Name: Sandeep Reddy Kandukuri
Diploma / M.Sc degree: Indian Institute of Science, India
(July 2009)

PhD Project:


Homepage: http://www.uni-muenster.de/Chemie.oc/oestreich/en/members.html#SandeepKandukuri

Abstract of Research Project

The Fujiwara-Moritani reaction is a very important Pd(II)-catalyzed C–C bond forming reaction. Recent progress in C–H bond activation regained the attention on Fujiwara-Moritani reaction. Conversely, enantioselective variants of this reaction are underdeveloped.

The catalytic asymmetric Fujiwara-Moritani reaction for the annulation of indole and pyrrole will generate a stereogenic quarternary carbon center. Our main aim is to develop novel ligands for good enantiomeric excesses and to apply this method in natural product synthesis.


Publications

S. R. Kandukuri, J. A. Schiffner, M. Oestreich
Aerobic Palladium(II)-Catalyzed 5-endo-trig Cyclization: An Entry into the Diastereoselective C-2 Alkenylation of Indoles with Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Double Bonds
Angew. Chem. 124 (2012), 1291-1295.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51 (2012), 1265-1269.

S. R. Kandukuri, M. Oestreich
Aerobic Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Cyclohexene-1-carbonyl Indole Amides: An Indole-Directed Aromatization
J. Org. Chem 77 (2012), 8750-8755.


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