WELCOME TO THE PALANI GROUP

Department of Organic Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science

WELCOME TO THE PALANI GROUP

Department of Organic Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science

We are a team of enthusiastic scientists trying to unravel unorthodox strategies to enable facile synthesis of bioactive molecules—drive to solving key mechanistic questions will complement the development of these reactions.

As a team, we strongly believe in embracing diversity within the group. All team members will have an equal voice regardless of their social or economic background.

For any queries, please contact Vignesh!

 

Recent publications

Strain-inducing positional alkene isomerization.

Stereochemical editing logic powered by the epimerization of unactivated tertiary stereocenters.

Catalytic, contra-thermodynamic positional alkene isomerization.

Latest Events

22 Mar 2026
Warmest congratulations to Lohiitha on securing the Best Poster Award at the ANRF-PAIR-Chemistry for Health  Conference at IIT Gandhinagar—a truly distinguished accomplishment!! News and Updates New

Warmest congratulations to Lohiitha on securing the Best Poster Award at the ANRF-PAIR-Chemistry for Health Conference at IIT Gandhinagar—a truly distinguished accomplishment!!

March 22, 2026 IIT Gandhinagar

At the two-day conference “ANRF-PAIR: Chemistry for Health,” held at IIT Gandhinagar on 20–21 March 2026, Lohiitha was honored with…

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25 Feb 2026
Kudos on a remarkably polished and incisive presentation Guhan !! News and Updates

Kudos on a remarkably polished and incisive presentation Guhan !!

February 25, 2026 4:00-5:00pm RBM lecture hall

Guhan presented his Graduate Colloquium on the topic entitled as Cross Dehydrogenative Coupling: A platform for sustainable synthesis  a concise…

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04 Feb 2026
Applause for a presentation marked by insight and sophistication—Congratulations Mukul! News and Updates

Applause for a presentation marked by insight and sophistication—Congratulations Mukul!

February 4, 2026 4:00-5:00pm RBM lecture hall

Mukul presented his Graduate Colloquium on the topic entitled as Organic synthesis via electrophotocatalysis. A short description of his talk…

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19 Jan 2026

Vignesh Palani

Assistant Professor
Department of Organic Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore 560 012, INDIA

Phone : +91-80-2293- 3843(O)
E-mail: vpalani@iisc.ac.in