Publications

[Publications as Independent Investigator]

44. Catalyst-free Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized 1,2,4-triazole via Ring Opening/cyclization of Arylidene Thiazolone with Aryl/alkyl-hydrazine.

A. Kumari, A. Jain, H. Sharma, S. Selvakumar and N. K. Rana* 

Chem. Commun. 2025, DOI: 10.1039/d5cc02145f. Link

43. 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. Link

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

R. Ladumor, S. Samanta and S. Selvakumar* 

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

41. 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. Link

40. N-Hydroxyalkanamide Based Organo/hydrogels as Novel Scaffolds for pH-Dependent Metronidazole and Theophylline Release.

M. Yadav, M. Goyat, M. Brahma, M. Maruthi, S. Selvakumar, A. Ansari, M. K. Gupta* Chem. Biodiversity 2024, e202400105. Link 

39. Metal-free ipso-Halocyclization of N-arylpropynamides using Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagents under aqueous condition.

P. Jangir, K. R. Bajya, A. S. Pathare,+ M. Sodoor,+ R. Saini, M. Purohit and S. Selvakumar* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2024, e202400203. Link         

(+ these two authors contributed equally)             

38. Metal-free Synthesis of 4-Bromoisocoumarins through Brominative annulation of 2-Alkynylaryloate esters using in situ generated transient Bromoiodane.

M. Sodoor and S. Selvakumar* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 26, e202300925. Link

(Highlighted in ChemistryViews)                     

37. Synergistic Dual Photoredox and Chiral Hydrogen Bonding Catalysis: Recent Advances

S. Selvakumar* Asian. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 12, e202300374. Link

(Invited for the special collection on the occasion of Professor Keiji Maruoka's 70th Birthday)  

36. Visible-Light Mediated Metal-free Synthesis of 3-Bromo Coumarins Using In situ Generated Transient Non-Symmetric Bromoiodanes.        

Monika, K. R. Bajya, M. K. Gupta and S. Selvakumar* ChemistrySelect 2023, 8, e202300496. Link

35. Solvent-controlled diastereodivergent cascade synthesis of trisubstituted tetrahydrothiophenes utilizing polystyrene-supported amine.  

A. Jain, A. Kumari, K. Shukla, S. Selvakumar and N. K. Rana*        

 Arkivoc 2023, DOI:10.2480/ark.5550190.p011.947. Link

 34. Sulfonamide as Photoinduced Hydrogen Atom Transfer Catalyst for Organophotoredox Hydrosilylation and Hydrogermylation of Activated Alkenes.                                         

 K. R. Bajya, M. Kumar, A. Ansari and S. Selvakumar* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, 365, 976. Link

(Most accessed article in 2023)

33. Dual Photoredox and Cobalt Catalysis Enabled Transformations.                                         

 K. R. Bajya and S. Selvakumar* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 2022, e202200229 Link

(Invited for the special issue on Dual Catalysis)

32. Recent Developments in Direct C-H Functionalization of Quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones under Radical Addition Process.                                         

 Monika and S. Selvakumar* Synthesis 2019, 51, 4113. Link

[Publications during M.Sc, Ph.D. and Post doctoral]

31. Poly (vinyl ethers) based on the biomass-derived compound, eugenol, and their one-component, ambient cured surface coatings. Kalita, D. J.; Tarnavchyk, I.; Selvakumar, S.; Chisholm, B. J.; Sibi, M.; Webster, D. C. Progress in Organic Coatings, 2022, 170, 106996.

30. Asymmetric Synthesis of a-Amino acids by Organocatalytic Biomimetic Transamination. Kang, Q.-K.; Selvakumar, S.; Maruoka, K. Org. Lett.  2019, 21, 2294.

29. The Enantioselective alkylation of N-Arylhydrazones derived from a-keto esters and isatin derivatives through asymmetric phase transfer catalysis. Kang, Q.-K.; Selvakumar, S.; Arumugam, N.; Almansour, A. I.; Kumar, R. S.; Maruoka, K. Chem. Asian J.  2018, 13, 1780.

28. Valorization of 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid. Diels-Alder reactions with benzyne. Serum, E. M.; Selvakumar, S.; Zimmermann, N.; Sibi, M. P. Green Chem., 2018, 20, 1448. 

27. Fine chemicals from a biomass-derived dicarboxylic acid: Chiral bisoxazolines and their application in enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions. Selvakumar, S.; Fairweather, A.; Ugrinov, A.; Sibi, M. P. Heterocycles, 2018, 97, 151.

26. Hypervalent iodine (III) catalyzed radical hydroacylation of chiral alkylidene-malonates with aliphatic aldehydes under photolysis. Selvakumar, S.; Kang, Q. -K.; Arumugam, N.; Almansour, A. I.; Kumar, R. S.; Maruoka, K. Tetrahedron 2017, 73, 5841. 

25. Synthesis and characterization of polyurethane networks derived from soybean oil-based cyclic carbonates and bio-derivable diamines. Samanta, S.; Selvakumar, S.; Bahr, J.; Wickramaratne, D. S.; Sibi, M. P.; Chisholm, B. J. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2016, 4, 6551.

24. Diastereoselective radical hydroacylation of alkylidene malonates with aliphatic aldehydes initiated by photolysis of hypervalent iodine(III) reagents. Selvakumar, S.; Sakamoto, R.; Maruoka, K. Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 6552. [Selected as Hot Paper]

23. Efficient generation of perfluoroalkyl radicals from sodium perfluoroalkane-sulfinates and a hypervalent iodine(III) reagent: mild metal-free synthesis of perfluoroalkylated organic molecules. Sakamoto, R.; Kashiwagi, H.; Selvakumar, S.; Moteki, S. A.; Maruoka, K. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016, 14, 6417.

22. Organophotocatalysis: Insights into the mechanistic aspects of thiourea-mediated intermolecular [2+2] photocycloadditions. Vallavoju, N.; Selvakumar, S.; Pamberton, B. C.; Jockusch, S.; Sibi, M. P.; Sivaguru, J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5446. 

21. Efficient photolytic C-H bond fucntionalization of alkylbenzene with hypervalent iodine(III) reagent. Sakamoto, R.; Inada, T.; Selvakumar, S.; Moteki, S. A.; Maruoka, K. Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 3758.

20. Structural and solubility parameter correlations of gelation abilities for dihydroxylated derivatives of long-chained naturally occurring fatty acids. Zhang, M.; Selvakumar, S.; Zhang, X.; Sibi, M.; Weiss, R. G. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 8530.   

19. Novel Alkyd-type coating resins produced using cationic polymerization. Kalita, H.; Alam, S.; Kalita, D.; Jayasooriyamu, A.; Fernando, S.; Samanta, S.; Bhar, J.; Selvakumar, S.; Sibi, M.; Vold, J.; Ulven, C.; Chisholm, B. J. J. Coat. Technol. Res., 2015, 633.

18. Evaluating thiourea architecture for intramolecular [2+2]-photocycloaddition of 4-alkenylcoumarins. Vallavoju, N.; Selvakumar, S.; Jockusch, S.; Prabhakaran, M. T.; Sibi, M. P.; Sivaguru, J. Adv. Synth. Catal.. 2014, 356, 2763.

17. Metal-free C-H bond activation of branched aldehydes by hypervalent iodine(III) catalyst under visible-light photolysis: Successful trapping with electron deficient olefins. Moteki, S. A.; Usui, A.; Selvakumar, S.; Zhang, T.; Maruoka, K. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 11060. 

16. A practical approach for the oxidation of unactivated Csp3 –H bonds with o-Nitro(diacetoxyiodo)benzene as an efficient hypervalent iodine(III)-based oxidizing agent. Moteki, S. A.; Selvakumar, S.; Zhang, T.; Usui, A.; Maruoka, K. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2014, 3, 932. [Selected as VIP and also featured as cover article] 

 15. Enantioselective organo photocatalysis mediated by atropisomeric thiourea derivatives. Vallavoju, N#.; Selvakumar, S#.; Jockusch, S.; Sibi, M. P.; Sivaguru, J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5604. (#: Equal contribution). [Highlighted in Synfacts, 2014, 10, 756].

14. Thermoset Coatings from Epoxidized Sucrose Soyate and Blocked, Biobased Difunctional Carboxylic Acids. Kovash, C. S.; Pavlacky, E.; Selvakumar, S.; Sibi, M. P.; Webster, D. C. ChemSusChem., 2014, 7, 2289.

13. Novel Bio-Based Poly (vinyl ether)s and Their Application as Alkyd-Type Surface Coatings. Kalita, H.; Selvakumar, S.; Jayasooriyamu, A.; Fernando, S.; Samanta, S.; Bhar, J.; Alam, S.; Sibi, M. P.; Vold, J.; Ulven, C.; Chisholm, B. Green Chem., 2014, 16, 1974. 

12. Polyamides Based on the Renewable Monomer, 1,13-Tridecane Diamine I: Synthesis and Characterization of Nylon 13,T. He, J.; Samanta, S.; Selvakumar, S.; Lattimer, J.; Ulven. C.; Sibi, M. P.; Chisholm, B. Green Materials, 2013, 1, 114.

11. Polyamides Based on the Renewable Monomer, 1,13-Tridecane Diamine II:  Synthesis and Characterization of Nylon 13,6. Samanta, S.; He, J.; Selvakumar, S.; Lattimer, J.; Ulven. C.; Sibi, M. P.; Chisholm, B. Polymer, 2013, 54, 1141. 

10. 8H-Indeno[1,2-d]oxazole, 2,2′-methylenebis[3a, 8a-dihydro-(3aR, 3′aR, 8aS, 8′aS)] and 8H-Indeno[1,2-d]oxazole, 2,2′-methylenebis[3a, 8a-dihydro-(3aS, 3′aS, 8aR, 8′aR)]. Selvakumar, S.; Moorthy, R.; Ma, G.; Sibi, M. P. Encyclopedia of Reagents in Organic Synthesis, April 22, 2013.

9. Magnesium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide. Selvakumar, S.; Adachi, S.; Sibi, M. P. Encyclopedia of Reagents in Organic Synthesis, Sept. 15, 2011.

8. Zinc Trifluoromethanesulfonate. Deng, J.; Selvakumar, S.; Sibi, M. P.   Encyclopedia of Reagents in Organic Synthesis, March 15, 2011.

7. Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Sulfa-Michael Addition to a α, β -Unsaturated Ketones. Rana, N. K.; Selvakumar, S.; Singh, V. K. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 2089.

6. Asymmetric Organocatalytic Michael-type Reaction of Phosphorus Ylides to Nitroolefins: Synthesis of γ-nitro-β-aryl-α-methylene Carboxylic Esters. Allu, S.; Selvakumar, S.; Singh, V. K. Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 446.

5. Enantioselective Henry Reaction Catalyzed by C2-Symmetric Chiral Diamine-Copper (II) Complex. Selvakumar, S.; Sivasankaran, D.; Singh, V. K. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7, 3156. [Highlighted in Synfacts, 2009, 10, 1124].

4. Lewis acid-mediated Rearrangement of Activated Cyclic Amine: A Facile Synthetic Protocol for the Preparation of Amino Carbonyl Compounds. Selvakumar, S.; Baktharaman, S.; Singh, V. K. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 10141. 

3. Unprecedented Approach towards 2-Substituted Cyclobutanones. Baktharaman, S.; Selvakumar, S.; Singh, V. K. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 4335.

2. A Novel Entry to Dispiropyrrolo-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes Through Sequential 1,3-Dipolar and Diels-Alder Cycloaddition Reactions. Manian, R. D. R. S.; Jayashankaran, J.; Selvakumar, S.; Raghunathan, R. Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 829.

1. Asymmetric Synthesis of all the Stereoisomers of Tarchonanthuslactone. Baktharaman, S.; Selvakumar, S.; Singh, V. K.  Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 7527.

Patents

1. Monomers and polymers derived from natural phenols. Chisholm, B. J.; Alam, S.; Kalita, H.; Kalita, D.; Sibi, M. P.; Selvakumar, S.; Samanta, S. US patent: US 20160023980, issued Jan 28, 2016.

2. Preparation of novel monomers from biomass. Sibi, M. P.; Selvakumar, S.; Zimmerman, N.; Serum, E.; Ma, G.; Moorthy, R.; Kalliokoski, K. PCT. Int. patent: WO 2016022943, issued Aug 17, 2017.

Book Chapters

1. Stoichiometric Auxiliary Ligands for Metals and Main Group Elements: Ligands for Magnesium and Calcium. Adachi, S.; Selvakumar, S.; Sibi, M. P. In Comprehensive Chirality, Carrerira, E. M.; Yamamoto, H. Eds, 2012, 3, 655-690.

2. Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Soybean Oil-Based Polymer and Their Application in Coatings Cured by Autoxidation. Kalita, H.; Alam, S.; Kalita, D.; Chernykh, A.; Tarnavchyk, I.; Bahr, J.; Samanta, S.; Jayasooriyama, A.; Fernando, S.; Selvakumar, S.; Popadyuk, A.; Wickramaratne, D. S.; Sibi, M.; Voronov, A.; Bezbaruah, A.; Chisholm, B. J. Soy-based Chemicals and Materials, ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1178, 2014, Chapter 16, 371-390.

3. Novel Biobased Polymers for Coating Applications. Kalita, H.; Kalita, D.; Alam, S.; Chernykh, A.; Tarnavchyk, I.; Bahr, J.; Samanta, S.; Jayasooriyama, A.; Fernando, S.; Selvakumar, S.; Wickramaratne, D. S.; Sibi, M.; Chisholm, B. J. In Biobased and Environmental Benign Coatings. Tiwari, A., Galanis, A., Soucek, M. D. Eds, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. 2016, DOI: 10.1002/9781119185055.ch1.