Q. In October 2021, researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) have developed a catalytic technology for the sustainable and economical synthesis of chiral molecules which are essential building blocks to produce pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and biologically active compounds. Which IIT researchers team developed this technology?
(A) IIT Delhi
(B) IIT Kanpur
(C) IIT Bombay
(D) IIT Chennai
Ans- (A)
Related facts:
- On 1 October 2021, researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi have developed a catalytic technology for the sustainable and economical synthesis of chiral molecules which are essential building blocks to produce pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and biologically active compounds.
- India is heavily dependent on importing (above 85 per cent) Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), and a significant proportion of those APIs are chiral molecules.
- The developed catalytic technology may play a crucial role in decreasing the country’s dependence on the import of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, which also means lowering of the input cost for the industry that would encourage it to pass on the benefit to the society.
- The existing methodologies “are costly and not eco-friendly”.
- To tackle this problem, the research team developed a Metal-Organic Framework-based catalytic technology using inexpensive natural feedstocks and abundant metals for the sustainable and economical synthesis of enantiomerically pure chiral molecules.
Link:
https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2021/10/01/des68-iit-research-pharmaceuticals.html