Publications

2025


Photoinduced C–Cl Bond Activation of Polychloroalkanes with Triplet Carbenes: Synthetic Applications and Mechanistic Studies


Bina Das, Buddhadeb Sahana and Durga Prasad Hari
January 15, 2025

2024


Strain-Release Radical-Polar Crossover Annulation: A Unified Strategy to Access Spiro-, Fused-, and Enantioenriched-Aza/Oxa-Bicyclo[3.1.1]hepatanes


Bhismalochan Ghorai†, Buddhadeb Sahana† and Durga Prasad Hari
December 20, 2024

Highly Stereoselective Catalytic Synthesis of Polysubstituted Housanes: Application and Mechanistic Insights


Abdur R. S. Mondal, Nakul A. Bapat and Durga Prasad Hari
December 18, 2024

Harnessing Carbene Reactivity of [1.1.1]Propellane for [2,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement: Application and Mechanistic Studies


Suparnak Midya, Aksar Ali and Durga Prasad Hari
October 24, 2024

Visible-Light-Mediated Strain-Release Radical Spirocyclizations: Access to Functionalized Spirocyclobutanes


Tushar Singha and Durga Prasad Hari
October 15, 2024

Rhodium(II)-Catalyzed Strain-Enabled Stereoselective Synthesis of Skipped Dienes


Ganesh A. Kadam, Tushar Singha, Sapna Rawat and Durga Prasad Hari
August 01, 2024
Abstract

Photoredox Catalyzed Strain-Release Driven Synthesis of Functionalized Spirocyclobutyl Oxindoles


Tushar Singha,† Nakul A. Bapat,† Subrat K. Mishra† and Durga Prasad Hari
July 24, 2024

2023


Abstract

Strain-Enabled Radical Spirocyclization Cascades: Rapid Access to Spirocyclobutyl Lactones and – Lactams


Kousik Das, Abhilash Pedada, Tushar Singha and Durga Prasad Hari
December 21, 2023
Abstract

Highly Ddiastereoselective Strain-Release Doyle-Kirmse Reaction: Access to Functionalized Difluoro(methylene)cyclopropanes


Suparnak Midya and Durga Prasad Hari
November 02, 2023
Abstract

Photoinduced Temperature-Regulated Selective Carbene C–H Insertion for the Synthesis of Functionalized Spiro-β-lactones and -lactams


Abdur R. S. Mondal, Bhismalochan Ghorai, and Durga Prasad Hari
Abstract

Photocatalyzed Dowd-Beckwith Radical-Polar Crossover Reaction for the Synthesis of Medium-sized Carbocyclic Compounds


Tushar Singha, Ganesh A. Kadam and Durga Prasad Hari
Abstract

The Dowd-Beckwith Reaction: History, Strategies, and Synthetic Potential


Tushar Singha, Abdur R. S. Mondal, Suparnak Midya and Durga Prasad Hari
Radical ring rearrangements (RRR): This Review article discusses the origin and advancement of the Dowd–Beckwith reaction with particular focus on its application to complex natural products synthesis.

From PhD & Post Docs


26. Stereospecific Conversion of Boronic Esters into Enones using Methoxyallene: Application in the Total Synthesis of 10-Deoxymethynolide
Kristian J. Chambers, Patthadon Sanghong, Daniel CarterMartos, Giorgia Casoni, Rory C. Mykura, Durga Prasad Hari,Adam Noble, and Varinder Kumar Aggarwal

25. X-Ray and NMR Structural Data of Ethynylbenziodoxolones (EBXs) Reagents and Their Analogues
Eliott Le Du, Nieves P. Ramirez, Stefano Nicolai, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei-Tirani, Matthew D. Wodrich, Durga Prasad Hari, Jerome Waser

24. Amphiphilic Iodine(III) Reagents for the Lipophilization of Peptides in Water
Abhaya Kumar Mishra, Romain Tessier, Durga Prasad Hari and Jerome Waser

23. Highly Diastereoselective Strain-Increase Allylborations: Rapid Access to Alkylidenecyclopropanes and Alkylidenecyclobutanes
Durga Prasad Hari, Madhavachary, Valerio Fasano, Jack Haire and Varinder K. Aggarwal

22. Low-Temperature Intramolecular [4+2] Cycloaddition of Allenes with Arenes for the Synthesis of Diene Ligands
Durga Prasad Hari, Guillaume Pisella, Matthew D. Wodrich, Artem V. Tsymbal and Jerome Waser

21. Ring-Expansion Induced 1,2-Metalate Rearrangements: Highly Diastereoselective Synthesis of Cyclobutyl Boronic Esters
Durga Prasad Hari, Joseph C. Abell, Valerio Fasano and Varinder K. Aggarwal

20. One-Pot Synthesis of 1-[(Triisopropylsilyl)ethynyl]-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one (TIPS-EBX)
Durga Prasad Hari, Paola Caramenti, Lionel Schouwey, Miyeon Chang, Stefano Nicolai, Donald Bachert, Timothy Wright, Chuck Orella and Jerome Waser

19. Ethynylbenziodazolones (EBZ) as Electrophilic Alkynylation Reagents for the Highly Enantioselective Copper‐Catalyzed Oxyalkynylation of Diazo Compounds
Durga Prasad Hari, Lionel Schouwey, Verity Barber, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei‐Tirani and Jerome Waser

18. Cyclic Hypervalent Iodine Reagents: Enabling Tools for Bond Disconnection via Reactivity Umpolung
Durga Prasad Hari, Paola Caramenti and Jerome Waser

17. “Alkynylations and Vinylations” in The Chemistry of Hypervalent Halogen Compounds
Durga Prasad Hari, Nicolai Stefano and Jerome Waser

16. “Arene Functionalizations by Photoredox Catalysis” in Visible Light Photocatalysis in Organic Chemistry
Durga Prasad Hari, Thea Hering and Burkhard Koenig

15. Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Oxy-Alkynylation of Diazo Compounds
Durga Prasad Hari and Jerome Waser

14. Copper-Catalyzed Oxy-Alkynylation of Diazo Compounds with Hypervalent Iodine Reagents
Durga Prasad Hari and Jerome Waser

13. Cyclic Hypervalent Iodine Reagents for Atom-Transfer Reactions: Beyond Trifluoromethylation
Yifan Li, Durga Prasad Hari, Maria Victoria Vita and Jerome Waser

12. Proteome-Wide Profiling of Targets of Cysteine-reactive Small Molecules by using Ethynyl Benziodoxolone Reagents
Daniel Abegg, Reto Frei, Luca Cerato, Durga Prasad Hari, Chao Wang, Jerome Waser and Alexander Adibekian

11. Visible Light-Mediated Metal-Free Synthesis of Vinyl Sulfones from Aryl Sulfinates
Andreas Uwe Meyer, Stefanie Jaeger, Durga Prasad Hari and Burkhard Koenig

10. Fast and Highly Chemoselective Alkynylation of Thiols with Hypervalent Iodine Reagents Enabled through a Low Energy Barrier Concerted Mechanism
Reto Frei, Matthew D. Wodrich, Durga Prasad Hari, Pierre-Antoine Borin, Clément Chauvier and Jerome Waser

09. Synthetic Applications Enabled by Eosin Y as a Photoredox Catalyst
Durga Prasad Hari and Burkhard Koenig

08. The Photoredox catalyzed Meerwein Addition Reaction: Intermolecular Amino-Arylation of Alkenes
Durga Prasad Hari, Thea Hering and Burkhard Koenig

07. Synthetic Applications of Aryl Diazonium Salts Enabled by Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis
Durga Prasad Hari, Thea Hering and Burkhard Koenig

06. The Photocatalyzed Meerwein Arylation: Classic Reaction of Aryl Diazonium Salts in a New Light
Durga Prasad Hari and Burkhard Koenig

05. Visible Light Mediated α-Arylation of Enol Acetates using Aryl Diazonium Salts
Thea Hering, Durga Prasad Hari and Burkhard Koenig

04. Visible Light Photocatalytic Synthesis of Benzothiophenes
Durga Prasad Hari, Thea Hering and Burkhard Koenig

03. Photocatalytic Arylation of Alkenes, Alkynes and Enones with Diazonium Salts
Peter Schroll, Durga Prasad Hari and Burkhard Koenig

02. Metal free, Visible Light Mediated Direct C-H Arylation of Heteroarenes with Aryl Diazonium Salts
Durga Prasad Hari, Peter Schroll and Burkhard Koenig

01. Eosin Y Catalyzed Visible Light Oxidative C-C and C-P Bond Formation
Durga Prasad Hari and Burkhard Koenig