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166.  Enhanced anticancer activity of half-sandwich Ru(II)-p-cymene complex bearing heterocyclic hydrazone ligand
J. Haribabu, S. Srividya, R. Umapathi, D. Gayathri, P. Venkatesu, N. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
Inorg. Chem. Commun. 119, 108054 (2020)

165. Iron and chromium MOFs as sustainable catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds and biomass conversions
P. Vasanthakumar, D. Sindhuja, D. Senthil Raja, C.-H. Lin and R. Karvembu
New J. Chem. 44, 8223-8231 (2020)

164. Unprecedented formation of palladium(II)-pyrazole based thiourea from chromone thiosemicarbazone and [PdCl2(PPh3)2]: Interaction with biomolecules and apoptosis through mitochondrial signaling pathway
J. Haribabu, C. Balachandran, M. Muthu Tamizh, Y. Arun, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, S. Aoki and R. Karvembu
J. Inorg. Biochem. 205, 110988 (2020)

163. Tuning acylthiourea ligands in Ru(II) catalysts for altering the reactivity and chemoselectivity of transfer hydrogenation reactions, and synthesis of 3-isopropoxy-1H-indole through a new synthetic approach
P. N. Sathishkumar, P. Sachind Prabha, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
J. Organomet. Chem. 908, 121087 (2020)

 

162. Pd(II)–acylthiourea complex and its immobilized counterpart catalyzed condensation of phenylacetylene with aryl halides
D. Sindhuja, P. Vasanthakumar and R. Karvembu
Inorg. Chem. Commun. 112, 107695 (2020)

 

161.  Half sandwich Ru(II) complexes containing (N, O) Schiff base ligands: Catalysts for base-free transfer hydrogenation of ketones

C.E. Satheesh, P.N. Sathish Kumar, P. Raghavendra Kumar, R. Karvembu, A. Hosamani and M. Nethaji

Appl. Organomet. Chem., e5111 (2019)

160.  Delineating the role of substituents on the coordination behavior of aroylhydrazone ligands in Pd(II) complexes and their influence on Suzuki–Miyaura coupling in aqueous media
A. Vignesh, C. Shalini, N. Dharmaraj, W. Kaminsky and R. Karvembu
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019(34), 3869-3882 (2019)

159.  NHC-catalyzed green synthesis of functionalized chromones: DFT mechanistic insights and in vitro activities in cancer cells
N. Murugesh, J. Haribabu, K. Arumugam, C. Balachandran, R. Swaathy, S. Aoki, A. Sreekanth, R. Karvembu and S. Vedachalam
New J. Chem. 43, 13509-13525 (2019)

158. Sustainable porous activated carbon from Polyalthia longifolia seeds as electrode material for supercapacitor application
R. Srinivasan, E. Elaiyappillai, H. Paul Pandian, R. Vengudusamy, P. M. Johnson, S. M. Chen and R. Karvembu
J. Electroanal. Chem. 849, 113382 (2019)

157. Catalytic assessment of Copper(I) complexes and a polymer analog towards the one‐pot synthesis of imines and quinoxalines
D. Sindhuja, P. Vasanthakumar, N. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019(31), 3588-3596 (2019)

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156.  Molecular structures, Hirshfeld analysis and biological investigations of isatin based thiosemicarbazones
S. Saranya, J. Haribabu, V. N. V. Palakkeezhillam, P. Jerome, K. Gomathi, K. Kameswara Rao, V. H. H. Surendra Babu, R. Karvembu and D. Gayathri
J. Mol. Struct. 1198, 126904 (2019)

155. Tetranuclear palladacycles of 3-acetyl-7-methoxy-2H-chromen-2-one  derived Schiff bases: Efficient catalysts for Suzuki–Miyaura coupling in an aqueous medium
S. Dharani, G. Kalaiarasi, D. Sindhuja, V. M. Lynch, R. Shankar, R. Karvembu and R. Prabhakaran
Inorg. Chem. 58(12), 8045-8055 (2019)

154. Preparation of mesoporous stannosilicates SnTUD-1 and catalytic activity in levulinic acid esterification
M.P. Pachamuthu, V.V. Srinivasan, R. Karvembu and R. Luque
Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 287, 159-166 (2019)

153. Zinc(II) complexes of indole thiosemicarbazones: DNA/protein binding, molecular docking and in vitro cytotoxicity studies
N. Balakrishnan, J. Haribabu, D.A. Krishnan, S. Swaminathan, D. Mahendiran, N.S.P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
Polyhedron 170, 188-201 (2019)

152. Synthesis and anticancer activity of [RuCl2(η6‑arene)(aroylthiourea)] complexes - High activity against the human neuroblastoma (IMR32) cancer cell line
S. Swaminathan, J. Haribabu, N.K. Kalagatur, R. Konakanchi, N. Balakrishnan, N. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
ACS Omega 4, 6245-6256 (2019)

151. Chemosensing, molecular docking and antioxidant studies of 8-aminoquinoline appended acylthiourea derivatives

A. Kalaiyarasi, J. Haribabu, D. Gayathri, K. Gomathi, N.S.P. Bhuvanesh, R. Karvembu and V.M. Biju
J. Mol. Struct. 1185, 450-460 (2019)

150. Half-sandwich Ru(η6-p-cymene) complexes featuring pyrazole appended ligands: Synthesis, DNA binding and in vitro cytotoxicity

Y.C. Huang, J. Haribabu, C.M. Chien, G. Sabapathi, C.K. Chou, R. Karvembu, P. Venuvanalingam, W.M. Ching, M.L. Tsai and

S.C.N. Hsu
J. Inorg. Biochem. 194, 74-84 (2019)

149. Coordination behavior of N,N′,N″‑trisubstituted guanidine ligands in their Ru−arene complexes: Synthetic, DNA/protein binding and cytotoxic studies
K. Jeyalakshmi, J. Haribabu, C. Balachandran, S. Swaminathan, N.S.P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
Organometallics 38, 753-770 (2019)

 

148. Effect of 2-bromopyridine ancillary ligand in the catalysis of Pd(II)-NNN pincer complexes towards Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction
P. Jerome, S. Yasar Arafath, J. Haribabu, N.S.P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
Chemistry Select 4, 2237-2241 (2019)

147. Highly active copper(I) complexes of aroylthiourea ligands against cancer cells – Synthetic and biological studies

K. Jeyalakshmi, J. Haribabu, C. Balachandran, E. Narmatha, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, S. Aoki, S. Awale and R. Karvembu

New J. Chem. 43, 3188-3198 (2019)

146. Substitution of mercury with bismuth oxide in zinc electrode for alkaline silver-zinc battery
K. Rathinakumar, M. Nagarajan, G. A. Pathanjali, and R. Karvembu
Adv. Sci. Eng. Med. 11, 167–171 (2019)

145. Water soluble Ru(II)–p‐cymene complexes of chiral aroylthiourea ligands derived from unprotected D/L‐alanine as proficient catalysts for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones.

M. Mary Sheeba, M. Muthu Tamizh, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu

Appl. Organometal. Chem. 33(2), e4667 (2019)

144. Heterostructure of two different 2D materials based on MoS2 nanoflowers@rGO: An electrode material for sodium-ion capacitors

K. Ramakrishnan, C. Nithya and R. Karvembu

Nanoscale Adv. 1, 334-341 (2019)

143. Vibrational spectroscopic (FT-IR, FT-Raman), anti-inflammatory, docking and molecular characteristic studies of Ni(II) complex of 2-aminonicotinaldehyde using theoretical and experimental methods.

K. Ramaiah, J. Prashanth, J. Haribabu, E. Srikanth, B. Venkatram Reddy, R. Karvembu and K. LaxmaReddy

J. Mol. Struct. 1175, 769-781 (2019)

142. Piano-stool Ru(II)-benzene complexes bearing D/L-alanine derived chiral aroylthiourea ligands for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of  ketones in water
M. Mary Sheeba, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
J. Chem. Sci. 130, 163 (2018)

141. An acylthiourea ligated Fe(II) complex on silica nanoparticles for transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds
D. Sindhuja, P. Vasanthakumar, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 57(43), 14386-14393 (2018)

140. Impact of split injection strategy on combustion, performance and emissions characteristics of biodiesel fuelled common rail direct injection assisted diesel engine

D. Babu, R. Karvembu and R. Anand

Energy 165, 577-592 (2018)

139. Chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes, ketones and aldehydes using acylthiourea based Ru(II)(p-cymene) complexes as precatalysts
P. N. Sathishkumar, N. Raveendran, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
J. Organomet. Chem. 876, 57-65 (2018)

138. Regional differences in gall bladder bile acid composition in patients with gallstones
R. R. Jayapalan, J. Venkataraman, M. Jain, V. Srinivasan, S. Sarika, B. Mohana, M. Mary Sheeba, K. Thanigaiarul, V. Vaithiswaran, R. Karvembu, M. Sharma and N. Kalkura
J. Clin. Exp. Hepatol. 8, S104 (2018)

137. Half-sandwich Ru(II)(η6-p-cymene) complexes bearing N-dibenzosuberenyl appended thiourea for catalytic transfer hydrogenation and in vitro anticancer activity
G. Rohini, J. Haribabu, K. N. Anees Rahman, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, K. Ramaiah, R. Karvembu and A. Sreekanth

Polyhedron 152, 147-154 (2018)

136. Synthesis, structures and mechanistic pathways of anticancer activity of palladium(II) complexes with indole-3-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazones

J. Haribabu, M. Muthu Tamizh, C. Balachandran, Y. Arun, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, A. Endo and R. Karvembu

New J. Chem. 42, 10818-10832 (2018)

135. Synthesis, structural, biological evaluation, molecular docking and DFT studies of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II) complexes bearing heterocyclic thiosemicarbazone ligand
R. Konakanchi, J. Haribabu, J. Prashanth, V. B. Nishtala, R. Mallela, S. Manchala, D. Gandamalla, R. Karvembu, B. V. Reddy, N. R. Yellu and L. R. Kotha
Appl. Organometal Chem. 32, e4415 (2018)

134. Water-soluble mono- and binuclear Ru(η6-p-cymene) complexes containing indole thiosemicarbazones: Synthesis, DFT modeling, biomolecular interactions, and in vitro anticancer activity through apoptosis

J. Haribabu, G. Sabapathi, M. Muthu Tamizh, C. Balachandran, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, P. Venuvanalingam and R. Karvembu

Organometallics 37(8), 1242-1257 (2018)

133. A sustainable heterogenized palladium catalyst for Suzuki cross coupling reaction of azaheteroaryl halides in aqueous media
S. Ganesamoorthy, M. Muthu Tamizh, K. Shanmugasundaram and R. Karvembu
J. Organomet. Chem. 862, 76-85 (2018)

 

132. Nickel(II) bis(isatin thiosemicarbazone) complexes induced apoptosis through mitochondrial signaling pathway and G0/G1 cell cycle arrest in IM-9 cells
C. Balachandran, J. Haribabu, K. Jeyalakshmi, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, R. Karvembu, N. Emi and S. Awale
J. Inorg. Biochem. 182, 208-221 (2018)

 

131. High performance sodium ion capacitor based on MoO2@rGO nano composite and goat hair derived carbon electrodes
R. Kiruthiga, C. Nithya and R  Karvembu
ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 1(2), 841-850 (2018)

 

130.  NHC catalyzed enantioselective Coates-Claisen rearrangement: A rapid access to the dihydropyran core for oleuropein based secoiridoids
S. Vedachalam, N. Murugesh, P. Chakraborty, R. Karvembu and X.W. Liu
New J. Chem. 42(3), 1832-1839 (2018)

 

129.  Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of ruthenium oxide nanosheets using polymer additive for supercapacitor applications

V. Vijayabala, N. Senthilkumar, K. Nehru and R. Karvembu

J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron. 29(1), 323-330 (2018)

 

128. Ruthenium(II)-η6-benzene complexes of dibenzosuberenyl appended aroyl/acylthiourea ligands: In vitro biomolecular interaction studies and catalytic transfer hydrogenation

G. Rohini, J. Haribabu, M. Mary Sheeba, K. N. Anees Rahman, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, C. Balachandran, R. Karvembu and

A. Sreekanth

Chemistry Select 3(1), 12077-12087 (2018)

127. Synthesis, crystal structure, DNA binding and antitumour studies of β-diketonate complexes of divalent copper, zinc and palladium

M. Lavanya, M. Jagadeesh, J. Haribabu, R. Karvembu, H. K. Rashmi, P. Uma Maheshwari Devi and A. Varada Reddy

Inorg. Chim. Acta 469, 76-86 (2018)

 

126. Ru(II)-p-cymene thiosemicarbazone complexes as inhibitors of Amyloid β (Aβ) peptide aggregation and Aβ - induced cytotoxicity

J. Haribabu, D. S. Ranade, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, P. P. Kulkarni and R. Karvembu

Chemistry Select 2, 11638-11644 (2017)

125. Reduced graphene oxide embedded V2O5 nanorods and porous honey carbon as high performance electrodes for hybrid sodium-ion supercapacitors

R. Kiruthiga, C. Nithya, R. Karvembu and B. Venkata Rami Reddy

Electrochim. Acta 256, 221-231 (2017)

 

124. Pd/AlO(OH): A heterogeneous, never-leaching and recyclable catalyst for Buchwald-Hartwig cross coupling under ligand-free aerobic condition

S. Ganesh Babu, E. Balakumar, P. Jerome and R. Karvembu
Catal. Lett. 147, 2619-2629 (2017)

 

123. Copper, nickel and zinc complexes of 3-acetyl coumarin thiosemicarbazone: Synthesis, characterization and in vitro evaluation of cytotoxicity and DNA/protein binding properties

K. N. Anees Rahman, J. Haribabu, C. Balachandran, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, R. Karvembu and A. Sreekanth

Polyhedron 135, 26-35 (2017)

 

122. Towards phosphine-free Pd(II) pincer complexes for catalyzing Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reaction in aqueous medium

P. Jerome, P. N. Sathishkumar, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu

J. Organomet. Chem. 845, 115-124 (2017)

 

121. An investigation on the DNA/protein binding, DNA cleavage and in vitro anticancer properties of SNO pincer type palladium(II) complexes with N-substituted isatin thiosemicarbazone ligands
M. Muralisankar, S.M. Basheer, J. Haribabu, N.S.P. Bhuvanesh, R. Karvembu and A. Sreekanth
Inorg. Chim. Acta 466, 61-70 (2017)

 

120. Naphthalenyl appended semicarbazone as colorimetric and "turn on" fluorescent chemosensor for selective recognition of fluoride ion
S. M. Basheer, J. Haribabu, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, R. Karvembu and A. Sreekanth
J. Mol. Struct. 1145, 347-355 (2017)

 

119. In vitro antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and in silico molecular docking studies of thiosemicarbazones

G. R. Subhashree, J. Haribabu, S. Saranya, P. Yuvaraj, D. Anantha Krishnan, R. Karvembu and D. Gayathri
J. Mol. Struct. 1145, 160-169 (2017)

 

118. Synthesis of Ru(II)-benzene complexes containing aroylthiourea ligand, and their binding with biomolecules and in vitro cytotoxicity through apotopsis

K. Jeyalakshmi, J. Haribabu, C. Balachandran, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, N. Emi and R. Karvembu

New J. Chem. 41(7), 2672-2686 (2017)

 

117. Utilisation of human hair as a synergistic support for Ag, Au, Cu, Ni and Ru nanoparticles: Application in Catalysis

M. Gopiraman, D. Deng, K. Q. Zhang, W. Kai, I. -M. Chung, R. Karvembu and I. S. Kim

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 56(8), 1926-1939 (2017)

 

116. Asymmetric hydrogenation of pro-chiral ketones catalyzed by chiral Ru(II)-benzene organometallic compounds containing amino acid based aroylthiourea ligands
M. Mary Sheeba, M. Muthu Tamizh, L. J. Farrugia and R. Karvembu
J. Organomet. Chem. 831, 45-49 (2017)

 

115. Synthesis, characterization and catalytic oxidation property of copper(I) complexes containing monodentate acylthiourea ligands and triphenylphosphine
N. Gunasekaran, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
Polyhedron 122, 39-45 (2017)

 

114. Structural and molecular docking studies of biologically active mercaptopyrimidine Schiff bases

S. Jone Kirubavathy, R. Velmurugan, R. Karvembu, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, Israel V. M. V. Enoch, P. Mosae Selvakumar,

D. Premnath, S. Chitra

J. Mol. Struct. 1127, 345-354 (2017)

 

113. Ni(II) complexes with indole based thiosemicarbazone ligands for biological applications

J. Haribabu, K. Jeyalakshmi, Y. Arun, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, P. T. Perumal, R. Karvembu

J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 22(4), 461-480 (2017)

 

112. Co(II) complex of 2-amino-6-methylbenzothiazole: Synthesis, structure and biological evaluation

S. Jone Kirubavathy, R. Velmurugan, R. Karvembu, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, I. V. M. V. Enoch, P. Mosae Selvakumar and S Chitra

Indian J. Chem. 55A, 1297-1304 (2016)

 

111. Single crystal cupric oxide nanoflakes with {111} facets for Pb2+ ion adsorption and methylene blue dye decolorization

G. Kausalya, N. Manjubaashini, P. Jerome, R. Karvembu and T. Daniel Thangadurai
Mater. Lett. 185, 218-221 (2016)

 

110. Synthesis, characterization, single crystal XRD and biological evaluation of nickel(II) salen sulphadiazine complex

S. Jone Kirubavathy, R. Velmurugan, B. Tamilarasan, R. Karvembu, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and S. Chitra

Synth. React. Inorg. Met.-Org Nano Met. Chem. 46(12), 1751-1758 (2016)

 

109. Half-sandwich RuCl2(η6-p-cymene) core complexes containing sulfur donor aroylthiourea ligands: DNA and protein binding, DNA cleavage and cytotoxic studies

K. Jeyalakshmi, J. Haribabu, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu

Dalton Trans. 45, 12518-12531 (2016)

 

108. Ru(II)-p-cymene complexes containing ester of chiral D/L-phenylalanine derived aroylthiourea ligands for enantioselective reduction of pro-chiral ketones

M. Mary Sheeba, M. Muthu Tamizh, S. Ganesh Babu, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu.

RSC Adv. 6, 68494–68503 (2016)

 

107. Structural diversity in aroylthiourea copper complexes -  Formation and biological evaluation of [Cu(I)(µ-S)SCl]2, cis-Cu(II)S2O2, trans-Cu(II)S2O2 and Cu(I)S3 cores

N. Selvakumaran, L. Sandhiya, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, K. Senthilkumar and R. Karvembu

New J. Chem. 40(6), 5401-5413 (2016)

 

106. Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure, DNA/protein binding, DNA cleavage and cytotoxicity studies of thiosemicarbazone based copper(II)/nickel(II) complexes

M. Muralisankar, J. Haribabu, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, R. Karvembu and A. Sreekanth

Inorg. Chim. Acta 449, 82-95 (2016) 

 

105. Robust Au-Ag/graphene bimetallic nanocatalyst for multifunctional activity with high synergism

S. Ganesh Babu, M. Gopiraman, K. Wei, R. Karvembu and I. S. Kim

Chem. Eng. J. 300, 146-159 (2016)

 

104. Synthesis and crystal structure of a trinuclear nickel(II) ONO pincer complex, [Ni(pydc)2]2[Ni(H2O)5].2H2O.2(C6H15N)

P. Jerome, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu

J. Struct. Chem. 57(3), 546-551 (2016)

 

103. Gold nanoparticles supported on magnesium oxide nanorods for oxidation of alcohols

P. Emayavaramban, S. Ganesh Babu, R. Karvembu, K. Kadirvelu and N. Dharmaraj

J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 16, 2517-2526 (2016)

 

102. Isatin based thiosemicarbazone derivatives as potential bioactive agents: Anti-oxidant and molecular docking studies

J. Haribabu, G. R. Subhashree, S. Saranya, K. Gomathi, R. Karvembu, D. Gayathri

J. Mol. Struct. 1110, 185-195 (2016)

 

101. Green synthesis of CuO nanoflakes from copper pincer complex for effective N-arylation of benzimidazole

P. Jerome, G. Kausalya, T. Daniel Thangadurai and R. Karvembu

Catal. Commun. 75, 50-54 (2016)

 

100. Estimation of lattice strain in nanocrystalline RuO2 by Williamson-Hall and size- strain plot methods

R. Sivakami, S. Dhanuskodi and R. Karvembu

Spectrochim. Acta Part A 152(1), 43-50 (2016)

 

99. Copper supported on lepidocrocite: A highly active magnetically separable nanocatalyst for N-arylation of imidazole

R. Sivakami, S. Dhanuskodi, S. Ganesh Babu and R. Karvembu

RSC Adv. 5(12), 8571-8578 (2015)

 

98. Synthesis, structure and pharmacological evaluation of Co(III) complex containing tridentate Schiff base ligand

S. Jone Kirubavathy, R. Velmurugan, R. Karvembu, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, K. Parameswari and S. Chitra

Russ. J. Coord. Chem. 41(5), 345-352 (2015)

 

97. Synthesis, crystal structure, in vitro and in silico molecular characterization of novel acyl thiourea derivatives

J. Haribabu, G.R. Subhashree, S. Saranya, K. Gomathi, R. Karvembu and D. Gayathri

J. Mol. Struct. 1094, 281-291 (2015)

 

96. Synthesis, DNA/protein binding, molecular docking, DNA cleavage and in vitro anticancer activity of  nickel(II) bis(thiosemicarbazone) complexes

J. Haribabu, K. Jeyalakshmi, Y. Arun, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, P. T. Perumal and R. Karvembu

RSC Adv. 5(57), 46031-46049 (2015)

 

95. Photodegradation of dyes by TiO2/RuO2/GNS nanocatalyst derived from Ru/GNS after its use as catalyst in aerial oxidation of primary alcohols (GNS =    graphene nanosheets)

M. Gopiraman, S. Ganesh Babu, Z. Khatri, B.-S. Kim, K. Wei, R. Karvembu and I.S. Kim

React. Kinet. Mech. Catal. 115(2), 759-772 (2015)

 

94. DNA/protein binding, DNA cleavage, cytotoxicity, superoxide radical scavenging and molecular docking studies of copper(II) complexes containing N-benzyl-N'-aryl-N'-benzoylguanidine ligands

K. Jeyalakshmi, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, Y. Arun, P. T. Perumal, A. Sreekanth and R. Karvembu

Inorg. Chem. Front. 2(8), 780-798 (2015)

Hot Article in ICF for 2015

 

93. Noble metal / functional cellulose nanofiber composites for catalytic applications

M. Gopiraman, G. Yuan, C. Yin, K. -H. Song, J. S. Lee, R. Karvembu, I. S. Kim

Carbohydr. Polym. 132, 554-564 (2015)

 

92. Recyclable mesoporous ceria supported gold nanoparticles based catalyst for O-arylation of phenols

P. Emayavaramban, S. Ganesh Babu, R. Karvembu and N. Dharmaraj

J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 15(12), 9358-9368 (2015)

 

91. Half-sandwich Ru(η6-C6H6) complexes with chiral aroylthioureas for    enhanced asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones – Experimental and theoretical studies

M. Mary Sheeba, S. Preethi, A. Nijamudheen, M. Muthu Tamizh, A. Datta, L. J. Farrugia and R. Karvembu

Catal. Sci. Technol. 5(10), 4790-4799 (2015)

 

90. Sustainable and versatile CuO/GNS nanocatalyst for highly efficient base free coupling reactions

M. Gopiraman, D. Deng, S. Ganesh Babu, T. Hayashi, R. Karvembu and I. S. Kim

ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 3(10), 2478-2488 (2015)

 

89. Chiral (h6-p-cymene) ruthenium(II) complexes containing monodentate acylthiourea ligands for efficient asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones    

M. Mary Sheeba, M. Muthu Tamizh, L. Farrugia, A. Endo, R. Karvembu

Organometallics 33(2), 540-550 (2014)

 

88. Nickel oxide doped hydroxyapatite for catalytic oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds at room temperature

P. Emayavaramban, S. Ganesh Babu, R. Karvembu and N. Dharmaraj

Adv. Sci. Eng. Med. 6(6), 659-666 (2014)

 

87. Synthesis, structure, DNA and protein binding studies and cytotoxic activity of nickel(II) complexes containing 3,3-dialkyl/aryl-1-(2,4-dichlorobenzoyl)thiourea ligands

N. Selvakumaran, N.S.P. Bhuvanesh, A. Endo and R. Karvembu

Polyhedron 75, 95-109 (2014)

 

86. DNA/protein binding and cytotoxicity studies of copper(II) complexes containing N, N', N''-trisubstituted guanidine ligands

K. Jeyalakshmi, N. Selvakumaran, N.S.P. Bhuvanesh, A. Sreekanth, R. Karvembu

RSC Adv. 4(33), 17179-17195 (2014)

 

85. Catalytic N-oxidation of tertiary amines on RuO2NPs anchored graphene nanoplatelets

M. Gopiraman, H. Bang, S. Ganesh Babu, K. Wei, R. Karvembu and I.S. Kim

Catal. Sci. Technol. 4(7), 2099-2106 (2014)

 

84. Highly active, selective and reusable RuO2/SWCNT catalyst for Heck olefination of aryl halides

M. Gopiraman, R. Karvembu and I.S. Kim

ACS Catal. 4(7), 2118-2129 (2014)

 

83. Highly efficient homogeneous and heterogenized ruthenium catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds

S. Ganesamoorthy, P. Jerome, K. Shanmugasundaram and R. Karvembu

RSC Adv. 4(53), 27955-27962 (2014)

 

82. V2O5 anchored RuO2 – An efficient, reusable and heterogeneous nanocatalyst for aerial oxidation of alcohols

S. Ganesh Babu, S. Krishnamoorthi, R. Thiruneelakandan and R. Karvembu

Catal. Lett. 144(7), 1245-1252 (2014)

 

81. Nanostructured RuO2 on MWCNTs: Efficient catalyst for transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds and aerial oxidation of alcohols

M. Gopiraman, S. Ganesh Babu, R. Karvembu and I.S. Kim

Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 484, 84-96 (2014)

 

80. Self-assembled Cu(II) and Ni(II) metallamacrocycles formed from 3,3,3',3'-tetrabenzyl-1,1'-aroylbis(thiourea) ligands: DNA and protein binding studies, and cytotoxicity of trinuclear complexes

N. Selvakumaran, N.S.P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu

Dalton Trans. 43(43), 16395-16410 (2014)

 

79. α-Arylation of β-diketones with aryl halides catalyzed by CuO on aluminosilicate

S. Ganesh Babu, R. Sakthivel, N. Dharmaraj and R. Karvembu

Tetrahedron Lett. 55(50), 6873-6877 (2014)

Highlighted in Synfacts 11(3), 340 (2015) & ChemInform 46(16), 2015

 

78. Palladium(II) complexes with salicylideneimine based tridentate ligand and triphenylphosphine: Synthesis, structure and catalytic activity in Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reaction

M. Muthu Tamizh, B F T. Cooper, C L B. Macdonald and R. Karvembu

Inorg. Chim. Acta 394(1), 391-400 (2013)

 

77. Theoretical and experimental studies on the structures and spectroscopic properties of Ni(II) complexes of the type [Ni(L)(PPh3)] [H2L = 5-methyl-N-(2-mercaptophenyl)salicylideneimine and 5-chloro-N-(2-mercaptophenyl) salicylideneimine]

M. Muthu Tamizh, K. Senthilkumar, B.F.T. Cooper, C.L.B. Macdonald and R. Karvembu

J. Mol. Struct. 1037, 367-375 (2013)

 

76. Room temperature Ullman type C-O and C-S cross coupling of aryl halides with phenol/thiophenol catalyzed by CuO nanoparticles

S. Ganesh Babu and R. Karvembu

Tetrahedron Lett. 54(13), 1677-1680 (2013)

Highlighted in Synfacts 9(5), 573 (2013) & ChemInform 44(27), 2013

 

75. Remarkable catalytic activity of [PdCl2(CH3CN)2] in Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reaction in aqueous media under mild conditions

S. Ganesamoorthy, K. Shanmugasundaram and R. Karvembu

J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 371, 118-124 (2013) 

 

74. Mesoporous nickel-aluminosilicate nanocomposite: A solid acid catalyst for ether synthesis
N. Neelakandeswari, R. Karvembu and N. Dharmaraj
J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 13, 2853-2863 (2013)

 

73. Facile and homogeneous decoration of RuO2 nanorods on graphene nanoplates for transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds

M. Gopiraman, S. Ganesh Babu, Z. Khatri, K. Wei, R. Karvembu and I. S. Kim

Catal. Sci. Technol. 3(6), 1485-1489 (2013)

 

72. Copper(II) oxide on aluminosilicate mediated Heck coupling of styrene with aryl halides in water

S. Ganesh Babu, N. Neelakandeswari, N. Dharmaraj, S. David Jackson and R. Karvembu

RSC Adv. 3(21), 7774-7781 (2013)

 

71. Synthesis, structural characterization and cytotoxicity of nickel(II) complexes containing 3,3-dialkyl/aryl-1-benzoylthiourea ligands

N. Selvakumaran, A. Pratheepkumar, S.W. Ng, E.R.T. Tiekink and R. Karvembu

Inorg. Chim. Acta 404(1), 82-87 (2013)

 

70. An efficient, reusable copper-oxide/carbon-nanotube catalyst for N-arylation of imidazole

M. Gopiraman, S. Ganesh Babu, Z. Khatri, W. Kai, Y. A. Kim, M. Endo,

R. Karvembu and I. S. Kim

Carbon 62, 135-148 (2013)

 

69. Dry synthesis of easily tunable nano ruthenium supported on graphene – Novel nanocatalysts for aerial oxidation of alcohols and transfer hydrogenation of ketones

M. Gopiraman, S. Ganesh Babu, Z. Khatri, W. Kai, Y.A. Kim, M. Endo, R. Karvembu and I.S. Kim

J. Phys. Chem. C 117(45), 23582-23596 (2013)

 

68. Immobilization of Ru(III) complex on silica: A heterogeneous catalyst for oxidation of alcohols in water at room temperature 

S. Ganesamoorthy, M. Muthu Tamizh, K. Shanmugasundaram and R. Karvembu

Tetrahedron Lett. 54(51), 7035-7039 (2013)

 

67. Antibacterial activities of 4-substituted-2-[(E)-{[(1S,2R)/(1R,2S)-1-hydroxy-1-phenylpropan-2-ylimino}methyl]phenol

M. Muthu Tamizh, D. Kesavan, P.M. Sivakumar,  K. Mereiter, M. Deepa, K. Kirchner, M. Doble, R. Karvembu

Chem. Biol. Drug Des. 79(2), 177-185 (2012)

 

66. Adsorption and corrosion inhibition behavior of N-(phenylcarbamothioyl) benzamide on mild steel in acidic medium

M. Gopiraman, N. Selvakumaran, D. Kesavan and R. Karvembu

Prog. Org. Coat. 73(1), 104-111 (2012)

 

65. The catalytic effect of MnOx and CoOx on the decomposition of nitrobenzene in a non-thermal plasma reactor

J. Karuppiah, R. Karvembu and Ch. Subrahmanyam

Chem. Eng. J. 180, 39-45 (2012) (Top cited paper 2011 and 2012)

 

64. Tris-chelate complexes of cobalt(III) with N-[di(alkyl/aryl)carbamothioyl] benzamide derivatives: Synthesis, crystallography and catalytic activity in TBHP oxidation of alcohols

N. Gunasekaran, P. Jerome, S. W. Ng, E. R. T. Tiekink and R. Karvembu

J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 353-354, 156-162 (2012)

 

63. Preparation and characterization of nickel aluminosilicate nanocomposites for transfer

hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds

N. Neelakandeswari, G. Sangami, P. Emayavaramban, S. Ganesh Babu, R. Karvembu and N. Dharmaraj

J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 356, 90-99 (2012)

 

62. Hypodentate coordination of N-[(dibenzyl/methylpentyl)carbamothioyl] benzamide in Cu(I) complexes

N. Gunasekaran, S. W. Ng, E. R. T. Tiekink and R. Karvembu

Polyhedron 34(1), 41-45 (2012)

 

61. Ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes containing ‘pincer like’ ONS donor Schiff base and triphenylphosphine as catalyst for selective oxidation of alcohols at room temperature

M. Muthu Tamizh, K. Mereiter, K. Kirchner and R. Karvembu

J. Organomet. Chem. 700, 194-201 (2012) (Top cited paper 2012-2013)

 

60. Novel binuclear palladium(II) complexes of 2-oxo-quinoline-3-carbaldehyde Schiff bases: Synthesis, structure and catalytic applications

S. Priyarega, D. Senthil Raja, S. Ganesh Babu, R. Karvembu, T. Hashimoto, Endo and K. Natarajan

Polyhedron 34(1), 143-148 (2012)

 

59. Copper(II) complexes with ONS donor ligand and triphenylphosphine: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications

S. Priyarega, M. Muthu Tamizh, S. Ganesh Babu, R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Indian J. Chem. 51A, 453-457 (2012)

 

58. Copper ion mediated selective cleavage of C–S bond in ferrocenylthiosemicarbazone forming mixed geometrical [(PPh3)Cu(m-S)2Cu(PPh3)2] having Cu2S2 core: Toward a new avenue in copper-sulfur chemistry

R. Prabhakaran, P. Kalaivani, S.V. Renukadevi, R. Huang, K. Senthil Kumar, R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Inorg. Chem. 51(6), 3525-3532 (2012)

 

57. Mesoporous nickel hydroxyapatite nanocomposite for microwave-assisted Henry reaction

N. Neelakandeswari, G. Sangami, P. Emayavaramban, R. Karvembu, N. Dharmaraj, H.Y. Kim

Tetrahedron Lett. 53(24), 2980-2984 (2012)

Highlighted in ChemInform 43(39), 2002

 

56. Chemical and physical interactions of 1-benzoyl-3,3-disubstituted thiourea derivatives on mild steel surface – Corrosion inhibition in acidic medium

M. Gopiraman, N. Selvakumaran, D. Kesavan and R. Karvembu

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 51(23), 7910-7922 (2012)

 

55. Cu/Al(O)OH-Catalyzed formation of b-enamino ketones and esters under solvent, ligand and base free conditions – Experimental and computational studies                                                                                                                                   

S. Ganesh Babu, Brijith Thomas, A. Nijamudeen, A. Datta and R. Karvembu

Catal. Sci. Technol. 2(9), 1872-1878 (2012)

Highlighted in ChemInform 44(9), 2013

 

54. Nonthermal plasma assisted photocatalytic oxidation of dilute benzene                   

J. Karuppiah, L. Sivachandiran, R. Karvembu and Ch. Subrahmanyam

J. Chem. Sci. 124(4), 841-845 (2012)

 

53. Physicochemical studies of 4-substituted N-(2-mercaptophenyl)- salicylideneimines: Corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acid medium

D. Kesavan, M. Muthu Tamizh, M. Gopiraman, N. Sulochana and R. Karvembu

J. Surfact. Deterg. 15(5), 567-576 (2012)

 

52. Synthesis of triethylphosphite complexes of Ni(II) and Pd(II) with tridentate Schiff base ligand for catalytic application in carbon–carbon coupling reactions 

M. Muthu Tamizh and R. Karvembu

Inorg. Chem. Commun. 25(1), 30-34 (2012)

 

51. Abatement of mixture of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a catalytic nonthermal plasma reactor

J. Karuppiah, E. Linga Reddy, P. Manoj Kumar Reddy, B. Ramaraju, R. Karvembu and Ch. Subrahmanyam

J. Hazard. Mat. 237-238(1), 283-289 (2012)

 

50. 2-[(E)-{(1S,2R)-1-Hydroxy-1-phenylpropan-2-ylimino}methyl]phenol for inhibition of acid corrosion of AISI 1010 steel

D. Kesavan, M. Muthu Tamizh, N. Sulochana and R. Karvembu

J. Surfact. Deterg. 15(6), 751-756 (2012)          

 

49. Copper on boehmite: A simple, selective, efficient and reusable heterogeneous catalyst for aerobic oxidation of alcohols with periodic acid in water at room temperature

S. Ganesh Babu, P. Aruna Priyadarsini and R. Karvembu

Applied Catal. A: Gen. 392(1-2), 218-224 (2011)

 

48. Preparation, spectroscopy, EXAFS, electrochemistry and pharmacology of new ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes containing ferrocenylthiosemicarbazone and triphenylphosphine / arsine

R. Prabhakaran, S. Anantharaman, M. Thilagavathi, M.V. Kaveri, P. Kalaivani, R. Karvembu, N. Dharmaraj, H. Bertagnolli, F. Dallemer and K. Natarajan

Spectrochim. Acta Part A 78(2), 844-853 (2011)

 

47. Ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes with N-[di(alkyl/aryl)carbamothioyl] benzamide derivatives and  triphenylphosphine as effective catalysts for oxidation of alcohols

N. Gunasekaran, N. Remya, S. Radhakrishnan and R. Karvembu

J. Coord. Chem. 64(3), 491-501 (2011)

 

46. Catalytic plasma reactor for abatement of dilute nitrobenzene

J. Karuppiah, L. Sivachandiran, R. Karvembu and Ch. Subrahmanyam

Chin. J. Catal. 32(5), 795-799 (2011)

 

45. Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and catalytic oxidation properties of ONO / ONS donor Schiff base ruthenium(III) complexes containing PPh3 / AsPh3

S. Priyarega, M. Muthu Tamizh, R. Karvembu, R. Prabhakaran and K. Natarajan

J. Chem. Sci. 123(3), 319-325 (2011)

 

44. Effect of metal based additive on performance emission and combustion characteristics of diesel engine fuelled with biodiesel

G. R. Kannan, R. Karvembu and R. Anand

Applied Energy 88(11), 3694-3703 (2011)

 

43. Topoisomerase II inhibition activity of new square planar Ni(II) complexes containing N-substituted thiosemicarbazones: Synthesis, spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography and electrochemical characterization

R. Prabhakaran, R. Sivasamy, J. Angayarkanni, R. Huang, P. Kalaivani, R. Karvembu, F. Dallemer, K.Natarajan

Inorg. Chim. Acta 374(1), 647-653 (2011)

 

42. CuO Nanoparticles: A simple, effective, ligand free and reusable heterogeneous catalyst for N-arylation of benzimidazole

S. Ganesh Babu and R. Karvembu

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 50(16), 9594-9600 (2011)

 

41. Versatile coordination behavior of N,N-di(alkyl/aryl)-N′-benzoylthiourea ligands: Synthesis, crystal structure and cytotoxicity of palladium(II) complexes

N. Selvakumaran, S. W. Ng, E. R.T. Tiekink, R. Karvembu

Inorg. Chim. Acta 376(1), 278-284 (2011)

 

40. Monodentate coordination of  N-[di(phenyl/ethyl)carbamothioyl]benzamide ligands: Synthesis, crystal structure and catalytic oxidation property of Cu(I) complexes

N. Gunasekaran, P. Ramesh, M.N. Ponnusamy and R. Karvembu

Dalton Trans. 40, 12519-12526 (2011)

 

39. Studies on ruthenium(III) chalcone thiosemicarbazone complexes as catalysts for carbon-carbon coupling reactions

M. Muthukumar, S. Sivakumar, P. Viswanathamurthi, R. Karvembu, R. Prabhakaran, K. Natarajan

J. Coord. Chem., 63(2), 296-306 (2010)

 

38. Catalytic oxidation of alcohols by nickel(II) Schiff base complexes containing triphenylphosphine in ionic liquid: An attempt towards green oxidation process

D. Ramakrishna, B.R. Bhat and R. Karvembu

Catal. Commun. 11(1), 498-501 (2010)

 

37. Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic applications of Ru(III) complexes containing N-[di(alkyl/aryl)carbamothioyl]benzamide derivatives and  triphenylphosphine / triphenylarsine

N. Gunasekaran and R. Karvembu

Inorg. Chem. Commun. 13(8), 952-955 (2010)

 

36. NMR (1D & 2D) and X-ray crystallographic studies of Ni(II) complex with N-(2-mercaptophenyl)-4-methoxysalicylideneimine and triphenylphosphine

M. Muthu Tamizh, B. Varghese, A. Endo and R. Karvembu

Spectrochim. Acta Part A 77(2), 411-418 (2010)

 

35. Studies on ruthenium(III) chalconate complexes containing PPh3 / AsPh3

M. Muthukumar, P. Viswanathamurthi, R. Karvembu

Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon 185(11), 2201-2211 (2010)

 

34. Catalytic nonthermal plasma reactor for the abatement of low concentrations of isopropanol

J. Karuppiah, L. Sivachandiran, R. Karvembu and Ch. Subrahmanyam

Chem. Eng. J. 165(1), 194-199 (2010)

 

33. Synthesis, crystal structures and spectral studies of square planar nickel(II) complexes containing ONS donor Schiff base and triphenylphosphine

M. Muthu Tamizh, K. Mereiter, K. Kirchner, B. R. Bhat and R. Karvembu

Polyhedron, 28 (11), 2157-2164 (2009)

 

32. Mild oxidation of alcohols with periodic acid catalyzed by [Ru(acac)2(CH3CN)2]PF6 in water

S. Ganesamoorthy, K. Shanmugasundaram and R. Karvembu

Catal. Commun., 10(14), 1835-1838 (2009)

 

31. Structural and biological studies of mononuclear palladium(II) complexes of N-substituted thiosemicarbazones

R. Prabhakaran, S.V. Renukadevi, R. Karvembu, R. Huang, J. Mautz, G. Huttner, R. Subash Kumar and K. Natarajan

Eur. J. Med. Chem., 43(2), 268-273 (2008)

 

30. Coordination behaviour of ferrocenylthiosemicarbazone in a novel hetero trinuclear nickel(II) complex: Synthesis, spectral, electrochemistry and X-ray crystallography

R. Prabhakaran, R. Huang, S.V. Renukadevi, M. Zeller, R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Inorg. Chim. Acta, 361(8), 2547-2552 (2008)

 

29. Formation of unusual ruthenium(III) carbonyl complex through ONS tricoordination of salicylaldehyde-N-phenylthiosemicarbazone

R. Prabhakaran, R. Huang, R. Karvembu, C. Jayabalakrishnan and K. Natarajan

Inorg. Chim. Acta, 360(2), 691-694 (2007)

 

28. Synthetic and catalytic investigations of ruthenium(III) complexes with triphenylphosphine / triphenylarsine and tridentate Schiff base

S. Priyarega, R. Prabhakaran, K.R. Aranganayagam, R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Appl. Organometal. Chem., 21(9), 788-793 (2007)

 

27. Synthesis, spectral, catalytic and antimicrobial studies of PPh3 / AsPh3 complexes of Ru(II) with dibasic tridentate ONS donor ligands

K. P. Balasubramanian, R. Karvembu, R. Prabhakaran, V. Chinnusamy and K. Natarajan

Spectrochim. Acta Part A, 68(1), 50-54 (2007)

 

26. Syntheses, spectral, electrochemical and catalytic studies of new Ru(III) tetradentate Schiff base complexes

S. Manivannan, R. Prabhakaran, K.P. Balasubramanian, V. Dhanabal, R. Karvembu, V. Chinnusamy and K. Natarajan

Appl. Organometal. Chem., 21(11), 952-957 (2007)

 

25. Spectral, redox and catalytic studies of triphenylphosphine / triphenylarsine complexes of ruthenium(III) with N,O donor ligands derived from 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde and primary amines

V. Mahalingam, R. Karvembu, V. Chinnusamy and K. Natarajan
Spectrochim. Acta Part A, 64(4), 886-890 (2006)

 

24. Ru/g-Al2O3 as reusable catalyst for dehydrogenation of alcohols without hydrogen acceptor

R. Karvembu and S. Priyarega

React. Kinet. Catal. Lett., 88(2), 333-338 (2006)

 

23. Formation of structurally different solvated and non-solvated [Ni(PTSC)(PPh3)] (PTSC = Salicylaldehyde-N-phenylthiosemicarbazide anion) crystals from single pot

R. Prabhakaran, R. Karvembu, T. Hashimoto, K. Shimizu and K. Natarajan

Inorg. Chim. Acta, 358(6), 2093-2096 (2005)

 

22. Mixed ligand triphenylphosphine / arsine Schiff base complexes of ruthenium(II) and their catalytic activities towards oxidation of alcohols

P. Viswanathamurthi, A. Geetha, R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Indian J. Chem., 44A, 90-93 (2005)

 

21. Ruthenium(II) complexes containing bidentate Schiff bases and triphenylphosphine or triphenylarsine

P. Viswanathamurthi, R. Karvembu, V. Tharaneeswaran and K. Natarajan

J. Chem. Sci., 117(3), 235-238 (2005)

 

20. Synthesis, characterization and catalytic studies of Ru(II) Schiff base complexes

S. Kanchanadevi, K.P. Balasubramanian, V. Chinnusamy, R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Transition Met. Chem., 30(3), 330-333 (2005)

 

19. Synthesis and spectral studies of [RuCl(CO)(L)(PPh3)(B)] (HL = 2¢-hydroxychalcones and B = PPh3, pyridine or piperidine) and their catalytic and biological applications

M.V. Kaveri, R. Prabhakaran, R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Spectrochim. Acta Part A, 61(13-14), 2915-2918 (2005)

 

18. Ru/Al2O3-catalyzed transfer dehydrogenation of alcohols

R. Karvembu, R. Prabhakaran, K. Senthilkumar, P. Viswanathamurthi and K. Natarajan

React. Kinet. Catal. Lett., 86(1), 211-216 (2005)

 

17. New ruthenium(III) complexes with tridentate Schiff base and their catalytic activity towards oxidation of alcohols

K. Saridha, R. Karvembu, P. Viswanathamurthi and S. Yasodhai

Synth. React. Inorg. Met.-Org. Nano-Met. Chem., 35(9), 707-711 (2005)

 

16. Synthesis, characterization, electrochemistry, catalytic and biological activities of ruthenium(III) complexes containing dibasic tridentate Schiff bases

K. P. Balasubramanian, R. Karvembu, V. Chinnusamy and K. Natarajan

Indian J. Chem., 44A, 2450-2454 (2005)

 

15. Alumina-supported ruthenium catalysts for the racemization of secondary alcohols

W.H. Kim, R. Karvembu and J. Park

Bull. Korean Chem. Soc., 25(6), 931-933 (2004)

Highlighted in ChemInform, 35(45), 2004.

 

14. Synthesis of aminocyclopentadienyl ruthenium chloride

R. Karvembu, J.H. Choi and J. Park

Inorg. Chem. Commun., 7(8), 988-989 (2004)

 

13. Synthesis, characterization, EXAFS investigation and antibacterial activities of new Ru(III) complexes containing tetradentate Schiff base complexes

R. Prabhakaran, A. Geetha, M. Thilagavathi, R. Karvembu, Venkata Krishnan, H. Bertagnolli and K. Natarajan

J. Inorg. Biochem., 98(12), 2131-2140 (2004)

 

12. Ruthenium(II) complexes containing triphenylphosphine / triphenylarsine and bidentate Schiff bases derived from 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde and primary amines

K.P. Balasubramanian, V. Chinnusamy, R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Transition Met. Chem., 29(6), 644-648 (2004)

 

11. Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activities of ruthenium complexes containing triphenylphosphine / triphenylarsine and tetradentate Schiff bases

R. Karvembu, S. Hemalatha, R. Prabhakaran and K. Natarajan

Inorg. Chem. Commun., 6(5), 486-490 (2003)

 

10. Ruthenium(III)  Schiff base complexes: Catalytic activity in aryl-aryl coupling reaction and antimicrobial activity

C. Jayabalakrishnan, R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Synth. React. Inorg. Met.-Org. Chem., 33(9), 1535-1553 (2003)

 

9. Synthesis and antifungal activities of Schiff bases derived from 3-amino-2H-pyrano(2.3-b)quinolin-2-ones

S. P. Rajendran and R. Karvembu

Indian J. Chem., 41B, 222-224, (2002)

Highlighted in ChemInform 33(19), 2002

 

8. Synthesis and spectral studies of binuclear ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes containing bis(b-diketones) and their applications

R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Polyhedron, 21(2), 219-223 (2002)

 

7. Synthesis, characterisation, catalytic and biocidal studies of ruthenium(III) complexes containing thiosemicarbazones of b-diketoesters.

C. Jayabalakrishnan, R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Synth. React. Inorg. Met.-Org. Chem., 32(6), 1099-1113 (2002)

 

6. Synthetic, catalytic and biological studies of new binuclear ruthenium(II) complexes containing thiobis(b-diketones) and triphenylphosphine

R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Polyhedron, 21(17), 1721-1727 (2002)

 

5. Thiobis(b-diketonato)-bridged binuclear ruthenium(III) complexes containing triphenylphosphine or triphenylarsine: synthetic, spectral, catalytic and antimicrobial studies

R. Karvembu, C. Jayabalakrishnan and K. Natarajan

Transition Met. Chem., 27(6), 574-579 (2002)

 

4. Binuclear ruthenium(III) complexes: synthesis, characterisation, catalytic activity in aryl-aryl couplings and antifungal activity

R. Karvembu, C. Jayabalakrishnan, N. Dharmaraj, S.V. Renukadevi and K. Natarajan

Transition Met. Chem., 27(6), 631-638 (2002)

 

3. Catalytic and antimicrobial activities of new ruthenium(II) unsymmetrical Schiff base complexes

C. Jayabalakrishnan, R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Transition Met. Chem., 27(7), 790-794 (2002)

2. Synthesis, characterisation, electrochemistry and biological activities of dicarboxylato bridged binuclear ruthenium(III) complexes

R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Synth. React. Inorg. Met.-Org. Chem., 31(5), 743-756 (2001)

1. Monofunctional bidentate Schiff base complexes of ruthenium(III) containing triphenylphosphine or triphenylarsine

R. Ramesh, N. Dharmaraj, R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan

Indian J. Chem., 39A, 1079-1082 (2000)

 

 

 

 

 

222. Synthesis of 2-substituted quinoline derivatives using [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2-ferrocene thioamide catalytic system via acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling
Aswathi R. N. E. and R. Karvembu
J. Organomet. Chem. 1010, 123102 (2024)

 

221. Effect of coordination mode of thiosemicarbazone on the biological activities of its Ru(II)-benzene complexes: Biomolecular interactions and anticancer activity via ROS-mediated mitochondrial apoptosis
J. Haribabu, R. Arulkumar, D. Mahendiran, K. Jeyalakshmi, S. Swaminathan, P. Venuvanalingam, N. Bhuvanesh, J. F. Santibanez and R. Karvembu
Inorg. Chim. Acta 565, 121973 (2024)

 

220. Bis(acylthiourea) compounds as enzyme inhibitors: Synthesis, characterization, crystal structures and in silico molecular docking studies

P. Jerome, J. Haribabu, D. P. Dorairaj, M. Azam, G. Madhavan, D. Gayathri, R. Ramirez-Tagle, N. Bhuvanesh, M. J. Gallardo-Nelson, T. H. Oh and    R. Karvembu

J. Mol. Struct. 1297, 136977 (2024)

219. Synthesis of a novel dinuclear ruthenium(III) ONO pincer complex containing a M–M bond: An XRD study

P. Jerome, S. Swaminathan, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, T. H. Oh and R. Karvembu
J. Struct. Chem. 64(11), 2082-2089 (2023)

218. Synthesis, spectral confrmation, structural interactions, electronic characteristics, docking, and dynamic stability of twin chiral carboxamide
M. Mohanbabu, P. N. Sathishkumar, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, R. Karvembu, K. Saravanan, E. Vinoth and S. Aravindhan

J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron. 34, 1913 (2023)

217. Michael addition-driven synthesis of cytotoxic palladium(II) complexes from chromone thiosemicarbazones: Investigation of anticancer activity through in vitro and in vivo studies
J. Haribabu, N. Balakrishnan, S. Swaminathan, D. P. Dorairaj, M. Azam, M. K. M. Subarkhan, Y.-L. Chang, S. C. N. Hsu, P. Starha and R. Karvembu
New J. Chem. 47, 15748-15759 (2023) 

 

216. Cytotoxicity of copper(I) complexes containing indole-based thiosemicarbazones and triphenylphosphine
P. A. Doss, J. Haribabu, N. Balakrishnan, S. Swaminathan, J. A. Pino, N. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
Chemistry Select 8(29), e202301277 (2023)​

215.  Ru(II)-p-cymene complexes of furoylthiourea ligands for anticancer applications against breast cancer cells
D. P. Dorairaj, J. Haribabu, M. Dharmasivam, R. E. Malekshah, M. K. M. Subarkhan, C. Echeverria and R. Karvembu
Inorg. Chem. 62(30), 11761-11774 (2023)

214. N,N′,N′′-Trisubstituted guanidine derivatives as DNA-intercalators: Synthesis, crystal structures and biophysical investigations
R. D. Priyadharshini, P. N. Sathishkumar, M. Bensingh, N. Bhuvanesh, K. N. Vennila, R. Karvembu and K. P. Elango
New J. Chem. 47, 14185-14194 (2023)

213.  Anti-proliferative potential of copper(I) acylthiourea complexes with triphenylphosphine against breast cancer cells
D. P. Dorairaj, J. Haribabu, D. Mahendiran, R. E. Malekshah, S. C. N. Hsu and R. Karvembu
Appl. Organometal. Chem. 37(6), e7087 (2023)

212.  Synthesis, characterization, cytotoxicity evaluation and molecular docking with DNA, bovine serum albumin and SARS-Cov-2 of copper complexes bearing tris-(2-pyridyl)-pyrazolyl borate ligand
M. Narwane, D. P. Dorairaj, G. Roymahapatra, Y.-L. Chang, Y.-T. Chu, S.-P. Hsu, R. Karvembu and S. C. N. Hsu
Appl. Organometal. Chem. 37(6), e7081 (2023)

211. Solvent-free synthesis of substituted benzimidazoles and quinazolinones via acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling using ferrocene-hrdrazone-based Ru(II)-p-cymene catalysts
Aswathi R. N. E., M. Yadav, M. Muthu Tamizh, N. Bhuvanesh, S. Sarkar and R. Karvembu
Asian J. Org. Chem. 12(13), e202200675 (2023)

210. Hinged bipodal furoylthiourea-based Ru(II)-arene complexes: Effect of (ortho, meta, or para)-substitution on coordination and anticancer activity
S. Swaminathan, J. Haribabu, M. Dharmasivam, N. Maroli, J. P. Jayadharini, N. Balakrishnan, N. Bhuvanesh, C. Echeverria and R. Karvembu 
Inorg. Chem. 62(8), 3679-3691 (2023)

209. Influence of indole-N substitution of thiosemicarbazones in cationic Ru(II)(η6-benzene) complexes on their anticancer activity
N. Balakrishnan, J. Haribabu, M. Dharmasivam, J. P. Jayadharini, D. Anandakrishnan, S. Swaminathan, N. Bhuvanesh, C. Echeverria and R. Karvembu
Organometallics 42(3), 259-275 (2023)

208. Ru(II)-p-cymene complexes containing hydrazone ligands catalyzed α-alkylation of ketones and one-pot synthesis of bioactive quinolines and 3-(quinolin-2-yl)-2H-chromen-2-one
H. Rajasekaran, D. P. Dorairaj, N. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
J. Organomet. Chem. 987-988, 122622 (2023)

207.  Friedel–Crafts alkylation of indoles with beta-nitroalkenes using ammonium niobium oxalate as a recyclable catalyst
R. J. Deepak, P. N. Sathishkumar and R. Karvembu
New J. Chem. 46, 23305-23311 (2022)

206. Palladium(II) O^S thioamide complexes catalyzed Guerbet type reaction: β-Alkylation of cyclohexanol with primary alcohols
H. Rajasekaran, A. Retnakaran, D. P. Dorairaj and R. Karvembu
Tetrahedron Lett. 113, 154248 (2022)

205. Green synthesis of a redox-active riboflavin integrated Ni-MOF and its versatile electrocatalytic applications towards oxygen evolution and reduction, and HMF oxidation reactions
P. Sekar, P. Vasanthakumar, R. Shanmugam, S. Senthil Kumar, S. Agnoli, R. J. Deepak, K. Murugan, N. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
Green Chem. 24(23), 9233-9244 (2022)

204. Electrochemical sensing of doxepin using acylthiourea-modified glassy carbon electrode
A. Kalaiyarasi, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, R. Karvembu and V. M. Biju

Phosphorus Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem. 197(7), 697-704 (2022)

 

203. Pd(II)–PPh3 complexes of halogen substituted acylthiourea ligands: Biomolecular interactions and in vitro anti-proliferative activity
D. P. Dorairaj, J. Haribabu, Y.-L. Chang, C. Echeverria, S. C. N. Hsu and R. Karvembu
Appl. Organometal. Chem. 36(8), e6765 (2022)

202. Coordination behavior of acylthiourea ligands in their Ru(II)-benzene complexes - Structures and anticancer activity
S. Swaminathan, J. Haribabu, M. K. M. Subarkhan, G. Manonmani, K. Senthilkumar, N. Balakrishnan, N. Bhuvanesh, C. Echeverria and R. Karvembu
Organometallics 41(13), 1621-1630 (2022)

201. Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted benzimidazoles via acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling using Ru(II)-arene catalysts containing ferrocene thiosemicarbazone
Aswathi R. N. E., D. Sindhuja, N. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2022(18), e202200181 (2022)

200. Impact of denticity of chromone/chromene thiosemicarbazones in the ruthenium(II)-DMSO complexes on their cytotoxicity against breast cancer cells
N. Balakrishnan, J. Haribabu, D. Mahendiran, S. Swaminathan and R. Karvembu
Appl. Organometal. Chem. 36(7), e6750 (2022)

 

199. Bidentate acylthiourea ligand anchored Pd-PPh3 complexes with biomolecular binding, cytotoxic, antioxidant and antihemolytic properties

D. P. Dorairaj, J. Haribabu, P. V. S. Shashankh, Y.-L. Chang, C. Echeverria, S. C. N. Hsu and R. Karvembu
J. Inorg. Biochem. 233, 111843 (2022)

198. Synthesis, in silico and in vitro studies of piperazinyl thiourea derivatives as apoptosis inducer for the treatment of colorectal carcinoma
P. V. S. Sashankh, D. P. Dorairaj, J.-Y. Chen, Y.-L. Chang, K. Chand, R. Karvembu, C.-M. Chien and S. C. N. Hsu
J. Mol. Struct. 1262, 133086 (2022)

197. Synthesis, characterization, crystal structure, hirshfeld surface analysis and DFT calculations of N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)furan-2-carboxamide and its molecular docking
M. Mohanbabu, P. N. Sathishkumar, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, R. Karvembu, K. Saravanan, E. Vinoth and S. Aravindhan
J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron. 33, 9616–9628 (2022)

196. Regional differences in bile acid composition in gallbladder bile
J. R. Ramya, M. Jain, M. Mary Sheeba, K. Thanigaiarul, R. Karvembu, V. Srinivasan, V. Vaithiswaran, S. N. Kalkura and J. Venkataraman
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy Practice 2(2), 47-50 (2022)

195. Half-sandwich Ru(II)-thioamide complexes as catalysts for one pot synthesis of aromatic 1,5-diketones
H. Rajasekaran, P. Jerome, E. V. Eliseenkov, V. P. Boyarskiy, N. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
J. Organomet. Chem. 965-966, 122322 (2022)

 

194. Multiple ion (Al3+, Cr3+, Fe3+, and Cu2+) sensing using a cell-compatible rhodamine-phenolphthalein-derived Schiff-base probe
B. Das, A. Ghosh, D. P. Dorairaj, M. Dolai, R. Karvembu, S. Mabhai, H. Im, S. Dey, A. Jana and A. Misra
J. Mol. Liq. 354, 118824 (2022)

 

193. Dopant-free main group elements supported covalent organic−inorganic hybrid conducting polymer for sodium-ion battery application

S. Vedachalam, P. Sekar, C. Nithya, N. Murugesh and R. Karvembu
ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 5(1), 557-566 (2022)

192. Effect of N-benzyl group in indole scaffold of thiosemicarbazones on the biological activity of their Pd(II) complexes: DFT, biomolecular interactions, in silico docking, ADME and cytotoxicity studies

N. Balakrishnan, J. Haribabu, R. E. Malekshah, S. Swaminathan, C. Balachandran, N. Bhuvanesh, S. Aoki and R. Karvembu
Inorg. Chim. Acta 534, 120805 (2022)

 

191. Design and synthesis of heterocyclic azole based bioactive compounds: Molecular structures, quantum simulation, and mechanistic studies through docking as multi-target inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 and cytotoxicity

J. Haribabu, V. Garisetti, R. E. Malekshah, S. Srividya, D. Gayathri, N. Bhuvanesh, R. V. Mangalaraja, C. Echeverria and R. Karvembu

J. Mol. Struct. 1250, 131782 (2022)

190Tris-(2-pyridyl)-pyrazolyl borate zinc(II) complexes: Synthesis, DNA/protein binding and in vitro cytotoxicity studies
M. Narwane, D. P. Dorairaj, Y.-L. Chang, R. Karvembu, Y.-H. Huang, H.-W. Chang and S. C. N. Hsu

Molecules 26, 7341 (2021)

 

189. Mixed-metal MOFs as efficient catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of furfural, levulinic acid and other carbonyl compounds

P. Vasanthakumar, D. Senthil Raja, D. Sindhuja, S. Swaminathan and R. Karvembu
Mol. Catal. 516, 112004 (2021)

 

188. Impact of aliphatic acyl and aromatic thioamide substituents on the anticancer activity of Ru(II)-p-cymene complexes with acylthiourea ligands - In vitro and in vivo studies

S. Swaminathan, J. Haribabu, M. K. M. Subarkhan, D. Gayathri, N. Balakrishnan, N. Bhuvanesh, C. Echeverria and R. Karvembu
Dalton Trans. 50, 16311-16325 (2021)

187. Synthesis, cytotoxicity and docking studies (with SARS-CoV-2) of water-soluble binuclear Ru-p-cymene complex holding indole thiosemicarbazone ligand

J. Haribabu, N. Balakrishnan, S. Swaminathan, J. Peter, D. Gayathri, C. Echeverria, N. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu

Inorg. Chem. Commun. 134, 109029 (2021)

186. Effective inhibition of insulin amyloid fibril aggregation by nickel(II) complexes containing heterocyclic thiosemicarbazones

K. Gomathi, J . Haribabu, S. Saranya , D. Gayathri , K. Jeyalakshmi , S. Sendilvelan , C. Echeverria  and R. Karvembu

Eur. Biophys. J. 50, 1069-1081 (2021)

 

185. Effect of new Pd(II)-aroylthiourea complex on pancreatic cancer cells

D. P. Dorairaj, J. Haribabu, Y.-L. Chang, S. C. N. Hsu, C. Echeverria, J. Echeverria and R. Karvembu
Inorg. Chem. Commun. 134, 109018 (2021)

 

184. Phosphazene-based covalent organic polymer decorated with NiCo2O4 nanocuboids as a trifunctional electrocatalyst: A unique replacement for the conventional electrocatalysts
P. Sekar, N. Murugesh, R. Shanmugam, S. Senthil Kumar, S. Agnoli, N. Chandran, S. Vedachalam and R. Karvembu
ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 4(9), 9341-9352 (2021)

 

183. Effect of morphology and (Sn, Cr) doping on in vitro antiproliferation properties of hydrothermally synthesized 1D GaOOH nanostructures
R. Pilliadugula, J. Haribabu, M. K. M. Subarkhan, C. Echeverria, R. Karvembu and N. Gopalakrishnan
J. Sci.: Adv. Mater. Devices 6(3), 351-363 (2021) 

 

182.   Spectroscopic, anticancer and antioxidant studies of fluxional trans-[PdCl2(S-acylthiourea)2] complexes
D. P. Dorairaj, J. Haribabu, V. Chithravel, K. N. Vennila, N. Bhuvanesh, C. Echeverria, S. C. N. Hsu and R. Karvembu
Results Chem. 3, 100157 (2021)

(Invited article for the special issue 'Inorganic Compounds of Biological Interest - Dedicated to Prof. M. Palaniandavar)

 

181.  Binding mode transformation and biological activity on the Ru(II)-DMSO complexes bearing heterocyclic pyrazolyl ligands
D. P. Dorairaj, Y.-F. Lin, J. Haribabu, T. Murugan, M. Narwane, R. Karvembu, M. A. Neelakantan, C.-L. Kao, C.-C. Chiu and S. C. N. Hsu
J. Inorg. Biochem. 223, 111545 (2021) 

180.  Ruthenium−p-cymene complexes with acylthiourea, and its heterogenized form on graphene oxide act as catalysts for the synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives
D. Sindhuja, M. Gopiraman, P. Vasanthakumar, N. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
J. Organomet. Chem. 949, 121933 (2021)

179. Structural effect of pincer Pd(II)–ONO complexes modified with acylthiourea on sizes of the In situ generated Pd nanoparticles during Heck coupling reaction
P. Jerome, S. Ganesh Babu and R. Karvembu
Catal. Lett. 151(6), 1633-1645 (2021)

178.  2′-Thiophenecarboxaldehyde derived thiosemicarbazone metal complexes of copper(II), palladium(II) and zinc(II) ions: Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, anticancer activity and DNA binding studies
M. Lavanya, J. Haribabu, K. Ramaiah, C. Suresh Yadav, R. K. Chitumalla, J. Jang, R. Karvembu, A. Varada Reddy and M. Jagadeesh
Inorg. Chim. Acta 524, 120440 (2021)

177.  Synthesis and anticancer properties of bis‐ and mono(cationic peptide) hybrids of cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes: Effect of the number of peptide units on anticancer activity
J. Haribabu, Y. Tamura, K. Yokoi, C. Balachandran, M. Umezawa, K. Tsuchiya, Y. Yamada, R. Karvembu and S. Aoki
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2021(18), 1796-1814 (2021)

176.  Tunable anticancer activity of furoylthiourea-based RuII–arene complexes and their mechanism of action
S. Swaminathan, J. Haribabu, N. K. Kalagatur, M. Nikhil, N. Balakrishnan, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, K. Kadirvelu, P. Kolandaivel and R. Karvembu
Chem. Eur. J. 27(26), 7418-7433 (2021)

175.  N-substitution in isatin thiosemicarbazones decides nuclearity of Cu(II) complexes – Spectroscopic, molecular docking and cytotoxic studies
J. Haribabu, O. I. Alajrawy, K. Jeyalakshmi, C. Balachandran, D. A. Krishnan, N. Bhuvanesh, S. Aoki, K. Natarajan and R. Karvembu
Spectrochim. Acta Part A 246, 118963 (2021)

174.  Synthesis of palladium(II) complexes via Michael addition: Antiproliferative effects through ROS-mediated mitochondrial apoptosis and docking with SARS-CoV-2
J. Haribabu, S. Srividya, D. Mahendiran, D. Gayathri, V. Venkatramu, N. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
Inorg. Chem. 59(23), 17109-17122 (2020)

173.  A convenient synthesis of iguratimod‐amine precursor via NHC‐catalyzed aldehyde‐nitrile cross coupling reaction
N. Murugesh, R. Karvembu and S. Vedachalam
Chemistry Select 5(44), 13916-13918 (2020)

172.  Unmodified maghemite from river sand as a selective catalyst for base-free transfer hydrogenation of furfural, levulinic acid and o-vanillin: A pathway for sustainable biomass conversions
P. Vasanthakumar and R. Karvembu
ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 8(46), 17069-17078 (2020)

171.  Pd(II)‐NNN pincer complexes for catalyzing transfer hydrogenation of ketones
P. Jerome, J. Haribabu, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
Chemistry Select 5(43), 13591-13597 (2020)

170. Synthesis, structure, biological/chemosensor evaluation and molecular docking studies of aminobenzothiazole Schiff bases
J. K. Suyambulingam, R. Karvembu, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, I. V. M. V. Enoch, P. M. Selvakumar, D. Premnath, C. Subramanian, P. Mayakrishnan, S.-H. Kim and I.-M. Chung
J. Adhes. Sci. Techol. 34(23), 2590-2612 (2020) 

 

169.  The base-induced regioselective radical arylation of 3-aminochromone with aryl hydrazine       
N. Murugesh, R. Karvembu and S. Vedachalam
Org. Biomol. Chem. 18, 7884-7891 (2020) 

 

168. Thiosemicarbazone(s)-anchored water soluble mono- and bimetallic Cu(II) complexes: Enzyme like activities, biomolecular interactions, anticancer property and real-time live cytotoxicity
N. Balakrishnan, J. Haribabu, A. K. Dhanabalan, S. Swaminathan, S. Sun, D. F. Dibwe, N. Bhuvanesh, S. Awale and
R. Karvembu

Dalton Trans. 49,  9411-9424 (2020)

 

167.  Synthesis and molecular structure of the zinc(II) complex bearing an N, S donor ligand
J. Haribabu, S. Priyarega, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh and R. Karvembu
J. Struct. Chem. 61(1), 66-72 (2020)

 

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