Congratulations to Surya Prakash Tripathi whose paper entitled "Iron-Catalyzed Stereoselective Synthesis of Dihydrobenzofurans from O-Tethered Enynes and DDQ-Mediated Oxidative Annulation to Dibenzofurans." has been published in Organic Letters.

Congratulations to Nidhi whose paper entitled "Unveiling a PhSeSePh/I2-mediated radical cyclisation of 2-alkynyl-N-alkyl-N-tosylanilines: access to 3-sulfonyl indoles via 1,3 tosyl-relocation." has been published in Chemical Communications.

We invite applications from highly motivated, JRF-qualified candidates for Ph.D. positions in organic synthesis. Two positions are available.

Congratulations to Manvi and Deepika whose paper entitled "Intramolecular Radical Oxidative Cyclization: Access to Fused-Bicyclo [3.1.0] Hexanes from gem-Dihalo Olefins" has been published in Organic Letters.

Congratulations to Manvi, Deepika and Nidhi whose feature article entitled "Harnessing benzotriazole as a sustainable ligand in metal-catalyzed coupling reactions" has been published in Chemical Communications.

Congratulations to Shivam and Deepika whose paper entitled "Transition-metal free, radical oxidation of 1,6-enyne cyclopropanation: synthesis of aza-bicyclo[4.1.0]heptane derivatives" has been published in Chemical Communications.

Congratulations to Deepika, Shivam and Sushmita whose paper entitled "Harnessing the Reactivity of ortho-Alkynylaldehydes: Silver Triflate Catalyzed Regioselective Synthesis of Phosphonylated Fluorescent Molecules" has been published in Synthesis.

Congratulations to Manvi whose paper entitled "Unlocking reactivity potential of gem-dihaloolefins: access to Halo-functionalized 1,4-naphthoquinones via intramolecular radical oxidative cyclization." has been published in Chemical Communications.

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19. Synthesis, structure and biological activity of copper(II) complexes of 4-(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,7-dimethyl-1,4,7-triazonane-2,6-dione and 4-(2-pyridylethyl)-1,7-dimethyl-1,4,7-triazonane-2,6-dione

Amit P. Singh, Nagendra K. Kaushik, Akhilesh K. Verma* Gita Hundal and Rajeev Gupta. ,Eur. J. Med. Chem.,2009,44 4,1607-1614. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2008.07.029)

20. A Copper-Catalyzed Tandem Synthesis of Indolo- and Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines

Akhilesh K. Verma* TanayKesharwani, Jaspal Singh, Vibha Tandon and Richard C. Larock* ,Angew. Chem Int. Ed. ,2009,48 6,1138-1143. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200804427)

21. Benzotriazole: An Excellent Ligand for the Copper-Catalyzed N-Arylation of Indoles

Jaspal Singh, and Richard C. Larock, Akhilesh K. Verma* ,Tetrahedron,2009,65 ,8434-8439. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2009.07.050)

22. Studies in Acyl C-H Activation via Aryl to Acyl Through Space Migration of Palladium

Tanay Kesharwani, Akhilesh K. Verma* , Daniel Emrich, Richard C. Larock*,Org. Lett.,2009,11 ,2591-2593. (https://doi.org/10.1021/ol900940k)

23. Copper-Catalyzed Tandem Synthesis of N-Fused Isoquinolines

Akhilesh K. Verma* Tanay Kesharwani, Jaspal Singh, Vibha Tandon and Richard C. Larock*,SYNFACTS,2009,4 4,434-434. (https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0028-1087832)

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Congratulations to Surya Prakash Tripathi whose paper entitled "Iron-Catalyzed Stereoselective Synthesis of Dihydrobenzofurans from O-Tethered Enynes and DDQ-Mediated Oxidative Annulation to Dibenzofurans." has been published in Organic Letters.

Congratulations to Nidhi whose paper entitled "Unveiling a PhSeSePh/I2-mediated radical cyclisation of 2-alkynyl-N-alkyl-N-tosylanilines: access to 3-sulfonyl indoles via 1,3 tosyl-relocation." has been published in Chemical Communications.

We invite applications from highly motivated, JRF-qualified candidates for Ph.D. positions in organic synthesis. Two positions are available.

Congratulations to Manvi and Deepika whose paper entitled "Intramolecular Radical Oxidative Cyclization: Access to Fused-Bicyclo [3.1.0] Hexanes from gem-Dihalo Olefins" has been published in Organic Letters.

Congratulations to Manvi, Deepika and Nidhi whose feature article entitled "Harnessing benzotriazole as a sustainable ligand in metal-catalyzed coupling reactions" has been published in Chemical Communications.

Congratulations to Shivam and Deepika whose paper entitled "Transition-metal free, radical oxidation of 1,6-enyne cyclopropanation: synthesis of aza-bicyclo[4.1.0]heptane derivatives" has been published in Chemical Communications.

Congratulations to Deepika, Shivam and Sushmita whose paper entitled "Harnessing the Reactivity of ortho-Alkynylaldehydes: Silver Triflate Catalyzed Regioselective Synthesis of Phosphonylated Fluorescent Molecules" has been published in Synthesis.

Congratulations to Manvi whose paper entitled "Unlocking reactivity potential of gem-dihaloolefins: access to Halo-functionalized 1,4-naphthoquinones via intramolecular radical oxidative cyclization." has been published in Chemical Communications.