SYNTHESIS reaction mechanism

Chander Mohan was born in 1975 at Dhariwal, Punjab, India. He received his B.Pharm. and M.Tech.(Pharm.) in bulk drugs from Guru Nanak Dev University and the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali. After that he worked as senior chemist at Dr. Reddy s Research Foundation, Hyderabad. He then joined Professor M. P. Mahajan s research group in 2002 for his doctoral studies. His research is focused on the synthesis and chemical transformation of C-5/C-6-substituted pyrimidinones. His research interests include synthesis of medicinally important molecules, transition metal-induced transformations in organic synthesis, reaction mechanism and total synthesis of natural products. 

Davis, B.H. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis Reaction mechanisms for iron catalysts. Catalysis Today, 2009, 141 (1-2), 25. 

The objective of this chapter is to demonstrate how the molecular structure of a polymer is governed by the polymer synthesis reaction mechanism and how this, in turn, depends on polymerization conditions. This information is essential for establishing relationships between molecular structure and rheological properties. It is only from knowing the reaction process that we can have any a priori knowledge of the molecular structure. 

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