Green Synthetic Approaches for Biologically Relevant Heterocycles

Dr. Goutam Brahmachari is a full professor of organic chemistry at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India. His research focuses on developing practical synthetic methods for carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds using C–H functionalization, cascade, and cross-coupling techniques, with applications in medicinal heterocyclic scaffolds. He has also studied the chemistry and biology of traditionally used Indian medicinal plants, identifying novel phytochemicals of interest.He is the founding Series Editor of Elsevier’s Natural Product Drug Discovery book series and an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. His awards include the Acharya P. C. Ray Memorial Lecture Award (2025) from the Indian Science News Association (ISNA), Kolkata, India; the Dr. Satyajit Chakraborti Memorial Award (2025) from IEM, Kolkata, India; the Chemical Research Society of India Bronze Medal (2021); the Dr. Basudev Banerjee Memorial Award (2021) from the Indian Chemical Society; the Indian National Science Academy Teachers Award (2019); the Dr. Kalam Best Teaching Faculty Award (2017); and the Academic Brilliance Award (2015).

• 1. Green synthetic approaches for biologically relevant heterocycles: Advanced synthetic techniques – an overview2. Use of Ball Milling for the Synthesis of Biologically Active Heterocycles3. High pressure cycloaddition reactions in the synthesis of biologically relevant heterocycles4. Microwave-induced synthesis of heterocycles of medicinal interests5. Multicomponent reactions under microwave irradiation: a green path to biologically important heterocycles6. Application of microwave irradiation in the synthesis of P-heterocycles7. Green approaches for synthesis and functionalization of indole-based heterocycles of biological relevance8. Sustainable one-pot domino reactions to access significant heterocycles employing dithioesters and their derivatives9. Solvent-free synthesis of biologically relevant heterocyclic skeletons10. Photocatalytic Minisci reaction: A promising and eco-friendly route to functionalize heteroaromatics of biological interest11. Porous catalytic systems in the synthesis of bioactive heterocycles and related compounds12. Advances on greener processes for triazole synthesis via azide-alkyne cycloaddition reactions13. Green Chemistry of Imines in Heterocyclic Synthesis14. Transition-metal-free synthesis of benzo-fused five- and six-membered heterocycles employing arynes15. Multicomponent approach for the sustainable synthesis of lawsone based heterocycles16. Sustainable synthesis of Meldrum's acid derived heterocycles via multicomponent reactions