| Zinc mediated transesterification of β-ketoesters and coumarin synthesis SP Chavan, K Shivasankar, R Sivappa, R Kale Tetrahedron Letters 43 (47), 8583-8586, 2002 | 103 | 2002 |
| Studies toward the total synthesis of axinellamine and massadine R Sivappa, NM Hernandez, Y He, CJ Lovely Organic Letters 9 (20), 3861-3864, 2007 | 93 | 2007 |
| Preparation and Diels− Alder Chemistry of 4-Vinylimidazoles CJ Lovely, H Du, R Sivappa, MR Bhandari, Y He, HVR Dias The Journal of Organic Chemistry 72 (10), 3741-3749, 2007 | 88 | 2007 |
| Total synthesis of the putative structure of nagelamide D MR Bhandari, R Sivappa, CJ Lovely Organic letters 11 (7), 1535-1538, 2009 | 78 | 2009 |
| New methods of imidazole functionalization-from imidazole to marine alkaloids H Du, Y He, R Sivappa, CJ Lovely Synlett 2006 (07), 0965-0992, 2006 | 70 | 2006 |
| Transesterification of ketoesters using Amberlyst-15 SP Chavan, YT Subbarao, SW Dantale, R Sivappa Synthetic Communications 31 (2), 289-294, 2001 | 65 | 2001 |
| A facile total synthesis of rutaecarpine SP Chavan, R Sivappa Tetrahedron letters 45 (5), 997-999, 2004 | 59 | 2004 |
| A short and efficient general synthesis of luotonin A, B and E SP Chavan, R Sivappa Tetrahedron 60 (44), 9931-9935, 2004 | 47 | 2004 |
| A synthesis of camptothecin SP Chavan, R Sivappa Tetrahedron letters 45 (15), 3113-3115, 2004 | 46 | 2004 |
| Studies toward the total synthesis of the oroidin dimers HV RasikaáDias Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 7 (16), 3215-3218, 2009 | 45 | 2009 |
| Asymmetric Total Synthesis of ent-Cyclooroidin S Mukherjee, R Sivappa, M Yousufuddin, CJ Lovely Organic letters 12 (21), 4940-4943, 2010 | 42 | 2010 |
| Hydantoin-based molecular photoswitches D Martinez-Lopez, ML Yu, C García-Iriepa, PJ Campos, LM Frutos, ... The Journal of Organic Chemistry 80 (8), 3929-3939, 2015 | 41 | 2015 |
| Total synthesis of nothapodytine B and (±)-mappicine SP Chavan, R Sivappa Tetrahedron letters 45 (20), 3941-3943, 2004 | 40 | 2004 |
| Total syntheses of oroidin, hymenidin and clathrodin S Rasapalli, V Kumbam, AN Dhawane, JA Golen, CJ Lovely, ... Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 11 (25), 4133-4137, 2013 | 39 | 2013 |
| Total Synthesis of (±)-Calcaridine A and (±)-epi-Calcaridine A PB Koswatta, R Sivappa, HVR Dias, CJ Lovely Organic letters 10 (21), 5055-5058, 2008 | 35 | 2008 |
| Total synthesis of 7′-desmethylkealiiquinone HM Lima, R Sivappa, M Yousufuddin, CJ Lovely Organic letters 14 (9), 2274-2277, 2012 | 34 | 2012 |
| Oxidative reactions of tetrahydrobenzimidazole derivatives with N-sulfonyloxaziridines R Sivappa, P Koswatta, CJ Lovely Tetrahedron letters 48 (33), 5771-5775, 2007 | 28 | 2007 |
| Total synthesis of 7′-desmethylkealiiquinone, 4′-desmethoxykealiiquinone, and 2-deoxykealiiquinone HM Lima, R Sivappa, M Yousufuddin, CJ Lovely The Journal of Organic Chemistry 79 (6), 2481-2490, 2014 | 26 | 2014 |
| Intramolecular Diels–Alder chemistry of 4-vinylimidazoles Y He, P Krishnamoorthy, HM Lima, Y Chen, H Wu, R Sivappa, HVR Dias, ... Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 9 (8), 2685-2701, 2011 | 23 | 2011 |
| Studies toward total synthesis of divergolides C and D S Rasapalli, G Jarugumilli, GR Yarrapothu, JA Golen, AL Rheingold Organic letters 15 (7), 1736-1739, 2013 | 22 | 2013 |
