PhD Student
Department of Chemistry
Specific research interests:
Synthesis of small organic molecules, heterocyclic compounds, homogenous catalysis, pharmaceutically important building blocks
Education:
B.S Chemistry, University of Columbo, Sri-Lanka
M.S Chemistry, Jeju National University, South Korea
PhD research Dr Xin Cui, Mississippi State University
Publications:
1. Li, Z.-Y.; Chaminda Lakmal, H. H.; Qian X.; Zhu, Z.; Donnadieu, B.; McClain, S. J.; Xu X.; Cui X. “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Functionalization: A Practical Access to Optically Active Indoline Derivatives” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 15730 .
2. Li, Z,-Y, Chaminda Lakmal, H. H, Cui, X. “Enabling Catalytic Arene C–H Amidation via (Bis(tosylamido)methane as Sustainable Formaldimine releaser: Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 3735.
3. Chaminda Lakmal, H. H.; Xu, J. X.; Xu, X.; Ahmed, B.; Fong, C.; Szalda, J. D.; Ramig, K.; Sygula, A.; Webster, C. E.; Zhang, D.; Cui X. “Synthesis of C-Unsubstituted 1,2-Diazetidines and Their Ring-Opening Reactions via Selective N–N Bond Cleavage” J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 9497.
4. Zhou, H.; Chaminda Lakmal, H. H.; Baine, M. J.; Valle, U. H.; Xu, X.; Cui, X. “Catalytic [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition with indium(III)-activated formaldimines: a practical and selective access to hexahydropyrimidines and 1,3-diamines from alkenes” Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 6520.
Other:
Lakmal has authored 11 research papers and 4 book chapters. A sample of his impressive scholarship is listed below.
Winner of the 2020 Graduate Research Award from the College of Arts & Sciences