Research Associate - NCE or Discovery Chemist

Job Title: Research Associate, Research officer and Research executive - NCE or Discovery Chemist

Location : SML Ltd, DRC-2 Centre-2, Nerul, Navi Mumbai-400706

Qualification: M.Sc. or PhD in Organic or Medicinal Chemistry with a concentration in organic synthesis, including experience with multi-step organic synthesis, with postdoctoral experience is preferred

Number of Vacancies: 5

Experience: 0 to 5 years experience in CRO, Drug Discovery, Agrochemical discovery, and semi-synthesis, peptide synthesis, total synthesis are considered a plus.

Job Description: SML Limited is looking for a talented and motivated synthetic/medicinal chemist to support our internal agro-discovery program. The successful candidate will synthesize and purify compounds for the biological evaluation of insecticides, fungicides, nematicides, herbicides and plant growth regulators using standard and advanced organic synthesis procedures. The applicant should be able to develop and troubleshoot synthetic routes directed to the target molecules as well as carry out basic analytical and structural data analysis. In this position, the potential of the applicant to innovate both in the design of synthetic routes and in the generation of new target proposals will be valued. Good communication skills and the ability to work independently and within an international team environment are required.

Desired Skills: M.Sc. or PhD in organic or medicinal chemistry having excellent experience in the synthesis and characterization of organic compounds. Have a sound knowledge of mechanistic, organic chemistry principles and a broad range of organic techniques. Excellent laboratory skills in the purification of compounds using different chromatographic methods, recrystallization, and distillation. Interpretation of results obtained by spectroscopic techniques (MS, NMR, IR, etc.). Experience in performing literature searches using chemistry databases such as SciFinder, Reaxys. Familiarity with chemistry drawing packages, MS Office products, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and the ability to learn other software packages.

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