Satinder Vir Kessar
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Satinder Vir Kessar (born 9 June 1932) is an Indian
heterocyclic chemistry.[2] He is an elected fellow of The World Academy of Sciences[3] and all the three major Indian science academies, viz. The Indian National Science Academy,[4] the Indian Academy of Sciences[5] and the National Academy of Sciences, India.[6] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1972, for his contributions to chemical sciences.[7]
Biography
S. V. Kessar was born in
PEC University of Technology (then known as Punjab Engineering College). Returning to his alma mater, Panjab University in 1959 as a lecturer, he spent the rest of his academic career there where he served as a Reader (from 1963) and as a Professor (from 1974). On his superannuation from service, he was made the Emeritus Professor of the university. In between, he also served as a CSIR Distinguished Chair from 1992 to 1997, the first professor to hold the position.[4]
Kessar is married to Urmi, his colleague at Panjab University and an art historian and they have two daughters, Bindu and Radha.[8] The couple lives in Chandigarh.[6]
Legacy
Kessar's days with S. M. Mukherji during his master's degree research produced the first of his several articles, A Novel Synthesis of 4-Methyl-1 : 2-Benzanthracene which was published in
azasteroids using a new pathway, and developed a protocol for linking aromatic rings which he utilized for the synthesis of the phenanthridine ring system and other heterocyclic systems as well as the synthesis of aporphine and related alkaloids.[12] Among the other natural products and drugs he synthesized include steroidal sapogenins, phenanthridine, aporphine, quinculidine, dextrophan and venlafaxine.[4] He also elucidated the mechanistic pathways of the transformations and developed methodologies for benzyne cyclisation of anils and Lewis acid- promoted lithiation,[13] both have since become standard synthetic procedures.[14]
Kessar has authored several articles detailing his research findings which have been published in peer-reviewed journals.[note 2] He holds patent for one of the processes he has developed.[15] He served the executive council of Panjab University Alumni Association during 2014–15[16] and has written a book on the city of Jaisalmer.[8] He also serves a member of the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, India[17] and the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and was the vice president of INSA Council during 1993–94.[4]
Awards and honors
Besides being a National Fellow of the
Indian Science Congress reached him in 2008[23] as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Indian Chemical Society and he has delivered the Basudev Banerjee Memorial Lecture of the society. He is also a recipient of the Prem Singh Medal, Gold Medal of Chemical Research Society of India, Hari Om Award and the Goyal Prize of the Kurukshetra University.[24] Arkivoc journal issued a festschrift on Kessar in 2005 on his 70th anniversary year by way of its December issue.[25]
Patents
- Satinder Vir Kessar; Shrinivas Krishnarao Kulkarni; Rajesh Jain; Sanjay Trehan; Sitaram Kumar Magadi; Jagattaran Das; Gurmeet Kaur; Kamal Nain Singh; Sneh Lata; Ashish Dhir (28 October 2010). "Novel monoamine re-uptake inhibitor". Patent No. WO 2009118765 A3.
Selected bibliography
- Vig, O. P.; Kessar, S. V.; Mukherji, S. M. (October 1954). "A Novel Synthesis of 4-Methyl-1 : 2-Benzanthracene". Nature. 174 (834): 834. S2CID 4181618.
- Kessar, Satinder; Kloetzal, Milton C. (1962). "Heterocyclic Compounds. X. Hydrogenated Derivatives of Isoindole and 2-Azaazulene from Reductive Cyclization of γ-Nitro Ketones". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 27 (4): 1314–1317. .
- Satinder V. Kessar (1978). "A novel route to condensed polynuclear systems; reality and illusion of benzyne intermediacy". Acc. Chem. Res. 11 (7): 283–288. .
- Kessar Satinder V.; Gupta Yash P.; Balakrishnan Prasanna; Sawal Kewal K.; Mohammad Taj; Dutt Mahesh (1988). "Benzyne cyclization route to benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids. Synthesis of chelerythrine, decarine, and nitidine". Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53 (8): 1708–1713. .
- Satinder V. Kessar; Paramjit Singh; Rahul Vohra; Nachhattar Pal Kaur; Kamal Nain Singh (1991). "Lewis acid complexed heteroatom carbanions; a new concept for α-metallation of tertiary amines". J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. (8): 568–570. .
- Satinder Vir Kessar; Anil K. Singh Mankotia; Gurjeet Gujral (1992). "Photoreactivity of conjugated bichromophoric molecules; photoreaction of o-vinylbenzaldehyde with secondary amines". J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. (11): 840–841. .
- Kessar Satinder V., Singh Paramjit (1997). "Lewis acid complexation of tertiary amines and related compounds: a strategy for α-deprotonation and stereocontrol". Chemical Reviews. 97 (3): 721–738. PMID 11848886.
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "Three PU professors make it to National Academy of Sciences". Hindustan Times. 17 June 2015.
- ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "TWAS fellow". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Indian fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ a b c "NASI Fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ a b c Pandey, Ganesh (May 2002). "Professor S. V. Kessar A Tribute". Arkivoc. VII: 1–7.
- ^ "Central Services Examination" (PDF). Public Information Bureau, Government of India. 1953.
- S2CID 4181618.
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- ^ "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. p. 34. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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- ^ "Satinder Vir Kessar on Neglected Science". Neglected Science. 2016.
- ^ "Patent". Google Patents. 2016.
- ^ "Panjab University Alumni Association" (PDF). Panjab University Alumni Association. 2016.
- ^ "Six Chandigarh Region Innovation of Knowledge Cluster institutions faculty members selected as Members of NASI, India". City Air News. 16 June 2015.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Honorary fellows". Punjab Academy of Sciences. 2016.
- ^ "Chemical Sciences". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Jawaharlal Nehru National Science Award" (PDF). Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology. 2016.
- ^ "Golden Jubilee Commemoration Medal". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "Meghnad Saha Medal". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ISBN 978-81-317-2723-2.
- ^ "Goyal Prize" (PDF). Kurukshetra University. 2016.
- ^ "Commemorative Issue in Honor of Prof. Satinde V. Kessar on the occasion of his 70th anniversary". Arkivoc. 2002 (7). December 2005.
Further reading
- "Commemorative Issue in Honor of Prof. Satinde V. Kessar on the occasion of his 70th anniversary". Arkivoc. 2002 (7). December 2005.