Muhammed Fastheem

Email: muhammed.fastheem@niser.ac.in 

Fastheem was born in Dwarka, situated in Wayanad, Kerala. He completed his 12th class at  Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School Dwaraka, Kerala. He then joined National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar in July 2018 as an Integrated Master’s student. He is currently working in Prof. Ponneri C. Ravikumar’s group, and his current research interest is ‘‘Palladium-catalyzed C-C bond activation.’’ In his leisure time, he can be spotted scoring goals on the football field.

Publications:

Tanmayee Nanda,# Muhammed Fastheem,# Astha Linda, Bedadyuti Vedvyas Pati, Shyam Kumar Banjare, Pragati Biswal and Ponneri C. Ravikumar 

Recent Advancement in Palladium-Catalyzed C–C Bond Activation of Strained Ring Systems: Three- and Four-Membered Carbocycles as Prominent C3/C4 Building Blocks

ACS Catal. 2022, 2, 13247-13281. (# equal contribution)

Tanmayee Nanda, Ashish Dharmendra Shukla, Shubham Kumar Dhal, Muhammed Fastheem and Ponneri C. Ravikumar 

N-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed base assisted C–C bond cleavage of cyclopropenones: an approach towards diastereoselective synthesis of azetidinones and benzoxazepines


Org. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 6166-6171.

(Invited Contribution)