• Superior resonant nanocavities engineering on photonic crystal-coupled emission platform for detection of femtomolar iodide and zeptomolar cortisol 

  Jana, Palash; Kanvah, Sriram et al. (American Chemical Society, 2020-06)

  Although luminescence spectroscopy has been a promising sensing technology with widespread applications in point-of-care diagnostics and chem-bio detection, it fundamentally suffers from low signal collection efficiency, ...
• Design and development of novel urea, sulfonyltriurea, and sulfonamide derivatives as potential inhibitors of sphingosine kinase 1 

  Roy, Sonam; Mahapatra, Amarjyoti Das; Mohammad, Taj; Gupta, Preeti; Alajmi, Mohamed F.; Hussain, Afzal; Rehman, Md. Tabish; Datta, Bhaskar; Hassan, Md. Imtaiyaz (MDPI, 2020-06)

  Sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) is one of the well-studied drug targets for cancer and inflammatory diseases. Recently discovered small-molecule inhibitors of SphK1 have been recommended in cancer therapeutics; however, ...
• The odyssey of cobaloximes for catalytic H2 production and their recent revival with enzyme-inspired design 

  Dolui, Dependu; Khandelwal, Shikha; Majumder, Piyali; Dutta, Arnab (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020-06)

  Cobaloxime complex gained the attention for its intrinsic ability of catalytic H2 production, despite its initial emergence as a Vitamin B12 model. The simple, robust, and a synthetically manoeuvrable cobaloxime core ...
• Synthesis and characterization of a new class of phenothiazine molecules with 10H-substituted morpholine & piperidine derivatives: a structural insight 

  Hussain, Javeena; Angira, Deekshi; Hans, Tanya; Dubey, Pankaj; Kirubakaran, Sivapriya; Thiruvenkatam, Vijay (Elsevier, 2020-06)

  A series of 10H-substituted phenothiazine-based molecules were prepared by the base-catalyzed reactions. The synthesized compounds are characterized by Mass spectroscopy, NMR, and SCXRD to examine the role of different ...
• Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of new Myo-inositol derivatives as potential RAS inhibitors 

  Hussain, Javeena; Chhabria, Dimple; Kirubakaran, Sivapriya (Elsevier, 2020-05)

  Ras is a small family of GTPases that control numerous cellular functions like cell proliferation, growth, survival, gene expression, and is closely engaged in cancer pathogenesis. The ras-targeted methodology entails a ...
• Synthesis of water-soluble thioglycosylated trans -A 2 B 2 type porphyrins: cellular uptake studies and photodynamic efficiency 

  Pandey, Vijayalakshmi; Raza, Md Kausar; Joshi, Pooja; Gupta, Iti (American Chemical Society, 2020-04)

  The synthesis of water-soluble thioglycosylated A2B2 type porphyrins and their zinc(II) complexes is reported. The water-soluble trans-A2B2 porphyrins were synthesized in two steps, via [2+2] condensation between ...
• Stereodivergent synthesis of 1-hydroxymethylpyrrolizidine alkaloids 

  Sarkale, Abhijeet M.; Appayee, Chandrakumar (American Chemical Society, 2020-05)

  A first stereodivergent strategy for the asymmetric synthesis of all stereoisomers of 1-hydroxymethylpyrrolizidine alkaloids is developed using an asymmetric self-Mannich reaction as a key step. An anti-selective self-Mannich ...
• Synthesis, photophysical properties and computational studies of beta?substituted porphyrin dyads 

  Kesavan, Praseetha E; Pandey, Vijayalakshmi; Ishida, Masatoshi; Furuta, Hiroyuki; Mori, Shigeki; Gupta, Iti (Wiley, 2020-05)
• Correction: one-pot synthesis of functionalized isoxazole�thiolane hybrids via knoevenagel condensation and domino sulfa-1,6-Michael/intramolecular vinylogous Henry reactions 

  Nagaraju, Sakkani; Satyanarayana, Neeli; Paplal, Banoth; Vasu, Anuji K.; Kanvah, Sriram; Kashinath, Dhurke (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015-11)
• Tuning the reactivity of cobalt-based H2 production electrocatalysts via the incorporation of the peripheral basic functionalities 

  Dolui, Dependu; Ghorai, Santanu; Dutta, Arnab (Elsevier, 2020-08)

  The construction of an efficient, inexpensive, and durable H2 production electrocatalyst is considered as an indispensable tool for the inception of a hydrogen-mediated alternative energy technology. Recently, cobalt-based ...
• High-entropy alloys as catalysts for the CO2 and CO reduction reactions: experimental realization 

  Nellaiappan, Subramanian; Katiyar, Nirmal Kumar; Kumar, Ritesh; Parui, Arko; Malviya, Kirtiman Deo; Pradeep, K. G.; Singh, Abhishek K.; Sharma, Sudhanshu; Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar; Biswas, Krishanu (American Chemical Society, 2020-03)

  Conversion of carbon dioxide into selective hydrocarbon using a stable catalyst remains a holy grail in the catalysis community. The high overpotential, stability, and selectivity in the use of a single-metal-based catalyst ...
• Spatial targeting of Bcl-2 on endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria in cancer cells by lipid nanoparticles 

  Pandey, Shalini; Patil, Sohan; Ballav, Nirmalya; Basu, Sudipta (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020-04)

  The presence of the same proteins at different sub-cellular locations with completely different functions adds to the complexity of signalling pathways in cancer. Subsequently, it becomes indispensable to understand the ...
• Regio- and enantioselective α,γ-dialkylation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes through cascade organocatalysis 

  Kutwal, Mahesh S.; Padmaja, Venkata M. D.; Appayee, Chandrakumar (Wiley, 2020-03)

  The first regio? and enantioselective organocatalytic cascade ?,? ?dialkylation of ? , ? ?unsaturated aldehydes is achieved. Substrates scope is demonstrated with a variety of ? , ? ?unsaturated aldehydes and alkylating ...
• Formic acid and methanol electro-oxidation and counter hydrogen production using nano high entropy catalyst 

  Katiyar, Nirmal Kumar; Nellaiappan, Subramanian; Kumar, Ritesh; Malviya, Kirtiman Deo; Pradeep, K. G.; Singh, Abhishek K.; Sharma, Sudhanshu; Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar; Biswas, Krishanu (Elsevier, 2020-06)

  Renewable harvesting of clean energy using the benefits of multi-metallic catalytic materials of high entropy alloy (HEA, equimolar Cu�Ag�Au�Pt�Pd) from formic acid with minimum energy input has been achieved in the present ...
• Structural and strategic landscape of PIKK protein family and their inhibitors: an overview 

  Angira, Deekshi; Shaik, Althaf; Thiruvenkatam, Vijay (Frontiers in Bioscience, 2020-03)

  Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase-related kinases (PIKKs) is a class of six unique serine/threonine kinases that are characterized as high molecular mass colossal proteins present in multicellular organisms. They predominantly ...
• Evolution of PIKK family kinase inhibitors: a new age cancer therapeutics 

  Shaik, Althaf; Kirubakaran, Sivapriya (Frontiers in Bioscience, 2020-03)

  Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase-related kinases (PIKKs) belong to a family of atypical serine/threonine kinases in humans. They actively participate in a diverse set of cellular functions such as meiotic, V(D)J recombination, ...
• Effect of phosphorylation and O-GlcNAcylation on proline-rich domains of Tau 

  Rani, Lata; Mittal, Jeetain; Mallajosyula, Sairam S. (ACS Publications, 2020-02)

  Microtubule associated protein Tau (MAPT) is a phospho-protein within neurons of the brain. Aggregation of tau is the leading cause of tauopathies such as Alzheimer�s disease. Tau undergoes several post-translational ...
• Utilization of insect proteins to formulate nutraceutical delivery systems: encapsulation and release of curcumin using mealworm protein-chitosan nano-complexes 

  Okagu, Ogadimma D.; Verma, Ojasvi; McClements, David Julian; Udenigwe, Chibuike C. (Elsevier, 2020-05)

  The potential of using insect proteins to encapsulate and protect hydrophobic nutraceuticals within biopolymer nano-complexes was examined. Insect proteins were used to form nanoparticles that were uncoated or coated with ...
• Aggregation-induced emission and organogels with chiral and racemic pyrene substituted cyanostyrenes 

  Jana, Palash; Kanvah, Sriram (American Chemical Society, 2020-02)

  The synthesis, photophysical investigations, and organogel formation of pyrene-phenyl acrylonitriles (1�6) bearing mono-, di-, and trichiral and racemic substitutions were studied. The molecules self-assemble in water and ...
• Pentanuclear spirocyclic Ni 4 Ln derivatives: field induced slow magnetic relaxation in the dysprosium and erbium analogues 

  Shukla, Pooja; Roy, Soumalya; Dolui, Dependu; Mancisidor, Walter Canon; Das, Sourav (Wiley, 2020-02)

  Five pentanuclear heterometallic isostructural complexes, [Ni 4 Ln(L) 2 (LH) 2 (CH 3 CN) 3 Cl]� xH 2 O�yCH 3 OH (Ln= Y III ( 1 ), Gd III ( 2 ), Tb III ( 3 ), Dy III ( 4 ) and Er III ( 5 )) [for 1 and 2 , x = 2, y = 1; for ...

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