Photochemical nitration of methoxybenzenes from charge transfer complexes with tetranitromethane. S. Sankararaman and J. K. Kochi, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays. Bas., 1986, 105, 278-285.

Aromatic nitration with ion radical pairs [ArH+., NO2] as reactive intermediates. Time resolved studies of charge transfer activation of dialkoxybenzenes. S. Sankararaman, W. A. Haney, and J. K. Kochi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 5235-5249.

Annihilation of aromatic cation radicals by ion-pair and radical pair collapse. Unusual solvent and salt effects in the competition for aromatic substitution. S. Sankararaman, W. A. Haney, and J. K. Kochi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 7824-7838.

Formation of 4-nitrocyclohexa-2,5-dienols by addition of organolithium reagents to 4-alkyl-4-nitrocyclohexa-2,5-dienones. A. Fischer and S. Sankararaman, J. Org. Chem., 1987, 52, 4464-4468.

Direct observation of the kinetic acidities of transient aromatic cation radicals. The mechanism of electrophilic side-chain nitration of the methylbenzenes. J. M. Masnovi, S. Sankararaman, and J. K. Kochi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 2263-2276.

Carbocations as electron acceptors. Photoexcitation of the charge-transfer complexes of tropylium salts and aromatic hydrocarbons. Y. Takahashi, S. Sankararaman, and J. K. Kochi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 2954-2967.

Efficient charge-transfer photochemistry via fragmentable cation radicals with variable lifetimes. Direct comparison with chloranil sensitization. S. Sankararaman, S. Perrier, and J. K. Kochi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 6448-6449.

Preparation of and addition of carbanions to 6-methyl-6-nitrocyclohexa-2,4-dienones. A. Fischer, G. N. Henderson, and S. Sankararaman, Can. J. Chem., 1989, 67, 1244-1246.

Photoinduced electron transfer by charge transfer and singlet sensitized activation: Facile retro-pinacol via fragmentation of cation radicals. S. Sankararaman and J. K. Kochi, J. Chem. Soc; Chem. Comm., 1989, 1800-1802.

Control of back electron transfer from charge-transfer ion pairs by zeolite supercages. S. Sankararaman, K. B. Yoon, T. Yabe, and J. K. Kochi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 1419-1421.

Charge transfer nitration of naphthalenes. Part 1. Direct comparison with electrophilic aromatic nitrations. S. Sankararaman and J. K. Kochi, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1991, 1-12.

Kinetics and mechanism of charge-transfer nitration Part II. Time resolved spectral evolution of the ipso adducts from 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene cation radical. S. Sankararaman and J. K. Kochi, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2; 1991, 165-174.

Novel Π stabilization of arene cation radicals in the anchimeric assistance of electron transfer. S. Sankararaman, W. Lau, and J. K. Kochi, J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Comm., 1991, 396-398.

Picosecond dynamics of contact ion pairs. Solvent and salt effects. T. Yabe, S. Sankararaman, and J. K. Kochi, J. Phys. Chem., 1991, 95, 4177-4179.

Time resolved charge transfer spectroscopy of aromatic EDA complexes with nitrosonium. Inner sphere mechanism for electron transfer in the isoergonic region. T. M. Bockman, Z. J. Karpinski, S. Sankararaman, and J. K. Kochi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1992, 114, 1970-1985.

Photoinduced electron transfer in pinacol cleavage with quinones via highly labile cation radicals. Direct comparison of charge transfer excitation and photosensitization. Serge Perrier, S. Sankararaman, and J. K. Kochi, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans 2, 1993, 825-837.

Selective photooxidation of thioethers to sulfoxides with tetranitromethane. D. Ramkumar and S. Sankararaman, Synthesis, 1993, 1057-1058.

Photochemistry of charge transfer complexes of styrene derivatives with tetranitromethane. X-ray crystal structure of a novel dimeric adduct from p-methylstyrene. Lizamma Mathew, Babu Varghese, S. Sankararaman, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1993, 2399-2404.

Mild and efficient photochemical and thermal deprotection of thioacetals and ketals using DDQ. Lizamma Mathew and S. Sankararaman, J. Org. Chem., 1993, 58, 7576-7577.

Chemoselective protection of aldehydes as dithioacetals in lithium perchlorate – diethyl ether medium. Evidence for the formation of oxocarbenium ion intermediate from acetals. V. Geetha Saraswathy and S. Sankararaman, J. Org. Chem., 1994, 59, 4665-4670.

Chemoselectivity in the Michael addition of silyl enol ethers in lithium perchlorate – diethyl ether medium. Evidence for facile silyl group transfer to Michael acceptors. V. Geetha Saraswathy and S. Sankararaman, J. Org. Chem., 1995, 60, 5024-5028.

Chemoselective aldol type condensation of silyl enol ethers and acetals in lithium perchlorate – diethyl ether medium. V. Geetha Saraswathy and S. Sankararaman, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1996, 29-31.

Photo Michael reaction of silyl enol ethers with β-nitro and β, β-dicyanostyrenes. D. Ramkumar and S. Sankararaman, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1996, 939-941.

Cyclization of enediyne radical cations through chemical, photochemical and electrochemical oxidation: The role of state symmetry. D. Ramkumar, M. Kalpana, B. Varghese, S. Sankararaman, M. N. Jagadeesh, and J. Chandrasekhar. J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 2247-2250.

Chemo and regioselective conversion of epoxides to carbonyl compounds in 5 M lithium perchlorate – diethyl ether medium. R. Sudha, K. Malola Narasimhan, V. Geetha Saraswathy and S. Sankararaman. J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 1877-1879.

Chemoselective aldol condensation in 5 mol dm-3 lithium perchlorate-nitromethane. A comparison with lithium perchlorate-diethyl ether medium. R. Sudha and S. Sankararaman, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans 1,1999, 383-386.

Highly Selective 1,2- and 1,4-Addition of Silyl Enol Ether to α, β- unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds in 5 M Lithium Perchlorate-Nitromethane Medium S. Sankararaman and R. Sudha, J. Org. Chem., 1999, 64, 2155-2157.

Highly chemo- and regioselective rearrangement of α, β-epoxyketones to 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds in 5 mol dm-3 lithium perchlorate-diethyl ether medium. S. Sankararaman, S. and J. E. Nesakumar, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans 1, 1999, 3173-3175.

Synthesis of 4,5,12,13-tetraformyl[2.2]paracyclophane and its bis acetal. S. Sankararaman, H. Hopf, I.Dix and P.G. Jones Eur. J. Org. Chem, 2000, 2699-2701.

Synthesis of 4-(6-fulvenyl)[2.2]paracyclophane and its derivatives. S. Sankararaman, H. Hopf, I.Dix and P.G. Jones Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2000, 2703-2709.

Oxidative carbon-carbon bond cleavage of a [2.2]paracyclophane derivative – Efficient intramolecular trapping of the radical cation. S. Sankararaman, H. Hopf, I.Dix and P.G. Jones Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2000, 2711-2716.

Highly selective synthetic transformations catalyzed by lithium perchlorate in organic media. S. Sankararaman and J. E. Nesakumar, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2000, 2003-2011.

Synthesis and structure of a new [6.6]metacyclophane with enediyne bridges. M. Srinivasan, S. Sankararaman, I. Dix and P. G. Jones, Org. Lett.,2000, 2, 3849-3852.

Synthesis and photochemistry of 2,2-di-tert-butyl-6-(4,4-di-tert-butylbuta1,3-dienyl)-2H-pyran. P. Kilickiran, S. Sankararaman, H. Hopf Ind. J. Chem Sec. B., 2001, 40B, 781-785.

A new double substrate uncatalyzed bromate oscillator R. Ramaswamy, V. Sridevi, S. Sankararaman React. Kinet. Catal. Lett., 2001, 74, 41 – 49.

Syntheses and structures of isomeric {6.6]- and [8.8]cyclophanes with 1,4-dioxabut-2-yne and 1,6-dioxahexa-2,4-diyne bridges. M. Srinivasan, S. Sankararaman, H. Hopf, I. Dix, P. G. Jones J. Org. Chem., 2001, 66, 4299-4303.

Novel chiral metallocenophanes derived from [2.2]paracyclophane and their use in olefin polymerization. H. Hopf, S. Sankararaman, I. Dix, P. G. Jones, H. G. Alt, A. Licht Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2002, 123-131.

Synthesis of buta-1,3-diyne bridged macrocycles with (Z)-1,4-diethynyl-1,4-dimethoxycyclohexa-2,5-diene as the building block M. Srinivasan, S. Sankararaman, H. Hopf, B. Varghese Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2003, 660-665.

Synthesis of differentially protected / functionalised acetylenic building blocks from p-benzoquinone and their use in the synthesis of new enediynes. S. Sankararaman, M. Srinivasan Org. Biomol. Chem., 2003, 1, 2388 – 2392.

(Z)-3,6-Diethynyl-3,6-dihydroxycyclohexa-1,4-diene. A. Bandyopadhyay, B. Varghese, S. Sankararaman Acta. Cryst. 2004, E60, o2247-o2248.

Synthesis of cyclophanes bearing 1,4-dioxabut-2-yne and 1,6-dioxahexa-2,4-diyne bridges and nanoscale cavities. S. Sankararaman, M. Srinivasan, V. Narayanan, B. Varghese Ind. J. Chem. Sec. B, 2004, 43B, 1499 – 1503.

Synthesis of shape persistent polyal dendrimers. Facile entry into polyene and polyyne Dendrimers. V. Narayanan, S. Sankararaman, H. Hopf, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 2740-2746.

Synthesis of 2,5-diethynyl substituted oxepins from trans-1,4-diethynylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-diols. A. Bandyopadhyay, S. Sankararaman, Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 3221-3224.

Synthesis, absorption and fluorescence emission properties of 1,3,6,8-tetraethynyl- pyrene and its derivatives. G. Venkataramana, S. Sankararaman, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 4162-4166.

Synthesis and spectroscopic investigation of aggregation through cooperative  and CH…O interactions in a novel pyrene octaaldehyde derivative. G. Venkataramana, S. Sankararaman, Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 2739-2742.

Photophysical behaviour of 1-(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenylethynyl)pyrene (DMAPEPy) in homogeneous media. U. Subuddhi, S. Haldar, S. Sankararaman, A. K. Mishra, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2006, 5, 459-466.

Synthesis of 1,4-cyclohexadiene based acetylenic macrocycles using Cadiot-Chodkiewicz coupling. Structure of a tub-shaped tetrameric container. A. Bandyopadhyay, B. Varghese, S. Sankararaman, J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 4544-4548.

1,3,6,8-Tetraethynylpyrene and 1,3,6,8-tetrakis (trimethylsilylethynyl) pyrene: Photophysical properties in homogeneous media. T. Shyamala, S. Sankararaman, A. K. Mishra, Chem. Phys., 2006, 330, 469-477.

Intramolecular -stacking interaction in a rigid molecular hinge substituted with 1-(pyrenylethynyl) units. R. Nandy, M. Subramoni, B. Varghese, S. Sankararaman, J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 938-944.

Synthesis and structure of cross-conjugated bis-dehydroannulenes with a Y-enediyne motif and different -topologies. A. Bandyopadhyay, B. Varghese, H. Hopf, S. Sankararaman, Chem. Eur. J.2007, 13, 3813-3821.

Conformational isomers from rotation of diacetylenic bond in an ethynylpyrene substituted molecular hinge. S. Sankararaman, G. Venkataramana, B. Varghese, J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 2405-2407.

New pyrrolidine-triazole-based C2 symmetric organocatalysts and their utility in the asymmetric Michael reaction of β-nitrostyrenes and the synthesis of nitrochromenes. Karthikeyan, S. Sankararaman, Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2008, 19, 2741-2745

Unusual fluorescence spectral response of 1-(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenylethynyl)- pyrene towards the thermotropic phase change in lipid bilayer membranes. U. Subuddhi, S. Haldar, S. Sankararaman, A. K. Mishra, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. Chem., 2008, 200, 381-387.

Hydrogen-bond network in isomeric phenylenedipropynoic acids and their DABCO salts. Water mediated helical hydrogen bond motifs. R. Saravanakumar, B. Varghese, S. Sankararaman, CrystEngComm., 2009, 11, 337-346.

Palladium complexes with abnormal N-heterocyclic carbine ligands derived from 1,2,3-triazolium ions and their application in Suzuki coupling. T. Karthikeyan, S. Sankararaman, Tetrahedron Lett., 2009, 50, 5834-5837.

Unusual fluorescene emission from ethynyltriphenylene substituted diacetylenic molecular hinge. Formation of intramolecular excimer. R. Nandy, S. Sankararaman, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 2260-2266.

Donor-acceptor substituted phenylethynyltriphenylenes – excited state intramolecular charge transfer, solvatochromic absorption and fluorescence emission. R. Nandy, S. Sankararaman, BeilsteinJ. Org. Chem., 2010, 6, 992-1001.

2,6-Bis(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine and its octahedral copper complex. P. Daniel Raj, B. Varghese, S. Sankararaman, Acta Cryst., 2010, C66, m366-m370.

Synthesis and Structure of 1,4-Diphenyl-3-methyl-1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene Palladium Complexes and Application in Catalytic Hydroarylation of Alkynes. R. Saravanakumar, V. Ramkumar, S. Sankararaman, Organometallics, 2011, 30, 1689-1694.

1,2,3-Triazolophanes—Cyclophanes with an Array of Molecular Structures and supramolecular Architectures. A. Mohan, S. Sankararaman, Israel J Chem., 2012, 52, 92-104.

Synthesis of dehydrobenzoannulenes with pyrene core. A. Joseph, G. Venkataramana, S. Sankararaman, J. Chem. Sci., 2012, 124, 597-607

Synthesis and structure of trans-bis(1,4-dimesityl-3-methyl-1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene) palladium (II) dichloride and diacetate. Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of polybromoarenes with high catalytic turnover efficiencies. Jeelani Basha Shaik,V. Ramkumar,B. Varghese,S. Sankararaman, Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2013, 9, 698-704.

Synthesis and structural characterization of cis Isomer of 1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene based palladium complexes. R. Saravanakumar, V. Ramkumar, S. Sankararaman, J. Orgmet. Chem., 2013, 736, 36-41.

Substituent effect on the formation of helical to layered hydrogen bond network in hydroxyl and carboxyl substituted 1-aryl-1H-1,2,3-triazoles. B. Sureshbabu, V. Ramkumar and S. Sankararaman, CrystEngComm, 2014, 16, 6098-6106.

Isostructural 1D coordination polymers of Zn(II), Cd(II) and Cu(II) with phenylpropynoic acid and DABCO as organic linkers R. Saravanakumar, B. Varghese, S. Sankararaman, J. Mol. Struc. 2014, 1076, 280-284.

C2-Symmetric normal and mesoionic bis-N-heterocyclic carbenes with biphenyl backbone. A comparison of bis(1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene) and bis(imidazol-2-ylidene) ligands. S. Guchhait, K. Ghosh, B. Sureshbabu, V. Ramkumar, S. Sankararaman, J. Organomet. Chem., 2014, 768, 68-74.

Facile base-free in situ generation and palladation of mesoionic and normal N-heterocyclic carbenes at ambient conditions. B. Sureshbabu, V. Ramkumar and S. Sankararaman, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43,10710-10712.

Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation using a [2.2]paracyclophane based chiral 1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene–Pd complex under ambient conditions and 1 atmosphere of H2. A. Dasgupta, V. Ramkumar and S. Sankararaman, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 21558-21561.

Synthesis and structures of (-) menthyl and (+) neomenthyl substituted enantio pure bis(1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene)PdI2 complexes and PEPPSI type (1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene) (pyridine)PdI2complexes. Comparison of catalytic activities for C-C coupling. A. Mohan, V. Ramkumar, S. Sankararaman, J. Organomet. Chem., 2015, 799-800, 115-121.

A mild and efficient method for the synthesis of structurally diverse 1,2,3-triazolylidene palladium(II) diiodo complexes. Comparison of catalytic activities for Suzuki-Miyaura coupling. B. Sureshbabu, V. Ramkumar, S. Sankararaman J. Organomet. Chem., 2015, 799-800, 232-238.

Highly selective and modular synthesis of 3-aryl-4-arylethynyl-2H-chromen-2-ones from 2-iodoaryl 2-arylacetates via carbonylative Sonogashira coupling-intramolecular aldol cascade. A. Chandrasekhar, V. Ramkumar, S. Sankararaman Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2016, 4041 – 4049.

Synthesis of fluorescent 1,3-diarylpropynones by carbonylative alkynylation reaction using 1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene-palladium-phosphine complexes as catalysts. A. Dasgupta, V. Ramkumar, S. Sankararaman Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2016, 4817-4823.

Selective Synthesis of 3‑Arylbenzo-1,2,3-triazin-4(3H)‑ones and 1‑Aryl-(1H)‑benzo-1,2,3-triazoles from 1,3-Diaryltriazenes through Pd(0) Catalyzed Annulation Reactions. A. Chandrasekhar, S. Sankararaman J. Org. Chem, 2017, 82, 11487-11493

Architecting Pyrediyne Nanowalls with Improved Inter-Molecular Interactions, Electronic Features and Transport characteristics. P. Prabakaran, S. Satapathy, E. Prasad, S. Sankararaman J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 380-387.

Synthesis of a new class of cationic Pd(II) complexes with 1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene ligand and their catalytic application in the conversion of internal alkynes to 1,2-diketones. J. Organomet. Chem, 2018, 860, 1-8.

A high voltage organic redox flow battery with redox couples O2/ tetrabutylammonium complex and tris(4-bromophenyl)amine as redox active species. V. Pasala, C. Ramachandra, S. Sankararaman, K. Ramanujam J. Electrochem. Soc. 2018, 165, A2696-A2702.

Palladium catalyzed carbonylative annulation of C(sp2)-H bond of N,1-diaryl-1H- tetrazol-5-amines and N,4-diaryl-4H-triazol-3-amines to quinazolinones. A. Chandrasekhar, V. Ramkumar, S. Sankararaman Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 8629-8638.