Dr. K. Srinivasan

Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry

Area(s) of specialization

Synthetic organic chemistry, Organic supramolecular chemistry and nanotechnology

Education

Ph. D. - University of Madras (2004)

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of New Orleans, USA (2005-08)

Research Interest

Research in my group focuses on

(1) developing novel synthetic methods to carbocycles and heterocycles of biological interest

(2) synthesizing water-soluble macrocycles and studying their binding and catalytic properties

(3) assembling basic nanoscale machines and switches.

Selected Publications

1. “Novel 4,4'-bipyridinium-based cationic mono- and bicyclic cyclophanes”; P. Rajakumar and K. Srinivasan; Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 1277-1284.

2. “Electrophilic substitution of deep cavity cavitands: Selective exo functionalization of molecular concavity”; K. Srinivasan and B. C. Gibb; Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 745-748.

3. “Broad functionalization of deep-cavity cavitands by directed ortho metalation”; K. Srinivasan, Z. R. Laughrey and B. C. Gibb; Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 3265-3271 (cover article).

4. “Synthesis of nanoscale carceplexes from deep-cavity cavitands”; K. Srinivasan and B. C. Gibb; Chem. Commun. 2008, 4640-4642.

5. “Neighboring formyl group-assisted oxidation of o-alkynyl arenecarboxaldehydes by iodine/water system”; K. Sakthivel and K. Srinivasan; Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 2781-2784.

6. “Highly diastereoselective synthesis of 1-pyrrolines via SnCl₄-promoted [3 + 2] cycloaddition between activated donor-acceptor cyclopropanes and nitriles”; G. Sathishkannan and K. Srinivasan; Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6002-6005.

Contact

Dr. K. Srinivasan
Assistant Professor
School of Chemistry
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirappalli-620 024
India
Phone (Off):+91 431 – 2407053
Mobile: + + 91 9444121327
e-mail: srinivasank@bdu.ac.in, thirunivasan@yahoo.co.in
Fax +91-431-2407045/ 2407043