GND varsity prof co-authors book with renowned scientists

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 29

Prof Swapandeep Singh Chimni of the Department of Chemistry of the Guru Nanak Dev University, who is also a noted scientist in his field, has recently co-authored a research book entitled ‘Asymmetric Synthesis of 3, 3-Disubstituted Oxindoles’ with Dr Renato Dalpozzo from the University of Calabria in Italy, Dr Ramon Rios Torres from the University of Southampton, UK, and Prof Héléne Pellissier from Aix-Marseille University, France.

The book has been published by World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd, London. Prof Chimni said the objective of the book was to give comprehensive literature survey on the preparation of substituted oxindoles, which has emerged as a valuable scaffold in medicinal chemistry, possessing diverse range of pharmacological activities, including anti-cancer, anti-HIV, anti-diabetic, anti-bacterial, anti-oxidant, etc. “This book will be helpful to researchers and teachers as well as medicinal chemists for the designing and synthesis of novel oxindole derivatives with an improved range of pharmacological implications. There are so many deadly diseases, the alleviation of which requires discovery of new medicine. There is a need for new discoveries so that economically viable treatment of various diseases can be found,” he said.

Prof Chimni has published over 125 research publications in the area of synthetic organic chemistry with emphasis on asymmetric organocatalysis, biocatalysis and phase transfer catalysis as well as green chemistry.