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