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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
DR. BASKARAN, S.
G. Aravamudan Chair ProfessorEducation
Biography
Baskaran obtained Ph. D in synthetic organic chemistry from IIT Kanpur in 1990 and subsequently he held postdoctoral positions at the Duesseldorf University, Germany and Harvard University, USA. Prior to joining IIT Madras in 1998, he briefly held scientist position at the Dr. Reddy’s Research Foundation, Hyderabad. His research interests are mainly focused on the development of new strategies in organic synthesis, asymmetric synthesis and stereoselective synthesis of biologically active and pharmaceutically important molecules. He is a recipient of AvH fellowship, Germany and CRSI bronze medal. He is an elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. He serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Chemical Sciences (India).
Research Interests
Honors and Recognitions
Representative Publications
- One – pot Synthesis of Structurally Diverse Iminosugar Based Hybrid Molecules S. S. Prasad, N. R. Reddy and S. Baskaran J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 9604.
- Iminosugar C – Nitromethyl Glycoside: Stereoselective Synthesis of Isoxazoline and Isoxazole Fused Bicyclic Iminosugars S. S. Prasad and S. Baskaran J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 1558
- Preparation of Propargyl Amines in a ZnCl2 – Dimethylurea Deep Eutectic Solvent M. Obst, A. Srivastava, S. Baskaran, B. Koenig Synlett 2018, 29, 185
- Novel One – pot Synthesis of Cyclopropane – fused Cyclic Amidines: An Oxidative Carbanion Cyclization K. D. Veeranna, K. K. Das, S. Baskaran Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 16197
- Iminosugar C – Nitromethyl Glycosides and Divergent Synthesis of Bicyclic Iminosugars S. S. Prasad, S. Senthilkumar, A. Srivastava, S. Baskaran Org. Lett. 2017, 17, 4403
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