AsiaChem 3/1 March 2023

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Chemistry in India
Page 4
Ehud Keinan

Indian Chemical Society: A Century of Performance and Promise in the Service of the Nation
Page 6-11
Dulal C Mukherjee and Ganapati D. Yadav

The Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)
Page 12-17
S. Chandrasekaran, N. Sathyamurthy, Vinod K Singh

Indian Chemical Industry
Page 18-27
A V Rama Rao

Transition Metal Catalyzed Remote C-H Activation: A New Direction Towards Site-Selective Chemical Reactions
Page 28-33
Jayabrata Das and Debabrata Maiti

Centrally Chiral Arenes: From Concept to Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis
Page 34-41
Sayan Ray, Biki Ghosh, Santanu Mukherjee

Gold Catalysis: A New Contender for Cross-Coupling Reactions with Aryl Halides
Page 42-47
Vaibhav Bedi, Puja K. Mahajan, Nitin T. Patil

Asking Ligands to Lend a Hand
Page 48-55
Sayan Mukherjee, Noor U Din Reshi, Jitendra K. Bera

Atomically Precise Clusters: Chemical Evolution of Molecular Matter at the Nanoscale
Page 56-65
Arijit Jana, Amoghavarsha Ramachandra Kini, Thalappil Pradeep

Polyphenol loaded nanoparticles as antiglycating agents: A case study with human serum albumin
Page 66-77
Pooja Ghosh, Sultana Parveen, Susmitnarayan Chaudhury, Swagata Dasgupta

Precision Macro (molecular) Assemblies
Page 78-85
Aritra Rajak and Anindita Das

Photo-processes in biology: A glimpse from computational chemistry and machine learning
Page 86-91
Debashree Ghosh and Arpan Choudhury

Interchromophoric Twist: Gateway to Long-Lived Excitons
Page 92-99
Sohan D. Jadhav, Philip Daniel Maret and Mahesh Hariharan

The world of exotic crystals: Raman spectro-microscopy for probing local structure
Page 100-109
Ishita Ghosh, Manushree Tanwar, Rajesh Kumar, C Malla Reddy

In Pursuit of The Net Zero Goal and Sustainability: Hydrogen Economy, Carbon Dioxide Refineries, and Valorization of Biomass & Waste Plastic
Page 110-123
Ganapati D. Yadav

Evolution of Chemistry for Precision Engineering of Proteins
Page 124-135
Ragendu V., Mohan Kumar, Rajib Molla, Kalyani Thakur, Preeti Chauhan, Vishal Rai

Chemical Biology of Thyroid Hormones
Page 136-145
Debasish Giri, Santanu Mondal, Govindasamy Mugesh

Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: A New Phase in Our Laboratory
Page 146-155
Anuja Walimbe and Samrat Mukhopadhyay

Attachment of Virus to Host Cell Surface upon Specific Binding to Membrane Receptors and Attachment Factors
Page 156-163
Monika Chaudhary and Nagma Parveen

Chemical Approaches to Tackle the Silent Pandemic of Antibiotic Resistance
Page 164-171
Snehlata Saini, Chitra Shanbhag, Ishu Saraogi

Iatrochemical and Alchemical Knowledge in Medieval India
Page 172-181
Prajit K. Basu

“Scientific temper reflects the high values of science: truth seeking, objectivity and honesty”
An interview with Prof. Goverdhan Mehta
Page 182-187
Ehud Keinan