ORGANIC SYNTHESIS AND PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY GROUP 

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

WELCOME TO  THE RESEARCH GROUP OF I. N. N. NAMBOOTHIRI

Department of Chemistry

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Powai, Mumbai 400 076

Ph:   +22-2576-7196

Fax:  +22-2576-7152, 2572-3480

Email: irishi@chem.iitb.ac.in

Research Interests

Organic Synthesis, Physical Organic Chemistry, Reaction Mechanisms  

(a) Development of new synthetic methods

- C-C and C-X bond formation via Michael addition, Diels-Alder reaction, 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction etc

- New methods involving one pot multistep reactions, multicomponent reactions and atom economical reactions involving nitroalkenes

- Asymmetric reactions: asymmetric catalysis, ligand-metal and organocatalysts

- Synthetic applications of several reactive intermediates

(b) Synthesis of 'unnatural' products and novel materials with interesting properties

- Theoretically interesting molecules and intermediates: carbenes, strained alkenes and alkynes, nonclassical aromatic and antiaromatic systems  

- Multi-functional bioactive molecules, high energy density (HED) materials

(c) Study of various reaction pathways

- Chemo-, regio- and stereodifferentiations in organic reactions

Last updated on 26 Feb 2012...