Vikas Kumar
Indian Institute of Science
21 Papers
105 Citations
Vikas Kumar is an academic researcher from Indian Institute of Science. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lewis acids and bases & Total synthesis. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 21 publications. Previous affiliations of Vikas Kumar include Trinity College, Dublin & Central Drug Research Institute.
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Papers
First total synthesis of (+)-varitriol.
Vikas Kumar,Arun K. Shaw +1 more
TL;DR: A highly stereoselective total synthesis of (+)-varitriol, an antitumor natural product, has been achieved for the first time from commercially available methyl alpha,D-mannopyranoside and 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid.
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Syntheses of (−)-gabosine A, (+)-4-epi-gabosine A, (−)-gabosine E, and (+)-4-epi-gabosine E
TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis of (+)-4-epi-gabosine E 3 and (−)-gaboosine E 4 using DMAP catalyzed Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction is described.
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A chiron approach to the total synthesis of cytotoxic (+)-muricatacin and (+)-5-epi-muricatacin from d-ribose ☆
TL;DR: A chiron approach strategy toward the total synthesis of (+)-muricatacin and (+-5-epi-muric atacin starting from commercially available and inexpensive d-ribose through the key intermediate (S)-5-((R)-1-hydroxyallyl)furan-2(5H)-one has been disclosed.
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First Total Synthesis of (+)-Varitriol.
Vikas Kumar,Arun K. Shaw +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a highly stereoselective total synthesis of (+)-varitriol, an antitumor natural product, has been achieved for the first time from commercially available methyl alpha, D-mannopyranoside and 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid.
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