NISER

• B. Sc Chemistry (Erode Arts College, Erode, Affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India)
• M. Sc Chemistry (R K M Vivekananda College, Chennai, Affiliated to University of Madras, Chennai, India)
• Ph. D (with Prof. H. Ila, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India)
• AvH Fellow (with Prof. Christoph Schneider, University of Leipzig, Germany)

• Synthetic Organic Chemistry (Heterocyclic chemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis)

AvH Fellow 2007-2008

Recent:

1. Nickel Catalyzed Selective Arylation of Geminal Dinitriles: Direct Access to α-Cyano Carbonyl Compounds, A. Bhattacharya, S. V. Subramaniam, N. K. Kandukuri, and S. Peruncheralathan, J. Org. Chem. 2024, Accepted
2.  Organocatalytic Chemoselective C4-Benzylation of 5-Aminopyrazoles, P. Natarajan,  S. Kanchithalaivan, A. Chatterjee, S. Peruncheralathan, Asian J. Org. Chem., 2024, e202300628.

Selected Best Articles:

Nickel-Catalyzed Domino Reaction of α-Aryloxyacetonitriles with Arylboronic Acids: Synthesis of 2-Aroylbenzo[b]furans, S. V. Subramaniam, V. K. Dharmalingam, A. Bhattacharya, and S. Peruncheralathan Org. Lett., 2023, 25, 8225-8229.

2,3-Difunctionalized Benzo[b]thiophene Scaffolds Possessing Potent Antiangiogenic Properties, H. Singh, A. Thirupathi, B. Das, M. Janni, R. Kumari, S. Singh, M. Rashid, M. Wahajuddin, M. M. Balamurali, K. Jagavelu, and S. Peruncheralathan J. Med. Chem. 2022, 65, 120-135.

Copper Catalyzed Intramolecular N-Arylation of Ketene Aminals at Room Temperature: Synthesis of 2-Amino-3-Cyano indoles, A. Thirupathi, M. Janni and S. Peruncheralathan, J. Org. Chem., 2018, 83, 8668 - 8678.

Chemoselective Ullmann Coupling at Room Temperature: A Facile Access to 2-Aminobenzo[b]thiophenes, Manojkumar Janni, Annaram Thirupathi, Sahil Arora and S. Peruncheralathan, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 8439 - 8442.

Catalytic Selective Deuteration of Halo(hetero)arenes, Manojkumar Janni and S. Peruncheralathan, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016, 14, 3091-3097.

AIEE Phenomenon: Tetraaryl vs. Triaryl pyrazoles S. Mukherjee, P. S. Salini, A. Srinivasan, S. Peruncheralathan Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 17148-17151.

Book Chapter:

Domino Reactions Initiated by Nucleophilic Substitution, H. Ila, A. Acharya, S. Peruncheralathan in Domino Reactions - Concepts for Efficient Organic Synthesis, Edited by L. F. Tietze; 2014 Wiley-VCH.

• Selective Functionalization of C-X and C-H bonds of Arenes and Heteroarenes
• Design and Development of New Chiral Ligands for Enantioselective Transformations
• Domino Reactions
• Total Synthesis of Natural Products 
• Rational Drug Discovery

Core Courses

• C102 Chemistry II
• C203 Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry
• C204 Reagents in Organic Syntheses
• C301 Physical Organic Chemistry
• C403 Chemistry of Heterocycles and Natural Products 

Elective Courses

• C353 Classics in Molecules
• C555 Principles of Drug Action
• C565 Advanced Organic Chemistry
• C570 Advanced Heterocyclic Chemistry
• C572 Frontiers in Organic Synthesis 

Lab Courses

• C142 Chemistry Lab II
• C244 Biomolecular Chemistry Lab 
• C341 Organic Chemistry Lab I
• C344 Organic Chemistry Lab II

UGCS Convener

Chairperson, UGCI