1. Kumarswamyreddy, N., Prakash, M., Jayakumar, S., & Kesavan, V. Assembly of 3-allyl-3-ethynyl-oxindole motifs via palladium(II)-catalyzed quaternary allylation of 3-ethynyl-3-OBoc-oxindoles. RSC Adv., 5, 54316-54320. doi: 10.1039/c5ra07955a (2015)
2. Pratap Reddy Gajulapalli, V., Vinayagam, P. & Kesavan, V. Enantioselective assembly of functionalized carbocyclic spirooxindoles using an L-proline derived thiourea organocatalyst. RSC Adv. 5, 7370-7379, doi: 10.1039/c4ra13711f (2015).
3. Kumar, V. Kesavan, V. & Gothelf, V. K. Highly stable triple helix formation by homopyrimidine (L)-acyclic threoninol nucleic acids with single stranded DNA and RNA. Org. Biomol. Chem. 13, 2366-2374, doi: 10.1039/c4ob02328e (2015).
4. Jayakumar, S., Kumarswamyreddy, N., Prakash, M. & Kesavan, V. Palladium Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylation of 3-OBoc-Oxindoles: An Efficient Synthesis of 3-Allyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles. Org. Lett. 17, 1066-1069, doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b00034 (2015).
5. Prakash, M., Muthusamy, S. & Kesavan, V. Copper(I) Bromide Catalyzed Arylation of Cyclic Enamides and Naphthyl-1-acetamides Using Diaryliodonium Salts. The J. Org. Chem. 79, 7836-7843, doi:10.1021/jo501162s (2014).
6. Vinayagam, P., Vishwanath, M. & Kesavan, V. New class of bifunctional thioureas from L-proline: highly enantioselective Michael addition of 1,3-dicarbonyls to nitroolefins. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 25, 568-577, doi:10.1016/j.tetasy.2014.02.011 (2014).
7. Pratap Reddy Gajulapalli, V., Vinayagam, P. & Kesavan, V. Organocatalytic asymmetric decarboxylative cyanomethylation of isatins using L-proline derived bifunctional thiourea. Org. Biomol. Chem. 12, 4186-4191, doi:10.1039/c4ob00271g (2014).
8. Jayakumar, S., Prakash, M., Balaraman, K. & Kesavan, V. Highly Enantioselective Alkylation of Allyl Acetates Using Tartrate-Derived Bioxazoline Ligands. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 606-615, doi:10.1002/ejoc.201301208 (2014).
9. Jayakumar, S., Muthusamy, S., Prakash, M. & Kesavan, V. Enantioselective Synthesis of Spirooxindole a-exo-Methylene-?-butyrolactones from 3-OBOC-Oxindoles. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 1893-1898, doi:10.1002/ejoc.201301684 (2014).
10. Prakash, M., Jayakumar, S. & Kesavan, V. Investigation of the enantioselective synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolinones using Sc(III)-inda-pybox. Synthesis 45, 2265-2272, doi:10.1055/s-0033-1339288 (2013).
11. Kumar, V. & Kesavan, V. Acyclic butyl nucleic acid (BuNA): a novel scaffold for A-switch. RSC Adv. 3, 19330-19340, doi:10.1039/c3ra41255e (2013).
12. Kumar, V., Gore, K. R., Pradeepkumar, P. I. & Kesavan, V. Design, synthesis, biophysical and primer extension studies of novel acyclic butyl nucleic acid (BuNA). Org. Biomol. Chem. 11, 5853-5865, doi:10.1039/c3ob41244j (2013).
13. Balaraman, K., Vasanthan, R. & Kesavan, V. Novel O,N,N,O-tetradentate ligand from tartaric acid. Tetrahedron 69, 6162-6169, doi:10.1016/j.tet.2013.05.049 (2013).
14. Balaraman, K., Vasanthan, R. & Kesavan, V. Enantioselective fluorination of ß-ketoesters using tartrate derived bidentate bioxazoline-Cu(II) complexes. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 24, 919-924, doi:10.1016/j.tetasy.2013.07.004 (2013).
15. Balaraman, K., Vasanthan, R. & Kesavan, V. Application of tartarate derived bidentate bioxazolines in enantioselective addition of terminal alkynes to imines. Tetrahedron Lett. 54, 3613-3616, doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.04.108 (2013).
16. Prakash, M. & Kesavan, V. Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydroquinazolinones through Intramolecular Amidation of Imines. Org. Lett. 14, 1896-1899, doi:10.1021/ol300518m (2012).
17. Balaraman, K., Vasanthan, R. & Kesavan, V. Asymmetric Henry reaction catalyzed by novel chiral bioxazolines from tartaric acid. Synthesis 44, 2455-2462, doi:10.1055/s-0031-1289811 (2012).
18. Balaraman, K. & Kesavan, V. Efficient copper(II) acetate catalyzed homo- and heterocoupling of terminal alkynes at ambient conditions. Synthesis, 3461-3466, doi:10.1055/s-0030-1258199 (2010).
19. Soutschek, J., Akinc, A., Bramlage B., Charisse K., Constien, R., Donoghue, M., Elbashir, S., Geick, A., Hadwiger, P., Harborth, J., John, M., Kesavan, V., Lavine, G., Pandey, R., Racie, T., Kallanthottathil, R., R hl, I., Toudjarska, I., Wang, G., Wuschko, S., Bumcrot, D., Koteliansky, V., Limmer, S., Manoharan, M. & Vornlocher, H-P. Therapeutic silencing of an endogenous gene by systemic administration of modified siRNAs. Nature (London, U. K.) 432, 173-178, doi:10.1038/nature03121 (2004).
20. Ravikumar, K. S., Kesavan, V., Crousse, B., Bonnet-Delpon, D. & Begue, J.-P. Mild and selective oxidation of sulfur compounds in trifluoroethanol: Diphenyl disulfide and methyl phenyl sulfoxide. Org. Synth. 80, 184-189, doi:10.15227/orgsyn.080.0184 (2003).
21. Kesavan, V., Tamilarasu, N., Cao, H. & Rana, T. M. A new class of RNA-binding oligomers: Peptoid amide and ester analogues. Bioconjugate Chem. 13, 1171-1175, doi:10.1021/bc0255642 (2002).
22. Kesavan, V., Dhar, D., Koltypin, Y., Perkas, N., Palchik, O., Gedanken, A. & Chandrasekaran, S. Studies of catalytic aerobic oxidation with nanostructured amorphous metals, alloys and metal oxides. Journal of Indian Institute of Science. 82, 113-120, (2002).
23. Kesavan, V., Dhar, D., Koltypin, Y., Perkas, N., Palchik, O., Gedanken, A. & Chandrasekaran, S. Nanostructured amorphous metals, alloys, and metal oxides as new catalysts for oxidation. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 73, 85-91, (2001).
24. Kesavan, V., Bonnet-Delpon, D., Begue, J.-P., Srikanth, A. & Chandrasekaran, S. New catalytic oxidation of trifluoromethyl carbinols by a ruthenium(II) complex. Tetrahedron Lett. 41, 3327-3330, doi:10.1016/s0040-4039(00)00378-6 (2000).
25. Kesavan, V., Bonnet-Delpon, D. & Begue, J.-P. Oxidation in fluoro alcohols: mild and efficient preparation of disulfides from thiols. Synthesis, 223-225, doi:10.1055/s-2000-6262 (2000).
26. Kesavan, V., Bonnet-Delpon, D. & Begue, J.-P. Fluoro alcohol as reaction medium: one-pot synthesis of ß-hydroxy sulfoxides from epoxides. Tetrahedron Lett. 41, 2895-2898, doi:10.1016/s0040-4039(00)00305-1 (2000).
27. Das, U., Crousse, B., Kesavan, V., Bonnet-Delpon, D. & Begue, J.-P. Facile Ring Opening of Oxiranes with Aromatic Amines in Fluoro Alcohols. J. Org. Chem. 65, 6749-6751, doi:10.1021/jo000031c (2000).
28. Kesavan, V., Sivanand, P. S., Chandrasekaran, S., Koltypin, Y. & Gedanken, A. Catalytic aerobic oxidation of cycloalkanes with nanostructured amorphous metals and alloys. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 38, 3521-3523, doi:10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19991203)38:23<3521::aid-anie3521>3.0.co;2-s (1999).
29. Kesavan, V. & Chandrasekaran, S. A Highly ß-Stereoselective Catalytic Epoxidation of ?5-Unsaturated Steroids with a Novel Ruthenium(II) Complex under Aerobic Conditions. J. Org. Chem. 63, 6999-7001, doi:10.1021/jo980829k (1998).
30. Kesavan, V. & Chandrasekaran, S. Stereospecific and regioselective catalytic epoxidation of alkenes by a novel ruthenium(II) complex under aerobic conditions. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 3115-3116 (1997).