Openings: Students interested in pursuing Ph.D. in the field of synthetic organic chemistry, preferably qualified CSIR/UGC-(JRF) or DST-INSPIRE email directly to selva@iiti.ac.in with your detailed CV. 

Recent publication:

• Photocatalytic Silacyclization of 1,7-Enynes via Selective Functionalization of Si-H/silyl C(sp3)-H bonds: Access to Densely Functionalized Silacycles.

R. Ladumor and S. Selvakumar 

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2026, 368, DOI: 10.1002/adsc.70285.

• Photocatalytic Silylation/Germylation and Cascade Cyclization of N‑(o‑Cyanobiaryl)acrylamides: Access to Silylated and Germylated Phenanthridines.

S. K. Maurya and S. Selvakumar 

J. Org. Chem. 2026, 91, 2515-2522.

• A Unified Strategy to access N-Heterocycles Enabled by Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent Mediated Imidate Radical Cyclization.

A. S. Pathare and S. Selvakumar 

Org. Chem. Front. 2026, DOI: 10.1039/D5QO01301A.

• Organophotocatalytic Regioselective Silylation/Germylation and Cascade Cyclization of 1,7-Dienes: Access to Silylated/Germylated Benzazepine Derivatives.

K. R. Bajya and S. Selvakumar 

J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 16131-16137.

• Metal-Free Synthesis of 4-Bromoisoquinolines through Brominative Annulation of 2-Alkynyl Arylimidate Using In Situ-Generated Transient Bromoiodane.

A. S. Pathare and S. Selvakumar 

J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 814-823.

• Photocatalytic Silylation of Aryl Alkynoates: Synthesis of Silylated Coumarins.

R. Ladumor, S. Samanta and S. Selvakumar 

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2025, 367, e202401007.

• Organophotocatalytic Regioselective Silylation/Germylation and Cascade Cyclization of N-alkenyl alpha-CF₃ Acrylamides: Access to Densely Functionalized 4-pyrrolin-2-ones.

K. R. Bajya, S. K. Maurya and S. Selvakumar 

Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 9269-9275.

• Metal-free ipso-Halocyclization of N-Arylpropynamides using Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagents under Aqueous Conditions.

P. Jangir, K. R. Bajya, A. S. Pathare, M. Sodoor, R. Saini, M. Purohit and S. Selvakumar 

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2024, e202400203.