Namrata Prusty
Email: namrata.prusty@niser.ac.in
Namrata was born and raised in Kendrapara, Odisha. She completed her B.Sc. in Chemistry (Hons) in 2011 from Kendrapara Autonomous College, Kendrapara under the affiliation of Utkal University, Odisha, and her M.Sc. in 2013 from Sambalpur University, Odisha. She completed her M.Phil. in Organic Chemistry under the supervision of Dr. Braja Narayana Patra from Sambalpur University in 2014. Then she joined National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar as a junior research fellow in January 2017 under the supervision of Dr. Ponneri C. Ravikumar. Her research interest focuses on organic synthesis involving C-H and C-N bond activation. She also likes to listen to music, learn new things, and get involved in social activities.
Awards:
Third prize in poster presentation at the National Conference on Organic Synthesis (NCOS) 2020 held at Berhampur University.
Awarded International Travel Grant by SERB for attending ACS Conference at Chicago (August 2022)
PUBLICATIONS
Namrata Prusty, Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, Shyam Kumar Banjare, Tanmayee Nanda and Ponneri C. Ravikumar
Switching the Reactivity of the Nickel-Catalyzed Reaction of 2-Pyridones with Alkynes: Easy Access to Polyaryl/Polyalkyl Quinolinones
Namrata Prusty, Lakshmanakumar Kinthada, Rohit Meena, Rajesh Chebolu and Ponneri Chandrababu Ravikumar
Bismuth (III)-Catalyzed Regioselective Alkylation of Tetrahydro-quinolines and indolines towards the synthesis of Bioactive core-Biaryl oxindole and CYP19 inhibitor
Org. Bio. Chem., 2021, 19, 891.
Namrata Prusty#, Shyam Kumar Banjare#, Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, Tanmayee Nanda, Komal Yadav, and Ponneri C. Ravikumar
Synthesis and Photophysical Study of Heteropolycyclic and Carbazole Motif: Nickel-Catalyzed Chelate-Assisted Cascade C–H Activations/Annulations
Org. Lett. 2021 23, 9041-9046 (# equal contribution)
Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, Namrata Prusty, Tanmayee Nanda, Pranav Shridhar Mahulkar, and Ponneri C. Ravikumar
Directing Group Assisted Selective C-H activation of Six-Membered N-heterocycles and Benzo Fused N-heterocycles
Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 540-575
(Part of the themed collection: "Organic Chemistry Frontiers HOT Articles")
Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, Namrata Prusty, Lokesh Gupta, Pragati Biswal, and Ponneri Chandrababu Ravikumar
Cobalt(III)-Catalyzed C-6 Alkenylation of 2-Pyridones by Using Terminal Alkyne with High Regioselectivity
J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86, 9444.
Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, Namrata Prusty, Shyam Kumar Banjare, Tanmayee Nanda, and Ponneri C. Ravikumar
Overcoming the Challenges toward Selective C(6)–H Functionalization of 2-Pyridone with Maleimide through Mn(I)-Catalyst: Easy Access to All-Carbon Quaternary Center
Org. Lett. 2022 24, 848-852
Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, Namrata Prusty, Tanmayee Nanda, Shyam Kumar Banjare and Ponneri C. Ravikumar
Pyridone Directed Ru-Catalyzed Olefination of sp2(C–H) Bond Using Michael Acceptors: Creation of Drug Analogues
Pragati Biswal, Tanmayee Nanda, Namrata Prusty, Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, and P. C. Ravikumar
Rhodium-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2-Methylindoles via C–N Bond Cleavage of N-Allylbenzimidazole
(Selected as Editor's Choice Article)
Shyam Kumar Banjare, Annapurna Saxena, Tanmayee Nanda, Namrata Prusty, Sofaya Joshi, and Ponneri C. Ravikumar.
Weak-Chelation Assisted Cobalt-Catalyzed C–H Bond Activation: An Approach Toward Regioselective Ethynylation of N-Aryl γ-Lactam.
Org. Lett., 2023, 25, 251-255.
Tanmayee Nanda, Shubham Kumar Dhal, Gopal Krushna Das Adhikari, Namrata Prusty and Ponneri C. Ravikumar
Carboamination and Olefination: Ortho C-H Functionalization of Phenoxyacetamide
Chem. Comm., 2023, 59, 8818-8821.
Pragati Biswal, Namrata Prusty, and Ponneri C. Ravikumar
Book Chapter: Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) through Directed C-H Functionalization.
Handbook of CH Functionalizations (CHF), Wiley-VCH Publishers, 2022.
Gopal Krushna Das Adhikari, Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, Shyam Kumar Banjare, Namrata Prusty, Gajiram Murmu and Ponneri C. Ravikumar
Annulation of Indole-2-Carboxamides with Bicycloalkenes Catalyzed by Ru(II) at Room Temperature: An Easy Access to β-Carboline-1-one Derivatives under Mild Conditions
J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 952-959
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