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Gnanam's Reserach group

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY

PUBLICATIONS

After Joining at IIT-Roorkee

23). Yifan Meng, Richard N. Zare* and Gnanamani, E.* Superfast Formation of C(sp2)-N, C(sp2)-P, and C(sp2)-S Vinylic Bonds in Water Microdroplets Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202316131. (Impact factor: 16.60) (Highlighted as Very Important Paper)

2024

2023

22). Meng, Y.; Zare, R. N.* Gnanamani, E.* One-Step, Catalyst-Free Formation of Phenol from Benzoic Acid Using Water Microdroplets. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 19202-19206. (Impact factor: 15.00)

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21). Meng, Y.; Gnanamani, E.* Zare, R. N.* One-Step Formation of Pharmaceuticals Having a Phenylacetic Acid Core Using Water Microdroplets J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 7724-7728. (Impact factor: 15.00)

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20). Meng, Y.; Gnanamani, E.* Zare, R. N.* Catalyst-Free Decarboxylative Amination of Carboxylic Acids in Water Microdroplets
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 32-36. (Impact factor: 15.00) (Highlighted in Chemistry News)

2022

19). Meng, Y.; Gnanamani, E.* Zare, R. N.* Direct C(sp3)-N Bond Formation between Toluene and Amine in Water Microdroplets. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 19709-19713. (Impact factor: 15.00)

Before Joining at IIT-Roorkee

2020

18). E. Gnanamani, X. Yan, R. N. Zare* "Chemoselective N-alkylation of Indoles in Aqueous Droplets", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 3069-3072; Angew. Chem. 2020, 132, 3093–3096. (Impact factor: 16.60)

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17). B. M. Trost,* E. Gnanamani, "Enantio- and Diastereoselective Double Mannich Reaction between Ynones and Imines Catalyzed by Zn-ProPhenol", Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 1675-1680. (Impact factor: 5.20)

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16). B. M. Trost,* Chao-I Hung, G. Mata, Y. Liu, Y. Lu, E. Gnanamani, “Direct Enantio- and Diastereoselective Zn-ProPhenol Catalyzed Mannich Reactions of CF3- and SCF3-Substituted Ketones”, Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 2437-2442. (Impact factor: 5.20)

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2019

15). B. M. Trost,* E. Gnanamani, C. A. Kalnmals, Chao-I Hung, J. Tracy, "Direct Enantio- and Diastereoselective Vinylogous Addition of Butenolides to Chromones Catalyzed by Zn-ProPhenol", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 1489-1493. (Impact factor: 15.00)

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14). B. M. Trost,* E. Gnanamani, Chao-I Hung, C. A. Kalnmals, "Synthesis of Chiral, Densely Substituted Pyrrolidones via Phosphine-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization", Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 1890-1894. (Impact factor: 5.20)

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13). B. M. Trost,* Chao-I Hung, E. Gnanamani, “Tuning the Reactivity of Ketones through Unsaturation: Construction of Cyclic and Acyclic Quaternary Stereocenters via Zn-ProPhenol Catalyzed Mannich Reactions", ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9, 1549-1557. (Impact factor: 12.90)

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12). E. D. C. Noriega, S. Sathyamoorthi, S. Banerjee, E. Gnanamani, R. H. Pando, D. M. Espinoza, J. I. V. Bucheli, L. D. Possani, R. N. Zare* "Isolation, Synthesis, and Biological Activity of Non-Peptide Compounds from Diplocentrus melici Scorpion Venom", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 2019, 116, 12642-12647. (Impact factor: 11.10 )

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2018

11). B. M. Trost,* Chao‐I Hung, T. Saget, E. Gnanamani “Branched Aldehydes as Linchpins for the Enantioselective and Stereodivergent Synthesis of 1,3-Aminoalcohols Featuring a Quaternary Stereocentre", Nat. Catal, 2018, 1, 523-530. (Impact factor: 40.71)

10). S. Banerjee, E. Gnanamani, S. Lynch, Z. Zamudio, J,-V. Fernando, V. Jimenez, L. Possani, R. N. Zare,* "An Alkaloid from Scorpion Venom: Chemical Structure and Synthesis", J. Nat. Prod. 2018, 81, 1899-1904. (Impact factor: 5.10)

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2017

9). B. M. Trost,* E. Gnanamani, J. S. Tracy, C. A. Kalnmals "Zn-ProPhenol Catalyzed Enantio- and Diastereoselective Direct Vinylogous Mannich Reaction Between α,β- and β, γ-Butenolides and Aldimines", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 18198-18201. (Impact factor: 15.00)

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8). B. M. Trost,* E. Gnanamani, "Chao-I Hung “Controlling Regioselectivity in the Enantioselective N-Alkylation Reaction of Indoles Analogs Catalyzed by Dinuclear Zinc-ProPhenol”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 10451-10456; Angew. Chem. 2017, 129,10587–10592. (Impact factor: 16.60))

7). S. Banerjee, E. Gnanamani, X. Yan, R. N. Zare* "Can all Bulk-Phase Reactions be Accelerated in Microdroplets?", Analyst 2017, 142, 1399-1402 (Cover Article). (Impact factor: 4.20)

Doctoral Work

6).G. S. Kiran, S. Priyadharshini, A. D. Dobson, E. Gnanamani, J. Selvin,* "Degradation Intermediates of Polyhydroxy Butyrate Inhibits Phenotypic Expression of Virulence Factors and Biofilm Formation in Luminescent Vibrio sp. PUGSK8", npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (nature partner journal) 2016, 16002. (Impact factor: 6.769)

5). G. S. Kiran, S. Priyadharshini, K. Anitha, E. Gnanamani, J. Selvin,* “Characterization of an Exopolysaccharide from Probiont Enterobacter Faecalis MS112 and Effect on the Disruption of Candida Albucans Biofilm", RSC Advances 2015, 5, 71573-71585.
(Impact factor: 4.036)

4). E. Gnanamani, N. Someshwar, J. Sanjeevi, C. R. Ramanathan,* “Conformationally Rigid Chiral Bicyclic Skeleton-Tethered Bipyridine N,N′-Dioxide as Organocatalyst: Asymmetric Ring Opening of meso-Epoxides”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 2219-2223.
(Impact factor: 5.981)

3). A. Harikrishnan, J. Selvakumar, E. Gnanamani, S. Bhattacharya and C. R. Ramanathan,* “Friedel–Crafts Hydroxyalkylation Through Activation of a Carbonyl Group Using AlBr3: An Easy Access to Pyridyl Aryl/Heteroaryl Carbinols”, New J. Chem., 2013, 37, 563-567.
(Impact factor: 3.925)

2). E. Gnanamani, N. Someshwar, C. R. Ramanathan,* “Conformationally Rigid Chiral Pyridine N-Oxides as Organocatalyst: Asymmetric Allylation of Aldehydes”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 2101-2106. (Impact factor: 5.981)

1). E. Gnanamani, C. R. Ramanathan,* “Design, Synthesis, Resolution, and Stereochemical Assignment of a Conformationally Rigid Chiral Ligand Derived from Anthracene and a Dienophile Containing a Pyridine Moiety”, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2009, 20, 2211-2215.
(Impact factor: 2.126)

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