Publications as Independent Investigator
22. ''Total Synthesis of (+)-Lyconadin A and Related Compounds via Oxidative C-N Bond Formation'' Scott P. West, Alakesh Bisai, Andrew D. Lim, Raja R. Narayan, and Richmond Sarpong* (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 11187-11194). Highlighted in Chemistry World news article by RSC(Link).
21. ''Unified Strategy for the Synthesis of the "Miscellaneous" Lycopodium Alkaloids: Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Lyconadin A'' Alakesh Bisai, Scott P. West, and Richmond Sarpong* (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 7222-7223). Highlighted as topic of discussion in Chemical & Engineering News : Science & Technology Concentrates, June 9, 2008, 86, No. 23, 38-39 (Link); Science magazine : Editor's choice, 2008, 320, 5880, issue of 30th May, 2008 (Link) ; topic of an image challenge in JACS-beta (Link) ; Synfacts, 2008, 12, 1251 (Link) ; ChemInform Volume 39, Issue 42, Date: October 14, 2008.
Publications from IIT Kanpur (Ph.D. with Prof. Vinod K. Singh)
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131. Rhituparna Nandi, Souvik Biswas, Sreyashi Sadhukhan, Apurba Das and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of (+)-Xiamycin G via Acetanilide Assisted Two-Fold Csp2-H Functionalization, Chem. Commun., 2026, 62 (doi.org/10.1039/D6CC00441E)
130. Abhishek Mondal, Ayan Mondal, Satadru Dutta, Tiyasa Roy, Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of the Naturally Occurring AmaryllidaceaeAlkaloid (+)-Zephycitrine, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2026, e202501205 (doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202501205).
129. Ishita Das, Md. Arif Faisal, Ashutosh Rana, Soumita Chakraborty, Debopam Pal, Brajesh Rajesh Bhagat, Navneet Singh, Soumen Sensarma, Purnendu Kumar Roy Chowdhury, Bidisa Das, Alakesh Bisai, Hemant K. Kashyap, Jeffrey E. Dick, Ambar Banerjee, Abhik Banerjee* Unified approach to indolosesquiterpene
alkaloids: total syntheses of anti-viral agents, xiamycin A and oridamycin A, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e22584 (doi.org/10.1002/anie.202522584).
128. Vipin R. Gavit, Ranjit Murmu, Moumita Majhi, Sourav Kundu and Alakesh Bisai * Unified approach to indolosesquiterpene
alkaloids: total syntheses of anti-viral agents, xiamycin A and oridamycin A, Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 4579-4582 (doi.org/10.1039/D5CC04689K).
127. Salman Ahsan, Monosij Nandy, Shivani Ahlawat, Souvik Pal, Alakesh Bisai*Amit Paul* Hydrogen Bonding Enabled C-H Polarization for Multi-Site Concerted Electron-Proton Transfer in Electrochemical Dimerization of β-Ketoester, J. Org. Chem. 2026, 91, 316-332 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c02396).
126. Pranay Shyamal, Debabrata Mondal, Arindam Khatua, Saina Shaheeda MK and Alakesh Bisai* Organo-cation-catalyzed site-selective sequential alkylation of dimeric 2-oxindoles: a concise catalytic approach to (+)-calycanthidine and (+)-idiospermuline, Org. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 788-793 (doi.org/10.1039/D5QO01482D).
125. Neha Masarkar, Maynak Pal, Alakesh Bisai, Ashish K. Yadav, Mithun Roy, Suman Kumar Ray, Jagat R. Kanwar & Sukhes Mukherjee* Pharmacokinetic, docking, and DFT analyses reveal Moringa oleifera phytochemicals as inhibitors of HIF-1α/VEGF/GLUT1 signaling pathway in breast cancer, Sci Rep, 2025 15, 36837 (doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-20757-5).
124. Debgopal Jana, Suman Noskar, Monosij Nandy, Moumita Majhi and Alakesh Bisai* Enantioselective Synthesis of the Proposed Structure of (-)-Taiwaniadduct F, Org. Lett., 2025, 27, 11878-11883 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c03765).
123. Monosij Nandy, Apurba Das, Debgopal Jana, Satadru Dutta and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of Brevianamides X, Y and Z, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 17637-17640
(doi.org/10.1039/D5CC05319F). Most-Read Article in both October & November 2025.
122. Satyajit Majumder, Debabrata Mondal, Abhishek Mondal, Souvik Pal and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids, (-)-Elwesine and (-)-epi-Crinine, J. Org. Chem., 2025, 90, 12323-12333 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c01480).
121. Nanda Kishore Roy, Ranjit Murmu, Moumita Majhi, Souvik Biswas and Alakesh Bisai* Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Shearilicine, Org. Lett., 2025, 27, 9281-9286 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c02862).
120. Satyajit Majumder, Souvik Pal, Abhinay Yadav, Ayan Mondal, Alakesh Bisai* Synthetic Approaches to Galanthamine, A Naturally Occurring Amaryllidaceae Alkaloid as Alzheimer's Drug, Tetrahedron, 2025, 186, 134884 (doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2025.134884)!
119. Kundan Shaw, Avishek Roy, Debabrata Mondal, Pranay Shyamal, Arindam Khatua and Alakesh Bisai* Diastereo-, enantio-, and chemoselective sequential allylations of N, N'-alloc 3,3'-dimeric 2-oxindoles: formal total synthesis of (-)-idiospermuline, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 12944-12947(doi.org/10.1039/D5CC02666K).
118. Ayan Mondal, Abhishek Mondal, Satadru Dutta and Alakesh Bisai* Strategic Advances in the Total Syntheses of Opioids: Codeine, Morphine, and Related Alkaloids, Asian J. Org. Chem., 2025, e00333 (doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.202500333).
117. Badrinath N. Kakde, Suman Noskar, Saikat Bag and Alakesh Bisai* Total Syntheses of Anticancer Abietane Diterpenoids, (±)-Royleanone and (±)-Inuroyleanol via Lewis Acid-catalyzed Hydroarylation, Tetrahedron Lett., 2025, 168, 155715 (doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2025.155715).
116. Ayan Mondal, Abhishek Mondal, Tiyasa Roy and Alakesh Bisai* Catalytic Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Amaryllidaceae Alkaloid, (+ )-11-Hydroxyvittatine, Org. Lett., 2025, 27, 6878-6883 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c02057).
115. Nanda Kishore Roy, Ranjit Murmu, Mintu Munda, Sovan Niyogi and Alakesh Bisai* Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Immunosuppressive Diterpenoids Triptobenzenes N and R via a Remote Csp3-H Functionalization , Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 11053-11056 (doi.org/10.1039/D5CC02354H).
114. Arindam Maity, Mrinal Kanti Das, Pranay Shyamal, Debabrata Mondal and Alakesh Bisai* Total Syntheses of C-3a-Prenylated Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b] Indoline Alkaloids, Chem Asian J. 2025, e202500280 (doi/10.1002/asia.202500280).
113. Ranjit Murmu, Debgopal Jana, Suman Noskar, Moumita Majhi and Alakesh Bisai* Unified Total Syntheses of Anticancer Agent Nepetaefolin F and Indolosesquiterpenoids, Oridamycins A and B, J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 4973-4992 (doi/10.1021/acs.joc.5c00179).
112. Debgopal Jana, Arindam Khatua, Sourav Kundu, Suman Noskar, Monosij Nandy and Alakesh Bisai* Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Taiwaniadducts I, J, and L, JACS Au 2025, 5, 1376 -1381(doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c01276).
111. Rhituparna Nandi, Ranjit Murmu, Sreyashi Sadhukhan, Debopam Pal, Souvik Biswas, Bishnu Das and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of Dixiamycins A and B via a Late-Stage N-N Bond Formation under Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis, Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 1531-1536 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c00083).
110. Moumita Majhi, Sourav Kundu, Debgopal Jana, Sreyashi Sadhukhan and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of (+)-7,7'-Bistaxodione via Late-Stage Electrochemical Dimerization, J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 2077-2092 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c02907).
109. Arindam Khatua, Pranay Shyamal, Monosij Nandy, Debabrata Mondal, Kundan Shaw and Alakesh Bisai* Synthetic Approaches to Dimeric and Oligomeric Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole Alkaloids, Chem. Asian J. 2024, e202401424 (doi.org/10.1002/asia.202401424).
108. Avishek Roy, Pranay Shyamal, Kundan Shaw, Debabrata Mondal, Arindam Khatua and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of (+)- and (-)-Calycanthidine and Formal Synthesis of (-)-Idiospermuline via Key Pd(0)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylations, Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 10803-10808 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03837).
107. Rhituparna Nandi, Sovan Niyogi, Sourav Kundu, Ayan Mondal, Nanda Kishore Roy and Alakesh Bisai* Highly Regioselective Oxidative Csp2-H Amination for Indolosesquiterpene Alkaloids: Total Synthesis of (+)-Dioridamycin, Org. Chem. Front. 2025, 12, 928-935 (doi.org/10.1039/D4QO01773K).
106. Debgopal Jana, Suman Noskar, Souvik Pal, Sovan Niyogi and Alakesh Bisai* Asymmetric Synthesis of Taiwaniaquinone H via a Late-Stage Oxidative Decarboxylation, J. Org. Chem. 2024, 90, 517-528 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c02448). Featured as Front Cover in Vol. 90, Issue 01.
105. Souvik Pal, Satyajit Majumder, Sovan Niyogi, Pranay Shyamal, Debabrata Mondal, Bishnu Das and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of Atropodiastereomers of Heterodimeric Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids: Narcipavline and Narcikachnine, Chemical Science 2024, 15, 19851-19857 (DOI: 10.1039/d4sc04361h). Highlighted in Synfacts.
104. Monosij Nandy, Apurba Das, Sovan Niyogi, Arindam Khatua, Debgopal Jana and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of (+)-Brevianamides A and B, Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 10424-10429 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03026).Featured as a Cover in Vol. 26, Issue 49.
103. Sovan Niyogi, Ayan Mondal, Monosij Nandy, Souvik Pal, Arindam Khatua and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of (+)-Dixiamycin C via a Late-Stage Ni(II)-Photoredox N-Arylation of Carbazoles, Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 8643-8974 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02436). Featured as Front Cover in Vol. 26, Issue 41.
102. Saina Shaheeda M. K., Sulekha Sharma, Nilangshu Mandal, Pranay Shyamal, Ayan Datta*, Amit Paul* and Alakesh Bisai* Regioselective Electrochemical Construction of Csp2-Csp2 Linkage at C5-C5' Position of 2-Oxindoles via an Intermolecular Anodic Dehydrogenative Coupling, Chemistry A European Journal, 2024, e202403420 (doi.org/10.1002/chem.202403420).
101. Shilpa Dangar, Tiyasa Roy, Suman Noskar and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of Bicyclomahanimbine by Cu(II)-Promoted Photoredox Process, RSC Advances 2024, 14, 29395-29403 (doi.org/10.1039/D4RA05863A).
100. Satyajit Majumder, Abhinay Yadav, Souvik Pal, Abhishek Mondal and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of (-)-2-oxo Epimesembranol and (+)-Dihydromaritidine via A Key Johnson-Claisen Rearrangement, RSC Advances 2024, 14, 29395-29403(doi.org/10.1039/D4RA05275G).
99. Ayan Mondal, Souvik Pal, Arindam Khatua, Abhishek Mondal and Alakesh Bisai* Concise Total Synthesis of (-)-Codeine, J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 12485-12497 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c01452). Highlighted in Synfacts & Organic Chemistry Portal
98. Mrinal K. Das, Kundan Shaw, Saikat Chaudhuri, Debabrata Mondal and Alakesh Bisai* Catalytic Asymmetric Approach to the Naturally Occurring Clavine Alkaloid, (+)-Lysergine, Synthesis 2024, (10.1055/a-2385-5110).
97. Ranjit Murmu, Sourav Kundu, Moumita Majhi, Souvik Pal, Abhishek Mondal and Alakesh Bisai* TotalSynthesis of (+)-Oridamycins A & B, featuring a 6/6/6/5/6 fused pentacyclic skeleton, Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 9634-9634(doi.org/10.1039/D4CC03070B). Featured as Inside Cover in Vol. 60, Issue 72.
96. Sourav Kundu, Debgopal Jana, Nilangshu Mandal, Ayan Mondal, Ranjit Murmu, Nanda Kishore Roy, Ayan Datta and Alakesh Bisai* Biomimetic total synthesis of the reported structure of (+)-selaginedorffone B, Chemical Science 2024, 15, 14946-14953 (doi.org/10.1039/D4SC04103H).
95. Mintu Munda, Debasmita Chatterjee, Moumita Majhi, Souvik Biswas, Debopam Pal and Alakesh Bisai* Total synthesis of naturally occurring abietane diterpenoids via a late-stage Fe(III)-bTAML catalysed Csp3-H functionalization, RSC Advances 2024, 14, 20420-20424 (doi.org/10.1039/D4RA03791J) Selected for Outstanding Student Paper Award 2024.
94. Mintu Munda, Ayan Mondal, Nanda Kishore Roy, Ranjit Murmu, Sovan Niyogi and Alakesh Bisai* Highly Chemoselective Oxidative Dimerization of Indolosesquiterpene Alkaloids: Biomimetic Approach to Dixiamycin, Chemical Science 2024, 15, 9164-9172 (doi.org/10.1039/D4SC01396D).
93. Tamanna Mallick, Debgopal Jana, Alakesh Bisai*, and Priyadarsi De* Asymmetric Aldol Reactions Catalyzed by Polymeric Self-Assembly with Side-Chain Dipeptide Pendants, ACS Macro Letters, 2024, 13, 651-657(doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00185).
92. Arindam Khatua, Debgopal Jana, Monosij Nandy, Pranay Shyamal, and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of (+)- and (-)-Calycanthine by Means of Thio-Urea-Catalyzed Sequential Michael Reactions of Bis-oxindoles, J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 4792-4801 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c00019).
91. Vipin R. Gavit, Sourav Kundu, Sovan Niyogi, Nanda Kishore Roy, and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of Diterpenoid Quinone Methide Tumor Inhibitor, (+)-Taxodione, J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 1823-1835 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.3c02541).
90. Arnab Banerjee, Rhituparna Nandi, Meghna Ghoshal, Pampa Chowdhury, Arindam Khatua, Alakesh Bisai*, and Priyadarsi De* Synthetic Copolymers with Natural Product Side-Chain Pendents, Polymer International, 2023, (doi.org/10.1002/pi.6581).
89. Meghna Ghoshal, Pampa Chowdhury, Arindam Khatua, Arnab Banerjee, Rhituparna Nandi, Priyadarsi De*, and Alakesh Bisai* Side-chain alanine-based block copolymer as natural product delivery system, Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A, 2023, 60, 650 - 659(doi.org/10.1080/10601325.2023.2242402).
88. Rhituparna Nandi, Sovan Niyogi, Sourav Kundu, Vipin R. Gavit, Mintu Munda, Ranjit Murmu and Alakesh Bisai* Total Synthesis of Atropisomeric Indolosesquiterpenoids by N-N Bond Formation: Dixiamycins A and B, Chemical Science 2023, 14, 8047-8053 (doi.org/10.1039/D2SC07119C). Featured as a Cover in Vol.14, Issue 30
87. Sulekha Sharma, Saina Shaheeda, Kundan Shaw, Alakesh Bisai* and Amit Paul* Two-Electron- and One-Electron-Transfer Pathways for TEMPO-Catalyzed Greener Electrochemical Dimerization of 3-Substituted-2-Oxindoles, ACS Catalysis 2023, 13, 2118 - 2134 (doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c06361).
86. Mintu Munda, Rhituparna Nandi, Vipin R. Gavit, Sourav Kundu, Sovan Niyogi and Alakesh Bisai* Total syntheses of naturally occurring antiviral indolosesquiterpene alkaloids, xiamycins C-F via Csp3-H functionalization, Chemical Science 2022, 13, 11666 - 11671 (doi.org/10.1039/D2SC03479D).
85. Abhinay Yadav, Satyajit Majumder, Mrinal Kanti Das, Ayan Mondal, and Alakesh Bisai* Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (-)-Dihydromaritidine and (-)-Oxomaritidine, Synlett 2022, (doi.org/10.1055/a-1912-2378).
84. Satyajit Majumder, Abhinay Yadav, Souvik Pal, Arindam Khatua and Alakesh Bisai* Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (-)-Lycoramine, (-)-Lycoraminone, (-)-Narwedine, and (-)-Galanthamine, J. Org. Chem. 2022, (doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.2c00420).
83. "Concise Total Syntheses of Bis(cyclotryptamine) Alkaloids via Thio-Urea Catalyzed One-Pot Sequential Michael Addition" Arindam Khatua, Pranay Shyamal, Souvik Pal, Ayan Mondal and Alakesh Bisai*, Chem. Commun. 2022, (doi.org/10.1039/D2CC01008A)!
82. Invited Review: "Electrocatalysis as a Key Strategy for the Total Synthesis of Natural Products" Mintu Munda, Sovan Niyogi, Kundan Shaw, Sourav Kundu, Rhituparna Nandi and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022. (doi.org/10.1039/D1OB02115J)!
81. "Catalytic Decarboxylative Allylation of Enolcarbonates: Synthesis of Enantioenriched 3-Allyl-3'-Aryl 2-Oxindoles and Core Structure of Azonazine" K. Naresh Babu, Souvik Pal, Arindam Khatua, Avishek Roy and Alakesh Bisai* , Org. Biomol. Chem. 2021, (doi.org/10.1039/D1OB02048J)!
80. "Total syntheses of Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole Alkaloids, (+)-pseudophrynamine 270 and (+)-pseudophrynamine 272A" Arindam Maity, Mintu Munda, Sovan Niyogi, Nivesh Kumar, Alakesh Bisai* ,Tetrahedron Lett. 2021, (doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2021.153541)!
79. Invited Review: "FeCl3-Catalyzed Highly Efficient Nazarov Type Cyclization of Arylvinyl Carbinols: Total Syntheses of Naturally Occurring Taiwaniaquinoids" Badrinath N. Kakde, Amarchand Parida, Vipin R. Gavit, Rhituparna Nandi, Sourav Kundu, and Alakesh Bisai* , Prayogik Raayan 2021, (DOI: 10.53023/p.rasayan-20211115)!
78. "Oxidative Electro-organic Synthesis of Dimeric hexahydropyrrolo-[2,3-b]indole Alkaloids Involving PCET: Total Synthesis of (±)-Folicanthine" Kundan Shaw, Sulekha Sharma, Arindam Khatua, Amit Paul* and Alakesh Bisai*, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2021, (doi.org/10.1039/D1OB01463C)!
77. Invited Review: "Pd(0)-Catalyzed Deacylative Allylations (DaA) Strategy and Application in the Total Synthesis of Alkaloids" Sourav Kundu, Mintu Munda, Rhituparna Nandi, and Alakesh Bisai* The Chemical Record 2021, (doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202100267)!
76. "Total syntheses of (+)- and (-)-Crinane via Pd(0)-Catalyzed deacylative allylation" Mrinal K. Das, AbhinayYadav, Satyajit Majumder, Ayan Mondal and Alakesh Bisai* Tetrahedron 2021, (doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2021.131928)!
75.''Synthesis of Fluorinated 2-Oxindoles via Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Coupling'' Saina M. K. Shaheeda, Nivesh Kumar, Arindam Maity and Alakesh Bisai* J. Indian Chem. Soc. 2020, 97, 2567-2578.
74. "Electrochemical Synthesis of Dimeric 2.Oxindole Sharing Vicinal Quaternary Centers Employing Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer" Sulekha Sharma, Avishek Roy, Kundan Shaw, Alakesh Bisai*, and Amit Paul* J. Org. Chem. 2020, (doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.0c01621)!
73. Invited Review: "Hexahydropyrrolo [2,3-b] indole Alkaloids of Biological Relevence: proposed Biosynthesis and Synthetic Approaches."Avishek Roy, Arindam Maity, Saina Shaheeda MK, Rahul Giri, and Alakesh Bisai* ARKIVOC, 2020, (20-11307LR)!
72. "Catalytic deacylative alkylations (DaA) of enolcarbonates: Total synthesis of (±)-Crinane" Mrinal K. Das, Abhinay Yadav, Satyajit Majumder and Alakesh Bisai* Tetrahedron Lett. 2020, (doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.152129)!
71. "Efficient Alkynylation of 2-Oxindoles with Alkynyl Dibenzothiophenium Triflates: Total Synthesis of (±)-Deoxyeseroline" Avishek Roy, Arindam Maity, Rahul Giri, and Alakesh Bisai* Asian J. Org. Chem. 2020, (DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.20200027)!
70. "Oxidative cyanation of 2-oxindoles: formal total synthesis of (±)-gliocladin C" Arindam Maity, Avishek Roy, Mrinal Kanti Das, Subhadip De, Malay Naskara and Alakesh Bisai * Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020, (DOI: 10.1039/c9ob02752a)!
69. "Biosynthetic Relationships and Total Syntheses of Naturally Occurring Benzo[c]Phenanthridine Alkaloids" Vishnumaya Bisai,* M. K. Saina Shaheeda, Aditi Gupta, and Alakesh Bisai* Asian J. Org. Chem. 2019, (DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201900244)!
68. Invited Review: "Synthetic Organic Chemistry in India" Alakesh Bisai* and Vishwakarma Singh Proc Indian Natn Sci Acad. 2019, (DOI: 10.16943/ptinsa/2019/49726)!
67. ''Thiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Malonate Addition onto 3-Sulfonyl-3'-indolyl-2-oxindoles: Formal Total Syntheses of (-)-Chimonanthine, (-)-Folicanthine, and (+)-Calycanthine'' K. Naresh Babu, Avishek Roy, Manvendra Singh and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Lett. 2018, (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02327)!
66. "Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Malonate Addition onto 3-Hydroxy-2-oxindoles: Mechanistic Consideration and Synthetic Approaches to the Pyrroloindoline Alkaloids" K. Naresh Babu, Nikhil Raj, Kariyandi, Saina Saheeda M. K., Lakshmana K. Kinthada and Alakesh Bisai* J. Org. Chem. 2018, (DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b02017)!
65. "A Catalytic N-Deacylative Alkylation Approach to Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole Alkaloids Catalytic N-Deacylative Alkylation Approach to Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole Alkaloids" Nivesh Kumar, Arindam Maity, Vipin R. Gavit and Alakesh Bisai* Chem. Commun. 2018, (DOI:10.1039/C8CC04117B)!
64. "Catalytic Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Naturally Occurring Amarylidaceae Alkaloids, (-)-Crinine, (-)-epi-Crinine, (-)-Oxocrinine, (+)-epi-Elwesine, (+)-Vittatine, and (+)-epi-Vittatine" Mrinal K. Das, Nivesh Kumar, and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Lett. 2018, ( DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01703)!
63. "Naturally Occurring Taiwaniaquinoids: Biosynthetic Relationships and Synthetic Approaches" Vishnumaya Bisai,* Aditi Gupta, and Alakesh Bisai* ARKIVOC (Invited Article, doi.org/10.24820/ark.5550190.p010.631)!
62. "Cu(II)-tBu-PHOX catalyzed enantioselective malonate addition onto 3-hydroxy 2-oxindoles: application in the synthesis of dimeric pyrroloindoline alkaloids" K. Naresh Babu, Lakshmana K. Kinthada, Partha Pratim Das and Alakesh Bisai* Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 7963. (DOI:10.1039/C8CC04338H)!.
61. ''Development of Pd(0)-Catalyzed Chemoselective Deacylative Alkylation (DaA) of N-Acyl-2-oxindoles'' Nivesh Kumar, Vipin R. Gavit, Arindam Maity and Alakesh Bisai* J. Org. Chem. 2018, (doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.8b01101).
60. ''Diels-Alder Reactions in Creating Complexity in Higher Order Isoprenoids: Proposed Biosynthesis and Biomimetic Total Syntheses'',Vishnumaya Bisai* and Alakesh Bisai* Asian J. Org. Chem.. 2018,(https://doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.201800158)
59. ''Expeditious Route to Enantioenriched Tetracyclic Core of Ergot Alkaloids via Organocatalytic Aldol Reaction'' Subhajit Bhunia, Saikat Chaudhuri, Subhadip De, K. Naresh Babu, and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018, 16, 2427-2437 (DOI: 10.1039/C7OB03069J)
58. ''Catalytic Asymmetric Formal Total Syntheses of (+)- and (-)-Cycloclavine'' Saikat Chaudhuri, Santanu Ghosh, Subhajit Bhunia, and Alakesh Bisai* Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 940-943 (DOI: 10.1039/c7cc09045e)
57. "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(DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02797)
56. "Biomimetic Total Syntheses of Clavine Alkaloids" Saikat Chaudhuri, Subhajit Bhunia, Avishek Roy, Mrinal K. Das, and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 288-291 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b03683)
55. "Synthesis of 3-Hydroxy 2-Oxindoles via Deacylative Oxygenation (DaO): Total Synthesis of CPC 1" Nivesh Kumar, Vipin R. Gavit, Manvendra Singh and Alakesh Bisai* J. Ind. Chem. Soc., 2017, 94, 1- 8. Invited Article!
54. "Total Syntheses of Pyroclavine, Festuclavine, Lysergol, and Isolysergol via a Catalytic Asymmetric Nitro-Michael Reaction" Subhajit Bhunia, Saikat Chaudhuri and Alakesh Bisai* Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 1-6, (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702459)
53. "FeCl3-Catalyzed Allylation Reactions onto 3-Hydroxy-2-oxindoles: Formal Total Syntheses of Bis-cyclotryptamine Alkaloids, Chimonanthine, and Folicanthine" Lakshmana K. Kinthada, Sai Raghavendra Medisetty, Amarchand Parida, K. Naresh Babu, Alakesh Bisai* J. Org. Chem., 2017, 82, 8548-8567, (DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01232)
52. "Lewis-Acid-Catalysed Reaction of 3-Hydroxy-2-oxindoles with Terminal Alkynes: Synthetic Approaches to the Pyrroloindoline Alkaloids" Lakshmana K. Kinthada, K. Naresh Babu, Dikshaa Padhi, Alakesh Bisai* Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2017, 3078-3091, (DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201700507)
51. "Development of Catalytic Deacylative Alkylations (DaA) of 3-Acyl-2-Oxindoles: Total Synthesis of meso-Chimonanthine and Related Alkaloids" Nivesh Kumar, Mrinal Kanti Das, Santanu Ghosh and Alakesh Bisai * Chem. Commun. 2017, (DOI: 10.1039/C6CC10228J)
50. "Synthesis of 2 Oxindoles Sharing Vicinal All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters via Organocatalytic Aldol Reaction " Subhadip De, Mrinal Kanti Das, Avishek Roy, Alakesh Bisai* J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 12258-12274. (DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.6b02195)
49. "Zwitterionic BODIPYs with Larger Stokes Shift: Small Molecular Biomarkers for Live Cells Adiki Raja Sekhar, Santhosh K. Sariki, R. V. Ramana Reddy, Alakesh Bisai, Pushpendra K. Sahu, Raghuvir S. Tomar, Jeyaraman Sankar* Chem. Commun. 2016, (DOI: 10.1039/C6CC09325F)
48. "FeCl3-Catalyzed Highly Efficient Nazarov Type Cyclization of Arylvinylcarbinols: Total Synthesis of Dichroanal B and Related Taiwaniaquinoids" Badrinath N. Kakde, Amarchand Parida, Nivesh Kumar, and Alakesh Bisai* ChemistrySelect 2016, 1, 3357-3362. (DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600890)
47. "Total Syntheses of Taiwaniaquinol D and Taiwaniaquinone D via a key Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Nazarov Type Cyclization" Badrinath N. Kakde, Amarchand Parida, Pooja Kumari, and Alakesh Bisai* Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 3179-3184. (doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.06.030)
46. "Synthesis of 2-oxindoles via 'transition-metal-free' intramolecular dehydrogenative coupling (IDC) of sp2 C-H and sp3 C-H bonds" Nivesh Kumar, Santanu Ghosh, Subhajit Bhunia and Alakesh Bisai* Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1153-1169. (doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.111) Invited article!
45. "Approach to Merosesquiterpenes via Lewis Acid Catalyzed Nazarov Type Cyclization: Total Synthesis of Akaol A" Badrinath N. Kakde, Nivesh Kumar, Pradip Kumar Mondal, and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 1752-1755. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00446)!
44. "Concise Total Syntheses of Joubertiamine, O-Methyl-joubertiamine, 3'-Methoxy-4'-O-methyljoubertiamine, Mesembrane, and Crinane" Mrinal Kanti Das, Subhadip De , Shubhashish, Alakesh Bisai* Synthesis. 2016, 48, 2093-2104. (DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1561583)!
43. "Highly Stereoselective Syntheses of Proline Derived Vicinal Amino Alcohols via Grignard Addition onto N-Tosylprolinal" Saikat Chaudhuri, Amarchand Parida, Santanu Ghosh, and Alakesh Bisai* Synlett 2016, 27, 215-220. (DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1560802) which is qualified for the best paper award competition by editor!
42. "Unified Approach to the Spiro(pyrrolidinyl-oxindole) and Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole Alkaloids: Total Syntheses of Pseudophrynamines 270 and 272A" Subhadip De, Mrinal Kanti Das, Subhajit Bhunia, and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 5922-5925. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b03082).
41. "Catalytic Enantioselective Decarboxylative Allylations of a Mixture of Allylcarbonates and Allylesters: Total Syntheses of (-)- and (+)-Folicanthine" Santanu Ghosh, Saikat Chaudhuri, and Alakesh Bisai* Chem.- Eur. J. 2015, 21, 17479-17484.( DOI: 10.1002/chem.201502878).
40. "Total Synthesis of (±)-Taiwaniaquinol F and Related Taiwaniaquinoids" Badrinath N. Kakde, Pooja Kumari, and Alakesh Bisai* J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 9889-9899. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01345).
39. "Highly chemoselective synthesis of dimeric 2-oxindoles with a C-3/C-5' via Friedel-Crafts alkylations of 2-oxindoles with 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles" K. Naresh Babu, Lakshmana K. Kinthada, Santanu Ghosh, and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13, 10641-10655. (DOI: 10.1039/C5OB01670C).
38. "Efficient Synthesis of 3-Alkynyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)cyclohex-2-en- 1-ones by a Stork-Danheiser Sequence from Vinylogous Esters and Terminal Alkynes" Amarchand Parida, Mohd. Sharique, Badrinath N. Kakde, Santanu Ghosh, Alakesh Bisai* Synthesis 2015, 47, 2965-2970. (DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1380451)as an Invited Article!
37. "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. ( DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b00032), which is a most downloaded article!
36. "Concise Total Syntheses of (±)-mesembrane and (±)-crinane" Mrinal Kanti Das, Subhadip De, Shubhashish, and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13, 3585-3588. (DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00183H), which is a most downloaded article!
35. "Friedel-Crafts Alkylations of Electron-rich Aromatics with 3-Hydroxy-2-oxindoles: Scope and Limitations" Lakshmana K. Kinthada, Santanu Ghosh, K. Naresh Babu, Mohd. Sharique, Soumava Biswas and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 8152-8173. (DOI: 10.1039/c4ob01264j).
34. "Enantioselective Construction of Vicinal All-Carbon Quaternary Centers via Catalytic Double Asymmetric Decarboxylative Allylation" Santanu Ghosh, Subhajit Bhunia, Badrinath N. Kakde, Subhadip De, and Alakesh Bisai* Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 2434-2437 (DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49064E), which is a most downloaded article!
33. ''Acid-Catalyzed Reactions of 3-Hydroxy-2-oxindoles with Electron-rich Substrates: Synthesis of 2-Oxindoles with All-Carbon Quaternary Centers'' Lakshmana K. Kinthada, Santanu Ghosh, Subhadip De, Subhajit Bhunia, Dhananjay Dey, and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 6984-6993. (DOI: 10.1039/C3OB41482E).
32. "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. Ind. Chem. Soc., 2013, 90, 1871-1884. Invited Article!
31. ''Expeditious Approach to Pyrrolophenanthridones, Phenanthridines, and Benzo[c]phenanthridines via Organocatalytic Direct Biaryl-Coupling Promoted by Potassium tert-Butoxide'' Subhadip De, Sourabh Mishra, Badrinath N. Kakde, Dhananjay Dey, and Alakesh Bisai* J. Org. Chem., 2013, 78, 7823-7844. (DOI: 10.1021/jo400890k).
30. ''Expeditious Approach to the Amarylidaceae Alkaloids via a Pd-Catalyzed Direct Biaryl-Coupling Reactions'' Sourabh Mishra, Subhadip De, Badrinath N. Kakde, Dhananjay Dey, and Alakesh Bisai* Indian Journal of Chemistry A, 2013, 52A, 1093-1102. Invited Article!
29. ''DDQ-Mediated Direct Intramolecular-Dehydrogenative Coupling (IDC): Expeditious Approach to the Tetracyclic Core of Ergot Alkaloids'' Subhajit Bhunia, Santanu Ghosh, Dhananjay Dey, and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 2426-2429. (DOI: 10.1021/ol400899e)
28. ''Metal triflate-Catalyzed Cyclization of Arylvinylcarbinols: Formal Total Synthesis of (±)-Dichroa-none and (±)-Taiwaniaquinone H'' Badrinath N. Kakde, Subhadip De, Dhananjay Dey, and Alakesh Bisai* RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 8176. (DOI: 10.1039/C3RA41497C).
27. ''Approach to the Core Structure of abeo-Abietanes and Gibberellins via Stork-Danheiser Sequence Followed by Friedel-Crafts Alkylations'' Badrinath N. Kakde, Subhajit Bhunia, and Alakesh Bisai* Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 1436-1439.( DOI : 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.01.002.)
26. "Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Coupling of sp2 C-H and sp3 C-H Bonds: An Expeditious Route to 2-Oxindoles" Santanu Ghosh, Subhadip De, Badrinath N. Kakde, Subhajit Bhunia, Amit Adhikary, and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 5864-5867. (DOI: 10.1021/ol302767w). Highlighted as one of the 5 Most-Read Article in December 2012; ChemInform Volume 44, Issue 17, Date: April 23, 2013.
25. ''Base Promoted Michael Reaction Concomitant with Alkylation of Cyclic 1,3-Dione: An Efficient Approach to 2-Substituted Vinylogous Esters'' Subhadip De, Lakshmana K. Kinthada, and Alakesh Bisai* Synlett 2012, 2785-2788 Highlighted as ChemInform Volume 44, Issue 14, Date: April 2, 2013. (DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1317496).
24. ''Lewis-Acid Catalyzed Friedel-Crafts Alkylations of 3-Hydroxy-2-oxindoles: An Efficient Approach to the Core Structure of Azonazine'' Santanu Ghosh, Lakshmana K. Kinthada, Subhajit Bhunia, and Alakesh Bisai* Chem. Commun. 2012, 10132-10134. (DOI: 10.1039/C2CC35283D). Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 44, Issue 14, Date: April 2, 2013.
23. ''Intramolecular Direct Dehydrohalide Coupling Promoted by KOtBu: Total Synthesis of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids Anhydrolycorinone and Oxoassoanine'' Subhadip De, Santanu Ghosh, Subhajit Bhunia, Javeed A. Sheikh, and Alakesh Bisai* Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 4466-4469.( DOI: 10.1021/ol3019677)
20. Encyclopedia for Reagents in Organic Synthesis (EROS) on "Benzenecarboperoxoic acid, 1,1-dimethylethyl Ester" published by John and Wiley & Sons Ltd. (Alakesh Bisai, Vishnumaya Bisai, and Vinod K. Singh*) Invited E-ROS accepted (RN01616).
19. Enantioselective Organocatalytic Aldol Reaction Using Small Organic Molecules (Vishnumaya Bisai, Alakesh Bisai and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 4541- 4580) doi:10.1016/j.tet.2012.03.099 Invited Review. Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 43, Issue 40, Date: October 2, 2012.
18. Enantioselective One-pot Three-component Synthesis of Propargylamines Catalyzed by Copper(I)-Pyridine Bis-(oxazoline) Complexes (Alakesh Bisai and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 3480-3486) doi:10.1016/j.tet.2011.05.114 Invited Article.
17. An efficient approach to 2-substituted N-tosylpiperidine: Asymmetric synthesis of 2-(2-hydroxysubstituted)piperidine alkaloids (Alakesh Bisai and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 1907-1910).
16. Studies on the Reaction of Aziridines with Nitriles and Carbonyls: Synthesis of Imidazolines and Oxazolidines (Shikha Gandhi, Alakesh Bisai, B. A. Bhanu Prasad, and Vinod K. Singh* J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 2133-2142). Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 38, Issue 31, July 31, 2007.
15. Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation of Indoles with Nitroalkenes Catalyzed by a Bis(oxazoline)-Cu(II) Complex (Pradeep K. Singh, Alakesh Bisai, and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 1127-1129). Highlighted inChemInform Volume 38, Issue 21, Date: May 22, 2007.
14. Activation of DMSO by Phosphonitrilic Chloride. An Efficient Method for Oxidation of Alcohols (Sanjay K. Pandey, Alakesh Bisai, and Vinod K. Singh* Synth. Commun. 2007, 37, 4099- 4103). Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 39, Issue 17, Date: April 22, 2008.
13. Enantioselective Diethylzinc Addition to Aldehydes Catalyzed by Ti(IV) Complex of Unsymmetrical Chiral Bis(sulfonamide) Ligands of trans-Cyclohexane 1,2-diamine (Alakesh Bisai, Pradeep K. Singh, and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 598-601). Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 38, Issue 21, Date: May 22, 2007.
12. Aminolysis of N-tosylaziridines: An Approach to Asymmetric Synthesis of Symmetric and Unsymmetric Chiral Sulfonamide Ligands (Alakesh Bisai, B. A. Bhanu Prasad, and Vinod K. Singh* ARKIVOC 2007, 5, 20-37) [Commemorative Issue in Honor of Prof. Lutz F. Tietze on the occasion of his 65th anniversary].
11. Enantioselective One-pot Three-component Synthesis of Propargylamines (Alakesh Bisai and Vinod K. Singh* Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 2405-2408) Most-Accessed Article (Apr-Jun 2006). Highlighted in Synfacts, 2006, 9, 910 (Link); ChemInform Volume 37, Issue 40, Date: October 3, 2006.
10. Enantioselective Turnover in Glyoxylate-Ene Reactions Catalyzed by Chiral Copper Complexes (Manoj K. Pandey, Alakesh Bisai, and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 897-900). Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 37, Issue 20, Date: May 16, 2006.
9. Synthesis of Chiral Vicinal C2-Symmetric and Unsymmetric Bis(sulfonamide) Ligands based on trans-1,2-cyclohexanediamine by Aminolysis of N-Tosylaziridines (Alakesh Bisai, B. A. Bhanu Prasad, and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 7935-7939).
8. Imino-ene Reaction of N-Tosyl Arylaldimines with a-Methylstyrene: Application in the Synthesis of Important Amines (Manoj K. Pandey, Alakesh Bisai, Ankur Pandey, and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 5039-5041). Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 36, Issue 44, Date: November 1, 2005.
7. Regioselective Ring Opening of Aziridines with Activated DMF Complexes: A Facile Synthesis of b-Haloamines (Manoj K. Pandey, Alakesh Bisai, and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 9661-9663). Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 36, Issue 14, Date: April 5, 2005.
6. 2-Aryl-N-tosylazetidines as Formal 1,4-dipoles for [4+2]-Cycloaddition Reactions with Nitriles: An Easy Access to the Tetrahydropyrimidine Derivatives (B. A. Bhanu Prasad, Alakesh Bisai, and Vinod. K. Singh* Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 4829-4831). Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 36, Issue 14, Date: April 5, 2005.
5. Trimethylsilyl Cyanide Addition to Arylaldimines and its Application in the Synthesis of (S)-Phenylglycine methyl ester (B. A. Bhanu Prasad, Alakesh Bisai, and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 9565-9567). Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 36, Issue 14, Date: April 5, 2005.
4. Do Aziridines Require Lewis Acids for Cleavage with Ionic Nucleophiles? (Alakesh Bisai, Ghanshyam Pandey, Manoj K. Pandey, and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron Lett. 2003, 44, 5839- 5841). Highlighted inChemInform Volume 34, Issue 47, November 25, 2003.
3. Synthesis of Chiral Non-racemic 1,2-Diamines from O-Acetyl Mandelic acid: Application in Enantioselective Deprotonation of Epoxides and Diethylzinc Addition to Aldehydes (P. Saravanan, Alakesh Bisai, S. Baktharaman, M. Chandrasekhar, and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 4693-4706). Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 33, Issue 41, Date: October 15, 2002.
2. An Alternative to the Swern Oxidation (Alakesh Bisai, M. Chandrasekhar, and Vinod K. Singh* Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 8355-8357). Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 34, Issue 5, Date: February 4, 2003.
1. A One-Pot Synthesis of b-Chloro Acetates/Benzoates from Epoxides (Kusum L. Chandra, Alakesh Bisai, P. Saravanan, and Vinod K. Singh* J. Chem. Res. 2002, 5, 221-223). Highlighted in ChemInform Volume 33, Issue 42, Date: October 22, 2002
Publications from UC Berkeley (Postdoc with Prof. Richmond Sarpong)
Book Chapter from IISER Bhopal
1. ''Protecting-Group-Free Synthesis of Natural Products and Analogs, Part III edited by Rodney A. Fernandes'' Alakesh Bisai and Vishnumaya Bisai (John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
The AB Research Group
A Laboratory of Organic Synthesis
