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Asymmetric Synthesis, Stereoselective synthesis of natural products and Development of Novel Methodologies/Catalysis .

Assistant Professor at Centre for Applied Chemistry, Central University of Gujarat since 5th September 2012.

1. Highly Stereoselective Preparation of Chiral a-Substituted Sulfides from -Chloro Sulfides via 1,2-Asymmetric Induction. Sadagopan Raghavan, V. Vinoth, L. Raju Chowhan. Synlett. 2009, 12, 1807-1810
2. Asymmetric Mannich Reaction: Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of 3-Amino-oxindoles via Chiral Squaramide Based H-bond Donor Catalysis. K Srinivasa Rao, P. Ramesh, L. Raju Chowhan and Rajiv Trivedi. RSC Adv, 2016, 6, 84242-84247.
3. An efficient four-component approach for the synthesis of novel 5-methyl-4-(2-(3-methyl-4-nitroisoxazol-5-yl)1-arylethyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-ol derivatives and their anti-bacterial study. M. Narmada, N. Satish Kumar, L. Chandrashekar, V. Dilipkumar, Sunil Kumar, L. Raju Chowhan, H. M. Meshram. ChemistrySelect. 2016, 1, 4197-4202
4. Silver(I) Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization of N-(2-(alk-1-yn-1-yl))-1H-Tetrazoles leading to the formation of N-cyano-2-substituted Indoles under ambient conditions. Sangeetha Panaka, Rajiv Trivedi, T. Sony, S. Prabhakar, L. Raju Chowhan. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 2017, 4, 1574-1579
5. An Expedient Regio and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Novel Spiro-pyrrolidinylindenoquinoxalines via 1,3-dipolar Cycloaddition Reaction. Marri Sameer Reddy, L. Raju Chowhan,* Nandigama Satish Kumar, Pambala Ramesh and Saratchandra Babu M. Tetrahedron Letters 2018, 59, 1366-1371.
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An Efficient and Rapid Synthesis of 3-hydroxy-3-alkyl-2-oxindoles via Zn Mediated Barbier Type Reaction Under Aqueous Condition. L. Raju Chowhan,* M. Sameer Reddy, N. Satish Kumar. Journal of Chemical Sciences. 2017, 129, 1205-1209.
Stereoselective carbon-carbon bond formation via 1,2-asymmetric induction by a β-substituent in the reaction of a-chloro sulfides with organozinc reagents. Sadagopan Raghavan, L. Raju Chowhan. Indian Journal of Chemistry. 2018, 57B, 327-339.
An expedient microwave assisted regio and stereoselective synthesis of spiro quinoxaline pyrrolizine derivatives and their AChE inhibitory activity. A. Murthy Akondi, Sowmya M, M. Lakshmi Kantam, Rajiv Trivedi, L. Raju Chowhan, Amitava Das. New Journal of Chemistry. 2017, 41, 873-878.