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Pinaki Bhusan De
pinaki.de@riken.jp /pinaki.chemistry@gmail.com+91-7002778139
26th May, 1991
IndianEnglish, Hindi, Bengali

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2020-present: Postdoctoral researcher, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science(Supervisor: Dr.
Laurean Ilies) 2014-20: Ph.D from Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India (Supervisor:Prof. Tharmalingam Punniyamurthy)
Thesis Title: “Studies Towards C-C, C-N and C-O Bond Formation via C-H Functionalization: Expedient
Synthesis of Functionalized Heterocycles”
 2011-13: MSc (Organic Chemistry) from Burdwan University, West Bengal, India (Supervisor: Dr. InulAnsary) Project Title: “Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Nitrogen- and Oxygen-Containing Heterocyclic
Compounds and Reaction Mechanism”
 2008-2011 B.Sc. (Chemistry) from Burdwan University, India
ACHIEVEMENT Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) (Rank- 376) organized by Indian Institute ofTechnology Roorkee, India
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 2013-14: Guest Lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, Burdwan Raj College, Burdwan University, India(For B.Sc. students)
 2015-18: Teaching Assistant at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, India (ForB. Tech and M.Sc. students)
PUBLICATIONS
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P. B. De, S. Atta, S. Pradhan, S. Banerjee, T. A. Shah and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Cp*Co(III)-Catalyzed C7Alkylation of Indolines with Aziridines: Merging C-H Activation and Ring Opening.” J. Org. Chem. 2020,85, 4785.

2. P. B. De, S. Pradhan, S. Banerjee and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Expedient Cobalt(II)-Catalyzed Site-Selective
C7-Arylation of Indolines with Arylboronic Acids” Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 2494.
3. P. B. De, S. Banerjee, S. Pradhan and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Ru(II)-Catalyzed C7-Acyloxylation of Indolineswith Carboxylic Acids” Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 5889.
4. P. B. De, S. Pradhan, T. A. Shah and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Iodine-Mediated Intramolecular C-H Aminationof Benzimidazoles: A Metal-Free Route to Dihydroimidazobenzimidazoles” Synthesis 2018, 50, 3224.
5. P. B. De, S. Pradhan and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Stereoselective Copper-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling ofAziridines with Benzimidazoles via Nucleophilic Ring Opening and C(sp 2)-H Functionalization” J. Org.
Chem. 2017, 82, 3183.

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6. S. Pradhan, P. B. De and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Weak Coordination Guided Regioselective Direct RedoxNeutral C-4 Allylation of Indoles with Morita-Baylis-Hillman Adducts” Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 9898.
7. T. A. Shah, P. B. De, S. Pradhan, S. Banerjee and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Cp*Co(III)-Catalyzed
Regioselective C2 Amidation of Indoles with Acyl Azides” J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 16278.
8. T. A. Shah, P. B. De, S. Pradhan, S. Banerjee and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Exploiting Strained Rings inChelation Guided C-H Functionalization: Integration of C-H Activation with Ring Cleavage” Chem. Asian.
J. 2019, 14, 4520.
9. M. Mishra, P. B. De, S. Pradhan and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Stereospecific Copper(II)-Catalyzed Tandem
Ring Opening/Oxidative Alkylation of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes with Hydrazones: Synthesis ofTetrahydropyridazines” J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 10901.
10. S. Banerjee, P. B. De, S. Pradhan, T. A. Shah and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Ru(II)‐Catalysed Regioselective
C‐N Bond Formation of Indolines and Carbazole with Acyl Azides” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 7, 1677.
11. T. A. Shah, P. B. De, S. Pradhan and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Site-Selective C7Functionalization of Indoles: Advancement and Future Prospects” Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 572.
12. M. Kannan, P. B. De, S. Pradhan and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Chiral Fe-Dendrimer Catalyzed DominoMichael and Aldol Reactions of Chalcones with 1,4-Dithiane-2,5-diol” Chem. Select. 2018, 3, 859.
13. R. Bag, P. B. De, S. Pradhan and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Recent Advances in Radical Dioxygenation ofOlefins” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 5424. [Special issue featuring articles by emerging investigators fromIndia]
14. S. Pradhan, P. B. De and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Copper(II)-Mediated Chelation-Assisted Regioselective NNaphthylation of Indoles, Pyrazoles and Pyrrole Through Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling” J. Org. Chem.
2017, 82, 4883.
15. S. Pradhan, M. Mishra, P. B. De, S. Banerjee and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Weak Coordination Enabled
Switchable C4-Alkenylation and Alkylation of Indoles with Allyl Alcohols” Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 1720.
16. S. Kumar, S. Pradhan, S. Roy, P. B. De and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Iron-Catalyzed Regioselective RemoteC(sp2)-H Carboxylation of Naphthyl and Quinoline Amides” J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 10481.
17. S. Pradhan, S. Roy, S. Banerjee, P. B. De and T. Punniyamurthy*, “Oxidative C-H/N-H Annulation of
Aromatic Amides with Dialkyl Malonates: Access to Isoindolinones and Dihydrobenzoindoles” J. Org.
Chem. 2020, 85, 5741.
CONFERENCES (SELECTED)
1. P. B. De, S. Pradhan, S. Banerjee and T. Punniyamurthy, “Expedient Cobalt(II)-Catalyzed Site-Selective C7Arylation of Indolines with Boronic Acids” ORGANIX, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Dec 20-21, 2018.
2. P. B. De, S. Pradhan and T. Punniyamurthy, “Copper-Catalyzed Regioselective Ring Opening of
Aziridines/Aerobic Oxidative C-H Amination: A Facile Rote to Imidazobenzimidazoles” XIII J-NOST,Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Nov 9-12, 2017.
3. P. B. De, S. Pradhan, S. Banerjee and T. Punniyamurthy, “Ligand-Accelerated Expedient Cobalt(II)Catalyzed Regio-Selective C7-Arylation of Indolines with Boronic Acids” ICCHD, University of Calcuttaand Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, Jan 8-10, 2018.
4. P. B. De, S. Pradhan, and T. Punniyamurthy, “Stereo-invertive Copper-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling ofAziridines with Benzimidazoles via Nucleophilic Ring Opening and C(sp2)-H Functionalization” ResearchConclave, IIT Guwahati, March 16-19th 2017.
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5. P. B. De, S. Pradhan and T. Punniyamurthy, “Copper-catalyzed streospecific ring opening of
aziridines/aerobic oxidative C-H amination: a facile route to imidazobenzimidazoles” 20th CRSI National
Symposium in Chemistry, Gauhati University, Feb 2-5th, 2017.
6. P. B. De, S. Pradhan, S. Banerjee and T. Punniyamurthy, “Copper-catalyzed regioselective ring opening ofaziridines/aerobic oxidative C-H amination: a facile route to imidazobenzimidazoles” 21st InternationalConference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS 21), IIT Bombay, Dec 11-16th, 2016.

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