This feature focuses on a reagent chosen by a postgraduate, highlighting the uses and preparation of the reagent in current research 1,3-Disubstituted Thioureas: Versatile Building Blocks for the Construction of Heterocycles Compiled by Harisadhan Ghosh Harisadhan Ghosh was born in Burdwan, West Bengal, India, in 1983. He received his B.Sc. (2004) and M. Sc. (2006) degrees in Organic Chemistry from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India. Currently he is carrying out his Ph.D thesis under the supervision of Prof. Bhisma K. Patel as a CSIR junior research fellow. His research interests focus on hypervalent iodine mediated organic synthesis.