Title of Talk

Exploitation of Sterics in Molecular Design: Control of Organic Reactivity and Molecular Organization

 

Abstract

Sterics, originating from the word stereo to mean 3-dimensional perception, has become indispensable in every domain of organic chemistry. We have exploited sterics as a design element in the development of organic materials, namely organic light emitting diodes and porous organic and metal-organic materials and to control reactivity of thermal as well as photochemical reactions.^1-6

I shall briefly discuss how sterics can be diligently exploited in the rational design to control molecular reactivity  and organization.

 

References:

1. Natarajan, R.; Savitha, G.; Dominiak, P.; Wozniak, W.; Moorthy, J. N. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 2115

2. Moorthy, J. N.; Natarajan, P.; Venkatakrishnan, P.; Natarajan, P.; Huang,  D-F.; Chow, T. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17320

3. Moorthy, J. N.; Samanta, S.; Koner, A. L.; Saha, S.; Nau, W. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 30, 13608

4. Moorthy, J. N.; Senapati, K.; Parida, K. N.; Jhulki, S.; Sooraj, K.; Nair, N. N. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 9593

5. Bajpai, A.; Natarajan, P.; Venugopalan, P.; Moorthy, J. N. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 7858.

6. Moorthy, J. N.;  Mandal, S.; Mukhopadhyay, A.;  Samanta, S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 6872.

Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy, Professor

 

Department of Chemistry

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Kanpur – 208016, INDIA

e-mail: moorthy@iitk.ac.in

 

Profile. Dr. J. N. Moorthy obtained M.Sc. degree in Organic Chemistry from Bangalore University, Bangalore in 1988, and Ph.D degree from the Organic Chemistry Department of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1994.  He pursued postdoctoral research in the University of Houston, Houston, USA (Prof. J. K. Kochi), University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany (Prof. Waldemar Adam) and University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada (Prof. Cornelia Bohne) prior to joining the Chemistry Department, IIT Kharagpur in 1998. After a 5-month stint, he moved to IIT Kanpur in the same year.

His research interests are in the areas of supramolecular chemistry, mechanistic organic chemistry and photochemistry.

He is a recipient of Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral research fellowship, Germany (1995-96) and re-invitation fellowship (2013), young chemist award, Chemical Research Society of India, India (2003), Ramanna research Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, India (2007-2010), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Chemical Sciences, India (2008), and CRSI Bronze Medal (2010). He is a follow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2009), and is also a member of the editorial boards of New J. Chemistry and Int. J. Photoenergy.

 

Selected Publications

1. Natarajan, R.; Savitha, G.; Dominiak, P.; Wozniak, W.; Moorthy, J. N. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 2115.

2. Moorthy, J. N.; Natarajan, P.; Venkatakrishnan, P.; Natarajan, P.; Huang,  D-F.; Chow,T. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17320.

3. Moorthy, J. N.; Samanta, S.; Koner, A. L.; Saha, S.; Nau, W. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 30, 13608.

4. Moorthy, J. N.; Senapati, K.; Parida, K. N.; Jhulki, S.; Sooraj, K.; Nair, N. N. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 9593.

5. Moorthy, J. N.;  Mandal, S.; Mukhopadhyay, A.;  Samanta, S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 6872, and references therein.