Annamalai CHANDRASEKARAN

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Research Associate: from 1993 to APR-2006.
Ph.D. (chemistry); Indian Institute of Science; June 1993.
Thesis title:Coordination Chemistry of Cyclotriphosphazenes. Research Supervisor: Prof. S.S. Krishnamurthy.
M.Sc. (Chemistry); Madurai Kamarajar University; I class; 1986.
B.Sc. (Chemistry); Madurai Kamarajar University; I class; 1984.

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE


Jun 1994- working with Professor ROBERT R. HOLMES on the HYPERVALENT COMPOUNDS OF SILICON AND
Apr 2006  PHOSPHORUS as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. The work involves
        * The conformational/orientational study of penta coordinated phosphorus compounds
        * Syntheses and structural study of phosphoranes based on biologically relevant
          Carbohydrates and Nucleosides
        * The hexa coordination on phosphorus (nature, strength and conditions)
        * The penta/hexa coordination in silicon

Sep 1992- worked in the field of PHOSPHAZENE POLYMERS which is an important area in 
May 1994  fire-retardant polymers. Two new kinds of soluble and easily modifiable but low
          molecular weight chlorocyclophosphazene polymers and several derivatives of them
          were synthesized and characterized. They were found to be highly
          fire-retardant and thermally stable.

Aug 1986- worked on the coordination chemistry of cyclotriphosphazenes Group VI metal carbonyl
Aug 1992  complexes and palladium chloride complexes of various cyclotriphosphazene derivatives
          were synthesized and characterized using spectroscopic (IR and 1H, 31P & 13C NMR)
          techniques and single crystal X-ray crystallography. In this study, the modifiabl
          nature of the phosphazene ring nitrogen-metal bond and a novel palladium assisted
          hydrolysis of diazaphospholane ring have been demonstrated with structural evidences.


INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES


AREAS OF INTEREST


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

56. "Biologically Relevant Phosphoranes: Hypervalent Phosphorus as Applied 
     to Phosphoryl Transfer Enzymes", R.R. Holmes, A. Chandrasekaran, 
     N.V. Timosheva, Phosphorus Sulfur Silicon, 2008, 183, 209-223. 
     [Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Phosphorus 
     Chemistry (ICPC-17), Keynote Lecture]

55. "Biologically Relevant Phosphoranes: Synthesis and Structural Characterization
     of Glucofuranose-Derived Phosphoranes with Penta and Hexacoordination at
     Phosphorus", N.V. Timosheva, A. Chandrasekaran, R.R. Holmes, Inorg.
     Chem., 2006, 45, 10836-10848.

54. "Effect of Trifluroethoxy Group on the Structure of  Eight-membered
     Ring Containing Cyclic Phosphites", A. Chandrasekaran, N.V. Timosheva,
     R.R. Holmes, Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon, 2006, 181, 1957-1970.

53. "Effect of Very Bulky Groups on the Equilibrium of Penta and Hexa
     Coordinated Phosphoranes, A. Chandrasekaran, N.V. Timosheva,
     R.R. Holmes, Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon, 2006, 181, 1493-1511.

52. "Biologically Relevant Phosphoranes: Structural Characterization of
     Glucofuranose and Xylofuranose Based Phosphoranes", N.V. Timosheva,
     A. Chandrasekaran, R.R. Holmes, Inorg. Chem., 2006, 45, 3113-3123.

51. "Biologically Relevant Phosphoranes: Structural Characterization of a
     Nucleotidyl Phosphorane", N.V. Timosheva, A. Chandrasekaran,
     R.R. Holmes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 12474-5. Communication.

50. "Atrane and Phosphorane Formation with Aminotriphenols",
     N.V. Timosheva, A. Chandrasekaran, R.R. Holmes, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem.,
     2005, 631, 2683-2690.

49. "Phosphorus-Nitrogen Donor Interaction Leading to Atrane Formation in
     Phosphate and Oxyphosphorane Compositions. Implications for Phosphoryl
     Transfer Enzymes", N.V. Timosheva, A. Chandrasekaran, R.R. Holmes,
     Inorg. Chem., 2004, 43, 7403-7411.

48. "Influence of Hydrogen Bonding in Competition with Lattice Interactions
     on Carbonyl Coordination at Phosphorus. Implications for Phosphoryl
     Transfer Activated States", A. Chandrasekaran, N.V. Timosheva, R.O. Day,
     R.R. Holmes, Inorg. Chem, 2003, 42, 3285-3292.

47. "Pseudoheptacoordination and Pseudohexacoordination in Tris(2-N,N-
     dimethylbenzylamino)phosphane", A. Chandrasekaran, N.V. Timosheva,
     R.O. Day, R.R. Holmes, Inorg. Chem, 2002, 41, 5235-5240.

46. "Active Site Model for Phosphoryl Transfer Enzymes via Hexacoordination",
     R.R. Holmes, A. Chandrasekaran, N.V. Timosheva, R.O. Day, Phosphorus
     Sulfur and Silicon, 2002, 177, 1397-1404. [Conference Proceedings]

45. "Conversion of Tricoordinate to Hexacoordinate Phosphorus. Formation of a
     Phosphorane-Phosphatrane System", N.V. Timosheva, A. Chandrasekaran,
     R.O. Day, R.R. Holmes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 7035-7040.

44. "P-O Donor Action from Carboxylate Anions with Phosphorus in the Presence
     of Hydrogen Bonding. A Model for Phosphoryl-Transfer Enzymes",
     A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, Inorg. Chem, 2002, 41, 1645-1651.

43. "A New Class of Silatranes", N.V. Timosheva, A. Chandrasekaran, R.O. Day,
     R.R. Holmes, Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon, 2001, 168, 59-68.

42. "Coordination of Carbonyl and Carboxyl Oxygen Atoms with Phosphorus in the
     Presence of Hydrogen Bonding. P-O donor action", A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day
     and R.R.Holmes, Inorg. Chem, 2001, 40, 6229-6238.

41. "Synthesis of Silatranes with All Six Membered Rings. Influence of Steric
     Effect on Structure and NMR Behavior", N.V. Timosheva, A. Chandrasekaran,
     R.O. Day, R.R. Holmes, Organometallics, 2001, 20, 2331-2337.

40. "Synthesis of Trioxy- and Tetraoxy- Silatranes with All Six Membered Rings.
     Structure and Dynamic NMR Behavior", N.V. Timosheva, A.Chandrasekaran,
     R.O. Day, R.R. Holmes, Organometallics, 2000, 19, 5614-5622.

39. "Synthesis and Structure of Cyclic Phosphate, Phosphoramidate, Phosphonates
     and Phosphonium Salts. Atrane Formation", A. Chandrasekaran, R.O. Day,
     R.R. Holmes, Inorg. Chem, 2000, 39, 5683-5689.

38. "Three-, Four-, and Five-Coordinate Cyclic Phosphites, Phosphonates, and
     Phosphonium Salts Containing Sulfuryl Groups", A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day, 
     P.Sood, N.V.Timosheva, D.J.Sherlock and R.R.Holmes, Phosphorus Sulfur
     and Silicon, 2000, 160, 1-27.

37. "Crystal Structure of Tris(8-dimethylaminonaphthyl)phosphane and its
     Hydrochloride Salt. The First Seven-Coordinate Phosphorus Compound",
     A.Chandrasekaran, N.V.Timosheva, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, Inorg. Chem,
     2000, 39, 1338-1339. Communication.

36. "A New Class of Silatranes. Structure and Dynamic NMR Behavior ",
     A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000,
     122, 1066-1072.

35. "The First Hydrogen Bonded Anionic Phosphates Exhibiting Sulfur Donor
     Coordination", A.Chandrasekaran, P. Sood, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes,
     Inorg. Chem, 1999, 38, 3952-3953. Communication.

34. "Chloro and Fluoro Substituted Phosphites, Phosphates and Phosphoranes
     Exhibiting Sulfur and Oxygen Coordination", A.Chandrasekaran, P. Sood,
     R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, Inorg. Chem, 1999, 38, 3369-3376.

33. "Formation and Structure of Cyclic Zwitterionic Silicates. Reaction Mechanism
     via Si-N Donor Interaction", R-M.L.Mercado, A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and
     R.R.Holmes, Organometallics, 1999, 18, 1686-1692.

32. "Pentacoordinated Organo and Hydrido Silanes via Sulfur Donor Action",
     R-M.L.Mercado, A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, Organometallics,
     1999, 18, 906-914.

31. "Structural Displacement of Phosphites, Phosphates, and Pentaoxyphosphoranes
     to Higher Coordinate Geometries by Sulfur and Oxygen Donor Action",
     P.Sood, A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, Inorg. Chem., 1998,
     37, 6329-6336.

30. "Nitrogen Interaction in Cyclic Organosilanes. Dimer to Monomer Conversion",
     A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, Organometallics, 1998, 17, 5114-5123.

29. "Cyclic Three-, Four-, Five-, and Six-Coordinate Nitrogen Containing Phosphorus
     Compounds Varying in Ring Size from Five- to Ten-membered. P-N Donor Action",
     N.V.Timosheva, A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, Inorg. Chem., 1998,
     37, 4945-4952.

28. "Molecular Structures of Three, Four and Five Coordinate Phosphorus Compounds
     Containing Salicylate Ligands", N.V.Timosheva, A.Chandrasekaran,, R.O.Day
     and R.R.Holmes, Inorg. Chem., 1998, 37, 3862-3867.

27. "Increased Coordination with Sulfur Donor Action in Cyclic Pentaoxyphosphoranes
     and Cyclic phosphites. Influence of Pentafluorophenoxy Ligands", P. Sood,
     A. Chandrasekaran, R.O. Day and R.R. Holmes, Inorg. Chem., 1998, 37, 3747-3752.

26. "Donor Action Leading to Higher Coordination in Cyclic Phosphorus Compounds",
     R.R.Holmes, A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day, D.J.Sherlock, P.Sood and T.K.Prakasha,
     Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon, 1997, 124-125, 7-22.

25. "Structure-Reactivity Relationships for Associative Displacement Reactions of
     Penta- and Hexa- Coordinate Cyclic Oxyphosphoranes with Catechols", A.
     Chandrasekaran, P.Sood and R.R.Holmes, Inorg. Chem., 1998, 37, 459-466.

24. "Conformational Preference and Donor Atom Interaction Leading to
     Hexacoordination vs. Pentacoordination in Bicyclic Tetraoxy-
     phosphoranes", D.J.Sherlock, A.Chandrasekaran, T.K. Prakasha, R.O.Day
     and R.R.Holmes, Inorg. Chem., 1998, 37, 93-101.

23. "Molecular Structures of Novel Macrocycles Containing Bis(Bicyclo-
     phosphoranes)", A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day, R.R.Holmes, and D.Houalla,
     Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon, 1997, 123, 219-239.

22. "Hexacoordination via Sulfur Donor Action in Bicyclic Pentaoxy-
     phosphoranes", P. Sood, A. Chandrasekaran, T.K. Prakasha, R.O. Day and 
     R.R. Holmes, Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 5730-5734.

21. "Isomeric Intraconversion Among Penta- and Hexa- Coordinate Cyclic 
     Oxyphosphoranes via Oxygen Atom Coordination", A.Chandrasekaran, 
     R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 11434-11441.

20. "Pentacoordination and pseudo-pentacoordination via sulfur donor action in 
     cyclic phosphates and phosphines", D.J.Sherlock, A.Chandrasekaran, 
     R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes,Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 5082-5089.

19. "Structural Variations Provided by Sulfur, Sulfinyl and Sulfonyl Groups in 
     Cyclic Silanes and Phosphoranes", R.R. Holmes, A. Chandrasekaran and 
     R.O. Day, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon, 1997, 120-121, 431-432.

18. "Sulfonyl containing eight-membered rings varying in ring conformation in 
     oxyphosphoranes. Hexacoordination vs. pentacoordination", 
     A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes,  Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 
     2578-2585.

17. "Hexacoordination via sulfur donor action in nitrogen and chlorine bonded 
     bicyclic phosphoranes", D.J.Sherlock, A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and 
     R.R.Holmes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 1317-1322.

16. "Novel cyclic pentacoordinate and pseudo-pentacoordinate lead compounds", 
     V.Chandrasekhar, A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day, J.M.Holmes and R.R.Holmes,
     Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon, 1996, 115, 125-139.

15. "Axial Site Occupancy by the Least Electronegative Ligand in Trigonal 
     Bipyramidal Tetraoxyphosphoranes", N.V.Timosheva, A.Chandrasekaran, 
     T.K.Prakasha, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, Inorg. Chem., 1996, 35, 6552-6560.

14. "Structural Influence of a Sulfonyl Group in Eight-Membered Rings of 
     Diorganosilanes", A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, 
     Organometallics, 1996, 15, 3189-3197.

13. "Structural Influence of a Sulfinyl Group in Eight-Membered Rings of 
     Diorganosilanes", A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, 
     Organometallics, 1996, 15, 3182-3188.

12. "Synthesis and molecular structures of pyridine-containing large-membered 
     cyclic bis(alkoxy)silanes", T.K.Prakasha, A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day 
     and R.R.Holmes, Inorg. Chem., 1996, 35, 4342-4346.

11. "Sulfur Induced pentacoordination in Cyclic Silanes", N.V.Timosheva,
     T.K.Prakasha, A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes,
      Inorg. Chem., 1996, 35, 3614-3621.

10. "Sulfur Donor Action in Cyclic Silanes. A Tetrahedral to Trigonal Bipyramidal 
     Reaction Coordinate",T.K.Prakasha, S.Srinivasan, A.Chandrasekaran, 
     R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 10003-10009.

9. "Axial Preference of a Phenyl Group in a Trigonal Bipyramidal 
    Tetraoxyphosphorane. A Unique Five-Coordinated Geometry", N.V.Timosheva,
    T.K.Prakasha, A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and R.R.Holmes,
    Inorg. Chem., 1995, 34, 4525-4526. Communication.

8. "Structural Preferences of Bicyclic Pentaoxyphosphoranes with Eight-
    Membered Rings", T.K.Prakasha, A.Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day and 
    R.R.Holmes, Inorg. Chem., 1995, 34, 1243-1247.

7. "Reactions of Palladium Chloride with (Amino)spirocyclic 
    Cyclotriphosphazenes: Isolation and Crystal Structures of Novel Mono 
    and Bimetallic Complexes Formed by the Hydrolysis of a Diazaphospholane
    Ring", A.Chandrasekaran, S.S.Krishnamurthy and M.Nethaji,
    Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33, 3085-3090.

6. "Crystal Structure of the Protonated Salt of an (Amino)spirocyclic 
    Cyclotriphosphazene", A.Chandrasekaran, Acta Cryst. Sect. C, 1994, 
    C50, 1692-1694.

5. "Group VI Metal Carbonyl Complexes of (Amino)spirocyclic 
    Cyclotriphosphazenes", A.Chandrasekaran and S.S.Krishnamurthy, Indian 
    J. Chem., 1994, 33A, 391-394.

4. "Studies on Phosphazenes. Part 34. Group 6 Metal Carbonyl Complexes of 
    (Pyrazolyl)phosphazenes", A.Chandrasekaran, S.S.Krishnamurthy and 
    M.Nethaji, J.Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1994, 63-68.

3. "Palladium Chloride Complexes of Bis(pyrazolyl)phosphazenes", 
    A.Chandrasekaran, S.S.Krishnamurthy and M.Nethaji, Inorg. Chem., 
    1993, 32, 6102-6106.

2. "Phosphorus-Nitrogen Heterocycles as Ligands in Organometallic Chemistry",
    S.S.Krishnamurthy, V.Sreenivasa Reddy, A.Chandrasekaran 
    and M.Nethaji, Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon, 1992, 64, 99-106.

1. "Novel Coordination Behavior of gem-Bis(pyrazolyl)cyclotriphosphazenes as 
    Tridentate NNN-Donor Ligands. The Crystal Structure of 
    [Mo(CO)3{N3P3Ph4(3,5-Me2C3HN2)2}]", A.Chandrasekaran, 
    S.S.Krishnamurthy and M.Nethaji, Current Science, 1991, 60, 700-701.


CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS


1. "Metal Assisted Hydrolysis of Spirocyclic Phosphazenes: Crystal Structures of Novel Mono-
    and Di-palladium Complexes", A.Chandrasekaran, S.S.Krishnamurthy and M.Nethaji, Poster
    presented in "Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry", Bangalore, India, August, 1993.

2. "Structure of dispiro-Bis(N-methylethanolamino)-bis(3,5-dimethyl-1-pyrazolyl)cyclotri-
    phosphazene(1) and its Tungsten Tricarbonyl Complex(2)", A.Chandrasekaran, S.S.Krishnamurthy
    and M.Nethaji, Poster presented in "XXII National Seminar on Crystallography", Calcutta,
    India, December, 1990.



Other Conference Presentations (not in person):

12. "Hypervalent oxyphosphoranes as a model for phosphoryl transfer enzymes",
   R.R. Holmes, A. Chandrasekaran, N.V. Timosheva, R.O. Day, Abstracts of papers
   of the American Chemical Society, 225: U135-U135 711-INOR Part 2, MAR 2003

11. "Hydrogen Bonded Phosphorus Compounds Exhibiting Oxygen Donor Coordination",
   R.R. Holmes, A. Chandrasekaran and R.O. Day, XV International Conference on
   Phosphorus Chemistry, Sendai, Japan, July 29, 2001.

10. "A New Class of Silatranes", R.R. Holmes, A. Chandrasekaran, N.V. Timosheva
   and R.O. Day, Ninth International Conference on Inorganic Ring Systems,
   Saarbrucken, Germany, July, 2000.  [For the work presented, see Publication 43]

9. "Hydrogen Bonded Phosphorus Compounds Exhibiting Oxygen Donor Coordination",
   R.R. Holmes, A. Chandrasekaran and R.O. Day, XV International Conference on
   Phosphorus Chemistry, Sendai, Japan, July 29, 2001.

8. "A New Class of Silatranes", R.R. Holmes, A. Chandrasekaran, N.V. Timosheva
   and R.O. Day, Ninth International Conference on Inorganic Ring Systems,
   Saarbrucken, Germany, July, 2000.

7. "Chloro and Fluoro Substituted Phosphites, Phosphates and Phosphoranes
   Exhibiting Sulfur and Oxygen Coordination ", P. Sood, A. Chandrasekaran, R.O. Day
   and R.R. Holmes, 217th ACS National meeting, Anaheim, California, March, 1999.

6. "Donor Action Leading to Higher Coordination in Cyclic Phosphorus Compounds", R.R. Holmes,
   A. Chandrasekaran, R.O. Day, D.J. Sherlock, P. Sood and T.K.Prakasha, Eighth  International
   Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems (IRIS VIII), Loughborough, UK, August, 1997.

5. "Influence of sulfur containing donor groups on the coordination geometry of phosphorus
   and silicon compounds",  R.R. Holmes, A.Chandrasekaran, D.J. Sherlock, R.O. Day,
   J.A. Deiters and Natalya V. Timosheva, 213th ACS National meeting, San Francisco, April,
   1997.

4. "Structural Variations Provided by Sulfur, Sulfinyl and Sulfonyl Groups in Cyclic Silanes
   and Phosphoranes", R.R. Holmes, A. Chandrasekaran and R.O. Day, Seventeenth International
   Symposium on the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur (ISOCS-17), Tsukuba, Japan, July, 1996.

3. "Enhanced Reactivity of a Sulfone containing cyclic pentaoxyphosphoranes", Robert R. Holmes,
   A.Chandrasekaran and Roberta O. Day, 211th ACS National meeting, New Orleans, March, 1996.

2. "Structural preferences of bicyclic pentaoxyphosphoranes" R.R. Holmes, T.K.Prakasha,
   R.O. Day and A.Chandrasekaran, 209th ACS National meeting, Anaheim, California,
   April, 1995.

1. "Phosphorus-Nitrogen Heterocycles as Ligands in Organometallic Chemistry",
   S.S. Krishnamurthy, V. Sreenivasa Reddy, A. Chandrasekaran and M. Nethaji,
   Sixth International Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems, Berlin, Germany,
   August, 1991.



Publications with Other Groups:

1. "Yttrium and Neodymium Di- and Monohalide Complexes Based on Scorpionate
(Poly(pyrazolyl)borate) Ligands", D.P. Long, A. Chandrasekaran, R.O.Day,
P.A. Bianconi, A.L. Rheingold, Inorg. Chem, 2000, 39, 4476-4487.

2. "Synthesis of Titanium(IV) Complexes Containing 2,6-dimethylaniline
Substituted Amino Alcohols and Their Utilization in Ethylene Polymerizations",
B. Rhodes, J.C.W. Chien, J.S. Wood, A. Chandrasekaran, M.D.Rausch, J.
Organomet. Chem., 2001, 625, 95-100.

3. "Synthesis and structure determination of ETS-4 single crystals",  S. Nair,
H.K. Jeong, A. Chandrasekaran, C.M. Braunbarth, M. Tsapatsis, S.M. Kuznicki,
Chem. Mater., 2001, 13, 4247-4254.

4. "Se,Se'-Diphenyl carbonodiselenoate: preparation and characterization of
its molecular structure and thermal reactivity", J.T. Lowe, A. Chandrasekaran,
R.O. Day, W. Rosen, Chem. Commun., 2001, 1390-1391.

5. "Superstructural Variety from an Alkylated Triazine: Formation of
One-Dimensional Hydrogen-Bonded Arrays or Cyclic Rosettes", M.L. Highfill,
A. Chandrasekaran, D.E. Lynch, D.G. Hamilton, Crystal Growth & Design,
2002, 2, 15-20.

6. "Synthesis and polymerization behavior of novel C-1 and C-s titanium ansa-
cyclopentadienyl-amido catalysts for ethylene and propylene polymerization",
B. Rhodes, J.C.W. Chien, J.S. Wood, A. Chandrasekaran, M.D. Rausch,
Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2002, 16, 323-330.

7. "Synthesis of a new open framework cerium silicate and its structure determination
by single crystal X-ray diffraction", H.K. Jeong, A. Chandrasekaran, M. Tsapatsis,
Chemical Communications, 2002, 2398-2399.

8. "The conformation of sterically congested eight-membered rings containing
germanium: First X-ray crystallographic characterization of the boat conformation",
N. Khoury, S.D. Pastor, D. Rahni, C.F. Richardson, N.A. Syed, S.R. Shum,
A. Chandrasekaran, Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon and the related elements, 2004,
179, 483-497.