Dr. P. Gandeepan

Associate Professor

Areas of Interest : Transition Metal Catalysis and Sustainable Organic Synthesis

• Transition Metal Catalysis for Sustainable Organic Synthesis
• C‒X (X = C, H, N, O, S) Bond Activations
• Metallaphotoredox Catalysis for Organic Synthesis
• Metallaelectroorganic Synthesis
• Asymmetric Synthesis
• Green Chemistry for Organic Synthesis
• Mechanistic investigations of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Transformations
• Flow Chemistry
• Synthesis and Applications of Organic Light Emitting Materials
• Synthesis and Activity Studies of Natural and Bioactive Compounds

Education

• Ph.D., Chemistry (Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan)
• M. Sc., Organic Chemistry (Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai, India)
• B. Sc., Chemistry (Arignar Anna Government Arts College, Cheyyar (TN), University of Madras)

Latest Publications

• Gandeepan, P.; Koeller, J.; Korvorapun, K.; Mohr, J.; Ackermann, L. “Visible-Light for Ruthenium-Catalyzed meta-C-H Alkylation at Room Temperature”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 9820-9825.
• Gandeepan. P.; Kaplaneris. N.; Ackermann, L. “Biomass-Derived Solvents for Sustainable Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-H Activation”. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 8023-8040.
• Gandeepan, P.; Müller, T.; Zell, D.; Cera, G.; Warratz, S.; Ackermann, L. “3d Metals for C-H Functionalization”. Chem Rev. 2018, 119, 2192-2452.
• Hung, C.-H.; Gandeepan, P.; Cheng, L.-C.; Chen, L.-Y.; Cheng, M.-J.; Cheng, C.-H. “Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Iron-Promoted Oxidative Annulation of Arylglyoxal with Alkyne: Unusual Addition and Migration on the Aryl Ring”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 17015-17021.
• Gandeepan, P.; Koeller, J.; Ackermann, L. “Expedient C-H Chalcogenation of Indolines and Indoles by Positional-Selective Copper Catalysis”. ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 1030-1034.
• Gandeepan, P.; Mo, J.; Ackermann, L. “Photo-induced Copper-Catalyzed C-H Chalcogenation of Azoles at Room Temperature”. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 5906-5909.
• Gandeepan, P.; Rajamalli, P.; Cheng, C.-H. “Diastereoselective [3+2] Annulation of Aromatic/Vinylic Amides with Bicyclic Alkenes via a Cobalt-Catalyzed C-H Activation and Intramolecular Nucleophilic Addition”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 4308-4311.