Dr. Megha Balha is from Delhi and holds a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati. She brings to the table two years of valuable teaching experience from Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU). Her research focuses on advancing the field of organic chemistry through innovative approaches to asymmetric synthesis, aiming to develop efficient and sustainable methods for the production of chiral molecules.
Research Publications
Organocatalytic Asymmetric Reaction between α-Cyano Enones and Dioxindoles: Synthesis of Dihydrofuran-Spirooxindoles, Balha, M.; Biswas, S.; Das, S.; Pan, S. C. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2022, 11, 8, e202200359.
Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Dihydrofuran-Spirooxindoles from Benzylidenemalononitriles and Dioxindoles, Balha, M.; Mondal, B.; Pan, S. C. Org. Biomol.Chem. 2019, 17, 6557-6561.
Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Bridged O,O‐Ketals with Spirooxindole Motif, Balha, M.; Soni, C.; Pan, S. C. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 2019, 2552-2559.
Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Bridged Acetals with Spirooxindole Skeleton, Balha, M.; Pan, S. C. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 14703-14712.
Organocatalytic Asymmetric Michael-Hemiacetalization Reaction Between 2- Hydroxyacetophenones and Enals: A Route to Chiral β,γ-Disubstituted γ-Butyrolactones, , Balha, M.; Mondal, B.; Sahoo, S. C.; Pan, S. C.J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 6409-6416.
Expertise
Organic Synthesis
Asymmetric Synthesis
Analysis of complex chiral molecules
Design and development of new synthetic methodology.
Multi steps organic synthesis with gram scale to milligram scale
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