INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BHOPAL

 

Name: Dr. Deepak Chopra
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Chemistry
E-Mail: dchopra@iiserbhopal.ac.in
Phone: +91-755-4092321
Fax: +91-755-4092392

Academic Profile:

  • Assistant Professor (April 2009-), Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India.
  • Post-doc. University of Toledo, Ohio, USA (Oct 2007 to March 2009) in the field of X-ray Crystallography under the supervision of Prof. A. A. Pinkerton.
  • Post-doc. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore under the supervision of Prof. T. N. Guru Row during Oct (2006-2007).
  • Ph.D. Chemical Crystallography, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Oct 2006; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore under the supervision of Prof. T. N. Guru Row.

Research Interest:

  • Polymorphism, Weak Intermolecular Interactions, Structure-Property Correlation, Crystal Growth and Kinetics, Protein-Ligand Interactions, Design of new organic materials which are of importance to mankind.


Selected Publications:

  1. Chemical Bonding and Structure−Reactivity Correlation in Meldrum’s Acid: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Electron Density Study. Deepak Chopra, V. V. Zhurov, E. A. Zhurova and A. A. Pinkerton. J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74, 2389–2395.

  2. 17α-Estradiol·1/2 H2O: Super-Structural Ordering, Electronic Properties, Chemical Bonding, and Biological Activity in Comparison with Other Estrogens. E. A. Zhurova, V. V. Zhurov, Deepak Chopra, A. I. Stash and A. A Pinkerton. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 17260–17269.

  3. Polymorphism in 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3, 6, 6-trimethyl-2-phenyl-1, 5, 6, 7 - tetrahydro -4H - indol-4-one: A subtle interplay of weak intermolecular interactions. Deepak Chopra, K. Nagarajan, T. N. Guru Row. Cryst Growth & Des., 2005, 5(3), 1035-1039.

  4. Exploring Polymorphism by Solvent Mediation in Potentially Active Herbicide Metribuzin: A subtle interplay of weak intermolecular interactions. Deepak Chopra, T. P Mohan, K. S. Rao, T. N. Guru Row. CrystEngComm, 2005, 7(62), 374-379.

  5. Dimorphic forms in Non-Centrosymmetric Environment from a Pro-chiral Molecule: Co-operative interplay of Strong Hydrogen Bonds and Weak Intermolecular Interactions. Deepak Chopra, T. N. Guru Row. Cryst Growth & Des., 2005, 5 (5), 1679 -1681.

  6. Solvatomorphism in 3-fluorobenzoylaminophenyl 3-fluorobenzoate: A subtle interplay of strong hydrogen bonds and weak intermolecular interactions involving disordered fluorine. Deepak Chopra, T. N. Guru Row. Cryst Growth & Des., 2006, 6(6), 1267-1270.

  7. Pointers towards the occurrence of C-F…F-C interaction: Experimental charge density analysis of 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3, 6, 6-trimethyl-2-phenyl-1, 5, 6, 7 – tetrahydro - 4H - indol-4-one and 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-methoxy-2-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydroisoquinoline. Deepak Chopra, T. S. Cameron, R. D. Ferrara, T. N. Guru Row. J. Phys. Chem A., 2006, 110(35), 10465 –10477.

  8. Variability in Halogen Interactions: In-situ Cryo crystallization of low melting substituted trifluoroacetophenones. Deepak Chopra, Vijay Thiruvenkatam, S.G. Manjunath, Tayur N. Guru Row. Cryst Growth & Des., 2007, 7(5), 868-874.

  9. Evaluation of the interchangeability of C–H and C–F groups: insights from crystal packing in a series of isomeric fluorinated benzanilides*Deepak Chopra and T. N. Guru Row. CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 54.*: Cited as the "Top Accessed Papers of 2008" in Royal Society of Chemistry. [http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/fusion/2009/Issue1/topaccessed.asp]

  10. In-Situ Cryo-Crystallisation of Fluorinated Amines: A Comparative study of Cooperative Intermolecular Interactions involving Ordered and Disordered Fluorine. Deepak Chopra, V. Thiruvenkatam and T. N. Guru Row. Cryst Growth & Des., 2006, 6(4), 843-845.

 

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