Chinmay Chowdhury , Ph.D., FAScT

Chief Scientist
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry
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Research Interest

  1. Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of novel oxygen- and nitrogen-heterocycles of biological interests.
  2. Isolations & identifications of bioactivity guided extracts, fractions and unique bioactive molecules from Indian medicinal plants.
  3. Up scaling & process development for value added natural products.
  4. Preparation of analogue library and nano-formulations of lead phytomolecules.
  5. Development potent anti-cancer lead compounds.

 

  • Our paper in the front outside cover page of  “Chemical Communications”(click here)
  • Our paper in the cover page of  “Chemistry A European Journal” ((click here)
  • Our paper in the cover page of the journal "Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry" (click here)
  • Dr. Chinmay Chowdhury has been awarded with "Bharat Vikas Award" (Click here)

Credentials

  • Chief Scientist (2021-Till date)
  • Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR).
  • Senior Principal Scientist (2015-2021) & Deputy Head of the Department, Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Department, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata.
  • Principal Scientist, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata (2009-2015).
  • Scientist E1, CSIR- IICB, Kolkata (2006-2009).
  • Scientist E1, CIMAP, Lucknow (2004-2006).
  • Post-Doctoral Research, University Of California, San Diego, USA  (2000-2002).
  • Post-Doctoral Research , University Of Kentucky, Lexington, USA (1999-2000).
  • Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry) Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (1991-1998).
  • M.Sc. (Chemistry), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (1989-1991).
  • B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry,  Narendrapur Ramkrishna Mission Residential College (1986-1989).

Honours & Awards

  • Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST), 2019.
  • Received "Bharat Vikas Award", 2019.
  • Life member of Indian Chemical Society.
  • Serving (Year 2024-2026) as sectional Committee (Chemical Sciences) member  of West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (WAST).

Grants & Supports

SERB, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi

  1. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi.
  2. Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of West Bengal.

Patents & Publications

PUBLICATIONS   

  1. Sarat Chatterjee, Rousunara Khatun, Mahammad Ali, and Chinmay Chowdhury*; A solvent controlled regioselective synthesis of 2- and 4-substituted α-carbolines under palladium catalysis, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 7427–7430 (the article has been selected to appear as a cover art at the front outside cover of the journal) click here


  2. Debasmita Dutta, Ashique Al Hoque,  Brahamacharry Paul,  Anirban Sengupta, Jun Hyoung Park, Chinmay Chowdhury, Mohiuddin Quadir, Soumyabrata Banerjee, Arghadip Choudhury, Soumik Laha, Nayim Sepay, Priyanka Boro, Benny A. Kaipparettu and   Biswajit Mukherjee,  "EpCAM-targeted betulinic acid analogue nanotherapy improves therapeutic efficacy and induces anti-tumorigenic immune response in colorectal cancer tumor microenvironment"  J. Biomedical Science, 2024, 31: 81. ( https://doi.org/10.1186/s12929-024-01069-8)
  3. Sukanya De and Chinmay Chowdhury*; Iron(III)-Catalyzed Carboannulations of Homopro- pargylic Alcohols: A One-Pot General Synthesis of 4 (2,2-Diarylvinyl)quinolines and 4 (2,2-Diarylvinyl) 2H chromenes, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023, 88, 7539-7550.
  4. Sukanya De and Chinmay Chowdhury*; Substrate Controlled Product Divergence in Iron(III)-Catalyzed Reactions of Propargylic Alcohols: Easy Access to Spiro-indenyl 1,4-Benzoxazines and 2-(2,2-Diarylvinyl)quinoxalines, Chemistry-A European journal,  2023, 29, e202203993 (published  as hot paper and this work was highlighted as  cover art of the journal, see. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202300439 )
  5. Shila Elizabeth Besra, Moumita Ray, Subhodeep Roy and Chinmay Chowdhury, Cytotoxic Activity of Bark of Oroxylon indicum Benth against U937and K562, Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res. 2022, 75(1), 73-78.
  6. Debasmita Mondal, Subhendu Pramanik and Chinmay Chowdhury*; Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Heteroannulations of Allenamides: General Synthesis of δ-Carbolines  and Benzofuro[3,2-b]pyridines, Organic Letters, 2022, 24, 8698-8702.
  7. Subhendu Pramanik, Sarat Chatterjee, Rumjhum Banerjee and Chinmay Chowdhury*; “Palladium-Catalyzed Benzannulations of 1-(Indol-2-yl)but-3-yn-1-ols: Easy Access to Functionalized Carbazoles”; Organic  Letters, 2022, 24,  1895–1900.
  8. Debasmita Mondal, Gargi Pal and Chinmay Chowdhury*; Palladium(0)-catalysed regioselective cyclisation of 2-amino(tosyl)  benzamides/sulphonamides: Stereoselective  synthesis of 3-ylidene-[1,4]benzodiazepin-5-ones/benzo[f][1,2,5]thiadiazepine-1,1-dioxides, Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 5462-5465.
  9. Amrita Mondal, Chinmay Chowdhury*; “Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of 1-Vinyltetrahydro-β-carbolines and Aza-spiroindolenines: Access to the Syntheses of 1-Vinyl β-carbolines and Eudistomins Y1 and Y2”, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021, 86, 3810-3825. 
  10. Sukanya De, Moumita Jash and Chinmay Chowdhury*; “Palladium(II) catalysed cascade strategy for the synthesis of dibenzo[5,6:7,8]cycloocta[1,2-b]indole-10-ols/-10(15H)-ones: Easy access to 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraenes (COTs)”, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 15659-15662. 
  11. Moumita Jash, Sukanya De, Subhendu Pramanik, Chinmay Chowdhury*; “Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions of Ene-ynes Tethered to Cyano/Aldehyde: Access to Naphtho[1,2-b]furans and Benzo[g]indoles”, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019, 84, 14, 8959-8975.