Prof. Anuj Sharma
Focuses on developing green and sustainable organic synthetic methods, radical-driven organic transformations, and several radical-based transformations using visible light photoredox conditions or mechanochemical methods.
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Awards & Fellowships
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Journal Publications
Contributions to Journal Publications
Photomediated solvent-switched direct C-H arylation vs oxyalkylation of azauracils using unactivated aryl iodides, R. Kumar, M. Kaur, and A. Sharma*, J. Org. Chem., 2026.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c02086
Photocatalyst-free decarboxylative cross-coupling of α-keto acids with aryl sulfinates for the synthesis of S-aryl thioesters, H. Gupta, J. Tripathi and A. Sharma*, Chem. Commun., 2025.https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC05050B
Photoinduced Iron-catalyzed aryl ester synthesis via C(sp2)-O cross-coupling of carboxylic acids with anisoles, J. Tripathi and A. Sharma*, ACS Catal., 2025, 15, 17292–17300.https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c04512
Deoxygenative route to alkynylation of heterocyclic N-oxides under ball milling, A. K. Dhiya, M. Kaur, and A. Sharma*, J. Org. Chem., 2025, 90, 11033–11042.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c00737
Mechanochemically triggered deaminative alkylation of heterocycles using Katritzky’s salts, A. P. Pandey, A. Sharma, N. Singh, R. Kumar, and A. Sharma*, J. Org. Chem., 2025, 90, 8034–8042.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c00023
Visible light-induced energy transfer mediated regioselective C-3 thiolation of imidazoheterocycles using Bunte salts, S. Kumar, A. Sharma, R. Kumar, and A. Sharma*, Chem. Asian J., 2025, 20, e202401875.https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202401875
Photoacid catalyzed esterification of carboxylic acids using Eosin-Y, J. Tripathi, H. Gupta and A. Sharma*, Org. Lett., 2025, 27, 1018-1023.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c04639
Photoactivation of thianthrenium salts: an electron-donor-acceptor (EDA)-complex approach, R. I. Patel, B. Saxena, and A. Sharma*, J. Org. Chem., 2025, 90, 6617-6643.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c00194
Visible light-driven α-sulfonylation of ketone-derived silyl enol ethers via an electron donor–acceptor complex, B. Saxena, R. I Patel and A. Sharma*, Green Chem., 2024, 26, 11650-11661.https://doi.org/10.1039/D4GC04554H
General electron-donor-acceptor complex mediated thioesterification reaction via site-selective C-H functionalization using aryl sulfonium salts, R. I. Patel, B. Saxena, and A. Sharma*, Green Chem., 2024, 26, 10265-10274.https://doi.org/10.1039/D4GC03768E
Mechanochemically induced thianthrenium salt-based arylation of diverse heterocyclic scaffolds, R. Kumar, A. Sharma, and A. Sharma*, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2024, 12, 12808–12818.https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c03163
Visible light-induced electron–donor–acceptor-mediated C-3 coupling of quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones with unactivated aryl iodides, N. Singh, A. Sharma, J. Singh, A. P. Pandey and A. Sharma*, Org. Lett., 2024, 26, 6471–6476.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02296
Visible light-induced bromine radical enhanced hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) reactions in organic synthesis, B. Saxena, R. I. Patel, and A. Sharma*, RSC Sustain., 2024, 2, 2169-2189.https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SU00214H
Visible light promoted synthesis of allenes, J. Singh, B. Saxena and A. Sharma*, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14, 5143-5160.https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CY00361F
PhD Supervision
Doctoral students guided and their research topics.
| Student Name | Topic | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manoj Kumar (Currently Post-Doc in Canada) | Design and synthesis of prospective antimalarials by [4+1] multicomponent reaction | 2011 - 2015 | Awarded |
| Debasmita Saha (Currently a post-Docatthe University of Arkansas, USA) | Design and synthesis of prospective chemotherapeutic agents | 2012 - 2017 | Awarded |
| Preeti Wadhwa (Currently a D S Kothari Post Doc in BHU) | Synthesis of novel heterocycles through MCR sequences | 2013 - 2017 | Awarded |
| Shaily (Assistant Professor in a Government College) | Design, synthesis and characterization of coumarin derivatives as chemosensors | --- -2018 | Awarded |
| Anuj Kumar | Design and Synthesis of anti-cancer molecules | 2013 - 2017 | Awarded |
| Saurav Bagchi | Design and synthesis of novel chemotherapeutic agents through MCR sequences | 2014 - 2019 | Awarded |
| Abdul Kadir Shaube (Ethiopian exchange student) | Design and Synthesis of novel heterocycles through sustainable chemistry | 2015 - 2019 | Awarded |
| Aparna Monga | Functionalization of Csp2 bonds using transition metal free strategies | 2016 - 2020 | Awarded |
| Nihal Singh | Visible light induced electron donor acceptor based alkylation (Csp2-Csp3) and arylation (Csp2-Csp2) reactions | --- -2025 | Awarded |
| Anoop Shamra | Decarboxylative strategies to forge C-C and C-X (X = N, S) bonds using ball milling and visible light | --- -2025 | Awarded |
| Barakha Saxena | Harnessing light and mechanochemistry for green and sustainable sulfonylation reactions | --- -2025 | Awarded |
Academic/Non-Academic Positions
Head of Department, Chemistry, IIT Roorkee (Jan 2026 - till date)
Member of Board of studies, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (2025- till date)
Member, Institute Human Ethics Committee (March 2025-till date)
Chairman, JEE (July 2024 - July 2025)
Vice-Chairman, JEE (Aug 2023-July 2024)
Chairperson, DAPC (Jan 2023-July 2024)
Member of academic committee for Army Cadet College, IMA, Dehradun (May 2023-till date)
Member, Departmental Administrative Committee (DAC) (Aug 2022- till date)
Member, DRC (Nov 2019-Nov 2022)
Member, DAPC (2017-Nov 2019)
Member, Institute lecture series (March 2016-March 2020)
Chairman, Department Safety Committee (March 2017-March 2019)
Member, Department Purchase Committee from 2013-2016
Warden, Ganga Bhawan (capacity 500 students) from March 2013-June 2014
Staff adviser, Cultural council (January 2012-May 2014)
Books
Multi-Target Drug Design Using Chem-Bioinformatic Approaches. Methods in Pharmacology
Contribution: Design of Novel Dual-Target Hits Against Malaria and Tuberculosis Using Computational Docking , Pages: 419-442
Studies in Natural Product Chemistry Year: 2020, A. Monga, A. Sharma | Elsevier
Contribution: Natural Products Encompassing Anti Tuberculosis Activities , Pages: 263-301