (M.Sc. from Amaravati University, Amaravati)
Title of the thesis: Application of Rongalite and Ring-Closing Metathesis in Organic Synthesis (Submitted in 2008).
(16) Mr. M. K. Dipak  (M.Sc. from Acharya Vinoba Bhave University, Jharkhand )
Research Topic: Application of Metathesis in Organic Synthesis (Submitted in 2008)
(17) Ms. A. Tiwari ( M. Sc. from Lucknow University, Lucknow)
Research Topic: Design of Polycyclics via Metathesis
(18) Ms. N. G. Krishna ( M.Sc. from  Pune University, Pune)
Research Topic: Development of New Synthetic Methods
(19)Mr. S. Vittal  ( M.Sc. from  Osmania University, Hyderabad))
Research Topic: Application of metathesis in organic synthesis
(20) Ms. S. Misra (M.Sc. from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra )
Research Topic: Application of Rongalite in Organic Synthesis
(21)Mr. A. S. Chavan (M.Sc. from Shivaji University Kolhapur )
Research Topic: Olefin metathesis in organic synthesis
(22) Ms. D. Bansal (M.Sc. from Panjab University - Chandigarh)
Research Topic: Application of Metathesis in Organic Synthesis
(23) Mr. M. P. Meshram (M.Sc. from Amaravati University, Amaravati) )
Research Topic: Development of new synthetic methods
   

Former Post-doctoral students

  1. Dr. T. Ganesh (Ph. D. from Osmania University-Hyderabad)

  2. Dr. R. Vinod Kumar (Ph. D. from JNTU-Hyderabad)

  3. Dr. S. Kumar (Ph. D. from Bombay University-Mumbai)

Current Post-doctoral students

  1. Dr. K. Lahiri (Ph. D. from IIT-Bombay)
  2. Dr. D. Nagaraj (Ph. D. from Kakatiya University, Warangal)

Former M. Sc Students

(1) Mr. S. Jothi, (2) Mr. G. Giridharnan, (3) Ms. R. Deshpande, (4) Mr. S. R. Subbiah, (5) Ms. M. S. Subhashi, (6) Mr. A. Mehta, (7) Mr. C. Chatterjee, (8) Mr. A. P. Suresh Babu, (9) Ms. S. Bhattacharjee (10) Mr. P. Chakrabarty, (11) Mr. T. Kesharwani, (12) Mr. A. Singh, (13) Mr. Vinayak Rane, (14) Mr. Arnab  Pal, (15) Mr. Manas Banik, (16) Mr. T. T. Rao, (17) Ms. M. Sridevi, (18) Mr. Rajkumar Das,(19)Mr. Vaibhav Shukla
Present M. Sc student
  1. Mr. U. Basu

 

Former Project Students
  1. Mr. S. Masood Husain   (Purusing  Ph.D. in Germany)
  2. Mr. M. Raihan (Purusing  Ph.D. in Taiwan)

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