New synthetic methodology, Cobalt catalysed biomimetic oxidation of
organic substrates, Combinatorial synthesis of small drug like
molecule, Design and synthesis of enzyme inhibitors related
to HIV protease and endothelin receptor.
Selected publications
- Cobalt(III) DMG catalysed synthesis of allylamides from allyl
alcohols and acetonitrile, M. Mukhopadhyay and J. Iqbal,
J. Org. Chem., 1997 , 62, 1845.
- Cobalt catalysed organic transformations: Highly versatile
protocols for carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond
formation, J. Iqbal, M. Mukhopadhyay and A. K. Mandal,
Synlett , 1997 , 876.
- Polyaniline supported cobalt(II) salen catalysed synthesis of
pyrrolidine containing a -hydroxyamide
core structures as inhibitors for HIV proteases, T. Punniyamurthy
and J. Iqbal, Tetrahedron Lett., 1997 , 38, 4463.
- A versatile cobalt(II)-Schiff base catalysed oxidation of
organic substrates with dioxygen: scope and mechanism, T. Punniyamurthy,
Beena Bhatia, M. Madhava Reddy, Golak C. Maikap and J. Iqbal,
Tetrahedron , 1997 , 53, 7649.
- Polyaniline supported cobalt catalysed one pot stereoselective
synthesis of the structural analogues of aminopeptidase inhibitor
Bestatin , A. De, P. Basak and J. Iqbal, Tetrahedron
Lett., , 1997 , 38, 8383.

jiqbal@iitk.ac.in
J. Iqbal
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur,Uttar Pradesh 208 016
phone : +91-512-597394