Research Group Publications
 
  • Jayant Rathod, Brijesh M. Sharma, Pramod S. Mali And Pradeep Kumar*, Tf2NH Catalyzed 1,6-Conjugate Addition of Vinyl azide with p-Quinone Methides: A Mild and Efficient Method for Synthesis of ?-Bis-Arylamides, Synthesis., 49:, 5224 - 5230 (2017).
    Nominated for the " Synthesis Best paper award 2017"
  • Pradeep Kumar*, DivyaTripathi, Brijesh Sharma And Namrata Dwivedi, Transition metal catalysis: A unique road map in the stereo selective synthesis of 1,3- polyols, Org. Bio.Chem., 2017, 733 - 761 (2017).
  • Brijesh M. Sharma, Mahesh Yadav, Rajesh G. Gonnade And and Pradeep Kumar*, Unified Approach to Fused and Spirocyclic Oxindoles through Lewis-Acid-Promoted Opening of Spiroepoxyoxindoles with Allylsilanes: Application to the Formal Synthesis of (±)-Physovenine, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2017, 2603 (2017).
  • Sandip S. Shinde, Nilesh S. Khonde And and Pradeep Kumar*, Tri–tert-Butanolamine as an Organic Promoter in Nucleophilic Fluorination, Chemistry select., 2, 118 (2017).
  • Jayant Rathod, Priti Sharma, Punam Pandey, A. P. Singh And Pradeep Kumar* , Highly active recyclable SBA-15-EDTA-Pd catalyst for Mizoroki-Heck, Stille and Kumada C-C coupling Reactions, J Porous Mater., 23, 1 (2016).
  • Krishanu Show and Pradeep Kumar * , Synthesis of Ophiocerin A, B and C, Botryolide E, Decarestrictine O, Stagonolide C and 9-epi-Stagonolide C employing chiral hexane-1,2,3,5-tetraol derivative as building block, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2016, 4696 (2016).
  • Shruti Vandana Kauloorkar and Pradeep Kumar*, Total synthesis of (–)-(6R,11R,14S)-colletallol via proline catalyzed ?-aminoxylation and Yamaguchi macrolactonization, RSC advances., 6, 63607 (2016).
  • Brijesh M. Sharma, Arjun Gontala And and Pradeep Kumar*, Enantioselective Modular Total Synthesis of Macrolides Sch725674 and C-4-epi-Sch725674, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2016, 1215 (2016).
  • U. Nookaraju, Eeshwaraiah Begari, * Ravikiran Reddy Yetra And and Pradeep Kumar*, CeCl3•7H2O-NaI Promoted Regioselective Sulfenylation of Indoles with Sulfonylhydrazides, Chemistry select., 1, 81 (2016).
  • Deepak Patel, Ganesh Ram Kurrey, Sandip S. Shinde, Pradeep Kumar* And Geon-Joong Kimc and Santosh Singh Thakur*, Dinuclear salen cobalt complex incorporating Y(OTf)3: enhanced enantioselectivity in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides, RSC advances., 5, 82699 (2015).
  • Sandip S. Shinde , Madhukar S. Said, Trupti B. Surwase And Pradeep Kumar*, Mild regiospecific alcoholysis and aminolysis of epoxides catalyzed by zirconium(IV) oxynitrate, Tetrahedron Lett., 56, 5916 (2015).
  • U. Nookaraju and Pradeep Kumar*, Total synthesis of (+)-petromyroxol via tandem ?-aminoxylation–allylation and asymmetric dihydroxylation–SN2 cyclization approach, RSC advances., 5, 63311 (2015).
  • Sandip S. Shinde, * Sunil N. Patil And Amruta Ghatge and Pradeep Kumar* , Nucleophilic fluorination using imidazolium based ionic liquid bearing tert-alcohol moiety, New J. Chem., 39, 4368 (2015).
  • Shruti Vandana Kauloorkar, Vishwajeet Jha, Ganesh Jogdand And Pradeep Kumar*, A stereocontrolled synthesis of Hagen's gland lactones via iterative proline catalyzed aaminoxylation and oxa-Michael addition reactions, RSC advances., 5, 61000 (2015).
  • Chandani Singh, Jayant Rathod, Vishwajeet Jha, Armen Panossian, Pradeep Kumar And * and Frédéric R. Leroux, Modular Synthesis of Biaryl-Substituted Phosphine Ligands: Application in Microwave-Assisted Palladium-Catalyzed C–N Cross-Coupling Reactions, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2015, 6515 - 6525 (2015).
  • Chandani Singh , Kiran Jawade , Priti Sharma, Anand P. Singh And Pradeep Kumar*, Carbon-carbon bond forming reactions: Application of covalently anchored 2,4,6-triallyloxy-1,3,5-triazine (TAT) Pd(II) complex over modified surface of SBA-15 to Heck, Suzuki, Sonogashira and Hiyama cross coupling reactions, Catal. Commun., 69, 11 - 15 (2015).
  • Pradeep Kumar*, Shijo Cherian, Ruchi Jain And Krishanu Show , Chemoselective deprotection of N- allylic amines using DDQ, Tetrahedron Lett., 55, 7172 (2014).
  • Addeb El-Dahshan, Sameer I. Al-Gharabli, Silke Radetzki, Taleb H. Al-Tel, Pradeep Kumar And Joerg Rademann*, Flexible, polymer supported synthesis of sphingosine derivatives provides Ceramides with enhanced biological activity, Biorg. Med. Chem., 22, 5123 (2014).
  • U.Nookaraju And Eeshwaraiah Begari and Pradeep Kumar*, Total synthesis of (+)-monocerin via tandem dihydroxylation-SN2 cyclization and a copper mediated tandem cyanation–lactonization approach, Org. Bio.Chem., 12, 5973 (2014).
  • Vishwajeet Jha, Shruti Vandana Kauloorkar And and Pradeep Kumar*, Stereoselective Approach to 2,6-Disubstituted Piperidin-3-ol: Synthesis of (–)-Deoxoprosopinine and (+)-Deoxoprosophylline, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2014;, 4897 (2014).
  • Eeshwaraiah Begari*, Chandani Singh And U. Nooka Raju and Pradeep Kumar*, Clay supported Copper nitrate "Claycop"and TEMPO : A mild and eco friendly reagent for the selective nitration of aromatic olefin, Synlett., 25, 1997 (2014).
  • Vishwajeet Jha and Pradeep Kumar*, Organocatalytic stereoselective approach for the total synthesis of (-) -halosaline, RSC advances., 4, 3238 - 3244 (2014).
  • Shruti Vandana Kauloorkar, Vishwajeet Jha And Ganesh Jogdand and Pradeep Kumar*, Stereoselective Approach to Indolizidine and Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids: Total Synthesis of (-)-Lentiginosine, (-)-epi-Lentiginosine and (-)-Dihydroxypyrrolizidine, Org. Bio.Chem., 12, 4454 - 4460 (2014).
  • Jha, Vishwajeet; Kumar And Pradeep*, A Concise Organocatalytic Route to Protected (2S,4R)-4-Hydroxyornithine and (+)-Pseudohygroline, Synlett., 25, 1089 - 1092 (2014).
  • Pradeep Kumar* And Namrata Dwivedi, Proline catalyzed ?-aminoxylation reaction in the synthesis of biologically active compounds, Accounts of Chemical Research., 46, 289 (2013).
  • S.V. Kauloorkar V. Jha And Pradeep Kumar*, Synthesis of indolizidine, pyrrolizidine and quinolizidine ring system by proline- catalyzed Sequential ?- amination and HWE olefination of an aldehyde, RSC advances., 3, 1828 (2013).
  • Pradeep Kumar*, Vishwajeet Jha And and Rajesh Gonnade, Proline-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of syn- and anti-1,3-Diamines, J. Org. Chem., 78 , 11756 - 11764 (2013).
  • P.S. Chowdhury And Pradeep Kumar*, Total synthesis of umuravumbolide and hyptolide through silicon tethered ring- closing metathesis, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2013, 4586 (2013).
  • Pradeep Kumar* P.S. Chowdhury And Menaka Pandey , A desymmetrization approach to the enantiopure syn/anti-1, 5-diols via hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of functionalized meso bis-epoxides : Further elaboration to syn/syn-1,3,5- triolsand application to the formal synthesis of cryptocarya diacetate, Adv. Synth. Catal., 355, 1719 (2013).
  • A. Harbindu And B.Sharma Pradeep Kumar*, Asymmetric routes topentadec-1-en-4-ol: application to the synthesis of aculeatins F & epiF, (R)-and(S)-5-hexadecanolide and a formalSynthesis of solenopsin, Tetrahedron Asymmetry., 24, 305 (2013).
  • S. Ramalingam, A.D. Bhise K. Show And Pradeep Kumar * , A concise synthesis of ( 5R,6S)-tert-butyl 5- acetoxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5,6- Dihydropyridine -1(2H)-carboxylate, Arkivoc., 2013, 220 (2013).
  • U. Nookaraju, A. Harbindu, A.D. Bhise, B.M. Sharma And Pradeep Kumar * , First total synthesis of seimatopolide B, RSC advances., 2, 11231 (2012).
  • D. Tripathi And Pradeep Kumar *., Formal synthesis of Tetrahydrolipstatin, Tetrahedron Asymmetry., 23, 884 (2012).
  • N. Dwivedi, D. Tripathi And Pradeep Kumar * , An organocatalytic route to the synthesis of 6S-5,6-dihydro-6[(2R) -2-hydroxy-6-phenylhexyl]-2H-pyran-2-one, Tetrahedron Asymmetry., 22, 1749 (2011).
  • Anand Harbindu And Pradeep Kumar * , Organocatalytic enantioselective approach to the synthesis of Verbalactone and (R)-Massoialactone, Synthesis., 12, 1954 (2011).
  • Krishanu Show, P.K. Upadhyay And Pradeep Kumar* , Stereoselecive synthesis of ophiocerin A and C, Tetrahedron Asymmetry., 22, 1212 (2011).
  • Krishanu Show, P.K. Upadhyay And Pradeep Kumar* , An asymmetric dihydroxylation route to (-)-bulgecinine, Tetrahedron Asymmetry., 22, 1234 (2011).
  • Nagendra B. Kondekar Pradeep Kumar* , Synthesis of (R)- selegiline via hydrolytic kinetic resolution, Synth. Commun., 41, 1301 (2011).
  • Abhisek Dubey And Pradeep Kumar* , Stereoselective synthesis of (-)-galantinic acid, Synthesis., 6, 901 (2011).
  • Pradeep Kumar*, Menka Pandey, Priti Gupta And and Dilip Dhavale, An organocatalytic route to the synthesis of lactone moiety of compactin and mevinolin, Tetrahedron Lett., 51, 5838 (2010).
  • Pradeep Kumar*, Menka Pandey, Priti Gupta And Vasudeva Naidu and Dilip Dhavale, Enantio- and diastereocontrolled total synthesis of (+)- strictifolione, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2010, 6993 (2010).
  • Puspesh K. Upadhyay and Pradeep Kumar*, A Short and Efficient Synthesis of (S)-(+)-2-(Hydroxymethyl)-6- piperidin-2-one, Synthesis., 15, 2512 (2010).
  • Puspesh K. Upadhyay and Pradeep kumar*, A Concise Synthesis of(2S,3S,4S)- 2-(Hydroxymethyl)pyrrolidine- 3,4-diol(LAB1), Synthesis., 18, 3063 (2010).
  • Nagendra B. Kondekar And and Pradeep Kumar*, Synthesis of (R)-Coniine and (S) -Coinicine via Organocatalytic alpha-Aminoxylation of an Aldehyde, Synthesis., 2010, 3105 (2010).
  • Puspesh K. Upadhyay and Pradeep Kumar*, A Concise Synthesis of(2S,3S,4S)- 2-(Hydroxymethyl)pyrrolidine- 3,4-diol(LAB1), Synthesis., 18, 3036 (2010).
  • Vishwajeet Jha, Nagendra B. Kondekar And and Pradeep Kumar*, Enantioselective Synthesis of syn/anti-1,3-Amino Alcohols via Proline-Catalyzed Sequential ? – Aminoxylation/ ?- Amination and Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Olefination of Aldehydes, Organic Letters., 12, 2762 (2010).
  • A. Dubey And Shruti V. Kaulorkar and Pradeep Kumar* , Synthesis of (-)- galantinic acid via iterative HKR and tethered aminohydroxylation, Tetrahedron., 66, 3159 (2010).
  • A. Harbindu And P. Kumar, Synthesis of aculeatins A and B via Iterative HKR, Synthesis., 9, 1479 (2010).
  • Hassan Hazarkhani, P. Kumar, K.S. Kondiram And I. Gadwal, Highly selective Claisen Schmidt condensation catalyzed by silica chloride under solvent- free reaction Conditions, Synth. Commun., 40, 2887 (2010).
  • Abhisek Dubey And A.K. Upadhyay and Pradeep Kumar *, Pivaloyl chloride/DMF: a new reagent for conversion of alcohols to chlorides, Tetrahedron Lett., 51, 744 (2010).
  • Pradeep Kumar* And Priti Gupta, Hydrolytic kinetic resolution as an emerging tool in the synthesis of bioactive molecules, Synlett., 2009, 1367 (2009).
  • Partha S. Chowdhary And P. Gupta and Pradeep Kumar *, Enantioselective synthesis of Decarestrictine J, Tetrahedron Lett., 50, 7188 (2009).
  • Partha S. Chowdhary And P. Gupta and Pradeep Kumar *, First asymmetric total synthesis of aspinolide, Tetrahedron Lett., 50, 7018 (2009).
  • Nagendra B.Kondekar And and Pradeep Kumar*, Iterative approach to enantiopure syn/anti 1,3-polyols via proline catalysed sequential alpha-aminoxylation and HWE olefination of aldehydes, Organic Letters., 11, 2611 (2009).
  • Divya Tripathi And Satyendra Kumar Pandey and Pradeep Kumar*, A general approach to medium-sized ring ethers via hydrolytic and oxidative kinetic resolutions: Stereoselective syntheses of (-)-cis-lauthisan and (+)-isolaurepan, Tetrahedron., 65, 2226 (2009).
  • S. Ramalingam and Pradeep Kumar*, Yttria-zirconia based Lewis acid catalysis of the Biginelli reaction: An efficient one-pot synthesis of 3, 4-dihydropyrimidine-2-(1H)-ones, Synth. Commun., 39, 1299 (2009).
  • Abhishek Dubey and Pradeep Kumar*, Tethered amino hydroxylation route to phytosphingosine, Tetrahedron Lett., 50, 3425 (2009).
  • Suman Sahoo, Pradeep Kumar, F. Lefebvre And S. B. Halligudi*, Synthesis of chiral sulfoxides by enantioselective sulfide oxidation and subsequent oxidative kinetic resolution using immobilized Ti-binol complex, Journal of Catalysis., 262, 111 (2009).
  • Puspesh K. Upadhyay, Rajendra Prasad, Menaka Pandey And Pradeep Kumar*, A facile synthesis of 5,6-dihydro-5-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyridone, Tetrahedron Lett., 50, 2440 (2009).
  • Suman Sahoo, Pradeep Kumar, F. Lefebvre And S. B. Halligudi*, Oxidative kinetic resolution of alcohols using chiral Mn-salen complex immobilized onto ionic liquid modified mesoporous silica, Applied Catalysis A: General., 354, 17 (2009).
  • Puspesh K. Upadhyay and Pradeep kumar*, A novel synthesis of coumarins employing triphenyl(?-carboxymethylene)triphenylphosphorane imidazolide as C-2 synthon, Tetrahedron Lett., 50, 236 (2009).
  • Suman Sahoo, Pradeep Kumar, F. Lefebvre And S. B. Halligudi*, A chiral Mn (III) salen complex immobilized onto ionic liquid modified mesoporous silica for oxidative kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols, Tetrahedron Lett., 49, 4865 (2008).
  • Divya Tripathi and Pradeep Kumar*, A total synthesis of (+)-isolaurepan, Tetrahedron Lett., 49, 7012 (2008).
  • S. Ramalingam and Pradeep Kumar*, Synthesis of alpha-amino phosphonates by three component condensation of carbonyl compounds, amine and dialkyl phosphates using Yttria-Zirconia based Lewis acid catalyst, Catalysis Letters., 125, 315 (2008).
  • S. Ramalingam and Pradeep Kumar*, Multi-component carbon-carbon bond forming Mannich reaction catalyzed by Yttria-Zirconia based Lewis acid, Catal. Commun., 9, 2445 (2008).
  • Suman Sahoo, Pradeep Kumar, F. Lefebvre And S. B. Halligudi*, Enantioselective hydrogenation of olefins by chiral iridium phosphorothiotite complex covalently anchored on mesoporous silica, Journal of Catalysis., 254, 91 (2008).
  • Akhilesh Tanwar, Sourav Pal , Satyendra Kumar Pandey And Menaka Pandey and Pradeep Kumar* , A concise synthesis of protected (2S,4R)-4-hydroxyornithine, Tetrahedron Lett., 49, 3297 (2008).
  • Priti Gupta and Pradeep Kumar*, An Efficient Total Synthesis of Decarestrictine D, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2008, 1195 (2008).
  • Abhisek Dubey And S. V. Kandula and Pradeep Kumar*, Dimethyl sulfoxide pivaloyl chloride: A new reagent for oxidation of alcohols to carbonyls, Synth. Commun., 38 , 746 (2008).
  • Pradeep Kumar* Vasudeva Naidu and Priti Gupta, Application of hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) in the synthesis of bioactive compounds, Tetrahedron., 63, 2745 (2007).
  • Satyendra Kumar Pandey and Pradeep Kumar*, A Concise Synthesis of (-)-Deoxoprosopinine, Synlett., 2007, 2894 (2007).
  • Priti Gupta and Pradeep Kumar* , Formal synthesis of herbarumin III, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry., 18, 1688 (2007).
  • Shijo K. Cherian and Pradeep Kumar*, Enantioselective synthesis of (+)-l-733,060, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry., 18, 982 (2007).
  • Vasudeva S. Naidu And Priti Gupta and Pradeep Kumar*, Enantioselective synthesis of (-)- pinellic acid, alpha and beta-dimorphecolic acid, Tetrahedron., 63, 7624 (2007).
  • Suman Sahoo, Pradeep Kumar And F. Lefebvre and S.B. Halligudi, Immobilized chiral diamino Ru complex as catalyst for chemo- and enantioselective hydrogenation, J. Mol. Catal A: Chem., 273 , 102 - 108 (2007).
  • Vasudeva S. Naidu and Pradeep Kumar*, A simple and efficient approach to 1,3-aminoalcohols: Application to the synthesis of (+)- negamycin, Tetrahedron Lett., 48, 3793 (2007).
  • Satyendra Kumar Pandey and Pradeep Kumar*, Efficient Total Synthesis of (-)-(3S,6R)-3,6-Dihydroxy-10-methylundecanoic Acid, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2007, 369 - 373 (2007).
  • Rajesh K. Pandey And Pradeep Kumar, A facile procedure for transesteri-fication of beta-keto esters promoted by ceria-yttria based Lewis acid catalyst, Catal. Commun., 8, 1122 (2007).
  • S. Vasudeva Naidu Pradeep Kumar*, Enantioselective synthesis of (-)- pinellic acid, Tetrahedron Lett., 48, 2279 (2007).
  • Rajesh K. Pandey, Rajesh K. Upadhyay And and Pradeep Kumar*, An asymmetric dihydroxylation route towards synthesis of (R)-clorprenaline hydrochloride, Arkivoc ., 2006 , xiv, 10 (2006).
  • Subbarao V. Kandula and Pradeep Kumar*, An asymmetric aminohydroxylation route to cis-2,6-disubstituted piperidine-3-ol: application to the synthesis of (-)-deoxocassine, Tetrahedron., 62, 9942 (2006).
  • Pradeep Kumar* and Vasudeva Naidu, Enantio- and distereocontrolled total synthesis of (+)- boronolide, J. Org. Chem., 71, 3935 (2006).
  • Satyendra Kumar Pandey and Pradeep Kumar*, Enantioselective synthesis of (2R,3R)- and (2S,3S)-beta-hydroxyornithine, Tetrahedron Lett., 47, 4167 (2006).
  • Pradeep Kumar* And Priti Gupta and S. Vasudeva Naidu, A simple and efficient approach to the 1,3-polyol moiety: application to the synthesis of cryptocarya diacetate, Chem. Eur. J., 12, 1397 (2006).
  • Rajesh K. Pandey, Sharda P. Dagade, Kusum M. Malse And Sachin B. Songire and Pradeep Kumar*, Synthesis of ceria-yttria based strong Lewis acid heterogeneous catalyst: Application for chemoselective acylation and ene reaction, J. Mol. Catal., 245, 255 (2006).
  • Pradeep Kumar* And S. Vasudeva Naidu and Priti Gupta, An efficient total synthesis of sapinofuranone B, J. Org. Chem., 70, 2843 (2005).
  • Pradeep Kumar* and S. Vasudeva Naidu, Total synthesis of (-) microcarpalide, J. Org. Chem., 70, 2843 (2005).
  • Satyendra Kumar Pandey and Pradeep Kumar*, Efficient total synthesis of iso-cladospolide B and cladospolide B, Tetrahedron Lett., 46, 6625 (2005).
  • Pradeep Kumar* And Mandar S. Bodas, An asymmetric synthesis of both the enantiomers of trans-3-hydroxypipecolic acid, J. Org. Chem., 70, 360 (2005).
  • Pradeep Kumar, * Anis N. Deshmukh And Rajesh K. Upadhyay and Mukund K. Gurjar, A simple and practical approach to enantiomerically pure (S)-3-hydroxy-r-butyrolactone: Synthesis of (R)-cyano-3-hydroxybutyric acid ethyl ester, Tetrahedron Asymmetry., 16, 2717 (2005).
  • K. V. Subbarao and Pradeep Kumar*, Asymmetric Synthesis of alpha- conhydrine, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry., 16, 3268 (2005).
  • Priti Gupta And S Vasudeva Naidu and Pradeep Kumar *, Enantioselective synthesis of tarchonanthuslactone, Tetrahedron Lett., 46, 6571 (2005).
  • K. V. Subbarao and Pradeep Kumar*, An asymmetric aminohydroxylation route to (+)-L-733,060, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry., 16, 3579 (2005).
  • Rajesh K. Pandey And R.D. Wakharkar and Pradeep Kumar*, Wittig-Horner approach for the synthesis of tamoxifen, Synthetic Commun., 35, 2795 (2005).
  • Satyendra Kumar Pandey and Pradeep Kumar*, Stereoselective syntheses of (+)-?- conhydrine and (-)-?-conhydrine from L- aspartic acid, Tetrahedron Lett., 46, 4091 (2005).
  • S. Vasudeva Naidu And Priti Gupta and Pradeep Kumar*, Stereoselective synthesis of (+)- boronolide, Tetrahedron Lett., 46, 2129 (2005).
  • R. Sadyandy And R.A. Fernandes and Pradeep Kumar*, An asymmetric dihydroxylation route to (R)-(-)-octopamine, (R)-(-)-tembamide and (R)-(-)- aegeline, Arkivoc., 2005, (iii), 36 (2005).
  • Satyendra K. Pandey And SubbaRao V. Kandula And Pradeep Kumar*, Enantioselective synthesis of (-) galantinic acid, Tetrahedron Lett., 45, 5877 (2004).
    selected for the best poster award (Science day symposium, NCL, 28th Feb 2004)
  • Priti Gupta, S. Vasudeva Naidu And Pradeep Kumar*, An efficient total synthesis of sulfobacin A, Tetrahedron Lett., 45, 9641 (2004).
  • Mandar S. Bodas and Pradeep Kum, An asymmetric dihydroxylation route to(2S,3S)-3-hydroxypipecolic acid, Tetrahedron Lett., 45, 8461 (2004).
  • Nagendra B.Kondekar And SubbaRao V. Kandula and Pradeep Kumar*, Application of asymmetric aminohydroxylation reaction for the synthesis of HIV-protease inhibitor, hydroxyethylene dipeptide isoster and ?-amino acid derivative, Tetrahedron Lett., 45, 5477 (2004).
  • M. D. Kadgaonkar, S. C. Laha, R. K. Pandey, P. Kumar And S. P. Mirajkar and R. Kumar, Cerium containing MCM-41 as selective acylation and alkylation catalysts, Catalysis Today., 97, 225 (2004).
  • Rajesh K. Upadhyay And Rajesh K. Pandey and Pradeep Kumar*, Asymmetric dihydroxylation route to (R)- Isoprenaline, (R)- norfluoxetine and ( R)- fluoxetine, Tetrahedron Asymmetry., 15, 3955 (2004).
  • Rajesh K. Pandey And Sandip S. Shinde and Pradeep Kumar*, Synthesis of (-)- mintlactone via intramolecular Wittig Horner reaction, Synth. Commun., 34, 2323 (2004).
  • Vasudha H. Tillu, R. D. Wakharkar And R. K. Pandey and Pradeep Kumar, Selective removal of N- tert.- butoxycarbonyl protecting group using H- beta zeolite, Indian J. Chem., 43 B, 1004 (2004).
  • Mandar S. Bodas And Puspesh K Upadhyay and Pradeep Kumar*, An efficient stereoselective synthesis of (2S,3S)-3-hydroxy-2-phenylpiperidine, Tetrahedron Lett., 45, 987 (2004).
  • Priti Gupta And S. Vasudeva Naidu and Pradeep Kumar*, A practical enantioselective synthesis of massoialactone via hydrolytic kinetic resolution, Tetrahedron Lett., 45, 849 (2004).
  • Rajesh K. Pandey And Anis Deshmukh and Pradeep , Synthesis of beta-keto esters catalyzed by Yttria- zirconia based strong Lewis acid catalyst, Synth. Commun., 34, 1117 (2004).
  • Rajesh K. Pandey, Sharda P. Dagade And Mohan K. Dongare and Pradeep Kumar*, Synthesis of carbamates using yttria-zirconia based Lewis acid catalyst, Synth. Commun., 33, 4019 (2003).
  • Rajesh K. Pandey And Pushpesh K.Upadhyay and Pradeep Kumar*, Enantioselectve synthesis of (R)-phenylephrine hydrochloride, Tetrahedron Lett., 44, 6245 (2003).
  • Subba Rao V. Kandula and Pradeep Kumar*, Asymmetric synthesis of (-)-acaterin, Tetrahedron Lett., 44, 6149 (2003).
  • Rajesh K. Pandey, Vijay S. Kadam And Mohan K. Dongare and Pradeep Kumar*, Facile and selective deprotection of allyl esters catalysed by H- beta zeolite, Synth. Commun., 33, 3017 (2003).
  • Priti Gupta And Rodney A. Fernandes and Pradeep Kumar*, An asymmetric dihydroxylation route to (S)-oxybutynin, Tetrahedron Lett., 44, 4231 (2003).
  • Subba Rao V. Kandula. Vedavati G. Puranik and Pradeep Kumar*, Synthesis of novel chiral spirodione, (6R,7R)-phenyl-1-oxaspiro[5.5]undec-3-ene-2,5-dione: application to the asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions with high ?- facial selectivity, Tetrahedron Lett., 44, 5015 (2003).
  • SubbaRaoV. Kandula and Pradeep Kumar*, Enantioselective synthesis of (-)-Alpha- conhydrine via cyclic sulphate methodology, Tetrahedron Lett., 44, 1957 (2003).
  • Rodney A. Fernandes and Pradeep Kumar*, PCC mediated novel oxidation reaction of homobenzylic and homoallylic alcohols, Tetrahedron Lett., 44, 1275 (2003).
  • Pradeep Kumar* and Rodney A. Fernandes, Enantiselective syntheses of xylo-C¬18 phytosphingosines using double stereodifferentiation, Synthesis., 2003, 129 - 135 (2003).
  • S. Vasudeva Naidu and Pradeep Kumar*, Enantioselective synthesis of D- ribo-C18- phytosphingosine using double stereodifferentiation, Tetrahedron Lett., 44, 1035 (2003).
  • Pratap T. Patil, Kusum M. Malshe And P. Kumar and M. K. Dongare, Benzoylation of anisole over borate zirconia solid super acid catalyst, Catalysis Communication., 3, 411 (2002).
  • Rodney A. Fernandes and Pradeep Kumar*, A concise synthesis of (+)- compactin lactone by asymmetric dihydroxylation and regioselective cyclic sulfite opening reactions, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2002, 2921 (2002).
  • Rajesh K. Pandey And Rodney A. Fernandes and Pradeep Kumar*, An asymmetric dihydroxylation route to enantiomerically pure norfluoxetine and fluoxetine, Tetrahedron Lett., 43, 4425 (2002).
  • RajeshK.Pandey, Sharada P.Dagade, Rajesh K. Upadhyay And Mohan K. Dongare and Pradeep Kumar*, A facile procedure for tert- butoxycarbonylation of amines promoted by yttria- zirconia based strong Lewis acid catalyst, Arkivoc., 2002, (vii), 28 (2002).
  • S. C. Laha, R. K. Pandey, M. D. Kadgaonkar And P. Kumar and R. Kumar, Highly chemoselective acylation of alcohols, amines, phenols, and thiols and bifunctional compounds catalyzed by cerium containing MCM- 41, Ce-MCM-41, Bulletin of the Catalysis Society of India., 1, 38 (2002).
  • Rodney A. Fernandes and Pradeep Kumar*, Asymmetric dihydroxylation and one- pot epoxidation approach to (+) and (-) posticlure: a novel trans epoxide as a sex pheromone component of Orgyia postica ( Walker), Tetrahedron., 58, 6685 (2002).
  • Rodney A.Fernandes And Mandar S. Bodas and Pradeep Kumar*, Asymmetric dihydroxylation and regioselective C-3 indole coupling routes to the Anticoccidial antibiotic (+)-Diolmycin A2, Tetrahedron., 58, 1223 (2002).
  • Pradeep Kumar*, Rajesh K.Pandey, Mandar S. Bodas, Sharda P. Dagade And Mohan K. Dongare and A.V.Ramaswamy, Acylation of alcohols, thiols and amines with carboxylic acids catalyzed by Yttria- Zirconia based Lewis acid, J. of Molecular Catalysis, A, Chemical., 181, 207 (2002).
  • Pradeep Kumar* and Mandar S. Bodas., A new synthesis of 4 H-1-benzothiopyran-4-ones using (trimethylsilyl) methylenetriphenyl phosphorane, Tetrahedron., 57, 9755 (2001).
  • Pradeep Kumar*, Rajesh Kumar Pandey, Mandar S. Bodas And M. K. Dongare, Yttria-Zirconia based Lewis acid.: An efficient and chemoselective catalyst for acylation reaction, Synlett., 2001, 206 - 209 (2001).
  • Rodney A. Fernandes and Pradeep Kumar*, Double stereo differentiation in asymmetric dihydroxylation: application to the first diastereoselective synthesis of, L- xylo- [2R, 3S, 4S]-C18-phytosphingosine, Tetrahedron Lett., 41, 10309 (2000).
    Selected for the Rajappa Best paper award in organic chemistry of the NCL research foundation(2000).
  • Pradeep Kumar* and Mandar S. Bodas, A novel synthesis of 4H-chromen-4-ones via intramolecular Wittig reaction, Organic Letters., 2, 3821 (2000).
  • Rodney A. Fernandes and Pradeep Kumar*, A stereoselective synthesis of dihydro-sphingosine, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2000, 3447 (2000).
  • Pradeep Kumar* and Rajesh Kumar Pandey, A facile and selective procedure for transesterification of beta- ketoesters promoted by Yttria- Zirconia based Lewis acid catalyst, Synlett., 2, 251 - 253 (2000).
  • Pradeep Kumar* and Rajesh Kumar Pandey, An efficient synthesis of 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone using titanium silicate molecular sieve catalyst, Green Chemistry., 2, 29 - 32 (2000).
  • Ravinder R. Sudini, Uday R. Khire And Rajesh K. Pandey and Pradeep Kumar*, Diels-Alder approach to the synthesis of spiro compounds related to Fredericamycin-A, Ind. J. Chem. Sec., 39 B, 738 (2000).
  • Rodney A. Fernandes and Pradeep Kumar*, A short and efficient stereoselective synthesis of dihydrosphingosine triacetate, Tetrahedron Asymmetry., 10, 4797 (1999).
  • Rodney A. Fernandes and Pradeep Kumar*, Enantioselective synthesis of (R)-(-)- mevalonolactone via cyclic sulfate methodology, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry., 10, 4349 (1999).
  • Pradeep Kumar* And Rajesh Kumar Pandey and Vishnumurthy R. Hegde., Anti-Markovnikov addition of thiols across double bonds catalyzed by H-Rho-Zeolite, Synlett., 1999, 1921 - 1922 (1999).
  • Godwin C. G. Pais And Rodney A. Fernandes and Pradeep Kumar*, Asymmetric synthesis of massoialactone, Tetrahedron., 29, 13445 (1999).
  • Ravinder R. Sudini And K. Saravanan and Pradeep Kumar*, Efficient regioselective oxetane formation during photochemical transformation of spiro [4.n]-2,5–diones, Synth. Commun., 29, 3263 (1999).
  • Pradeep Kumar and Richard R. Schmidt, An efficient stereoselective synthesis of sphingosine, Synthesis., 1998, 33 (1998).
  • Pradeep Kumar* and K.Saravanan, Facile synthesis of unsaturated lactones via intramolecular Wittig reaction, Tetrahedron., 54, 2161 (1998).
  • Pradeep Kumar and Richard R. Schmidt, An efficient stereoselective synthesis of sphingosine, Synthesis., , 33 (1998).
  • Pradeep Kumar* and K.Saravanan, Facile synthesis of unsaturated lactones via intramolecular Wittig reaction, Tetrahedron., 54, 2161 (1998).
  • Ravinder S. Reddy And K. Saravanan and Pradeep Kumar*, An efficient approach to ?-alkylidene ?-butyrolactones : Application to the syntheses of pyridazinones and diazocinones, Tetrahedron., 54, 6553 (1998).
  • Pradeep Kumar* And Godwin C.G.Pais and A. Keshavaraja, Yttrium based strong Lewis acid catalyst for silylation of alcohols with 1,1,1,3,3,3,-hexamethyldisilazane, J. Chem. Res.(s)., 1996, 376 (1996).
  • V. R. Hegde, Godwin, C. G. Pais, Rajiv Kumar And Pradeep Kumar* and Bipin Pandey*, Regioselective catalytic halogenation of arenes mimicking vanadium haloperoxidases reactions, J. Chem. Res., 1996, 62 (1996).
  • Godwin C. G. Pais, A. Keshavraja And K. Saravanan and Pradeep Kumar*, Efficient synthesis of acetals promoted by Yttria-Zirconia based strong Lewis acid catalyst, J. Chem. Res.(s)., 1996, 426 (1996).
  • Pradeep Kumar* And Godwin C.G.Pais and A. Keshavaraja, Yttrium based strong Lewis acid catalyst for silylation of alcohols with 1,1,1,3,3,3,-hexamethyldisilazane, J. Chem. Res.(s)., 1996, 376 (1996).
  • V. R. Hegde, Godwin, C. G. Pais, Rajiv Kumar And Pradeep Kumar* and Bipin Pandey*, Regioselective catalytic halogenation of arenes mimicking vanadium haloperoxidases reactions, J. Chem. Res., 1996, 62 (1996).
  • Godwin C. G. Pais, A. Keshavraja And K. Saravanan and Pradeep Kumar*, Efficient synthesis of acetals promoted by Yttria-Zirconia based strong Lewis acid catalyst, J. Chem. Res. (S)., 1996, 426 (1996).
  • C. U. Dinesh, Pradeep Kumar*, R. S. Reddy And Bipin Pandey and V. G. Puranik, Asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions with a chiral spirodione, (6S,7S,10R)-7-Isopropyl-10-methyl-1-oxaspiro[5.5]undec-3-ene-2,5,- dione, Tetrahedron Asymmetry., 6, 2961 (1995).
  • Sujit B. Kumar, S. P. Mirajkar, Godwin C. G. Pais And Pradeep Kumar and Rajiv Kumar, Epoxidation of styrene over titanium silicate molecular sieve (TS-1) using dilute H2O2 as oxidising agent, J. catal., 156, 163 (1995).
  • Bipin Pandey*, K. Saravanan, Ashok T. Rao, D. Nagamani And and Pradeep Kumar, Formation of Tetracyclo [10.2.n.02,11.04,9]pentadeca-2,4,5,7,13-pentaene-3,10-diones and related systems induced by Samarium diiodide, Tetrahedron Lett., 36, 1145 (1995).
  • Rajiv Kumar*, Godwin C. G. Pais And Bipin Pandey* and Pradeep Kumar, Hydroxy assisted chemo- and stereo- selective epoxidation catalysed by a titanium silicate molecular sieve (TS-1)/H2O2 system, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1995, 1315 (1995).
  • An efficient synthesis of diacetates from aldehydes using beta-zeolite, Tetrahedron Lett., 36, 601 (1995), DOI:Pradeep Kumar*, Vishnumurthy R. Hegde and T. Pavan Kumar.
  • Pradeep Kumar*, Ashok T. Rao And K. Saravanan and Bipin Pandey, Selective bond cleavage of [5.3.1]propellanes by lead tetraacetate: A facile entry into the carbocyclic frame [A,B] ring of Taxol, Tetrahedron Lett., 36, 3397 (1995).
  • Chimmanamada U. Dinesh, Rajiv Kumar And Pradeep Kumar* and Bipin Pandey*, Catalytic halogenation of selected organic compounds mimicking vanadate dependent marine metalloenzymes, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1995, 611 (1995).
  • A. Keshavaraja, B. Pandey, V. R. Hegde, Pradeep Kumar And A. V. Ramaswamy and T. Ravindranathan, Yttrium based strong Lewis acid catalyst for Diels-Alder reaction in heterogeneous media, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Eng., 34, 2143 (1995).
  • A. Keshavaraja, B. Pandey, V. R. Hegde, Pradeep Kumar And A. V. Ramaswamy and T. Ravindranathan, Yttrium based strong Lewis acid catalyst for Diels-Alder reaction in heterogeneous media, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Eng., 34, 2143 (1995).
  • Pradeep Kumar* And Rajiv Kumar and Bipin Pandey, Oxidative organic transformations catalyzed by titanium- and vanadium silicate molecular sieves, Synlett., 1995, 289 (1995).
  • Bipin Pandey And Ashok T. Rao and Pradeep Kumar, Studies on cyclobutyl bond cleavage by adjacent ketyl radical generated under PET conditions, Tetrahedron Lett., 50, 3835 (1994).
  • Bipin Pandey And Ashok T. Rao and Pradeep Kumar, Efficient cleavage of cyclopropyl bonds by ketyl radical ions, Tetrahedron Lett., 50, 3843 (1994).
  • Pradeep Kumar*, Satya V. N. Raju And Ravinder S. Reddy and Bipin Pandey, Na-Y zeolite, an efficient catalyst for the methoxymethylation of alcohols, Tetrahedron Lett., 25, 1289 (1994).
  • Pradeep Kumar* And Ashok T. Rao and Bipin Pandey, Chemoselective reduction of vinylogous thioesters of thiochromones, Synth. Commun., 24, (22), 3297 (1994).
  • Pradeep Kumar* And Chimmanamada U. Dinesh and Bipin Pandey, An efficient synthesis of quinolones using N-phenyl(triphenylphospho-ranylidine) ethenimine, Tetrahedron Lett., 35, 9229 (1994).
  • Pradeep Kumar And Rajiv Kumar and Bipin Pandey, Oxidative organic transformations catalyzed by titanium silicate molecular sieves, J. Ind. Inst. of Science., 1994, 293 (1994).
  • Pradeep Kumar*, Ravinder, S. Reddy And Anand P. Singh and Bipin Pandey, An expeditious synthesis of dithioacetals using zeolites, Synthesis., 1993, 67 (1993).
  • Bipin Pandey And Ravinder S. Reddy and Pradeep Kumar, Efficient photochemical transformation of spiro [4,n]-2,5-diones to ?-alkylidene ?-butyrolactones. Its relevance to photo- stability of Fredericamycin A, J.Chem.Soc.Chem. Commun., 1993, 870 (1993).
  • Pradeep Kumar*, Chimmanamada U. Dinesh And Ravinder S. Reddy and Bipin Pandey, H-Y zeolite, A mild and efficient catalyst for tetrahydropyranylation of alcohols, Synthesis., 1993, 1069 (1993).
  • Pradeep Kumar, Vishnumurthy R. Hegde And Bipin Pandey and T .Ravindranathan, Titanium silicate molecular sieve (TS-1) induced catalytic cleavage of tosyl hydrazones, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1993, 1553 (1993).
  • M. Narayan Rao, Pradeep Kumar And Anand P. Singh and Ravinder S. Reddy, A convenient method for the cleavage of acetals and ketals using zeolites, Synth. Commun., 22(9), 1299 (1992).
  • Pradeep Kumar*, Ravinder S. Reddy And Anand P. Singh and Bipin Pandey, H-Y zeolite, an efficient catalyst for thioacetalization, Tetrahedron Lett., 33, 825 (1992).
  • Ravinder S. Reddy, J. Sudhakar Reddy And Rajiv Kumar and Pradeep Kumar*, Sulfoxidation of thioethers using titanium silicate molecular sieve catalysts, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1992, 84 (1992).
  • Pradeep Kumar* And Ashok T. Rao and Bipin Pandey, An efficient approach to the synthesis of 4H, 1-benzothiopyran-4-ones via intramolecular Wittig reaction, J.Chem.Soc.,Chem. Commun., 1992, 1580 (1992).
  • Bipin Pandey*, AsawariA.Athawale, Ravinder S. Reddy And Pramod V. Dalvi and Pradeep Kumar*, A remarkably efficient photochemical methodology for endo to exo-isomerization of Diels-Alder cycloadducts, Chemistry Letters., 1991, 1173, 1173 (1991).
  • M. N. Rao And Pradeep Kumar and K. Garyali, A new method for the conversion of aldoximes into nitriles with zeolite, Org. Prep. Proc. Int., 21, 230 (1989).
  • A.V. Rama Rao, M. N. Rao And K. Garyali and Pradeep Kumar, Synthesis of nitriles from carboxamides with zeolites, Chem. & Ind.(London)., 1984, 270 (1984).
  • R. N. Ram And Pradeep Kumar and A.K. Mukerjee, A quick and simple conversion of carboxylic acids into their anilides on heating with phenyl isothiocyanate, J. Chem. Education., 1983, 508 (1983).
  • Pradeep Kumar and A.K. Mukerjee, Condensation of 2-methyl-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one with Schiff bases: Simultaneous introduction of arylidene and amine moieties, Indian J. Chem., 21, 24 (1982).
  • A. K. Mukerjee and Pradeep Kumar, Condensation of Schiff bases with 2-oxazolin-5-ones: Simultaneous introduction of arylidene and amine moieties, Can. J. Chem., 60, 317 (1982).
  • Pradeep Kumar and A.K. Mukerjee, Synthesis of 4-arylidene-1,2-disubstituted-2-imidazolin-5- ones, Indian J. Chem., 20B, 416 (1981).
  • Pradeep Kumar and A.K. Mukerjee, Reactions of 2-phenyl-2-oxazolin-5-ones with imines and their corresponding carbonyl compounds, Indian J. Chem., 20B, 418 (1981).
  • Pradeep Kumar and A.K. Mukerjee, Unambiguous synthesis of 3-benzoylamino-1,4-diphenyl-3- methyl-2-azetidinone, Indian J. Chem., 20B, 420 (1981).
  • Arya K. Mukerjee and Pradeep Kumar, The chemistry of 4,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1,3-oxazoles, Heterocycles., 16, 1995 (1981).
  • Pradeep Kumar and A.K. Mukerjee, Reaction of 2-substituted 5-oxazolones with imines carrying a vicinal hydroxyl group and salicylaldehyde, Indian J. Chem., 19B, 704 (1980).
  • Pradeep Kumar And H. D. Mishra and A. K. Mukerjee, Condensation of 2-substituted, 5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazoles with imines and their corresponding carbonyl compounds, Synthesis., 1980, 836 (1980).
  • A. K. Mukerjee and Pradeep Kumar, Reaction of schiff bases with some substituted ?2-oxazolin-5-ones, 2-methyl-3, 1-benzoxazin-4-one, Chem. & Ind.(London)., 1980, 936 (1980).
  • Pradeep Kumar and A.K. Mukerjee, Acylation of primary amines by O-acyl oximes, Synthesis., 1979, 726 (1979).