Kirana D V
Name: Kirana D V
Qualification: MSc in Chemistry
Designation : PhD Research Scholar (SRF)
Department: Department of Chemistry
institute name : Indian Institute of Technology Madras
College address : Department of Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai-600 036, Tamilnadu, India.
Award for : Research Excellence Award
Publication title: Journal
Paper Title : One-pot synthesis of cyclopropane-fused cyclic amidines: An oxidative carbanion cyclization
Journal Name : AngewandteChemie International Journal
Volume : 56
Issue No. :
Month of publication : October
Year : 2017
Page no. : 16197-16201
About Kirana D V
Mr. Kirana D V was born and raised in Bangalore, Karnataka. He obtained his
B.Sc. from University Science College, Tumkur and M.Sc. in General Chemistry
with gold medal from Department of Chemistry, Tumkur University, Tumkur.
Prior to join for PhD, he has published five research papers based on his master
degree dissertation project entitled “Removal of water soluble dyes using
magnesium oxide and zinc oxide” under the supervision of Dr. Ramesh T N,
Department of Chemistry, Tumkur University.
In 2015, he joined as a DST-INSPIRE Fellow under the supervision of Prof. S.
Baskaran at Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, India. His research work is
mainly focused on the development of new and efficient methods for the
construction of novel carbo- and heterocyclic ring systems using “Oxidative
Carbanion Cyclization” as a key strategy. As a result of his dedication and
determination, a hitherto unknown novel method has been developed for the
stereoselective synthesis of cyclopropane-fused cyclic amidines using CuBr 2 as
a Single Electron Transfer (SET) oxidant. This one-pot multicomponent
approach provides an easy access to structurally demanding 3-
azabicyclo[n.1.0]alkane scaffold, which is a common structural framework
present in many biologically active and pharmaceutically important molecules.
Moreover, this new methodology was exploited in the concise synthesis of
anti-depressive drug candidate GSK1360707 and the key intermediates for the
synthesis of drug molecules like amitifadine, bicifadine and narlaprevir.
Consequently, this research work has published in AngewandteChemie
(Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 16197-16201).
To his credit, he has published one book chapter and two papers in very
good journals, and few more papers are being written up for publication. In
addition, he has also presented his research work in several national and
international conferences. He has honored with “Institute Research Award-
2018” by IIT Madras for the excellence in scientific research. To his credit he
has completed a short-term research internship at Imperial College London for
INSPIRE Fellows under Newton-Bhabha Placement Programme for 2018-19 by
the British Council in partnership with DST and DBT. Presently, he is about to
complete his PhD in Organic Chemistry at Department of Chemistry, IIT
Madras, India.