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Dr. C. Sivasankar
     
Area(s) of specialization   Organometallic Chemistry, Homogeneous Catalysis, Computational Chemistry.
     
Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India (2003)
 
PDF  - The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) Florida, USA (2007- 05/2008)
           Osaka University - Japan (2006)
           Christian Albrects University of Kiel , Kiel, Germany (2003-2005)
 
 
Phone (Off)  

+91 431- 2407053
Mobile   + 91 9710599279
e-mail  

sivas@bdu.ac.in , siva2074@gmail.com
Fax   +91-431-2407045/ 2407043
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School of Chemistry
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirappalli-620 024
India
       
 
Research Interest

Our research is highly focused on finding a new catalyst for activation and functionalization of industrially (commercially) most important small molecules such as N2, H2, O2, NO, N2O, CO, CO2 and hydrocarbons. Extensively we do catalysis in homogeneous fashion in aquas and non-aquas media. We also use the Quantum chemical calculations to understand the reaction mechanisms and to play an important role in facilitating the testing of conceptual ideas and the ranking of possible metal complexes most likely to be effective catalysts.
 

Further research in our laboratory is intended for developing new methodologies for synthesis of new materials via insertion of unsaturated Organic/Inorganic molecules between M-C, M-H, M-N and M-O bonds.
     
 

Selected Publications
     
  1 G. Stephan, C. Sivasankar, F. Studt and F. Tuczek, Energetics and mechanism of ammonia synthesis through the Chatt cycle: Conditions for a catalytic mode and comparison with the Schrock cycle, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 644.
  2 C. Sivasankar, S. Nabanita, J. K. Bera and A. G. Samuelson, Is copper(I) hard or soft? A density functional study of mixed ligand complexes, New J. Chem. 2007, 31, 385.
  3 C. Sivasankar and Felix Tuczek, Double Deprotonation of Coordinated Ethylimide to CH3CN: Molecular Mechanism and Relevance to the Chemistry of Mo and W Organoimides, Dalton Transactions, 2006, 3396.
  4 C. Sivasankar, N. Böres, G. Peters, C. M. Habeck, F. Stud and F. Tuczek, Dismutation of a Mo(IV) Acetonitrile-NNH2 Complex to a Mo(IV) Ethylimido Complex -N2: Mechanistic Implica­ti­ons on the Protonation of Coordinated Nitriles at the β-Carbon Atom, Organometallics, 24, 2005, 5393-5406.
  5 C. Sivasankar, Jitendra K. Bera, Munirathnam Nethaji and Ashoka G. Samuelson, Reactions of Cu3(dppm)3(m3-OH)(ClO4)2 (dppm=bis-(diphenylphosphino) methane) with Soft Heterocumulenes, J. Organomet. Chem.,689(16), 2004, 2726.