Dr. Kiranmai Nayani
Research Group
Organic Synthesis & Process Chemistry
Publications & Patents
38) Practical Synthesis of Elacestrant, an FDA-Approved Selective Estrogen Receptor Degrader, Chandra Shekhar, Pranay Kothuri, Srivari Chandrasekhar and Kiranmai Nayani,* Eur. J. Org. Chem, 2025.
37) Hydrophosphinylation of α-Ketimino Esters to Access Unnatural Tetrasubstituted α-Phosphinyl α-Amino Acids: Cytotoxicity Against Cancer Cells, Shravani Battula, Sowmya B. Udayakumar, Nidhi Sharma, Sai Balaji Andugulapati and Kiranmai Nayani,* ChemMedChem, 2025, e202500726. https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.202500726
36) Divergent coupling of ortho-alkynylnaphthols and p-quinone monoketals through Michael addition/intramolecular annulation cascade to access benzofuryl β-naphthols, Fathima Begum, Haripriya Bhumannagari, Sridhar Balasubramanian and Kiranmai Nayani*, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 15003-15006. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC02688A
34) Photoactive Arylamine Appended β-Naphthols via Friedel Crafts Alkylation of Vinylidine Quinone Methides (VQMs). Fathima Begum, Sowmya B. Udayakumar, Priti Kumari, Seelam Prasanthkumar* and Kiranmai Nayani*, Chem. Asian J. 2025, e2025xxxx.
33) Diastereoselective Cascade Double Michael Addition to Access Bridged Coumarins, Oxindoles and Spirooxindoles: A Sustainable Strategy for Synthesis of Anticancer Molecules. Shravani Battula, Haripriya Bhumannagari, S. S. S. S. Sudha Ambadipudi, Sai Balaji Andugulapati, and Kiranmai Nayani*, ChemMedChem, 2025, e20240094.
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32) N-Protection Dependent Phosphorylation of Dehydroamino Acids to Build Unusual Phosphono-Peptides. Pranay Kothuri, Haripriya Bhumannagari, Shravani Battula, Kolachina Rekha, Kiranmai Nayani*, Chem. Asian J. 2024, e202401244. https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202401244.
31) 6‐Strand to Stable 10/12 Helix Conformational Switch by Incorporating Flexible β‐hGly in the Homooligomers of Camphor Derived β‐Amino Acid: NMR and X‐ray Crystallographic Evidence, Genji Sukumar, Rahul Suryavanshi, Kiranmai Nayani, Prathama S Mainkar, Jupally Prashanth, Balasubramanian Sridhar, Akella VS Sarma, Jagadeesh Bharatam*, Srivari Chandrasekhar*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202403321.
30) Synthesis of cis-fused cyclopentenone-pyrrolidine scaffolds via sequential aza-Piancatelli and Conia-ene type reactions in one pot, Pooja R Solanke, Prakash Kumar, Prathama S Mainkar, Kiranmai Nayani*, Srivari Chandrasekhar*, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 4234-4237.
29) Decarboxylative [3+ 2] cycloaddition of propargyl cyclic carbonates with C, O-bis (nucleophile)s to access dihydrofuro [3, 2-c] coumarins and dihydronaphtho [1, 2-b] furans with quaternary center, Shravani Battula, Pranay Kothuri, Haripriya Bhumannagari, Kiranmai Nayani*, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22, 1671-1675.
28) Metal-free Functionalization of Tyrosine Residue in Short Peptides and Study of Morphological Alterations, Santanu Karmakar, Genji Sukumar, Seelam Prasanthkumar, Babli K. Jha, Prathama S. Mainkar, Kiranmai Nayani* and Srivari Chandrasekhar*, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 3802-3805.
27) Synthesis of Dalargin, the Synthetic Leu-enkephalin Analogue in Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis, Vishnu Nomula, Prathama S. Mainkar* and Kiranmai Nayani*, Tetrahedron Lett., 2024, 137, 154932.
26) Rh-Catalyzed Twofold Conjugate Addition of 2‑Arylimidazo[1,2‑a]pyridines to p‑Quinols To Access Bridged Scaffolds with Three Contiguous Stereocenters, Shravani Battula, Hemalatha Bukya, Kunta Chandra Shekar, and Kiranmai Nayani*, J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 10986-10995.
25) Construction of Octahydro-4H-cyclopenta[b]pyridin-6-one Skeletons using Pot, Atom, and Step Economy (PASE) Synthesis, Silver Raju Palash Ghosh, Kiranmai Nayani, Jupally Prashanth, Balasubramanian Sridhar, Prathama S. Mainkar, and Srivari Chandrasekhar*, Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202301058.
24) Metal-free dearomative 2,3-difunctionalization of indoles via radical cascade Pranesh Pal, Gadela Karteek Goud, Balasubramanian Sridhar, Prathama S. Mainkar, Kiranmai Nayani*, Srivari Chandrasekhar, Tetrahedron Letters, 2023, 121, 154478.
23) Design principles and functional basis of enantioselectivity of alanyl-tRNA synthetase and chiral proofreader during protein biosynthesis, Koushick Sivakumar, Vinitha Lakshmi Venkadasamy, Gurumoorthy Amudhan, Kezia J. Ann, Gadela Karteek Goud, Kiranmai Nayani, Jotin Gogoi, Santosh Kumar Kuncha, Prathama S. Mainkar, Shobha P. Kruparani and Rajan Sankaranarayanan, Nucleic Acids Research, 2023, 51, 3327–3340.
35) Conversion of phenols to phosphamides and sulfonamides through a sequential dearomative functionalization and reductive coupling strategy, Haripriya Bhumannagari, Nagaraju Rajana and Kiranmai Nayani*, Org. Chem. Front. 2025, Advance Article. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5QO00811E.
22) Functionalization of tyrosine containing short peptides via oxidative
dearomatization strategy, Babli K. Jha, Santanu Karmakar, Jadhav Rahul Dhanaji, Prathama S. Mainkar, Kiranmai Nayani*, Srivari Chandrasekhar, Tetrahedron Letters, 2023, 117, 154377.
21) Total synthesis of antiviral drug, nirmatrelvir (PF-07321332), Chandra Shekhar, Rajesh Nasam, Siva Ramakrishna Paipuri, Prakash Kumar, Kiranmai Nayani, Srihari Pabbaraja, Prathama S. Mainkar, Srivari Chandrasekhar, Tetrahedron Chem, 2022, 4, 100033.
20) Peptidomimetics: Current and Future Perspectives on HIV Protease Inhibitors, Prathama S. Mainkar, Surender Singh Jadav, Kiranmai Nayani, Advances in Organic Synthesis, 2022, 17, 174-290.
19) Development of Synthetic Approaches Towards HIV Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors (INSTIs) Ashwini Amol Sawant, Surender Singh Jadav, Kiranmai Nayani, and Prathama S. Mainkar, ChemistrySelect 2022, e202201915.
18) Quaternary carbon construction through Piancatelli rearrangement: easy access to spirocyclopentenones, Pooja R. Solanke, Radhika Cinsani, Kiranmai Nayani, Prathama S. Mainkar and Srivari Chandrasekhar, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 5530–5533.
17) Scalable Synthesis of L-allo-Enduracididine: The Unusual Amino Acid Present in Teixobactin, Namdeo Gangathade, Kiranmai Nayani, Hemalatha Bukya, Prathama S. Mainkar and Srivari Chandrasekhar, Synlett 2021, 32, 1465-1468.
16) Cation Triggered Domino Aza-Piancatelli Rearrangement/Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of Indole-tethered Furfuyl Alcohols to Access Cycloocta[b]indole Core of Alkaloids, Nagarjuna Reddy Vonteddu, Kiranmai Nayani, Pooja R. Solanke and Srivari Chandrasekhar, Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 8555-8560.
15) Benzoisothiazolone (BIT): A Fast, Efficient, and Recyclable Redox Reagent for Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis, Hemalatha Bukya, Kiranmai Nayani, Pavankumar Gangireddy and Prathama S. Mainkar, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 2020, 5358-5362.
14) Mn-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Radical Initiated Domino Transformations of Alkynylated Cyclohexadienones with TMSN3 and O2 to Bicyclic Azido Alcohols, Pranesh Pal, Prathama S. Mainkar, Kiranmai Nayani* and Srivari Chandrasekhar, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 3453-3456.
13) Gram-Scale Solution-Phase Synthesis of Heptapeptide Side Chain of Teixobactin. Sangeetha Donikela, Kiranmai Nayani, Prathama S. Mainkar and Srivari Chandrasekhar, Synlett 2019, 30, 2268-2272.
12) Metal Free Domino β-Azidation/[3+2] Cycloaddition Reaction for the Synthesis of 1,2,3-Triazole-Fused Dihydrobenzoxazinones, Sangeetha Donikela, Prathama S. Mainkar, Kiranmai Nayani* and Srivari Chandrasekhar, J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 10546-10553.
11) Bronsted Acid Catalysed Domino Aza-Piancatelli Rearrangement/Michael Reaction: Construction of 1,4-Benzodiazepin-5-ones in One-Pot. Kiranmai Nayani, Radhika Cinsani, Anwar Hussaini SD and Srivari Chandrasekhar, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 2017, 5671-5678.
10) Synthesis of Cytotoxic Cyanobactin, Wewakazole B. Kiranmai Nayani*, SD. Anwar Hussaini, Tetrahedron Lett. 2017, 58, 1166-1169.
09) A Practical Synthesis of C14-C26 Fragment of Anticancer Drug,
Eribulin Mesylate. Nadella Lavanya, Nayani Kiranmai, Prathama S. Mainkar, Srivari Chandrasekhar, Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 4283-4285.
08) Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane Catalyzed Synthesis of Cyanohydrins, Cyanohydrins Trimethylsilyl Ethers and α-Amino Nitriles. S. Yaragorla, A. Sudhakar and N. Kiranmai, Ind. J. Chem. 2014, 53B, 1471-1475.
07) Mass Spectral Study of Alkali-Cationized Boc-Protected Hybrid Peptides of β-NDA and L-Amino Acids by Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry. B. Raju, M. Ramesh, R. Srinivas, S. Chandrasekhar, N. Kiranmai, V.U.M. Sarma, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom 2011, 22, 703-717.
06) Novel Helical Foldamers: Organized Heterogeneous Backbone Folding in 1:1 α/Nucleoside-Derived-β-Amino Acid Sequences. S. Chandrasekhar, N. Kiranmai, M. U. Kiran, A. S. Devi, G. P. K. Reddy, M. Idris and B. Jagadeesh, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 6962-6964.
05) Synthesis of Readily Accessible Triazole Linked Dimer Deoxynucleoside Phosphoramidite for Solid Phase Oligonucleotide Synthesis. S. Chandrasekhar, P. Srihari, C. Nagesh, N. Kiranmai, N. Nagesh and M. Idris, Synthesis 2010, No. 21, 3710-3714.
04) Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Cardiobutanolide via an Iterative Asymmetric Dihydroxylation in PEG. S. Chandrasekhar and N. Kiranmai, Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 4058-4060.
03) Nucleophilic Addition of 4-Hydroxycoumarin to Baylis-Hillman Acetate Adducts. C. R. Reddy, N. Kiranmai, K. Johny, M. Pendke and P. Naresh, Synthesis 2009, No. 3, 0399-0402.
02) Asymmetric Synthesis of (+)-Tetrahydropseudodistomin. S. Chandrasekhar, S. S. Sultana, N. Kiranmai and C. Narsihmulu, Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 2373-2375.
01) Palladium-Catalyzed Addition of Hydroxylamine Derivatives to Baylis-Hillman Acetate Adducts. C. R. Reddy, N. Kiranmai, G. S. K. Babu, G. D. Sarma, B. Jagadeesh and S. Chandrasekhar, Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 215-218.
