Mohan Padmanaban, M.Sc.

 

Work address:	Home address:
Doctoral Student Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Organisch-Chemisches Institut Corrensstrasse 40 48149 Münster, Germany Email: m_padm01@uni-muenster.de	4/39, New No. 3/67, West Street Pasupathikovil Post Papanasam Taluk Thanjavur Dist, 614 206 Tamilnadu, India Email:mohansundhar@yahoo.co.in

Webpage: http://www.unimuenster.de/Chemie.oc/glorius/en/group/mohan_padmanaban.html

Objective: Willing to work as a key player in the challenging and creative environment, eager to; learn and pursue good quality research in organic chemistry.

Highlights:

•    Excellent knowledge in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysis.
•    Excellent knowledge in the synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbenes.
•    Excellent background in the area of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs).
•    Good experience in the library synthesis of complex organic molecules.
•    Knowledge in the synthesis MOFs and the organic linkers.
•    Excellent knowledge in purification and characterization of organic compounds using IR, NMR, mass,
      chromatography, HPLC and GC.
•    Highly experienced in operating instruments like IR, NMR, and GCMS.
•    Excellent communication skills, creative, organized and good team worker.
•    Decision making & problem solving skill with capability to application oriented.
•    Good ethics, superior planning and practical skills.

Education:

M.Sc., Chemistry with first rank, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India, April 2007.
B.Sc., Chemistry with first rank, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India, April 2005.

Research Experience:

June 2006 - April 2007:
M.Sc., Dissertation, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India.
Dissertation Title:  “A Novel Reaction of Bissemicarbazones Having Disulfide Functionality with Thionyl chloride and Selenium Dioxide”
Mentor: Prof. Dr. S. Muthusubramanian, Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India.

August 2007- August 2008: UKIERI Industrial Placement Student, Respiratory and Inflammation Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery (RI CEDD), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels wood Road, Stevenage, United Kingdom.

Working in the early stage drug discovery in the department of Respiratory and Inflammation Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery. Established the synthesis of library of the key compounds for testing in various assays, and interpretation of results.
Mentor: Dr. Helen F Sneddon, RI CEDD, GSK Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels wood Road, Stevenage, United Kingdom.

October 2008- Present:
Doctoral Student, Membership of NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 40, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms- Universität Münster, Corrensstraße- 40, 48149 Münster, Germany. 

Honors and Awards:

•    NRW Graduate School of Chemistry Fellowship (2008-Present)
•    UKIERI Industrial Placement Student (2007-2008)
•    University Medal for the best Post-Graduate Student (2007)
•    College Medal for the best Graduate Student (2005)

Personal Information:

Date of Birth: 22.04.1983
Sex: Male
Nationality: Indian
Marital Status: Single
Languages Known: Tamil, English, Hindi, and German.

References
Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius Organisch Chemisches Institut Westfälische Wilhelms-universität Münster Corrensstraße 40 48149 Münster, Germany glorius@uni-muenster.de Phone: +49-251-8333248 Fax: +49-251-8333202	Prof. Dr. Bart Jan Ravoo Organisch Chemisches Institut Westfälische Wilhelms-universität Münster Corrensstraße 40 48149 Münster, Germany b.j.ravoo@uni-muenster.de Phone: +49-251-8333287 Fax: +49-251-8336557
Dr. Helen F. Sneddon RI CEDD GlaxoSmithKline Medicines-Research Centre Gunnels Wood Road, SG1 2NY Stevanage, United Kingdom hfsneddon@ukonline.co.uk Phone: +44 (0) 1438 76 2713 Fax: +44 (0) 1438 76 8232	Prof. Dr. S. Muthusubramanian Department of Organic Chemistry School of Chemistry Madurai Kamaraj University Madurai-625 021, India muthumanian2001@yahoo.com Phone: +91-452-2458246 Fax: +91-452-2459845

Publications

Application of Chiral Metal-Organic Framework in Enantioselective Separation;
Padmanaban, M.; Müller, P.; Lieder, C.; Gedrich, K.; Grünker, R.; Bon, V.; Senkovska, I.; Baumgärtner, S.; Opelt, S.; Paasch, S.; Brunner, E.; Glorius, F.; Klemm, E.; Kaskel, S.; 
Chem. Comm. 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14893A.

Efficient Synthesis of Benzofuranones: N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)/Base-Catalyzed Hydroacylation-Stetter-Rearrangement Cascade;
Padmanaban, M.; Biju, A. T.; Glorius, F.;
Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 5624.

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Umpolung of Michael Acceptors for Intermolecular Reactions;
Biju, A. T.; Padmanaban, M.; Wurz, N.; Glorius, F.;
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8412.

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Aromatic Aldehydes with Activated Alkyl Halides. Padmanaban, M.; Biju, A. T.; Glorius, F.;
Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 98.
This work has been Highlighted in Synfacts 2011, 2, 209.

Formation of Reagent-Selective Products from 2-(4,5-dihydrothi-azol-2-ylthio)-1-arylethanone with different Nucleophiles.
Saravanan, S. Padmanaban, M.; Muthusubramanian, S.;
J. Sulfur Chem. 2011, 32, 71.

Poster presentations

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Umpolung of Michael Acceptors for Intermolecular Reactions;
Padmanaban, M.; Biju, A. T.; Glorius, F.; “Heidelberg Forum of Molecular Catalysis” Heidelberg, Germany, July 2011.

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Aromatic Aldehydes with Activated Alkyl Halides;
M. Padmanaban, M.; Biju, A. T.; Glorius, F.; “17th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry”, Creta, Greece, July 2011.

Synthesis and Applications of New Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks;
Padmanaban, M.; Müller, P.; Gedrich, K.; Senkovska, I.; Glorius, F.; Kaskel, S.;
MOF2010- Metal Organic Frameworks”, Marseille, France, September 2010.