Chemistry Department
OUR DEPARTMENTS
Dr. Rema Devi B
[email protected]
+91 9497403742
Edu. Qualifications
- M.Sc
- Ph.D
Areas of Interest/Specialisation
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Courses/subject Taught
- PG Organic Chemistry, UG – Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
Field of Research
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Experience
- 7 years of Research Experience
- 10 years of Teaching Experience
Memberships in Learned Bodies/Societies, If any
- Member SN Central School, Mavelikara
Scholarships/Fellowships Obtained
- UGC NET – 2002
- GATE – 2003
- UGC SRF- 2005
- CNRS Post Doctoral Fellowship (FRANCE) – 2009 – University de Rouen, LFAOC-UMR 6014 CNRS, IRCOF, Mont Saint Aignan, France
- INSA Summer Fellowship for Teachers (SFT) – 2019
Extension Activities
- Class tutor – II MSc – Analytical Chemistry
- Faculty Advisors-CBCSS
- Green Protocol Monitoring Committee (GPMC)
- Share and Care Club
Papers Published
- Novel Multicomponent reaction involving isoquinoline, DMAD and isatilidens leading to the synthesis of Functionalized Spiro- oxindoles: Devi B. R.; Sandhya B.;Materials Today Proceedings, 2020. (Impact Factor -0.58)
- “Domino alkylation/oxa-Michael of 1,3-cyclohexanediones: Steering the C/O-chemoselectivity to reach tetrahydrobenzofuranones” Devi, R. B.; Henrot, M.; De Paolis, M.;* Maddaluno, J. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 6509-6512. (Impact Factor -3.64)
- Chiral 3-aminopyrrolidines as a rigid diamino scaffold for organocatalysis and organometallic chemistry. M. Pouliquen, J. Blanchet, M. De Paolis, Devi, B. R. J. Rouden,* M.-C. Lasne and J. Maddaluno. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2010, 1511-1521. (Impact Factor -2.39)
- Novel Multicomponent Reaction Involving Isoquinoline, Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate and Isatilidenes: A Novel Protocol for the Synthesis of Functionalized Spiro-Oxindoles. Nair, V.; Devi, B. R. Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2008, 179. (Impact Factor -1.64)
- A Novel Multicomponent Protocol for the Synthesis of Oxazinobenzothiazole Derivatives. Nair, V.; Abhilash, N.; Devi, B. R.; Suresh, E. Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 4391. (Impact Factor -2.39)
- A Facile Synthesis of Thiaaza-and Thiadiaza-fluorene Derivatives Involving Benzothiazole-DMAD Zwitterion with Arylidenemalononitriles and N-Tosylimines. Nair, V.; Devi, B. R.; Paul, R. R.; Pillai, A. N. Heterocycles 2007, 73, 249. (Impact Factor -1.89)
- The Huisgen 1,4-Dipolar Cycloaddition Involving Isoquinoline, Dimethyl butynedioate and Activated Styrenes: A Facile Synthesis of Tetrahydrobenzoquinolizine Derivatives. Nair, V.; Devi, B. R.; Varma, R. L. Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 3333. (Impact Factor -2.39)
- Novel Pyridine Catalyzed Reaction of Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) and Arylidenemalonontriles: A Stereoselective Synthesis of Highly substituted Buta-1,3-dienes. Nair, V.; Devi, B. R; Vidya, N.; Abhilash, N.; Menon, R. S. Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 3203. (Impact Factor -2.39)
- Novel One-pot Four-component Reaction of Isocyanides, Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate and Cyclobutene-1,2-diones: Synthesis of Novel Spiroheterocycle. Nair, V.; Menon, R. S.; Deepthi, A.; Devi, B. R. Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 1337. (Impact Factor -2.39)
- Pyridine Catalyzed Reaction of Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate with Carbonyl Compounds and N-Tosylimines: Efficient Synthesis of 2-Benzoyl fumarates and 1-Azadienes. Nair, V.; Sreekanth, A. R.; Abhilash, N.; Biju, A. T.; Devi, B. R.; Menon, R. S.; Rath, N. P.; Sreenivas, R. Synthesis 2003, 1895. (Impact Factor -2.88)
Papers Presented
Presented :
- Domino alkylation/oxa-Michael of 1,3-cyclohexanediones: Steering the C/O-chemoselectivity to reach tetrahydrobenzofuranones. Devi, R. B.; Henrot, M.; De Paolis, M. 14th CRSI National symposium in Chemistry (NSC 14) at NIIST, Trivandrum on Feb. 2012, Poster # 121.
- The Huisgen 1,4-Dipolar Cycloaddition Involving N-Heterocycles, Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate and Isatilidenes Leading to the Synthesis of Funtionalized Spiro-Oxindoles Computer Aided drug designing at S.N.C Chengannur . March 2011.
- Domino alkylation/oxa-Michael of 1,3-cyclohexanediones: Steering the C/O-chemoselectivity to reach tetrahydrobenzofuranones U.G.C. Sponsored National Seminar in Organic Chemistryat Besellius College, Kottayam. 23rd Feb. 2012.
Attended :
- Lecture workshop on recent trends in Chemical Science at AmrithaUniversityAmritha university, Kollam. August 2011.
- Computer Aided drug designing UGC S.N. College, Chengannur. March 2011
- National Workshop on Open Source Drug Discovery CSIR NIIST. March 2012
- CRSI Symposium CRSI NIIST Feb 2012
- National Seminar in Organic Chemistry UGC Besellius College, Kottayam. 23rd Feb. 2012
- National Seminar on Sustainable Development: Challenges and Oppertunities UGC S.N. College, Chengannur. August 213
- Emerging Trends at the Interface of Chemistry and Informatics. UGC S.NCollege, Varkala. Dec 2013
- National seminar KSTEC S.N. College, Chengannur.
- Work shop KSTEC S.N. College, Chengannur.
Research Projects Undertaken
- UGC – Minor Project- UGC/SWRO-2362-M R P/ 1 5-1 6/KLKE052/U GC-SWRO
Orientation Courses Attended
- UGC- Sponsored Orientation Programme – 27/07/2016 –23/08/2016-
- UGC-Academic Staff College, Thiruvananthapuram.
Refresher Courses Attended
- UGC- Sponsored Refresher Programme – 09/08/2017 –29/08/2017 – UGC-Academic Staff College, Thiruvananthapuram
- Refresher Course in Material sciences UGC HRDC, University of Kerala 21-11-2019 to 04-02-201 UGC, New Delhi
- Online Refresher course in Chemistry for Higher Education MHRD, New Delhi 01-09-2019 to 31-12-201 MHRD, New Delhi
Seminars/Workshops/Trainings Organised
- Two day National seminar Sponsered by KSTEC – February 2017
- One Day National Seminar –Agora – January 2019
Seminars/Conferences Attended
- Lecture workshop on recent trends in Chemical Science at.
- AmrithaUniversity Amritha university, Kollam.
- August 2011.
- Computer Aided drug designing UGC S.N. College, Chengannur. March 2011
- National Workshop on Open Source Drug Discovery CSIR NIIST. March 2012
- CRSI Symposium CRSI NIIST Feb 2012
- National Seminar in Organic Chemistry UGC Besellius College, Kottayam. 23rd Feb. 2012
- National Seminar on Sustainable Development: Challenges and Oppertunities UGC S.N. College, Chengannur. August 213
- Emerging Trends at the Interface of Chemistry and Informatics. UGC S.N. College, Varkala. Dec 2013
- National seminar KSTEC S.N. College, Chengannur.
- Work shop KSTEC S.N. College, Chengannur.
Awards/Honours/Patents
- INSA SummaerFelellowship for Teachers – 2019