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Srashti Bhardwaj, Dinesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Tarak Karmakar, and Janakiram Vaitla*
Org Lett., 2024, 26, 10886 - 10890.
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Ramesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Raju Sen, Shalu Deshwal, and Janakiram Vaitla*
J. Org. Chem, 2024, 89, 18535-18549.
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#. Invited to the Special Collection ''Young Organic Talents in India''
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Daksh Singh Davas, Srashti Bhardwaj, Ramesh Kumar Vishwakarma, and Janakiram Vaitla *
Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2024, 27, e202400712.
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#. Invited to the special issue celebrating the 100th birthday of Prof. Sukh Dev.
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Shalu Deshwal, Dinesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Alok Purohit, Tarak Karmakar* and Janakiram Vaitla*
Org. Biomol. Chem, 2024, 22, 6294.
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#. Invited article for the special Issue on Recent Advancements in The Chemistry of Diazo Compounds.
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Visible-Light Mediated gem-Difunctionalization of Diazo Compounds with Vinyl Sulfoxonium Ylides and Thiols
Srashti Bhardwaj, Raju Sen, Payel Adhikari, and Janakiram Vaitla*
Synthesis., 2024, 56, 3769.
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Dinesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Srashti Bhardwaj, Sandeep Kumar, Tarak Karmakar,* and Janakiram Vaitla*
Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 3846 - 3849.
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Daksh Singh Davas, Dinesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Sandeep Kumar, Anmol, Tarak Karmakar*, Janakiram Vaitla*
JACS Au., 2024, 4, 1073-1080.
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Srashti Bhardwaj, Dinesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Shalu Deshwal, Raju Sen, Vikas Tiwari, Tarak Karmakar,* and Janakiram Vaitla*
ACS Catal., 2024, 14, 2805-2815.
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Shalu Deshwal, Daksh Singh Davas, Srashti Bhardwaj, and Janakiram Vaitla*
Org Lett., 2024, 26, 809-813.
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Daksh Singh Davas, Dinesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Krishnendu Bar, Sandeep Kumar, Tarak Karmakar,* and Janakiram Vaitla*
Org Lett., 2023, 25, 8992-8996.
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Sandeep Kumar, Daksh Singh Davas, Krishnendu Bar, Dinesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Deepesh Kumar, Tarak Karmakar, and Janakiram Vaitla*
Org Lett., 2023, 25, 7906.
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#. Contribution to the Special Issue of Chem. Commun. 2023 Emerging Investigators
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Raju Sen, Srashti Bhardwaj, Krishnendu Bar, Shalu Deshwal, and Janakiram Vaitla*
Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 12411.
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Dinesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Sourav Panigrahi, Raju Sen, and Janakiram Vaitla*
Org Lett., 2023, 25, 1519.
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Srashti Bhardwaj, Dinesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Divya Garg, Janakiram Vaitla*
JACS Au., 2023, 3, 252-260.
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Yannick T. Boni, Janakiram Vaitla, and Huw M. L. Davies*
Org Lett., 2023, 25, 5-10.
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Daksh Singh Davas, Dinesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Deepesh kumar and Janakiram Vaitla*
Org Lett., 2022, 24, 8359-8363.
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Daksh Singh Davas, Srashti Bhardwaj, Raju Sen, Dinesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Janakiram Vaitla*
Adv. Synth. Catal., 2022, 364, 3122
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# Invited SYNPACTS article.
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Janakiram Vaitla,* Annette Bayer and Kathrin H. Hopmann*
Synlett, 2019, 30, 1377
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# Invited Review
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Janakiram Vaitla,*Annette Bayer*
Synthesis, 2019, 51, 612 [Invited Review]
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Janakiram Vaitla,* Annette Bayer and Kathrin H. Hopmann*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 16180
[Highlighted in SynFacts (2019, 15, 0064)]
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Janakiram Vaitla,* Kathrin H. Hopmann, and Annette Bayer
Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 6688
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Janakiram Vaitla,* Annette Bayer and Kathrin H. Hopmann
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 4277
[Highlighted in Org. Chem. Highlights 2017, October]
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Selected Ph.D. and Post-doctoral publications
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Computational and Experimental Insights into Asymmetric Rh‐Catalyzed Hydrocarboxylation with CO2
Ljiljana Pavlovic, Martin Pettersen, Ashot Gevorgyan, Janakiram Vaitla, Annette Bayer, Kathrin Helen Hopmann
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 663–670
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Distal Allylic/Benzylic C− H Functionalization of Silyl Ethers Using Donor/Acceptor Rhodium (II) Carbenes
Janakiram Vaitla, Yannick Boni and Huw. M. L. Davies
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 7397
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Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydrocarboxylation with CO2: Mechanistic Analysis Reveals Unusual Substrate Binding Mode
Ljiljana Pavlovic, Janakiram Vaitla, Annette Bayer, and Kathrin H. Hopmann
Organometallics 2018, 37, 941
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Enantioselective Incorporation of CO2: Status and Potential
Janakiram Vaitla, Yngve Guttormsen, Jere K. Mannisto, Ainara Nova, Timo Repo, Annette Bayer and Kathrin H. Hopmann
ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 7231
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Desulfonylative Methenylation of β-Keto Sulfones
Ganesh Pandey and Janakiram Vaitla
Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 4890
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Aza-Quaternary Scaffolds from Selective Bond Cleavage of Bridgehead Substituted 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane: Total Synthesis of (+)-Cylindricine C-E and (–)-Lepadiformine A
Ganesh Pandey and Janakiram Vaitla
(Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 13120) [Full Paper]
**Highlighted in Org. Chem. Highlights 2016, May 9.