Chander Shekhar

Accomplished Discipline Researcher with extensive academic R&D experience and a strong track record in Organic Synthesis. A self-motivated and dedicated professional known for an organized, systematic, and detail-oriented approach to research and problem-solving.

• CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) in Chemical Science (Dec-2017): Qualified JRF(NET)-CSIR with 69 Rank.
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry (2017) organized by IIT Roorkee: Qualified with Gate Score-341.
• 3rd position (Certificate of Merit) in B.Sc. Chemistry, an annual function organized by Moti Lal Nehru College (DU) session 2014-2015.
• 2nd position in “Quiz Competition”, an inter-school event organized by L&T DHANUSH during the academic year 2011-2012.

• Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki Coupling and NIS-Mediated Dehydrogenative Cyclo-etherification: A Concise Approach to 6,6-Disubstituted 6H-benzo[c]chromenes and Total Synthesis of Didehydroconicol.
• Sequential One-Pot Process to Construct a Dual C–C Bond: Synthesis of Fluorenes and Total Synthesis of 4-O-Demethyl-nobilone.
• Acid-Mediated Cascade Cyclization Pathway to Indeno[2,1-c]Chromen-6(7H)-Ones.
• Acid-Mediated Domino-Cyclization of ortho-Formyl Cinnamate Esters: Synthesis of Substituted Indene/Indane Esters and Indeno[a]indenones.
• Acid-Promoted Domino Access to Substituted Benzo[b]carbazoles.

• I am very interested in working on organocatalysis, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and acid-mediated cyclization reactions for valuable organic transformations.
• In addition, I am interested in researching innovative synthetic methodologies employing transition metal catalysis or metal-free reactions and applying these methodologies to the total synthesis of natural products, biologically active molecules, and molecules of material science interest.

• Teaching Assistant for Postgraduate Organic Chemistry Practicals for one Semester (2019) in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India.
• Trained and mentored one master student on laboratory techniques and how to handle project work for their thesis, and partially mentored one master student on laboratory techniques and how to manage project work in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India. Mr. Joydeep Roy (CY21MSCST11017), Thesis title: A Single-Column-Based Process Toward β-Naphthoate.
• Trained and mentored one PhD student on laboratory techniques and how to handle project work in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India.

• Chander Shekhar and Gedu Satyanarayana
• . Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki Coupling and NIS-Mediated Dehydrogenative Cyclo-etherification: A Concise Approach to 6,6-Disubstituted 6H-benzo[c]chromenes and Total Synthesis of Didehydroconicol. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 2022 (18), e202101444. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202101444
• . Sequential One-Pot Process to Construct a Dual C–C Bond: Synthesis of Fluorenes and Total Synthesis of 4-O-Demethyl-nobilone. Chemistryselect, 2023, 8 (26), e202302040. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202302040
• . Acid-Mediated Cascade Cyclization Pathway to Indeno[2,1-c]Chromen-6(7H)-Ones. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 19, 13404–13417. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.3c01459
• . Acid-Mediated Domino-Cyclization of ortho-Formyl Cinnamate Esters: Synthesis of Substituted Indene/Indane Esters and Indeno[a]indenones. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 7, 5069–5090. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c00301
• . Acid-Promoted Domino Access to Substituted Benzo[b]carbazoles. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 6, 3732–3746. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.3c02483
• Dakoju Ravi Kishore, Chander Shekhar, and Gedu Satyanarayana
• . Lewis Acid Mediated Domino Intramolecular Cyclization: Synthesis of Dihydrobenzo[f]Fluorenes. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86 (13), 8706–8725. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c00525
• Dakoju Ravi Kishore, Kishore, Komal Goel, Chander Shekhar, and Gedu Satyanarayana
• . An Access to Benzo[a]Fluorenes, Benzo[b]Fluorenes, and Indenes Triggered by Simple Lewis Acid. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87 (5), 2178–2203. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c02724
• Chander Shekhar, Dakoju Ravi Kishore, and Gedu Satyanarayana
• . Palladium Nanoparticles in C–H Functionalization Reactions. (Book Chapter) https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527834242.chf0008
• Poster Presentation on “Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki Coupling and NIS-Mediated Dehydrogenative Cyclo-etherification: A Concise Approach to 6,6-Disubstituted 6H-benzo[c]chromenes and Total Synthesis of Didehydroconicol” at 27th ISCBC International Conference (ISCBC-2022, Research and Innovation in Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences), Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi (Nov-2022), India.
• Online Presentation on “Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki Coupling and NIS-Mediated Dehydrogenative Cyclo-etherification: A Concise Approach to 6,6-Disubstituted 6H-benzo[c]chromenes and Total Synthesis of Didehydroconicol” at the annual Chemistry In-House Symposium (April2021), Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India.
• Attended a workshop on “Master the Publishing Process” at IIT Hyderabad, conducted by ACS at IIT Hyderabad (July 2022), India.