Work Experience:

Academic qualifications:

M.Sc. Chemistry, Calcutta University, Ph.D., Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India

Awards and scholarship: Gold medal in M.Sc.

Publications and Working papers:

Gooen, Lukas J; Ghosh, Keya, 2001, Palladium‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Aryl Ketones from Boronic Acids and Carboxylic Acids, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 19, 3254-3267m Wiley Online Library.

Ghosh, Keya; Ghatak, Usha Ranjan, 2001, A novel route to functionalized linearly benzannulated medium ring carbocyclics through regioselective aryl radical cyclization, Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 81, 3, 239-264, Indian Institute of Science.

Gooen, Lukas J; Ghosh, K, 2001, Palladium‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Aryl Ketones from Boronic Acids and Carboxylic Acids or Anhydrides, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 40, 18, 3458-3460, Wiley Online Library.

Goossen, Lukas; Ghosh, Keya, 2005, Method for producing ketones from carboxylic acid anhydrides, Google Patents.

U. R. Ghatak, K. Ghosh, 1994, Highly regioselective 8-endo-aryl radical cyclisation: a new synthetic route to decahydrodibenzo-[a, d]-and-[a, e]-cyclooctenols, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 5, 629-630, Royal Society of Chemistry

Ghosh, Keya; Ghatak, Usha Ranjan, 1999, Synthetic studies towards complex diterpenoids. Part 20. 1 Total synthesis of the linear abietane o-quinone umbrosone, Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1, 10, 1359-1362, Royal Society of Chemistry

Gooen, Lukas J; Ghosh, Keya, 2002. A Versatile Ketone Synthesis: Pd-catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Carboxylic and Boronic Acids Abstracts Of Papers Of The American Chemical Society, 224, U185-U185, Amer Chemical Soc 1155 16th St, Nw, Washington, Dc 20036 USA

Gooen, Lukas J; Ghosh, Keya, 2001, A new practical ketone synthesis directly from carboxylic acids: first application of coupling reagents in palladium catalysis Chemical Communications, 20, 2084-2085, Royal Society of Chemistry

Ghosh, Keya; Ghatak, Usha Ranjan, 1994, First total synthesis of the linear abietane diterpenoid orthoquinone umbrosone Tetrahedron letters, 35, 32, 5943-5944,

Goossen, Lukas J; Winkel, Lars; Doehring, Arno; Ghosh, Keya; Paetzold, Jens, 2002, Pd-catalyzed synthesis of functionalized arylketones from boronic acids and carboxylic acids activated in situ with dimethyl decarbonate Synlett, 2002, 8, 1237-1240, 2002, Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart New York

Goossen, LJ; Paetzold, J; Ghosh, K,2002, Carboxylic acids as substrates in Pd-catalyzed reactions.

Abstracts Of Papers Of The American Chemical Society, 224, U217-U217, Amer Chemical Soc 1155 16th St,

Ranu, Brindaban C; Sarkar, Arunkanti; Guchhait, Sankar K; Ghosh, Keya, 1999, Catalytic Hydrogen Transfer Reductions Using Ammonium Formate ChemInform, 30-49, Wiley Online Library Nw, Washington, Dc 20036 USA

Ranu, Brindaban C; Guchhait, Sankar K; Ghosh, Keya; Patra, Amarendra, 2000, Construction of bicyclo [2.2. 2] octanone systems by microwave-assisted solid phase Michael addition followed by Al2O3-mediated intramolecular aldolisation. An eco-friendly approach Green Chemistry, 2, 1, Royal Society of Chemistry.

Ranu, Brindaban C; Ghosh, Keya; Jana, Umasish, 1996, Simple and improved procedure for regioselective acylation of aromatic ethers with carboxylic acids on the solid surface of alumina in the presence of trifluoroacetic anhydride, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 61, 26, 9546-9547, American Chemical Society

Ghosh, K; Pramanik, A, 1996, (1RS, 4aSR, 12aSR)-1-Methyl-1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 5, 6, 7, 12, 12a-decahydrodibenzo [a, d] cyclooctene-1, 4a-carbolactone Acta Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications, 52, 4, 1029-1030, 1996, International Union of Crystallography

Lukas J. Gooen and Keya Ghosh,Chem.., 2002, New Pd-catalyzed selective reduction of carboxylic acids to aldehydes 836-837.