Meganathan Nandakumar

838 total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 659 citations indexed

About

Meganathan Nandakumar is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Meganathan Nandakumar has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 659 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Meganathan Nandakumar's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (10 papers), Synthesis and biological activity (4 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (4 papers). Meganathan Nandakumar is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (10 papers), Synthesis and biological activity (4 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (4 papers). Meganathan Nandakumar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and United Kingdom. Meganathan Nandakumar's co-authors include R. Thomas Simons, Jennifer L. Roizen, Kitae Kwon, Arasambattu K. Mohanakrishnan, Radhakrishnan Sureshbabu, Adam Noble, Eddie L. Myers, Varinder K. Aggarwal, Rafael M. P. Dias and Roly J. Armstrong and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Meganathan Nandakumar

20 papers receiving 647 citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Strategies to Generate Nitrogen-centered Radicals That May Rely on Photoredox Catalysis: Development in Reaction Methodology and Applications in Organic Synthesis
    2021 295 citations Kitae Kwon, R. Thomas Simons et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Meganathan Nandakumar India 10 600 67 65 51 44 26 659
Xue‐Qing Zhu China 13 411 0.7× 78 1.2× 93 1.4× 48 0.9× 20 0.5× 26 510
Tomáš Tobrman Czechia 17 680 1.1× 29 0.4× 81 1.2× 39 0.8× 104 2.4× 68 744
Yihui Bai China 15 460 0.8× 122 1.8× 58 0.9× 39 0.8× 24 0.5× 28 570
Johan A. Pradeilles United Kingdom 4 672 1.1× 68 1.0× 63 1.0× 29 0.6× 99 2.3× 4 725
Zuo‐Gang Huang China 9 328 0.5× 72 1.1× 63 1.0× 58 1.1× 79 1.8× 22 418
Xiaoqi Zheng China 5 488 0.8× 159 2.4× 104 1.6× 159 3.1× 55 1.3× 8 611
Ruchun Yang China 14 494 0.8× 29 0.4× 58 0.9× 40 0.8× 72 1.6× 51 573
Wei-Jin Gu China 11 468 0.8× 46 0.7× 58 0.9× 41 0.8× 28 0.6× 24 536
Leon J. Tilley United States 8 399 0.7× 71 1.1× 56 0.9× 23 0.5× 47 1.1× 10 464
Hang Yin China 10 402 0.7× 25 0.4× 67 1.0× 55 1.1× 50 1.1× 15 464

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Puumala, Emily, Meganathan Nandakumar, P.J. Stogios, et al.. (2025). Structure-guided optimization of small molecules targeting Yck2 as a strategy to combat Candida albicans. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2156–2156. 3 indexed citations
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Nandakumar, Meganathan, et al.. (2025). Effect of temperature and spinning speed on texture in spin-coated Sm2Zr2O7 buffer layer on Ni-5 at.%W RABiTS for coated conductors. Physica C Superconductivity. 631. 1354669–1354669. 1 indexed citations
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Nandakumar, Meganathan, Emily Puumala, Zhongle Liu, et al.. (2025). Chemoproteomic Profiling of C. albicans for Characterization of Antifungal Kinase Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(7). 7615–7629.
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Hossain, Mohammad Anwar, Peter J. Brown, Meganathan Nandakumar, et al.. (2024). Structure Activity of β-Amidomethyl Vinyl Sulfones as Covalent Inhibitors of Chikungunya nsP2 Cysteine Protease with Antialphavirus Activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(18). 16505–16532. 5 indexed citations
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Simons, R. Thomas, et al.. (2023). Directed Photochemically Mediated Nickel-Catalyzed (Hetero)arylation of Aliphatic C–H Bonds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(7). 3882–3890. 16 indexed citations
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Nandakumar, Meganathan, Anja R. Ollodart, Andrew Frando, et al.. (2023). Dual Inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the Host TGFBR1 by an Anilinoquinazoline. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 66(21). 14724–14734. 3 indexed citations
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Kwon, Kitae, R. Thomas Simons, Meganathan Nandakumar, & Jennifer L. Roizen. (2021). Strategies to Generate Nitrogen-centered Radicals That May Rely on Photoredox Catalysis: Development in Reaction Methodology and Applications in Organic Synthesis. Chemical Reviews. 122(2). 2353–2428. 295 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nandakumar, Meganathan, et al.. (2019). Ring‐Opening Lithiation–Borylation of 2‐Trifluoromethyl Oxirane: A Route to Versatile Tertiary Trifluoromethyl Boronic Esters. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(3). 1187–1191. 37 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Roly J., Meganathan Nandakumar, Rafael M. P. Dias, et al.. (2018). Enantiodivergent Synthesis of Allenes by Point‐to‐Axial Chirality Transfer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(27). 8203–8208. 36 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Roly J., Meganathan Nandakumar, Rafael M. P. Dias, et al.. (2018). Enantiodivergent Synthesis of Allenes by Point‐to‐Axial Chirality Transfer. Angewandte Chemie. 130(27). 8335–8340. 13 indexed citations
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Nandakumar, Meganathan, et al.. (2016). Synthesis and photophysical properties of benzo[c]thiophene, p-phenylene-, triphenylamine-, and pyrene-based vinylenes. Synthetic Communications. 46(22). 1810–1819. 7 indexed citations
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Nandakumar, Meganathan, et al.. (2016). Synthetic transformation of 1,3-diarylisobenzofuran-DMAD adducts: a facile preparation of tri-substituted α-naphthols. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 14(18). 4247–4259. 11 indexed citations
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Clement, J. Arul, et al.. (2015). Synthesis and Characterization of Thienothiophene Conjugated Benzo[c]Thiophene Analogs. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 53(5). 1461–1468. 5 indexed citations
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Nandakumar, Meganathan, et al.. (2014). Synthesis of push-pull system containing dibenzoheterocycles / triphenylamine tethered benzo[ c ]thiophenes.
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Mohanakrishnan, Arasambattu K., et al.. (2014). Studies on the Phthalidation of Heteroarenes: A Facile Preparation of 3-(Heteroaryl)phthalides via Triflic Acid Mediated Phthalidation. Synlett. 25(4). 509–514. 4 indexed citations
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Mohanakrishnan, Arasambattu K., et al.. (2014). Oxidative Cleavage of 1,3-Disubstituted Benzo[c]furans with Activated Manganese Dioxide: A Facile Preparation of 1,2-Di(het)aroylbenzenes. Synlett. 25(13). 1896–1900. 9 indexed citations
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Nandakumar, Meganathan, et al.. (2013). Diethyl 1,8-diphenyl-11-oxatricyclo[6.2.1.02,7]undeca-2,4,6-triene-9,10-dicarboxylate. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 69(3). o323–o323.
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Nandakumar, Meganathan, et al.. (2012). Oxidative Ring Opening of 1,3‐Diarylbenzo[c]heterocycles Using m‐CPBA: Preparation of 1,2‐Diaroylbenzenes. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2012(19). 3647–3657. 30 indexed citations
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Nandakumar, Meganathan, et al.. (2011). Lewis Acid-Mediated Michaelis−Arbuzov Reaction at Room Temperature: A Facile Preparation of Arylmethyl/Heteroarylmethyl Phosphonates. Organic Letters. 13(6). 1270–1273. 105 indexed citations

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