Department of Chemistry
Educational Background
| Ph.D | NIIS- Trivandrum | Organic Synthesis and catalysis | 2013 |
| M.Phil | Madurai Kamaraj University | Water quality analysis -Tsunami hitted area | 2007 |
| MSc | Madura College, Madurai | General Chemistry | 2006 |
| BSc | SBK College, Aruppukottai | Chemistry | 2004 |
Professional Experience
| Period | No.of Years | Designation | Institute |
01-08-2014 To 29-01-2015 | 1.4 year | Assistant Professor | Sethu Institute of Technology, Pullor, Kariapatti, Virudhunagar.
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30-01-2015 to till date | Assistant Professor | Thiagarajar College, Madurai |
Awards & Recognitions
- 2007: Qualified Joint CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Lecturership (NET) held on 24.12.2006
- 2013: Young Scientist Award (DST-SERC Fast Track Scheme)
- Best Poster Award:
- M. Thennila and Kodirajan Selvakumar Participated and paper presented the “22nd CRSI national symposium in chemistry” held on Feb 02-04, 2017 at Pt. Ravishankar shukla university, Raipur, Chattisgarh. Best poster award.
- S. Muthumanickam and Kodirajan Selvakumar Participated and paper presented the “International Conference on Recent advances in materials for energy and environmental remediation (RAMEER-2018)” at June 28-29, 2018 at Virudhunagar Hindu Nadars’ Senthikumara Nadar College, Virudhunagar, Best poster award.
Visits abroad: Institute for Molecular Science- Japan-Nagoya- Prof. H. Sakurai (6 months)
Major Research Projects :02
1. Title: “Development of reusable and shape selective mesoporous clay (M-SBA-X) catalyst for cross coupling reaction – A greener approach”.
i. Duration: 3 Years (September 2014 to Aguest 2017)
ii. Grant: 26, 56, 000/-
iii. Funding Agencies: DST-SERB (Majar Research Project)
2. Title: “Development of Shape Selective Meso Porous Clay Catalyst for Tunable Stereoselective Synthesis of Commercial Drug Intermediate of 2, 3-Substituted β-Amino Ester Derivatives–A Greener Approach”.
i. Duration: 3 Years (January 2015 to December 2018)
ii. Grant: 31, 59, 200/-
iii. Funding Agencies: DST-SERB (Majar Research Project)
Research Publications
| 1 | Fabrication of hard bound mesoporous silica stabilized Cu(I) electrocatalyst for 4-nitrophenol sensor via alcothermal strategy. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Thennila Muthukumar, Muthumanickam Shenbagapushpam, Muthu Mareeswaran Paulpandianb, Arun Prasath Lingam Kandhapalamc and Selvakumar Kodirajan, 859 (2020) 113792.doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2019.113792. |
| 2 | Controlled and Diastereoselective Synthesis of α-(3-hydroxy-2 oxoindolin-3-yl)-β-aminopropanoates Muthumanickam Shenbagapushpam, Thennila Muthukumar, Muthu Mareeswaran Paulpandianb, Arun Prasath Lingam Kandhapalamc and Selvakumar Kodirajan,2019, DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2019.03.052. |
| 3 | Controlled and Efficient Stereoselective Synthesis of Oxindole Appended 1-Aza-1,3-Butadiene Derivatives via One Pot Buchwald-Hartwig Amination/ Elimination Strategy K. A. P. Lingam* P. Amutha, P. Yuvarajand K. Selvakumar, synthesis 2017, DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1591493. |
| 4 | An efficient and facile synthesis of divergent C-3/C-5 bis-functionalized 2-oxindoles from 5-formyl-Morita-Baylis-Hillman adducts of oxindole Selvakumar, K. KandapalamArunPransanth Lingam, Rama VarmaLuxmiVarma and Poovan Shanmugaveland, J. Chem. Sci. 2015, 27, 1417. |
| 5 | Controlled and Efficient Synthesis of Quinoline Derivatives from Morita-Baylis-Hillman Adducts via Palladium Catalyzed Heck Reaction/Cyclization Kodirajan Selvakumar,Kandapalam ArunPrasathLingam, Rama Varma Luxmi Varma and VeerappanVijayabasker Synlett.2015, 646. |
| 6 | Development of a mild and efficient protocol for the protection of allyl alcohols Selvakumar, K. KandapalamArunPransanth Lingam and Rama VarmaLuxmiVarma, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 36538-36543. |
| 7 | An efficient stereoselective synthesis of 3-spirocyclopentene- and 3-spiro pyrazole-2-oxindoles via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. Selvakumar,K. Vaithiyanathan, V. and Shanmugam, P.; Chem. Commun.,2010,46, 2826–2828. |
| 8 | Synthesis of 3-spirodihydroindolizine oxindoles by 1,5-electrocyclization: Pyridine core activation viaquarternization with bromo isomerised Morita-Baylis-Hillman adducts of isatin. Viswambharan. B, Selvakumar, K. Madhavam. S .and Shanmugam,P.; Org. Lett.,2010,12, 2108-2111. |
| 9 | A mild and efficient CAN mediated oxidation of Morita-Baylis-Hillman adducts of 5-methyl-N-alkyl isatin to 5-formyl-N-alkyl isatin. Shanmugam, P. Vaithiyanathan, V. and Selvakumar, K.;Tetrahedron Lett.2008, 49, 2119-2123. |
| 10 | Synthesis of highly functionalized Allene- appended oxindole and 2-Oxo-1,2dihydroindole- 3-ylidene-2,5 dihydrofuranviaClaisen rearrangement and cyclization. Shanmugam, P. Vaithiyanathan V. and Selvakumar, K.;Synlett.2009, 1591-1596. |
| 11 | Synthesis of multifunctional 3, 3¹-dispiro pyrrolidine- and 3, 3’-dispiro pyrrolizidinebisoxindoles from isomerised Morita-Baylis-Hillman adducts of isatin with azomethineylidesvia [3+2]-Cycloaddition. Shanmugam, P. Viswambharan, B. Selvakumar, K.and Suchithra, M. V.; Tetrahedron Lett.2008,49, 2611-2616. |
| 12 | A first one-pot synthesis, isomerization and synthetic utility of mono and bisMorita Baylis-Hillman adducts of 1,1’-ferrocenedialdehyde. Shanmugam, P. Suchithra, M. V. Selvakumar,K.Vaithyanathan, V. and Viswambharan, B.; Tetrahedron Lett.2009, 50, 2213-2493. |
| 13 | Synthesis of functionalized 1,2,3-triazole derivatives of 2-indolones from morita-baylis-hillman adducts of isatin via ‘‘click chemistry’’ Shanmugam, P. Damodiran, M. Selvakumar, K. and Perumal.P.T.; J. Heterocyclic Chem.2009, 46, 919. |
| 14 | Stereoselective synthesis of geometrically strained, oxindole appended vinyl cyclopropanes and highly substituted cyclopentenesvia sulphur ylide cyclopropanation and vinyl cyclopropane rearrangement. Arun Prasath Lingam, K. Shanmugam, P. and Selvakumar, K. Synlett.2012, 278. |
| 15 | Fabrication of hard bound mesoporous silica stabilized Cu(I) electrocatalyst for 4-nitrophenol sensor via alcothermal strategyThennila Muthukumar, Muthumanickam Shenbagapushpam, Siva Bharathy Madasamy, Muthu Mareeswaran Paulpandian, Selvakumar Kodirajan, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 859 (2020) 113792, 2021 |
| 16 | Controlled and Diastereoselective Synthesis of α-(3-hydroxy-2 oxoindolin-3-yl)-β-aminopropanoates, Muthumanickam Shenbagapushpam, Thennila Muthukumar, Muthu Mareeswaran Paulpandian, Arun Prasath Lingam Kandhapalam and Selvakumar Kodirajan, Tetrahedran, 76, 40, 130238, 2020. |
| 17 | Heterogeneous Cu(I)-SBA-15 Mediated Catalytic Reduction of Substituted Nitroarenes Muthukumar Thennila, Shenbagapushpam Muthumanickam, Madasamy Sivabharathy, Paneerselvam Yuvaraj, and Kodirajan Selvakumar, Chemistry Select 2020, 5, 11843–11849. |
| 18 | Synthesis and electro-catalytic evaluation of Ti (IV)-anchored heterogeneous mesoporous material for uric acid analysis, M Shenbagapushpam, T Muthukumar, MM Paulpandian, Kodirajan Selvakumar, Microchemical Journal 170, 106672, 2021. |
| 19 | A reusable and heterogeneous Ti (IV) anchored MCM-41 catalyzed hydroacylation and hydroamination reactions, M Shenbagapushpam, T Muthukumar, S Mahakrishnan, Kodirajan Selvakumar, Polyhedron 206, 115355, 2021. |
| 20 | Phytogenic synthesis of Co3O4 nanorods and its application in biomolecule sensing and antifungal activity, T Muthukumar, E Arumugam, S Chandrasekaran, C Karuppiah, Kodirajan Selvakumar, Inorganic Chemistry Communications 123, 108305, 2021. |
| 21 | Carbon Ratio Controlled in-situ Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Hybrid Silica/Carbon Materials via Soft Template Method, S Muthumanickam, T Muthukumar, M M Paulpandian, S Madasamy, Sundararajan Mayappan, Peer Mohamed Abdul Azeez, Pitchaimuthu Sakthivel and Selvakumar Kodirajan. Silicon, 2021, DOI: 10.1007/s10895-024-03762-1 |
| 22 | Active Hydrogen Free, Z-isomer selective isatin derived “Turn on” fluorescent dual anions sensor, Muthumanickam Shenbagapushpam, Bosco Christin Maria Arputham Ashwin, Paulpandian Muthu Mareeswaran, Paneerselvam Yuvaraj and Selvakumar Kodirajan, Journal of Fluorescence, 2024, DOI: 10.1007/s10895-024-03762-1. |
| 23 | Development of copper embedded silica reinforced ordered mesoporous carbonaceous material for non-enzymatic biomarker sensor, Sakthivel Elamaran Chandrua, Riya Dasb,c, Lakshi Saikiac, Paneerselvam Yuvarajb, G. Gnana kumard and Kodirajan Selvakumar*a, Journal of Porous material, 2025, DoI: 10.1007/s/0934-025-0185. |