1. Ph. D.
Title of the Ph. D.: Total synthesis of (–)-antrocin and proline based chiral amine.
Institute/University: National Dong Hwa University/Taiwan
2. PG. Year of Passing: 2005
Name of the Degree: M.Sc.
Branch / Specialization : chemistry
Institute Name: Bishop Heber college
University Affiliating: Bharathidasan University
Marks/CGPA : 1248.00 Max. Marks/CGPA: 1800
Division, I Class.
3. UG. Year of Passing: 2003
Name of the Degree: B.Sc.
Branch / Specialization : Chemistry
Institute Name: Bishop Heber College
University Affiliating: Bharathidasan University
Marks/CGPA : 1952.00 Max. Marks/CGPA: 3100
Division, I Class
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Organic synthesis (total synthesis), supramolecular chemistry and catalysis
193
Scholar Citations
7
Scholar h-index
7
Scholar i10-index
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Constructing the Active Sites of an Artificial Hydrolase Using Mercaptoethanol as a Destructive Agent DF Tai, SC Wang, L Chen, V Angamuthu, CY Lin Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 2-10 , 2026 2026.0 Citations: 1
Synthesis of Optically Active Organofluorides by Ring Opening of Oxazolidinone-Fused Aziridines HC Chen, CY Liu, V Angamuthu, WC Chen, CS Wen, DR Hou Organic Letters 25 (1), 190-194 , 2022 2022.0 Citations: 6
Brucine Diol-Catalyzed Enantioselective Morita-Baylis-Hillman Reaction in the Presence of Brucine N-oxide * Venkatachalam Angamuthu 1, Chia‐Hung Lee 2,* and Dar‐Fu Tai 1 Catalysts 11, 237 , 2021 2021.0 Citations: 10
Brucine Diol-Catalyzed Enantioselective Morita-Baylis-Hillman Reaction in the Presence of Brucine N-Oxide. Catalysts 2021, 11, 237 V Angamuthu, CH Lee, DF Tai s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published … , 2021 2021.0
Synthesis of Methyl l-Kijanosides by Regio- and Stereoselective Ring Opening of 2-Oxazolidinone-Fused Aziridines WCCDRH Chi-Yun Liu, Venkatachalam Angamuthu Organic letters 22 (6), 2246-2250 , 2020 2020.0 Citations: 10
Synthesis of Natural (−)-Antrocin and its Enantiomer via Stereoselective Aldol Reaction VADF Tai Molecules 25, 831 , 2020 2020.0 Citations: 7
Radical Reactions in Cavitands Unveil the Effects of Affinity on Dynamic Supramolecular Systems J Manuel Petroselli, Venkatachalam Angamuthu, Faiz-Ur Rahman, Yang Yu and ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (5), 2396-2403 , 2020 2020.0 Citations: 33
Chiral amine and macrocycle fabricated magnetic nanoparticle asymmetrically catalyzed direct aldol reaction V Angamuthu, DF Tai Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy 13, 100152 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 6
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND CYTOTOXIC ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF Ru(II) ETHOXYSALAL THIOSEMICARBAZONE COMPLEXES AVMS K. Sampath,*, R. Ashokkumar Rasayan J. Chem 12 (1), 257 - 261 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 7
New chiral morpholine-pyrrolidine ligands affecting asymmetric selectivity in copper catalyzed Henry reaction V Angamuthu, DF Tai Tetrahedron Letters 60 (9), 653-659 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 6
Pharmacological activities of antroquinonol- Mini review BKV Venkatachalam Angamuthu, M.Shanmugavadivu, G.Nagarajan Chemico-Biological Interactions 297, 8-15 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 36
Mono epoxidation of α, ω-dienes using NBS in a water-soluble cavitand V Angamuthu, FU Rahman, M Petroselli, Y Li, Y Yu, J Rebek Organic Chemistry Frontiers 6 (18), 3220-3223 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 22
Binding orientation and reactivity of alkyl α, ω-dibromides in water-soluble cavitands V Angamuthu, M Petroselli, FU Rahman, Y Yu, J Rebek Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 17 (21), 5279-5282 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 22
Anti-addition of Dimethylsulfoxonium Methylide to Acyclic α, β-Unsaturated Ketones and Its Application in Formal Synthesis of an Eicosanoid V Angamuthu, WJ Chang, DR Hou ACS omega 2 (8), 4088-4099 , 2017 2017.0 Citations: 7
Palladium‐Catalyzed Allylic Substitution for the Synthesis of Pericosines CY Chung, V Angamuthu, LS Li, DR Hou Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 5 (11), 1327-1333 , 2016 2016.0 Citations: 2
Asymmetric reactions of chiral organo-magnetic nanoparticles V Angamuthu, DF Tai Applied Catalysis A: General 506, 254-260 , 2015 2015.0 Citations: 17
Process for preparing optically active antrocin DF Tai, V ANGAMUTHU, YM Tzeng US Patent 8,658,806 , 2014 2014.0 Citations: 1
Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy V Angamuthu, DF Tai
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Pharmacological activities of antroquinonol- Mini review BKV Venkatachalam Angamuthu, M.Shanmugavadivu, G.Nagarajan Chemico-Biological Interactions 297, 8-15 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 36
Radical Reactions in Cavitands Unveil the Effects of Affinity on Dynamic Supramolecular Systems J Manuel Petroselli, Venkatachalam Angamuthu, Faiz-Ur Rahman, Yang Yu and ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (5), 2396-2403 , 2020 2020.0 Citations: 33
Mono epoxidation of α, ω-dienes using NBS in a water-soluble cavitand V Angamuthu, FU Rahman, M Petroselli, Y Li, Y Yu, J Rebek Organic Chemistry Frontiers 6 (18), 3220-3223 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 22
Binding orientation and reactivity of alkyl α, ω-dibromides in water-soluble cavitands V Angamuthu, M Petroselli, FU Rahman, Y Yu, J Rebek Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 17 (21), 5279-5282 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 22
Asymmetric reactions of chiral organo-magnetic nanoparticles V Angamuthu, DF Tai Applied Catalysis A: General 506, 254-260 , 2015 2015.0 Citations: 17
Brucine Diol-Catalyzed Enantioselective Morita-Baylis-Hillman Reaction in the Presence of Brucine N-oxide * Venkatachalam Angamuthu 1, Chia‐Hung Lee 2,* and Dar‐Fu Tai 1 Catalysts 11, 237 , 2021 2021.0 Citations: 10
Synthesis of Methyl l-Kijanosides by Regio- and Stereoselective Ring Opening of 2-Oxazolidinone-Fused Aziridines WCCDRH Chi-Yun Liu, Venkatachalam Angamuthu Organic letters 22 (6), 2246-2250 , 2020 2020.0 Citations: 10
Synthesis of Natural (−)-Antrocin and its Enantiomer via Stereoselective Aldol Reaction VADF Tai Molecules 25, 831 , 2020 2020.0 Citations: 7
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND CYTOTOXIC ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF Ru(II) ETHOXYSALAL THIOSEMICARBAZONE COMPLEXES AVMS K. Sampath,*, R. Ashokkumar Rasayan J. Chem 12 (1), 257 - 261 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 7
Anti-addition of Dimethylsulfoxonium Methylide to Acyclic α, β-Unsaturated Ketones and Its Application in Formal Synthesis of an Eicosanoid V Angamuthu, WJ Chang, DR Hou ACS omega 2 (8), 4088-4099 , 2017 2017.0 Citations: 7
Synthesis of Optically Active Organofluorides by Ring Opening of Oxazolidinone-Fused Aziridines HC Chen, CY Liu, V Angamuthu, WC Chen, CS Wen, DR Hou Organic Letters 25 (1), 190-194 , 2022 2022.0 Citations: 6
Chiral amine and macrocycle fabricated magnetic nanoparticle asymmetrically catalyzed direct aldol reaction V Angamuthu, DF Tai Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy 13, 100152 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 6
New chiral morpholine-pyrrolidine ligands affecting asymmetric selectivity in copper catalyzed Henry reaction V Angamuthu, DF Tai Tetrahedron Letters 60 (9), 653-659 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 6
Palladium‐Catalyzed Allylic Substitution for the Synthesis of Pericosines CY Chung, V Angamuthu, LS Li, DR Hou Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 5 (11), 1327-1333 , 2016 2016.0 Citations: 2
Constructing the Active Sites of an Artificial Hydrolase Using Mercaptoethanol as a Destructive Agent DF Tai, SC Wang, L Chen, V Angamuthu, CY Lin Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 2-10 , 2026 2026.0 Citations: 1
Process for preparing optically active antrocin DF Tai, V ANGAMUTHU, YM Tzeng US Patent 8,658,806 , 2014 2014.0 Citations: 1
Brucine Diol-Catalyzed Enantioselective Morita-Baylis-Hillman Reaction in the Presence of Brucine N-Oxide. Catalysts 2021, 11, 237 V Angamuthu, CH Lee, DF Tai s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published … , 2021 2021.0
Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy V Angamuthu, DF Tai
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Pre Ph.D. (4 years of industrial experience)
Worked as a research officer in HIKAL R&D center
Bangalore.
Post Ph.D. (5-year experience).
4 years as POST-DOC ( 2years from National central university and 2 years from Shanghai University)
8 months in Pondicherry Central University as a research associate.
6 months in GVK and TCG life science Pvt. LTD industrial experiences.
(worked as a senior research scientist)
