NAREDDULA DASTAGIRI REDDY Professor

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  • Department of Chemistry
  • School of Physical, Chemical & Applied Sciences
  • ndreddy.che@pondiuni.edu.in

Academic Activity

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Educational Qualification (UG,PG & Higher Order)

S.No Degree Subject/Title of thesis University/Board Year of Passing
1 Ph.D. Reactions of Cyclocarbaphosphazenes with Tertiary Amines and Phosphines: C-N Bond Cleavage of Trialkylamines Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 1999
2 M.Sc. Chemistry Sri Krishnadevaraya University 1993
3 B.Sc. Chemistry, Physics, Geology Sri Venkateswara University 1989

Area of Specializaion

Main-group organometallic chemistry, Homogeneous catalysis: ROP of cyclic esters, synthesis of poly and cyclic carbonates from CO2 and epoxides

Awards / Prizes Conferred

S.No Name / Title of the Award Type Name of the Agency conferred the Award Year of the Award Amount for Cash Award
1 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship INTERNATIONAL Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Germany 2000 --

Teaching Experience

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1 Lecturer (temporary) Dept. of Chemistry Pondicherry University
2 Assistant Professor Dept. of Chemistry Pondicherry University
3 Associate Professor Dept. of Chemistry Pondicherry University
4 Professor Dept. of Chemistry Pondicherry University

Research Experience

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1 Post-doctoral Research Associate Dept. of Chemistry Purdue University, USA Metal-metal multiple bonds
2 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow Institut fur Anorganische Chemie Universitaet Goettingen, Germany Main-group Chemistry
3 Post-doctoral Fellow Dept. of Chemistry University of Calgary, Canada Homogeneous catalysis
4 Visiting Research Scientist Dept. of Chemistry Lehigh University, USA Homogenous catalysis
5 Assistant Professor Dept. of Chemistry Pondicherry University Main-group chemistry, homogeneous catalysis
6 Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Pondicherry University Main-group chemistry, homogeneous catalysis
7 Professor Department of Chemistry Pondicherry University Main-group chemistry, homogeneous catalysis

Industry Experience

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Papers Published in UGC Approved Journals

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1 Synthesis of dihydroisoquinolinone-4-methylboronic esters via domino Heck/borylation using a structurally characterized palladacycle as a catalyst Jhansi Rani Morla and Dastagiri Reddy Nareddula RSC Adv. 12, 6762-6771 2022 4
2 Formation of Fused Carbatriazaalane via Deinsertion of Benzonitrile from a Triazaalane K. Maheswari and N. Dastagiri Reddy J. Organomet. Chem. 931, 121613-121618 2021 2.3
3 CO2/Epoxide Coupling and the ROP of ε Caprolactone: Mg and Al Complexes of γ Phosphino-ketiminates as Dual-Purpose Catalysts Beesam Raghavendra, P. V. S. Shashank, Madhusudan K. Pandey, and N. Dastagiri Reddy Organometallics 37, 1656−1664 2018 4.0
4 Synthesis of zwitterionic palladium complexes and their application as catalysts in cross-coupling reactions of aryl, heteroaryl and benzyl bromides w V. Ramakrishna and N. Dastagiri Reddy Dalton Trans. 46, 8598 – 8610 2017 4
5 Zinc(II) complexes of Triaza and Amidinate ligands: Efficient initiators for the ring-opening polymerization of ε-Caprolactone and rac-Lactide K. Bakthavachalam, B. Raghavendra and N. Dastagiri Reddy Appl. Organomet. Chem. 31, e3833 2017 3.6
6 Pd and Ni Complexes of a Novel Vinyledene β-Diketimine Ligand: Their Application in Heck–Coupling and Alkyne Trimerization as Catalysts B. Raghavendra and N. Dastagiri Reddy Appl. Organomet. Chem. 31, e3696 2017 3.6
7 A Zwitterionic Palladium(II) Complex as a Precatalyst for Neat-Water-Mediated Cross-Coupling Reactions of Heteroaryl, Benzyl, and Aryl Acid Chlorides V. Ramakrishna, M. Jhansi Rani, and N. Dastagiri Reddy Eur. J. Org. Chem 7238–7255 2017 2.8
8 N‑Benzoylbenzamidinate Complexes of Magnesium: Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε‑Caprolactone and CO2/Epoxide Coupling B. Raghavendra, K. Bakthavachalam, Buthanapalli Ramakrishna, and N. Dastagiri Reddy Organometallics 36, 4005–4012 2017 4
9 Insertion of Benzonitrile into Al–N and Ga–N bonds: Formation of Fused Carbatriaza-gallanes/alanes and Their Subsequent Synthesis from Amidines an K. Maheswari, A. Ramakrishna Rao and N. Dastagiri Reddy Inorg. Chem. 54, 2000 – 2008 2015 5.4
10 N-Benzoylbenzamidinate Complexes of Aluminium: Highly Efficient Initiators for the Ring-opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone K. Bakthavachalam, Ashwene Rajagopal and N. Dastagiri Reddy Dalton Trans. 43, 14816 – 14823 2014 4.0
11 Cu(II) Complexes of Sterically and Electronically Divergent β-Diketiminate Ligands: Structural and Electrochemical Aspects N. M. Rajendran and N. Dastagiri Reddy Polyhedron 81, 329 – 334 2014 2.1
12 Synthesis of a Sulfonate Substituted β-Diketimine Ligand and Its Complexes of Co(II), Ni(II), Zn(II) and Pd(II) N. M. Rajendran and N. Dastagiri Reddy Polyhedron 72, 27 – 34 2014 2.1
13 Copolymerization of CO2 and Cyclohexene Oxide: β-Diketiminate-Supported Zn(II)OMe and Zn(II)Et Complexes as Initiators N. M. Rajendran, A. Haleel, and N. Dastagiri Reddy Organometallics 33, 217 – 224 2014 4
14 Copper(I) and Silver(I) Complexes of Carbaphosphazene-Anchored N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands R. Senkuttuvan, V. Ramakrishna, K. Bakthavachalam and N. Dastagiri Reddy J. Organomet. Chem. 723, 72 – 78 2013 2
15 Synthesis of Al Complexes of Triaza Framework Ligands and their Catalytic Activity toward Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone K. Bakthavachalam and N. Dastagiri Reddy Organometallics 32, 3174 − 3184 2013 4
16 Reactions of N-Monosubstituted Amidines with AlMe3 and AlMeCl2: Formation of Fused Triazaalane Heterocycles K. Maheswari and N. Dastagiri Reddy Organometallics 31, 197 – 206 2012 4
17 Synthesis of Phosphine Substituted β-Diketiminate Based Isomeric Ge(II) Complexes N. Dastagiri Reddy, Anukul Jana, Herbert W. Roesky, Prinson P. Samuel and Carola Schulzke Dalton Trans. 39, 234 – 238 2010 4
18 Reactions of an Aluminum Amide with Aromatic Nitriles: Formation of Al-N-C Frameworks K. Maheswari, N. M. Rajendran, Jens Meyer and N. Dastagiri Reddy Organometallics 29, 3799 – 3807 2010 4
19 Insertion of Acrylonitrile into Palladium Methyl Bonds in Neutral and Anionic Pd(II) Complexes Laurent F. Groux, Thomas Weiss, Dastigari N. Reddy, Preston A. Chase, Warren E. Piers, Tom Ziegler, Masood Parvez, and Jordi Benet-Buchholz J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 1854 – 69. 2005 16.4
20 Reactions of Trialkylamines with the Cyclocarbaphosphazene Cl2PN(ClCN)2: Selectivity in the Cleavage of Alkyl Groups Anil J. Elias, P. K. Mishra, M. Senthil Kumar, N. Behera, N. Dastagiri Reddy Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon 180, 1785 – 94 2005 1.1
21 Studies on bioctahedral dirhenium(II) complex cations that contain nitrile ligands including the structural characterization of [Re2Cl3(μ-dppm)2(CO)( David A. Kort, N. Dastagiri Reddy, Phillip E. Fanwick and Richard A. Walton Ind. J. Chem. Sect. 42, 2277-2282 2003 0.7
22 Synthesis and Structural Characterization of an Exclusively N-based Tetrameric Aluminum(I)-Compound Marcus Schiefer, N. Dastagiri Reddy, Herbert W. Roesky and Denis Vidovic Organometallics 22, 3637 – 38 2003 4
23 Synthesis, Structure and Cyclic Voltammetric Studies of C5H5FeC5H4C≡CAl-NCH2(C4H3S)6: The First Model Compound for the Fixation of Metal Conta S. Shravan Kumar, N. Dastagiri Reddy, Herbert W. Roesky, Denis Vidovic, Jörg Magull and Rainer F. Winter Organometallics 22, 3348 – 50 2003 4
24 Neutral and Ionic Aluminum, Gallium and Indium compounds carrying Two or Three Terminal Ethynyl Groups Marcus Schiefer, N. Dastagiri Reddy, Hans-Jürgen Ahn, Andreas Stasch, Herbert W. Roesky, A. Christine Schlicker, Hans-Georg Schmidt, Mathias Noltemeyer, Thomas Labahn and Denis Vidovic Inorg. Chem. 42, 4970 – 76 2003 5.4
25 Synthesis of a Hexadentate Hexameric Aluminum Imide and Its Metathesis Reactions N. Dastagiri Reddy, S. Shravan Kumar, Herbert W. Roesky, Denis Vidovic, Jörg Magull, Mathias Noltemeyer and Hans-Georg Schmidt Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 442 – 448 2003 2.6
26 Pendant Cyclodicarbaphosphazatriene-Containing Monomers and Polymers: Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Polymerization Behavior of [NC(NMe2)]2[NP(O-C6 V. Chandrasekhar, A. Athimoolam, N. Dastagiri Reddy, S. Nagendran, A. Steiner, S. Zacchini, and R. Butcher Inorg. Chem. 42, 51 – 59 2003 5.4
27 Reactions of AlH3·NMe3 with nitriles: Structural characterization and substitution reactions of hexameric aluminum Imides N. Dastagiri Reddy, Herbert W. Roesky, Mathias Noltemeyer, and Hans-Georg Schmidt Inorg. Chem. 41, 2374 - 2378 2002 5.4
28 The reactions of [n-Bu4N]2Re2Cl8 with Ph2PCMe2PPh2 and Ph2PC(CH2)2PPh2. Mononuclear [Re]2+ versus dinuclear [Re2]4+ complexes N. Dastagiri Reddy, Phillip E. Fanwick and Richard A. Walton Inorg. Chim. Acta 314, 189-193. 2001 2.5
29 An intramolecular disproportionation reaction leading to the formation of the quadruply bonded complex Cl4ReReCl2(dppf) (dppf = 1,1'-bis(diphenylp N. Dastagiri Reddy, Phillip E. Fanwick and Richard A. Walton Inorg. Chem. 40, 1732 2001 2.5
30 Further studies on formamidinate dirhenium(III) complexes of the type Re2(μ-form)2Cl4 and the isolation and characterization of the ferrocenyl li N. Dastagiri Reddy, Phillip E. Fanwick and Richard A. Walton Inorg. Chim. Acta 319, 224 - 228 2001 2.5
31 Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of a soluble zinc silicate polyhedron, [(Me2NC6H4NMe2)ZnLi{O3Si(Me3Si)N(2,6-i-Pr2C6H3)}]4 G. Anantharaman, N. Dastagiri Reddy, Herbert W. Roesky, and Jörg Magull Organometallics 20, 5777 - 5779 2001 4
32 Synthesis of novel exo and endo isomers of ansa substituted fluorophosphazenes and their facile transformation to spiro isomers in presence of fluorid K. Muralidharan, N. Dastagiri Reddy and Anil J. Elias Inorg. Chem. 39, 3988 -3994 2000 5.4
33 Novel ferrocene derived cyclocarbaphosphazenes: synthesis and structure of spiro {Fe(-C5H5)-[-C5H4CH2P(S)(CH2O)2PN]}(Me2NCN)2 N. Dastagiri Reddy, Anil J. Elias and A. Vij Inorg. Chem. Commun. , 3, 29 - 31 2000 3.2
34 Ring opening of bicyclic tertiary amines with cyclic chlorocarbaphosphazenes: reactions of (ClCN)2(Cl2PN) with 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane and quinu N. Dastagiri Reddy, Anil J. Elias and A. Vij J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1515 - 1518 1999 4
35 Dealkylation reactions of dialkylaminomethylferrocenes with cyclic chlorocarbaphosphazene, (ClCN)2(Cl2PN) N. Dastagiri Reddy, Anil J. Elias and A. Vij J. Organomet. Chem. 580, 41 - 47 1999 2.3
36 Novel reactions of cyclocarbaphosphazenes and cyclocarbathiazenes Anil J. Elias, N. Dastagiri Reddy and T. V. V. Ramakrishna Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.) 111, 453 - 459 1999 1.6
37 N-Dealkylation reactions of aliphatic tertiary amines and diamines with cyanuric chloride: crystal structure of 2,4-dichloro-6-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)-s N. Dastagiri Reddy, Anil J. Elias and A. Vij J. Chem. Res. (S) 504 - 505 1998 1
38 Cyclocarbophosphazenes: synthesis, reactions and properties Anil J. Elias, Mohit Jain and N. Dastagiri Reddy Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon 140, 203 - 226 1998 1
39 Formation of a diazadiphosphetidine from reactions of a bis(aminomethylsilyl) ether with PCl3: crystal structure of cis-[(ButNH)PNBut]2 N. Dastagiri Reddy, Anil J. Elias and A. Vij J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2167 - 2169 1997 4

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Books

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Ongoing Projects

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1 Three Coordinated Al-N compounds: Bonded, Yet Frustrated: Their Applications in Activation of Small Molecules and Polymerization SERB (DST) just sanctioned 23 2018

Ongoing Consultancy Works

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Completed Projects

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1 4. Three Coordinated Al-N compounds: Bonded, Yet Frustrated: Their Applications in Activation of Small Molecules and Polymerization SERB (DST) 2018-2021 23 2021
2 Homogeneous Copolymerization of Olefins and Polar Olefins: Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Phosphine Substituted β-Diketimine Based Heterobimetallic Complexes DST 2011-2014 45 2014
3 Homogeneous Copolymerization of Polar Olefins and Ethylene: Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Pd & Ni Complexes of Tripodal (Pyrazolyl)borate, Anionic (Pyrazolyl)methane and N-Heterocyclic Carben CSIR 2009-2012 18 2012
4 Cyclocarbaalumazenes, a New Class of Carbon Containing Metallacycles: Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity DST 2006-2010 25 2010

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Career Guidance Offered to students

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Bridge courses, Yoga, Meditation, Personal Counselling and Mentoring etc.,

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Research Guidance - PG

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Research Guidance - Ph.D

S.No Student Name Registration Date Registration No. Thesis Title Thesis Submitted Status Thesis Submitted Date Vivavoce Completed Status Date Awarded
1 Morla Jhansi Rani 13-11-2015 1500107014 Synthesis of Palladacycles and Their Performance as Catalysts in C−C Bond Formation YES 11-08-2022 YES 19-09-2023
2 V. Ramakrishna 04-08-2011 R29935 Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Zwitterionic Palladium Complexes and Their Application as Catalysts in Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions in Neat Water and the Related Coupling Reaction YES 21-11-2017 YES 12-10-2018
3 B Raghavendra --- --- Synthesis of Metal Complexes of Ketimine Based N,N & N,O Donor Ligands and Their Application in Catalysis YES 12-06-2017 YES 14-02-2018
4 K. Bakthavachalam 23-10-2007 -- Synthesis of Al and Zn complexes, and their catalytic activity toward the ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters YES 28-08-2014 YES 25-04-2016
5 K. Maheswari 23-10-2007 -- Carbon Containing Al–N and Ga–N Heterocycles: Sterics - Induced Structural Diversity YES 22-05-2014 YES 22-01-2015
6 N. M. Rajendran 17-07-2006 -- Synthesis and Characterization of Sterically, Electronically and Functionally Modified β-Diketiminate Ligands and their Metal Complexes in the Context of the Copolymerization of CO2 and Cyclohexene O YES 31-07-2013 YES 17-01-2014

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Invited Talks in Conference/Seminar/Workshop/Training Programme

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1 Three Coordinated Al-N compounds: Bonded, Yet Frustrated Conference NCl, Pune and IISER, Pune International 11-12-2017 14-12-2017 2017
2 Research in Chemistry: In Pursuit of Better Life Seminar Government College for Men, Kadapa National 27-01-2017 28-01-2017 2017
3 Carbon Containing Al–N and Ga–N Heterocycles: Structural Diversity Departmental seminar NISER Bhubaneswar Departmental 05-02-2015 05-02-2015 2015
4 Carbon Containing Al–N and Ga–N Heterocycles: Sterics-Induced Structural Diversity Seminar IIT Bombay International 10-12-2014 11-12-2014 2014
5 Structural Diversity in Carbon Containing Al – N Heterocycles Conference IIT Delhi International 07-12-2012 09-12-2012 2012

Conferences/Seminars Organized

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1 DST-SERB Program Advisory Committee Meeting DST Department of Chemistry, PU PAC meeting 25-10-2014 26-10-2014 2014

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1 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation lifetime fellow 2000

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