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| name = Srinivasan Chandrasekaran<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1945|11|15}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
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| residence = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]<br />
| fields = {{ublist | [[Organometallic chemistry]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Syntex|Syntex Research Laboratories]] | [[IIT, Kanpur]] | [[Indian Institute of Science]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[University of Madras]] | [[Harvard University]] }}<br />
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist| S. Swaminathan | [[E.J. Corey]] }}<br />
| doctoral_students = [[Tushar Kanti Chakraborty]]<br />
| known_for = Studies on {{ublist | Synthetic Methodologies | Synthesis of natural products and Organic Materials | Reaction mechanisms }}<br />
| awards = {{ublist | 1988&nbsp;Basudeb Banerjee Memorial Medal | 1988&nbsp;[[Indian Chemical Society|ICS]] Prize | 1989&nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | [[Chemical Research Society of India|CRSI]] Silver Medal | 2007&nbsp;[[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Golden Jubilee Commemoration Medal | [[Indian Institute of Science|IISc]] Alumni Award }}<br />
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'''Srinivasan Chandrasekaran''' (born 1945) is an Indian [[Organic chemistry|organic]] and [[organometallic chemist]], academic and a former chair of the Department of Organic Chemistry and the Division of Chemical Sciences and a former Dean of the Faculty of Science at [[Indian Institute of Science]]. He was known for his researches on organic reaction mechanisms and organic synthesis.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=422 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> and was an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]],<ref name="Indian fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N92-1088 |title=Indian fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> [[The World Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="TWAS fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/member/chandrasekaran-srinivasan |title=TWAS fellow |date=2016 |publisher=TWAS}}</ref> and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Chandrasekaran,_Prof._Srinivasan |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1989, for his contributions to chemical sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:IISc Main Building.jpg|thumb|235px|left|IISc Main Building]]<br />
S. Chandrasekaran, born on 15 November 1945 in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], did his college studies at [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College]] of [[Madras University]] from where he completed his graduate and master's degrees and secured a PhD from the same university in 1972, studying under the guidance of S. Swaminathan; his thesis was based on ''oxy-Cope rearrangement and on the synthesis of novel norbornane derivatives''.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> Moving to the US, he did his post-doctoral studies in the laboratory of [[E.J. Corey]] at [[Harvard University]] (1973–75) and on completion of the studies, worked as a scientist at [[Syntex|Syntex Research Laboratories]] during 1975–76.<ref name="Srinivasan Chandrasekaran - Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://orgchem.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/scn/scn.html |title=Srinivasan Chandrasekaran - Faculty profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Institute of Science}}</ref> He stayed in the US for one more year, resuming his researches at Corey's laboratory before returning to India in 1977 to join [[IIT, Kanpur]] as a lecturer in chemistry. After 12 years of service there, he shifted his base to [[Bengaluru]] to continue his service at [[Indian Institute of Science]]. He held several positions at IISc including those of the chair of Department of Organic Chemistry and the Division of Chemical Sciences as well as the Dean of the Faculty of Science.<ref name="Indian fellow" /><br />
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Chandrasekaran lives in Bengaluru and serves as an honorary professor at the Indian Institute of Science.<ref name="Distinguished Lecture Series">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/chm/distinguished-lecture-series |title=Distinguished Lecture Series |date=2016 |publisher=IIT Kanpur}}</ref><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
During his post-doctoral studies with Corey, Chandrasekaran was able to accomplish the synthesis of [[gibberellic acid]], a plant growth hormone, successfully for the first time.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> Later at [[Syntex]], he worked on the synthesis of [[beta-lactam]] antibiotics. Subsequently, working on organic reaction mechanisms, he developed a set of new organic synthesis reagents and using them, accomplished the creation of the carbon constellations.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | accessdate=5 October 2016 | pages=34}}</ref> His researches have been documented by way of several articles published in peer-reviewed journals<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Chandrasekaran=3ASrinivasan=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref><ref name="Srinivasan Chandrasekaran on IISc">{{Cite web |url=https://iisc.academia.edu/SrinivasanChandrasekaran |title=Srinivasan Chandrasekaran on IISc |date=2016 |publisher=IISc}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Articles'' section}} and [[ResearchGate]], an online article repository has listed 318 of them.<ref name="Srinivasan Chandrasekaran on ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Srinivasan_Chandrasekaran |title=Srinivasan Chandrasekaran on ResearchGate |date=2016 }}</ref> Besides, he has contributed chapters to two books;{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Books'' section}} 3 chapters to [[Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis]] and one chapter to ''Particle Swarm Optimization''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019|reason=removed citation to predatory publisher content}} He has also mentored several scholars in their studies and has delivered keynote addresses and plenary speeches.<ref name="Distinguished Lecture Series" /> He was involved with the functioning of many science societies; executive committee membership and chair of [[International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry]], chair of the national committee of the Indian National Science Academy, secretaryship of the Indian Academy of Sciences and the presidency of the [[Chemical Research Society of India]] were some of those responsibilities.<ref name="Indian fellow" /><br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
Chandrasekharan received the Basudeb Banerjee Memorial Medal of the [[Indian Chemical Society]] in 1988 and the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1989.<ref name="Chemical Sciences">{{cite web | url=http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm | title=Chemical Sciences | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=2016 | accessdate=7 November 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912012851/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm | archivedate=12 September 2012 }}</ref> The Indian Academy of Sciences elected him as their fellow the same year and the Indian National Science Academy and The World Academy of Sciences followed suit in 1992 and 1999 respectively.<ref name="TWAS fellow" /> The other awards he has received include Silver Medal of the [[Chemical Research Society of India]], Golden Jubilee Commemoration Medal (2007) of Indian National Science Academy and the Alumni Award of Excellence of Indian Institute of Science. He has also held the J. C. Bose National Fellowship of [[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)#Department of Science and Technology|Department of Science and Technology]] and the Distinguished Fellowship of the [[Science and Engineering Research Board]].<ref name="Indian fellow" /><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
=== Chapters in books ===<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis |author=Kandikere R. Prabhu |author2=Srinivasan Chandrasekaran |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |isbn=978-0470017548 |editor=Leo A. Paquette |editor2=David Crich |editor3=Philip L. Fuchs |editor4=Gary A. Molander |date=October 2004 |doi=10.1002/047084289X.rn00447 |chapter=Benzyltriethylammonium Tetrathiomolybdate}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis |author=Srinivasan Chandrasekaran |author2=Ramesh Ramapanicker |work=Encyclopedia |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |isbn=978-0470017548 |editor=Leo A. Paquette |editor2=David Crich |editor3=Philip L. Fuchs |editor4=Gary A. Molander |date=March 2008 |chapter=Propargyloxycarbonyl Chloride |doi=10.1002/047084289X.rn00816}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis |author=Purushothaman Gopinath |author2=Srinivasan Chandrasekaran |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |isbn=978-0470017548 |editor=Leo A. Paquette |editor2=David Crich |editor3=Philip L. Fuchs |editor4=Gary A. Molander |date=September 2011 |chapter=Tetraethylammonium Tetraselenotungstate |doi=10.1002/047084289X.rn01353 }}<br />
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=== Articles ===<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=Ramapanicker, Ramesh |author2=Mishra, Roli |author3=Chandrasekaran, Srinivasan |title=An improved procedure for the synthesis of dehydroamino acids and dehydropeptides from the carbonate derivatives of serine and threonine using tetrabutylammonium fluoride |journal=Journal of Peptide Science |date=2010 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=123–125 |doi=10.1002/psc.1210|pmid=20112295 |s2cid=206419362 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=Ramapanicker, Ramesh |author2=Baig, Nasir Baig Rashid |author3=De, Kavita |author4=Chandrasekaran, Srinivasan |title=One-pot protection and activation of amino acids using pentafluorophenyl carbonates |journal=Journal of Peptide Science |date=2009 |volume=15 |issue=12 |pages=849–855 |doi=10.1002/psc.1187|pmid=19856278 |s2cid=12332761 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=Baig, R. B. Nasir |author2=Sudhir, V. Sai |author3=Chandrasekaran, Srinivasan |title=Simple and efficient synthesis of allo- and threo-3,3'-dimethylcystine derivatives in enantiomerically pure form |journal=Tetrahedron: Asymmetry |date=2008 |volume=19 |issue=12 |pages=1425–1429 |doi=10.1016/j.tetasy.2008.06.001}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=Ramesh, Ramapanicker |author2=De, Kavita |author3=Chandrasekaran, Srinivasan |title=An efficient synthesis of dehydroamino acids and dehydropeptides from O-Cbz and O-Eoc derivatives of serine and threonine |journal=Tetrahedron |date=2007 |volume=63 |issue=42 |pages=10534–10542 |doi=10.1016/j.tet.2007.07.094}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=Sureshkumar, Devarajulu |author2=Maity, Susama |author3=Chandrasekaran, Srinivasan |title=Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of aziridino epoxides from cyclic dienes |journal=Journal of Organic Chemistry |date=2007 |volume=71 |issue=4 |pages=1653–1657 |doi=10.1021/jo052357x|pmid=16468820 }}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[E.J. Corey]]<br />
* [[Gibberellic acid]]<br />
* [[Beta-lactam]]<br />
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