Kuppuswamy Nagarajan
Indian scientist
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Kuppuswamy Nagarajan (15 September 1930 – 8 April 2023) was an Indian organic chemist.[1]
Born15 August 1930
Tamil Nadu, India
Died8 April 2023 (aged 92)
KnownforDevelopment of drugs
Sintamil
Varsyl
Satranidazole
Sintamil
Varsyl
Satranidazole
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| Born | 15 August 1930 Tamil Nadu, India |
| Died | 8 April 2023 (aged 92) |
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| Known for | Development of drugs Sintamil Varsyl Satranidazole |
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Nagarajan earned a Ph.D. with Prof. T. R. Govindachari, Presidency College, Madras.[2]
Nagarajan won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Chemical Sciences, 1974;[3]
Nagarajan died on 8 April 2023, at the age of 92.[4]
Selected papers
- Kuppuswamy Nagarajan, Vunnam R. Rao, Rashmi K. Shah, Sharada J. Shenoy, Hans Fritz, Wilhelm J. Richter, Dieter Muller, "Condensed Heterotricycles. Synthesis and Reactions of b-Fused 1(2H)-Isoquinolinones with unusual enaminic properties", Helvetica Chimica Acta, Volume 71, Issue 1, pages 77–92, 3 February 1988
- Kuppuswamy Nagarajan, Patrick J. Rodriguesa and Munirathinam Nethajib, "Vilsmeier-Haack reaction of 1-methyl-34-dihydroisoquino lines-unexpected formation of 2,3-bisdimethylamino-5,6-dihydropyrrolo (2,1- ) isoquinolines", Tetrahedron Letters, Volume 33, Issue 47, 17 November 1992, Pages 7229-7232
- Kuppuswamy Nagarajan, Joy David, Agasaladinni N. Goud, 10-Alkyl- and 10-aminoalkyl-2,2'-bis(trifluoromethyl)-3,10'-biphenothiazines, J. Med. Chem., 1974, 17 (6), pp 652–653, June 1974