American Journal of Organic Chemistry

American Journal of Organic Chemistry is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal describing the design of, synthetic approaches to, and characterization of new molecules with applications in organometallics, medicinal and heterocyclic chemistry, green chemistry, photochemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, and catalysis. Articles considered for publication include: original scientific research articles, review type articles and communications.


Utpal Bora

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Organic Chemistry

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, India

Research Areas

Cross Coupling Reactions, Organometallaic Chemistry, Reaction Methodology, Green Chemistry

Education

2005Ph.DCSIR Jorhat 785006, Assam, India
1999M.ScGauhati University, Assam, India

Experience

2008-present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University
2008Associate Scientific Manager, Syngene Int. Ltd, (Biocon) Bangalore
2005-2007JSPS-Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Rapid and selective oxidation of benzyl alcohols to aldehydes and ketones with novel vanadium polyoxometalate under solvent-free condition, A. Dewan, T. Sarma, U. Bora, D. K. Kakati, Tetrahedron Letters 2011, 2563
[2]  Highly efficient amine-based catalytic system for room temperature Suzuki-Miyaura reactions of aryl halides with arylboronic acids, P Das, C Sarmah, A Tairai, U Bora, Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 2011, 25, 283–288
[3]  A Facile and Efficient Method for Catalytic Acetylation of Alcohols with Acetic Acid, Anindita Dewan, Utpal Bora, Dilip K Kakati, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2010, 3870
[4]  Triphenylphosphinechalcogenides as efficient ligands for room temperature Palladium(II) catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura reaction of aryl halides, Pankaj Das, Utpal Bora, Archana Tairai and Chandan Sharma, Tetrahedron Letters 2010, 51, 1479-1482
[5]  An Eco-friendly and Mild Process for Deacetylation Reactions in Water, Utpal Bora, Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2010, 941
[6]  Temperature-dependent suppression of palladium on carbon catalyzed hydrogenations, Utpal Bora, Kiichiro Yaguchi, Akira Kume, Tomohiro Maegawa, Yasunari Monguchi, Hironao Sajiki. Catalysis Communication, 2009, 1161-1165
[7]  Heterogeneous Pd/C-Catalyzed Ligand-Free, Room-Temperature Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Reactions in Aqueous Media., Tomohiro Maegawa, Yoshiaki Kitamura,
[8]  Satoko Sako, Takahiro Udzu, Ai Sakurai, Asami Tanaka, Yusuke Kobayashi, Koichi Endo, Utpal Bora, Takanori Kurita, Atsushi Kozaki, Yasunari Monguchi, Hironao Sajiki, Chemistry-A European Journal, 2007, 5937.
[9]  A Novel and Efficient Lewis Acid Catalysed Preparation of Pyrimidines: Microwave-Promoted Reaction of Urea and b-Formyl Enamides, Madan G. Barthakur, Moyurima Borthakur, Prarthana Devi, Chandan J. Saikia, Anil Saikia, Utpal Bora, Apurba Chetia, Romesh C. Boruah, Synlett, 2007, 223.
[10]  Conjugated base catalysed one-pot synthesis of pyrazoles from b-formyl enamides, A.Saikia, M. G. Barthakur, M. Borthakur, C. J. Saikia, U. Bora, R.C. Boruah, Tetrahedron Letters, 2006, 47, 43.
[11]  A new protocol for the synthesis of a, b-unsaturated ketones using zirconium tetrachloride under microwave irradiation., U. Bora, A. Saikia, R. C. Boruah, Indian Journal of Chemistry, 2005, 44B, 2523
[12]  Resolution of racemic 1-arylethyl acetates by Pseudomonas fluorescens in the presence of a surfactant, U. Bora, C. J. Saikia, A. K. Mishra, B. S. D. Kumar, R. C.Boruah, Tetrahedron Letters, 2003, 44, 9099.
[13]  Facile synthesis of 1, 6-diketones via a three-component Michael addition reaction, A. Saikia, A. Chetia, U. Bora, R. C. Boruah, Synlett, 2003, 1506.
[14]  A novel microwave-mediated one-pot synthesis of indolizines via a three-component reaction., U. Bora, A. Saikia, R. C. Boruah, Organic Letters, 2003, 435.
[15]  Zirconium Tetrachloride., U. Bora, Synlett, 2003, 1073.Regio-and stereoselective synthesis of isoxazolines via cycloaddition reactions using pregnenolone as chiral auxiliary, U. Sarma, U. Bora, A. Chetia, R. C. Boruah, J. S. Sandhu, Indian Journal of Chemistry, 2002, 41B, 1012.
[16]  A convenient synthesis of oxetene via [2+2] cycloaddition reaction under microwave irradiation., M. Longchar, U. Bora, R. C. Boruah, J.S Sandhu, Synthetic Communications, 2002, 32, 3611.
[17]  A facile 1, 5-rearrangement of b-formyl enamides and cleavage of esters catalysed by Pseudomonas fluorescens, U. Bora, M. Longchar, A. Chetia, B. S. D. Kumar, R. C. Boruah, J. S Sandhu, Tetrahedron Letters, 2002, 43, 2269.
[18]  Alumina promoted fast solid phase Michael addition of enamines with conjugated enones under microwave irradiation, U. Sharma, U. Bora, R. C. Boruah, J. S. Sandhu, Tetrahedron Letters, 2002, 43, 143.