Education

Career Profile

Research Interests / Specialization

Morita-Baylis-Hillman Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis using Transition Metals and

N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

Teaching Experience (Subjects/Courses Taught)

Organic Chemistry.

Honors & Awards

2010- Dr. M. M. Dhar Prize as an appreciation to thesis work from CDRI

2011-2006 Junior and Senior research fellowship from CSIR

2005- Gold Medalist in M. Sc. Chemistry

2005- Prof. C. P. Garg medal in M. Sc.

2004- Lupin award in M. Sc. Chemistry

2002- Best explanatory award in science exhibition in B. Sc.

Publications

 1) Virender Singh and S. Batra. Recent advancement toward the synthesis of quinoline and quinoline-annulated      frameworks. 2011 manuscript communicated.

 2) Virender Singh and S. Batra. 1-Formyl-9H-ß-carboline: A useful scaffold for synthesizing substituted- and fused ß-carbolines. Curr. Org. Syn. 2011 (In Press).

3) S. Hutait, Virender Singh and S. Batra. Facile synthesis of dihydroquinoline-fused canthines by intramolecular Aza-Diels-Alder reactionn. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6269-6276.

4) S. Biswas, Virender Singh and S. Batra, Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction of indole-2-carboxaldehyde: New opportunities for indole-annulated systems. Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 7781-7786.

5) Virender Singh, S. Hutait and S. Batra. Advancing the Baylis-Hillman chemistry of 1-formyl-ß-carbolines for the synthesis of indolizinoindole derivatives. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 3684-3891.

6) Virender Singh, S. Hutait, S. Biswas and S. Batra. Versatility of substituted 1-formyl-9H-ß-carbolines for the syntheses of new fused ß-carbolines via intramolecular 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 531-539.

7) Virender Singh, S. Hutait and S. Batra. Baylis-Hillman reaction of 1-formyl-ß-carboline: one-step synthesis of the canthin-6-one framework via an unprecedented cascade cyclization. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 6211-6216.

8) Virender Singh, S. Hutait and S. Batra. Reductive-cyclization-mediated syntheses of fused polycyclic quinolines from the Baylis-Hillman adducts of acrylonitrile: Scope and limitations. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 3454-3466.

9) Virender Singh, V. Singh and S. Batra. Straightforward strategy for stereoselective synthesis of spiro-fused (C-5)isoxazolino or (C-3)pyrazolino-(C-3)-quinolin-2-ones from Baylis-Hillman adducts via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and reductive cyclization. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 5446-5460.

10) Virender Singh, G. P. Yadav, P. R. Maulik and S. Batra. Synthesis of substituted 3-methylene-2-pyridones from Baylis-Hillman derivatives and its application for the generation of 2-pyridone susbtituted spiroisoxazolines. Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 2979-2991.

11) S. Nag, Virender Singh and S. Batra. Studies on the Baylis-Hillman reaction of pyrazolecarbaldehydes under the influence of DABCO: Positional effect on the reactivity of the formyl group. ARKIVOC 2007, xiv, 185-203.

12) S. Madapa, Virender Singh and S. Batra. An alternate approach to quinoline architectire via Baylis-Hillman chemistry: SnCl2-mediated tandem reaction toward synthesis of 4-(substituted vinyl)-quinolines. Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 8740-8748.

Research papers presented in Conferences

 1) Virender Singh and S. Batra. Synthesis and anti-infective evaluation of a-Methylene-?-Butyrolactones derived from Morita-Baylis-Hillman derivatives CDRI-NIPER symposium, 25-27 Mar., 2010, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow (Poster-presented).

 2) Virender Singh and S. Batra. Synthetic application of 1-formyl-ß-carboline for generating ß-carboline derivatives with D-ring. 4th J-NOST, 4-7 Dec., 2009, I.I.T. Kanpur (Oral Presentation).

3) Virender Singh and S. Batra. Reductive-cyclization-mediated syntheses of fused polycyclic quinolines from the Baylis-Hillman adducts of acrylonitrile: Scope and limitations. CDRI-NIPER symposium, 24-26 Mar., 2009, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow (Poster-presented).

4) Virender Singh and S. Batra. Applications of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition for the synthesis of spiro-derivatives from the Baylis-Hillman derivatives. 5th J-NOST, 6-9 Nov, 2008, Kamraj University, Madurai (Poster-presented).

5) Virender Singh and S. Batra. A general strategy to substituted 3-methylene -2-pyridones and its synthetic applications. ISCB conference 22th-24th Feb 2008, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (Poster-presented).