Biography

Dr. Alagiri Kaliyamoorthy was born and raised in Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India. After the early education, he obtained his Bachelor degree (2005), and Master degree (2007) from Bharathidasan University Trichy, and then, pursued his PhD degree (2007 - 2012) with Prof. K. R. Prabhu at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore. Later, he moved to Japan for his postdoctoral stint (2012 - 2015) with Prof. M. Shibasaki at the Institute of Microbial Chemistry (IMC), Tokyo. Currently, he is holding a position as Assistant Professor (since August 2015) at the School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Thiruvananthapuram.

Research Intrest

Developing new methods for organic synthesis Activation and functionalization of relatively unreactive C–H bonds Asymmetric Catalysis Chiral NHC mediated asymmetric catalysis Chiral Phos-Lewis acid catalyzed asymmetric catalysis Synthesis of Natural Products

List of Publications
Brewitz, L.; Arteaga, F.; Yin, L.; Alagiri, K.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M. Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich-type Reaction of α- and β-Fluorinated Amides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 15929 – 15939. 9. Alagiri, K.; Lin, S.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M. Iterative Direct Aldol Strategy for Polypropionates: Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (–)-Membrenone A and B. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 5301–5303. 8. Alagiri, K.; Furutachi, M.; Yamatsugu, K.; Kumagai, N.; Watanabe, T.; Shibasaki, M. Two Approaches Toward the Formal Total Synthesis of Oseltamivir Phosphate (Tamiflu): Catalytic Enantioselective Three-Component Reaction Strategy and L–Glutamic Acid Strategy J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 4019–4026. 7. Dhineshkumar, J.; Lamani, M.;‡ Alagiri, K.;‡ Prabhu, K. R. (‡ These authors contributed equally) A Versatile C–H Functionalization?of Tetrahydroisoquinolines Catalyzed by Iodine at Aerobic Conditions Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 1092–1095. 6. Alagiri, K.; Devadig, P.; Prabhu, K. R. CDC Reactions of N-Aryl Tetrahydroisoquinolines Using Catalytic Amounts of DDQ: C–H Activation Under Aerobic Conditions Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 5160 – 5164. 5. Alagiri, K.; Kumara, G. S. R.; Prabhu, K. R. An Oxidative Cross-Dehydrogenative-Coupling Reaction in Water Using Molecular Oxygen as the Oxidant: Vanadium Catalyzed Indolation of Tetrahydroisoquinolines

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