Dr. Syed Khalid Yousuf

Dr. Syed Khalid Yousuf

Senior Scientist

Medicinal Chemistry Division

CSIR-IIIM-Br. Sanatnagar, Srinagar-190005
Email: s[dot]kyousuf[at]iiim[dot]res[dot]in

Profile

Bio Sketch

Dr. Khalid is currently working as Senior Scientist at CSIR-IIIM-Br. Srinagar. He completed PhD in synthetic organic chemistry under the supervision of Dr. S.C.Taneja. After completion of PhD, Dr. Khalid was awarded the INSPIRE faculty fellowship for five year and National postdoctoral fellowship for two years by DST-India. Dr. Khalid is working in the area of natural product and medicinal chemistry towards drug development programme.

Education

Degree Subjects University Qualifying Year
Ph.D Chemistry CSIR-IIIM-Jammu awarded by GNDU-Amritsar 2012
M.Sc Applied Chemistry Bundelkhand University Jhansi-UP 2007
B.Sc Biological Sciences University of Kashmir 2005

Position Held

Position Held

Position Held Period Organization
Senior Scientist 17.06.2024 – Present CSIR-IIIM-Jammu
Scientist June-2020 – June 2024 CSIR-IIIM-Jammu
DST-NPDF July 2017 – July 2019 CSIR-IIIM-Jammu
INSPIRE faculty July 2012 – July 2017 CSIR-IIIM-Jammu
Senior Research fallow 2013 – 2014 Agricultural Research station (SKRAU), Bikaner, Rajasthan

 

Area of Expertise

Area of Expertise

  • Development of new synthetic strategies for total synthesis of natural products and their analogues
  • Isolation, characterisation and structural modifications of natural products for lead development
  • Exploration of glycals as chiral pool using C-C, C-S, C-N bond forming reactions

 

 

 

 

 

Project Involved / Ongoing Projects

Projects

  • Natural product chemistry of Withania somnifera and Artemisia annua

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications and Patents

Publications

Authors Title Journal
Faheem Rasool, Aijaz Ahmad, Nazar hussain, Syed khalid Yousuf Debaraj Mukherjee One pot regioselective and stereoselective synthesis of C-glycosyl amide from glycals using vinyl azides  as glycosyl acceptors Org. letters, 2018, 20, 4036-4039

 
Tatina Madhubabu, Anil Kumar Kusunuru, Syed khalid Yousuf and Debaraj Mukherjee Tandem regio- and diastereo-selective synthesis of halogenated C-vinyl glycosides from unactivated arylacetylenes Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 11409-11411
Anil Kumar Kusunuru, Tatina Madhubabu, Syed khalid Yousuf and Debaraj Mukherjee Copper mediated highly stereoselective synthesis of C-glycosides from unactivated alkynes Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 10154-10156
Hafiz Ul Alah, Faheem Rasool, Syed Khalid Yousuf Palladium catalyzed C(sp2)-C(sp2) bond formation. A highly regio- and chemoselective oxidative Heck C-3 alkenylation of pyrones and pyridines RSC advances, 2015, 5, 78958-78961
Tatina Madhubabu, Anil Kumar Kusunuru, Syed khalid Yousuf* and Debaraj Mukherjee Zinc mediated activation of terminal alkynes: stereoselective synthesis of alkynyl glycosides Org Biomol Chem. 2014, 12, 7900-7903
Syed Khalid Yousuf, Debaraj Mukherjee, Baldev singh, Subhash Chandra Taneja. Cu-Mn Bimetallic catalyst for Huisgen [3+2]-cycloaddition Green Chemistry. 2010,12,1568-1572
Syed Khalid Yousuf, Subhash Chandra Taneja, Debaraj Mukherjee Multi-component cascade transformation of D-glucal to furan appended triazole glycoconjugates Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2010,75,3097-3100
Debaraj Mukherjee, Syed Khalid Yousuf, Subhash Chandra Taneja Domino Transformation of D-Glucal to Racemic-a-Substituted-b-Hydroxymethyl Furfuryl Derivatives Organic Letters. 2008,10, 4831-4834
MallikharjunaRao Lambu, Suresh Kumar, Syed Khalid Yousuf, Deepak Kumar Sharma, Altaf Hussain, Ajay Kumar, Fayaz Malik, Debaraj Mukherjee Medicinal chemistry of dihydropyran based medium ring macrolides related to aspergillides: selective inhibition of PI3K-alpha Journal of medicinal Chemistry 2013, 56, 6122–6135
Syed Khalid Yousuf, Rabiya Majeed, Mudassier Ahmad, Payare lal Sangwan, Basant Purnima, A. K. Saxsena, K. A. Suri, Debaraj Mukherjee, Subhash Chandra Taneja Structural modifications of withaferin-A and evaluation of in-vitro cytotoxicity; a comprehensive SAR Steroids. 2011, 10–11, 1213-1222

Awards / Honours

Awards and Honours

  • Awarded National Postdoctoral Fellowship (NPDF) by the Department of Science and Technology (DST-India) for two years (2017-2019)
  • Awarded INSPIRE faculty position, by the Department of Science and Technology (DST-India) for five years (2012-2017)
  • Awarded the opportunity to attend the Nobel laureate meeting at Lindau Germany-2013. Was among the 26 Indian researcgers selected for the meeting.
  • Awarded Senior research fellowship (SRF) of CSIR, Ministry of science and technology (April 2011- July 2012).
  • Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of by the Department of Science and Technology (DST-India) Ministry of science and technology (Dec. 2010- April 2011).
  • Awarded the best paper award at CSIR-foundation day celebrated at Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Canal Road Jammu 2009.
  • Awarded the first and second best paper awards at CSIR-foundation day celebrated at Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Canal Road Jammu 2010

Group

Students

Photo Name Area of Interest  Education
Shabir Ahmad Mir Natural product modifications