Prof. Dr. Vadapalli Chandrasekhar

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsInorganic Molecular Chemistry,Organic Molecular Chemistry
KeywordsDendrimers, Porphyrins, Stannoxanes, Catalysis, Organotin cages

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityHyderabad
InstitutionTata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Herbert RoeskyInstitut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Dietmar StalkeInstitut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg
Prof. Dr. Peter RoeskyInstitut für Anorganische Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Funktionsmaterialien, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe
Prof. Dr. Peter RoeskyInstitut für Anorganische Chemie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/1994

Programme(s)

1993Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2002Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Chandrasekhar has significantly contributed to main group chemistry. Specifically to the following areas: New polymers based on inorganic and organic backbones for specific applications such as polymer electrolytes, polymer supported catalysts, and polymer precursors for ceramics. Moreover, he contributed excellent results to inorganic rings as motifs for the assembly of multi-site coordination ligands and the development of new synthons to assemble rings and clusters containing Si-O-M, Sn-O-M and P-O-M building units. Professor Chandrasekhar has established himself as one of the leading main group chemists in India.

Publications (partial selection)

2004Vadapalli Chandrasekhar et al: Molecular Zinc Phosphonates: synthesis and X-Ray Crystal Structures of (((ZnMe)4(THF)2)(tBuPO3)2) and (((ZnEt)3(Zn(THF))3)(tBuPO3)4(m3-OEt)). In: Dalton Trans, 2004, 1271-1275