Teaching Interest: Organic Chemistry

Teaching Experience:

          UG - 6.5 years

          PG - 6 years

Publications:

1. Influence of (2,3,4,5,6-Pentamethyl/phenyl)phenyl Scaffold: Stereoelectronic Control of the Persistence of o-Quinonoid Reactive Intermediates of Photochromic Chromenes, Mandal, S.; Parida, K. N.; Samanta, S.; Moorthy, J. N.* J. Org. Chem.2011, 76, 7406−7414 (doi.10.1021/jo201144t).
2. Through-Space Control of the Persistence of Photogenerated o-Quinonoid Intermediates in Naphthalenes Containing Co-facially Oriented Chromenes and Arenes, Moorthy, J. N.;* Mandal, S.; Parida, K. N. Org. Lett.2012, 14, 2438−2441 (doi.10.1021/ol300449p).
3. Helicity as a Steric Force: Stabilization and Helicity-Dependent Reversion of Colored o-Quinonoid Intermediates of Helical Chromenes, Moorthy, J. N.;* Mandal, S.; Mukhopadhyay, A.; Samanta, S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 6872−6884(doi.10.1021/ja312027c).
4. Photochromism of Novel Chromenes Constrained to be Part of [2.2]Paracyclophane: Remarkable ‘Phane’ Effects on the Colored o-Quinonoid Intermediates, Moorthy, J. N.;* Mandal, S.; Kumar, A. New. J. Chem.2013, 37, 82−88 (doi.10.1039/C2NJ40575J).
5. Hydrogen-Bonded Helical Self-Assembly of Sterically-Hindered Benzyl Alcohols: Rare Isostructurality and Synthon Equivalence Between Alcohols and Acids, Moorthy, J. N.;* Mandal, S. Venugopalan, P. Cryst. Growth Des.2012, 12, 2942−2947 (doi.10.1021/cg3001619).
6. Oxidation of Alcohols, Benzyl Halides and Alkylbenzenes with Oxone, Parida, K. N.; Jhulki, S.; Mandal, S.; Moorthy, J. N.* Tetrahedron2012, 68, 9763−9768 (doi.10.1016/j.tet.2012.09.028).
7. Modification of Activated Carbon Fiber by Metal Dispersion and Surface Functionalization for the Removal of 2-Chloroethanol, Bikshapathi, M.; Mandal, S.; Mathur, G. N.; Sharma, A.;* Verma, N.* Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.2011, 50, 13092−13104(doi.10.1021/ie101860e).
8. Photochromism of Acetyl-Cyclophanochromene: Intriguing Stabilization ofPhotogenerated Colored o-Quinonoid Intermediates, Mandal, S.;* Mukhopadhyay, A.; Moorthy, J. N. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 1403–1408 (doi. 10.1002/ejoc.201403403).

Award/Fellowship: NET (JRF & SRF)

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