Project Summary:  Silver(I, II) Manganese(III, IV) Copper(II) Polyiodides Coord. Polymers ... Ph. D. Students:  Ramavat Babu ('10-) Krishna Chary T. ('08-'15) S. M. Elahi ('08-'14) Onawumi O. O. E. (TWAS     sandwich program '05-'06) A. R. Biju ('03-'08) G. Bhargavi ('03-'09) Prasad T. K. ('02-'07) K. Balkis Ameen (External     registration '01-'06) M. Ayub Khan (Guest     student '00-'04) B. Kishore Babu ('00-'03, '10-'11) S. Sailaja ('97-'02) D. Ramalakshmi ('93-'99) Sindhu Menon ('91-'96) K. Rajender Reddy ('88-'93) C. Balagopalakrishna ('85-'91) N. Venkatalakshmi ('85-'91) G. Swarnabala ('83-'88) Post-doctoral students:  Praveen Kumar Y. ('16- ) Vimal Kumar P. M. ('12-'15) Srinivasan N. ('11-'14) G. Bhargavi ('09- ) K. Rajender Reddy ('94-'96) G. Swarnabala ('91-'96) Collaborators:  K. Murray  J.-P. Costes  J. J. Girerd  S. Padhye  J.-P. Tuchagues  G. V. R. Chandramouli D. J. Hodgson  J. L. Atwood  B. L. Ramakrishna  M. Subrahmanyam  I. I. Mathews  R. Goddard  Mentors:  P. T. Manoharan ('73-'79) J. H. Ammeter ('79-'81) H. U. Guedel ('81-'82)

M. V. Rajasekharan School of Chemistry University of Hyderabad Hyderabad - 500 046 Telangana, India e-mail: mvrsc@uohyd.ac.in Research interests: Coordination networks, polyiodides, magnetic exchange .. Representative publications: Reaction of copper halides with dafone and halogens - magnetic exchange in dibromine linked chains of Cu(dafone)2X2.   : DOI Alkali ion - Ce^3+ - dipicH2 system : coordination networks and water clusters.  : DOI Br8^2−, I2Br6^2− and chains (··Br3^−··Br2·· and ··IBr4^−··) using Cu(dafone)3^2+ as counter ion.   : DOI Spherical octanuclear clusters: Na-Ln-dipic - nitrate encapsulation, water 9-mers and 12-mers.   : DOI Di-aqua-bridged dinuclear Cu(II) isonicotinate adducts using bpy and phen.   : DOI Alkaline-Earth (Mg-Ba)-Ce(dipic)3^3−: highly hydrated networks that survive dehydration.   : DOI Structure and cytotoxicity of cis-Pt(dafone)Cl2.   : DOI End-on azido Mn(III): SCM and its dimeric SMM polymorph - Mn(5-Clsalpn)N3   : DOI Tetranuclear copper azido complex of dafone.   : DOI [Mn(acac)2(HOCH3)2]3[Ce(NO3) 6] - Icosahedral anion builds a cubic network.   : DOI Ce^IV-Ln ^III-dipicH2 : coordination salts, chains, and rings.   : DOI Unusual coordination geometries: Ag(I)-dafone   : DOI A 3d-4f cubic structure with only ferromagnetic Gd-Mn interactions.   : DOI Water octamer in Ce(dipic)2(H2O)3·4H2O – crystallographic, thermal and theoretical Studies   : DOI Coordination network structures in the Ba-Ce-dipicH2 system.   : DOI Coordination polymers of Ag(I): circular helicate and 2-D networks - Ag···Ag, anion control.   : DOI [Mn(salpn)NCS]n, [Mn(salpn)NCS]2. Weak ferromagnetism, strong magnetic anisotropy in Mn(III).   : DOI Coordination polymers of silver(I): a triple helical infinite chain.   : DOI Crystallographic disorder in mixed-valent dioxo-bridged Mn(III,IV) complexes.   : DOI Magnetic properties of Mn(salpn)N3, a helical polymer, and Fe(salpn)N3, a ferromagnetic dimer.   : DOI [Ca(dipicH2)(OH2)3][Ce(dipic)3]·5H2O: a chain of alternating CeN3O6 and CaNO7 polyhedra ..   : DOI Channel forming polyiodide network in [Cu(dafone)3] I12: a new planar structure for the I12^2- ion.   : DOI Origin of the hyperfine anisotropy in a Mn(IV) complex - paramagnetic ligands.   : DOI Magnetic properties and EPR of  Cu(bp3ca): Ferromagnetic via unsymmetrical bromide bridges.   : DOI Influence of intermolecular interactions on coordination geometry.   : DOI Modelling the photosythetic water oxidation: [Mn2(μ-O)2 (μ-OAc)(H2O)2(bipy)2] (ClO4)3· H2O.    : DOI Nitrato( .. bipyridine)silver(I). A dimer held by stacking and silver-silver interactions.   : DOI Long range exchange in copper(II) via lattice water : Single crystal EPR studies.   : DOI Ag(II) with hindered N-heterocyclic ligands: EPR studies   : DOI Full list — cv

Courses: Mathematics for chemists - CY404 Computer programming lab - CY407 Quantitative analysis lab - CH104 Open-ended lab - CH306 Physical chemistry I (Quantum Chemistry) - CH412 Advanced inorganic chemistry - CY505 Quantum chemistry and chemical binding  - CH513 Physical methods in inorganic chemistry  - CY578 Computer programs:  Polycrystalline EPR simulation Magnetic susceptibility curve fitting Etc.... Educational