Former Group Members
Former PhD Students
1. Dr. Nayyar Ahmad Aslam, PhD Thesis, 2016.
Thesis Title: Studies on the Stereoselective Barbier-Type Addition Reactions for the Construction of Unnatural Amino Acid Derivatives Having Contiguous Stereocenters
2. Dr. Vadla Rajkumar, PhD Thesis, 2016.
Thesis Title: Studies on the Stereo and Regioselective Synthesis of New Sets of Functionalized Pyrrolidine, Spiro-Pyrrolidine / Pyrrolizidine, Furfurylamine and 2-/3-(Aminoalkyl)-Thiophene Scaffolds
3. Dr. Chennakesava Reddy, PhD Thesis, 2016.
Thesis Title: Studies on Stereoselective Construction of Functionalized Carbo- and Heterocycles Through the Barbier-Type Reaction and C-H Activation Strategies
4. Dr. Naveen, PhD Thesis, 2017.
Thesis Title: Studies on The Synthesis of New Classes of Crown Ether-Type/Polyether Macrocycles and Optically Active Aza-Oxo-Thia Polyether Macrocycles
5. Dr. Ramarao Parella, PhD Thesis 2017.
Thesis Title: Studies on Regio-Stereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized Carbocycles, Heterocycles and Olefins Through the Pd(II)-Catalyzed C-H Activation
6. Dr. B. Gopalakrishnan, PhD Thesis 2018.
Thesis Title: Studies on Stereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized Aliphatic Chains Containing Stereogenic Centers through the Pd(II)-Catalyzed C-H Activation
7. Dr. R. Sankar, PhD Thesis 2018.
Thesis Title: Studies on the Ni-Catalyzed Synthesis of Tertiary Amides and Pd-Catalyzed Synthesis of α-Naphthol-Based Triarylmethanes, Ortho-Arylated D-(-)-Phenylglycine Methyl Esters and β-Arylated Keto Acids
8. Dr. Narendra Bisht, PhD Thesis 2019 .
Thesis Title: Studies on the Synthesis of Functionalized Arenes and Heteroarenes via Directing Group-Assisted C-H Functionalization
9. Dr. R. Padmavathi, PhD Thesis 2020.
Thesis Title: Studies on Pd(II)-catalyzed directing-group aided regioselective C-H functionalization of carboxamides
10. Dr. R. Tomar, PhD Thesis 2023.
Thesis Title: Studies on the β-C(sp3)-H functionalization toward the synthesis of β-arylated unnatural amino acid derivatives
11. Dr. Prabhakar Singh, PhD Thesis 2023.
Thesis Title: Studies on Pd(II)-Catalyzed C-H Functionalization of Benzyl Amine, Phenylglycinol, Phenylalaninol, Tyrosine, and ortho-Toluidine Compounds
12. Dr. Arup Dalal, PhD Thesis 2024.
Thesis Title: Synthesis of polyaryl and functionalized pyrene scaffolds via C-H functionalization
13. Ms. Sonam Suwasia PhD Thesis 2024. (Thesis Submitted, PhD Student, joint student with Dr. Sugumar's lab)
Thesis Title: Synthesis of Modified Azobenzenes and Arylazido Amino Acids Derivatives via C-H Functionalization
Former Master's Thesis Students
Mr. Jagmohan Solanki, Master’s Thesis, 2013.
Thesis Title: Indium-Promoted Barbier-Type Diastereoselective Allylation of Imino Isatins
Mr. Amit Kumar, Master’s Thesis, 2013.
Thesis Title: Magnetically Separable Nano Fe3O4 as Highly Efficient and Reusable Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of β-Amino Alcohols
Ms. Arya J. S., Master’s Thesis, 2015.
Thesis Title: Synthesis of Nitrile Equipped Unnatural Amino Acid Derivatives
Ms. Soniya Rani, Master’s Thesis, 2015.
Thesis Title: Zinc- Mediated Nucleophilic Addition of Bromoacetonitrile to Isatin Ketimines
Mr. Akshey Sandhu, Master’s Thesis, 2016.
Thesis Title: Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Molecules via Organometallic Methodologies
Ms. Sruthi Mohan, Master’s Thesis, 2016.
Thesis Title: Pd(II)-Catalyzed Direct β-Arylation of C(sp3)-H Bonds of Aliphatic and Alicyclic Carboxamides Via One-pot Method