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From the Desk of the Vice Chancellor

Greetings!

As the Vice Chancellor of this premier university, I am extremely pleased to share this space to converse with all of you. The University of Madras is a post- sesquicentennial institution which has forged a glorious path for itself and has been the site for significant scientific discoveries as well as the beacon for national and regional societal transformation. It has successfully managed to hold aloft its tradition even while keeping up with the emerging trends. One reason for this is the way in which the university has kept alive its interactions with all the stakeholders.

The COVID 19 pandemic has introduced a ‘new normal’ and its impact is felt in the workings of the university as well. The students have been attending the lectures online. While online learning has the advantage of being anytime and anywhere, it has taken away the peer group interaction and peer learning which are integral aspects of the university experience. We look forward to welcoming you to the campus very soon. Meanwhile, our faculty and administration will continue to bring the best to the virtual classrooms. As students, you need to view the restrictions posed by the pandemic as a temporary deterrent. Your focus should be to gain the competencies to conduct application oriented research in order to evolve as useful citizens of our society.

Our university boasts of faculty with a high degree of knowledge and commitment to offer the best in teaching and research. Given the context of the pandemic, we need to redefine our teaching-learning processes to offer the best pedagogic experience to our students. Similarly, the post-pandemic era demands that we hone the employment potential and entrepreneurial capacity of our learners. This necessitates that we focus on sponsored research in cutting edge areas.

Our administrative staff have been the backbone of the university. While we move towards a transparent and complete e-governance model, we need more support from you. When the teaching-learning process at our university – from admission to certification -- is moving into the digital era, your skills and competencies need to keep pace.

At our university, we are gearing up for the final round of NAAC re-accreditation. This has offered us an opportunity to assess our Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges. Further, it has made us more determined to reiterate our quality benchmarks in teaching, research and extension activities. We are aware of this responsibility and fully prepared for it because, our university has always encouraged individual thinking within the established frameworks. This is echoed in the words of Tim Burners Lee, who initiated the World Wide Web: “We are forming cells within a global brain and we are excited that we might start to think collectively. What becomes of us still hangs crucially on how we think individually.” Let us unite to make the educational experience at the University of Madras a synergy of the best minds and best thoughts.

Prof.Dr.S.Gowri

Vice-Chancellor
University of Madras

Dr. K. ParthasarathyM.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D

Assistant Professor
Department of Organic Chemistry
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Publications

Articles (Total Articles: 30)

# Title Author Publisher Volume Year Page(s)
1 Easy Access to Isoquinolines and Tetrahydroquinolines from Ketoximes and Alkynes via Rhodium-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. J. Org. Chem. 2009 74 9359-9364
2  Cobalt(III)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Fused Quinazolinones by C–H/N–H Annulation of  2-Arylquinazolinones with Alkynes Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 866–869. Kumaran, S. Parthasarathy, K. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020 866–869
3  Synthesis of Fused Spiropyrrolidine Oxindoles Through 1,3- Dipolar Cycloaddition of Azomethine Ylides Prepared from Isatins and α-Amino Acids with Heterobicyclic Alkenes Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 2725–2729 Kumaran, S. Saritha, R. Gurumurthy, P. Parthasarathy, K. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020 2725–2729
4 Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Annulation of N-Methoxybenzamides with Heterobicyclic Alkenes by C–H Functionalization: Synthesis of Benzo[b]phenanthridinones  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 1203–1206.   Cheng, Y. Parthasarathy, K. Bolm C. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017 1203–1206
5  Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed ortho Halogenations of N?Acylsulfoximines and Synthetic Applications toward Functionalized Sulfoximine Derivatives Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 726-729 Cheng, Y. Dong, W. Parthasarathy, K. Bolm C Org. Lett. 19 2017 726-729
6 One-Pot Synthesis of Highly Substituted Polyheteroaromatic Compounds by Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Multiple C–H Activation and Annulation (Hot Paper)  Jayakumar, J. Parthasarathy, K. Chen, Y.-H. Lee, T.-H. Chuang, S.-C. Cheng C.-H. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201405183
7 Directed Additions of 2?Arylpyridines and Related Substrates to Cyclic Imines through Rhodium-Catalyzed C−H Functionalization Parthasarathy, K. Azcargorta, A. R. Cheng, Y. Bolm C. Org. Lett. 16 2014 2538?2541
8  I ron-Catalyzed Hetero Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling of Sulfoximines with Diarylmethanes; A New Route to N-Alkylated Sulfoximines Cheng, Y. Dong, W. Wang, L. Parthasarathy, K. Bolm C. Org. Lett. 16 2014 2000?2002
9 Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Selective ortho-Olefinations of N-Acyl and N-Aroyl Sulfoximines by C-H Bond Activation Parthasarathy, K., Bolm. C. Chem. Eur. J. 20 2014 4896 – 4900
10  Rh odium-Catalyzed Oxidative Annulation of Sulfoximines and Alkynes as an Approach to 1,2-Benzothiazines Dong, W.–R., Wang, L., Parthasarathy, K., Bolm. C. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52 2013 11573 –11576
11 R h(III)-Catalyzed C-H Activation: A Versatile Route towards Various Polycyclic Pyridinium Salts Luo, C.-Z., Gandeepan, P., Jayakumar, J., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. Chem. Eur. J. 19 2013 14181 – 14186
12 Synthesis of Phenanthridinones from N-Methoxybenzamides and Aryltriethoxysilanes through Rh(III)-Catalyzed C-H and N-H Bond Activation Senthilkumar, N., Parthasarathy, K., Gandeepan, P., Cheng, C-H. Chem. Asian J. 8 2013 2175 – 2181
13 Copper-Catalyzed Intramolecular Oxidative C-H Functionalization and C-N Formation of 2-Aminobenzophenones: Unusual Pseudo-1,2-Shift of the Substituent on the Aryl Ring Huang, P.-C., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. Chem. Eur. J. 19 2013 460 – 464
14 Ru(II)-Catalyzed Amidation of 2-Arylpyridines with Isocyanates via C-H Activation Muralirajan, K., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. Org. Lett. 14 2012 4262-4265
15 Ru(II)-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation for the Synthesis of Substituted Isoquinolinium Salts from Benzaldehydes, Amines, and Alkynes Parthasarathy, K., Senthilkumar, N., Jayakumar. J., Cheng, C-H. Org. Lett. 14 2012 3478-3481
16 Synthesis of Isochromenones and Oxepines via Pd-Catalyzed Cascade Cyclization of Alkynes and Benzynes Involving C–H Activation Parthasarathy, K., Han, H., Prakash, C, Cheng, C-H. Chem. Commun., 48 2012 6580–6582
17 Iron-Catalyzed Synthesis of β-Chlorovinyl and α,β-Alkynyl Ketones from Terminal and Silylated Alkynes with Acid Chlorides Gandeepan, P., Parthasarathy, K., Su, T-H., Cheng, C-H. Adv. Synth. Catal. 354 2012 457 – 468
18 Nickel-Catalyzed Cyclization of ortho-Iodoketoximes and -Ketimines with Alkynes: Synthesis of Highly Substituted Isoquinolines and Isoquinolinium Salts (VIP Article) 1Shih, W.-C., Teng, C.-C., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. Chem. Asian J. 7 2012 306-313
19 One-Pot Synthesis of Isoquinolinium Salts by Rhodium Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation: Application to the Total Synthesis of Oxychelerythrine Jayakumar. J., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 51 2012 197-200
20 Synthesis of Phenanthrone Derivatives from sec-Alkyl Aryl Ketones and Arylhalides via a Palladium Catalyzed Dual C-H Bond Activation and Enolate Cyclization Gandeepan, P., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132 2012 8569–8571
21 Synthesis of Biarylketones and Phthalides from Organoboronic Acids and Aldehydes Catalyzed by Cobalt Complexes Karthikeyan, J., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. Chem. Commun., 47 2011 10461-10463
22 Regioselective Synthesis of Indenols by Rhodium-Catalyzed C-H Activation and Carbocyclization of Aryl Ketones and Alkynes Muralirajan, K., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 50 2011 4169-4172
23 Nickel Catalyzed Three-Component Coupling of Alkynes with Enones and Alkenyl Boronic Acids: A Novel Route to Substituted 1,3-Dienes Yang, C-M., Jeganmohan, M., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. Org. Lett. 12 2010 3610-3613
24 Synthesis of Highly Substituted Isoquinolone Derivatives by Nickel-Catalyzed Annulation of 2-Halobenzamides with Alkynes Liu, C-C., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. Org. Lett. 12 2010 3518-3521
25 Direct Synthesis of Aryl Ketones by Nickel Catalyzed Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Nitriles Wong, Y-C., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. Org. Lett. 12 2010 1736-1739.
26 Cobalt-Catalyzed Regioselective Synthesis of Pyrrolidinone Derivatives by Reductive Coupling of Nitriles and Acrylamides (Highlighted by Synfact) Wong, Y-C., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 31 2009 18252-18253
27 Rhodium-Catalyzed Gram-Scale Synthesis of Highly Substituted Pyridine Derivatives. Practical Synthetic Procedures (PSP) (Invited) Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C.-H. Synthesis 8 2009 1400-1402
28 Rhodium-catalyzed one-pot synthesis of substituted pyridines derivatives from a,b-unsaturated ketoximes and alkynes (Highlighted by Synfact) Parthasarathy, K., Jeganmohan, M.; Cheng, C.-H. Org. Lett. 10 2008 325-328
29 Synthesis of Fluorenones from Aromatic Aldoxime Ethers and Aryl halides by Palladium-Catalyzed Dual C-H Activation and Heck Cyclization Thirunavukkarasu, V. S., Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C-H. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47 2008 9462-9465
30 Palladium-Catalyzed Multistep Reactions Involving Ring Closure of 2-Iodophenoxyallenes and Ring Opening of Bicyclic Alkenes Parthasarathy, K., Jeganmohan, M., Cheng, C.-H. Org. Lett. 8 2006 621-623

Books (Total Books: 2)

# Title Author Publisher Volume Year Page(s)
1  Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions Involving Arynes and Related Chemistry Wiley-VCH. 2020, ISBN: 978-3-527-82308-6, In Press. Parthasarathy, K., Jayakumar, J. Jeganmohan, M. Cheng, C.-H. Book Wiley-VCH. 2020 ISBN: 978-3-527-82308-6
2 Metal-Mediated and Metal-Catalyzed [2 + 2] Cycloadditions, In: Gary A. Molander and Paul Knochel (eds.) Parthasarathy, K., Cheng, C.-H. Comprehensive Organic Synthesis II 5/Oxford: Elsevier 2014 222-272
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