Dr. Vikas Kumar

Assistant Professor

Dr. Vikas Kumar did his Master degree in Chemistry from J. C. D.A.V. College, Dasuya and Doctorate in Organic Chemistry from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar on the topic “Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of the Catalytic and Bioactive Properties of the Peptidyl thiourea Derivatives” . He has six years of teaching experience

6 Years in Teaching

Organocatalysis, Green Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry

M.Sc, Ph.D.

Publication Details

  1. Recent Developments on Thiourea Based Anticancer Chemotherapeutics. Vikas. Kumar, Swapandeep. S. Chimni, Anti Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 2015, 15, 163-175.

  2. Design of Peptidyl Thiourea Derivatives as Organocatalysts for the Asymmetric Ring Opening of meso-Stilbene Oxides. Swapandeep Singh Chimni, Vikas Kumar, Neeraj Bala. Asian. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 3, 700-705. (This publication is selected for inside cover page)

  3. Synthesis and Stereochemistry-Activity Relationship of Chiral Thiourea Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents. Vikas. Kumar, Akshay. Kumar. Vommina V. Sureshbabu, Swapandeep. S. Chimni. Anti Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 2014, 14, 910-920.

  4. Cinchona-derived Thiourea Catalyzed Hydrophosphonylation of Ketimines -An Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Amino Phosphonates. Akshay Kumar , Vivek Sharma , Jasneet Kaur , Vikas Kumar, Suhel Mahajan, Naveen Kumar , Swapandeep Singh Chimni. Tetrahedron, 2014, 70, 7044-7049

  5. Asymmetric syn-selective direct aldol reaction of protected hydroxyacetone catalyzed by primary amino acid derived bifunctional organocatalyst in the presence of water” Akshay. Kumar, Sarbjeet. Singh, Vikas. Kumar and Swandeep. S. Chimni Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 2731-2742.

  6. Catalyst-free and solventless Hantzsch-ester mediated reduction of nitroolefins at elevated temperature. Pankaj Chauhan, Kirandeep Kaur, Neeraj Bala, Vikas Kumar, Swapandeep Singh Chimni. Indian Journal of Chemistry. 2011, 50B, 304-309