Research Area
Organic Chemistry
Research Interests
(i) Synthetic applications of p-quinone methides (p-QMs)
(ii) Development of cyclopropenium-based organocatalysts
(iii) Synthesis of biologically active natural and unnatural molecules
2021 - 2024 : Dean of Research & Development, IISER Mohali
2020 - 2021 : Associate Dean of Research & Development, IISER Mohali
Since 2022 : Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Mohali
2016 - 2022 : Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Mohali
2010 - 2016 : Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Mohali
2006 - 2009 : Scientist, Integrated Product Development, Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, Hyderabad, India.
2006 - 2006 : Post-doctoral Fellow, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA (With Prof. Brian T Connell)
2004 - 2005 : Research Fellow, WestCHEM, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK (With Prof. John A Murphy)
2003 : Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (With Prof. Vinod K Singh)
1997 - 2003 : PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (With Prof. Vinod K Singh)
1995 - 1997 : M Sc Applied Chemistry, Anna University, Chennai
1992 - 1995 : B Sc, Madurai Kamaraj University
Received the Prestigious Bronze medal from the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) for the year 2022.
Received the CRS Silver Medal from Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha (CRS) for the year 2024
Appointed to the Editorial Board of "Resonance" journal (since 2020).
Feroz Ahmad, Pavit K Ranga, Shaheen Fatma, Arun Kumar and Ramasamy Vijaya Anand. Cu (II)-Catalyzed [3+ 2]-Annulation of 2-Pyridinyl-substituted p-Quinone Methides with Enaminones: Access to Functionalized Indolizine Derivatives. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 365(19):3271–3276, 2023.
Feroz Ahmad, Pavit K Ranga, Yogesh A Pankhade, Shaheen Fatma, Ashrumochan Gouda and Ramasamy Vijaya Anand. Pd (ii)-catalyzed annulation of terminal alkynes with 2-pyridinyl-substituted p-quinone methides: direct access to indolizines. Chemical Communications 58(95):13238–13241, 2022.
Pavit Kumar Ranga, Feroz Ahmad, Prashant Nager, Prabhat Singh Rana and Ramasamy Vijaya Anand. Bis (amino) cyclopropenium Ion as a Hydrogen-Bond Donor Catalyst for 1, 6-Conjugate Addition Reactions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 86(7):4994–5010, 2021.
Gurdeep Singh, Suresh Kumar, Arjun Chowdhury and Ramasamy Vijaya Anand. Base-mediated one-pot synthesis of oxygen-based heterocycles from 2-hydroxyphenyl-substituted para-quinone methides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 84(24):15978–15989, 2019.
Abhijeet S Jadhav, Yogesh A Pankhade, Raju Hazra and Ramasamy Vijaya Anand. 1, 6-Hydroolefination and Cascade Cyclization of p-Quinone Methides with Styrenes: Total Synthesis of ($\pm$)-Isopaucifloral F. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 83(17):10107–10119, 2018.
Gurdeep Singh, Prithwish Goswami, Sonam Sharma and Ramasamy Vijaya Anand. A one-pot approach to 2, 3-diarylbenzo [b] furans through N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed 1, 6-conjugate addition followed by acid mediated dehydrative annulation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 83(17):10546–10554, 2018.
Abhijeet S Jadhav, Yogesh A Pankhade and Ramasamy Vijaya Anand. Tandem One-Pot Approach To Access 1, 2, 3-Triazole-fused Isoindolines through Cu-Catalyzed 1, 6-Conjugate Addition of Me3SiN3 to p-Quinone Methides followed by Intramolecular Click Cycloaddition. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 83(15):8596–8606, 2018.
Prithwish Goswami, Gurdeep Singh and Ramasamy Vijaya Anand. N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed 1, 6-conjugate addition of Me3Si-CN to para-Quinone Methides and fuchsones: access to $\alpha$-arylated nitriles. Organic letters 19(8):1982–1985, 2017.
Bandaru T Ramanjaneyulu, Sriram Mahesh and Ramasamy Vijaya Anand. Bis (amino) cyclopropenylidene-catalyzed 1, 6-conjugate addition of aromatic aldehydes to para-quinone methides: Expedient access to $\alpha$, $\alpha$′-diarylated ketones. Organic letters 17(16):3952–3955, 2015.
Virsinha Reddy and Ramasamy Vijaya Anand. Expedient access to unsymmetrical diarylindolylmethanes through palladium-catalyzed domino electrophilic cyclization–extended conjugate addition approach. Organic letters 17(14):3390–3393, 2015.
Bandaru T Ramanjaneyulu, Sriram Mahesh and Ramasamy Vijaya Anand. N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed highly chemoselective intermolecular crossed acyloin condensation of aromatic aldehydes with trifluoroacetaldehyde ethyl hemiacetal. Organic letters 17(1):6–9, 2015.