•  B.Sc. (Honours) Chemistry from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi (2010).
• M.Sc. in Chemistry from University of Delhi (2012).
• PhD from IIT Guwahati (2017), supervisor Prof. Abu T. Khan.

Postdoc Experiences:

• Research Associate, IIT Delhi, (Dec-2017-Feb-2019) under the supervision of Prof. Pravi P. Singh
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Wuhan University, China (April-2019-April-2021 ) under the supervision of Prof. Guoyin Yin
• Research Associate, IIT Guwahati (May-2021-Dec-2021), supervisor Prof. Abu T. Khan.

Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur, West Benal-733202

• Research Scientist, PI Industry Ltd. (Dec-2021-Jan-2023)
• Associate Scientist, Aragen Life Sciences (1st Feb-2023 to 22nd Nov-2023)

Organic Chemistry

• Nickel Catalysis in cross-coupling reaction and migratory cross-coupling reactions
• Photocatalysis in Organic Transformations
• Multicomponent Reactions
• Heterocyclic Chemistry

• Heterocyclic Chemistry
• Nickel Catalysis
• Photocatalysis

PUBLICATIONS:

1. M. Belal, "Strategies for the Synthesis of Alkylated Coumarins Using Various Alkyl Radical Precursors" J. Heterocycl. Chem. 2025, 62, 1293-1300.   doi.org/10.1002/jhet.70079 (Impact Factor: 2.4)

2. M. Belal, S. Sarkar, R. Subramanian and A. T. Khan "Synthetic utility of biomimicking vanadium bromoperoxidase and n-tetrabutylammonium tribromide (TBATB) in organic synthesis" Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022, 20, 2562-2579. DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02421c (Impact factor: 3.876)

3. M. Belal, S. Mondal, S. Yashmin and A. T. Khan,  "Reactivity Switch-Over of 4- Hydroxydithiocoumarin under Various Conditions and Their Application in Organic Synthesis" Org. Biomol. Chem., 2022, 20, 715-726 DOI: 10.1039/D1OB01357B. (Impact factor: 3.876)

4. M. Belal, Z. Li, L. Zhu and G. Yin, "Catalyst-controlled regiodivergent 1,2-difunctionalization of alkenes with two carbon-based electrophiles" Sci. China Chem., 2022, 65,514-520. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-021-1172-x (Impact factor: 10.138).

5. M. Belal, Z. Li, X. Lu and G. Yin, "Recent Advances in the Synthesis of 1,1-Diarylalkanes by Transition-Metal Catalysis" Sci. China Chem., 2021, 64, 513?EUR"533. doi: 10.1007/s11426-020-9910-2. (Impact factor: 10.138).

6. B. Zhao, Li, H. Li, M. Belal, L. Zhu and G. Yin, "Synergistic Ni/Cu catalyzed migratory arylsilylation of terminal olefins" Sci. Bull., 2021, 66, 570, 577. doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2020.10.001 (Impact factor: 11.780).

7. K. N. Tripathi, M. Belal and R P. Singh, "Organo Photoinduced Decarboxylative Alkylation of Coumarins with N-(Acyloxy)phthalimide" J. Org. Chem., 2020, 85, 1193-1201. doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.9b00977. [  = equal contribution] (Impact factor: 4.354)

8. M. Belal and A. T. Khan, "Iodine-Catalyzed Synthesis of Pyrrolo(2,3c)coumarin Derivatives Using 3-Aminocoumarins, Arylglyoxals and 4-Hydroxycoumarin Through One-Pot Three-Component Reaction" ChemistrySelect, 2018, 3, 2431-2434. doi10.1002/slct.201702629. (Impact factor: 2.109)

9. M. Belal and A. T. Khan, "PTSA.H2O-Catalyzed Reaction of 3-Aminocoumarins and Phenylacetaldehydes: A Route to Access Various Pyrido(2,3-c)coumarin Derivatives" ChemistrySelect 2017, 2, 10501-10504. doi: 10.1002/slct.201702300. (Impact factor: 2.109)

10. M. Belal and A. T. Khan, "Synthesis of Fused Oxazole-Containing Coumarin Derivatives via Oxidative Cross Coupling Reaction Using a Combination of CuCl2 and TBHP" RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 18891-18894. doi: 10.1039/c5ra27993c. (Impact factor: 3.36)

11. M. Belal and A. T. Khan, "Oxidative Cross Coupling Reaction Mediated By I2/H2O2: A Novel Approach For The Construction of Fused Thiazole Containing Coumarin Derivatives" RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 104155-104163. doi: 10.1039/c5ra20405d. (Impact factor: 3.36)

12. M. Belal, D. K. Das and A. T. Khan, "Synthesis of Pyrido(2,3-c)Coumarin Derivatives by an Intramolecular Povarov Reaction" Synthesis, 2015, 47, 1109-1116. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1380131. (Impact factor: 3.157).

13. D. K. Das, S. Sarkar, M. M. Khan, M. Belal and A. T. Khan, "A Mild And Efficient Method for Large Scale Synthesis of 3-Aminocoumarins and Its Further Application for the Preparation of 4- Bromo-3-Aminocoumarins" Tet. Lett., 2014, 55, 4869, 487. doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.07.035. (Impact factor: 2.415)

Seminar/Workshop Organized:

Oragnized a "One-Day National Seminar on Recent Advances in Material Chemistry" as the Convenor of  the Seminar.

Conference/Seminar Attended:

• 20 th CRSI-National Symposium in Chemistry 2017 held at Gauhati University (Poster Presentation)
Poster Title “Synthesis of fused oxazole-containing coumarin derivatives via oxidative cross coupling reaction using a combination of CuCl2 and TBHP”
• Frontier in Chemical Science 2016 (FICS-2106) held at IIT Guwahati (Poster Presentation)
Poster Title “Oxidative cross coupling reaction mediated byI2/H2O2: a novel approach for the construction
of fused thiazole containing coumarin derivatives”
• XII th JNOST Conference for Research Scholars (JNOST-2016) held at CDRI Lucknow (Poster
Presentation)
Poster Title “Synthesis of fused oxazole-containing coumarin derivatives via oxidative cross couplingreaction using a combination of CuCl2 and TBHP”
• Frontier in Chemical Science 2014 (FICS-2104) held at IIT Guwahati (Poster Presentation)
Poster Title “Synthesis of Pyrido(2,3-c)coumarin derivatives by an intramolecular Povarov reaction”