• Regio- and enantioselective α,γ-dialkylation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes through cascade organocatalysis 

  Kutwal, Mahesh S.; Padmaja, Venkata M. D.; Appayee, Chandrakumar (Wiley, 2020-03)

  The first regio? and enantioselective organocatalytic cascade ?,? ?dialkylation of ? , ? ?unsaturated aldehydes is achieved. Substrates scope is demonstrated with a variety of ? , ? ?unsaturated aldehydes and alkylating ...
• Structural and strategic landscape of PIKK protein family and their inhibitors: an overview 

  Angira, Deekshi; Shaik, Althaf; Thiruvenkatam, Vijay (Frontiers in Bioscience, 2020-03)

  Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase-related kinases (PIKKs) is a class of six unique serine/threonine kinases that are characterized as high molecular mass colossal proteins present in multicellular organisms. They predominantly ...
• Formic acid and methanol electro-oxidation and counter hydrogen production using nano high entropy catalyst 

  Katiyar, Nirmal Kumar; Nellaiappan, Subramanian; Kumar, Ritesh; Malviya, Kirtiman Deo; Pradeep, K. G.; Singh, Abhishek K.; Sharma, Sudhanshu; Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar; Biswas, Krishanu (Elsevier, 2020-06)

  Renewable harvesting of clean energy using the benefits of multi-metallic catalytic materials of high entropy alloy (HEA, equimolar Cu�Ag�Au�Pt�Pd) from formic acid with minimum energy input has been achieved in the present ...
• Evolution of PIKK family kinase inhibitors: a new age cancer therapeutics 

  Shaik, Althaf; Kirubakaran, Sivapriya (Frontiers in Bioscience, 2020-03)

  Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase-related kinases (PIKKs) belong to a family of atypical serine/threonine kinases in humans. They actively participate in a diverse set of cellular functions such as meiotic, V(D)J recombination, ...
• Effect of phosphorylation and O-GlcNAcylation on proline-rich domains of Tau 

  Rani, Lata; Mittal, Jeetain; Mallajosyula, Sairam S. (ACS Publications, 2020-02)

  Microtubule associated protein Tau (MAPT) is a phospho-protein within neurons of the brain. Aggregation of tau is the leading cause of tauopathies such as Alzheimer�s disease. Tau undergoes several post-translational ...
• Utilization of insect proteins to formulate nutraceutical delivery systems: encapsulation and release of curcumin using mealworm protein-chitosan nano-complexes 

  Okagu, Ogadimma D.; Verma, Ojasvi; McClements, David Julian; Udenigwe, Chibuike C. (Elsevier, 2020-05)

  The potential of using insect proteins to encapsulate and protect hydrophobic nutraceuticals within biopolymer nano-complexes was examined. Insect proteins were used to form nanoparticles that were uncoated or coated with ...
• Aggregation-induced emission and organogels with chiral and racemic pyrene substituted cyanostyrenes 

  Jana, Palash; Kanvah, Sriram (American Chemical Society, 2020-02)

  The synthesis, photophysical investigations, and organogel formation of pyrene-phenyl acrylonitriles (1�6) bearing mono-, di-, and trichiral and racemic substitutions were studied. The molecules self-assemble in water and ...
• Pentanuclear spirocyclic Ni 4 Ln derivatives: field induced slow magnetic relaxation in the dysprosium and erbium analogues 

  Shukla, Pooja; Roy, Soumalya; Dolui, Dependu; Mancisidor, Walter Canon; Das, Sourav (Wiley, 2020-02)

  Five pentanuclear heterometallic isostructural complexes, [Ni 4 Ln(L) 2 (LH) 2 (CH 3 CN) 3 Cl]� xH 2 O�yCH 3 OH (Ln= Y III ( 1 ), Gd III ( 2 ), Tb III ( 3 ), Dy III ( 4 ) and Er III ( 5 )) [for 1 and 2 , x = 2, y = 1; for ...
• Donor-acceptor architectures of tetraphenylethene linked aza-BODIPYs: Synthesis, crystal structure, energy transfer and computational studies 

  Balsukuri, Naresh; Manav, Neha; Lone, Mohsin Y.; Mori, Shigeki; Das, Arpita; Sen, Pratik; Gupta, Iti (Elsevier, 2020-05)

  This work is focused on the design and synthesis of donor-acceptor pairs comprising of aza-BODIPY and tetraphenylethene (TPE) fluorogens with large pseudo Stokes shifts (386�424 nm). Femtosecond transient absorption ...
• Bio-inspired cobalt catalyst enables natural-sunlight-driven hydrogen production from aerobic neutral aqueous solution 

  Dolui, Dependu; Das, Srewashi; Bharti, Jaya; Kumar, Shivam; Kumar, Pankaj; Dutta, Arnab (Elsevier, 2020-01)

  Hetero-axial cobalt complexes are known for their oxygen-tolerant photocatalytic hydrogen production activity, mostly in organic solvents. Here, variable combinations of peripheral basic groups are explicitly positioned ...
• Intermolecular complexes and molecular conformations directed by hydrogen bonds: matrix isolation and Ab initio studies 

  Saini, Jyoti; Dubey, Pankaj; Verma, Kanupriya; Karir, Ginny; Viswanathan, K. S. (Springer, 2020-01)

  Studies on hydrogen bonding interaction in various systems, involving phenylacetylene (PhAc), propargyl alcohol (PA), borazine (BNH), propargyl amine (PAm) were performed using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy and ...
• Purification and separation of ultra-small metal nanoclusters 

  Li, Dan; Kumari, Beena; Zhang, Xianzhi; Wang, Cuiping; Mei, Xifan; Rotello, Vincent M. (Elsevier, 2020-02)

  Metal nanoclusters (NCs) are ultra-small nanoparticles intermediate in size between small molecule complexes and nanoparticles. NCs with tunable surface functionality feature unique physical and chemical properties, however ...
• Electroreduction of carbon dioxide into selective hydrocarbon using isomorphic atomic substitution in stable copper oxide 

  Nellaiappan, Subramanian; Kumar, Ritesh; Shivakumara, C.; Irusta, Silvia; Hachtel, Jordan A.; Idrobo, Juan-Carlos; Singh, Abhishek Kumar; Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar; Sharma, Sudhanshu (American Chemical Society, 2019-11)

  The conversion of carbon dioxide into selective hydrocarbons is vital for green energy generation. Due to the chemical instability and lower activity, environmentally stable transition metal oxides (e.g., CuO) are unpopular ...
• Enantioselective total synthesis of potent 9?-11-hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol 

  Maurya, Vidyasagar; Appayee, Chandrakumar (American Chemical Society, 2019-12)

  The first total synthesis of potent cannabinoid, 9?-11-hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol is achieved through proline catalyzed inverse-electron-demand Diels�Alder reaction. Using this asymmetric catalysis, the cyclohexane ring ...
• Polymer conjugated graphene-oxide nanoparticles impair nuclear DNA and Topoisomerase I in cancer 

  Nandi, Aditi; Ghosh, Chandramouli; Basu, Sudipta (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019-11)

  Cancer chemotherapy had been dominated by the use of small molecule DNA damaging drugs. Eventually, the emergence of DNA damage repair machinery in cancer cells has led to combination therapy with the DNA topology controlling ...
• Pd(II) porphyrins: synthesis, singlet oxygen generation and photoassisted oxidation of aldehydes to carboxilic acids 

  Pandey, Vijayalakshmi; Jain, Drishti; Pareekh, Nitesh; Gupta, Iti, (Elsevier, 2019-12)

  The synthesis and spectral studies of A3B and A2B2 type porphyrins and their Pd(II) complexes are reported. The meso-positions on porphyrin macrocycle are substituted with pentafluorophenyl and N-butylcarbazole or ...
• Effective detection of bacteria using metal nanoclusters 

  Li, Dan; Kumari, Beena; Makabenta, Jessa Marie; Gupta, Akash; Rotello (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019-11)

  Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections cause more than 700?000 deaths each year worldwide. Detection of bacteria is critical in limiting infection-based damage. Nanomaterials provide promising sensing platforms owing ...
• Carbazole substituted BODIPYs 

  Gupta, Iti; Kesavan, Praseetha E. (Frontiers Media, 2019-11)
• Perturbing the AIEE activity of pyridine functionalized ?-cyanostilbenes with donor substitutions: an experimental and DFT study 

  Jana, Palash; Paramasivam, Mahalingavelar; Khandelwal, Shikha; Dutta, Arnab; Kanvah, Sriram (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019)

  A series of pyridine functionalized ?-cyanostilbenes bearing different amino group donors such as carbazole-phenyl (C-1), N-ethyl carbazole (C-3), dimethylamino (DM), julolidine (J-1) and triphenylamine (T-1) were synthesized, ...
• Physicochemical and optical properties of one-pot combustion synthesized Pr doped La2O3/La(OH)3 

  Gangwar, Bhanu P.; Irusta, Silvia; Sharma, Sudhanshu (Elsevier, 2019-11)

  Different concentrations of Pr doped La2O3 and La(OH)3 nanopowders are synthesized by solution combustion method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirms the pure phase and hexagonal structure of compounds. The ...

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