Recent Publications:

1. A Short Approach to Cytogenin and First Total Synthesis of Aspergisocoumrin A and Fusarimarin C. Rajendar Goreti,* Mintu Rehman. Tetrahedron (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2024.134343

2. LiTMP-LiBr Complex-Induced Lateral Lithiation and Cross Ester Condensation: Direct Access to Isocoumarins from 2-Methoxy o-toluate esters. Mintu Rehman, Sajib D., Rasajna Madhusudhana, Goreti Rajendar* Organic Chemistry Frontiers (2024). https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QO01678E

3. Tandem Acylation and Aromatization of Vinylogous Esters: A Regiospecific Approach to Resorcinyl Ketones. Keerthana S., Sowbarnika Senthilkumar, Goreti Rajendar* The Journal of Organic Chemistry, (2024) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c01869

4. Cooperative Noncovalent Interactions Controlling Amine-Catalyzed Aldol Reaction Pathways Catalyzed by Bifunctional Amino Quaternary Phosphonium Ion Akash Sugunan, Mini Bharati Ahirwar, Cherumuttathu H. Suresh, Milind M. Deshmukh,* Goreti Rajendar* The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024, 89 (20), 14851–14863. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c01635

5. Effective in Situ Alkoxide Trapping by TMSX in the Presence of TPP Catalyst in Glycidol Acetal Rearrangements. Meera Johny, Goreti Rajendar,* The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024, 89, 10, 7036–7046. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c00408.

6. First Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Human MAO Inhibitor (+)-Colveol A, Keerthana S., Sowbarnika Senthilkumar and Goreti Rajendar * Tetrahedron 2024, 150, 133778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2023.133778

7. Novel Phosphonium Ion Tethered Secondary Amines for Chemospecific 5-Enolexo Aldol Condensations of 6-Ketoaldehydes.  Akash Sugunan, Aparna V. M., Goreti Rajendar* The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023, 88, 24, 17472–17478

8. TMSCl Promoted Direct Conversion of Cyclic Anhydrides to (Un)Symmetric-Diesters/Amide Esters. Meera Johny, Amuda Manikandan, Goreti Rajendar* Chemistry an Asian Journal,  2023, https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202301017

9. Carbon Bond Catalysis: Dialkyl Sulfates, Alkyl Sulfonates and Alkyl Halides as Catalysts in Acetal Forming and Related Reactions. Tanmay Sarkar, Reyno R. S., Keerthana S., Goreti Rajendar* Published in ChemRxiv. 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-1xg7v; Under Peer Review Process

10. Synthetic Diversification of Tryptanthrin through its C6-Hydrazone. Sornarani Rajan, Goreti Rajendar , Ravi S. Lankalapalli, Tetrahedron Letters 129 (2023) 154752.

11. A Biomimetic Stereoselective Approach to Euolutchuol C and Its Structural Assignment. ReynoR. S., Sravya Surendran, Glory James, and Goreti Rajendar*. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2023, e202300748. doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202300748

12. Studies Towards The Synthesis of Tartrolons D and E.    Ranganayakulu Sunnapu, Mintu Rehman, Sreya Nanoth, Goreti Rajendar*.   Synthesis, 2023, 55, 2134-2142, DOI: 10.1055/a-2048-2662.

13. Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Intramolecular Rearrangement of Glycidol Acetal to Alkoxy Cyclic Acetals.   Meera Johny, Rose Mary Philip, and Goreti Rajendar*  Organic Letters 2022, 24, 33, 6165–6170, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.2c02397

14. A Chiral Pool Approach for Total Synthesis of (+)-Diaportinol, (−)-Peniisocoumarin H and (+) & (−)-Desmethyldiaportinol; Their Structural Revision.         Sunnapu Ranganayakulu, Aswathi Shyam Goreti Rajendar*, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022, e202100668; https://doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.202100668 

15. The influence of α-coordinating groups of aldehydes on E/Z-selectivity and the use of quaternary ammonium counter ions for enhanced E-selectivity in the Julia–Kocienski reaction.       Mintu Rehman‡, Sravya Surendran‡, Nagendra Siddavatam and Goreti Rajendar* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2022, 20, 329-333; DOI: 10.1039/D1OB02126E. (‡ equal contribution)

16. A Concise Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Methoxyl Citreochlorols & Their Structural Revisions.    Sunnapu Ranganayakulu, Gorti Rajendar*, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021, Pages 1637-1642; DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202001563. 

17. Stereoselective Total Synthesis of (-)-(2S,4R)-3'-Methoxyl Citreochlorol: Preparation and Use of New Proline Based Auxiliary for Asymmetric Acetate Aldol Reaction.     Ranganayakulu Sunnapu; Saikumar Naik Banoth; Reyno R. S.; Aleena Thomas; Navyasree Venugopal; Goreti Rajendar* J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 6, 4103-4113. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.9b03227.

18. Experimental realization of multipartite entanglement via quantum Fisher information in a uniform antiferromagnetic quantum spin chain. George Mathew, Saulo L. L. Silva , Anil Jain, Arya Mohan, D. T. Adroja, V. G. Sakai, C. V. Tomy, Alok Banerjee , Rajendar Goreti , Aswathi V. N., Ranjit Singh, and D. Jaiswal-Nagar, PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH 2, 043329 (2020)

19. A Method for the Preparation of β-Amino-α,β-unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds: Study of Solvent Effect and Mechanism.  Reyno R. S., Akash Sugunan, Ranganayakulu S., Cherumuttathu H. Suresh, and Goreti Rajendar* Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 1040-1045. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b04531. {highlighted in Organic Chemistry portal, https://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit7/211.shtm}

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    A New, Short, and Stereocontrolled Synthesis of C₂-Symmetric 1,2-Diamines.    Rajendar Vemula, Nathan C. Wilde, Rajendar Goreti, E. J. Corey. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 14, 3883-3886. doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01768

21. A Systematic Study of Functionalized Oxiranes as Initiating Groups for Cationic Polycyclization Reactions.    Goreti Rajendar, E. J. Corey, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5837−5844.  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03229

22. Useful Catalytic Enantioselective Cationic Double Annulation Reactions Initiated at Internal p-Bond. Method and Applications.      Karavadhi Surendra, Goreti Rajendar and E. J. Corey; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 642−645.  DOI: 10.1021/ja4125093

23. Short Route to Platencin.  J. S. Yadav, Goreti Rajendar, P. Srihari and B. Sridhar; Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 3782–3785. DOI: 10.1021/ol401760e

24. Total Synthesis of Nhatrangin A. J. S. Yadav, Goreti Rajendar, R. S. Rao and P. Srihari; J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 8524–8530. DOI: 10.1021/jo401248n 

25. Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Polyrhacitides A and B. J. S. Yadav, G. Rajendar. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011 (33), 6781-6788.

26. Stereoselective total synthesis of (+)-polyrhacitide A. J. S. Yadav, G. Rajendar, B. Ganganna, P. Srihari Tetrahedron Letters 2010, 51 (16), 2154-2156.

27. First stereoselective total synthesis of (+)-dodoneine, P. Srihari, G. Rajendar, R. Srinivasa Rao, J.S. Yadav, Tetrahedron Letters, 2008, 49, 5590-5592

28. Indium Catalyzed Synthesis of Heterocycles via Cycloadditions. JS Yadav, BV Subba Reddy, R Srinivasa Rao, G Rajendar, Synthesis of Heterocycles via Cycloadditions II, 2008, Pages 99-171.