DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Dr. S.Kutti Rani

Designation:Professor & Dean, SP & CS
Nature of Employment:Regular
Qualification:M.Sc.,Ph.D
Phone:+91-44-22759219 Extn:219
Email ID:deanspcs@crescent.education, skrani@crescent.education

Educational Background

ProgrammeDisciplineUniversity/InstitutionYear
Ph.D.Catalysis and KineticsAnna University2004
M.B.A.Education ManagementAlagappa University2010
B.Ed.ChemistryAnnamalai University1995
M.Phil.ChemistryUniversity of Madras1991
M.Sc.General ChemistryUniversity of Madras1990
B.Sc.ChemistryUniversity of Madras1988

Teaching

Experience

DesignationEmployerPeriod
Dean(School of Physical and Chemical sciences)B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent UniversityAugust 2015 Onwards
Professor & HeadB.S. Abdur Rahman Institute22.8.2010 to 20-8-2013 & 22.8.2016-31.05.2017
First year coordinator (B. Tech. Programme)B.S. Abdur Rahman InstituteAugust 2014 to August 2016
ProfessorB.S. Abdur Rahman InstituteFrom April 2009
Assistant ProfessorB.S. Abdur Rahman InstituteSeptember 2004 to April 2010
Sr. LecturerCrescent Engineering CollegeSeptember 1999 to 2004
LecturerCrescent Engineering CollegeSeptember 1996 to September 1999
LecturerDr. M.G.R. Engineering College, Maduravoyal, ChennaiJuly 1991 to September1996

Research

Areas of Interest

  • Catalysis & Kinetics.
  • Synthesis and characterization of Schiff Base complexes.
  • Synthesis and characterization of POM.

Research Supervision

  • M.Phil completed   12
  • Ph.D BSACU pursuing 06
  • G.Sridhar, I.Mohammed Bilal, D.Easwaramoorthy, S.Kutti Rani, B.Siva Kumar and Chelli Sai Manohar, “Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Activities of Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium Complexes Derived from (Z)-4-Fluoro-N-(2,7-dimethylhept-6-enylidene) benzenamine”, J. Braz. Chem. Soc., 1-12, 2016
  • G. Sridhar, I. Mohammed Bilal, D. Easwaramoorthy , S. Kutti Rani1 and K. Anand Solomon, “Crystal structure of 7-chloro-2,3,3a,4,9,9a-hexahydro- 3,9,9-trimethyl-5-nitro-1H-cyclopenta[b]quinoline, Int.J.Chem.Tech.Research, 9, pp 362-366, 2016
  • R. Sasikala, K.Karthikeyan D. Easwaramoorthy I.Mohammed Bilal and S. Kutti Rani, “Photocatalytic degradation of trypan blue and methyl organe Azo dyes by cerium loaded CuO nanoparticles”, Environ. Nanotechnol.monit.manage.,6, pp45-53,2016
  • R. Sasikala, S. Kutti Rani K.Karthikeyan D. Easwaramoorthy and I.Mohammed Bilal Detoxification of methyl orange and tryban blue dyes by using Erbium loaded  CuO nanoparticles”, Int.J.Chem.Tech.Research ,9, 2016
  • Gangaprasad D, Paul Raj J, Kiranmye T, Sasikala R, Karthikeyan K, Kutti Rani S, Elangovan J, “A Tunable Route to Oxidative and Eliminative [3+2] Cycloadditions of Organic Azides with Nitroolefins: CuO Nanoparticles Catalyzed Synthesis of 1,2,3-Triazoles under Solvent-Free condition”, Tetrahedron Letters, June 2016
  • P.Sureshkumar, S.Kutti Rani and D. Easwaramoorthy, Copper(II) catalysed oxidative deamination of lysine by peroxomosulphate, Int.J.ChemTech Res.,8, pp 126-137,2015
  • R. Sasikala, D. Easwaramoorthy and S. Kutti Rani, I.Mohammed Bilal, Free radical mediated oxidative decarboxylation of L-proline by peroxomonosulphate in neutral medium-catalytic effect of copper (II), Int.J.ChemTech Res.,8, pp 643-650,2015
  • L.Kanniappan, S.Kutti Ran, D. Easwaramoorthy Oxidation of α-alanine by peroxomonosulphate Autocatalytic effect of copper peroxide, J.Chem and Pharm. Sci., 9, pp 259 -264,2015
  • R. Sasikala, S. Kutti Rani, D. Easwaramoorthy and K. Karthikeyan, Lanthanum loaded CuO nanoparticles: synthesis and characterization of a recyclable catalyst for the synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles and propargyl amines, RSC Adv., 5, 56507,2015
  • R. Sasikala, S. Kutti Rani, D. Easwaramoorthy, I.Mohammed Bilal, K.Karthikeyan, Oxidative degradation of glycyl – glycine by PMS in the neutral medium, Journal of Chem. and Pharm Sci.,pp 13-20,2015
  • G.Sridhar, I.Mohammed Bilal, D.Easwaramoorthy, S. Kutti Rani and K.Anand Solomon, Crystal structure of 3,9,9-trimethyl-2,3,3a,4,9,9a-hexahydro-1H-cyclo penta[b]quinolin – 4- ium chloride, Acta cryst , E71,0525-0526,2015.
  •  P. Suresh Kumar, R. Mohan Raj, S. Kutti Rani and D. Easwaramoorthi, Reaction kinetics and mechanism of Cu(II) catalysed oxidative deamination and decarboxylation, Journal of Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 51, pp 6310-19 (2012).
  • S. Kutti Rani, D. Easwaramoorthy, I. Mohammed Bilal and M. Palanichamy, Studies on Mn(II) catalyzed oxidation of α-amino acids by peroxomonosulphate in alkaline medium-deamination and decarboxylation-A kinetic approach (2009), Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 369, pp 1-7 (2009).
  • G Puthlibai, S. Kutti Rani and G. Rajagopal, Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, electrochemical behaviour and antibacterial activity of Ru(III) complexes of 2-[4-N,N’-dimethylaminophenylimino)-methyl]-4-halophenol, Spectrochimica Acta: Part A, Vol. 72, pp 796-800 (2009).
  • K. Kanmani Raja, D. Easwaramoorthy, S. Kutti Rani and G. Rajagopal, Synthesis, spectral, electrochemical and catalytic properties of Cu(II), Ni(II) and Co(II) complexes containing N, O donors, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Vol. 303, pp 52-59 (2009).
  • S. Kutti Rani, D. Easwaramoorthy and I. Mohammed Bilal, Oxidation of Vanillin by peroxomonosulphate – Thermodynamic and Kinetic approach, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol. 15, pp 898-901 (2009).
  • D. Easwaramoorthi, S. Kutti Rani and I. Mohammed Bilal, Mn(II) catalyzed decomposition of peroxomonosulphate-Kinetic and mechanistic study, Catalysis Communications, Vol. 9, pp 2340-2344 (2008).
  • M. Sundar, D. Easwaramoorthy, S. Kutti Rani and M. Palanichamy, Mechanistic Investigation of the oxidation of Lysine by Oxone, Journal of Solution Chemistry, Vol. 36, pp 1129-1137 (2007).