Member Details:

Dr. Majji Shankar

( Member Type: Alumni-Doctoral )

Email	sankar.majjichem@gmail.com
Website	NA
Type	Alumni-Doctoral
Graduation	S. V. J Degree College, kaviti (2010)
Post Graduation	Acharya Nagarjuna University (2012)
PhD Details	SRF
Current Position	Post-doctoral fellow at Nagoya University, Japan
Memeber Since	10 July, 2013
Research Interests	Transitional metal catalysed multiple C-H functionalization.
Hobbies	Playing cricket and Cooking

More Details:

Majji Shankar was born in Ichapuram, India in 1990. He passed B.Sc in Chemistry (2010) from S. V. J Degree College, Kaviti.  After receiving M.Sc  Degree from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, in 2012. He joined the research group of prof. A. K. Sahoo at the School of Chemistry, University of  Hyderabad  as a doctoral student.

Publications:

14. Directing Group Assisted Unsymmetrical Multiple Functionalization of Arene C− H Bonds

Koushik Ghosh, Raja K Rit, Majji Shankar, Kallol Mukherjee and Akhila K. Sahoo*, The Chemical Record, 2020, doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202000063

13. Double annulation of ortho- and peri-C–H bonds of fused (hetero)arenes to unusual oxepino-pyridines

Majji Shankar, Raja K. Rit, Somratan Sau, Kallol Mukherjee, Vincent Gandon * and Akhila K. Sahoo* Chem. Sci. 2020,  10.1039/D0SC01373K 

12.Construction of Pyranoisoquinolines via Ru(II)-Catalyzed Unsymmetrical Double Annulation of N-Methoxybenzamides with Unactivated Alkynes

Tirumaleswararao Guntreddi, Majji Shankar, Nagarjuna Kommu, and Akhila K. Sahoo*, J. Org. Chem, 2019, 84, 13033-13044.

11. An Orchestrated Unsymmetrical Annulation Episode of C(sp²)–H Bonds with Alkynes and Quinones: Access to Spiro-isoquinolones.  

Kallol Mukherjee, Majji Shankar, Koushik Ghosh Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 1914.

10. Sulfoximine-Assisted One-Pot Unsymmetrical Multiple Annulation of Arenes: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study.

Koushik Ghosh, Majji Shankar, Raja K. Rit, and Akhila K. Sahoo* J. Org. Chem, 2018, 83, 9967.

9. One-Pot Unsymmetrical {[4 + 2] and [4 + 2]} Double Annulations of o/o′-C–H Bonds of Arenes: Access to Unusual Pyranoisoquinolines. 

Majji Shankar, Koushik Ghosh, Kallol Mukherjee, Kallol Mukherjee, Raja K. Rit, and Akhila K. Sahoo* Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 5144

8.Imidation: A Distinct Perspective of C-N Bond Formation.

Raja K. Rit, Majji Shankar, and Akhila K. Sahoo* Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 2017, 15, 1282.

7. Transformable Sulfoximine Assisted One-Pot Di-Annulation of Vinylic-C-H Bonds with Unactivated Alkynes.  

Majji Shankar, Tirumaleswararao Guntreddi, E. Ramesh, and Akhila K. Sahoo* Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 5665

6. Silver-mediated oxidative annulation of N-arylthiosuccinimides with alkynes: direct access to benzo[b]thiophenes.

E. Ramesh, Majji Shankar, Suman Dana and Akhila K. Sahoo* Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 1126.

5. Ru-Catalyzed One-Pot Di-Annulation of Heteroaryls: Direct Access to p-Conjugated Polycyclic Amides.  

Majji Shankar, Koushik Ghosh, Kallol Mukherjee, Raja K. Rit, and Akhila K. Sahoo* Org. Lett. 2016, 17, 6416.

4. Ruthenium-Catalyzed ortho-C–H Mono-and Di-imidation of Arenes with N-Tosyloxyphthalimide

M. Ramu Yadav, Majji Shankar, E. Ramesh, Koushik Ghosh, Akhila K Sahoo* Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 1886–1889.

3. Reusable Directing Groups for C(sp²)-H Bond Functionalization of Arenes.

M. RamuYadav, Raja K. Rit, Majji Shankar, and Akhila K. Sahoo* Asian J. Org. Chem, 2015, 4, 846.

2. Sulfoximine-Directed Ruthenium-Catalyzed ortho-C-H Alkenylation of (Hetero)Arenes: Synthesis of EP3 Receptor Antagonist Analogue.

M. Ramu Yadav, Raja K. Rit, Majji Shankar,and Akhila K. Sahoo* J. Org. Chem, 2014, 79, 6123-6124.

1. Sulfoximine Assisted Pd(II)-Catalyzed Bromination and Chlorination of Primary β-C(sp3)–H Bond

Raja K. Rit, M. Ramu Yadav, Koushik Ghosh, Majji Shankar, Akhila K. Sahoo* Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 5258–5261