Professor
Department of Chemical Sciences
📍 4F3, AB2
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Research Area
Synthetic Organic Chemistry: C-H Activation and Metal-Mediated Stereoselective Organic Synthesis
Research Interests
C-H Activation and C-H Functionalization: -Synthesis of functionalized carbo- and heterocycles and unnatural amino acid derivatives and peptides and stereoselective organic synthesis.
Synthesis of Bio-Active Molecules: -Designing synthetic strategies for the synthesis of new antimalarial, iminosugar mimics.
Macrocycles Synthesis: -Synthesis of new racemic and chiral polyether macrocycles (especially, crown ether-type compounds).
Metal-Mediated Stereoselective C-C Bond Construction: -Synthesis of functionalized carbo- and heterocycles and unnatural amino acid derivatives.
2006 - 2009 : Assistant Professor, Professor Akio Baba Lab, Department of Molecular Chemistry, Osaka University, Japan.
2005 - 2006 : Designated Assistant Professor, Professor Akio Baba Lab, Department of Molecular Chemistry, Osaka University, Japan.
2003 - 2005 : Professor Akio Baba Lab, Department of Molecular Chemistry, Osaka University, Japan.
1998 - 2003 : PhD, CSMCRI (Bhavnagar University)
1996 - 1998 : M.Sc (Organic Chemistry), University of Madras
1993 - 1996 : B.Sc (Chemistry), University of Madras
CRSI Bronze Medal 2023.
Handai Frontier Research Center Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Osaka University, Japan).
CSIR-SRF Dec 2000.
CSIR-JRF June 1999.
CSIR-LS June 1998.
GATE 98: All India Rank = 102.
A Dalal, S Bodak and S A Babu. Picolinamide-assisted ortho-C-H functionalization of pyrenylglycine derivatives using aryl iodides. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 22(6):1279-1298, 2024. URL, DOI R Padmavathi and S A Babu. Pd(ii)-catalyzed selective β-C-H functionalization of azobenzene carboxamides. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 21(13):2689-2694, 2023. URL, DOI R Tomar, S Suwasia, A R Choudhury, S Venkataramani and S A Babu. Azobenzene-based unnatural amino acid scaffolds via a Pd(ii)-catalyzed C(sp3)-H arylation strategy. Chemical Communications 35, 2022. URL, DOI S A Babu, Y Aggarwal, P Patel and R Tomar. Diastereoselective palladium-catalyzed functionalization of prochiral C(sp3)-H bonds of aliphatic and alicyclic compounds. Chemical Communications 58(16):2612-2633, 2022. URL, DOI D Shukla and S A Babu. Pd-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Intramolecular Amide α-C−H Arylation in Sterically Hindered Monospirooxindole Motifs. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis 361(9):2075-2093, 2019. URL, DOI R Parella and S A Babu. Pd(II)-Catalyzed, Picolinamide-Assisted, Z-Selective γ-Arylation of Allylamines to Construct Z-Cinnamylamines. Journal of Organic Chemistry 82(13):6550-6567, 2017. URL, DOI R Parella and S A Babu. Pd(II)-Catalyzed Arylation and Intramolecular Amidation of γ-C(sp3)-H Bonds: En Route to Arylheteroarylmethane and Pyrrolidone Ring Annulated Furan/Thiophene Scaffolds. Journal of Organic Chemistry 82(14):7123-7150, 2017. URL, DOI B Gopalakrishnan, S Mohan, R Parella and S A Babu. Diastereoselective Pd(II)-Catalyzed sp3 C-H Arylation Followed by Ring Opening of Cyclopropanecarboxamides: Construction of anti β-Acyloxy Carboxamide Derivatives. Journal of Organic Chemistry 81(19):8988-9005, 2016. URL, DOI C Reddy, N Bisht, R Parella and S A Babu. 4-Amino-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole as a Removable Bidentate Directing Group for the Pd(II)-Catalyzed Arylation/Oxygenation of sp2/sp3 β-C-H Bonds of Carboxamides. Journal of Organic Chemistry 81(24):12143-12168, 2016. URL, DOI Naveen, V Rajkumar, S A Babu and B Gopalakrishnan. Pd(II)-Catalyzed Bidentate Directing Group-Aided Chemoselective Acetoxylation of Remote ε-C(sp2)-H Bonds in Heteroaryl-Aryl-Based Biaryl Systems. Journal of Organic Chemistry 81(24):12197-12211, 2016. URL, DOI R Parella and S A Babu. Regio- and stereoselective Pd-catalyzed direct arylation of unactivated sp3 C(3)-H bonds of tetrahydrofuran and 1,4-benzodioxane systems. Journal of Organic Chemistry 80(4):2339-2355, 2015. URL, DOI R Padmavathi, R Sankar, B Gopalakrishnan, R Parella and S A Babu. Pd(OAc)2/AgOAc Catalytic System Based Bidentate Ligand Directed Regiocontrolled C–H Arylation and Alkylation of the C‐3 Position of Thiophene‐ and Furan‐2‐carboxamides. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2015(17):3727-3742, 2015. URL, DOI B Gopalakrishnan, S A Babu and R Padmavathi. Bidentate ligand 8-aminoquinoline-aided Pd-catalyzed diastereoselective β-arylation of the prochiral secondary sp3 C-H bonds of 2-phenylbutanamides and related aliphatic carboxamides. Tetrahedron 71(43):8333-8349, 2015. URL, DOI R Parella and S A Babu. Pd(OAc)2-Catalyzed, AgOAc-Promoted Z Selective Directed β-Arylation of Acrylamide Systems and Stereoselective Construction of Z-Cinnamamide Scaffolds. Journal of Organic Chemistry 80(24):12379-12396, 2015. URL, DOI