Kovuru Gopalaiah

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Kovuru Gopalaiah is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kovuru Gopalaiah has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Organic Chemistry, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kovuru Gopalaiah's work include Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (12 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (9 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers). Kovuru Gopalaiah is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (12 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (9 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers). Kovuru Gopalaiah collaborates with scholars based in India, France and Russia. Kovuru Gopalaiah's co-authors include Henri B. Kagan, Sosale Chandrasekhar, R. Nagarajan, Shahzad Ahmad, Ankit Tiwari, Harsh Yadav, Budhendra Singh, Igor Bdikin, Nidhi Sinha and Binay Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Inorganic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kovuru Gopalaiah

35 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Chiral Iron Catalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Chiral Iron Catalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis
    2013 406 citations Kovuru Gopalaiah Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers

Kovuru Gopalaiah
Benjamin J. Stokes United States
Thomas Schareina Germany
Wolfgang Mägerlein Germany
Nagatoshi Nishiwaki Japan
Adriano F. Indolese Germany
Ye‐Xiang Xie China
Mauro Bassetti Italy
Alexander R. Muci United States
Babulal Das India
Mariappan Periasamy India
Benjamin J. Stokes United States
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All Works

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Gopalaiah, Kovuru, et al.. (2023). Zircon PrVO4: an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for tandem oxidative synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted quinoline derivatives. Dalton Transactions. 52(18). 5969–5975. 7 indexed citations
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Gopalaiah, Kovuru, R. N. P. Choudhary, & K. R. S. Sambasiva Rao. (2022). Pd-catalyzed one-pot approach for installation of 9-aminoacridines via Buchwald-Hartwig amination and cycloaromatization. ARKIVOC. 2022(6). 24–37. 1 indexed citations
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Yadav, Priyanka, et al.. (2021). Microspherical core-shell MoO2-graphitic C3N4 heterojunction promoted integration leading to Kröhnke pyridines and degradation of xylenol orange. Materials Today Communications. 26. 102117–102117. 11 indexed citations
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Gopalaiah, Kovuru & Ankit Tiwari. (2020). Synthesis of (E)‐3‐Alkylideneindolin‐2‐ones by an Iron‐Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Condensation of Csp3–H Bonds of Oxindoles and Benzylamines. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2020(46). 7229–7237. 5 indexed citations
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Yadav, Harsh, Nidhi Sinha, Sahil Goel, et al.. (2017). Growth, crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface, optical, piezoelectric, dielectric and mechanical properties of bis(L-asparaginium hydrogensquarate) single crystal. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials. 73(3). 347–359. 33 indexed citations
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Goel, Sahil, Harsh Yadav, Nidhi Sinha, et al.. (2017). An insight into the synthesis, crystal structure, geometrical modelling of crystal morphology, Hirshfeld surface analysis and characterization ofN-(4-methylbenzyl)benzamide single crystals. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 50(5). 1498–1511. 25 indexed citations
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Gopalaiah, Kovuru, et al.. (2017). Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative coupling of o-phenylenediamines with 2-aryl/heteroarylethylamines: direct access to construct quinoxalines. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 15(10). 2259–2268. 19 indexed citations
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Gopalaiah, Kovuru, et al.. (2014). Iron(ii) bromide-catalyzed oxidative coupling of benzylamines with ortho-substituted anilines: synthesis of 1,3-benzazoles. RSC Advances. 5(7). 5015–5023. 53 indexed citations
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Gopalaiah, Kovuru. (2013). Chiral Iron Catalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis. Chemical Reviews. 113(5). 3248–3296. 406 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kagan, Henri B. & Kovuru Gopalaiah. (2011). Early history of asymmetric synthesis: who are the scientists who set up the basic principles and the first experiments?. New Journal of Chemistry. 35(10). 1933–1933. 15 indexed citations
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Tsukamoto, Masaki, Kovuru Gopalaiah, & Henri B. Kagan. (2008). Equilibrium of Homochiral Oligomerization of a Mixture of Enantiomers. Its Relevance to Nonlinear Effects in Asymmetric Catalysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 112(48). 15361–15368. 20 indexed citations
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Maheswara, Muchchintala, et al.. (2006). A simple and effective glycine-catalysed procedure for the preparation of oximes. Journal of Chemical Research. 2006(6). 362–363. 11 indexed citations
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Gopalaiah, Kovuru. (2004). Oxalic Acid: A Very Useful Brønsted Acid in Organic Synthesis. Synlett. 2004(15). 2838–2839. 2 indexed citations
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Chandrasekhar, Sosale & Kovuru Gopalaiah. (2003). Beckmann Reaction of Oximes Catalyzed by Chloral: Mild and Neutral Procedures.. ChemInform. 34(18). 1 indexed citations
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Chandrasekhar, Sosale & Kovuru Gopalaiah. (2002). Beckmann rearrangement of ketoximes on solid metaboric acid: a simple and effective procedure. Tetrahedron Letters. 43(13). 2455–2457. 50 indexed citations
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Chandrasekhar, Sosale & Kovuru Gopalaiah. (2002). Effective ‘non-aqueous hydrolysis’ of oximes with iodic acid in dichloromethane under mild, heterogeneous conditions. Tetrahedron Letters. 43(22). 4023–4024. 12 indexed citations
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Gopalaiah, Kovuru, et al.. (2001). Justicia lignans: Part 9 † - Two new lignans from Justicia neesii Ramamoorthy (white flower variety). 5 indexed citations

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