- Metal-catalyzed organic transformation reactions
- Multicomponent reactions
- Asymmetric synthesis.
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- August 2016 – 2017, Assistant Professor (DST-Inspire faculty) | Research Institute, Department of Chemistry, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamilnadu
- January 2016 – August 2016, Prof. Dr. Kuo-Wei Huang’s group | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- January 2014 – January 2016, Catch-Bio program| Prof. Dr. Adriaan J. Minnaard’s group, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
- August 2011 – December 2013, National Science Council fellowship (NSC),| Prof. Dr. Chien-Hong Cheng’s group, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
- TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES AS CATALYSTS IN ORGANIC REACTIONS
- Nickel-and cobalt-catalyzed three-component coupling and reductive coupling reactions.
- Cobalt-catalyzed [3+2] annulation reactions.
- Nickel and cobalt -catalyzed conjugate addition reactions of organoboronic acid to activated alkenes
- Palladium-catalyzed reductive arylation
- ASSYMETRIC SYNTHESIS
- Synthesis of enantioselective β-substituted cyclic ketones by chiral cobalt complexes.
- Synthesis of bicyclic tertiary alcohols and its related asymmetric version via reductive [3+2] cycloaddition reaction by using chiral cobalt complexes
- February 2016, DST Inspire Faculty Award, INSA, India.
- August 2011 – August 2013, National Science Council Fellowship (NSC), Taiwan.
- 2009 - 2011, Outstanding Foreign Student Award, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.
- The Importance of the Reducing Agent in Direct Reductive Heck Reactions - S. Raoufmoghaddam, S. Mannathan, A. J. Minnaard, J. G. de Vries, B. D. Bruin, J. N. H. Reek, Chem. Cat. Chem. (2017), Accepted; DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201701206
- Nickel-catalyzed highly chemo- and stereoselective borylative cyclization of 1,6-enynes with bis(pinacolato)diboron - J. C. Hsieh, Y. C. Hong, C. M. Yang, S. Mannathan, C.-H. Cheng, Org. Chem. Front., (2017), Advance Article
- Enantioselective Intramolecular Reductive Heck Reaction with a Palladium/Monodentate Phosphoramidite Catalyst - S. Mannathan, S. Raoufmoghaddam, J. N. H. Reek, J. G. de Vries, A. J. Minnaard, Chem. Cat. Chem., 9, 551 (2017)
- Ligand-Controlled Divergent C−H Functionalization of Aldehydes with Enynes by Cobalt Catalysts, R. Santhoshkumar, S. Mannathan, C.-H. Cheng, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 16116-16120 (2015)
- Palladium(II) Acetate Catalyzed Reductive Heck reaction of Enones; a Practical Approach, S. Mannathan, S. Raoufmoghaddam, J. N. H. Reek, J. G. de Vries, A. J. Minnaard, Chem. Cat. Chem., 7, 3923-3927 (2015)
- Pd(0)–NHC Catalyzed Reductive Heck Reaction of Enones: A detailed Mechanistic Study, S. Raoufmoghaddam, S. Mannathan, A. J. Minnaard, J. G. de Vries, J. N. H. Reek, Chem. Eur. J. 21, 18811-18820 (2015)
- Cobalt-catalyzed hydroarylative cyclization of 1,6-enynes with aromatic ketones and esters via C-H activation R. Santhoshkumar, S. Mannathan, C.-H. Cheng, Org. Lett., 16, 4208 – 4211 (2014)
- Alkene-Assisted Nickel-Catalyzed Regioselective 1,4-Addition of Organoboronic Acid to Dienones: A Direct Route to All-Carbon Quaternary Centers - Y.-C. Hong, P. Gandeepan, S. Mannathan, W.-T. Lee, C.-H. Cheng, Org. Lett., 16, 2806–2809 (2014)
- [4+2] vs [3+2] Annulations in the Nickel- and Cobalt-Catalyzed Reaction of ortho-Haloimines with Alkynes: Differential Reactivity towards the Synthesis of Isoquinolines and Aminoindenes, S. Mannathan, C.-H. Cheng, J. Chin. Chem. Soc. 61, 59-66 (2014) (Special Issue for the 60th Anniversary of Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society –Invited Mini review)
- Ene-Carbonyl Reductive Coupling for the Synthesis of 3,3-Disubstituted Phthalide, 3-Hydroxyisoindolin-1-one and 3-Hydroxyoxindole Derivatives, C.-H. Yeh, Y.-C. Lin, S. Mannathan, K. Hung, C.-H. Cheng, Adv. Synth. Catal. 356, 831 – 842 (2014)
- Nickel-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Reductive Coupling of Oxa- and Azabicyclic Alkenes with Enones and Electron-Rich Alkynes (also the cover picture for the issue, Adv. Synth. Catal. 356 (10), 2125, (2014), S. Mannathan, C.-H. Cheng, Adv. Synth. Catal. 356, 2239 (2014)
- Nickel-catalyzed chemo- and stereoselective alkenylative cyclization of 1,6-enynes with alkenylboronic acids- C.-M. Yang, S. Mannathan and C.-H. Cheng, Chem. Eur. J. 19, 12212 – 12216 (2013)
- Nickel-catalyzed regio- and diastereoselective intermolecular three-component coupling of oxabicyclic alkenes with alkynes and organoboronic acids, S. Mannathan, C.-H. Cheng, Chem.Commun. 49, 1557 (2013)
- Cobalt(II)-Catalyzed 1,4-addition of Organoboronic Acids to Activated Alkenes: An Application to Highly cis-Stereoselective Synthesis of Aminoindane Carboxylic Acid Derivatives (VIP-Paper)” M.-H. Chen, S. Mannathan, P.-S. Lin and C.-H. Cheng, Chem. Eur. J. 18, 4948 (2012)
- Regio- and Enantioselective Cobalt-Catalyzed Reductive [3+2] Cycloaddition Reaction of Alkynes with Cyclic Ketones: A Route to Bicyclic Tertiary Alcohols, C.-H. Wei, S. Mannathan, and C.-H. Cheng, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51, 10592 (2012)
- Synthesis of trans-Disubstituted Alkenes by Cobalt-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Terminal Alkynes with Activated Alkenes S. Mannathan and C.-H. Cheng, Chem. Eur. J. 18, 11771 (2012)
- Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Substituted Cyclic Ketones via Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Coupling of Alkynes with Alkenes, C.H. Wei, S. Mannathan and C.-H. Cheng, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 6942 (2011)
- Cobalt-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Intermolecular Enyne Coupling: an Efficient Route to 1,3-Diene Derivatives, S. Mannathan and C.-H. Cheng, Chem commun. 46, 1923 (2010)
- Nickel-Catalyzed Borylative Coupling of Alkynes with Enones and Bis(pinacolato)diboron: A Novel Route to Substituted Alkenylboronates, S. Mannathan, M. Jeganmohan and C.-H. Cheng, - Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48, 2192 (2009)
- E-mail id: mannathan.s@srmap.edu.in