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Nagaraju Kerru

Nagaraju Kerru

Assistant Professor

Education

Ph. D.

Dr Nagaraju Kerru is from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. He completed a PhD from Sri Venkateswara University in 2015 and five years of postdoctoral experience from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. His research interests lie in organic synthesis and methodology development for synthesising biologically relevant small organic molecules and identifying lead optimization by applying protein-ligand interaction studies.

Research Publications

  • A facile and catalyst-free microwave promoted multi-component reaction for the synthesis of functionalised 1,4-dihydropyridines with superb selectivity and yields, Nagaraju Kerru, Suresh Maddila, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021, 9, 186.
  • A comparison between observed and DFT calculations on structure of 5-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole, Nagaraju Kerru, Parvesh Singh & Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda. Scientific Reports, 2019, 9, 19280.
  • Green synthesis and characterisation of novel [1,3,4]thiadiazolo/benzo[4,5]thiazolo[3,2-a] pyrimidines via multicomponent reaction using vanadium oxide loaded on fluorapatite as a robust and sustainable catalyst, Nagaraju Kerru, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, RSC Advances, 2020, 10, 19803–19810
  • Gadolinium oxide loaded zirconia and multi-component synthesis of novel dihydro‑pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyridines under green conditions, Nagaraju Kerru, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2020, 18, 100316
  • Bi2O3/FAp, a sustainable catalyst for synthesis of dihydro-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives through green strategy, Nagaraju Kerru, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Applied organometallic chemistry, 2020, 34, e5590.

Ongoing Research Projects

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Expertise

  • Check Icon Development of novel synthetic methods and chemistry of natural products.
  • Check Icon Significant improvement of known green methods for development of biomolecules.
  • Check Icon Transition metal free [2+2] and [4+2] cycloaddition reactions.
  • Check Icon Green Chemistry and value added functional group conversions.
  • Check Icon Development of new heterogeneous substrates and catalysts in materials chemistry.

Authored Books

  • Check Icon 1. Nagaraju Kerru, and Suresh Maddila. Chalcogenides and Their Nanocomposites in Photocatalytic Reactions. Metal-Chalcogenide Nanocomposites, Elsevier, 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18809-1.00003-1).
  • Check Icon 2. Nagaraju Kerru, Suresh Maddila, and Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda. Organo-catalysis as emerging tools in organic synthesis: Aldol and Michael reactions. Organocatalysis, Physical Science Reviews, 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1515/psr-2021-0023).
  • Check Icon 3. Nagaraju Kerru, Naresh Kumar Katari, and Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda. Critical trends in synthetic organic chemistry in terms of organocatalysis. Physical Science Reviews, 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1515/psr-2021-0022).
  • Check Icon 4. Suresh Maddila, Nagaraju Kerru, and Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda. Magnetic nanocatalysts for wastewater treatment. Industrial Applications, 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110782165-004).
  • Check Icon 5. Suresh Maddila, Immandhi S.S. Anantha, Pamerla Mulralidhar, Nagaraju Kerru, Sudhakar Chintakula. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions Under Microwave and Ultrasound Irradiation, Green Chemical Synthesis with Microwaves and Ultrasound, Wiley, 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527844494.ch4).
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