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'Pd-Catalyzed Nazarov-Type Cyclization: Application in the Total Synthesis of β-Diasarone and Other Complex Cyclopentanoids'
'Pd-Catalyzed Nazarov-Type Cyclization: Application in the Total Synthesis of β-Diasarone and Other Complex Cyclopentanoids'
'Pd-Catalyzed Formal [3+3] Heteroannulation of Allylic gem-Diacetates: Synthesis of Chromene-Based Natural Products and Exploration of Photochromic Properties'
Singh, B.;# Bankar, S. K.;# Kumar, K.; Ramasastry, S. S. V. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 4948 [#These authors contributed equally to this work] [Correction]
'Substituent-Guided Palladium-Ene Reaction for the Synthesis of Carbazoles and Cyclopenta[b]indoles'
Raghu, M.;† Grover, J.;† Ramasastry, S. S. V. Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 18316 [Invited for a ‘Frontispiece’] [†These authors contributed equally to this work]
'Enantioselective Organocatalytic Intramolecular Morita-Baylis-Hillman Reaction of Some Unusual Substrates'
'Synthesis of benzofurans via acid catalysed transacetalistion/Fries-type O→C rearrangement/Michael addition/ring-opening aromatisation cascade of β-pyrones'
Bankar, S. K.; Mathew, J.; Ramasastry, S. S. V. Chem. Comm. 2016, 52, 5569 [Highlighted in 'Synfacts'; click here]
'Furans to Benzofurans: Intramolecular Cross Benzoin Reactions Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes'
'One-Pot Trimetallic Relay Catalysis: A Unified Approach for the Synthesis of β-Carbolines and Other [c]-Fused Pyridines'
'Modular Assembly of Furotropones and Benzofurotropones, and Study of Their Physicochemical Properties'
'Synthesis of Polysubstituted Cyclopenta[b]indoles via Relay Gold(I)/Brønsted Acid Catalysis'
Dhiman, S.; Ramasastry, S. S. V. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 557 [One of the most read articles during Nov-2014]
'Enamine/Enolate-mediated Organocatalytic Azide-Carbonyl [3+2]-Cycloaddition Reactions: Metal-Free Alternatives for the Synthesis of Densely Functionalized 1,2,3-Triazoles' [Highlight]
'Expeditious Metal-Free Access to Functionalized Polycyclic Acetals under Mild Aqueous Conditions'
'Synthesis of 1,2,3-Trisubstituted Cyclopentannulated Benzothiophenes through an Acid-Mediated, Solvent-Free, One-Pot Domino Process'
'Di- and Triheteroarylalkanes via Self-Condensation and Intramolecular Friedel-Crafts Type Reaction of Heteroaryl alcohols’
'Acid Catalyzed Ring Transformation of Benzofurans to Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Furans'
'Taming Furfuryl Cations for the Synthesis of Privileged Structures and Novel Scaffolds'
‘One-Step Synthesis of 3-Formyl-2-furylcarbinols and Elaboration to Unprecedented Furotropones'
'Cinchona Alkaloid-Catalyzed Stereoselective Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions'
Post-doctoral and doctoral
'Mimicking fructose and rhamnulose aldolases: Organocatalytic syn-aldol reactions with unprotected dihydroxyacetone' Ramasastry, S. S. V.; Albertshofer, K.; Tanaka, F.; Barbas, C. F., III. Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. 2007, 46, 5572.
'Direct catalytic asymmetric synthesis of anti-1,2-amino alcohols and syn-1,2-diols through organocatalytic anti-Mannich and syn-aldol reactions' Ramasastry, S. S. V.; Zhang, H.; Tanaka, F.; Barbas, C. F., III. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 288 [The most-cited article in the year 2007] [Highlighted in Synfacts: List, B.; Pan, S. C. Synfacts 2007, 3, 325]
'Water-compatible organocatalysts for direct asymmetric syn-aldol reactions of dihydroxyacetone and aldehydes' Ramasastry, S. S. V.; Albertshofer, K.; Utsumi, N.; Barbas, C. F., III. Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 1621.
'Organocatalytic anti-Mannich reactions with dihydroxyacetone and acyclic dihydroxyacetone derivatives: A facile route to amino sugars' Zhang, H.; Ramasastry, S. S. V.; Tanaka, F.; Barbas, C. F., III. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2008, 350, 791.
'Mimicking aldolases through organocatalysis: syn-selective aldol reactions with protected dihydroxyacetone' Utsumi, N.; Imai, M.; Tanaka, F.; Ramasastry, S. S. V.; Barbas, C. F., III. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 3445 [Highlighted in Synfacts: List, B.; Zumbansen, K. Synfacts 2007, 10, 1100]
'Enantiospecific first total synthesis of (+)-2b-hydroxysolanascone, the aglycon of the phytoalexin isolated from flue-cured tobacco leaves' Srikrishna, A.; Ramasastry, S. S. V. Tet. Lett. 2006, 47, 335.
'Enantiospecific total synthesis of phytoalexins, (+)-solanascone, (+)-dehydrosolanascone and (+)-anyhydro-β-rotunol'. Srikrishna, A.; Ramasastry, S. S. V. Tet. Lett. 2005, 46, 7373.
'A novel boron trifluoride etherate mediated deep-seated rearrangement of an α,β-epoxyketone'. Srikrishna, A.; Ramasastry, S. S. V. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2005, 16, 2973.
'Carbanion cyclisation of esters. Part 2: Enantiospecific construction of the tricyclic framework of the marine sesquiterpenes, spirodysins' Srikrishna, A.; Kumar, P. R.; Ramasastry, S. S. V. Tet. Lett. 2004, 45, 383.
'Lithium-liquid ammonia mediated carbocyclisation of δ,ε-unsaturated esters: Annulation of cyclopentanones' Srikrishna, A.; Ramasastry, S. S. V. Tet. Lett. 2004, 45, 379.