Description
Professor Anil V. Karnik is based at the Department of Chemistry, University of Mumbai, India, where he presently works as a UGC-BSR Fellow (Professor). He has taught stereochemistry and chirality related topics to post-graduate students for more than 30 year, and has delivered hundreds of lectures on various aspects of stereochemistry at different State Universities and colleges in India. His research area includes various fundamental aspects of stereochemistry, which has resulted in quality publications in reputed high impact factor international journals. His research areas include asymmetric organocatalysis, synthesis of sterically crowded biaryl and helical molecules, chiral molecular recognition, kinetic resolutions to name important few. He has also two invited reviews on stereochemistry topics. Part I Fundamentals of stereochemistry 1. Basic concepts of structure and stereochemistry 2. Symmetry and point groups 3. Elements of chirality and chiral stereoisomerism Part II Enantiomer properties 4. Chiroptical properties: Origin and applications 5. Configurational analysis 6. Racemates: Properties and methods of resolution Part III Conformations and conformational analysis 7. Conformation of acyclic molecules 8. Conformations of cyclic, fused and bridged ring molecules Part IV Stereochemical reactivity 9. Prochirality 10. Diastereomeric transition states and stereoselectivity 11. Chiral analytical chemistry 12. Pericyclic reactions
