Publications – Dr. J. Narasimha Moorthy

 


 

After Joining IIT Kanpur

 

1.         3-Dimensional 4-Connecting Organic Scaffolds with a Twist: Synthesis and Self-Assembly

Moorthy, J. N*; Natarajan, R.; Venugopalan, P.

Submitted, 2005.

 

2.         Diastereomer-Differentiating Photochemistry of b-Arylbutyrophenones: Yang Cyclization versus Type II Elimination

Singhal, N.; Koner, A. L.; Mal, P.; Venugopalan, P.;  Nau, W. M.*; Moorthy, J. N*.

Submitted, 2005.

 

3.         Substituent Electronic Effects on the Persistence and Absorption Spectra of (Z)-o-Xylylenols. A Nanosecond Laser-Flash Photolysis Study

            Koner, A. L.; Singhal, N.; Nau, W. M.*;  Moorthy, J. N.*

J. Org. Chem. 2005. In Press.

 

4.         Corundum, Diamond, and PtS Metal–Organic Frameworks with aDifference: Self-Assembly of a Unique Pair of 3-Connecting D2d-Symmetric 3,3,5,5-Tetrakis(4-pyridyl)bimesityl

            Natarajan, R.; Savitha, G.; Dominiak, P.; Wozniak, K.;  Moorthy, J. N.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 2415.

 

5.         Identification of a new supramolecular synthon in o-anisaldehydes: molecular self-assembly into tapes and staircases

            Moorthy, J. N.*; Natarajan, R.; Venugopalan, P.

J. Mol. Struct. 2005, 741, 107.

 

6.         Self-Assembly of a Unique Extended-Tetrahedral 3,3,5,5-Tetrakis(4-pyridyl)bimesityl Ligand into Discrete Supramolecular Cubes by Face-Directed Metal Coordination

            Moorthy, J. N.*; Natarajan, R.; Mal, P.; Venugopalan, P.

Cryst. Growth & Des  (a Journal of the American Chemical Soceity). 2005, 05, 69.

 

7.         Facile and Highly Selective Conversion of Nitriles to Amides via Indirect Acid-Catalyzed Hydration Using TFA or AcOH-H2SO4

            Moorthy, J. N.*; Singhal, N.

             J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 1926.

 

8.         Polymorphism of an o-anisaldehyde: a novel example of channel-type organization sustained by weak C–H∙∙∙O and C–H∙∙∙N hydrogen bonds

            Moorthy, J. N.*; Natarajan, R.; Mal, P.; Venugopalan, P.

            New J. Chem., 2004, 28, 1416.

 

9.         Highly Diastereoselective Tandem Photoenolization-Hetero-Diels-Alder Cycloaddition Reactions of o-Tolualdehydes in the Solid State

            Moorthy, J. N.*; Mal, P.; Singhal, N.; Venkatakrishnan, P.; Malik, R.; Venugopalan, P.

            J. Org. Chem., 2004, 45, 309.

 

10.       Studies on oxidations with IBX: oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes under solvent-free conditions

            Moorthy, J. N.*; Singhal, N.; Venkatakrishnan, P.

            Tetrahedron Lett., 2004, 45, 5419.

 

11.       Facile Conversion of Lactols to Lactones Using IBX

            Moorthy, J. N.*; Singhal, N.; Mal, P.

            Tetrahedron Lett., 2004, 45, 309.

 

12.       Molecular Self-Assembly: 4-Formylcoumarins as Versatile Skeletons for Complementary Multi-Point Recognition via Weak C-H···O, C-H···F and C-X···O=C Interactions

            Moorthy, J. N.*; Venkatakrishnan, P.; Singh, A.

            CrystEngComm., 2003, 5, 507

 

13.       Crystal Engineering: Identification of a Unique Supramolecular Synthon Based on C=O···X interaction in Halogen-Substituted Aromatic Carboxaldehydes

Moorthy, J. N.*; Venkatakrishnan, P.; Mal, P.; Dixit, S.; Venugopalan, P.

Cryst. Growth & Des (a Journal of the American Chemical Soceity). 2003, 03, 581.

 

14.       Photochemistry of o-Alkyl Aromatic Aldehydes

            Moorthy, J. N.*

            ISRAPS (Indian Society for Radiation and Photochemical Sciences) Bulletin, 2003, 14, 18.

 

15.      Norrish Type II Photoreactivity of b-Anisylalkanophenones and Solvent Effects on Stereoselective Yang Cyclization

            Moorthy, J. N.*; Mal, P.

            Tetrahedron Lett., 2003, 44, 2493.

 

16.       Conformational Control and Photoenolization of Pyridine-3-Carboxaldehydes in the Solid State: Stabilization of Photoenols via Hydrogen-Bonding and Electronic Control

Mal, P.; Lourderaj, U.; Parveen.; Venugopalan, P.; Moorthy, J. N.*; Sathyamurthy, N.

             J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 3446.

 

17.       Solid-State Diphotocyclization of Iso- and Terephthalaldehydes via Dihalogen Substitution

            Moorthy, J. N.*; Venkatakrishnan, P.;  Mal, P.; P. Venugopalan

            J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 327.

 

18.       Characterization of Planar Cyclic Ring Form of Water Hexamer in an Organic Supramolecular Complex. An Unusual Self-Assembly of Bimesityl-3,-3’-Dicarboxylic Acid

Moorthy, J. N.*; Natarajan, R.; Venugopalan, P.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 3417.

 

19.       Helical Self- Asssembly of Substituted-Benzoic Acids: Influence of Weaker X···X and C-H···X Interactions

            Moorthy, J. N.*; Natarajan, R.; Mal, P.; Venugopalan, P.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 6530.

                       

20.       Efficient Photocyclization of o-Alkylbenzaldehydes in the Solid State: Direct Observation of E-Xylylenols en route to Benzocyclobutenols

Moorthy, J. N.*; Mal, P.; Natarajan, R.; Venugopalan, P.

J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 7013.

 

21.       Solid-State Photochromism and Photoreactivity of o- and p-Anisaldehydes. Remarkable Stabilization of o-Xylylenols

Moorthy, J. N.*; Mal, P.; Natarajan, R.; Venugopalan, P.

Org. Lett. 2001, 03, 1579.

 

22.       Photochromism and Photoreactivity of 2,6-Dichloro-4-methyl-3-pyridinecarboxaldehyde in the Solid State

Ghosh, S. K.; Sarkar, T. K.; Moorthy, J. N.; Fang, J-M.; Nandy, S. K.; Sathyamurthy, N.; Chakraborty, D.

Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 6909.

 

23.       Photochemical Denitrogenation of Norbornene-Annelated 2,3-Diazabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene-Type Azoalkanes: Crystal-Lattice versus Zeolite-Interior Effects

Adam, W.; Garcia, H.; Marti, V.; Moorthy, J. N.; Peters, K.; Peters, E-M.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 3536.

 

24.       Stereoselective Photodimerization of (E)-Stilbenes in Crystalline -Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes

Rao, K. S. S. P., Hubig, S. M., Moorthy, J. N.; Kochi, J. K.

 J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 8098-8104.

 

25.       Homolytic Substitution (SH2) versus Triplet Diradical (ISC) in the Photochemical Denitrogenation of a DBH Azoalkane: Temperature-Dependent syn/anti Diastereoselectivity as a Mechanistic Probe for the Doubly Inverted Housane

Adam, W., Garcia, H., Marti, V., Moorthy, J. N. 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 9475.

 

26.       Effect of Cyclodextrin Complexation on the Photochemistry of the Lignin Model a-Guaiacoxyacetoveratrone

Okano, L. T.; Ovans, R.; Zunic, V.; Moorthy, J. N.; Bohne, C.

Can. J. Chem. 1999, 77, 1356.

 

27.       Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Quenching: Modulation of Lifetimes and Diastereomeric Discrmination in Triplet-Excited Substituted Butan-1,4-Diones

Moothy, J. N.; Monahan, S.; Sunoj, R. B.; Chandrasekar, J.; Bohne, C.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 3093.

 

Before Joining IIT Kanpur

 

28.       Paper Acidity Estmation: Application of pH-Dependent Fluorescent Probes

Moorthy, J. N.; Schevchenko, T.; Magon, A.; Bohne, C.

J. Photochem. Photobiol. A.  1998, 113, 189.

 

29.       Remarkable Discrimination in the Triplet Lifetimes of the Diastereomers of 2,3-Diphenyl-1,4-bis(p-methoxyphenyl)butan-1,4-dione

Moorthy, J.N.; Patterson, W.S.; Bohne, C.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 11094.

 

30.       Photoreduction of Azoalkanes by Direct Hydrogen Abstraction from 1,4-Cyclohexadiene, Alcohols, Stannanes and Silanes

Adam, W.; Moorthy, J.N.; Nau, W.M.; Scaiano, J.C.

J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 8082.

 

31.       Solvent Effect on Product Distribution in Photochemical Pathways of a  C-N versus b C-C Cleavage of n,p* Triplet-Excited Azoalkanes

Adam, W.; Moorthy, J. N.; Nau, W. M.; Scaiano, J. C.

 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 5550.

 

32.       Charge-Transfer-Induced Photoreduction of Azoalkanes by Amines

Adam, W.; Moorthy, J. N.; Nau, W. M.; Scaiano, J. C.

 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 6749.

 

33.       Stereospecific Solid State NaBH4-Promoted Reduction of 1-Methy pentacyclo- [5.4.0.0(2,6).0(3,10).0(5,9)] undecane-8,11-dione

Bott, S.G.; Marchand, A.P.; Xing, D.; Shukla, R.; Obrey, S.J.; Venkatesan, K.; Moorthy, J. N.

J. Chem. Cryst. 1997, 27, 661.

 

34.       Photoreduction of Azoalkane Triplet States by Hydrogen Atom and Charge Transfer

Adam, W.; Moorthy, J. N.; Nau, W. M.; Scaiano, J. C.

 J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 8722.

 

35.       Studies in Crystal Engineering: Structure-Reactivity Correlations of Substituted Styrylcoumarins and Related Systems

Moorthy, J. N.; Samanth, S.D.; Venkatesan, K.

J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2. 1994, 1223.

 

36.       Photobehaviour of Crystalline 4-Styrylcoumarin Dimophs: Structure-Reactivity Correlations

Moorthy, J. N.; Venkatesan, K.

Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1994, 67, 1.

 

37.       Photodimerization of Coumarins in Solid Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes

Moorthy, J.N.; Weiss, R.G.; Venkatesan, K.

J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 3292.

 

38.       Unusual Photobehaviour of Crystalline 7-Methoxy-4-Methylcoumarin

Moorthy, J. N. Venkatesan, K.

J. Mater. Chem. 1992, 2, 675.

 

39.       Synthetic Studies Towards Prismanes: Rearrangements in Some Pentacyclic Precursors

Mehta, G.; Padma, S.; Venkatesan, K.; Begum, N. S.; Moorthy, J.N. 

Ind. J. Chem. 1992, 31B, 473.

 

40.       Stereospecific Photodimerization of Coumarins in Crystalline Inclusion Complexes: Molecular and Crystal Structure of 1:2 Complex of (S,S)-(-)-1,6-Bis(o-Chlorophenyl)-1,6-diphenyl-hexa-2,4-diyne-1,6-Diol and Coumarin

Moorthy, J.N.; Venkatesan, K.

J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56, 6957.