Dr. Ambuj Kumar Kushwaha

Faculty of Science

department-of-chemistry

Designation
Assistant Professor
Qualification
Ph.D. NET-JRF
Specialisation
Organic Chemistry
Research Interest:
Organic Synthesis, Photo induced Reactions, C-H Functionalization, Oxidative Coupling Reactions
Phone
7398573338
E-MAIL
ambuj.bhu.chemistry@gmail.com

Other Information

  1. Workshop/FDP Attended: 2
  1. Synergistic technological Training program utilizing the scientific and Infrastructure (STUTI) Material processing & Advanced material characterization techniques A One Week Training Program on R & D Equipment 27th May – 02nd June 2022, NIT Warangal, Telangana India.
  2. ACS 27th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference 13th – 15th June 2023 in Long Beach, California.
  1. Papers presented: 3
  1. National Symposium on Contemporary Trend and Future prospect of Functional Material (CTFM-2019) BHU Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 29th-30th November.
  2. International Conference on Sustainable Chemistry-2023 under Indo-German Partnership February 22-23, Organized by the Department of Chemistry, IIT INDORE Venue GARGI HALL Indore India.
  3. The International Conference on Emerging Trends in Catalysis & Synthesis (ETCS-2024) March 7–9, 2024 at IIT Kharagpur, India.
  1. Papers published: 12

 List of Publications

  1. A. K. Kushwaha, A. Kamal, P. Kumari, and S. Singh “Metal-Free Photoredox Catalyzed Sulfonylation of Phenylhydrazines with Thiols”, Organic Letters, 26, 18 (2024) 3796–3800. doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00849
  2. A. K. Kushwaha, A. Kamal, H. K. Singh, S. K. Maury, T. Mondal and S. Singh “Photoinduced, Metal-Free Hydroacylation of Aromatic Alkynes for Synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones via C(sp3 )-H Functionalization”, Organic Letters, 26, 7 (2024) 1416–1420. doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00031
  3. A. K. Kushwaha, S. K. Maury. A. Kamal, H.K. Singh, S. Pandey, and S. Singh. "Visible-light absorbing C–N cross-coupling for the synthesis of hydrazones involving C(sp2 )–H/ C(sp3 )– H functionalization", Chemical Communications, 59, 27 (2023) 4075-4078.
  4. A. K. Kushwaha, S. K. Maury. S. Kumari, A. Kamal, H.K. Singh, D. Kumar, “Visible Light Initiated Oxidative Coupling of Indole and Active Methylene Compounds Using Eosin Y as a Photocatalyst”, Synthesis, 54 (2022) A-K.
  5. S. Pandey, A. Kamal, A.K. Kushwaha, H. K. Singh, S. K. Maury, “Photo-triggered C-arylation of active-methylene compounds with diazonium salts via an electron donor-acceptor (EDA) complex”, Chemical Communications, 60 (2024) 1136-1139.
  6. S. Pandey, A. Singh, A.K. Kushwaha, S. Singh, “Photocatalyzed Synthesis of a Schiff Base via C–N Bond Formation: Benzyl Alcohol as Sustainable Surrogates of Aryl Aldehydes”, J. Org. Chem. 89, 17, (2024), 12576–12582.
  7. S.K. Maury, A.K. Kushwaha, A. Kamal, H.K. Singh, S. Singh, “Visible light triggered synthesis of spiro [indoline-3, 4′-quinoline] via oxidative coupling of indole with enaminone and malononitrile”, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1274 (2023) 134452.
  8. H.K. Singh, A. Kamal, S.K. Maury, A.K. Kushwaha, V. Srivastava, S. Singh, “A green synthesis of pyrimido [4, 5-b] quinolines and pyrido [2, 3-d] pyrimidines via a mechanochemical approach”, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 21 (2023) 4854-4862.
  9.  A. Kamal, H.K. Singh, S.K. Maury, A.K. Kushwaha, V. Srivastava, S. Singh, “Photo‐Triggered Synthesis of Sulfonamides in a Sustainable Solvent via Electron Donor‐Acceptor Complex”, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 12 (2023) e202200632.
  10. A. Kamal, H.K. Singh, S.K. Maury, S. Kumari, A.K. Kushwaha, V. Srivastava, S. Singh, “Visible Light-Driven Synthesis of Amine–Sulfonate Salt Derivatives: A Step towards Green Approach”, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1257 (2022) 132523.
  11. H.K. Singh, A. Kamal, S. Kumari, S.K. Maury, A.K. Kushwaha, V. Srivastava, S. Singh, “Visible‐Light‐Promoted Synthesis of Fusesd Imidazoheterocycle by Eosin Y under Metal‐ Free and Solvent‐Free Conditions”, Chemistry Select, 6 (2021) 13982-13991.
  12. S.K. Maury, S. Kumari, A.K. Kushwaha, A. Kamal, H.K. Singh, D. Kumar, S. Singh, “Grinding induced catalyst free, multicomponent synthesis of indoloindole pyrimidine”, Tetrahedron letters, 61 (2020) 152383.

 

 

Research Experience

July 2019 – May 2024 Doctoral student (Organic Synthesis) Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology- (BHU), Varanasi, India-221005 Thesis Title: “Photo-Induced Oxidative Coupling via C-H/S-H Functionalization”.

 

M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India-221005 Project Title: “Controlled Free Radical Polymerisation of Vinyl Monomer through RAFT Methodology”.