Devadas Devaprabhakara


Devadas Devaprabhakara (1932–1978) was an Indian organic chemist and a professor at the department of chemistry of the Indian Institute of Science.[1] He was known for his studies on cyclic allenes and medium-ring dines.[2] His researches on the reduction, hydroporation and isomerization of them and his synthesis of a number of cyclic hydrocarbons have assisted in rationalizing the understanding of the substrates.[3] He published his researches by way of several peer-reviewed articles;[4] the inline repository of the Indian Academy of Sciences have listed 48 of them.[5] He was also an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences.[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 1976, for his contributions to chemical sciences.[7] He died on 12 January 1978, at the age of 45.[6]

Devadas Devaprabhakara
Born(1932-11-13)13 November 1932
India
Died(1978-01-12)12 January 1978
NationalityIndian
Known forStudies on cyclic allenes and medium-ring dines
Awards
  • 1976 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

See also

  • Cyclic hydrocarbons

References

  1. "A Regio-and Stereo-Specific Addition of Iodine Azide to C-9 and C-13 Cyclic Allenes". Sr. S. N. Moorthy. 2016.
  2. "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. "Records". Science Central. 2016.
  5. "Browse by Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016.
  6. "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  7. "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  • Bal Krishan Kaul; Arvind P. Kudchadker; Devadas Devaprabhakara (1973). "Investigation of temperature dependence of the interaction second virial coefficient using gas–liquid chromatography". J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1. 69: 1821–1826. doi:10.1039/F19736901821.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.