Rajeev S. Menon

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Rajeev S. Menon is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Geophysics and Toxicology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rajeev S. Menon has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Organic Chemistry, 6 papers in Geophysics and 5 papers in Toxicology. Recurrent topics in Rajeev S. Menon's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (14 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (12 papers) and Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles (12 papers). Rajeev S. Menon is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (14 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (12 papers) and Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles (12 papers). Rajeev S. Menon collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Poland. Rajeev S. Menon's co-authors include Vijay Nair, Akkattu T. Biju, Sreekumar Vellalath, Anu Jose, Rony Rajan Paul, C. R. Sinu, N. Abhilash, A. R. Sreekanth, Martin G. Banwell and Alison D. Findlay and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Accounts of Chemical Research and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rajeev S. Menon

56 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Employing homoenolates generated by NHC catalysis in carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions: state of the art

2011 555 citations Vijay Nair, Rajeev S. Menon et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Recent advances in employing homoenolates generated by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis in carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions

2015 524 citations Rajeev S. Menon, Akkattu T. Biju et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

Peers

Rajeev S. Menon

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David Edwards Canada

Pawel Dziedzic Sweden

Xiaopeng Cheng China

David Mitchell United States

Chengming Wang China

Eiji Yamamoto Japan

David Crich France

Jin‐Sheng Yu China

Johan Franzén Sweden

Vladimı́r Hanuš Czechia

David Edwards Canada

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Citations

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All Works

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Yadav, Deepak, et al.. (2021). Benzannulation Reactions: A Case for Perspective Change From Arene Decoration to Arene Construction. The Chemical Record. 22(1). e202100249–e202100249. 17 indexed citations

Kumar, P. Senthil, et al.. (2019). The Seismically Active Lobate Scarps and Coseismic Lunar Boulder Avalanches Triggered by 3 January 1975 (M_W 4.1) Shallow Moonquake. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(14). 7972–7981. 23 indexed citations

Nair, Vijay & Rajeev S. Menon. (2018). Nucleophile‐Initiated Catalytic and Multicomponent Reactions. The Chemical Record. 19(2-3). 347–361. 13 indexed citations

Jose, Anu, et al.. (2018). An uncommon multicomponent reaction involving nucleophilic heterocyclic carbenes: facile synthesis of fully substituted cyclopentanones. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 5(7). 1202–1208. 5 indexed citations

Menon, Rajeev S., et al.. (2016). Facile synthesis of 4H-chromene derivatives via base-mediated annulation of ortho-hydroxychalcones and 2-bromoallyl sulfones. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 12. 16–21. 15 indexed citations

Menon, Rajeev S., Akkattu T. Biju, & Vijay Nair. (2016). Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalysed benzoin reactions. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 12. 444–461. 246 indexed citations

Kumar, P. Senthil, K. Jaya Prasanna Lakshmi, Rajeev S. Menon, et al.. (2016). Recent shallow moonquake and impact-triggered boulder falls on the Moon: New insights from the Schrödinger basin. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 121(2). 147–179. 65 indexed citations

Nanubolu, Jagadeesh Babu, et al.. (2016). Oxygenative and Dehydrogenative [3 + 3] Benzannulation Reactions of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes and γ-Phosphonyl Crotonates Mediated by Air: Regioselective Synthesis of 4-Hydroxybiaryl-2-carboxylates. Organic Letters. 18(4). 752–755. 21 indexed citations

Nanubolu, Jagadeesh Babu, et al.. (2015). Catalyst-controlled divergence in cycloisomerisation reactions of N-propargyl-N-vinyl sulfonamides: gold-catalysed synthesis of 2-sulfonylmethyl pyrroles and dihydropyridines. Chemical Communications. 51(72). 13748–13751. 42 indexed citations

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Singarapu, Kiran Kumar, et al.. (2015). Regioselective Synthesis of Substituted Arenes via Aerobic Oxidative [3 + 3] Benzannulation Reactions of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones. Organic Letters. 17(6). 1449–1452. 39 indexed citations

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Jose, Anu, Balaraman Vedhanarayanan, Rajeev S. Menon, et al.. (2014). A phosphine-mediated reaction of cyclic 1,2-diones and 3-alkyl allenoates: an efficient protocol for benzannulation applicable to the synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Chemical Communications. 50(35). 4616–4616. 32 indexed citations

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Reddy, S. Malla, et al.. (2014). A convenient synthesis of 2-substituted benzofurans from salicylaldehydes. RSC Advances. 5(11). 8199–8204. 10 indexed citations

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Nair, Vijay, Rajeev S. Menon, Akkattu T. Biju, et al.. (2011). Employing homoenolates generated by NHC catalysis in carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions: state of the art. Chemical Society Reviews. 40(11). 5336–5336. 555 indexed citations breakdown →

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Menon, Rajeev S. & Martin G. Banwell. (2010). Total syntheses of the furanosesquiterpenes crassifolone and dihydrocrassifolone via an Au(i)-catalysed intramolecular Michael addition reaction. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 8(24). 5483–5483. 19 indexed citations

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Nair, Vijay, Vimal Varghese, Rony Rajan Paul, et al.. (2010). NHC Catalyzed Transformation of Aromatic Aldehydes to Acids by Carbon Dioxide: An Unexpected Reaction. Organic Letters. 12(11). 2653–2655. 84 indexed citations

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Menon, Rajeev S., P. V. Sunder Raju, & G. Koti Reddy. (2009). Soil-Geochemistry, Radiometric and Soil Gas Helium Studies in the Uranium Mineralized Zone of Tumallapalle, Cuddapah Basin, Andhra Pradesh. Journal of the Geological Society of India. 74(1). 23–26. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Prakash, Rajeev S. Menon, & G. Koti Reddy. (2009). Heat production heterogeneity of the Indian crust beneath the Himalaya: Insights from the northern Indian Shield. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 283(1-4). 190–196. 15 indexed citations

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Nair, Vijay, Rajeev S. Menon, & Sreekumar Vellalath. (2006). Asymmetric Synthesis of Quinine: A Landmark in Organic Synthesis. Natural Product Communications. 1(10). 3 indexed citations

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Menon, Rajeev S., Prakash Kumar, G. Koti Reddy, & R. Srinivasan. (2003). Radiogenic heat production of Late Archaean Bundelkhand granite and some Proterozoic gneisses and granitoids of central India. Current Science. 85(5). 634–638. 20 indexed citations

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Menon, Rajeev S., et al.. (1996). Evaluation of Alumina−Aluminum Phosphate Catalyst Supports for Hydrodenitrogenation of Pyridine and Coal-Derived Liquids. Energy & Fuels. 10(3). 579–586. 4 indexed citations

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