Dr. Beena

Assistant Professor

Gargi College

Sirifort Road

University of Delhi

Delhi-110049

E. mail: beenanegi5@gmail.com

beenanegi@gargi.du.ac.in

 

 

Education Qualifications

Ph.D. awarded in 2012 for the thesis entitled Synthesis and Biological Activity Evaluation of Cyclohexane-1,2-diamine, Metronidazole, Curcumin and Thymol Derivatives under the supervision of Professor Diwan S. Rawat, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007.

M. Sc. (Organic Chemistry), University of Delhi in 2008

B. Sc. (ChemistryHonours), University of Delhi in 2005

 

Scholarships and Awards

 

Memberships

 

Books Authored/ Book Chapter

1. Chemistry of Heterocyclic compounds by Rakesh Kumar Parashar and Beena Negi, Ane Books Pvt. Ltd. and CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group (2015); ISBN: 978-146-6517-13-4.

 

2. Beena Negi. Chapter 6 titled From ancient medical knowledge to the modern drug development in India. Book titled Indian and western knowledge traditions at CPDHE, University of Delhi, Page 40-47 (2016), ISBN: 978-93-85144-82-0, By Shivalik Prakashan, Delhi.

 

List of Publications              

1.     Beena Negi, Deepak Kumar and Diwan S. Rawat. Marine peptides as anticancer agents: A remedy to mankind by nature. Current Protein & Peptide Science (2017).

2.     Beena Negi, Deepak Kumar, Widuranga Kumbukgolla, Sampath Jayaweera, Prija Ponnan, Ramandeep Singh, Sakshi Agarwal, Diwan S. Rawat, Anti-methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus activity, synergism with oxacillin and molecular docking studies of metronidazole triazole Hybrids. Eur. J. Med. Chem. (2016) 115, 426-437.

3.     Deepak Kumar, Beena Negi, Diwan S. Rawat. The anti-tuberculosis agents under development and the challenges ahead. Fut. Med. Chem. (2015), 7, 1981-2003.

4.     Deepak Kumar, Garima Khare, Beena Negi, Saqib Kidwai, Anil K. Tyagi, Ramandeep Singh, DS Rawat. Novel isoniazid-amidoether derivatives: Synthesis, characterization and antimycobacterial activity evaluation. Med. Chem. Commun.  (2015), 6, 131-137.

5.     Deepak Kumar, Beena, Garima Khare, Anil K. Tyagi, Ramandeep Singh, Diwan S Rawat. Synthesis of novel 1,2,3-triazole derivatives of isoniazid and their in vitro antimycobacterial activity evaluation.Eur. J. Med. Chem. (2014), 81, 301-313.

6.     Beena Negi, K. Kranthi Raj, Shadab Miyan Siddiqui, Dittakavi Ramachandran, Amir Azam, and Diwan S. Rawat. In vitro antiamoebic activity evaluation and docking studies of metronidazole–triazole hybrids. Chem. Med. Chem. Commun. (2014) 9, 2439–2444.

7.     Beena, Deepak Kumar, Widuranga Kumbukgolla, Sampath Jayaweera,MaiAnn Bailey, Torey Alling, Juliane Ollinger, Tanya Parish, Diwan S Rawat. Antibacterial activity of adamantyl substituted cyclohexane diamine derivatives against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. RSC Adv. (2014), 4, 11962–11966.

8.     Beena, Deepak Kumar, Mai Ann Bailey, Tanya Parish, Diwan S Rawat. Synthesis and antituberculosis activity evaluation of cyclohexane-1,2-diamine derivatives. Chem. Biol. Interface (2014), 4, 1-14.

9.     Beena, Diwan S. Rawat. Antituberculosis drug research: A critical overview. Med. Res. Rev. (2013), 33, 693–764.

10.  Beena, Deepak Kumar, Diwan S. Rawat. Synthesis and antioxidant activity of thymol and carvacrol based Schiff bases. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.  (2013), 23, 641–645.

11.  Beena, Seema Joshi, Nitin Kumar, Saqib Kidwai, Ramandeep Singh, and Diwan S. Rawat. Synthesis and antitubercular activity evaluation of novel unsymmetrical cyclohexane-1,2-diamine derivatives. Arch. Pharm. Chem. Life Sci. (2012), 345, 896–901.

12.  Beena, Nitin Kumar, Rajesh K. Rohilla, N. Roy, Diwan S. Rawat. Synthesis and antibacterial activity evaluation of metronidazole-triazole conjugates. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. (2009), 19, 1396–1398.

13.  Nitin Kumar, Shabana I. Khan, Beena, G. Rajalakshmi, P. Kumaradhas, Diwan S. Rawat. Synthesis, antimalarial activity and cytotoxicity of substituted 3,6-diphenyl-[1,2,4,5]tetraoxanes. Bioorg. Med. Chem. (2009), 17, 5632–5638.

 

Content Writer for 20 Modules

e-PG Pathshala by NMEICT and UGC, Modules of Paper 5: Organic chemistry-2 (Reaction Mechanisms), Paper 12: Organic spectroscopy and Paper 14: Disconnection Approachhttp://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in

  1. CHE_P5_M1 Types of organic reactions
  2. CHE_P5_M2 Overview of different types of organic reaction mechanisms
  3. CHE_P5_M3 Thermodynamics and kinetic requirements of a reaction
  4. CHE_P5_M4 Intermediates, transition states, potential energy diagrams and Hammond postulate
  5. CHE_P5_M5 Methods of determining mechanism and isotope effects
  6. CHE_P5_M6 Generation, structure, stability and reactivity of carbocations
  7. CHE_P5_M7 Generation, structure, stability and reactivity of carbanions
  8. CHE_P5_M8 Generation, structure, stability and reactivity of free radicals
  9. CHE_P5_M9 Reactive intermediates: Carbenes and nitrenes
  10. CHE_P5_M10 Linear free energy relationship, the hammett equation and substituent and reaction constants
  11. CHE_P5_M31 Diazonium coupling, Vilsmeir reaction and Gattermann-Koch reaction
  12. CHE_P5_M35 The Von Richter, Sommlet-Hauser and Smiles rearrangements
  13. CHE_P12_M24 Mass spectrometery:Theory, instrumentation and modifications
  14. CHE_P12_M25 Terms in mass spectrometery, nitrogen rule, rule of thirteen and isotopic abundance
  15. CHE_P12_M26 General fragmentation rules
  16. CHE_P12_M27 Fragmentation of various classes of organic molecules
  17. CHE_P12_M228 Alpha, beta, allylic, benzylic cleavage and Mclafferty rearrangement
  18. CHE_P12_M32 Combined problem on UV, IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and Mass-Part IV
  19. CHE_P12_M34 Combined problem on UV, IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and Mass-Part VI
  20. CHE_P14_M16 Total synthesis of complex organic compounds using disconnection approaches

 

 

Research Grant

UGC-BSR Research Start-UP Grant 2016