Arpan Pal
Arpan Pal
Education
Ph.D. The University of Tulsa (2019) - Advisor: Prof. Syed R. Hussaini
M.Sc. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India (2013) - Advisor: Prof. Niranjan Panda
B.Sc. The University of Calcutta (2010)
Biography
Arpan Is originally from Rampurhat, a small town in the state of West Bengal in India. After completing bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Calcutta, he attended National Institute of Technology, Rourkela for his masters and conducted research on palladium and copper catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. He moved to the United States to pursue his doctoral study in organic chemistry and joined Professor Syed Hussaini’s lab to study transition metal-catalyzed carbene transfer reactions. He successfully developed a copper-catalyzed sulfide contraction reaction using electronically divergent diazo compounds to prepare diverse enamino carbonyl compounds. In the Lamb group, he is working on development of new methods for sustainable polyurethanes. When not in the lab, Arpan likes to read, watching movies or sports and exploring new restaurants.
Awards/Fellowships
Bellwether Fellowship (for doctoral dissertation completion), The University of Tulsa (2018 – 2019)
John Harvey III Outstanding Graduate Research Award, The University of Tulsa (2017)
Chapman Graduate Scholar Award, The University of Tulsa (2017)
Publications in the Lamb Group
Chemically Recyclable, High Molar Mass Polyoxazolidinones via Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Pal, A.; Wong, A. R.; Lamb, J. R.* ACS Macro Lett. 2024, 13, 5, 502–507
Improved Characterization of Polyoxazolidinones by Incorporating Solubilizing Side Chains
Wong, A. R.; Barrera, M.; Pal, A.; Lamb, J. R.* Macromolecules 2022, 55, 11006–11012.
Publications Outside the Group
5. Secka, J.; Pal, A.; Acquah, F. A.; Mooers, B. H. M.; Karki, A. B.; Mahjoub, D.; Fakhr, M. K.; Wallace, D. R.; Okada, T.; Toyooka, N.; Kuta, A.; Koduri, N. D.; Herndon, D.; Roberts, K. P.; Wang, Z.; Hileman, B.; Rajagopal, N.; Hussaini, S. R. “Coupling of acceptor-substituted diazo compounds and tertiary thioamides: synthesis of enamino carbonyl compounds and their pharmacological evaluation”, RSC Advances 2022, 12, 19431−19444. 10.1039/D2RA02415B
4. Hussaini, S. R.; Kuta, A.; Pal, A.; Wang, Z.; Eastman, M.; Duran, R. “Application of NMR spectroscopy for the detection of equilibrating E-Z diastereomers”, ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 24848−24853. 10.1021/acsomega.0c03554
3. Pal, A.; Hussaini, S. R. “Copper-catalyzed coupling of thioamides and donor/acceptor-substituted carbenoids: synthesis of enamino esters and enaminones”, ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 269−280. 10.1021/acsomega.8b02633
2. Pal, A.; Koduri, N. D.; Wang, Z.; Quiroz, E. L.; Chong, A.; Vuong, M.; Rajagopal, N.; Nguyen, M.; Roberts, K. P.; Hussaini, S. R. “Copper-catalyzed chemoselective cross-coupling reaction of thioamides and α-diazo carbonyl compounds: synthesis of enaminones”, Tetrahedron Lett., 2017, 58, 586−589. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.01.004
1. Panda, N.; Mothkuri, M.; Pal. A.; Paital, A. R. “Copper-catalyzed synthesis of α-naphthols from enol esters”, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2013, 355, 2809−2814. 10.1002/adsc.201300503