Dr. Bimal K. Banik
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Dr. Bimal K. Banik

Professor
The University of Texas-Pan American, USA

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Jadavpur University, India

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Area of Interest:

Chemistry
100%
Synthetic Chemistry
62%
Marine Natural Products
90%
Antibiotics
75%
Organic Chemistry
55%

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Selected Publications

  1. Vargas, R., B. Leal, A. Reddy, D. Bandyopadhyay and B.K. Banik, 2012. Microwave-assisted polystyrenesulfonate-catalyzed synthesis of novel pyrroles. Org. Med. Chem. Lett., 2: 24-30.
  2. Shaikh, A.L. and B.K. Banik, 2012. A novel asymmetric synthesis of 3-pyrrole substituted β-lactams via bismuth nitrate-catalyzed reaction. Helv. Chim. Acta, 95: 839-844.
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  3. Banik, B.K. and M.S. Manhas, 2012. Polystyrenesulfonate-Catalyzed Paal-Knoor synthesis of pyrroles. Org. Med. Chem. Lett., 2: 11-14.
  4. Bandyopadhyay, D., S. Mukherjee, J.C. Granados, J.D. Short and B.K. Banik, 2012. Ultrasound-assisted bismuth nitrate-induced green synthesis of novel pyrrole derivatives and their biological evaluation as anticancer agents. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 50: 209-215.
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  5. Bandyopadhyay, D., S. Maldanado and B.K. Banik, 2012. Microwave-assisted bismuth nitrate-catalyzed unique route toward dihydropyridines. Molecules, 17: 2643-2662.
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  6. Bandyopadhyay, D., J.C. Granados, J.D. Short and B.K. Banik, 2012. Polycyclic aromatic compounds as anticancer agents: Evaluation of synthesis and in vitro cytotoxicity. Oncol. Lett., 3: 45-49.
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  7. Bandyopadhyay, D., J. Cruz, R.N. Jadav and B.K. Banik, 2012. An expeditious iodine-catalyzed synthesis of 3-pyrrole substituted 2-azetidinones. Molecules, 17: 11570-11584.
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  8. Bandyopadhyay, D. and B.K. Banik, 2012. Bismuth nitrate-induced microwave-assisted expeditious synthesis of vanillin from curcumin. Org. Med. Chem. Lett., 2: 15-18.
  9. Shaikh, A.L., O. Esparza and B.K. Banik, 2011. An efficient synthesis of optically active trans (3R,4R)-N-(Chrysenyl)-3-Acetoxy-4-Aryl-2-Azatidinones using caryene as a chiral auxiliary. Helv. Chim. Acta, 94: 2188-2193.
  10. Eyambe, G., L. Canales and B.K. Banik, 2011. Antimicrobial eugenol derivatives. Heterocyclic Lett., 1: 154-157.
  11. Canales, L., D. Bandyopadhyay and B.K. Banik, 2011. Bismuth nitrate-induced selective nitration of eugenol. Org. Med. Chem. Lett., 1: 9-12.
  12. Bandyopadhyay, D., J. Velaquez and B.K. Banik, 2011. Indium-catalyzed streker reaction in water. Org. Med. Chem. Lett., 1: 11-15.
  13. Abrego, D., D. Banyopadhyay and B.K. Banik, 2011. Indium-induced synthesis of pyrrole-substituted indole derivatives. Heterocyclic Lett., 1: 87-93.
  14. Kall, A., D. Bandyopadhyay and B.K. Banik, 2010. Microwave-induced Aza-Michael reaction in water: A remarkable simple procedure. Synthetic Communi., 40: 1730-1735.
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  15. Iglesias, L., C. Aguilar, D. Bandyopadhyay and B.K. Banik, 2010. Bismuth nitrate-catalyzed synthesis of Bis Indoloylmethane under solventless conditions. Synthetic Communi., 40: 3678-3682.
  16. Banik, B.K., S. Samajdar and F.F. Becker, 2010. Asymmetric synthesis of anticancer β-lactams via staudinger reaction. Mol. Med. Reports, 3: 319-321.
  17. Banik, B.K., M. Negi, M.S. Manhas and A.K. Bose, 2010. Chemoenzymatic preparation of intermediates for the taxol side chain and analogs. Mol. Med. Reports, 3: 317-318.
  18. Banik, B.K. and F.F. Becker, 2010. Selective anticancer activity of β-Lactams derived from polyaromatic compounds. Mol. Med. Reports, 3: 315-316.
  19. Banik, B.K. and F.F. Becker, 2010. Novel 6,12-disubstituted chrysene as potent anticancer agent: Synthesis, in vitro and in vivo study. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 45: 4687-4691.
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  20. Banik, A., S. Batta, D. Bandyopadhyay and B.K. Banik, 2010. A highly efficient bismuth salts-catalyzed route for the effective synthesis of amino phosphonates. Molecules, 15: 8205-8213.
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  21. Bandyopadhyay, D., S. Mukherjee, R. Rodriguez and B.K. Banik, 2010. An effective microwave-induced iodine-catalyzed method for the synthesis of quinoxalines via condensation of 1,2- diamines with 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds. Molecules, 15: 4207-4212.
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  22. Bandyopadhyay, D., S. Mukherjee and B.K. Banik, 2010. An expeditious synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles by microwave-induced iodine-catalyzed reactions under solventless conditions. Molecules, 15: 2520-2525.
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  23. Bandyopadhyay, D., G.S. Rivera, I. Salinas, H. Aguilar and B.K. Banik, 2010. Remarkable iodine-catalyzed synthesis of novel pyrrole-bearing N-polyaromatic β-Lactams. Molecules, 15: 1082-1088.
  24. Bandyopadhyay, D. and B.K. Banik, 2010. Microwave-induced stereoselectivity of β-Lactam formation with dihydrophenanthrenyl imines via staudinger reaction. Helv. Chim. Acta, 93: 298-301.
  25. Rivera, S., D. Banyopadhyay and B.K. Banik, 2009. Facile synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles via microwave-induced bismuth nitrate-catalyzed reaction under solventless conditions. Tetrahedron Lett., 50: 5445-5448.
  26. Banik, B.K., O. Zegrocka, M.S. Manhas and A.K. Bose, 2009. A facile iodine-catalyzed stereospecific glycosylation: Enantiomerically pure β-Lactams with the thienamycin side chain. Heterocycles, 78: 2443-2454.
  27. Bandyopadhyay, D., M. Xavier and B.K. Banik, 2009. Highly stereoselective β-Lactam synthesis via the staudinger reaction using polyaromatic imines. Heterocyclic Communi., 15: 229-232.
  28. Aguilar, H. and B.K. Banik, 2009. Stereoselctivity of 3,3-disubstituted β-Lactam formation via staudinger reaction. Heterocycles Communi., 15: 365-368.
  29. Laali, K.K., T. Okazaki, F. Sultana, S.D. Bunge, B.K. Banik and C. Swartz, 2008. Stable-ion NMR and GIAO-DFT study of the carbocations from benzofluorenes and dibenzofluorenes: Synthesis of nitro derivatives, mutagenicity assay and X-ray analysis. Eur. J. Org. Chem., 10: 1740-1752.
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  30. Garcia, I. and B.K. Banik, 2008. Influence of class notes on the academic performance of undergraduates organic chemistry students. Chem. Edu., 13: 257-259.
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  31. Mukhopadhyay, C., A. Datta and B.K. Banik, 2007. Microwave-induced biginelli condensation for the synthesis of dihydropyrimidones. J. Het. Chem., 44: 979-981.
  32. Mukhopadhyay, C., A. Datta and B.K. Banik, 2007. Dowex-50 in aqueous medium: Highly efficient biginelli condensation for the synthesis of 4-Aryl-3,4-dihydropyrimidones. Heterocycles, 71: 181-188.
  33. Bose, A., P. Sanjoto, S. Villarreal, H. Aguilar and B. K. Banik, 2007. Novel nitration of estrone by metal nitrate. Tetrahedron Lett., 48: 3945-3947.
  34. Banik, B.K., I. Garcia and F. Morales, 2007. Bismuth nitrate-catalyzed michael reaction of indoles in water. Heterocycles, 71: 919-924.
  35. Banik, B.K., H. Aguilar and D. Cordova, 2007. Unprecedented stereocontrol of β-Lactam formation derived from N-cinnamylidenearylamine. Heterocycles, 71: 2321-2324.
  36. Banik, B.K., C. Mukhopadhya and C. Logan, 2007. Optical resolution of Dibenzofluorenol: Intermediates for anticancer agents. Synthetic Communi., 37: 3895-3900.
  37. Banik, B.K., B. Lecea, A. Arrieta, A. Cozar and F.P. Cossio, 2007. On the stereodivergent behavior observed in the staudinger reaction between methoxyketene and (E)-N-Arylbenzylidenearyl amines. Angew. Chem. Int. Edu., 46: 3028-3032.
  38. Banik, B.K., A. Reddy, A. Dutta and C. Mukhopadhyay, 2007. Bismuth nitrate-induced three component reactions toward dihydropyrimidones. Tetrahedron Lett., 48: 7392-7394.
  39. Banik, B.K. and R. Garza, 2007. Iodine-catalyzed facile deprotection of acetal and ketal in acetone. Chem. Edu., 12: 75-76.
  40. Banik, B.K,. I. Garcia, F. Moarles and C. Aguilar, 2007. Novel synthesis of substituted pyrroles bound to indolinone via molecular iodine-catalyzed reaction. Heterocyclic Communi., 13: 109-112.
  41. Landis-Piwowar, K.R., D. Chen, Q.C. Cui, V. Minic, F.F. Becker, B.K. Banik and Q.P. Dou, 2006. Apoptotic-inducing activity of novel polycyclic aromatic compounds in human leukemic cells. Int. J. Mol. Med., 17: 931-935.
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  42. Banik, B.K., M. Cardona and J. Marquez, 2006. Sodium Bismuthate-induced oxidation study of aromatic hydrocarbons. Chem.- Indian J., 3: 72-75.
  43. Banik, B.K., I. Banik, C. Aguilar and M. Medina, 2006. Bismuth Nitrate-catalyzed Acetylation of Hydroxy β-lactams. Chem.- Indian J., 3: 76-78.
  44. Banik, B.K. and M. Cardona, 2006. Facile synthesis of pyrroles fused with indole systems. Tetrahedron Lett., 47: 7385-7387.
  45. Banik, B.K., M. Farnandez and C. Alvarez, 2005. Iodine-catalyzed Michael reaction of indoles under solventless conditions. Tetrahedron Lett., 46: 2479-2482.
  46. Banik, B.K., M. Chapa, J. Marquez and M. Cardona, 2005. A remarkable Iodine-catalyzed protection of carbonyl compounds. Tetrahedron Lett., 46: 2341-2343.
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  47. Banik, B.K., I. Banik, S. Samajdar and R. Cuellar, 2005. Samarium N-bromosuccinimide-induced reductive dimerization of carbonyl compounds. Tetrahedron Lett., 46: 2319-2322.
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  48. Banik, B.K., I. Banik, N. Aounallah and M. Castillo, 2005. Samarium-induced convenient reductive dimerization of aromatic ketones in aqueous methanol: A mechanistic approach. Tetrahedron Lett., 46: 7065-7068.
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  49. Banik, B.K., I. Banik, M. Renteria and S. Dasgupta, 2005. Bismuth Nitrate-catalyzed straightforward synthesis of pyrroles. Tetrahedron Lett., 46: 2643-2645.
  50. Banik, B.K., I. Banik and F.F. Becker, 2005. Stereocontrolled synthesis of anticancer β-lactams via the Staudinger reaction. Bioorganic Med. Chem., 13: 3611-3622.
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  51. Banik, B.K., S. Samajdar and I. Banik, 2004. Simple synthesis of substituted pyrroles. J. Organic Chem., 69: 213-216.
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  52. Banik, B.K., M.S. Venkatraman, I. Banik and M.K. Basu, 2004. Samarium-induced reductive dimerization of methyl cinnamate: Synthesis of 2, 8-diamino chrysene. Tetrahedron Lett., 45: 4737-4739.
  53. Banik, B.K., I. Banik, S. Samajdar and M. Wilson, 2004. Facile synthesis of biologically active heterocycles by Indium-induced reactions of aromatic nitro compounds in aqueous ethanol. Heterocycles, 63: 283-296.
  54. Banik, B.K., F.F. Becker and I. Banik, 2004. Synthesis of anticancer β-lactams: Mechanism of action. Bioorganic Med. Chem., 12: 2523-2528.
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  55. Srivastava, N., S.K. Dasgupta and B.K. Banik, 2003. A remarkable bismuth Nitrate-catalyzed protection of carbonyl compounds. Tetrahedron Lett., 44: 1191-1193.
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  56. Srivastava, N. and B.K. Banik, 2003. Bismuth Nitrate-catalyzed versatile Michael reactions. J. Organic Chem., 68: 2109-2114.
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  57. Banik, I., L. Hackfeld and B.K. Banik, 2003. Cycloaddition of naphthalenyl and anthracenyl imines: Interesting aspects of the Staudinger reaction. Heterocycles, 59: 505-508.
  58. Banik, I., F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2003. Stereoselective synthesis of β-lactams with polyaromatic imines: Entry to new and novel anticancer agents. J. Med. Chem., 46: 12-15.
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  59. Banik, B.K., S. Samajdar, I. Banik, S.S. Ng and J. Mann, 2003. Montmorillonite impregnated with bismuth nitrate: Microwave-assisted facile nitration of β-lactams. Heterocycles, 61: 97-100.
  60. Banik, B.K., S. Samajdar and I. Banik, 2003. Indium-induced facile rearrangement of β-Lactams to oxazines. Tetrahedron Lett., 44: 1699-1701.
  61. Banik, B.K., D. Adler, P. Nguyen and N. Srivastava, 2003. A new bismuth Nitrate-induced stereospecific glycosylation of alcohols. Heterocycles, 61: 101-104.
  62. Samajdar, S., M.K. Basu, F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2002. Bismuth Nitrate-mediated deprotection of oximes. Synthetic Commun., 32: 1917-1921.
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  63. Dasgupta, S.K. and B.K. Banik, 2002. A new entry to N-unsubstituted β-lactams through a Solid-phase approach. Tetrahedron Lett., 43: 9445-9447.
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  64. Basu, M.K., S. Samajdar, F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2002. A new molecular Iodine-catalyzed acetalization of carbonyl compounds. Synlett (Thieme, Germany), 2002: 319-321.
  65. Samajdar, S., M.K. Basu, F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2001. A new molecular Iodine-catalyzed thioketalization of carbonyl compounds: Selectivity and scope. Tetrahedron Lett., 42: 4425-4427.
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  66. Samajdar, S., F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2001. Surface-mediated highly efficient oxidation of alcohols by bismuth nitrate. Synthetic Commun., 31: 2691-2695.
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  67. Samadjar, S., F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2001. Montmorillonite KSF-mediated facile synthesis of pyrroles. Heterocycles, 55: 1019-1022.
  68. Ng, S.S., I. Banik, A. Okawa, F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2001. Synthesis of Tricyclic-lactams via palladium Acetate-induced heck reaction. J. Chem. Res., 2001: 118-119.
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  69. Mukhopadhyay, C., F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2001. A novel catalytic role of molecular iodine in the oxidation of benzylic alcohols: Microwave-assisted reaction. J. Chem. Res., 2001: 28-31.
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  70. Basu, M.K. and B.K. Banik, 2001. Samarium-mediated Barbier reaction of carbonyl compounds. Tetrahedron Lett., 42: 187-189.
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  71. Banik, B.K., S. Samajdar, I. Banik, O. Zegrocka and F.F. Becker, 2001. Indium-mediated stereoselective glycosylation of alcohols. Heterocycles, 55: 227-230.
  72. Banik, B.K., S. Samajdar and A. Ghatak, 2001. A convenient Samarium-mediated reduction of ferrocenyl imines. Heterocycles, 55: 1957-1961.
  73. Banik, B.K., L. Hackfeld and F.F. Becker, 2001. Studies on the Indium-mediated reduction of imines. Synthetic Commun., 31: 1581-1586.
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  74. Banik, B.K., I. Banik, L. Hackfeld and F.F. Becker, 2001. Indium-induced reductive cyclization: Synthesis of biologically active heterocyclic compounds. Heterocycles, 56: 467-470.
  75. Banik, B.K., C. Mukhopadhyay and F.F. Becker, 2001. An expeditious one pot synthesis of dibenzo [a, g] fluorene. Synthetic Commun., 31: 2399-2403.
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  76. Banik, B.K., A. Ghatak, S. Samajdar, M.K. Basu and L. Hackfeld et al., 2001. A new synthetic method for the reduction of imines by Samarium-induced reaction. Indian J. Chem., 40B: 1134-1139.
  77. Banik, B.K. and F.F. Becker, 2001. Polycyclic aromatic compounds as anticancer agents: Structure-activity relationships of chrysene and pyrene derivatives. Bioorganic Med. Chem., 9: 593-605.
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  78. Samajdar, S., F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2000. Surface-mediated highly efficient aromatic nitration by bismuth nitrate. Tetrahedron Lett., 41: 8017-8020.
  79. Manhas, M.S., B.K. Banik, A. Mathur, J. Vincent and A.K. Bose, 2000. Microwave-assisted synthesis of vinyl β-Lactam: Synthons for natural products. Tetrahedron, 56: 5587-5601.
  80. Ghatak, A., F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2000. Synthesis of 3-unsubstitiuted ferrocenyl β-Lactams by indium induced reaction. Heterocycles, 53: 2769-2773.
  81. Ghatak, A., F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2000. Samarium-induced reductive coupling of ketones in the presence of alkyl halides. Tetrahedron Lett., 41: 3793-3796.
  82. Bose, A.K., B.K. Banik, C. Mathur, D.R. Wagle and M.S. Manhas, 2000. Polyhydroxy amino acid derivatives via β-lactams using enantiospecific approaches and microwave techniques. Tetrahedron, 56: 5603-5619.
  83. Becker, F.F., C. Mukhopadhyay, L. Hackfeld, I. Banik and B.K. Banik, 2000. Polycyclic aromatic compounds as anticancer agents: Synthesis and biological evaluation of dibenzofluorene derivatives. Bioorg. Med. Chem., 8: 2693-2696.
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  84. Basu, M.K., F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2000. Ultrasound-promoted samarium/ammonium chloride mediatedreductive coupling of reduction of aromatic ketones. J. Chem. Res., 8: 406-407.
  85. Basu, M.K., F.F. Becker and B.K. Banik, 2000. Ultrasound-promoted highly efficient reduction of aromatic nitro compounds to the aromatic amines by samarium/ammonium chloride. Tetrahedron Lett., 41: 5603-5606.
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  86. Banik, B.K., O. Zegrocka and F.F. Becker, 2000. Samarium-mediated iodine-catalyzed reductive amination of adamantyl methyl ketone. J. Chem. Res., 7: 321-323.
  87. Banik, B.K., M. Suhendra, I. Banik and F.F. Becker, 2000. Indium/ammonium chloride mediated selective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds: Practical synthesis of 6-aminochrysene. Synthetic Commun., 30: 3745-3754.
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  88. Banik, B.K., A. Ghatak, M.S. Venkatraman and F.F. Becker, 2000. Sodium bismuthate mediated oxidation of allylic and benzylic alcohols. Synthetic Commun., 30: 2701-2705.
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  89. Banik, B.K., A. Ghatak, C. Mukhopadhyay and F.F. Becker, 2000. Sodium bismuthate mediated oxidation study of hydrofluorenes. J. Chem. Res., 2: 108-109.
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  90. Banik, B.K., A. Ghatak and F.F. Becker, 2000. Indium-mediated synthesis of 3-unsubstituted β-lactams. J. Chem. Soc., 1: 2179-2181.
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  91. Banik, B.K. and F.F. Becker, 2000. Unprecedented stereoselectivity in the staudinger reaction with polycyclic aromatic imines. Tetrahedron Lett., 41: 6551-6554.
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  92. Banik, B.K., O. Zegrocka, I. Banik, L. Hackfeld and F.F. Becker, 1999. Samarium-induced iodine-catalyzed reduction of the imines: Synthesis of secondary amine derivatives. Tetrahedron Lett., 40: 6731-6734.
  93. Banik, B.K., K.J. Barakat, D.R. Wagle, M.S. Manhas and A.K. Bose, 1999. Microwave assisted rapid and simplified hydrogenation. J. Org. Chem., 64: 5746-5753.
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  94. Becker, F.F. and B.K. Banik, 1998. Polycyclic aromatic compounds as anticancer agents: Synthesis and biological evaluation of some chrysene derivatives. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 8: 2877-2880.
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  95. Banik, B.K., V.S. Raju, M.S. Manhas and A.K. Bose, 1998. Tetracyclic Isoquinolones and quinazolones via aryl radical cyclizations. Heterocycles, 47: 639-642.
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  96. Banik, B.K., M.S. Venkatraman, C. Mukhopadhyay and F.F. Becker, 1998. Benzylic oxidation by sodium bismuthate in acetic acid: A simple method for the synthesis of polycyclic aromatic ketones. Tetrahedron Lett., 39: 7247-7250.
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  97. Banik, B.K., C. Mukhopadhyay, M.S. Venkatraman and F.F. Becker, 1998. A facile reduction of aromatic nitro compounds to aromatic amines by samarium and iodine. Tetrahedron Lett., 39: 7243-7246.
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  98. Banik, B.K., O. Zegrocka, M.S. Manhas and A.K. Bose, 1997. Enantiomerically pure β-lactams with the thienamycin side chain via glycosylation. Heterocycles, 46: 173-176.
  99. Banik, B.K., M.S. Manhas, E.W. Robb and A.K. Bose, 1997. Environmentally benign chemistry: Microwave-induced stereocontrolled synthesis of β-lactam synthons. Heterocycles, 44: 405-415.
  100. Banik, B.K., M.S. Manhas and A.K. Bose, 1997. Enantiopure α-hydroxy-β-lactams via stereoselective glycosylation. Tetrahedron Lett., 38: 5077-5080.
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  101. Banik, B.K., M. Jayaraman, V. Srirajan, M.S. Manhas and A.K. Bose, 1997. Rapid Synthesis of β-lactams as intermediates for natural products via Eco-friendly reactions. J. Ind. Chem. Soc., 74: 943-947.
  102. Banik, B.K., 1997. Synthesis of bicyclo-(3,2,1)-octanone intermediates through metal-catalyzed decomposition of diazomethyl ketones. Synthetic Communic., 27: 3637-3655.
  103. Banik, B.K., G.V. Subbaraju, M.S. Manhas and A.K. Bose, 1996. Fused tricyclic β-lactams via intramolecular aryl radical cyclization. Tetrahedron Lett., 37: 1363-1366.
  104. Bose, A.K., B.K. Banik and M.S. Manhas, 1995. Stereocontrol of β-lactam formation using microwave irradiation. Tetrahedron Lett., 36: 213-216.
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  105. Bose, A.K., M.S. Manhas, B.K. Banik and E.W. Robb, 1994. Microwave-induced organic reaction enhancement (more) chemistry: Techniques for rapid, safe and inexpensive synthesis. Res. Chem. Intermed., 20: 1-17.
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  106. Banik, B.K., M.S. Manhas and A.K. Bose, 1994. Stereospecific glycosylation via ferrier rearrangement for optical resolution. J. Org. Chem., 59: 4714-4716.
  107. Bose, A.K., B.K. Banik, S.N. Newaz and M.S. Manhas, 1993. Vinyl β-lactams: Convenient elaboration of the thienamycin side chain. Synlett, 12: 897-899.
  108. Bose, A.K., B.K. Banik, K.J. Barakat and M.S. Manhas, 1993. Simplified rapid hydrogenation under microwave irradiation: Selective transformations of β-lactams. Synlett, 8: 575-576.
  109. Banik, B.K., M.S. Manhas, S.N. Newaz and A.K. Bose, 1993. Facile preparation of carbapenem synthons via microwave-induced rapid reaction. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 3: 2363-2368.
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  110. Banik, B.K., M.S. Manhas and A.K. Bose, 1993. Versatile β-lactam synthons: Enantiospecific synthesis of (-)-polyoxamic acid. J. Org. Chem., 58: 307-309.
  111. Pal, S., B.K. Banik and U.R. Ghatak, 1992. A facile synthetic route to 1,1-disubstituted-2,5-dihydro-1H-benz[f]indene-4,9-diones. Synthesis, 11: 1073-1075.
  112. Banik, B.K., M.S. Manhas, Z. Kaluza, K.J. Barakat and A.K. Bose, 1992. Microwave-induced organic reaction enhancement chemistry: Convenient synthesis of enantiopure hydroxy-β-lactams. Tetrahedron Lett., 33: 3603-3606.
  113. Ghosh, S., B.K. Banik and U.R. Ghatak, 1991. Influence of electron donating aromatic substituents on the stereochemistry of the products in cycloalkylation of 2-(2-Arylethyl)-3,3-dimethyl-1-methylene cyclohexane and related substrates. Mechanisms of aromatic cycloalkylation. J. Chem. Soc., 1: 3189-3193.
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  114. Ghosh, S., B.K. Banik and U.R. Ghatak, 1991. An expeditious synthesis of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,1-dimethyl phenanthrenes. J. Chem. Soc., 1: 3195-3197.
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  115. Bose, A.K., M.S. Manhas, B.K. Banik, M. Ghosh and M. Shah et al., 1991. Microwave-induced organic reaction enhancement chemistry, simplified techniques. J. Org. Chem., 56: 6968-6970.
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  116. Pal, S., S. Ghosh, B.K. Banik, S.K. Alam and U.R. Ghatak, 1990. Synthesis of (±)-2-Methoxy-9a-carbamorphinan and (±)-2-Methoxy-9a-carba-14a-morphinan: Acid catalyzed cyclizations of 1-m-methoxybenzyl-,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydronaphthalene-2(3H) one and 1-m-Methoxybenzyl-octalins. Synthetic Commun., 20: 2203-2216.
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