About the Research
Research Theme
Development of novel free-radical-mediated transformations guided by quantum mechanical calculation
Keyword
Organic synthesis, photocatalysis, computational chemistry
Research History
Please see my CV.
Representative Research Achievements
- Strain-Releasing Ring-Opening Diphosphinations for the Synthesis of Diphosphine Ligands with Cyclic Backbones. Chandu. G. Krishnan, Hideaki Takano, Hitomi Katsuyama, Wataru Kanna, Hiroki Hayashi, Tsuyoshi Mita. JACS Au, 2024, 4 (10), 3777-3787.
DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00347 - Light-controlled pKa Value of Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalysts in Enantioselective Aza-Friedel–Crafts Reaction. Chandu G. Krishnan, Masaru Kondo, Osamu Yasuda, Duona Fan, Kento Nakamura, Y. Wakabayashi, Hiroaki Sasai, Shinobu Takizawa. ChemComm., 2023, 59 (66), 9956-9959.
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC02719H - Photoswitchable Chiral Cation-Binding Catalyst: Photocontrol of Catalytic Activity
on Enantioselective Aminal Synthesis. Chandu G. Krishnan, Masaru Kondo, Kento Nakamura, Hiroaki Sasai, Shinobu Takizawa. Org. Lett., 2022, 24, 14, 2670–2674.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c00741 - Photoswitchable Chiral Phase Transfer Catalyst. Masaru Kondo, Kento Nakamura, Chandu G. Krishnan, Shinobu Takizawa, Hiroaki Sasai. ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 3, 1863–1867.
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00057 - Azopyridine-based chiral oxazolines with rare-earth metals for photoswitchable
catalysis. Masaru Kondo, Kento Nakamura, Chandu G. Krishnan, Shinobu Takizawa, Hiroaki Sasai. ChemComm., 2021, 57 (60), 7414-7417.
DOI: 10.1039/D1CC02602J - A Free-Radical Reduction and Cyclization of Alkyl Halides Mediated by FeCl2. Feba Thomas Pulikottil, Ramadevi Pilli, Vetrivelan Murugesan, Chandu G. Krishnan, Ramesh Rasappan.
ChemCatChem, 2019, 11, 2438–2442.
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201900230