Publication

After joining BHU

Research paper/article/review:

(1)  Nikita Gupta, Ahmed, Imtiaz, Ajit Kumar Gupta, and Vijay Kumar Das*. "Lighting the Path: A Sustainable Catalyst-Free Approach towards Trifluoromethylation of Indoles" (Accepted ChemistrySelect 2025) 

(2) Ahmed, Imtiaz, Nikita Gupta, Ajit Kumar Gupta, and Vijay Kumar Das*. "Photochemically Induced Approaches to the Syntheses of β‐Lactams." Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 366, no. 22 (2024): 4548-4558 (DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202400715).

(3) Nikita Gupta, Kumar Anku, Anurag Singh, Sampurna Routray, Ankita Kar, and Vijay Kumar Das*, Nanohybrids: A Burgeoning Need to Cater C− C and C− O Bonds Building in Organic Synthesis. ChemistrySelect, 2023, 8(5), p.e202203453. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202203453)

Prior to joining BHU

Research paper/article/review:

(I)Postdoctoral research at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA:

(1)  Vijay Kumar Das, Sumaira Mazhar, Lennon Gregor, Barry D. Stein, David Gene Morgan, Nicholas A. Maciulis, Maren Pink, Yaroslav Losovyj, Lyudmila Bronstein; “Graphene derivative in magnetically recoverable catalyst determines catalytic properties in transfer hydrogenation with 2-propanol” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10 (25), 21356–21364 (Impact Factor: 8.09). [ISSN 1944-8244]

(2)  Vijay Kumar Das, Zinaida B. Shifrina and Lyudmila Bronstein; “Graphene and graphene-like based materials in biomass conversion: Paving the way to the future” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 25131-25143 (Impact Factor: 10.733) [ISSN 2050-7488].

(3)  Samuel Patterson, Priyanka Arora, Paige Price, Jasper W. Dittmar, Vijay Kumar Das, Maren Pink, Barry Stein, David Gene Morgan, Yaroslav Losovyj, Kallum M. Koczkur, Sara E. Skrabalak and Lyudmila M. Bronstein; “Oriented Attachment is a Major Control Mechanism to Form Nail-like Mn-Doped ZnO Nanocrystals” Langmuir 2017, 33, 14709-14717 (Impact Factor: 3.789) [ISSN 1520-5827].

(II) Postdoctoral research at Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam India:

(4)  Vijay Kumar Das, Satyabrat Gogoi, Boyapati Manoranjan Choudary and Niranjan Karak; “A promising catalyst for exclusive: Para hydroxylation of substituted aromatic hydrocarbons under UV light” Green Chemistry, 2017, 19, 4278- 4283 (Impact Factor: 8.58) [ISSN 1463-9270].

(5) Vijay Kumar Das, S. N. Harsh and Niranjan Karak; “Highly Efficient and Active Silver Nanoparticles Catalyzed Conversion of aldehydes into Nitriles: A Greener, Convenient and Versatile “NOSE” Approach” Tetrahedron Letters, 2016, 57, 549-553 (Impact Factor: 2.37) [ISSN 0040-4039].

(III) Postdoctoral research at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India:

(6) Paramartha Gogoi, Vijay Kumar Das and Anil Kumar Saikia; “Diastereoselective Synthesis of Substituted Tetrahydrofurans via Prins Cyclization of Enol Ethers”; Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014, 79, 8592-8598 (Impact Factor 4.80) [ISSN 1520-6904].

PhD research at Tezpur University, Tezpur (Assam), India:

(7)  Vijay Kumar Das, Pranjal Bharali, Bolin Kumar Konwar, Jyri-Pekka Mikkola, Andrey Shchukarev and Ashim Jyoti Thakur; “A convenient ‘NOSE’ approach for the synthesis of 6-Amino-1,3-dimethyl-5-indolyl-1H-pyrimidine-2,4-dione derivatives catalyzed by nano-Ag” New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 1935-1939 (Impact Factor: 3.069) [ISSN 1369-9261].

(8) Vijay Kumar Das and Ashim Jyoti Thakur; “Greener oxidation of aldehydes over bio-silica supported Fe2O3 nanoparticles: A convenient ‘NOSE’ approach” Applied Catalysis A: General, 2014, 470, 97-103 (Impact Factor: 4.63) [ISSN 0926-860X].

(9) Vijay Kumar Das, Ashim Jyoti Thakur; “Nano rod shaped basic Al2O3 catalyzed N,N-diformylation of bis-uracil  Derivatives: A greener ‘NOSE’ approach”; ISRN Organic Chemistry, 2013, 1-6 (Impact Factor: NA).

(10) Vijay Kumar Das and Ashim Jyoti Thakur; “Highly active nano-MgO catalyzed mild and efficient synthesis of amidines via the electrophilic activation of amides”; Tetrahedron Letters, 2013, 54, 4164-4166 (Impact Factor: 2.37) [ISSN 0040-4039].

(11)  Vijay Kumar Das, Madhurjya Borah, and Ashim Jyoti Thakur; “Piper-Betle-Shaped Nano-S-Catalyzed Synthesis of 1-Amidoalkyl-2-naphthols under Solvent-Free Reaction Condition: A Greener Nanoparticle-Catalyzed Organic Synthesis Enhancement Approach”; Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013, 78, 3361-3366 (Impact Factor: 4.80) [ISSN 1520-6904] [Featured in Synfacts, 2013, 9, 794].

(12) Vijay Kumar Das, Rashmi Rekha Devi, and Ashim Jyoti Thakur; “Recyclable, highly efficient and low cost nano-MgO for amide synthesis under SFRC: A convenient and greener ‘NOSE’ approach”; Applied Catalysis A: General, 2013, 456, 118-125 (Impact Factor: 4.63) [ISSN 0926-860X].

(13) Vijay Kumar Das, Rashmi Rekha Devi, Prasanta Kumar Raul and Ashim Jyoti Thakur; “Nano rod-shaped and reusable basic Al2O3 catalyst for N-formylation of amines under solvent-free conditions: A novel, practical and convenient‘NOSE’ approach”; Green Chemistry, 2012, 14, 847-854 (Impact Factor: 8.53) [ISSN 1463-9270].

(14) Vijay Kumar Das, Subrata Das, and Ashim Jyoti Thakur; “Protection and deprotection chemistry catalyzed by zirconium oxychloride octahydrate (ZrOCl2·8H2O)”; Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 2012, 5, 577-586 (Impact Factor: 1.65) [ISSN 1751-7192].

(15) Vijay Kumar Das, “Danishefsky’s Diene”; Synlett, 2011, 3, 0430-0431 (Impact Factor: 2.36) [ISSN 1437-2096].

As co-author in several other colloaborative research:

(16) Anuchaya Devi, Vijay Kumar Das and Dhanapati Deka; “A green approach for enhancing oxidation stability including long storage periods of biodiesel via Thuja oreantalis L. as an antioxidant additive”; Fuel 2019, 153, 1264-1273 (Impact Factor: 5.12). [ISSN 0016-2361]

(17) Anuchaya Devi, Vijay Kumar Das and Dhanapati Deka; “Evaluation of the effectiveness of potato peel extract as a natural antioxidant on biodiesel oxidation stability”; Industrial Crops and Products 2018, 123, 454-460 (Impact Factor: 4.91) [ISSN 0926-6690].

(18) Anuchaya Devi, Vijay Kumar Das, Velentina Das and Dhanapati Deka; “Fuel Quality Assessment of Biodiesels Produced through Alcoholysis from Pongamia glabra, Mesua ferrea and their blend: A novel yet cinch approach”, Materials Today: Proceedings 2018, 5, 23076-23082 (Impact factor: NA) [ISSN 2214-7853]

(19) Anuchaya Devi, Vijay Kumar Das and Dhanapati Deka; “Ginger extract as a nature based robust additive and its influence on the oxidation stability of biodiesel synthesized from non-edible oil” Fuel 2017, 187, 306-314 (Impact Factor: 5.12). [ISSN 0016-2361]

(20) Arindam Bandyopadhyay, Prajna Paramita Banerjee, Pallab Shaw, Maloy Mondal, Vijay Kumar Das, Pranesh Chowdhury, Niranjan Karak, Shelley Bhattacharya, and Ansuman Chattopadhyay; “Cytotoxic and Mutagenic Effects of Thuja occidentalis Mediated Silver Nanoparticles on Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes” Materials Focus 2017, 6, 290-296 (Impact Factor: NA) [ISSN 2169-4303].

(21)  Anuchaya Devi, Vijay Kumar Das and Dhanapati Deka; “Designer Biodiesel: Preparation of Biodiesel Blends by Mixing Several Vegetable Oils at Different Volumetric Ratios and their Corresponding Fuel Quality Enhancement” Res. J. Chem. Sci. 2015, 5, 60-65 (Impact Factor: NA) [ISSN  2231-606X].

(22) Raju Kumar Borah, Hirak Jyoti Saikia, Abhijit Mahanta, Vijay Kumar Das, Utpal Bora and Ashim Jyoti Thakur; “Biosynthesis of poly(ethylene glycol)-supported palladium nanoparticles using Colocasia esculenta leaf extract and their catalytic activity for Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions” RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 72453-72457 (Impact Factor: 3.84) [ISSN 2046-2069].

(23) Manashi Das Purkayastha, Ajay Kumar Manhar, Vijay Kumar Das, Anjan Borah,Manabendra Mandal, Ashim Jyoti Thakur, and Charu Lata Mahanta; “Antioxidative, Hemocompatible, Fluorescent Carbon Nanodots from an “End-of-Pipe” Agricultural Waste: Exploring Its New Horizon in the Food-Packaging Domain”; J. Agric. Food Chem. 2014, 62, 4509-4520 (Impact Factor: 3.57) [ISSN 1520-5118].

(24) Subrata Das, Vijay Kumar Das, Lakhinath Saikia, and Ashim Jyoti Thakur, “Environment-friendly and solvent-free synthesis of symmetrical bis-imines under microwave irradiation”; Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 2012, 5, 457-474 (Impact Factor: 1.65) [ISSN 1751-7192].

(25) Manshi Das Purkayastha, Dipankar Kalita, Vijay Kumar Das, Charu Lata         Mahanta, Ashim Jyoti Thakur, and Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri; “Effects of L-ascorbic acid addition on micro-filtered coconut water: Preliminary quality prediction study using 1H-NMR, FTIR and GC-MS”; Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 2012, 13, 184-199 (Impact Factor: 4.085) [ISSN 1466-8564].

Patent (Postdoctoral research at Tezpur University, Assam, India):

(1) Dr. Niranjan Karak, Dr. Vijay Kumar Das, Mr. Satyabrat Gogoi and Dr. B. M. Choudary; Selective para-hydroxylation of substituted aromatic hydrocarbons using H2O2 catalyzed by waterborne hyperbranched polyurethane/carbon quantum dot nanocomposite; Indian patent, Ref. No./Application No. E-  2/10/2018/KOL, App. Number 201731000104, 2018.

Book: 

(1) Anuchaya Devi, Vijay Kumar Das, Dhanapati Deka, Zingiber officinale: A nature based antioxidant for biodiesel; LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2017, 1-116 [ISBN-13 978-3-330-03736-6].