Group News !

Aug 2026, We are proud to announce that the Indian Patent Office has granted our patent titled "A Method of Synthesis of an Organic Fluorophore" (Patent No. 582745). Congratulations to Prof. Aslam C. Shaikh, Ms. Puja Singh

July 2026, Heartiest congratulations to our Supervisor, Dr. Aslam C. Shaikh, on being appointed to the @JACS_Au Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) 2026 —a proud milestone for ACS Lab, @iitrpr! 🎉 

June 2026, Big news: Our work on "Stereoselective Dearomative Formal [3+2] cycloaddition of Indole with Allenols: Access to Structurally Diverse Cyclopenta[b]indoles" published in Chemical Science. 

May 2026, Our short review on "Electrophotochemical Asymmetric Catalysis: Merging Electron and Photon to Drive Sustainable Enantioselective Organic Synthesis" is accepted in Synthesis. Many congratulations to Rahul and Puja!!

May 2026, Our work on "Red Photon-Driven Aminomethylation of Indoles to Access the Sterically Hindered Indolyl Tertiary Amines" is accepted in Green Chemistry. Many congratulations to Nand Lal and Sanjay!!

March 2026, Our "Two-Step Strategy to Design Organo-Fluorophore: Engaging Palladium Catalysis for Carbo-Oxygenative Cyclization of Chloroprene Derivatives, article is accepted in Organic Letters.  Congratulations to Puja Singh and Sanjay!!

Feb 2026, Dr. Aslam C. Shaikh delivered an invited talk at the Organic Chemistry Symposium for Early Career Researchers (OCS-ECR 2026) held on 27–28 February 2026 (organized at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India  

Feb 2026, Our "Copper-Catalyzed Intramolecular Carbocyclization/1,2-Migration Reaction of Allenols To Access Substituted 2-Sulfonyl Carbazoles, article is accepted in Organic Letters.  Congratulations to Puja Singh and Pooja Nain!!

Jan 2026, Heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Aslam for receiving the prestigious Thieme Chemistry Journals Award! 🎉

Jan 2026, Our review entitled Photocatalytic arylation of carbonyl compounds: advancements toward sustainability  of Published in Chemical Communications!.  

 Dec 2025,  Young Associate of Maharashtra Academy of Science, Maharashtra. 

Nov 2025 ChemSpirit 2025, Invited Talk (Early Career Researcher) by Dr. Aslam C. Shaikh on Chemistry of Tosyl Allenols: A Major Candidate for Catalysis in Constructing Diverse Biologically Significant Organic Scaffolds at Current & Future Trends in Chemical Sciences 2025 Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad on 17–19 November 2025.

July 2025, Our "[7]Helicene-Backboned Quaternary Ammonium Salts: Synthesis, Photophysical Investigation, and Lysosomal Tracking" article is accepted in Journal of Materials Chemistry B,  Congratulations to Deepshikha and Sanjay!!

Aug 2025, Dr. Aslam became a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry

July 2025, We welcome Rahul, joined as PhD Scholar to our team.

July 2025, Our "Unveiling Palladium-catalysis to Access Oxepino-indole Through Sequential Oxycyclization Utilizing η³-π-allyl Reactivity" article is accepted in Organic Letters,  Congratulations to Puja!!

January 2025, Our "Ruthenium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Allene−alkyne Cascade Cyclization" article is accepted in Organic Letters,  Congratulations to Puja!!

January 2025, Our "Red-Light Mediated Formylation of Indoles" article is accepted in Chemical Communications, Congratulations to Nand Lal and team!!

January 2025, Dr. Aslam's work got accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

January 2025, We welcome Sanjay  Bisht, joined as PhD Scholar to our group.

September 2024, Our latest Perspective accepted in the JACS Au, Congratulations to Puja!!

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April 2024, Our Highlight on Allyl Silane  accepted in Chemical Communications,   Congratulations to Nand Lal and team!!

March 2024, Our second review just accepted in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.   Congratulations to Puja and Nand Lal!!

Feb 2024, We welcome Deepshikha, our Project-JRF for SERB SRG Project.

Oct 2023, We welcome our second PhD scholar Nand Lal !

Sep 2023, Our group recived first research grant from DST SERB-SRG!

Sep 2023, Our first review just accepted in Chemical Communications, Congratulations to Puja!!

July 2023, Puja Singh joined first PhD scholar to our group, Welcome !!