60. Catalyst and Solvent-Free alkylation of Quinoline N-oxides with Olefins: Direct Access to Quinoline Substituted α–Hydroxy Carboxylic Derivatives.

Rakesh Kumar, Inder Kumar, Ritika Sharma and Upendra Sharma.* Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2016, 14, 2613-2617.[Link]  

59.  Vasicine from Adhatoda vasica as an Organocatalyst for Metal-free Henry Reaction and Reductive Heterocyclization of o-Nitroacylbenzenes.

S. Sharma, M. Kumar, V. Bhatt, O. S. Nayal,  M. S. Thakur, N. Kumar, B. Singh,* U. Sharma.* Tetrahedron Letters, 2016, 45, 5003-5008. [Link]

58.  Designing of Vasicine Derived Ligands and Their Application for Ruthenium Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions in Water: Synthesis of Amines and  Alcohols.  

 S. Sharma, M. Kumar, O. S. Nayal, M. S. Thakur, V. Bhatt, N. Kumar, B. Singh,* and U. Sharma.* 

 Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, 5, 1471-1479. [Link]          

 57.   Synthesis of Tertiary Arylamines: Lewis acid-catalyzed Direct Reductive N-Alkylation of Secondary Amines with Ketones through an Alternative Pathway.

O. S. Nayal, M. S. Thakur, V. Bhatt, M. Kumar, N. Kumar, B. Singh* and U. Sharma.* Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 9648-9651. [Link]  

56. Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Phenanthridinones and Dihydrophenanthridines by Vasicine/KOtBu Promoted Intramolecular C-H Arylation.              

Sushila Sharma, Manoranjan Kumar, Shruti Sharma, Onkar S. Nayal, Neeraj Kumar,  Bikram Singh* and Upendra Sharma*

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2016, 14, 8536-8544. [Link] (Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12(12): 1244) [Link] 

55.  Isolation and Characterization of Flavanols from Anthocephaluscadamba and Evaluation of their Antioxidant, Antigenotoxic, Cytotoxic and 

COX-2 Inhibitory Activities.

M. Chandel, M. Kumar, U. Sharma, N. Kumar, B. Singh*, and S. Kaur.* Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy, 2016, 26, 474-483. [Link]

54. In vitro evaluation of antioxidant, antiproliferative and apoptotic induction on prostate cancer cell line by non-polar constituents in brassica sprouts extracts.             

A. Chaudhary, S. Choudhary, U. Sharma, and S. Arora. Indian J. Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016, 78, 615-623. [Link]                     

53. Determination of Theanine and Catechin in Camellia sinensis (Kangra Tea) Leaves by HPTLC and NMR Techniques                          

Dinesh Kumar,* Ashu Gulati and Upendra Sharma.* Food Analytical Methods, 2016, 9,  1666-1674. [Link]                      

52.  Preliminary Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant and Antifungal Activity of Lepidagathis cuspidate.

R. Rattan, A. Kumari, V. Gautam, B. I. Fozdar, U. Sharma* and D. Kumar.* I. Journal of Drug Development and Research, 2016, 8, 001-003.