Swarbhanu Sarkar

Nanodomain cubic cuprous oxide as reusable catalyst in one-pot synthesis of 3-alkyl/aryl-3-(pyrrole-2-yl/indole-3-yl)-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-isoindolinones in aqueous medium

An environmentally benign one-pot protocol has been developed for the syntheses of 3-alkyl/aryl-3-(pyrrole/indole-2/3-yl)-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-isoindolinones via a multi-component one-pot reaction involving 2-iodo-N-phenylbenzamides, terminal alkyne and substituted indoles/pyrroles in aqueous medium using cubic cuprous oxide nanoparticles as catalyst. It involves domino Sonogashira-5-exo-dig-cyclization followed by regioselective nucleophilic addition of indoles or pyrroles, in aqueous medium without using any surfactants or additional ligands.

A novel route for the synthesis of 3-(pyrrol-1-yl)-indolin-2-ones

A high yielding environmentally benign protocol has been developed for the synthesis of 3-(pyrrol-1-yl)-indolin-2-ones using a Lewis acid surfactant combined catalyst in water.

Synthesis of the Upstream Terminal Disaccharide of the O-Antigenic Polysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O37

The terminal disaccharide of the O-antigenic polysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O37, 4-O-methyl-α-D-QuiNAc-(1→4)-α-d-QuiNAc, was synthesized as methyl glycoside involving glycosylation between glycosyl donor ethyl 2-azido-3-O-benzyl-2,6-dideoxy-4-O-methyl-6-iodo-1-thio-α-d-glucopyranoside and glycosyl acceptor methyl 2-azido-3-O-benzyl-2,6-dideoxy-6-iodo-α-d-glucopyranoside. Dehalogenation, global deprotection, and reduction of the azide to amine were effected in one step by catalytic hydrogenation. It was followed by selective N-acetylation to give the desired deprotected disaccharide.