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Purna Chandra Rao obtained his Ph.D. degree (2006) from Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT)-Osmania University, Hyderabad. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the TU-Clausthal, Germany. He worked as a Process scientist for 5 years before joining GITAM in 2013. His research work primarily focused on sustainable manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs).
Research Publications
- An Improved Process for Selective Liquid-Phase Air Oxidation of Toluene. Mannepalli Lakshmi Kantam, Pentlavalli Sreekanth, Kottapalli Koteswara Rao, Thella Prathap Kumar, Bhavnari P. C. Rao and Boyapati Manoranjan Choudary. Catalysis Letters 81 (2001) 223-232.
- Synthesis of nanocrystalline zeolite beta in supercritical fluids, characterization and catalytic activity M. Lakshmi Kantam, Bhavnari P. C. Rao, B. M. Choudary, K. Koteswara Rao, Bojja Sreedhar, Yasuhiro Iwasawa, Takehiko Sasaki. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical 252 (2006) 76-84.
- Selective transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds by ruthenium nanoclusters supported alkali exchanged zeolite beta. M. Lakshmi Kantam, B. Purna Chandra Rao, B. M. Choudary, B. Sreedhar. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 348 (2006) 1970-1976.
- A mild and efficient method for N-arylation of nitrogen heterocycles with aryl halides catalysed by Cu(II)-NaY zeolite. M. Lakshmi Kantam, B. Purna Chandra Rao, B. M. Choudary, R. Sudars`han Reddy. Synlett (2006) 2195-2198.
- p-Toluenesulfonic acid adorned on MCM-41: an efficient and mild catalyst for the regio/chemo- selective hydrolysis of terminal isopropylidene acetals Rajendra Prasad Samudrala, Srishylam Penjarla, Santhosh Penta, Rambabu Gundla & B. Purna Chandra Rao Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids2023, Vol. 42, No. 10, 797–806.
Expertise
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Catalysis
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Process Chemistry
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Nanomaterials
Authored Books
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Strategies Towards the Synthesis of Staurosporine Indolocarbazole Alkaloid and Its Analogues
