Name: Dr. Alakesh Bisai
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Chemistry
E-Mail: alakesh@iiserb.ac.in
Phone: +91-755-4092318
Fax: +91-755-4092392

Academic Profile:

• Assistant Professor (December 2009-),Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India.

• Post-Doc.Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA (October 2006- December 2009). Research focus:“Total synthesis of ‘Miscellaneous’ Lycopodium Alkaloids” Advisor: Prof. Richmond Sarpong.

• Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (September 2006). Thesis title: “Enantioselective C-C Bond Forming Reactions: Applications in Organic Synthesis” Advisor: Prof. Vinod K. Singh.

Research Interest:

• Total syntheses of architecturally interesting biologically active natural products which provide an ideal platform for the invention of highly selective organic transformations.

• The design, discovery and the development of efficient small molecule catalysts for enantioselective C-C and C-hetero bond-forming reactions and their application.

Selected Publications:

1. “Total Synthesis of (+)-Lyconadin A and Related Compounds via Oxidative
   C-N Bond Formation” (Scott P. West, Alakesh Bisai, Andrew D. Lim, Raja R.
   Narayan, and Richmond Sarpong J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 11187-11194.

2. “Unified Strategy for the Synthesis of the “Miscellaneous” Lycopodium Alkaloids: Total Synthesis of (±)-Lyconadin A” (Alakesh Bisai, Scott P. West, and Richmond Sarpong J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 7222-7223).

3. “An efficient approach to 2-substituted N-tosylpiperidine: Asymmetric synthesis of 2-(2-hydroxysubstituted) piperidine alkaloids” (Alakesh Bisai and Vinod K. Singh Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 1907-1910).

4. “Studies on the Reaction of Aziridines with Nitriles and Carbonyls: Synthesis of Imidazolines and Oxazolidines” (Shikha Gandhi, Alakesh Bisai, B. A. Bhanu Prasad, and Vinod K. Singh J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 2133-2142).

5. “Enantioselective Diethylzinc Addition to Aldehydes Catalyzed by Ti(IV) Complex of Unsymmetrical Chiral Bis(sulfonamide) Ligands of trans-Cyclohexane 1,2-diamine” (Alakesh Bisai, Pradeep K. Singh, and Vinod K. Singh Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 598-601).

6. “Enantioselective One-pot Three-component Synthesis of Propargylamines” (Alakesh Bisai and Vinod K. Singh Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 2405-2408) Most-Accessed Article (Apr-Jun 2006).

7. “2-Aryl-N-tosylazetidines as Formal 1,4-dipoles for [4+2]-Cycloaddition Reactions with Nitriles: An Easy Access to the Tetrahydropyrimidine Derivatives” (B. A. Bhanu Prasad, Alakesh Bisai, and Vinod. K. Singh Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 4829-4831).

8. “Synthesis of Chiral Non-racemic 1,2-Diamines from O-Acetyl Mandelic acid: Application in Enantioselective Deprotonation of Epoxides and Diethylzinc Addition to Aldehydes” (P. Saravanan, Alakesh Bisai, S. Baktharaman, M. Chandrasekhar, and Vinod K. Singh Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 4693-4706).

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