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D-Index
70
Citations
13739
World Ranking
6031
National Ranking
1835

T. V. RajanBabu publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where T. V. RajanBabu sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 186 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

T. V. RajanBabu D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where T. V. RajanBabu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

T. V. RajanBabu is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple disciplines within chemistry and materials science, focusing particularly on materials chemistry and organic chemistry, along with work in inorganic and physical and theoretical chemistry.

Their research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis

RajanBabu has published extensively, with notable frequent publication venues including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "A New Paradigm in Enantioselective Cobalt Catalysis: Cationic Cobalt(I) Catalysts for Heterodimerization, Cycloaddition, and Hydrofunctionalization Reactions of Olefins" (2021) in Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "α- and β-Functionalized Ketones from 1,3-Dienes and Aldehydes: Control of Regio- and Enantioselectivity in Hydroacylation of 1,3-Dienes" (2021) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Cationic Co(I) Catalysts for Regiodivergent Hydroalkenylation of 1,6-Enynes: An Uncommon cis-β-C-H Activation Leads to Z-Selective Coupling of Acrylates" (2021) in ACS Catalysis
  • "γ C-H Functionalization of Amines via Triple H-Atom Transfer of a Vinyl Sulfonyl Radical Chaperone" (2022) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Chemodivergent, Regio- and Enantioselective Cycloaddition Reactions between 1,3-Dienes and Alkynes" (2022) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Mahesh M. Parsutkar
  • James H. Herbort
  • Rémy F. Lalisse
  • Christopher M. Hadad
  • Dipshi Singh

In recognition of their contributions, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Group-transfer polymerization. 1. A new concept for addition polymerization with organosilicon initiators

    O. W. Webster;W. R. Hertler;D. Y. Sogah;W. B. Farnham

  • Selective Generation of Free Radicals from Epoxides Using a Transition-Metal Radical. A Powerful New Tool for Organic Synthesis

    T. V. RajanBabu;William A. Nugent

  • Transition-metal-centered radicals in organic synthesis. Titanium(III)-induced cyclization of epoxy olefins

    William A. Nugent;T. V. RajanBabu

  • Ligand Electronic Effects in Asymmetric Catalysis - Enhanced Enantioselectivity in the Asymmetric Hydrocyanation of Vinylarenes

    Albert L. Casalnuovo;T. V. RajanBabu;Timothy A. Ayers;Timothy H. Warren

  • Beyond nature's chiral pool: Enantioselective catalysis in industry

    William A. Nugent;T. V. RajanBabu;Mark J. Burk

  • Asymmetric Hydrovinylation Reaction

    T. V. RajanBabu

  • Stereochemistry of intramolecular free-radical cyclization reactions

    T. V. RajanBabu

  • Carbohydrate Phosphinites as Practical Ligands in Asymmetric Catalysis: Electronic Effects and Dependence of Backbone Chirality in Rh-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenations. Synthesis of R- or S-Amino Acids Using Natural Sugars as Ligand Precursors

    T. V. RajanBabu;Timothy A. Ayers;Gary A. Halliday;Kimberly K. You

  • Free radical-mediated reduction and deoxygenation of epoxides

    T. V. RajanBabu;William A. Nugent;Margaret S. Beattie

  • First chelated chiral N-heterocyclic bis-carbene complexes

    Dean S. Clyne;Jian Jin;Evan Genest;and Judith C. Gallucci

  • Intermolecular addition of epoxides to activated olefins: a new reaction

    T. V. RajanBabu;William A. Nugent

  • Electronic Amplification of Selectivity in Rh-Catalyzed Hydrogenations: D-Glucose-Derived Ligands for the Synthesis of D- or L-Amino Acids

    T. V. RajanBabu;Timothy A. Ayers;Albert L. Casalnuovo

  • 1-Methylene sugars as C-glycoside precursors

    T. V. Rajanbabu;G. S. Reddy

  • Tailored ligands for asymmetric catalysis: the hydrocyanation of vinyl arenes

    T. V. RajanBabu;Albert L. Casalnuovo

  • Stereoselective cyclization of enynes mediated by metallocene reagents

    T. V. RajanBabu;William A. Nugent;Douglass F. Taber;Paul J. Fagan

  • Role of Electronic Asymmetry in the Design of New Ligands: The Asymmetric Hydrocyanation Reaction

    T. V. RajanBabu;Albert L. Casalnuovo

  • The Hydrovinylation Reaction: A New Highly Selective Protocol Amenable to Asymmetric Catalysis

    Nobuyoshi Nomura;Jian Jin;Haengsoon Park;T. V. RajanBabu

  • Regiodivergent Ring Opening of Chiral Aziridines

    Bin Wu;Jon R. Parquette;T. V. RajanBabu

  • Enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-aziridines with TMSN3 or TMSCN catalyzed by discrete yttrium complexes.

    Bin Wu;Judith C. Gallucci;Jon R. Parquette;T. V. RajanBabu

  • Synergistic Effects of Hemilabile Coordination and Counterions in Homogeneous Catalysis: New Tunable Monophosphine Ligands for Hydrovinylation Reactions

    Malay Nandi;and Jian Jin;T. V. RajanBabu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian Jin
Jian Jin Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Christopher M. Hadad
Christopher M. Hadad The Ohio State University
Paul J. Fagan
Paul J. Fagan DuPont (United States)
Andreas Gansäuer
Andreas Gansäuer University of Bonn
Tadao Kondo
Tadao Kondo Nagoya University
Joseph C. Calabrese
Joseph C. Calabrese DuPont (United States)
Scott E. Denmark
Scott E. Denmark University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Douglass F. Taber
Douglass F. Taber University of Delaware
Mark J. Burk
Mark J. Burk Genomatica (United States)
Malcolm H. Chisholm
Malcolm H. Chisholm The Ohio State University

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