V. Chandrasekhar obtained his Ph.D from the Indian Institute of Sciences in 1982 and joined the department in 1987.

Chemistry of main group elements with emphasis on synthesis, structure and reactivity of inorganic heterocycles.Transition metal interactions with Inorganic heterocycles, phosphorous and silicon based reagents.Synthesis and structure property relationship of inorganic and organometallic polymers and speciality polymers.Main group organometallic chemistry.

Selected publications

New Structural Forms in Molecular Metal Phosphonates: Novel Tri- and Hexanuclear Zinc(II) Cages Containing Phosphonate and Pyrazole Ligands. Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, Savariraj Kingsley, Brian Rhatigan, Matthew K. Lam and Arnold L. Rheingold. Inorg.Chem. 2002, 41, 1030-1032.

A dodecanuclear copper(II) cage containing phosphonate ligands. V. Chandrasekhar, S. Kingsley. Angew. Chem. Int. Edn. Engl. 2000, 39, 2320-2322.

An iron wheel on a tin drum: A novel assembly of a hexa ferrocene unit on a tin-oxygen cluster. V. Chandrasekhar, S. Nagendran S. Bansal, D. R. Powell. Angew. Chem. Int. Edn. Engl. 2000, 39, 1833-1835.

vc@iitk.ac.in

V. Chandrasekhar
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur,Uttar Pradesh 208 016
phone : +91-512-597259/597617