List of
Publications:
93. V. Dinesh and R.
Nagarajan "Photochemical
Decarboxylative Formylation of Indoles with Aqueous Glyoxylic Acid" Synlett, 2022 (in eFirst) https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0040-1719936
(Invited article under Chemical Synthesis
and Catalysis in India).
92. V. Dinesh and R. Nagarajan
"(NH4)2S2O8
-Mediated Metal-Free Decarboxylative Formylation/Acylation of α-Oxo/Ketoacids
and its Application to the Synthesis of Indole Alkaloids" J. Org. Chem., 2022, 87, 10359-10365. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.2c00552
91. P. P. Sathieshkumar, M. D. A.
Saibabu and R. Nagarajan ‟A Cascade Approach for the Synthesis of
5-(Indol-3-yl)hydantoin: An Application to the Total Synthesis of (±)-Oxoaplysinopsin
Bʺ J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86, 3730-3740.
90. G. Ranjani and R. Nagarajan ‟Access
to 1-indolyltetrahydro-b-carbolines via metal-free
cross-dehydrogenative coupling: the total synthesis of eudistomin U,
isoeudistomin U and 19-bromoisoeudistomin Uʺ Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 757-760.
This above article is included under themed collection of Natural
product synthesis by RSC.
89. G.
Ranjani and R. Nagarajan ‟Metal‒Free
C‒H Functionalization and Aromatization Sequence for the Synthesis of
1-(Indol-3-yl)carbazoles and
Total Synthesis of 7-Bromo-1-(6-bromo-1H-indol-3-yl)-9H-carbazoleʺ
Org.
Lett., 2019,
21, 675-678.
88. B. Naveen and R. Nagarajan ‟Total synthesis of sannanine
and analogues thereofʺ J. Chem. Sci.,
2018, 130, 28.
87. G. Ranjani and R. Nagarajan, ‟Insight
into Copper Catalysis: in situ formed Nano Cu2O in Suzuki‒Miyaura Cross
Coupling of Aryl/ Indolyl Boronatesʺ Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 3974--3977.
86. P.
P. Sathieshkumar, P. Latha and R. Nagarajan, ‟Total
Synthesis of Pseudellone Cʺ Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017,
3161-3164.
85. B. Naveen, N.
B. Ommi, A. Mudiraj, T. Mallikarjuna, P.
P. Babu, and R. Nagarajan, ‟Total Synthesis of Penicinoline E, Marinamide,
Methyl Marinamide and their Antimalarial Activityʺ ChemistrySelect, 2017, 2, 3256-3261.
84. P.
P. Sathieshkumar and R. Nagarajan, ‟Total Synthesis
of Metagenetriindole A and Deoxytopsentinʺ ChemistrySelect. 2017, 2, 1686-1688.
83.
Suman K. Ghosh and R. Nagarajan, ‟Total synthesis
of penipanoid C, 2-(4-hydroxybenzyl)quinazolin-4(3H)-one and NU1025ʺ Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 4277-4279.
82.
Suman K. Ghosh and R. Nagarajan, ‟Total synthesis
of Actinophenanthroline A via double Doebner‒Miller reactionʺ Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 4009-4011.
81. B. Naveen, A. Mudiraj, G. Khamushavalli, P.
P. Babu, and R. Nagarajan, ‟Concise Total Synthesis of Water Soluble Metatacarboline A, C,
D, E and F and Its Anticancer Activityʺ Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2016, 113, 167-178.
80. Suman K. Ghosh and R. Nagarajan,
‟Deep eutectic solvent mediated synthesis
of quinazolinones and dihydroquinazolinones: synthesis of
natural products and drugsʺ RSC
Advances, 2016, 6, 27378-27387.
79.
N. Ramkumar and R. Nagarajan, ‟Formal Total Synthesis of Calothrixin B and
Its N‒Benzyl Analoguesʺ RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 87838-87840.
78.
N. Ramkumar and R. Nagarajan, ‟Total Synthesis of Calothrixin B via
Sequential Sonogashira Coupling⁄Copper‒Catalyzed Oxidative
Cyclizationʺ Org. Biomol. Chem.
2015, 13, 11046-11051.
77. S.
Ramesh and R. Nagarajan, ‟Copper Catalyzed Hydroarylation of
Alkynes for the Synthesis
of Fascaplysin, Rutacarpine and Granulatimide Analoguesʺ Synthesis 2015, 47, 3573-3582.
76. K.
S. Prakash and R. Nagarajan, ‟Synthesis of Azepino[4,5 b]indole Analogues via 7-endo Selective Cyclization
of Isocyanoacetates and Indole-1, 2-alkynylaldehydes; An Approach
towards the Synthesis of Chromoazepinone Coreʺ Synlett 2015, 26, 2318-2322.
75. K.
S. Prakash and R. Nagarajan, ‟Total synthesis of the marine
alkaloids Caulibugulone A and Dʺ Tetrahedron 2015, 71, 801-804.
74. K.
S. Prakash and R. Nagarajan, ‟Copper‒catalyzed heteroannulation: a simple
route to the synthesis of pyrrolo[2,3- b]carbazole and pyrrolo[2,3-b]quinoline derivativesʺ Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 69-72.
73. Suman K. Ghosh and R. Nagarajan,
‟Total Synthesis
of Cruciferane via Epoxidation/Tandem Cyclization Sequenceʺ RSC
Advances, 2014, 4, 63147-63149.
72. N. Ramkumar, M.
S. Raghavendra and R. Nagarajan, ‟Friedel−Crafts Cyclodehydration Approach
toward Synthesis of Ellipticine and 9-Methoxyellipticineʺ Synlett, 2014, 25, 2791-2793.
71. M. Viji and R. Nagarajan,
‟Copper catalyzed synthesis
of indolylquinazolinone alkaloid bouchardatineʺ J. Chem.
Sci. 2014, 126, 1075-1080.
70. S.
Ramesh and R. Nagarajan, ‟Copper catalyzed synthesis of quinolinopyrano[2,3-b]carbazole derivatives
via Povarov reactionʺ J. Chem. Sci. 2014, 126, 1049-1054.
69.
Suman K. Ghosh and R. Nagarajan, ‟NIS
Mediated Regioselective Amidation of Indole with Quinazolinone and
Pyrimidoneʺ RSC
Advances 2014, 4, 20136-20144.
68. R.
R. Jella and R. Nagarajan, ‟Synthesis of Pyrrolo[3,2-b]carbazoles via
Pd-Catalyzed C‒H activationʺ Synthesis 2014, 46, 1211-1216.
67.
M. Viji, Suman K. Ghosh and R. Nagarajan, ‟Palladium Catalyzed Synthesis of Quino[2,3-a]- and Indolo[2,3-a]carbazoles via
Intramolecular ortho‒Arylationʺ Synthesis 2014, 46, 961.
66.
N. Ramkumar and R. Nagarajan, ‟A new route to the synthesis
of ellipticine quinone from isatinʺ Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 1104.
65.
N. Ramkumar and R. Nagarajan, ‟Total Synthesis
of Ellipticine Quinones, Olivacine and Calothrixin Bʺ J. Org.
Chem. 2014, 79, 736.
64. K.
S. Prakash and R. Nagarajan, ‟Total Synthesis of the Marine
Alkaloid Mansouramycin Dʺ Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 244.
63. R.
R. Jella and R. Nagarajan, ‟Synthesis
of indole alkaloids arsindoline A, arsindoline B
and their analogues in low melting mixture‟ Tetrahedron 2013, 69, 10249.
62. S.
Ramesh, Suman K. Ghosh and R. Nagarajan, ‟Copper Catalyzed Synthesis of
Fused Benzimidazolopyrazine Derivatives via Tandem
Benzimidazole formation⁄Annulations of δ
alkynyl aldehydeʺ Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 13, 7712.
61.
A. Sateesh Kumar and R. Nagarajan, ‟Copper or Palladium Catalyzed Amidation and
Cyclization Route to the Synthesis of Pyrimido[4,5-b]carbazolesʺ Synthesis 2013, 45, 2893.
60. K.
S. Prakash and R. Nagarajan, ‟Synthesis of solid state fluorescent quino[2,3-b]carbazoles via
copper(II) triflate catalyzed heteroannulation: Application
to detection of TNTʺ Tetrahedron 2013, 69, 8269.
59. K.
S. Prakash and R. Nagarajan, ‟An efficient synthesis of
indol-3-yl benzonaphthyridines via copper(II) triflate
catalyzed heteroannulationʺ Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 3635.
58. S.
Ramesh and R. Nagarajan, ‟A novel route to synthesize lavendamycin analogues
through an A3 coupling reactionʺ Tetrahedron 2013, 69, 4890.
57.
A. Sateesh Kumar and R. Nagarajan, ‟Cyclization Routes to the Synthesis of
Functionalized Pyrano[2,3-b]indolones,
Pyrazolo[3,4-b]indoles and Furo[2,3-b]indolesʺ Synthesis 2013, 45, 1235.
56. N. Ramkumar and R. Nagarajan,
‟Total Synthesis of Calothrixin A and B via C‒H
Activationʺ J. Org.
Chem. 2013, 78, 2802.
55. S.
Ramesh and R. Nagarajan, ‟A Formal Synthesis of Lavendamycin Methyl
Ester, Nitramarine and their Analogues: A Povarov Approachʺ J. Org.
Chem., 2013, 78, 545.
54.
M. Viji and R. Nagarajan, ‟Zinc triflate catalyzed regioselective synthesis
of pyrrolo[2,3-c]carbazoles via heteroannulationʺ RSC
Advances, 2012, 2, 10544.
53. A. Sateesh Kumar, P.
V. Amulya Rao and R. Nagarajan, ‟Synthesis of pyrido[2,3-b]indoles and pyrimidoindoles via Pd
catalyzed amidation and cyclizationʺ Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 5084.
52. K.
S. Prakash and R. Nagarajan, ‟A General Method for Synthesis of 5H-Benzo[b]-, Carbazolo[2,3-b]-
and Indolo[2,3-b]carbazole Derivatives
via Copper(II) Triflate Catalyzed Heteroannulationʺ Adv.
Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 1566.
51. T.
K. Chaitanya and R. Nagarajan, ‟Synthesis of pyrano[2,3-c]carbazoles, pyrano[3,2-b]carbazoles and furo[3,2
b]carbazole derivatives
via iodocyclizationʺ J. Chem.
Sci. 2012, 123, 487.
50. D.
K. Sreenivas and R. Nagarajan, ‟Highly Regioselective Synthesis
of Indenocarbazolones via Palladium
Catalyzed Intramolecular ortho-Arylationʺ Synlett 2012, 23, 1007.
49. D.
K. Sreenivas and R. Nagarajan, ‟Synthesis of Cyclopentacarbazolones via
Palladium‒Catalyzed Annulation of Internal Alkynesʺ Synthesis 2012, 44, 1268.
48. S.
Ramesh and R. Nagarajan, ‟One-pot Synthesis of Pyrrolo[3,2-f] and Pyrrolo[2,3-h]quinoline Derivatives:
An Observation of Unexpected Mechanistic Pathwayʺ Synlett 2012, 23,
717.
47. D. K. Sreenivas,
N. Ramkumar and R. Nagarajan, ‟Copper-Mediated Domino Synthesis of Pyrimido[4,5-b]carbazolones via Ullmann N-Arylation and
Aerobic Oxidative C‒H Amidationʺ Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 3417.
46.
M. Viji and R. Nagarajan, ‟RuCl3⁄SnCl2 mediated synthesis
of pyrrolo[2,3-c]carbazoles and
consequent preparation of indolo[2,3-c]carbazolesʺ Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 2453.
45.
M. Viji and R. Nagarajan, ‟CAN Catalyzed Regioselective Synthesis of Pyrido[2,3-c]carbazoles by
the Povarov Reactionʺ Synthesis, 2012, 44, 253.
44. A. Sateesh Kumar, P.
V. Amulya Rao and R. Nagarajan, ‟Microwave-Assisted One-pot Synthesis
of Pyrazolo[3,4-b]indoles and
new Isoxazolo[5,4-b]indoles via
Copper Catalyzed Intramolecular C‒N⁄C‒O Bond
Formationʺ Synthesis, 2011, 3878.
43. T.
K. Chaitanya and R. Nagarajan, ‟A Tandem Route to the Synthesis of Carbazolo[1,2-b]carbazolesʺ Synlett 2011, 2559.
42. S.
Ramesh and R. Nagarajan, ‟One-Pot Efficient Multicomponent Synthesis of Carbazolyl Furan-2(5H)-one and Carbazolyl
Tetrahydropyrimidine Derivativesʺ Synthesis 2011, 3307.
41. D.
K. Sreenivas and R. Nagarajan, ‟An Efficient Route for the Synthesis
of Isochromenocarbazoles through Palladium Catalyzed
Intramolecular ortho‒Arylationʺ Synthesis 2011, 3195.
40. S.
Ramesh and R. Nagarajan, ‟Synthesis of dihydrochromeno[4,3-b]pyrrolo[3,2-f]quinolines via intramolecular aza Diels-Alder
reactionʺ Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 4857.
39. T. K. Chaitanya,
K.S. Prakash and R. Nagarajan, ‟Metal‒free synthesis of benzimidazo[2,1-a]ellipticines via tandem inter and
intramolecular cyclizationʺ Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 6934.
38. T.
K. Chaitanya and R. Nagarajan, ‟Synthesis of
Functionalized Ellipticinium and Ellipticine Derivatives
via Electrophilic Cyclizationʺ Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 4662.
37. A. S.
Kumar and R. Nagarajan, ‟Synthesis of α-Carbolines via Pd‒Catalysed Amidation and Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction
of 3-Acetyl-2-chloroindolesʺ Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1398.
36. R.
R. Jella and R. Nagarajan, ‟A Simple and Regioselective Synthesis
of Dihydropyrido[2,3-c]carbazoles via Iodocyclizationʺ Synlett,
2011, 529.
35. D.
K. Sreenivas and R. Nagarajan, ‟Palladium
mediated intramolecular O-arylation: a simple route for the synthesis of quino[2,3-c] and quino[3,2-b]carbazolesʺ Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 9650.
34.
R. Meesala and R. Nagarajan, ‟Cu-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Coupling
of Aminocarbazoles and Aminoindoles: Synthesis of Diindolophenazines and Dipyrrolophenazinesʺ Synlett 2010, 2808.
33. V. Gaddam, S.
Ramesh and R. Nagarajan, ‟CuI⁄La(OTf)3 catalyzed,
one pot synthesis of highly functionalized isomeric ellipticine
derivatives in ionic liquidʺ Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 4218.
32. S. Ramesh,
V. Gaddam and R. Nagarajan, ‟A Flexible
Approach to the Chromenoquinolines Under Copper⁄Lewis Acid
Catalysisʺ Synlett, 2010, 757.
31.
R. Meesala and R. Nagarajan, ‟A short route to
the synthesis of pyrroloacridines via Ullmann
Goldberg condensationʺ Tetrahedron Lett.
2010, 51, 422.
30. R. Meesala and R. Nagarajan, ‟A rapid
and efficient entry to synthesis
of quino and chromenocarbazoles via Ullmann‒Goldberg
condensationʺ Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 6050.
29.
R. Meesala and R. Nagarajan, ‟Synthesis of
New Heteroaryldi(diindolyl)methanes: Colorimetric Detection of DNA by Di(diindolylmethyl)carbazolesʺ J. Chem. Sci. 2009, 121, 183.
28.
V. Gaddam and R. Nagarajan, ‟A one‒pot
synthetic approach to the functionalized
isomeric ellipticine derivatives through an imino Diels‒ Alder reactionʺ Tetrahedron Lett., 2009, 50, 1243.
27.
V. Gaddam and R. Nagarajan ‟An Efficient, One‒Pot
Synthesis of Isomeric Ellipticine Derivatives
through Intramolecular Imino‒Diels‒Alder reactionʺ Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 1975.
26.
V. Gaddam and R. Nagarajan ‟A New Entry to
Polycyclic Indole Derivatives
via Intramolecular Imino Diels-Alder Reaction: Observation of Unexpected Reactionʺ J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 3573.
25. V. Gaddam,
R. Meesala and R. Nagarajan, ‟A Rapid Intramolecular Imino Diels‒Alder
Reaction of Aminoanthraquinones with Citronellal or prenylated Salicylaldehydes: Substituents effect on changing the reaction
pathway from Diels-Alder to Ene‒type cyclizationʺ Synthesis
2007, 2503.
24.
V. Gaddam and R. Nagarajan, ‟Highly diastereoselective synthesis
of new indolopyrroloquinolines through intramolecular imino Diels‒Alder
reactionsʺ Tetrahedron Lett., 2007, 48, 7335.
23. T.
K. Chaitanya and R. Nagarajan ‟An efficient,
solvent-free approach to heteroarylcarbazoles: synthesis of
3-chromenylcarbazoles, 3,6-bis-(chromenyl)carbazoles and 3-quinolylcarbazolesʺ Tetrahedron Lett., 2007, 48, 2489-2492.
22. V. Gaddam, D.
K. Sreenivas and R. Nagarajan ‟Highly diastereoselective synthesis
of new chromenylaminoanthraquinones through a one-pot three
component hetero Diels‒Alder reactionʺ Tetrahedron Lett., 2006, 47, 9291-9295.
21.
R. Meesala and R. Nagarajan ‟Synthesis of
new diheteroarylcarbazoles: a facile and simple route of 3,6-di(pyrazol-4-yl)carbazolesʺ Tetrahedron Lett., 2006, 47, 7577-7561.
Publications
from Doctorate and Post-doctoral Research
20.
M. Vetrichelvan, R. Nagarajan and
S. Valiyaveettil, Macromolecules 2006, 39, 8303.
19. R. Nagarajan, J.
C. A. Anthonyraj, D. Muralidharan, C. Saikumar and P.
T. Perumal, Ind. J. Chem., 2006, 45B, 826.
18. P.
T. Perumal and R. Nagarajan, J. Chem. Sci., 2006,
118, 195.
17. R. Senthil Kumar, R. Nagarajan, K.
Vijay, and P. T. Perumal, Lett. Org.
Chem., 2005, 2, 458.
16.
Y. Zulykama, R. Nagarajan and P. T. Perumal, Lett. Org. Chem., 2005, 2, 569.
15. R. Nagarajan, C.
J. Magesh and P. T. Perumal, Synthesis 2004, 69.
14. R. Nagarajan and
P. T. Perumal, Synthesis 2004, 1269.
13. R.
Nagarajan and P. T. Perumal, Chem. Lett., 2004, 33, 288.
12. R. Nagarajan, D. Muralidharan and
P. T. Perumal, Synth.Commun., 2004, 34, 1259.
11.
R. Senthil kumar, R. Nagarajan and P.
T. Perumal, Synthesis 2004, 949.
10. C.
J. Magesh, R. Nagarajan, M. Karthick and P.
T. Perumal, App. Catal. A., 2004, 266, 1.
9.
Y. Zulykama, R.Nagarajan and P. T. Perumal, Synth. Commun., 2004, 34, 1309.
8. R. Nagarajan and P.
T. Perumal, Synth Commun., 2004, 34, 2127.
7. P.G. Aravindan,
S. Selvanayagam, D. Velmurugan,
K. Ravikumar, R. Nagarajan and P. T. Perumal, Acta Cryst. 2003, E59, o1564.
6. R. Nagarajan and
P. T. Perumal, Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 1229.
5. R. Nagarajan and
P. T. Perumal, Synth. Commun., 2002, 32, 105.
4. M. Anniyappan, R. Nagarajan and
P. T. Perumal, Synth. Commun., 2002, 32, 99.
3. R. Nagarajan and
P. T. Perumal, Synth. Commun., 2001, 31, 1733.
2. R. Nagarajan, S. Chitra and
P. T. Perumal, Tetrahedron 2001, 57, 3419.
1. G. Babu, R. Nagarajan, R. Natarajan and
P. T. Perumal, Synthesis 2000, 661.