| Asymmetric synthesis of the putative structure of (−)-oryzoxymycin ME Bunnage, T Ganesh, IB Masesane, D Orton, PG Steel Organic Letters 5 (3), 239-242, 2003 | 88 | 2003 |
| Recent results from natural product research at the University of Botswana RRT Majinda, BM Abegaz, M Bezabih, BT Ngadjui, CCW Wanjala, ... Pure and Applied Chemistry 73 (7), 1197-1208, 2001 | 60 | 2001 |
| An efficient synthesis of flavans from salicylaldehyde and acetophenone derivatives O Mazimba, IB Masesane, RR Majinda Tetrahedron letters 52 (50), 6716-6718, 2011 | 51 | 2011 |
| Stereoselective routes to 3-hydroxy and 3, 4-dihydroxy derivatives of 2-aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid IB Masesane, PG Steel Tetrahedron letters 45 (26), 5007-5009, 2004 | 49 | 2004 |
| Reactions of salicylaldehyde and enolates or their equivalents: versatile synthetic routes to chromane derivatives IB Masesane, ZY Desta Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 8 (1), 2166-2175, 2012 | 44 | 2012 |
| A bichalcone from the twigs of Rhus pyroides IB Masesane, SO Yeboah, J Liebscher, C Mügge, BM Abegaz Phytochemistry 53 (8), 1005-1008, 2000 | 38 | 2000 |
| Tylosema esculentum extractives and their bioactivity O Mazimba, RRT Majinda, C Modibedi, IB Masesane, A Cencič, ... Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 19 (17), 5225-5230, 2011 | 31 | 2011 |
| Flavanones of Erythrina livingstoniana with antioxidant properties KG Bedane, S Kusari, IB Masesane, M Spiteller, RRT Majinda Fitoterapia 108, 48-54, 2016 | 30 | 2016 |
| Efficient and Green Preparation of 2-Amino-4H-chromenes by a Room-Temperature, Na2CO3-Catalyzed, Three-Component Reaction of Malononitrile … IB Masesane, SO Mihigo Synthetic Communications 45 (13), 1546-1551, 2015 | 30 | 2015 |
| A comprehensive review of the oxidative cyclisation of 2’-hydroxychalcones to aurones and flavones IB Masesane Int. J. Chem. Stud 3, 53-59, 2015 | 27 | 2015 |
| Stereoselective synthesis of 3, 4, 5, 6-tetrahydroxycyclohexyl β-amino acid derivatives J Chola, IB Masesane Tetrahedron Letters 49 (39), 5680-5682, 2008 | 25 | 2008 |
| Stereoselective routes to polyhydroxylated cyclohexyl-β-amino acids IB Masesane, PG Steel Synlett 2003 (05), 0735-0737, 2003 | 25 | 2003 |
| An unexpected 1, 2-hydride shift in phosphoric acid-promoted cyclodimerization of styrene oxides under solvent-free conditions. A synthetic route towards 2, 4-disubstituted 1 … O Mazimba, RR Majinda, IB Masesane Tetrahedron Letters 50 (43), 5927-5929, 2009 | 23 | 2009 |
| The oxanorbornene approach to 3-hydroxy, 3, 4-dihydroxy and 3, 4, 5-trihydroxy derivatives of 2-aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid IB Masesane, AS Batsanov, JAK Howard, R Mondal, PG Steel Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2 (1), 9, 2006 | 23 | 2006 |
| Erylivingstone A–C with antioxidant and antibacterial activities from Erythrina livingstoniana KG Bedane, S Kusari, D Eckelmann, IB Masesane, M Spiteller, ... Fitoterapia 105, 113-118, 2015 | 21 | 2015 |
| An efficient and ecofriendly three-component reaction for the rapid synthesis of 2-Amino-4H-chromenes catalyzed by a DABCO-based ionic liquid CB Li, YW Li, DZ Xu Synthesis 50 (18), 3708-3714, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
| Reaction of ethyl acetoacetate and 2′-hydroxychalcones: efficient route to 9-aryl-6H-benzo [c] chromen-6-ones IB Masesane, O Mazimba Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia 28 (2), 289-294, 2014 | 19 | 2014 |
| A flavanone and antimicrobial activities of the constituents of extracts from Mundulea sericea O Mazimba, IB Masesane, RRT Majinda Natural product research 26 (19), 1817-1823, 2012 | 18 | 2012 |
| GC-MS analysis and antimicrobial activities of the non-polar extracts of Mundulea sericea O Mazimba, IB Masesane, RRT Majinda, A Muzila South African Journal of Chemistry 65, 50-52, 2012 | 18 | 2012 |
| Simple grinding-induced reactions of 2-aminobenzyl alcohol and benzaldehyde derivatives, a rapid synthetic route to 3, 1-benzoxazines IB Masesane, E Muriithi, TH Tabane Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia 28 (2), 301-304, 2014 | 17 | 2014 |
