Our Primary reserach interest revolves around the "Development of Green Organometallic Reagents and their applications to organic Synthesis. We embarked upon the development of Cross-couplings employing triarylbismuths as 3-fold coupling reagents in one-pot operation with sub-stoichiometric loadings. In this journey, we developed a new series of coupling reactions using triarylbismuth reagents with elaborate range of reactivity under palladium catalysis. These new couplings are blessed with higher atom-economy, faster reactivity and in general, with high yields.

Our research group also has interest in areas such as convergent organic synthesis, microwave-medaited synthesis, combined catalysis, organocatalysis, metal-carbenes and other areas of contemporary interest.

Prof. Maddali L. N. Rao
Department of Chemistry
IIT Kanpur
Kanpur - 208 016
INDIA
Rearrangement-Driven Molecular Diversity: Synthesis of Functionalized Pyrones, Orthoesters, and Xanthones from Spiroketals
Maddali LN Rao,* Sk Shamim Islam
Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 8668–8672
De Novo Synthesis of Tricyclic 5, 5-Benzannulated Spiroketals
Maddali LN Rao,* Sk Shamim Islam
Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 3944–3948
Copper-catalyzed domino synthesis of ynamines
Maddali LN Rao,* Sk Shamim Islam, Priyabrata Dasgupta
Org. Bio. Chem. 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d1ob01383
Pd‐Catalyzed Domino Cross‐Coupling: Synthesis of Functionalized 4‐(Arylethynyl) Coumarins
Maddali LN Rao,* Sachchida Nand, Venneti N Murty
Asian J. Org. Chem. 2021, 10, 1822-1827
Rapid Bis-coupling Reactivity with Triarylbismuth Reagents: Synthesis of Structurally Diverse Scaffolds and Step-economic Convergent Synthesis of Quebecol
Maddali L.N. Rao,* Venneti N. Murty, Sachchida Nand
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 1629-1636
Rh-Catalyzed aldehydic C-H alkynylation and annulation
Maddali L. N. Rao,* Boddu S. Ramakrishna
Org. Bio. Chem. 2020, 18, 1402-1411
Rh-Catalyzed Deformylative Coupling of Salicylaldehydes
with Acrylates and Acrylamides
Maddali L. N. Rao,* B. S. Ramakrishna
J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 5677-5683



Triarylbismuths as Threefold Organometallic Reagents in Organic Synthesis



