Dr. Naminita Gogoi Lahon
Name: Dr. Naminita Gogoi Lahon
Status: Project Scientist (2008-2012)
Current research area: Development of a durable molecular level non-fluoro hydrophobic/superhydrophobic finish and low surface energy finishes for textile.
Educational qualification:
M. Sc., Ph. D. (Organic Chemistry, RRL, Jorhat, Under Dibrugarh University, Assam)
Past research experience:
Identification of bioactive principles from certain indigenous plants and their utilization for tea pests management, Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi
Ph. D. work: Investigations Towards Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Natural Products of Biological Significance
List of publications:
Gogoi, N.; Boruwa, J.; Barua, N. C., A Concise total Synthesis of Antifungal Antibiotic (+)-Preussin, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 1722-1725.
Gogoi, N., Boruwa, J.; Barua, N. C., A total synthesis of (-)-bestatin using Shibasaki’s asymmetric Henry reaction, Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 7581-7582.
Boruwa, J.; Gogoi, N.; Barua, N. C., Enantioselective Total Synthesis of the Phytotoxic Lactone Herbarumin III, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2006, 4, 3521-3525
Boruwa, J.; Bhuyan, R., Gogoi, N., Barua, N. C. , Chemoselective tetrahydropyranylation of primary alcohols under freezing water pressure, Ind. J. Chem. 2005, 44B, 331-334
Boruwa, J.; Gogoi, N.; Saikia, P. P.; Barua, N. C., Catalytic Asymmetric Henry Reaction (Review), Tetrahedron:Asymmetry, 2007, 17, 3315-3326
Gogoi, N.; Borah, J. C.; Boruwa, J.; Barua, N. C., Lipase Catalysed Kinetic Resolution of 2-Nitroalcohol: Total Synthesis of Taxol Side Chain and (-)-Bestatin, Letters in Org. Chem, 2007, 4, 234-235
Prusty, Anandini; Gogoi, Naminita; Jassal, Manjeet; Agrawal, Ashwini K., Synthesis and characterization of non-fluorinated copolymer emulsions for hydrophobic finishing of cotton textiles, Indian J of Fibre & Textile Research, 2010, 35(3), 264-271
Awards and Recognitions
Boruwa, J.; Gogoi, N.; Saikia, P. P.; Barua, N. C., Catalytic Asymmetric Henry Reaction (Review), Tetrahedron:Asymmetry, 2007, 17, 3315-3326. Most cited paper 2005-2008, Awarded by Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Boruwa, J.; Gogoi, N.; Saikia, P. P.; Barua, N. C., Catalytic Asymmetric Henry Reaction (Review), Tetrahedron:Asymmetry, 2007, 17, 3315-3326. Awarded as 'Top 25 Hottest Articles' of `Science Direct' for two consecutive years 2006 & 2007
E-mail: naminita.lahon@gmail.com, naminita.lahon@smita-iitd.com
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