Dr. Kiruthika Periasamy

Research interests

– Organic synthesis
– Polymer chemistry
– Sustainable chemistry
– Analytic techniques: NMR, MS, GC, GC-MS, IR

Curriculum vitae and education

June 2025 – present
Postdoctoral Fellow in the CAT Catalytic Center at ITMC, RWTH-Aachen, Germany
September 2020- August 2024
PhD student at organic chemistry, RWTH Aachen university in the research group of Prof. Carsten Bolm.
Title: Syntheses and applications of sulfilimines and sulfoximines in heterocycles and photoswitches.

September 2019 – June 2020
International Master’s in Molecular Catalysis & Green Chemistry, Université de Rennes 1, France.
Master 2 thesis with Prof. Jean-François Soulé.

June 2017- April 2019
Master of Science in General Chemistry, Bishop Heber College, India.
Master 2 thesis with Prof. Sharmila Lydia.

June 2017- April 2019
Bachelor of Science in General Chemistry, Bishop Heber College, India.

Selected publications

01) Synthesis of Benzo[e][1,4,3]oxathiazin-3-one 1-oxides from NH-S-(2- Hydroxyaryl)sulfoximines.
Periasamy, K.; van Bonn, P.; Tschekorsky Orloff, R.; Völcker, N.; Lu, Q.; Rissanen, K.; Bolm, C. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 8286–8290.

02) Syntheses of Sulfilimines by Iron-Catalyzed Imidations of Sulfides with 2,2,2-Trichloroethyl Sulfamate.
Periasamy, K.; Gordeeva.S.; Bolm, C. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 9705−9709.

03) Synthesis of 2,2’-Bipyridines through Catalytic C−C Bond Formations from C−H Bonds. Hagui, W.; Periasamy, K.; Soulé, J.-F. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 39, 5388-5402.

Awards + Scholarships

July 2019 Charpak Master Partial (BCS) scholarship
May 2019 Fondation Rennes 1 Master 2 scholarship