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Academic record:

    D. Nat.Sci. In Pulse EPR spectroscopy: Department Chemie und Angewandte Biowissenschaften

                                                          ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)-Zürich, Switzerland

Ph. D in Chemistry                     : Faculty of Sciences,

                                                          Cochin University of Science and Technology,

                                                          Cochin, Kerala, India

 M.Sc (Applied Chemistry)                    : Department of Applied Chemistry,

                                                             Cochin University of Science and Technology,

                                                          Cochin, Kerala, India

                             

Publications in Refereed Journals:

[21] M. Königsmann, N. Donati, D. Stein, H. Schönberg, J. Harmer, A. Sreekanth, H. Grützmacher, Metalloenzyme inspired Catalysis with Iridium Aminyl Radical Complexes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46 (2007) 3567-3570  V.I.P. Article.  

[20] A. Sreekanth, H. K. Fun, R. P. John, M. R. P. Kurup, S. Chantrapromma, μ-dioxo-bis({1-[phenyl(2-pyridyl- κN)-methylene]-2-(pyrrolidine-1-ylthiocarbonly-κS)hydrazinato-κN1}oxovanadium(V)), Acta Cryst. E, E62 (2006), m1919-m1921. 

[19] P. Maire, M. Königsmann, A. Sreekanth, J. Harmer, A. Schweiger, H. Grützmacher, A tetracoordinated rhodium aminyl radical complex, J. Am.Chem.Soc, 128 (2006) 6578-6580 

[18] M. Joseph, A. Sreekanth, V. Suni, M. R. P. Kurup, Spectral characterization of iron(III) complexes of 2-benzoylpyridine N(4)-substituted thiosemicarbazones, Spectrochim. Acta Part A, 64 (2006) 637-641. 

[17] P. Maire, A. Sreekanth, T. Büttner, J. Harmer, I. Gromov, H. Rüegger, F. Breher, A. Schweiger, H. Grützmacher, Synthesis of a Rhoda-Aza-Cyclopropane and characterization of its Radical Cation by EPR, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45 (2006) 3265-3269.

 [16] A. Sreekanth, M. Joseph, H. K.-Fun, M. R. P. Kurup, Formation of manganese(II) complexes of substituted thiosemicarbazones derived from  2-benzoylpyridine: structural and spectroscopic studies, Polyhedron, 25 (2006) 1408-1414. 2005 

[15] A. Sreekanth, V. Suni, R. P. John, M. Nethaji, M.R. P. Kurup, Chloro(2-benzoylpyridine-kN-N(4), N(4)-(butane-1,4-diyl) thiosemicarbazonato-k2N1,S) copper(II), Acta Cryst. C: Cryst. Struct. Commun., C61 (2005) m284-286. 

[14] H-K. Fun, S. Chantrapromma, V. Suni, A. Sreekanth, S. Sivakumar,  and M. R. P. Kurup, 4-morpholinyl{2-[1-(2-pyridinyl)ethylidene]diazan-2-iumylidene}methanethiolate, Acta Cryst. E61 (2005) o1337-1339.

[13] R. P. John, A. Sreekanth, H. K. Fun, M. R. P. Kurup, Chelating behavior of 2-hydroxyacetophenone N(4)-disubstituted thiosemicarbazones: facile formation of Mn(IV) complexes - X-ray structure, EPR and cyclic voltammetric studies, Polyhedron 24 (2005) 601. 

[12] A. Sreekanth, H. K. Fun, M. R. P. Kurup, Structural and spectral studies of an iron(III) complex Fe(Pranthas)2FeCl4 derived from 2-acetylpyridine-N(4), N(4)-(butane-1, 4-diyl) thiosemicarbazone (HPranthas), J. Mol.  Struct., 737 (2005) 61-67. 2004

[11] A. Sreekanth, H. K. Fun, M. R. P. Kurup, Formation of first gold(III) complex of a substituted thiosemicarbazone derived form 2-benzoylpyridine: structural and spectral studies, Inorg. Chem.: Commun., 7 (2004) 1250-1253. 

[10] R. P. John, A. Sreekanth, V. Rajakannan, T. A. Ajith,  and M R. P. Kurup, New copper(II) complexes of 2-hydroxyacetophenone N(4)-substituted thiosemicarbazones and polypyridyl co-ligands: Structural, electrochemical and antimicrobial studies, Polyhedron, 23 (2004) 2549. 

[9] A. Sreekanth, M. R. P. Kurup, Synthesis, EPR and Mössbauer spectral studies of new iron(III)complexes with 2-benzoylpyridine-N(4), N(4)-(butane-1, 4-diyl) thiosemicarbazone (HBpypTsc): X-ray structure of [Fe(BpypTsc)2]FeCl4.2H2O and free ligand, Polyhedron, 23 (2004) 969-978.

[8] A. Sreekanth, U. L. Kala, C. R. Nayar, M. R. P. Kurup, Cobalt(III) complexes of 2-hydroxyacetophenone N(4) phenyl semicarbazone containing heterocyclic coligands :syntheses, structure, and spectral studies, Polyhedron, 23 (2004) 41-47 . 

[7] A. Sreekanth, M. R. P Kurup, Structural and spectral studies on four coordinate copper(II) complexes of benzoyl-2-pyridine N(4), N(4)-(butane-1,4-diyl) thiosemicarbazone, Polyhedron, 22 (2003) 3321-3332. 

[6] A. Sreekanth, S. Sivakumar, M. R. P. Kurup, Structural studies of six and four co-ordinate zinc(II), nickel(II) and dioxovanadium(V) complexes with thiosemicarbazones, J Mol. Struct., 655 (2003) 47-58. 

[5] R. P. John, A. Sreekanth, M. R. P. Kurup, A. Usman, I. A. Razak and H. K. Fun., Spectral studies of a 2-hydroxyacetophenone 3-Hexamethyleneiminyl thiosemicarbazonate (-2) copper(II) complex containing 1,10-phenanthroline., Spectrochim. Acta Part A. 59 (2003) 1349-1358. 

 [4] P. B. Sreeja, A. Sreekanth, C.R.  Nayar, M. R. P. Kurup, A. Usman, I. A. Razak, S. Chantrapromma and H. K. Fun; Synthesis, spectral studies and structure of 2-hydroxyacetophenone nicotinic acid hydrazone, J. Mol. Struct., 645 (2003) 221 – 226. 

[3] R. P. John, A. Sreekanth, M. R. P. Kurup, S. M. Mobin, Synthesis, structural and spectroscopic studies of low spin Co(III) complexes of N(4) substituted thiosemicarbazones of  2-hydroxyacetophenone and heterocyclic bases, Polyhedron, 21 (2002) 2515-2521. 

[2] A. Usman, I. A. Razak, S. Chantrapromma, H. K. Fun, A. Sreekanth, S. Sivakumar, M. R. P. Kurup, Bis (1-pyridin-2-ylethanone- k N4-phenylthiosemicarbazonato-kN4, S) manganese(II), Acta Cryst. C Cryst. Struct. Commun., C58 (2002) m461-m463. 

 [1] A. Usman, I. A. Razak, S. Chantrapromma, H. K. Fun, V. Philip, A. Sreekanth, M. R. P. Kurup, Di-2-pyridyl ketone N4, N4-(butane-1,4-diyl)thiosemicarbazone, Acta Cryst. C: Cryst. Struct. Commun., C58 (2002) o652-o654.