Arts and Sciences

Dr. Samar Kumar Guha

Research Interests

• Oxidation of Alkanes by Fluorinated Catalysts
• Organic Synthesis (Carotenoids, Sulfones, Esters,)
• Biomass Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals
• Natural Products
• Environmental Science

Educational Background

• Ph.D, (Organic Chemistry (Synthesis)), Division of Basic Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan
• Master of Science (MSc), (Organic Chemistry (Synthesis)), Division of Material Chemistry, Kanazawa University, Japan
• Master of Science (MSc), (Organic Chemistry (Thesis: Natural Products)), Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka
• Bachelor of Science (BSc), (Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka

Honors and Achievements

• Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan (BCSJ) Award, Chemical Society of Japan, 2004
• Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbusho Scholarship), October, 1998 - March, 2004, 1998

Publications

• Garcinia mangostana L. Leaf-Extract-Assisted Green Synthesis of CuO, ZnO and CuO-ZnO Nanomaterials for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME), Catalysts, 2024
• Green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using the mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.) leaf extract: Comparative preliminary in vitro antibacterial study, Green Processing and Synthesis, 2024
• An Efficient Method for the Catalytic Aerobic Oxidation of Cycloalkanes using 3, 4, 5, 6-Tetrafluoro-N-Hydroxyphthalimide (F4-NHPI), Egyptian Journal of Chemistry, 2022
• Muntingia calabura Leaves Mediated Green Synthesis of CuO Nanorods: Exploiting Phytochemicals for Unique Morphology, Materials, 2021
• Aerobic Oxidation of Cyclopentane by Using Fluorinated N-Hydroxyphthalimide Derivatives, Science Journal of Chemistry, 2020
• Hydrogenolysis of sugar beet fiber by supported metal catalyst, Catalysis Communications, 2011
• Conversion of Cellulose into Renewable Chemicals by Supported Metal Catalysis, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2011
• Conversion of Cellulose to Sugars, RSC Energy and Environment Series No. 1, 2010
• Catalyst composed by nitrogen atom containing cyclic compound, and oxidizing method of organic compound using the same, Japanese Patent Application, Patent no. JP2008221048A, 2008
• ‘‘Syn Effect’’ in Nucleophilic Addition of Amines to 1,3-Dienyl Sulfone and Ethyl (E)-2,4-Pentadienoate, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2008
• Aerobic Oxidation of Cyclohexane using N-Hydroxyphthalimide Bearing Fluoroalkyl Chains, Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2008
• C10 Dialdehyde, Synthetic Method Thereof, and Synthetic Method of beta-Carotene Using The Same, US Patent Application, Patent no. US 7470822 B2 (Date of patent: Dec. 30, 2008), 2006
• Bioactive Alkaloid from Sida cordifolia Linn. with Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Activities, Iranian Journal of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2006
• ‘‘Syn-Effect’’ in Nucleophilic Addition of Amines to 1,3-Dienylsulfone, Chemistry Letters, 2006
• TMS•OTf-Catalyzed a-bromination of carbonyl compounds by N-bromosuccinimide, Tetrahedron Letters, 2006
• Sulfone Coupling and Double-Elimination Strategy for Carotenoid Synthesis, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2005
• ‘‘Syn-Effect’’ in the Conversion of (E)-(alpha),(beta)-Unsaturated Esters into the Corresponding (beta),(gamma)-Unsaturated Esters and Aldehydes into Silyl Enol Ethers, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2004
• ‘‘Syn-Effect’’ in the Conversion of (E)-(alpha),(beta)-Unsaturated Esters to the Corresponding (beta),(gamma)-Unsaturated Esters, Chemistry Letters, 2003
• ‘‘Syn-Effect’’ in the Desilylation Reaction of (gamma)-Silylated Allylic and Vinylic Sulfones, Chemistry Letters, 2003
• “ Syn - Effect ” in the Isomerization of ( E )-α-Fluorovinylic Sulfones to the Corresponding Allylic Sulfones under Basic Conditions, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2002
• Isolation and Characterization of Three Triterpenoids and a Dicarboxylic Acid from the Fruit Pulp of Dillenia Indica, Journal of the Bangladesh Chemical Society, 1998