Kuppuswamy Nagarajan

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Kuppuswamy Nagarajan (15 September 1930 – 8 April 2023) was an Indian organic chemist.[1]

Kuppuswamy Nagarajan
Born(1930-08-15)15 August 1930
Tamil Nadu, India
Died8 April 2023(2023-04-08) (aged 92)
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forDevelopment of drugs
Sintamil
Varsyl
Satranidazole
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
  • Ciba-Geigy Research Center
  • Bangalore Pharmaceutical & Research Laboratory
  • Recon Limited
  • Rallis India Limited
  • Alkem Laboratories
Doctoral advisor

Nagarajan earned a Ph.D. with Prof. T. R. Govindachari, Presidency College, Madras.[2]

Nagarajan won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Chemical Sciences, 1974;[3]

Nagarajan died on 8 April 2023, at the age of 92.[4]

Selected papers edit

  • Kuppuswamy Nagarajan, Vunnam R. Rao, Rashmi K. Shah, Sharada J. Shenoy, Hans Fritz, Wilhelm J. Richter, Dieter Muller, "Condensed Heterotricycles. Synthesis and Reactions of b-Fused 1(2H)-Isoquinolinones with unusual enaminic properties", Helvetica Chimica Acta, Volume 71, Issue 1, pages 77–92, 3 February 1988
  • Kuppuswamy Nagarajan, Patrick J. Rodriguesa and Munirathinam Nethajib, "Vilsmeier-Haack reaction of 1-methyl-34-dihydroisoquino lines-unexpected formation of 2,3-bisdimethylamino-5,6-dihydropyrrolo (2,1- ) isoquinolines", Tetrahedron Letters, Volume 33, Issue 47, 17 November 1992, Pages 7229-7232
  • Kuppuswamy Nagarajan, Joy David, Agasaladinni N. Goud, 10-Alkyl- and 10-aminoalkyl-2,2'-bis(trifluoromethyl)-3,10'-biphenothiazines, J. Med. Chem., 1974, 17 (6), pp 652–653, June 1974

References edit

  1. ^ "INSA profile". INSA. 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  2. ^ K. Nagarajan (January 2002). "In memoriam – T. R. Govindachari (1915–2001)" (PDF). Current Science. 82 (2). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2004. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Prize Winner Index". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Kuppuswamy Nagarajan (1930–2023)" (PDF). Current Science. Retrieved 25 December 2023.

External links edit

  • google scholar