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27.   Pentafluorophenol (C6F5OH) Catalyzed Regioselective Annulation for the Synthesis of Tetracyclic Dihydrochromeno Indoles

Diksha Bansal, Pooja Sivaganesan, Gokulprasanth Nataraj, Chibisree Elanchezhian, Mrinal Kanti Das, and Saikat Chaudhuri*

Tetrahedron Lett. 2025, 165-166, 155660

DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2025.155660

26.   A Transition-Metal-Free Strategy for Dihydrobenzazepinoindole via KI-Mediated Oxidative Pictet-Spengler Reaction

Pooja Sivaganesan,§ Diksha Bansal,§ Nitha Arkanni Nazar, Mrinal Kanti Das, and Saikat Chaudhuri*

Chem Asian J. 2025, 20, e202500498

DOI: 10.1002/asia.202500498

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25  Synthesis of Dihydro-benzazepinoindoles via an Oxidative Pictet-Spengler Reaction*

Pooja Sivaganesan,§ Diksha Bansal,§ Chibisree Elanchezhian, Gokulprasanth Nataraj, Mrinal Kanti Das, and Saikat Chaudhuri*

Asian J. Org. Chem 2025, 14, e202500327 

DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202500327

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24  A Convenient Ammonium Chloride Catalysed Mild and Efficient Synthesis of Benzazepinoindole Derivatives through a Pictet-Spengler Reaction*

Chibisree Elanchezhian,§ Diksha Bansal,§ Pooja Sivaganesan, Gokulprasanth Nataraj, Mrinal Kanti Das, and Saikat Chaudhuri*

Tetrahedron Lett. 2025, 160, 155529

DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2025.155529

23  Pentafluorophenol-Catalyzed Metal-Free Fischer Indole Synthesis: A Novel Approach to Carbazole Derivatives and Desbromoarborescidine A*

Diksha Bansal,§ Pooja Sivaganesan,§ Chibisree Elanchezhian, Gokulprasanth Nataraj, Mrinal Kanti Das, and Saikat Chaudhuri*

Chem Asian J. 2025, 20, e202500246

DOI: 10.1002/asia.202500246 

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22.   Water Mediated Chemoselective Synthesis of Novel Spiro benzoxazinoindoline and Extended Synthesis of Spiro benzoxazinoindene Derivatives*

Diksha Bansal,§ Pooja Sivaganesan,§ Chibisree Elanchezhian, Gokulprasanth Nataraj, Mrinal Kanti Das, and Saikat Chaudhuri*

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 28, e202401488

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202401488 

21.   Efficient, One Pot, Green Syntheses of Analogues of 3,4-dihydro-2H pyrroles as Potential New Antifungal and Antibacterial Agents

Pooja Sivaganesan, Lavanya Ganeshan, Subiksha VL, Suchetana Pal, Somasri Dam, Jit Sarkar,Saikat Chaudhuri*

ChemistrySelect 2025, 10, e202404705

DOI: 10.1002/slct.202404705

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20.   "Medium Size Heterocyclic Ring Syntheses in Green Solvent: An Overview"

Pooja Sivaganesan, Swetha Vinayagam, Jit Sarkar, and Saikat Chaudhuri*

Prayogic Rasayan, 2025, 8(4)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.53023/p.rasayan-xxxx (Accepted Manuscript)

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19. "A Practical and Metal-Free Approach Towards Synthesis of Spiro-benzazepinoindole Derivatives via Pentafluorophenol Catalyzed Pictet-Spengler Reaction†”  

Diksha Bansal,§ Gokulprasanth Nataraj,§ Chibisree Elanchezhian, Pooja Sivaganesan, Mrinal Kanti Das,* Saikat Chaudhuri* 

Chem Asian J. 2025, 20, e202401437

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202401437. 

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​​​​​​​​​​18. "A Convenient Proline Catalysed Paal-Knorr Synthesis of Highly Substituted Pyrrole: Construction of Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline scaffold”

Pooja Sivaganesan, Chibisree Elanchezhian, Diksha Bansal, Jit Sarkar , Saikat Chaudhuri*

New J. Chem. 2024, 48, 20034-20040

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NJ04636F 313410

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17. "A Comprehensive Review of Synthetic Approaches Toward Lamellarin D and its Analogous”  

Pooja Sivaganesan, Subiksha VL, Arupratan Sahoo, Chibisree Elanchezhian, Gokulprasanth Nataraj, and Saikat Chaudhuri*

ChemistrySelect, 2024, 9, e202403112.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202403112

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​​16. "Syntheses of Novel Spirobenzazepinoindole Derivatives via Lewis-Acid Catalyzed Pictet-Spengler Cyclization"

Diksha Bansal, Gokulprasanth Nataraj, Pooja Sivaganesan, Mrinal Kanti Das,* Saikat Chaudhuri*

Chem Asian J., 2024, 19, e202401025

DOI: 10.1002/asia.202401025

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​​​​​15. "Self-Healable Hydrogels from Vegetable Oil: Preparation, Mechanism, and Applications”

Chandrapaul Mukherjee, Avik Ghosh, Tamilarasi M, Kartik Ravishankar, Abhijit K. Das, Mariappan Selvaraj, Saikat Chaudhuri, Jit Sarkar* 

Biomac. 2024, 25, 7323.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01009

​14. "Harnessing leather waste in polymer matrix for sustainablesmart shape-stable phase change materials”

Jit Sarkar,* Debasis Samanta, Saikat Chaudhuri, Angeline J, K. G. Akshaya Kumari, Sellamuthu N. Jaisankar *

J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2024, 141, e55659

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13. "Catalytic Asymmetric Approach to the Naturally Occuring Clavine Alkaloid (+)-Lysergine"

Mrinal K. Das, Kundan Shaw, Saikat Chaudhuri, Debabrata Mondal, Alakesh Bisai* 

Synthesis, 2024 DOI: 10.1055/a-2385-5110; Art ID: SS-2024-06-0253-OP

12. “Green synthetic approaches for medium ring–sized heterocycles of biological and pharmaceutical interest”

Saikat Chaudhuri; Amirta Ghosh; Shital K Chattopadhyay  

Elsevier 2021, ISBN: 978-0-12-820792-5 (Chapter 14) Click here for pdf

11. “The Knoevenagel condensation using quinine as an organocatalyst under solvent-free conditions”

Kavita Jain; Saikat Chaudhuri; Kuntal Pal and Kalpataru Das*

New J. Chem.,2019, 43, 1299 Click here for pdf 

10. “β-Strand inspired bifacial π-conjugated polymers”

Saikat Chaudhuri; Manikandan Mohanan; Andreas V. Willems; Jeffery A. Bertke and Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli*

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 5976 Click here for pdf

9. “ An Expeditious route to the synthesis of the enantioenriched teracyclic core of ergot alkaloids via an organocatalytic aldol reaction”

Saikat Chaudhuri§; Subhajit Bhunia§; Subhadip De, K. Naresh Babu and Alakesh Bisai *(§Both authors have equally contributed)

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018, 16, 2427  Click here for pdf

8. “Catalytic Asymmetric Formal Total Syntheses of (+)- and (-)-Cycloclavine”

Saikat Chaudhuri, Santanu Ghosh, Subhajit Bhunia and Alakesh Bisai *

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 940​ Click here for pdf

7. “Transition-Metal Free Oxidative Alkynylation of  2-Oxindoles with Ethynylbenziodoxolone (EBX) Reagents”

Avishek Roy; Mrinal Kanti Das; Saikat Chaudhuri; and Alakesh Bisai*

J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 403-421​ Click here for pdf

6. “Biomimetic Total Syntheses of Clavine Alkaloids”

Saikat Chaudhuri†; Subhajit Bhunia†; Avishek Roy; Mrinal K. Das; and Alakesh Bisai*(†Both authors have equally contributed)

Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 288-291  Click here for pdf

5. “Total Syntheses of Pyroclavine, Festuclavine, Lysergol, and Isolysergol Via a Catalytic Asymmetric Nitro-Michael Reaction”

Subhajit Bhunia§; Saikat Chaudhuri§; and Alakesh Bisai*(§Both authors have equally contributed)

Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 11234-11238 Click here for pdf

4. “Highly Stereoselective Syntheses of Proline-Derived Vicinal Amino Alcohols through Grignard Addition onto N-Tosylprolinal”

Saikat Chaudhuri; Amarchand Parida; Santanu Ghosh; and Alakesh Bisai*

Synlett 2016, 27, 215 Click here for pdf

3. “Catalytic Enantioselective Decarboxylative Allylations of a Mixture of Allylcarbonates and Allylesters: Total Syntheses of (-)- and (+)-Folicanthine”

Santanu Ghosh†; Saikat Chaudhuri†; and Alakesh Bisai * (†Both authors have equally contributed)

Chem. - Eur. J. 2015, 21, 17479-17484 Click here for pdf

2. “Oxidative Dimerization of 2-Oxindoles Promoted by KOtBu-I2: Total Synthesis of (±)-Folicanthine”

Santanu Ghosh; Saikat Chaudhuri; and Alakesh Bisai*

Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 1373-1376 Click here for pdf

​1. “Pd-Catalyzed direct arylation approach to the 6H-dibenzo[c,h]chromenes : Total synthesis of arnottin I"

Subhadip De; Saikat Chaudhuri; Sourabh Mishra; Himanshu Mamtani; and Alakesh Bisai*

J. Indian Chem. Soc., 2013, 90, 1871-1884 Click here for pdf

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