Hansraj College

General Chemistry/Organometallic Chemistry/Organic Chemistry

• BSc , 2007 , Meerut University
• MSc , 2009 , Meerut University
• PhD. , 2017 , Delhi University

Dr. Sonu Kumar was born in Uttar Pradesh, India. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in chemistry from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India in 2007 and 2009, respectively. He then received a Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Department of Chemistry University of Delhi in 2017, under the supervision of Prof. Akhilesh K. Verma. He is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, Hansraj College University of Delhi. His scientific interest is in Organometallic Chemistry as well as in one-pot transition metal-catalyzed synthesis of fused bioactive heterocycles.

Biochemistry

Environmental Chemistry etc.

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• Active Member of ECA Committee, 2019-21
• Organizing committee Member:
  1. “Ist international conference on Integrative Chemistry, Biology and translational medicine organized by the Centre for Global Health, hanraj college, University of Delhi & Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, USA from 25-26 Feb 2019”
  2. One Day National Seminar on "Environment and Sustainability in The Third World" organized by Department of Chemistry & IQAC, Hansraj College, University of Delhi on 28 February, 2020.
• Performed duty as internal examiner and external examiner for various undergraduate chemistry practical examinations

Thesis entitled “Tandem Approaches for the Synthesis of Fused N-Heterocycles via 6-endo-dig Ring Closure of Alkynes” 

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1.  “Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Fujiwara-Hydroarylation: Synthesis of Benzo[a]phenazines Derivatives” Sonu Kumar, Rakesh K. Saunthwal, Mohammad Mujahid, Trapti Aggarwal, and Akhilesh K. Verma* J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 9912. 
2.  “Regio- and Stereoselective Domino Synthesis of Oxazolo Fused Pyridoindoles and Benzofurooxazolo Pyridines from ortho-Alkynylarylaldehydes” Shilpi Pal, Deepak Choudhary, Mohit Jainth, Sonu Kumar,  Rakesh K. Tiwari and Akhilesh K. Verma* J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 9356.
3.  “Palladium Meets Copper: One-Pot Tandem Synthesis of Pyrido Fused Heterocycle via Sonogashira Conjoined Electrophilic Cyclization” Sonu Kumar, Rakesh K. Saunthwal, Trapti Aggarwal, Siva K. Reddy Kotla and Akhilesh K. Verma* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 9063.
4.  “Iodine-mediated Synthesis of Heterocycles via Electrophilic Cyclization of Alkynes” Trapti Aggarwal, Sonu Kumar and Akhilesh K. Verma* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 7639. (Review article)
5.  “Tandem Approach to Benzothieno- and Benzofuropyridines from o-Alkynyl Aldehydes via Silver-Catalyzed 6-endo-dig Ring Closure” Sonu Kumar, Carlos Cruz-Hernandez, ́ Shilpi Pal, Rakesh K. Saunthwal, Monika Patel, Rakesh K. Tiwari, Eusebio Juaristi, and Akhilesh K. Verma* J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 10548.
6.  “Pd(II)-Catalyzed C-H Activation of Styrylindoles: Short, Efficient, and Regioselective Synthesis of Functionalized Carbazoles” Rakesh K. Saunthwal, Monika Patel, Sonu Kumar, Abhinandan K. Danodia, and Akhilesh K. Verma* Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 18601.
7.  “Tandem Synthesis of Pyrroloacridones via [3+2] Alkyne Annulation/Ring-Opening with Concomitant Intramolecular Aldol Condensation”Akhilesh K. Verma*, Siva K. Reddy Kotla, Trapti Aggarwal, Sonu Kumar, Hemlata Nimesh and Rakesh K. Tiwari. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 5372.
8. “Palladium-Catalyzed Regioselective [3 + 2] Annulation of Internal Alkynes and Iodo-pyranoquinolines with Concomitant Ring Opening.” Trapti Aggarwal, Rajeev R. Jha, Rakesh K. Tiwari, Sonu Kumar, Siva K. Reddy Kotla, Sushil Kumar and Akhilesh K. Verma* Org. Lett, 2012, 14, 5180.
9. “Site-Selective Electrophilic Cyclization and Subsequent Ring-Opening: A Synthetic Route to Pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines and  Indolizines” Trapti Aggarwal, Sonu Kumar, Devendra K. Dhaked, Rakesh K. Tiwari, Prasad V. Bharatam and Akhilesh K. Verma*  J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 8562.
10. “Regioselective 6-endo-dig Iodocyclization: An accessible approach for Iodo-benzo[a]phenazines” Sonu Kumar, Mohammad Mujahid and Akhilesh K. Verma * Org.Biomol.Chem. 2017, 15, 4686.
11. “Trifluoroacetic Acid Mediated One-Pot Synthesis of Furo-FusedQuinoxalines/Pyrazines” Kapil Mohan Saini, Sonu Kumar, Monika Patel, Rakesh K. Saunthwal and Akhilesh K. Verma* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 2017, 3707.
12. “Exploring the Behavior of NFSI Reagent as Nitrogen Source” Sushmita, Trapti Aggarwal, Sonu Kumar and Akhilesh K. Verma. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020,18, 7056-7073.
13. "Optically superior fluorescent probes for selective imaging of cells, tumors, and reactive chemical"Abhishek Saini, Jyoti Singh, and Sonu Kumar Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021,19, 5208.
     Kuspecies

1. Participated in 53rd Annual Convention of Chemists 2016 organized by Indian Chemical Society at Visakhapatnam for Poster presentation (Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Fujiwara-Hydroarylation: Synthesis of Benzo[a]phenazines Derivatives)
2. Participated in 52rd Annual Convention of Chemists 2015 organized by Indian Chemical Society at JECRC University Jaipur Rajasthan India for Oral presentation (Tandem Approach to Benzothieno- and Benzofuropyridines from o‑Alkynyl Aldehydes via Silver-Catalyzed 6-endo-dig Ring Closure)
3. Participated in 19th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry14th-16th July 2016 organized by Department of Chemistry University of North Bengal Poster presentation (Tandem Approach to Benzothieno- and Benzofuropyridines from o‑Alkynyl Aldehydes via Silver-Catalyzed 6-endo-dig Ring Closure)
4. Participated in 5th NIPER (RBL)-CDRI Symposium organized by Atul Goel at the CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow India for research Scholars for Poster presentation in 21st-23rd March 2013 (Regioselective Synthesis of Pyrrolo[1,2‑a]quinolines and Indolizines via Silver-Catalyzed/Iodine-Mediated Electrophilic Cyclization with Concomitant Ring Opening)
5. Participated in 20th ISCBC International Conference organized by Professor Ashok K Prasad Department of Chemistry University, Delhi, India for Poster presentation in 1st-4th March  2014 (Regioselective Synthesis of Pyrrolo[1,2‑a]quinolines and Indolizines via Silver-Catalyzed/Iodine-Mediated Electrophilic Cyclization with Concomitant Ring Opening)
6. Poster: “Regioselective Synthesis of Pyrrolo[1,2‑a]quinolines via Electrophilic Cyclization/[3 + 2] Annulation  with Concomitant Ring Opening of  Iodo-Pyranoquinolines” Emering Trends in development of Drugs and Devices” organised by the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India, 21st- 23th January 2013
7. Poster:“Regioselective Synthesis of Pyrrolo[1,2‑a]quinolines and Indolizines via Silver-Catalyzed/Iodine-Mediated Electrophilic Cyclization with Concomitant Ring Opening”DU-JAST Indo-Japan Symposium on Chemistry of Funtional Molecules/Materials 26th - 27th February 2016
8. “Participant”Workshop on Information Literacy and competency 19th February, 2014.

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