Prashant Kumar, PhD

Installing Axial Chirality by Atroposelective C(sp3)–H Bond Oxidation | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

@il_bramo @J_A_C_S @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet @NCCR_Catalysis This is absolutely fantastic work!!

🌟 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲! So proud to finally being able to share the Opus Magnum of my PhD at Cramer lab - Out now @J_A_C_S. After 4+ years of solo development, the combo of pride, relief, and joy is hard to describe 🥲 @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet @NCCR_Catalysis pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Nickel foam unlocks chemoselective nitroarene reduction under mild reaction conditions in the presence of sensitive functional groups. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c19584 lnkd.in/eFiVXFax @ACSPublications @J_A_C_S @queensu @queensuResearch

First application of Nickel Foam for the chemoselective reduction of nitroarenes to anilines, now in @J_A_C_S . Congratulations to all authors! Many thanks to Prof. Andrew Evans @pandrewevans for his invaluable guidance. doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5… cen.acs.org/synthesis/reag…

A new Pd-catalyzed approach to Axially Chiral Indenes! @ChinChemLett

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ATROPISOMERIC INDENES through asymmetric palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions @J_A_C_S . This work underscores the importance of axially chiral indenes and addresses a notable gap in the field. Many congratulations to the authors! 👏

Atropisomeric Indene (AroInd) Libraries: Design, Catalytic Synthesis, and Applications | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Thrilled to share the first paper from our group at UCLA, online today in Science: “Biocatalytic, Asymmetric Radical Hydrogenation of Unactivated Alkenes” @uclachem @ScienceMagazine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Atom-swapping in a saturated heterocycle? We report a photocatalytic transmutation strategy in @Nature that exchanges O within an oxetane for N, S, C & even dual atoms, simplifying access to a variety of non-aromatic cyclic pharmacophores & enabling late-stage editing of complex bioactive molecules. Great DFT insights from @XZhangChem. @ChemNUS @ResearchFoS @NUSResearch #skeletalediting #atomswap #photocatalysis #oxetanes #azetidines #thietanes #cyclobutanes #drugdiscovery nature.com/articles/s4158…

Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (−)-Novofumigatonin | Journal of the American Chemical Society @ETH_DCHAB @ETH_en @ETH pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

@AB_Group_IISER @TotalSynthesis @NandaKisho34936 @ranjitmurmu0015 @MOUMITA23914029 @SouvikBisw76894 @JOC_OL @AlakeshBisai @iiserkol @dcsiiserkol Truly fascinating total synthesis, many congratulations to the team!

Happy to share our recent #OrgLett. article on 'Asymmetric @totalsynthesis of (+)-shearilicine'. Congratulations to @NandaKisho34936 @ranjitmurmu0015 @MOUMITA23914029 @SouvikBisw76894 Read the article here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Out today in @J_A_C_S is the first synthesis from our group!! We report a convergent and stereoselective total synthesis of the nominal structure of Talaromyolide D. Huge congrats to Bo and Alex! @nyuchemistry @TotalSynthesis pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Photocatalytic Asymmetric Oxidation of Phosphines with Water | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Check out our @J_A_C_S on accessing chiral C–N axes under cobalt catalysis! Congrats to @iamAbirdas @maity_pritam02 Kumaran & @Richard_UKT for DFT Thanks to @IFCPAR for funding & @iitkanpur for infra shout out to lab @Basker_IITK @Chemistry_IITK @director_iitk #asymmetric

Interesting!! Further development involving benzylic gem-diacetates in Pd catalysis. Previously demonstrated in our work: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

atropisomers? positional isomers? both? We present beautiful and curious class of molecules today in @ChemRxiv. 🧐🪞 tinyurl.com/yxyb5rup @ASimlandy @0iTurki @pengliu_group

Fascinating work! Elegant and fundamental strategy for accessing versatile axially chiral styrene precursors

Our latest nickel catalysis paper is out now in JACS ASAP! See Wen, Calvin, and Will's (in collaboration with Professor Christina Li) work on terpene alkaloid natural product synthesis through [4+1]-cycloaddition below! 🧪 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…