Nibbs, A. E.; Montgomery, T. D.; Zhu, Y.; Rawal, V. R. "Access to Spirocyclized Oxindoles and Inoledines via Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions of Propargyl Carbonates with 2-Oxotryptamines and Tryptamines." J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 4928-4941. pdf
 

Montgomery, T. D.; Nibbs, A. E.; Zhu, Y.; Rawal, V. H. "Rapid Access to Spirocyclized Indolenines via Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions of Tryptamine Derivitives and Propargyl Carbonate" Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 3480-3483. pdf
 

Yang, K. S.; Rawal, V. H.; "Syntesis of a-Amino Acid Derivatives and Peptides via Enantioselective Addition of Masked Acyl Cyanides to Imines" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16148-16151. pdf
 

Sumaria, C. S.; Turkmen, Y. E.; Rawal, V. H. "Non-Precious Metals Catalyze Formal [4 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactions of 1,2-Diazines and Siloxyalkynes under Ambient Conditions" Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 3236-3239. pdf
 

Turkmen, Y. E.; Rawal, V. H. "Exploring the Potential of Diarylacetylenediols as Hydrogen Bonding Catalysts" J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 8340-8353. pdf
 

Hutson, G. E.; Turkmen, Y. E.; Rawal, V. R., "Salen Promoted Enantioselective Nazarov Cyclizations of Activated and Unactivated Dienones" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 4988-4991. pdf
 

Montgomery, T. D.; Zhu, Y.; Kagawa, N.; Rawal, V. R., "Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylation and Benzylation of N-Alloc and N-Cbz Indoles" Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 1140-1143. pdf
 

Turkmen, Y. E.; Sen, S.; Rawal, V. R., "Stacks and clips: uncanny similarities in the modes of self-assembly in ternary Ag(I) complexes with 1,2-diazines and chelating heterarenes" Cryst. Eng. Comm. 2013, 15, 4221-4224. pdf
 

Zhu, Y.; Rawal, V. R., "Palldium-Catalyzed C3-Benzylation of Indoles" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 111-114. pdf
 

Turkmen, Y. E.; Montavon, T. J.; Kozmin, S. A.; Rawal, V. H., "Silver-Catalyzed Formal Inverse Electron-Demand Diels-Alder Reaction of 1,2-Diazines and Siloxy Alkynes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 9062-9065. pdf
 

Allan, K. M.; Kobayashi, K.; Rawal, V. H., "A Unified Route to the Welwitindolinone Alkaloids: Total Syntheses of   (-)-N-Methylwelwitindolinone C Isothiocyanate, (-)-N-Methylwelwitindolinone C Isonitrile, and (-)-3-Hydroxy-N-methylwelwitindolinone C Isothiocyanate," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012,134, 1392-1395. pdf
 

Bhat, V.; Allan, K. M.; Rawal, V. H., "Total Synthesis of N-Methylwelwitindolinone D Isonitrile" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 5798-5801. pdf
 

Bhat, V.; Rawal, V. H. Stereocontrolled Synthesis of 20,21-Dihydro N-Methylwelwitindolinone B Isothiocyanate," Chem. Commun 2011, 47, 9507-9707. pdf 
 

Jewett, J. C.; Rawal, V. H. Temporary Restraints to Overcome Steric Obstacles: An Efficient Strategy for the Synthesis of Mycalamide B," Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 8682-8685. pdf 
 

Zhu, Y.; Malerich, J.P.; Rawal, V.H., "Squaramide-Catalyzed Enantioselective Michael Addition of Diphenyl Phosphite to Nitroalkenes," Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 153-156.pdf 
 

Gondi, V.B.; Hagihara, K.; Rawal, V.H., "Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions of Alpha-Ketoesters Using Hydrogen Bond Catalysis," Chem. Commun. 2010,46, 904-906. pdf 
 

Gondi, V.B.; Hagihara, K.; Rawal, V.H., "Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Synthesis of Tertiary Alpha-Hydroxyphosphonates via Hydrogen Bond Catalysis," Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.2009, 47, 776-779. 
 

Malerich, J.P.; Hagihara, K.; Rawal, V.H., "Chiral Squaramide Derivatives are Excellent Hydrogen Bond Donor Catalysts," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14416-14417. pdf 
 

Okamoto, K.; Hayashi, T.; Rawal, V.H., "Simple Chiral Diene Ligands Provide High Enantioselectivities in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition Reactions," Org. Lett.2008, 10, 4387-4389. pdf 
 

Kagawa, N.; Malerich, J.P.; Rawal, V.H., "Palladium-Catalyzed beta-Allylation of 2,3-Disubstituted Indoles," Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 2381-2384. pdf 
 

Hayashida, J.; Rawal, V.H., "Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Platencin," Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2008,47, 4373-4376. pdf 
 

Hutson, G.E.; Dave, A. H.; Rawal, V. H., "Highly Enantioselective Carbonyl-Ene Reactions Catalyzed by a Hindered Silyl-Salen-Cobalt Complex," Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 3869-3872. pdf 
 

Jewett, J.C.; Rawal, V.H., "Total Synthesis of Pederin," Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 6502-6504. pdf 
 

McGilvra, J.D.; Unni, A.K.; Modi, K.; Rawal, V.H., "Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions Catalyzed by Hydrogen Bonding," Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2006,45, 6130-6133. pdf 
 

Iwama, T.; Rawal V.H., "Palladium-Catalyzed Regiocontrolled alpha-Arylation of Trimethylsilyl Enol Ethers with Aryl Halides," Org. Lett., 2006, 8, 5725-5728. pdf 
 

Huang, Q.; Rawal, V. H., "Total Synthesis of (±)-Bipinnatin J," Org. Lett., 2006, 8 (3), 543-545. pdf 
 

Sohn, J.-H.; Waizumi, N.; Rawal, V. H., "Total Synthesis of Mycalamide A," J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2005, 127 (20), 7290-7291. pdf 
 

Unni, A. K.; Takenaka, N.; Yamamoto, H.; Rawal, V. H., "Axially Chiral Biaryl Diols Catalyze Highly Enantioselective Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions through Hydrogen Bonding," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 1336-1337. pdf 
 

Thadani, A. N.; Stankovic, A. R., Rawal, V. H., " Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reactions Catalyzed by Hydrogen Bonding," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2004, 101, 5846-5850. pdf 
 

Waizumi, N.; Stankovic, A. R.; Rawal, V. H. "A General Strategy to Elisabethae Diterpenes: Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Elisapterosin B via Oxidative Cyclization of an Elisabethin Precursor," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125 (43), 13022-13023. pdf 
 

Huang, Y.; Unni, A. K.; Thadani, A. N.; Rawal, V. H., "Hydrogen bonding: Single Enantiomers From a Chiral-Alcohol Catalyst," Nature, 2003, 424, 146. pdf