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D-Index
63
Citations
12500
World Ranking
8538
National Ranking
2448

Viresh H. Rawal 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 Viresh H. Rawal sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 193 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Viresh H. Rawal 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 Viresh H. Rawal sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Viresh H. Rawal is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Chemistry with a focus on Organic Chemistry as the main subfield. Additional areas of study include Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Materials Chemistry, and Cancer Research.

Their recent publications cover advanced methods in chemical synthesis and catalytic reactions, especially related to alkaloids and asymmetric synthesis. Notable papers include:

  • Rapid Access to 2,2-Disubstituted Indolines via Dearomative Indolic-Claisen Rearrangement: Concise, Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Hinckdentine A, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Heilonine, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Development of Mild Chemical Catalysis Conditions for m1A-to-m6A Rearrangement on RNA, 2022, ACS Chemical Biology
  • Dearomative (4 + 3) Cycloaddition Reactions of 3-Alkenylindoles and 3-Alkenylpyrroles to Afford Cyclohepta[b]indoles and Cyclohepta[b]pyrroles, 2022, Organic Letters
  • Total Synthesis of the Chlorinated Pentacyclic Indole Alkaloid (+)-Ambiguine G, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their work is frequently published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society and Organic Letters, with additional contributions to ACS Chemical Biology, Chem, and The Cambridge Structural Database.

Viresh H. Rawal collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including Sudhakar Athe, Pavel K. Elkin, Ferdinand Taenzler, Jiasu Xu, and Li Li. These collaborations have contributed to multiple publications in their research areas.

The scientist's research topics prominently include:

  • Chemical synthesis and alkaloids
  • Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Phytochemical compounds biological activities

Viresh H. Rawal has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2003.

Best Publications

  • Chiral squaramide derivatives are excellent hydrogen bond donor catalysts.

    Jeremiah P. Malerich;Koji Hagihara;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Hydrogen bonding: single enantiomers from a chiral-alcohol catalyst.

    Yong Huang;Aditya K. Unni;Avinash N. Thadani;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Squaramide‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Michael Addition of Diphenyl Phosphite to Nitroalkenes

    Ye Zhu;Jeremiah P. Malerich;Viresh H. Rawal

  • An efficient approach to Aspidosperma alkaloids via [4 + 2] cycloadditions of aminosiloxydienes: stereocontrolled total synthesis of (+/-)-tabersonine. Gram-scale catalytic asymmetric syntheses of (+)-tabersonine and (+)-16-methoxytabersonine. Asymmetric syntheses of (+)-aspidospermidine and (-)-quebrachamine.

    Sergey A. Kozmin;Tetsuo Iwama;Yong Huang;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Axially chiral biaryl diols catalyze highly enantioselective hetero-Diels-Alder reactions through hydrogen bonding.

    Aditya K. Unni;Norito Takenaka;Hisashi Yamamoto;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Enantioselective Diels–Alder reactions catalyzed by hydrogen bonding

    Avinash N. Thadani;Ana R. Stankovic;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Enantioselective α-Amination of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds Using Squaramide Derivatives as Hydrogen Bonding Catalysts

    Hideyuki Konishi;Tin Yiu Lam;Jeremiah P. Malerich;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Palladium-Catalyzed (Ullmann-Type) Homocoupling of Aryl Halides: A Convenient and General Synthesis of Symmetrical Biaryls via Inter- and Intramolecular Coupling Reactions

    D. David Hennings;and Tetsuo Iwama;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Hydrogen-Bond-Promoted Hetero-Diels−Alder Reactions of Unactivated Ketones

    Yong Huang;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Electronic and steric tuning of chiral diene ligands for rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of imines

    Kazuhiro Okamoto;Tamio Hayashi;Viresh H. Rawal

  • General synthesis of persistent trityl radicals for EPR imaging of biological systems.

    T. Jagadeeswar Reddy;Tetsuo Iwama;Howard J. Halpern;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Anion-Accelerated Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Coupling of Phenols with Aryl Halides.

    D. David Hennings;Seiji Iwasa;Viresh H. Rawal

  • A Short, Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Strychnine

    Viresh H. Rawal;Seiji Iwasa

  • Photocyclization strategy for the synthesis of antitumor agent CC-1065: synthesis of dideoxy PDE-I and PDE-II. Synthesis of thiophene and furan analogs of dideoxy PDE-I and PDE-II

    Viresh H. Rawal;Robert J. Jones;Michael P. Cava

  • General strategy for the stereocontrolled synthesis of Strychnos alkaloids: a concise synthesis of (.+-.)-dehydrotubifoline

    Viresh H. Rawal;Christophe Michoud;Robert Monestel

  • Thermolytic removal of t-butyloxycarbonyl (BOC) protecting group on indoles and pyrroles

    Viresh H. Rawal;Michael P. Cava

  • Palladium-Catalyzed C3-Benzylation of Indoles

    Ye Zhu;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Squaramide-catalyzed enantioselective Friedel–Crafts reaction of indoles with imines

    Yong Qian;Gaoyuan Ma;Aifeng Lv;Hai-Liang Zhu

  • Palladium-Catalyzed β-Allylation of 2,3-Disubstituted Indoles

    Natsuko Kagawa;Jeremiah P. Malerich;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Preparation and Diels−Alder Reactivity of 1-Amino-3-siloxy-1,3-butadienes

    Sergey A. Kozmin;Viresh H. Rawal

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Huang
Yong Huang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Michael P. Cava
Michael P. Cava University of Alabama
Jing Zhao
Jing Zhao Nanjing University
Tamio Hayashi
Tamio Hayashi National Taiwan Normal University
Hisashi Yamamoto
Hisashi Yamamoto Chubu University
Takeshi Yasumoto
Takeshi Yasumoto Tohoku University
Hai-Liang Zhu
Hai-Liang Zhu Nanjing University
Jun O. Liu
Jun O. Liu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Abraham A. Palmer
Abraham A. Palmer University of California, San Diego
Rachel Green
Rachel Green Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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