IIT Indore
List of Selected Publications:
  • [86] Organocatalyzed diastereoselective cyclization of ß-alkyl nitroolefins with alkylidene malononitriles: new approach to azetidine nitrones and isoxazoles, Shikha S. Rathor, Ashvani K. Patel and Sampak Samanta, Organic Chemistry Frontiers , 2024, doi.org/10.1039/D3QO01979A.

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  • [85] Copper(I)-Photocatalyzed Diastereoselective Aziridination of N-Sulfonyl Imines with Vinyl Azides: Application to Benzo[f][1,2,3]oxathiazepines Dioxides and Fused Isoxazolines, S Banuprakash Goud, Raja L. Dhakar and Sampak Samanta, Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 2023, DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300904.

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  • [84] Organocatalyzed Double C(sp3)-H Alkylation of Cyclic N-Sulfonyl Ketimines with 3-Chloropropiophenones: Selective Access to 2,3,6-Trisubstituted Pyridines, Ashvani K. Patel and Sampak Samanta, European Journal of Organic Chemistry , 2023, 26, e202300631.

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  • [83] Organobase-catalyzed Mannich reaction of cyclic N-sulfonyl imines and 1,2-diketones: a sustainable approach to 4-(3-arylquinoxalin-2-ylmethyl)sufamidates, Poonam Rani, Meher Prakash and Sampak Samanta, Tetrahedron Letters , 2023, 122, 154490.

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  • [82] Base-promoted cyclization of ortho-hydroxyacetophenones with in situ generated cyclopropenes: diastereoselective access to spirobenzo[b]oxepines and related precursors, Meher Prakash and Sampak Samanta, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2023, 21, 2001-2014

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  • [81] Swapping Copper-Catalytic Process: Selective Access to Pyrazoles and Conjugated Ketimines from Oxime Acetates and Cyclic Sulfamidate Imines, Meher Prakash, S. Halder, S. Guin and Sampak Samanta, Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 2022, e202201114.

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  • [80] AgOTf/Et3N Cooperative Catalysis Enabled One-Pot Access to a-(Indolizinylethyl)-Substituted N-Sulfonyl Ketimines via an Imino-Alkyne Cyclization, Rajni Lodhi, A. K. Patel and Sampak Samanta, Asian Journal Organic Chemistry, 2022, 11, e202200569.

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  • [79] Substrate-dependent reaction of 1-aryl-2-alkyl-1,2-diketones with 2-aroyl-1-chlorocyclopropanecarboxylates: selective access to 2',5'-dicyclopropoxy-1,1':4',1"-teraryls and pentafulvenes, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2022, 20, 6445-6458.

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  • [78] Regioselective access to di- and trisubstituted pyridines via a metal-oxidant-solvent-free domino reaction involving 3-chloropropiphenones, Ashvani K Patel, S. S. Rathor, Sampak Samanta, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2022, 20, 6759-6765.

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  • [77] DBU and DABCO-Promoted Selective Access to 2,5-Diarylnitrobenzoates and Cyclohexenones via One-Pot Reactions, Shikha Singh Rathor, D. Majee, Sampak Samanta, Synlett, 2022, 33, 1052.

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  • [76] Cu(OAc)2/DABCO-mediated domino reaction of vinyl malononitriles with cyclic sulfamidate imines: access to 6-hydroxyaryl-2-aminonicotinonitriles, S B. Prakash, S. Guin. M. Prakash, Sampak Samanta, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2022, 20, 352-357.

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  • [75] Unmasking the reversal of the reactivity of cyclic N-sulfonyl ketimines: multifaceted applications in organic synthesis, Soumitra Guin, Debashis Majee and Sampak Samanta, Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 9010.

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  • [74] Diastereoselective desymmetrization reaction of prochiral para-quinamines with in situ generated cyclopropenes: access to fused-hydroindol-5-one scaffolds, Rajni Lodhi, Meher Prakash and Sampak Samanta, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2021, 19, 7129-7133.

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  • [73] Reversal Reactivity of ß-Alkylnitroalkenes as 1, 3-Binucleophiles: Application to Nitroarenes using Organocatalysis, Debashis Majee, S Banuprakash Goud, Soumitra Guin, Shikha S. Rathor, Ashvani K. Patel, Sampak Samanta, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021, 10, 1650;

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  • [72] Recent Advances in Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalyzed ?-Cyanoalkylation Reactions, S. Guin, D. majee, Sampak Samanta, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021, 10, 1595-1618.

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  • [71] Substrate-Controlled Domino Reaction of N-Sulfonyl Ketimines with 2-Aroyl-1-chlorocyclopropanecarboxylates: Access to Cyclopenta [c] chromenes and Benzo [f] cyclopenta [d][1, 2] thiazepine Dioxides, M. Prakash, R. Lodhi and Sampak Samanta, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021, 86, 6721.

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  • [70] Facile access to furo[2',3':4,5]pyrido[3,2,1-jk]carbazol-5-ones as blue emitters: photophysical, electrochemical, thermal and DFT studies, M. Ahuja, S. Das, P. Sharma, A. Kumar, A. Srivastava, Sampak Samanta, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2021, 1233, 130044

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  • [69] CuCl2-catalyzed N-O bond cleavage of oxime esters: approach to imidazoheterocycles and furo[3,2-c]chromenyl fused imidazoles, S. K. Gudimella, A. Kaur, R. Kumar, Sampak Samanta, Tetrahedron Letters, 2020, 61, 152147.

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  • [68] 1,6-Aza-Michael addition of para-quinone methides with N-heterocycles catalyzed by Zn(OTf)2: a regioselective approach to N-diarylmethyl-substituted heterocycles, S. Guin, H. Saha, A. K. Patel, S. K. Gudimella, S. Biswas and Sampak Samanta, Tetrahedron, 2020, 76, 131338.

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  • [67] 1,6-Addition of vinyl p-quinone methides with cyclic sulfamidate imines: Access to 4-hydroxyaryl-2,6-diarylpyridines, S. Guin, S. K. Gudimella, S. Samanta, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2020, 18, 1337-1342.

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  • [66] NH4OAc-Promoted Domino Route to Hydroxyarylated Unsymmetrical Pyridines Under Neat Conditions, M. Prakash, S. K Gudimella, R. Lodhi, S. Guin, Sampak Samanta,The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020, 85, 2151-2167.

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  • [65] An Expedient Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Microwave-Assisted Domino Approach to Coumarin Fused Pyrroles and Related Heterocycles Under Neat Conditions,Anubha Yadav, Santosh K. Gudimella, Sampak Samanta, ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 12768.

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  • [64] Metal-Free Based Domino Approach to Pyrano-Fused-Pyrido[3,2,1-jk]carbazolones: Antibacterial and Molecular Docking Studies, Monika Ahuja,D. Majee, P. Sharma, A. Kumar, Sampak Samanta, ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 9096-9101.

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  • [63] Diastereoselective pot and atom-economical synthesis of densely-substituted polycyclic 1,2-and 1,2,3-fused indole scaffolds, Soumen Biswas, Anubha Yadav, Debashis Majee, Shaikh M. Mobin, Sampak Samanta, Tetrahedron Letters, 2019, 60, 150921.

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  • [62] Rationally designed small molecules targeting toxic CAG repeat RNA that causes Huntington's disease (HD) and spinocerebellar ataxia (SCAs), E. Khan, S. Biswas, S.k. Misra, R. Misra, Sampak Samanta, A. Misra, A. Tiwari, A. Kumar, Biochimie, 2019, 163, 21-32

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  • [61] Chemoselective cyclization of N-sulfonyl ketimines with ethene sulfonyl fluorides: Access to trans-cyclopropanes and fused dihydropyrroles, S.K. Arupula, S.K. Gudimella, S. Guin, S. M. Mobin, Sampak Samanta, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2019, 17, 3451.

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  • [60] Synthesis of 1,2-diamine Bifunctional catalysts for the direct aldol reaction through probing remote amide hydrogen, R. Dodda, Sampak Samanta, M. Su, J. C.-G. Zhao, Current Organocatalysis, 2019, 6, 171-176.

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  • [59] L-Proline catalyzed one-pot diastereoselective synthesis of cyclohexanols from beta-aryl-gamma-nitroketones and alfa, beta-unsaturated aldehydes: A new route to 2,3,4,6-tetrasubstituted phenols, Anubha Yadav, Anvita yadav, Shaikh M Mobin, Sampak Samanta, ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 858.

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  • [58] DABCO- and DBU-promoted one-pot reaction of N-sulfonyl ketimines with Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates: a sequentioal approach to (2-hydroxyaryl)nicotinates, S. Guin, R. Gupta, D. Majee and Sampak Samanta, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 14, 2771.

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  • [57] Microwave-Assiated and Base-Promoted Domino Reaction of cyclic N-sulfonyl ketimines with a,b-disubstituted nitroalkenes: a green access to 2-hydroxyarylpyridines, s. Guin, D. Majee, S. Biswas and Sampak Samanta, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018,7, 1810.

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  • [56] Lewis Base-catalyzed Domino Reaction of MBH Carbonates of Isatins with enolizable cyclic carbonyl compounds: A stereoselective access to Spirooxindole-pyran, A. Yadav, J. Banerjee, s. K. Arupula, Sampak Samanta, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistr, 2018, 7,1595.

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  • [55] Stereoselective Synthesis of 3,3-disubstituted Oxindoles and Spirooxindoles via Allylic Alkylation of Morita-Baylis-Hillman Carbonates of Isatins with Cyclic Sulfamidate Imines Catalyzed by DABCO, Sanjeeva K. Arupula, Soumitra Guin, Anubha Yadav, Shaikh M. Mobin and Sampak Samanta, The Journal of Organic chemistry, 2018,83, 2660–2675.

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  • [54] Synthesis of alfa-pyrone-fused-pyrido[3,2, 1-jK]carbazole Derivatives, M. Ahuja, P. Sharma, S, Samanta, ChemistrySelect, 2018, 3, 4354.

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  • [53] AgSbF6-Catalyzed Tandem Reaction of 2-Alkynylanilines with Cyclic Enynones: Efficient access to 3-Furo[3,2-c]chromenylindoles and Related ScaffoldsAnuradha Dagar, Soumitra Guin and Sampak Samanta, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 7, 123-127.

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  • [52] A Metal-and Solvent-Free Approach to Diversely Substituted Picolinates via Domino Reaction of Cyclic Sulfamidate Imines with ß,?-Unsaturated a-Ketocarbonyls, S. Biswas, D. Majee, S. Guin, S. Samanta, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017, 82, 10928-10938.

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  • [51] Efficient Cu(OTf)2-catalyzed and microwave-assisted rapid synthesis of 3,4-fused chromenopyridiones under neat conditions, A. Yadav, S. Biswas, S. M. Mobin, S. Samanta, Tetrahedron Letters, 2017, 58, 3634.

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  • [50] A Metal-Free Based New Approach to 2,4-Disubstituted Pyridines via One-Pot Sequential Reaction of Cyclic Sulfamidate Imines with ß-Substituted Acroleins, D. Majee, S. Guin, S. Biswas, S. Samanta, ChemistrySelect, 2017, 2, 3423.

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  • [49] Domino reaction of cyclic sulfamidate imines with Morita-Baylis-Hillman acetates promoted by DABCO: a metal-free approach to functionalized nicotinic acid derivatives, D. Majee, S. Biswas, S. M. Mobin, S. Samanta, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2017, 15, 3286

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  • [48] An Efficient, Solvent-Free and Green One-Pot Protocol for the Rapid Access to Polyfunctionalized carbazoles, A. Dagar, S. Biswas, S. M. Mobin, Sampak Samanta, ChemistrySelect, 2016, 6362.

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  • [47] Access to densely functionalized naphthalenes by organobase catalyzed domino reaction of 2-(2-formylaryl)acetophenones with nitroolefins, A. Dagar, S. Biswas, S. M. Mobin,S. Samanta, Tetrahedron Letters, 2016, 57, 3326.

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  • [46] Access to 4,6-Diarylpicolinates via a Domino Reaction of Cyclic Sulfamidate Imines with Morita-Baylis-Hillman Acetates of Nitroolefins/Nitrodienes, D. Majee, S. Biswas, S. M. Mobin, Sampak Samanta, The Journal of organic Chemistry, 2016, 81, 4378.

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  • [45] Double pi-Bond Isomerization/Friedel-Crafts Reaction Involving gamma-Amidocronates: Access to gamma-Aryl/hetero-aryl GABA Scaffolds and Dihydropyrido[1,2-a]indoles, A. Srivastava, S. Samanta, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, 647.

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  • [44] DABCO catalyzed domino Michael/hydroalkoxylation reaction involving α-alkynyl-β-aryl nitroolefins: Excellent stereoselective access to dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromenes, pyranonaphthoquinones and related heterocycles, S. Biswas, A. Dagar, S. M. Mobin, S. Samanta, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2016, 14, 1940.

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  • [43]Efficient One-Pot Access to 2,9-Dihydrothiopyrano[2,3-b]indole Scaffolds Showing Large Stokes Shifts. Singh, S.; Samanta, S. Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 33, 1244.

  • [42] Biopolymeric alginic acid: an efficient recyclable green catalyst for the Friedel-Crafts reaction of indoles with isoquinoline-1,3,4-triones in water. Srivastava, A.; Yadav, A.; Samanta, S. Tetrahedron Letters, 2015, 56, 6003.

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  • [41] A catalyst-free, efficient green MCR protocol for access to functionalized ?-carbolines in waterDagar, A.; Biswas, S.; Samanta, S. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 52497.

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  • [40] Access to Substituted Carbazoles in Water by a One-Pot Sequential Reaction of a,ß-Substituted Nitro Olefins with 2-(3-Formyl-1H-indol-2-yl)acetates. Biswas, S.; Dagar, A.; Srivastava, A.; Samanta, S. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015, 4493.

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  • [39] Organocatalyzed Michael addition on arylmethylidenemalonates involving 4-(2-nitrophenyl)acetoacetate: Diversity-oriented access to 8,9-dihydropyrido[1,2-a]indol-6(7H)-one and salicylate scaffolds. Srivastava, A.; Biswas, S.; Singh, S.; Mobin, S. M.; Samanta, S. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 26891.

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  • [38] A remarkable solvent effect on the reaction of 4-hydroxycoumarin with (E)-3-aryl-2-nitroprop-2-enol: Facile synthesis of highly substituted furo/pyrano[3,2-c]chromenes Singh, S.; Srivastava, A.; Mobin, S. M.; Samanta, S. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 5010.

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  • [37] Metal-Free one-pot Protocol for the preparation of unexpected carbazole derivative in water: Easy access to pyrimidocarbazole and pyridicarbazolone.Soumen Biswas, Debashis Majee, Anuradha Dagar, Sampak Samanta, Synlett, 2014, 25, 2115.

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  • [36] An expedient one-pot sequential three-component reaction for the stereoselective synthesis of functionalized spiro-sulfamidate imine fused d-lactone scaffold.Debashis Majee, Soumen Biswas, Shaikh M. Mobin, Sampak Samanta, Tetrahedron Letters, 2014 55, 4553.

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  • [35] (±)-CSA catalyzed one-pot synthesis of 6,7-dihydrospiro[indole-3,1'-isoindoline]- 2,3',4(1H,5H)-trione derivatives: easy access of spirooxindoles and ibophyllidine-like alkaloids. Anvita Srivastava, Shivendra Singh, Shaikh M. Mobin, Sampak Samanta, Tetrahedron Letters, 2014, 55, 1863.

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  • [34] L-Proline Catalyzed Stereoselective Synthesis of (E)-Methyl a-Indol-2-yl-ß-Aryl/Alkyl Acrylates: Easy Access of Substituted Carbazoles, ?-Carbolines and Prenostodione. Soumen Biswas, Pradeep Kumar Jaiswal, Shivendra Singh, Shaikh M. Mobin, Sampak Samanta, Organic and Biomoleular Chemistry, 2013, 11, 7084.

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  • [33] Stereoselective synthesis of highly functionalized tetrahydrocarbazoles through a domino Michael-Henry reaction: an easy access of four contiguous chiral centers.Pradeep Kumar Jaiswal, Soumen Biswas, Shivendra Singh, Biswarup Pathak, Shaikh M. Mobin, Sampak Samanta, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 10644.

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  • [32]An organocatalytic highly efficient practical approach to the direct synthesis of substituted carbazoles in water. Pradeep Kumar Jaiswal, Soumen Biswas, Shivendra Singh, Sampak Samanta, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2013, 11, 8410.

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  • [31] L-Proline catalyzed highly efficient synthesis of Z-5-alkylidene cyclic sulfamidate imines: An easy access of 5-alkyl-substituted-4-aryl-cyclic sulfamidate imines. Debashis Majee, Anvita Srivastava, Shaikh M. Mobin, Sampak Samanta, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 11502.

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  • [30](±)-CSA catalyzed Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with 3-ethoxycarbonyl-3-hydoxyisoindolin-1-one: An easy access of 3-ethoxycarbonyl-3-indolylisoindolin-1-ones bearing a quaternary a-amino acid moiety. Anvita Srivastava, Shivendra Singh , Sampak Samanta, Tetrahedron Letters, 2013, 54, 1448.

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  • [29] Rapid access of 2,3,4-trisubstituted-2,3,4,9-tetrahydrothiopyrano[2,3-b]indole derivatives via one-pot three component reaction using organocatalysis. Shivendra Singh, Anvita Srivastava , Sampak Samanta, Tetrahedron Letters, 2012, 53, 6087.

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  • [28] Self-assembled monolayer coated gold-nanoparticle catalyzed aerobic oxidation of a-hydroxy ketones in water: an efficient one-pot synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives. Tamalika Bhattacharya, Tridib K Sarma, Sampak Samanta, Catalysis Science and Technology, 2012, 2, 2216.

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  • [27] T. Mandal, Sampak Samanta, G. A. Broker, C.-G. Zhao and E. R. T. Tiekink, Bis(propan-2-yl)[(2S,3S)-2-hydroxy-3-nitrobutan-2-yl)phosphonate. Acta Crystallographica Section E 2010, 66, 98.

  • [26] Sampak Samanta, S. Perera, G. A. Broker, C.-G. Zhao, E. R. T. Tiekink, Ethyl[1-(4-bromophenyl)-1-hydroxy-3-oxobutyl](phenyl)phosphinate monohydrate, Acta Crystallographica Section E 2010, 66, 569

  • [25] T. Mandal, Sampak Samanta, G. A. Broker, C.-G. Zhao, E. R. T. Tiekink, Bis(propan-2-yl)[(1S)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-hydroxy-2-nitroethyl]phosphonate Acta Crystallographica Section E 2010, 66, 99

  • [24] Organocatalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Both diasteromers of a-hydroxyphosphinate. Sampak Samanta, Sandun Perera, Cong-Gui Zhao, J. Org. Chem. 2010 75, 1101.

  • [23] Asymmetric, catalytic, and direct self-aldol reaction of acetaldehyde catalyzed by diarylprolinol. Yujiro Hayashi, Sampak Samanta, Takahiko Itoh, Hayato Ishikawa, Organic Letters 2008, 10, 5581.

  • [22] Acceleration and Enantio-enrichment in Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reactions of a,b-Unsaturated Aldehyde Catalyzed by a Diaryprolinol Silyl Ether Salt in the Presence of Water. Yujiro Hayashi, Sampak Samanta, Hiroaki Gotoh, Hayato Ishikawa, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6634.

  • [21] Inverse-Electron-Demand Hetero-Diels-Alder Reaction of b,g-Unsaturated a-Ketophosphonates Catalyzed by Prolinal Dithioacetals. Sampak Samanta, Jonathan Krause, Tanmay Mandal, Cong-Gui Zhao, Organic Letters 2007, 9, 2745.

  • [20] Organocatalytic Highly Enantioselective Nitroaldol Reaction of a-Ketophosphonates and Nitromethane. Tanmay Mandal, Sampak Samanta, Cong-Gui Zhao, Organic Letters 2007, 9, 943.

  • [19] Organocatalyzed nitroaldol reaction of a-ketophosphonates and nitro methane revisited. Sampak Samanta, Cong-Gui Zhao, ARKIVOC 2007, 13, 218.

  • [18] Organocatalytic Highly Enantioselective synthesis of a-hydroxy phosphonates. Sampak Samanta, Cong-Gui Zhao, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 7442.

  • [17] Asymmetric direct aldol reaction of 1,2-diketones and ketones mediated by proline derivatives. Sampak Samanta, Cong-Gui Zhao, Tetrahedron Letters 2006, 47, 3383

  • [16] C2-Symmetric Bis-prolinamide as a Highly Efficient catalyst for Direct Aldol Reaction. Sampak Samanta, Jinyun Liu, Rajasekhar Dodda, Cong-Gui Zhao, Organic Letters 2005, 7, 5321.

  • [15] Gadolinium triflate: an efficient and convenient catalyst for acetylation of alcohols and amines. Ramesh Alleti, Meher Perambuduru, Sampak Samanta, V. Prakash Reddy, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 2005, 226, 57

  • Indium(III) chloride-catalyzed Michael addition of thiols to chalcones: a remarkable solvent effect. Brindaban C. Ranu, Suvendu Sekhar Dey, Sampak Samanta, ARKIVOC 2005, 3, 44.
  • A Simple, Efficient and General Procedure for Acetalization of Carbonyl Compounds and Deprotection of Acetals Under the Catalysis of Indium(III) Chloride. Brindabn C. Ranu, Ranjan Jana, Sampak Samanta, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2004, 4, 446.
  • Reduction of activated conjugated alkenes by the InCl3-NaBH4 reagent system. Bridaban C. Ranu, Sampak Samanta, Tetrahedron 2003, 59, 7901
  • Remarkably Selective Reduction of the a,b-Carbon-Carbon Double Bond in Highly Activated a,b,g,d-Unsaturated Alkenes by the InCl3-NaBH4 Reagent System. Brindaban C. Ranu, Sampak Samanta, J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 7130.
  • Indium(I) Iodide-Mediated Cleavage of Diphenyl Diselenides. An Efficient One-Pot Procedure for the Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diorganyl Selenides, Brindaban C. Ranu, Tanmay Mandal, Sampak Samanta, Organic Letters 2003, 5, 1439.
  • Use of indium hydride (Cl2InH) for chemoselective reduction of the carbon-carbon double bond in conjugated alkenes. Brindaban C. Ranu, Sampak Samanta, Tetrahedron Letters 2002, 43, 7405.
  • Reduction of trihalomethyl carbinols and their acetates, mesylates, and tosylates by indium metal. Brindaban C. Ranu, Sampak Samanta, Arijit Das, Tetrahedron Letters 2002, 43, 5993.
  • Catalysis by ionic liquids: solvent-free efficient transthioacetalisation of acetals by molten tetrabutylammonium bromide. Brindaban C. Ranu, Arijit Das, Sampak Samanta, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans 1, 2002, 1520.
  • Unusual Cleavage of Ethers by Thiophenol on the Surface of Silica Gel Impregnated with Indium(III) Chloride under Microwave Irradiation: Efficient Procedure for the Synthesis of Thioethers Through Transthioetherification. Brindaban C. Ranu, Sampak Samanta, Alakananda Hajra, Synlett, 2002, 987.
  • Highly Efficient Transthioacetalisation of O,O-Acetals Catalyzed by Indium(III Chloride. Brindaban C. Ranu, Arijit Das, Sampak Samanta, Synlett 2002, 727.
  • Zinc tetrafluoroborate catalyzed Mannich-type reaction of aldimines and silyl enol ethers in aqueous medium. Brindaban C. Ranu, Sampak Samanta, Sankar K. Guchhait, Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 983.
  • Indium-Mediated Allylation of b-Keto Phosphonates. Brindaban C. Ranu, Sampak Samanta, Alakananda Hajra, J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 7519.
  • Stereoselective Reduction of Aryl-Substituted gem-Dibromides to Vinyl Bromides by Indium Metal. Brindaban C. Ranu, Sampak Samanta, Sankar K. Guchhait, J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 4102.
  • Patent: Preparation of asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction products, purification of them by distillation, and asymmetric catalyst containing pyrrolidine compounds. Y. Hayashi, S. Samanta Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho 2010, JP 2010013392 A 20100121.
Dr. Sampak Samanta
Professor
Chemistry

sampaks@iiti.ac.in