VASHUNDHRA SHARMA

About

Dr. Vashundhra Sharma was born and raised up in Jaipur Rajasthan. She did her M.Sc in Chemistry from Stani Memorial College University of Rajasthan. She did her Ph.D in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry from Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur Rajasthan, India with Prof. Dr. Sandeep Chaudhary [currently working as HoD and Associate Professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli (NIPER-R), Lucknow Campus, Lucknow since 2021]. She then moved to Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Uttar Pradesh, India and worked as Institute Postdoctoral fellow at The Department of Chemistry from 2020-2023 with Prof. Manas Kumar Ghorai [Professor, IIT KANPUR].


Organocatalyzed/Transition metal catalysed C―H bond activation & Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling reactions: Exploration with special emphasis by the use of new small molecules, Design, development and identification of new organocatalytic systems for C-H bond activation and direct arylation reactions. Medicinal chemistry, Total synthesis of biologically active Natural Products/Drugs/Therapeutics, Green chemistry: Application of microwave-assisted/ ultrasound-assisted organic transformations; Explorations of organic reactions either under solvent-free conditions or using cheap innocuous alternate reaction media such as water and ionic liquids.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Post-doctoral fellow (DST Project)
  2023 - 2023
• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Istitute Postdoctoral fellow
  2020 - 2023
• Biyani PG College Jaipur Assistant Professor
  2018 - 2020

Education

• Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur Ph.D
  2013 - 2018
• University of Rajasthan M.Sc
  2009 - 2011
• University of Rajasthan B.Sc
  2007 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (9)

• Organocatalytic Modified Guareschi–Thorpe Type Regioselective Synthesis: A Unified Direct Access to 5,6,7,8-Tetrahydroquinolines and Other Alicyclic[b]-Fused Pyridines
  Organic Letters 2018 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02132
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• Discovery of Aporphine Analogues as Potential Antiplatelet and Antioxidant Agents: Design, Synthesis, Structure–Activity Relationships, Biological Evaluations, and in silico Molecular Docking Studies
  ChemMedChem 2018 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201800318
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• An efficient synthesis and biological evaluation of novel analogues of natural product Cephalandole A: A new class of antimicrobial and antiplatelet agents
  Fitoterapia 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2018.06.003
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• Non‐peptide‐based new class of platelet aggregation inhibitors: Design, synthesis, bioevaluation, SAR, and in silico studies
  Archiv der Pharmazie 2018 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201700349
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• Discovery of C-3 Tethered 2-oxo-benzo[1,4]oxazines as Potent Antioxidants: Bio-Inspired Based Design, Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, Cytotoxic, and in Silico Molecular Docking Studies
  Frontiers in Chemistry 2018 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00056
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• Microwave-assisted One-pot Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized 2-Oxo-2-phenylethylidenes-linked 2-Oxobenzo[1,4]oxazines and 2-Oxoquino[1,4]oxalines: Synthetic Applications, Antioxidant Activity, SAR and Cytotoxic Studies
  Acta Chimica Slovenica 2017 DOI: 10.17344/acsi.2017.3709
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• “On water” ultrasound-assisted one pot efficient synthesis of functionalized 2-oxo-benzo[1,4]oxazines: First application to the synthesis of anticancer indole alkaloid, Cephalandole A
  Tetrahedron Letters 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.03.048
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• Stable Tricyclic Antitubercular Ozonides Derived from Artemisinin
  Organic Letters 2015 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02296
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• Base mediated regioselective synthesis of highly functionalized conjugated enones
  Tetrahedron Letters 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.07.062
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