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  • Betancort, J. M., Sakthivel, K., Thayumanavan, R., Tanaka, F., Barbas, C. F. Catalytic direct asymmetric michael reactions: Addition of unmodified ketone and aldehyde donors to alkylidene malonates and nitro olefins Synthesis-Stuttgart  2004 1509-1521  DOI:10.1055/s-2004-822392
  • Thayumanavan, R., Dhevalapally, B., Sakthivel, K., Tanaka, F., Barbas, C. F. Amine-catalyzed direct diels-alder reactions of alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones with nitro olefins Tetrahedron Letters  2002 43:3817-3820  DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(02)00686-x
  • Betancort, J. M., Sakthivel, K., Thayumanavan, R., Barbas, C. F. Catalytic enantioselective direct michael additions of ketones to alkylidene malonates Tetrahedron Letters  2001 42:4441-4444  DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(01)00793-6
  • Sakthivel, K., Notz, W., Bui, T., Barbas, C. F. Amino acid catalyzed direct asymmetric aldol reactions: A bioorganic approach to catalytic asymmetric carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions Journal of the American Chemical Society  2001 123:5260-5267  DOI:10.1021/ja010037z  PMID:11457388
  • Notz, W., Sakthivel, K., Bui, T., Zhong, G. F., Barbas, C. F. Amine-catalyzed direct asymmetric mannich-type reactions Tetrahedron Letters  2001 42:199-201  DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(00)01908-0
  • Santoro, S. W., Joyce, G. F., Sakthivel, K., Gramatikova, S., Barbas, C. F. RNA cleavage by a DNA enzyme with extended chemical functionality Journal of the American Chemical Society  2000 122:2433-2439  DOI:10.1021/ja993688s  PMID:11543272
  • Sakthivel, K., Barbas, C. F. Expanding the potential of DNA for binding and catalysis: Highly functionalized dutp derivatives that are substrates for thermostable DNA polymerases Angewandte Chemie-International Edition  1998 37:2872-2875  DOI:10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19981102)37:20<2872::aid-anie2872>3.3.co;2-x