Dr. Vivek Polshettiwar's profile
What I do
Research in the field of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, and Medicinal chemistry, with special emphasis on Green Chemistry.
Academic Profile:
1. Postdoc (April-2007 – till date) US-EPA Cincinnati OH (USA)
2. Research Scientist (Sept-2006 to Mar-2007) Jubilant Chemsys, Delhi (India)
3. Postdoc (Sept-2005 to Aug-2006) ENSCM, Montpellier (FRANCE)
4. Ph. D (2001-2005) DRDO and Jiwaji University, Gwalior, M.P. (INDIA)
5. M. Sc (Organic Chemistry) (1999-2001) Amravati University, Amravati, M.H. (INDIA)
Affiliations
Current affiliations
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- Position
- Postdoc
- Company
- U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Further information
Location
- City:
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Interests
1. Multi-component synthesis of bioactive heterocyclic compounds.
2. Facile and rapid access to small drug molecules using greener pathways.
3. Microwave assisted green organic chemistry.
4. Functionalized titania and silica as a catalyst for atom-efficient organic transformation.
Projects
1. Green Organic Chemistry.
2. Multi-component synthesis of bioactive heterocyclic compounds.
3. Synthesis of nano-structured hybrid silica using templated sol-gel nanocasting technique and its application in catalysis.
4. Synthetic Studies on Organosulfur Compounds.
Publications
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POLSHETTIWAR V, VARMA R. Greener and rapid access to bio-active heterocycles: one-pot solvent-free synthesis of 1,3,4-oxadiazoles and 1,3,4-thiadiazoles Tetrahedron Letters (5) , 879 - 883 (2008) doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.11.165
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Vivek Polshettiwar and R. S. Varma. Aqueous Microwave Chemistry: A Clean and Green Synthetic Tool for Rapid Drug Discovery. Chem. Soc. Rev. (2008)
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Vivek Polshettiwar and R. S. Varma. Greener and expeditious synthesis of bio-active heterocycles using microwave irradiation. Pure App. Chem. , 777-790 (2008)
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Vivek Polshettiwar and R. S. Varma. Greener and rapid access to ring-fused aminals: Solvent-free -amination of N-heterocycles. J. Org. Chem. (2008)
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Vivek Polshettiwar and R. S. Varma. Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis and Transformations using Benign Reaction Media. Acc. Chem. Res. , in press (2008)
Contact
- email:
- vivekpol [ at ] yahoo.com
- Yahoo:
- vivekpol@yahoo.com
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