Research Area :
Mechanistic Organic Chemistry, New methods of Organic synthesis,Sonochemistry, microwave chemistry, Catalysis.
Research students:
Ph.D - Completed - 54, Ongoing - 3
M.Sc - Completed - 15, Ongoing - 02
Academic Information
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Ph.D.
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Ph.D. (1980) – Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai
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1980
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Organic Chemistry
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2
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M.Sc.
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MSc (1976) – Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai
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1976
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Organic Chemistry
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Courses Taught :
B.Chem.Engg/B.Tech.:Organic Chemistry
MSc (Chemistry), Reaction mechanism, Stereochemistry, Spectroscopy, Research Methodology
Project Information
Paper Published
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International Journal
Number of Research Publications: 146
Total citations: 2456
H-Index – 30
(Source: Google scholar, as on 24.07.2016)
JULY 2016
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Unusal tandem oxidative cleavage of C-C bond and acetalization of chalcone epoxides in the presence of iodine methanol, Balaso G. Jadhav and Shriniwas D. Samant, Synlett, 2014, 25, 1591-1595.
2014
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Synthesis of a dihydroquinoline based merocyanine as a ‘naked eye’ and ‘fluorogenic’ sensor for hydrazine hydrate in an aqueous medium and hydrazine gas, K. Vijay, C. Nandi and Shriniwas D. Samant, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 30712-17.
2014
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4
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Facile intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of 4-(O-propargyloxy) Styrylcoumarins leading to highly fluorescent coumarin containing polycylic compounds. Adil I. Khatri and Shriniwas D. Samant. Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 2362-2365.
2014
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5
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Regiospecific normal Diels-Alder reaction of trans-1,2-biscoumarinylethenes, K. K. Sanap and S. D. Samant, Synlett, 2012, 23(15), 2189-2194.
2012
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6
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Sulphamic acid – An efficient and cost effective solid acid catalysts for the Pechmann reaction, Pankajkumar R. Singh, Devendrapratap U. Singh and S. D. Samant, Synlett, 2004, 11, 1909-1912.
2004
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Sulfonylation reaction of aromatics using FeCl3 based Ionic Liquid, M. V. Alexander, A. C. Khandekar and S. D. Samant, J. Mol. Catal. A. Chem: 2004, 223, 75-84.
2004
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Benzylation of arenes in the presence of Montmorillonite K10 modified using aqueous and acetonitrile solutions of FeCl3, S. G. Pai, A. R. Bajpai A. B. Deshpande and S. D. Samant, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical, 2000, 156, 233-243
2000
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Mechanism of micelle to vesicle transition in cationic-anionic surfactant mixtures, R. A Salkar, D. Mukesh, S. D. Samant and C. Manohar, Langmuir, 1998, 14, 3778-3782.
1998
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10
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A thermally reversible vesicle to micelle transition driven by a surface solid-fluid transition, R. A. Salkar, P. A. Hassan, S. D. Samant, B. S. Valaulikar, V. V. Kumar, F. Kern, S. J. Candau and C. Manohar, Chem. Comm., 1996, 1223-24
1996
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11
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Semiquantative characterization of ultrasonic cleaner using a novel piezoelectric pressure intensity measurement probe, S. R. Soudagar and S. D. Samant, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 1995, 2(1), 49-53.
1995
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12
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Preparation of cellulose nitrate films using a spinning disc for Solid State Nuclear Track Detection (SSNTD) applications, B. Raghunath, S. D. Samant and M. R. Iyer, Radiations Measurements, 1995, 24(1), 95-99
1995
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13
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Charge induced nematic-isotropic transition in mixed surfactant solutions, Sushama Mishra, B. K. Mishra, S. D. Samant, Janaky Narayanan and C. Manohar, Langmuir, 1993, 9, 2804-2809.
1993
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Achievements
Patent
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1
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Process for low temperature recyclable catalyst for heck reaction
2005
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2
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An improved process for synthesis of m-diisopropylbenzene by isomerization of p-diisopropylbenzene
2012
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Membership In Professional Societies
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Indian Chemical Society (1983); Member, Executive Council, Mumbai Branch.
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2
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2
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Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology (ISSST) (1992), Member, Executive Council, 1992-96
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3
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3
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Catalysis Society of India (1998). Member, Executive council, Mumbai chapter
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4
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4
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Indian Association of Chemistry Teachers (2001), (i) Vice-President (Western Zone) 2004-2007, (ii) President-2014-16,
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5
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5
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Society for Materials Chemistry (2009), Member, Executive Council
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