Department of Chemistry

DEPARTMENTS

Engineering

Science

CENTRE

Dr. Karuna Mahato

Assistant Professor

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
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March, 2025Till dateAssistant ProfessorNERIST
March, 2024Feb, 2025Assistant Professor (International Faculty member)School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea
Feb, 2023Feb, 2024Post-doctoral researcherSchool of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea
Jan, 2021Jan, 2023Institute Post-doctoral fellowIIT Kanpur
March, 2019Oct, 2020Post-doctoral researcherWuhan University, China

HONORS AND AWARDS
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CSIR (Junior Research Fellow), UGC-JRF 2012
GATE 2012
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
DegreeSubjectUniversityYear
Ph.DSynthetic Organic ChemistryIndian Institute of Technology, Guwahati2018
M.ScChemistry with Organic SpecializationScottish Church College, University of Calcutta2011
B.ScChemistry (H)New Alipore College, University of Calcutta2009
ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND
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MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES

TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
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PARTICIPATION IN SHORT TERM COURSES
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COURSES OR CONFERENCES ORGANISED
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11th J-NOST Conference for Research Scholars (J-NOST 2015)
20th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry (2017)
Chemconvene, IIT Guwahati (2017)
  • Korean Chemical Society – “Organic Chemistry Division Summer workshop” August 26-28, 2024. Venue: Yeosu Ocean Resort, Yeosu-si, South Korea
BOOKS AUTHORED
  1. “Application of Donor- acceptor Cyclopropanes in Total Synthesis of Natural Product”    chapter in a book entitled “Donor- acceptor Cyclopropanes in Organic Synthesis”. A. Saha, K. Mahato, S. Yadav, M. K. Ghorai, Wiley, pp 359-432 (2024).
PUBLICATIONS
  1. Recent Developments in C–H Functionalization and Annulation of 2-Aryl-Quinazolinones and 3-Aryl-Quinazolinones via Site Selective Transformations. K. Mahato, D. Shrestha, P. Roy and S. W. Lee, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2025, e202500034 (accepted manuscript).
  2. Recent advances in site-selective transformations of β-enaminones via transition-metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization/annulation P. Roy, K. Mahato, D. Shrestha, S. Mohandoss, S. W. Lee and Y. R. Lee Org. Biomol. Chem., 2025, 23, 36.
  3. Indium(III)-Catalyzed Benzannulation of 3-Formyl-4-pyrones with Terminal Aryl Alkynes: Regioselective Synthesis of Functionalized Salicylaldehydes with ortho-Terphenyl Frameworks. H. D. Khanal, K. Mahato and Y. R. Lee, Org. Lett., 2023, 25, 5465.
  4. Unconventional sulfur transfer behaviour of 4-hydroxy-dithiocoumarin: an easy access to biologically potent 1,2-dithiolane scaffolds. K. Mahato, S. Mondal, A. Ali, P. R. Bagdi, A. T. Khan, N. Arora and S. S. Ghosh, New J. Chem., 2023, 47, 2682.
  5. Newly synthesized 3-sulfenylindole derivatives from 4-hydroxydithiocoumarin using an oxidative cross dehydrogenative coupling reaction (OCDCR): potential lead molecules for antiproliferative activity. S. Mondal, K. Mahato, N. Arora, D. Kankane, U. P. Singh, S. Ali, A. H. Khan, S. S. Ghosh and  A. T. Khan, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020, 18, 4104.
  6. Electrochemical Selective Oxidative Functionalization of Caffeine. X. –A. -Liang, D. Liu, H. Sun, C. Jiang, H. Chen, L. Niu, K. Mahato, T. Abdelilah, H. Zhang and A. Lei, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2020, 362, 1138.
  7. Electronic effect of substituents on anilines favors 1,4-addition to trans-β-nitrostyrenes: access to N-substituted 3-arylindoles and 3-arylindoles. R. Gattu, S. Bhattacharjee, K. Mahato and A. T. Khan, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018, 16, 3760.
  8. Oxidative Cross Coupling Reaction of 4-Hydroxydithiocoumarin and Amines/Thiols Using a Combination of I2 and TBHP: Access to Lead Molecules for Bio-medical Applications. K. Mahato, N. Arora, P. R. Bagdi,R. Gattu, S. S. Ghosh and A. T. Khan, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 1513.
  9. K2CO3 catalyzed regioselective synthesis of thieno[2,3-b]thiochromen-4-one oximes: Access to the corresponding amine and nitroso derivatives. K. Mahato, P. R. Bagdi andA. T. Khan, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017, 15, 5625.
  10. Ytterbium(III)trifluoromethanesulfonate catalysed synthesis of unusual di- and tri- subsituted 3,4-dihydrothiochromeno[3,2-e][1,3]thiazin-5(2H)-one through a pseudo four-component hetero-Diels-Alder reaction.K. Mahato, P. R. Bagdi andA. T. Khan, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 48104.
  11. L-Proline catalysed unusual product formation from the reaction of 4-hydroxydithiocoumarin and aldehydes through a pseudo three-component reaction.K. Mahato, P. R. Bagdi andA. T. Khan, Synlett 2014, 25, 2438.