NIT Jalandhar

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Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar

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Dr Rakesh Kumar

Name : Dr Rakesh Kumar
Designation : Assistant Professor
Department : Chemistry
Qualification : Postdoc Organic Chemistry (ETH Zurich Switzerland)
PhD Organic Chemistry (The City University of New York)
MSc Chemistry (IIT Roorkee)
BSc (Himachal Pradesh University)
Address : Department of Chemistry
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar,
Phone : 07349564686
Email ID : rakeshkumar@nitj.ac.in
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Research Profile

Research Interests : Organic synthesis for medicinal and materials applications, Photoredox catalysis, Chemistry of arynes.
Brief Research Profile: : 1. Synthesis of novel compounds and analogs of bioactive molecules against drug resistant microbial infections.
2. Synthesis of novel organic compounds with unique properties for applications in optoelectronics.
3. Development of transition metal-free approaches for efficient and green organic synthesis.

Journal Publications

Year Journal Publication
2022 Journal of Molecular Structure 2022, 1253,132285 S. Janeoo , Reenu , A.Saroa, R. Kumar, H. Kaur; Computational investigation of bioactive 2,3-diaryl quinolines using DFT method: FT- IR, NMR spectra, NBO, NLO, HOMO-LUMO transitions, and quantum-chemical properties
2022 Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022, 464, 214542 Ritika Jaryal, Rakesh Kumar, Sadhika Khullar; Mixed metal-metal organic frameworks (MM-MOFs) and their use as efficient photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution from water splitting reactions
2021 Journal of Molecular Structure, 2021, 1244, 130924 S. Janeoo, H. Kaur, G. Kaul, A. Akhir, S. Chopra, S. Banerjee, Reenu, V. Kumar, R. Kumar; Fluorine-containing 2,3-diaryl quinolines as potent inhibitors of methicillin and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Synthesis, antibacterial activity and molecular docking studies
2020 Chemistry Select 2020, 5, 5172-5179. M. Singh, Vaishali, R. Kumar, V Singh; Catalyst-free and metal-free approach towards synthesis of amide- and thioamide-linked β-carboline-pyridine conjugates and estimation of their photophysical properties.
2018 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2018, 150, 864–875. D. S. Reddy, M. Kongot, S. P.Netalkar, M. M. Karjogi, Rakesh Kumar, F. Avecilla, A. Kumar; Synthesis and evaluation of novel coumarin-oxime ethers as potential anti-tubercular agents: Their DNA cleavage ability and BSA interaction study.
2018 Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2018, 360, 2013-2019. I. Kumar, R. Sharma, R. Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, U. Sharma; C70 Fullerene‐Catalyzed Metal‐Free Photocatalytic ipso‐Hydroxylation of Aryl Boronic Acids: Synthesis of Phenols.
2018 Medicinal Chemistry, 2018, 14, 1-11 R. Kumar, R. Sharma, I. Kumar, P. Upadhyay, A. K. Dhiman, R. Kumar, R. Kumar, R. Purohit, D. Sahal, U. Sharma; Evaluation of Antiplasmodial Potential of C-2 and C-8 Modified Quinolines: in vitro and in silico Study.
2017 Journal of Organic Chemistry 2017, 82, 12307–12317. A. K. Dhiman, R. Kumar, Rakesh Kumar,* U. Sharma* Synthesis of 2-substituted-3-(2-hydroxyaryl)quinolines and 4-(2-hydroxyaryl)acridines via benzyne chemistry.
2017 Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017, 6, 1043–1053. R. Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, A. K. Dhiman, U. Sharma, Regioselective metal-free C(2)-H arylation of quinolone N-oxides with aryldiazonium salts/anilines under ambient conditions.
2016 Organic Letters 2016, 18, 184-187. Rakesh Kumar, Eva H. Gleißner, Elisha Gabrielle V. Tiu, Y. Yamakoshi; C70 as a photocatalyst for oxidation of secondary benzylamines to imines.
2015 Nanoscale 2015,7, 6599-6607. Rakesh Kumar, S. N. Ramakrishna, V. V. Naik, Z. Chu, M. E. Drew, N. D. Spencer, Y. Yamakoshi; Versatile method for AFM-tip functionalization with biomolecules: fishing a ligand by means of an in situ click reaction.
2015 Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2015, 13, 1536–1549. Rakesh Kumar, G. Singh, L. J. Todaro,L. Yang, B. Zajc; E- or Z-selective synthesis of 4-fluorovinyl-1,2,3-triazoles with fluorinated second generationtriazole-substituted Julia-Kocienski reagent.
2013 Organic Letters 2013,15, 4086–4089. G. Singh, Rakesh Kumar, J. Swett, B. Zajc; Modular synthesis of N-vinyl benzotriazoles.
2012 Journal of Organic Chemistry 2012,77, 8417–8427. Rakesh Kumar, B. Zajc; Stereoselective synthesis of conjugated fluoroenynes.
2012 Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2012,10, 3164–3167. S. Mandal, A. K. Ghosh, Rakesh Kumar, B. Zajc; Expedient synthesis of alpha-substituted fluoroethenes.
2011 Chemical Communications 2011, 47, 3891–3893. Rakesh Kumar, P.Pradhan, B. Zajc; Facile synthesis of 4-vinyl-and 4-fluorovinyl-1,2,3-triazoles via bifunctional ‘click-olefination’ reagents.
2010 Synthesis 2010, 1822–1836. B. Zajc, Rakesh Kumar; Synthesis of fluoroolefinsvia Julia–Kocienski olefination.

Conference Publications

Year Conference Publication
2022 Advanced Functional Materials: Future Perspectives 2022 Ritika Jaryal, Sadhika Khullar, Rakesh Kumar; Effect of solvent and acid on the morphology of the b-ketoenamine- linked covalent organic frameworks (COFs); Materials Today: Proceedings
2022 Polymer & Mediterranean Fiber International Conference 2021 B. S. Kaith, Rohit; R. Kumar; Psyllium Polysaccharide-Based Hydrogels as Smart Biomaterials: Review; Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022, DOI: org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.01.051
2016 International Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS 21), IIT Mumbai, India Rakesh Kumar, Y. Yamakoshi; C70 as an efficient photocatalyst for oxidation of benzylic amines to imines.
2016 International Conference on Science: Emerging Scenario and Future Challenges (SESFC-2016), Dharamsala, India Rakesh Kumar; Highly efficient photooxidation of benzylic amines to imines using C70 photocatalyst.
2014 Swiss Chemical Society Conference, Zurich, Switzerland. Rakesh Kumar, S. N. Ramakrishna, N. D. Spencer, Y. Yamakoshi; AFM tip functionalization by in situ click reaction.
2010 240th American Chemical Society Meeting, Boston, USA. Rakesh Kumar, B. Zajc; Synthesis of regiospecifically fluorinated fluorovinyltriazoles.
2008 236th American Chemical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, USA. Rakesh Kumar, B. Zajc; High yield, stereoselective synthesis of fluoroenynes.

Book/Chapter Publications

Type Title Publisher Authors ISBN/ISSN No. Year
Book Chapter Metal- and Carbon-Based Nano-Frameworks as Catalysts for Supercapacitance and Fuel Industry Springer Nature Ritika Jaryal, Rakesh Kumar, and Sadhika Khullar 2022

Research Projects

Role Project Type Title Funding Agency From To Amount Status Co-Investigator
PI Research Ru(II)-catalyzed tandem oxidative cyclization– trifluoromethylation of enamines and synthesis of analogs of bioactive compounds SERB, India 03.2016 03.2019 INR 33.5 Lacs Completed
PI Research Transition metal-free arylation of N-heterocycles using chemistry of arynes. FOSTECT, Vietnam 05.2019 05.2021 VND 200 Millions Completed
PI Research New anti-malarial agents: synthesis, anti-malarial evaluation of modified quinolines and their molecular modeling with parasite proteins. VGST, Govt. of Karnataka, India 08.2018 08.2019 INR 5.0 Lacs Completed

Events Organized

Category Type Title Venue From To Designation
One-day wokshop National Water Technology Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) Chandigarh 08.08.2018 08.08.2018 Organizing Secretary
STC National Chemistry for Engineering Applications Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar 14-09-2020 18-09-2020 Coordinator
Conference National Sustainable Environment: Challenges and Opportunities Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar 08-09-2021 09-09-2021 Organizing Secretary
Conference International Advanced Functional Materials: Future Perspectives NIT Jalandhar 06-08-2022 08-08-2022 Organizing Secretary

Professional Affilation

Designation Organization
Lifetime Member Indian Chemical Society
Lifetime Member Him Science Congress Association
Lifetime Member Asian Polymer Association

PhD Supervised

Scholar Name Research Topic Status Year Co-Supervisor
Ms. Shashi Janeoo Transition-metal arylations of heterocycles for applications in medicine and materials Ongoing 4th Prof. Harminder Kaur, PEC Chandigarh
Ms. Ritika Jaryal Organic synthesis for environmental applications Ongoing 3rd Dr. Sadhika Khullar
Mr. Naveen Banyal Exploration of Chemo- and Regio-selectivities of Aldo-X Bifunctional Building Blocks Towards The Synthesis of β-Carboline Based Molecular Architectures Ongoing 3rd Dr. Virender Singh, CUP Bhatinda
Mr. Rohit Hydrogels Ongoing 2nd Prof. B. S. Kaith
Shubhanjali choudhary Photoredox catalysis Ongoing 2022
Ms. Shubhanjali Choudhary Photoredox catalysis Ongoing 2022

PG Dissertation Guided

Student Name Dissertation Title Status Year Co-Supervisor
Anmol Aggarwal N-Heterocycle-Iridium complexes for optoelectronic applications Completed 2022
Sidhuja Joshi Chemistry of Aryne Intermediates for Synthesis of Polycyclic N-heteroaromatics Completed 2022
Tanisha Yadav Exploration of Chemistry of Arynes for Synthesis of Pyridine and Quinoline Fused Pyrans Completed 2021
Tanu Synthesis of Benzofuropyridines and Benzofuro Quinolines via Chemistry of Arynes Completed 2021
Jarsha Jaleel Transition-Metal Free Approach for Arylation of Adenine Nucleosides Using Arene Diazonium Salts Completed 2021
Prashant Kumar Synthesis of 2-Arylbenzothiazole-Carbazole Hybrid Molecules via Sulfur Insertion Strategy Completed 2020 Dr. Virender
Akanksha Mathur Catalyst-free Approach Towards Synthesis of Luminescent β-Carboline Tethered Aurones Completed 2020 Dr. Virender Singh, CUP Bhatinda
Pragati Sharma Tandem arylation-cyclization of N-heteroarenes using chemistry of arynes Ongoing
Prateek Kumar Covalent organic frameworks for dye adsorption Ongoing
Rahul Covalent organic frameworks for iodine capture Ongoing

Patents

Name Reg./Ref. No. Date of Award/Filling Organization Status

Admin. Responsiblities

Position Held Organization From To
Hostel Warden Mega Hostel Boys-A 08-03-2021 Till date
Liaison Officer OBC Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar 02-03-2021 Till date

Award and Honours

Title Activity Given by Year
Axelrod Scholarship Teaching and Research The City College of New York 2011
Excellence in Research Award Research The City University of New York 2011
Excellence in Teaching Award Teaching The City College of New York 2009