PUBLICATIONS

Independent Research

2025

26) Recent Advances in the Radical Chemistry of Alkylboronic Acids and Derivatives

Akash Bisoyi, Ananthakrishna Panuganti, Ramsiya Poolamanna, Alisha Rani Tripathy, and Veera Reddy Yatham*

Adv. Synth. Catal. Accepted 2025, DOI:10.1002/adsc.202500191

25) Photocatalytic hydroalkylation of 3-methyleneisoindolin-1-ones with unactivated alkyl iodides

Abhishek Kumar, Shrutheka G.S. and Veera Reddy Yatham*

Chem Comm 2025, DOI:10.1039/D5CC00491H

24) Photoinduced Cascade Synthesis of Oxindoles and Isoquinolinediones

Avishek Jha, Gayathri K.L. and Veera Reddy Yatham*

J. Org. Chem. 2025, ASAP DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.5c00149

23) CO2•– Enabled Synthesis of Phenanthridinones, Oxindoles, Isoindolinones, and Spirolactams

Simhadri Vijay Kumar, Rupam Sur and Veera Reddy Yatham*

J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 10, 3557–3562 DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.4c02490

22) Minisci C–H Alkylation of Heterocycles with Unactivated Alkyl Iodides Enabled by Visible Light Photocatalysis

Girish Suresh Yedase, Ruveen M and Veera Reddy Yatham

J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 9, 3412–3419 DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.4c03151

2024

21) Chemoselective Dehydrogenation and Hetero-Arylation of Amides via Radical Translocation Enabled by Photoexcited Triplet Ketone Catalysis

Aakash Bisoyi, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Amit Behera, Simhari Vijay Kumar and Veera Reddy Yatham

J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 17818–17823 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c02060

20) Light-Induced Difunctionalization of Alkenes with Polyhaloalkanes and Quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones

Vivek Kumar, Aakash Bisoyi, and Fathima and Veera Reddy Yatham

J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 16964-16968. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c02119

19) α‑C(sp3)−H (Hetero)Arylation of Thioethers Enabled by Photoexcited Triplet Ketone Catalysis

Akash Bisoyi, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Amit Behera and Veera Reddy Yatham*

J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 12540–12546 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01480

18) Photoinduced Remote Selective C(sp3)-H Alkylation Mediated by Cesium Formate

Vijay Kumar Simhadri, Rupam Sur, and Veera Reddy Yatham*

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2024, e202400490.

17) Hydrodifluoromethylation of unactivated alkenes enabled by Visible-Light Photocatalysis

Avishek Kumar Jha, Vivek Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Perumandla, Dr. Veera Reddy Yatham

ChemPhotoChem 2024, DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202300288.

16) Synergistic Merger of Ketone, Halogen Atom Transfer (XAT), and Nickel-Mediated C(sp3)−C(sp2) Cross-Electrophile Coupling Enabled by Light

Alisha Rani Tripathy, Akash Bisoyi, Arya P, Sreelakshmi Venugopal and Veera Reddy Yatham

ACS Organic & Inorganic Au 2024, 4, 229–234.

15) Redox Neutral Decarboxylative Cross-Coupling of Oxamate with Aryl Bromide

Akash Bisoyi, Vijay Kumar Simhadri, Surya K, Roshita Kuniyil* and Veera Reddy Yatham*

ACS Org. Inorg. Au 2024, 4, 223–228.

2023

14) Redox Neutral Radical Cascade Cyclization of N-Arylacrylamide with Unactivated Alkyl and Aryl Chlorides

Avishek Kumar Jha, Dhananjay P. Nair, Munaifa Arif, Girish Suresh Yedase, Roshita Kuniyil* and Veera Reddy Yatham*

J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 21, 15389–15394.

13) Photocatalytic Hydro Tri/Difluoromethylation of Alkenes with Bench Stable Tri/Difluoromethylating Reagents

Girish Suresh Yedase, Munaifa Arif, Rositha Kuniyil*, and Veera Reddy Yatham*

Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 6200–6205.

12) Metal Free Direct C3-H Alkylation and Arylation of Quinoxalin-2(1H)-Ones with Inert Alkyl and Aryl Chloride

Alisha Rani Tripathy, Ashutosh Mishra, Vesaj Singh and Veera Reddy Yatham*

Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202300774.

11) Photoinduced Decarboxylative C3-H Alkylation of Quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones

Akash Bisoyi, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Girish Suresh Yedase, Shifana Sinu P, Udita Choudhury, and Veera Reddy Yatham*

J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 2631–2641.

2022

10) Catalyst-free Hantzsch Ester-mediated Organic Transformations Driven by Visible light

Girish Suresh Yedase, Sreelakshmi Venugopal, Arya P., Veera Reddy Yatham

Asian J. Org. Chem. 2022, 11, e202200478.

9) Visible-Light-Driven α-Aminoalkyl Radical-Mediated C(sp3)–C(sp) Cross-Coupling of Iodoalkanes and Alkynyl Bromides

Alisha Rani Tripathy, Amit Kumar, Rizwana Rahmathulla A, Avishek Kumar Jha and Veera Reddy Yatham

Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 5186–5191.

8) Photocatalyzed alkylative cyclization of 2-isocyanobiphenyls with unactivated alkyl iodides

Alisha Rani Tripathy, Rizwana Rahmathulla A, Amit Kumar and Veera Reddy Yatham

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2022, 20, 3136-3144.

7) Visible-Light Enabled C(sp3)–C(sp2) Cross-Electrophile Coupling via Synergistic Halogen-Atom Transfer (XAT) and Nickel Catalysis

Girish Suresh Yedase, Avishek Kumar Jha and Veera Reddy Yatham

J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 5442–5450.

2021

6) Organophotoredox-Catalyzed Switchable Selective Transformation of Aromatic Aldehydes into Pinacols and Benzyl alcohols

Girish Suresh Yedase, Maria John, Veera Reddy Yatham

Asian J. Org. Chem. 2021, 10, 2916.

5) Cerium photocatalyzed radical smiles rearrangement of 2-aryloxybenzoic acids

Alisha Rani Tripathy, Girish Suresh Yedase and Veera Reddy Yatham

RSC Adv., 2021,11, 25207-25210.

4) Cerium-photocatalyzed aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols to aldehydes and ketones

Girish Suresh Yedase, Sumit Kumar, Jessica Stahl , Burkhard König* and Veera Reddy Yatham*

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1727–1732.

3) Cesium Carbonate Catalyzed Oxa-Michael Addition of Oximes to Acrylonitrile

Jessica Stahl, Veera Reddy Yatham, Stefano Crespi, Burkhard König

ChemistrySelect 2021, 6, 4107.

2020

2) PPh3/NaI driven photocatalytic decarboxylative radical cascade alkylarylation reaction of 2-isocyanobiaryls

Ketan Wadekar, Suraj Aswale and Veera Reddy Yatham*

RSC Adv. 2020,10, 16510-16514.

1) Cerium photocatalyzed dehydrogenative lactonization of 2-arylbenzoic acids

Ketan Wadekar, Suraj Aswale and Veera Reddy Yatham*

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020,18, 983-987.

PhD and Postdoc

9. Ni-catalyzed Reductive DeaminativeArylationat sp3 Carbon Centers

Raul Martin-Montero, Veera ReddyYatham, Hongfei Yin, Jacob Davies, Ruben Martin, Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 2947- 2951.

8.. Decarboxylative Hydrazination of Unactivated Carboxylic acids Driven by Cerium Photocatalysis

Veera Reddy Yatham, Peter Peter Bellotti, Burkhard König, Chem.commun. 2019, 55, 3489-3492.

7. Catalytic Intermolecular Dicarbofunctionalization of Styrenes with CO2 and Radical Precursors

Veera Reddy Yatham, Yangyang Shen, Ruben Martin, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 10915–10919.

highlighted in chem.views 2017,

6. Triazolylidene Ligands Allow Cobalt-Catalyzed C–H/C–O Alkenylations at Ambient Temperature

N. Sauermann, J. Loup, D. Kootz, V. R. Yatham, A. Berkessel, L. Ackermann Synthesis, 2017, 49, 3476–3484.

5. 1,4-Bis-Dipp/Mes-1,2,4-Triazolylidenes: Carbene Catalysts that Efficiently Overcome Steric Hindrance in the Redox Esterification of α- and β-Substituted α,β-

Enals; V. R. Yatham, W. Harnying, D. Kootz, J.-M. Neudörfl, N. E. Schlörer, A. Berkessel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016,138, 2670-2677;

Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12, 0418.

4. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Tail-to-Tail Oligomerization of N,N-Dimethylacrylamide (DMAA), and the Search for the Stetter Reaction of DMAA with

Benzaldehyde; Q. -A. Rajachan, M. Paul, , J.-M. Neudörfl, A. Berkessel,Tetrahedron letters 2015, 56, 6537–6540.

3. Carbene Catalyzed Umpolung of a,b-Enals: A Reactivity Study of DiaminoDienolsvs.AzoliumEnolates, and the Characterization of Advanced Reaction Intermediates; V. R. Yatham, J.-M. Neudörfl, N. Schlörer, A. Berkessel, Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 3706-3711 (including cover picture).

2. The Key Intermediates of Carbene-Catalyzed Umpolung Characterized by X-Ray/NMR: Breslow Intermediates, Homoenolates and Azolium Enolates; V. R. Yatham, S.

Elfert, J.-M. Neudörfl, A. Berkessel, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 11158-11162; Angew. Chem. 2013, 125, 11364-11369,

1. Umpolung by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Generation and Reactivity of the Elusive 2,2-Diamino Enols (Breslow Intermediates); S. Elfert, V. R. Yatham, J. Neudörfl, N.

Schlörer, J. H. Teles, A. Berkessel, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 12370-12374; Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 12537-12541

Highlighted in Chem. Eng. News, 2012, 90,8.

Highlighted in Nachr.Chem. 2012, 60,1171

Highlighted in Synfacts, , 5, 105.

Highlighted in Nachr. Chem. 2013, 61, 293.

Patents:

1. Process for the Dimerization of Activated Olefins

N. Vautravers, J. H. Teles, A. Berkessel, M. Paul, V. R. Yatham PCT Int. Appl. 2015, WO2015177141.