• 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, 4790–4799 (2015)

 

• 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, Y. Arun, N. S. P. Bhuvanesh, P. T. Perumal, A. Sreekanth and R. Karvembu,        Inorg. Chem. Front., 2, 780-798 (2015)

 

• 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, R. Karvembu, RSC Adv., 5, 46031-46049 (2015)  

 

• 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, R. Karvembu, Dalton Trans., 43, 16395-16410 (2014)

 

• 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, 17179-17195 (2014) 

 

• Highly efficient homogeneous and heterogenized ruthenium catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds, S. Ganesamoorthy, P. Jerome, K. Shanmugasundaram, R. Karvembu, RSC Adv. 4, 27955–27962 (2014)

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• Chiral (η6‑p‑Cymene)ruthenium(II) complexes containing monodentate acylthiourea ligands for efficient asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones, M. Mary Sheeba, M. Muthu Tamizh, 

       L. J. Farrugia, A. Endo, R. Karvembu, Organometallics 33, 540−550 (2014)

 

• 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, R Karvembu, RSC Adv.  3,                    7774–7781 (2013)

 

• Cu/AlO(OH)-catalyzed formation of β-enamino ketones/esters under solvent, ligand and base free conditions – experimental and computational studies, S. Ganesh Babu, Brijith Thomas,          

       A. Nijamudeen, A. Datta, R. Karvembu, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2, 1872-1878 (2012)

 

• 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, R. Karvembu, Dalton Trans. 40, 12519-12526 (2011)

 

 

 

 

• Highly active, selective, and reusable RuO2/SWCNT catalyst for Heck olefination of aryl halides,  M. Gopiraman, R. Karvembu, I. S. Kim, ACS Catal. 4, 2118−2129 (2014)  

                                

• 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, I. S. Kim,  J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 23582–23596 (2013)

 

•  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, I. S. Kim,                      Carbon 62, 135-148 (2013)

 

• Facile and homogeneous decoration of RuO2 nanorods on graphenenanoplatelets for transfer       hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds, M. Gopiraman, S. Ganesh Babu, Z. Khatri, K. Wei,           

       R. Karvembu, I. S. Kim, Catal. Sci. Technol. 3, 1485-1489 (2013)

 

• Preparation and characterization of nickel aluminosilicate nanocomposites for transfer                 hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds, N. Neelakandeswari, G. Sangami, P. Emayavaramban,      

          S. Ganesh Babu, R. Karvembu, N. Dharmaraj, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 356, 90-99 (2012)

 

• Copper Ion Mediated Selective Cleavage of C–S Bond in Ferrocenylthiosemicarbazone Forming     Mixed Geometrical [(PPh3)Cu(μ-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, K. Natarajan, Inorg. Chem. 51, 3525-3532 (2012)

                                                   

                                                       

  Publication Details

 

  Full Papers / Communications - 101

  Reviews - 3

  Structure Reports - 20

​  Book Chapter - 2

  General Article - 1

  Total Number of Publications - 125

  Total Number of Citations - 1727

  h - index - 24

  i10 -  index -  56