2025
Effect of Spin and Orbital Selectivity of DNA Induced SiO2 Coated Fe3O4 Nanoparticles: X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism Study,, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Riya Dawn, Chandra Kiran, Weng Weei Tjiu, Zainul Aabdin, Mufeedu Zzaman, Ferry Faizal, Camellia Panatarani, I Made Joni, Girish Chandra, Kenta Amemiya, Kundan Kumar, Vijay Raj Singh, 2025
Recent advances in the synthesis of fluorinated heterocycles and a review of recent FDA-approved fluorinated drugs, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Sayan Mukherjee, Ujala Rani, Girish Chandra, Shantanu Pal
Solvent Dependent C-H····F-C Pseudo Hydrogen Bonding in a Fluorinated Azobenzene Schiff Bases: Studies on Structural and Atropisomerism Features, New Journal of Chemistry, Samridhi Patel, Ujala Rani, Gopal Kumar Mahto, Birkishore, Mahato, Raman K. Singh, Arnab Patra, Girish Chandra
Quantifying Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions in the Self-Assembly of Photoresponsive Azobenzene Amphiphiles at the Air–Water Interface. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2024, 15, 9193–9200. Priyanka Priyadarshani Samal, Archita Maiti, Samridhi Patel, Himangshu Paul, Girish Chandra, Puneet Mishra, Snehasis Daschakraborty*, Alpana Nayak*.
Studies on the Effect of Fluorine on Interaction with Different Metal Ions with Fluorinated Azobenzene-Schiff Base: Intramolecular C-F Activation Under Polar Solvent S Patel, G Chandra*, New Journal of Chemistry, 2024
Synthesis of hybrid azobenzene-chalcone dyes and studies on their photophysical properties: Molecular Recognition of carbonate and phosphate ions using a novel turn-off fluorescent probe. B Mahto, S Chand, DV Singh, P Sisi, G Chandra*, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024, 137839.
Light Triggered Reversible Aggregation/Dispersion of Hydroxy Azo-benzenes During Photo Switching: Solvent, Ions Assisted Dispersion, and Induced Quenching Emission S Patel, B Das, P Mishra, G Chandra*. ChemPhotoChem, e202300350, 2024.
An insight into recent developments in imidazole based heterocyclic compounds as anticancer agents: Synthesis, SARs, and mechanism of actions. Dr Deepak Kumar, Arun Kumar; Anjali Kaushal; Prabhakar K Verma; Manoj K Gupta; Girish Chandra; Umesh Kumar; Ashok K Yadav. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2024.
Fluorescent Fluorinated Materials: A Novel Material for Application in Photodynamic Therapy and Designing Chemical Sensors. Girish Chandra* Birkishore Mahto, Vijay Raj Singh, Gopal Kumar Mahato, Ujala Rani. Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, C: Photochemistry Reviews, 2024, 100677.
Strategic lead compound design and development utilizing Computer-Aided Drug Discovery (CADD) to address herbicide-resistant Phalaris minor in wheat fields. Rani, Priyanka; Rajak, Bikash Kumar; Mahato, Gopal Kumar; Rathore, Ravindranath Singh; Chandra, Girish; Singh, Durg Vijay. Pest Management Science. Wiley, 2024.
Azobenzene: Photoswitching and Their Chemical Sensor Application, Intech Open, in Dye Chemistry - Exploring Colour From Nature to Lab, 2024.ISBN 978-1-83769-685-7.
Biosynthesis and Synthetic Biology of Fluorinated Products in Plants, Springer Nature in Biosynthesis of Natural Products in Plants - Bioengineering in Post-genomics Era. 2024, DOI : 10.1007/978-981-97-2166-5.
Patent
1. An efficient process of preparation of morpholino-1,3,5-triazine derivatives with a potential for herbicidal activity D.V. Singh, G. Chandra, R.S. Rathore, G.K. Mahato, P. Rani, BK Rajak. IN Patent App. 202,331,078,141, Publication Date: 2024/1/19.
Publications
"Effect of fluorination and alkylation on self-assembly of photoresponsive azobenzene molecules at the air-solid interface". Das, Binayak; Patel, Samridhi ; Paul, Shramana; Chandra, Girish ; Nayak, Alpana; Mishra, Puneet. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, ACS (Revision Stage).
Origin of DNA Induced Magnetization in SiO2 Coated Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Studied by X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism. Riya Dawn, Chandra Kiran, Weng Weei Tjiu; Zainul Aabdin, Mufeedu Zzaman, Ferry Faizal, Camellia Panatarani, I Made Joni, Girish Chandra, Kenta Amemiya, Kundan Kumar; Uttam Kumar Goutam, Vijay Raj Singh Submitted to Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
Quantifying Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions in the Self-Assembly of Photoresponsive Azobenzene Amphiphiles at the Air–Water Interface. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2024, 15, 9193–9200. Priyanka Priyadarshani Samal, Archita Maiti, Samridhi Patel, Himangshu Paul, Girish Chandra, Puneet Mishra, Snehasis Daschakraborty*, Alpana Nayak*.
Studies on the Effect of Fluorine on Interaction with Different Metal Ions with Fluorinated Azobenzene-Schiff Base: Intramolecular C-F Activation Under Polar Solvent S Patel, G Chandra*, New Journal of Chemistry, 2024.
Synthesis of hybrid azobenzene-chalcone dyes and studies on their photophysical properties: Molecular Recognition of carbonate and phosphate ions using a novel turn-off fluorescent probe. B Mahto, S Chand, DV Singh, P Sisi, G Chandra*, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024.
Light Triggered Reversible Aggregation/Dispersion of Hydroxy Azo-benzenes During Photo Switching: Solvent, Ions Assisted Dispersion, and Induced Quenching Emission S Patel, B Das, P Mishra, G Chandra*. ChemPhotoChem, e202300350, 2024.
Chemical and photophysical studies on the interaction of reactive oxygen species with carbonylated diazo derivatives: Their chromogenic, fluorescent detection and mechanistic …S Patel, S Patra, S Chand, RK Singh, I Singh, G Chandra*, Dyes and Pigments, 111317
Effective light-induced fluorescent H-aggregation of fluorinated pyridyl-azo dye via photoisomerization J Modi, S Patel, G Mahato, B Mahto, G Chandra* ChemPhotoChem, e202300284.
Origin of Enhancement of Orbital Magnetic Moment in SiO2‑Coated Fe3O4 Nanocomposites Studied by X‑ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism, R Dawn, WW Tjiu, Z Aabdin, F Faizal, C Panatarani, IM Joni, W Akhtar, ...Langmuir 39 (39), 13807–13819
n-silico and in-vitro identification of triazole based compounds as potential EGFR inhibitors targeting lung cancer, S Kumar, MK Shukla, I Ali, F Abbas, R Verma, G Chandra, D Kumar, Molecular Simulation, 1614-1631
Clarifying the Role of Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Pressure-Induced Organisation of Alkylated Azobenzene: A Combined Surface Manometry and Molecular Simulation Study". Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2023, 127 (27), 13256–13265.
Unusual Oxidation of Methylated Diazo Dye to 4,4′-Dihydroxy-azobenzene: Mechanistic Investigations and Spectroscopic Studies of the Isolated Product. Girish Chandra* etc. Dyes and Pigments. 2023, 218, 111497.
Synthesis of Oligonucleotides Containing 5′-Homo-4′-selenouridine Derivative and Its Increased Resistance against Nuclease. Jinha Yu, Ji Won Kim, Girish Chandra, Noriko Saito–Tarashima, Yuhei Nogi, Masashi Ota, Noriaki Minakawa, Lak-Shin Jeong. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2023.
Flap sub-domain dynamics of serine-threonine phosphatase (Stp1) of Staphylococcus aureus: an accelerated molecular dynamics simulation study. Pranabesh Mandal, Priyanka Rani, Girish Chandra & Durg Vijay Singh. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2022, DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2022.2107575.
Design, synthesis, and anticancer activity of fluorocyclopentenyl-purines and pyrimidines. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 155, 404-417, 2018.
Stereo- and Regio-selective Synthesis of 3'-C-Substituted-(N)-methanocarbaadenosines as Potential Anticancer Agents. Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 3, 1472-1480, (2016).
Structure-Activity Relationships of Neplanocin A Analogues as S- Hydrolase Inhibitors and Their Antiviral and Antitumor Activities. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 58, 5108-5120 (2015).
Synthesis and Anti-Renal Fibrosis Activity of Conformationally Locked Truncated 2-Hexynyl-N6-Substituted-(N)-Methanocarba-nucleosides as A3 Adenosine Receptor Antagonists and Partial Agonists. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 57(4), 1344-1354 (2014).
Stereoselectiveive Synthesis of Fluoro-homoneplanocin A as a Potential Antiviral Agent. Organic Letters, 14, 2134-2137, (2012).
Fluorocyclopentenyl-cytosine with Broad Spectrum and Potent Antitumor Activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 55, 4521-4525, (2012).
Structure-Activity Relationship of Truncated C2- and C8- substituted adenosine derivatives as dual acting A2A and A3 adenosine receptors ligands. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 55, 342-356, (2012).
Stereoselective Synthesis of Conformationally Restricted 2′-C-Substituted Carbocyclic Nucleosides as Potential Antiviral Agents. Tetrahedron, 68, 1253-1261, (2012).
Improved Synthesis of DNA-dependent Protein Kinase Inhibitor (DNA-PK) IC86621. Archives of Pharmacal Research, 639-645, (2012).
Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of Truncated 3'-Aminocarbanucleosides and their Binding Affinity at the A3 Adenosine Receptor. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 9, 6955-6962, (2011).
A New DNA Building Block, 4′-Selenothymidine: Synthesis and Modification to 4′-Seleno-AZT as a Potential Anti-HIV Agent. Organic Letters, 12, 2242–2245, (2010).
Studies on cycloaddition of cyclohexa-2,4-dienones and transformation of adducts: A general, stereo selective route to multifunctional bicyclo[2.2.2]octanes and diquinanes. Synthesis, 17, 2719-2728, (2008).
Molecular complexity from aromatics. An efficient route to 1,8-dimethyl-5-spirocyclopropane tricycle [6.3.3.0.03,7]undec-10-one: A potential intermediate for synthesis of ceratopicanol. Synlett, 15, 2267-2270, (2008).
Aromatics to diquinanes: An Expedient Synthesis of tetramethyl bicyclo[3.3.0]octane framework of ptychanolide. Synlett, 15, 3111-3114, (2008).
Cycloaddition of 6-Hydroxy-6,6-Dimethylcyclohexa-2,4-dienones: A stereoselective entry into functionalized bicyclo[2.2.2]octanes and A Novel 1,2-Migration of Methyl group. Indian J. of Chem., B, 47B, 1886-1891, (2008). *Above article was highlighted in Cheminform. ChemInform, 2009 (24), 40. doi.org/10.1002/chin.200924048.
Book Chapters
Chemical Synthesis of Nucleosides Analogues, Pedro Merino (Editor), Book Chapter: “Recent Advances in Synthesis and Biological activity of 4'-Thionucleosides.” Varughese Alexander, Mahesh Satu Majik, Girish Chandra, Lak Shin Jeong. Publisher: Wiley-VCH, page no: 655, ISBN: 978-1-118-00751-8.
Green Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Organic Synthesis, Girish Chandra*, Gopal Kumar Mahato, Samridhi Patel, Nanoparticles in Green organic synthesis, Elsevier, USA, 2023, 141-164, ISBN: 978-0-323-95921-6.
Azobenzene: Photoswitching and Their Chemical Sensor Application, Intech Open, in Dye Chemistry - Exploring Colour From Nature to Lab, 2024.ISBN 978-1-83769-685-7.
Biosynthesis and Synthetic Biology of Fluorinated Products in Plants, Springer Nature in Biosynthesis of Natural Products in Plants - Bioengineering in Post-genomics Era. 2024, DOI : 10.1007/978-981-97-2166-5.
Recent Advances in Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Quinazolinones. Samir Kumar Mondal, Ujala Rani, Girish Chandra, Shantanu Pal. Volume 28, 2024. Targets in Heterocyclic Systems - Chemistry and Properties (THS), Italian Chemical Society. Submitted.
Reviews
Fluorescent Fluorinated Materials: A Novel Material for Application in Photodynamic Therapy and Designing Chemical Sensors. Girish Chandra* Birkishore Mahto, Vijay Raj Singh, Gopal Kumar Mahato, Ujala Rani. Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, C: Photochemistry Reviews. Accepted.
Strategic lead compound design and development utilizing Computer-Aided Drug Discovery (CADD) to address herbicide-resistant Phalaris minor in wheat fields. Rani, Priyanka; Rajak, Bikash Kumar; Mahato, Gopal Kumar; Rathore, Ravindranath Singh; Chandra, Girish; Singh, Durg Vijay. Accepted.Pest Management Science. Wiley.
An insight into recent developments in imidazole based heterocyclic compounds as anticancer agents: Synthesis, SARs, and mechanism of actions. Dr Deepak Kumar, Arun Kumar; Anjali Kaushal; Prabhakar K Verma; Manoj K Gupta; Girish Chandra; Umesh Kumar; Ashok K Yadav. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Accepted.
Current Strategies on the Enantioselective Synthesis of Modified Nucleosides SK Mondal, B Mahto, S Pal, G Chandra*, Synlett.
Fluorine-A Small Magic Bullet Atom in the Drug Development: Perspective to FDA Approved and COVID-19 Recommended Drugs. Submitted to ‘Chemicals Papers’. Girish Chandra* etc Chemical Papers 2023, 77, 4085–4106.
Fluorinated Nucleosides: Synthesis, Modulation in Conformation and Therapeutic Application, The Chemical Records, Shantanu Pal,* Girish Chandra*, Samridhi Patel, Sakshi Singh. e202100335.
S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase: Its Inhibitory Activity against Plasmodium falciparum and Development of Malaria Drugs. Girish Chandra* etc Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 21, 7, 833-846, 2021.
Molecular Complexity from Aromatics: Recent Advances in the Chemistry of paraQuinol and Masked para-Quinone Monoketal. Girish Chandra* etc ChemistrySelect, 5, 12885-12909, 2020.