Publications:

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59. Selective C- and N-Methylation of Secondary Alcohols and Nitroaromatics with Methanol Catalyzed by a New Ru(II)-Azo Complex

Santana Chakraborty, Subhankar Khanra, Sreekanta Dutta, Paula Brandão, and Nanda D. Paul

Organometallics 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00148

58. Hydrogen Bonding Interaction Enabled Ru(III)-Catalyzed Synthesis of (Multi)-Substituted Pyridines

Santana Chakraborty, Rina Sikari, Subhajit Chakraborty, Manisha Sharma, Paula Brandão, and Nanda D. Paul

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2024, DOI 10.1002/adsc.202400534

57. Fe(II)-Catalyzed Metal-Ligand Cooperative Approach for Selective C3-Alkylation of Indoles

Subhajit Chakraborty, Sutanuva Mandal, and Nanda D. Paul

Synlett, 2024, DOI: 10.1055/a-2384-6655 (Invited Article)

56. Ruthenium Catalyzed Dehydrogenative a-C–H Functionalization of b-Naphthol Using Alcohols: A Metal-Ligand Cooperative Borrowing Hydrogen Approach

Amit Kumar Guin, Santana Chakraborty, Subhankar Khanra, Arijit Singha Mohapatra, and Nanda D. Paul

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14, 3540-3549

55. Oxygen Dependent Ligand-Controlled Iron Catalyzed Chemoselective Synthesis of Olefins and Vinyl Nitriles

Amit Kumar Guin, Subhajit Chakraborty, Subhankar Khanra, Santana Chakraborty, Nanda D. Paul

Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 2540–2545 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00455

54. A Phosphine-Free Air-Stable Mn(II)-Catalyst for Sustainable Synthesis of Quinazolin-4(3H)-ones, Quinolines and Quinoxalines in Water

Sucheta Mondal, Subhajit Chakraborty, Subhankar Khanra Khanra, Santana Chakraborty, Shrestha Pal, Paula Brandao, Nanda D. Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02579

53. Zn(II)-Stabilized Azo-Anion Radical Catalyzed Sustainable C-C Bond Formation: Regioselective Alkylation of Fluorene, Oxindole, and Indoles

Subhasree Pal, Amit Kumar Guin, Subhajit Chakraborty, Nanda D. Paul

ChemCatChem 2024, accepted DOI:10.1002/cctc.202400026

52. Oxygen Dependent Switchable Selectivity during Ruthenium Catalyzed Selective Synthesis of C3-Alkylated Indoles and Bis(indolyl)methanes

Amit Kumar Guin, Subhasree Pal, Subhajit Chakraborty, Santana Chakraborty, Nanda D. Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2023, accepted DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.3c01191

51. Co-catalyzed metal-ligand cooperative approach for N-alkylation of amines and synthesis of quinolines via dehydrogenative alcohol functionalization

Sucheta Mondal, Subhasree Pal, Subhankar Khanra, Santana Chakraborty, and Nanda D. Paul

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2023, accepted DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202300263 (Invited Article)

50. N-Alkylation of Amines by C1-C10 Aliphatic Alcohols Using A Well-Defined Ru(II)-Catalyst. A Metal-Ligand Cooperative Approach

Amit Kumar Guin, Subhasree Pal, Subhajit Chakraborty, Santana Chakraborty, Nanda D. Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2023, accepted https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.3c00313

49. Zn(II)-Catalyzed Multicomponent Sustainable Synthesis of Pyridines in Air

Subhasree Pal, Siuli, Das, Subhajit Chakraborty, Subhankar Khanra, Nanda D. Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 3650–3665 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.2c02867

48. Zn(II)-Catalyzed Selective N‑Alkylation of Amines with Alcohols Using Redox Noninnocent Azo-Aromatic Ligand as Electron and Hydrogen Reservoir

Subhajit Chakraborty, Rakesh Mondal, Subhasree Pal, Amit Kumar Guin, Lisa Roy, and Nanda D. Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 771–787 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.2c01773

47. A Singlet-Diradical Co(III)-Dimer as Non-volatile Resistive Switching Device. Synthesis, Redox-Induced Interconversion and Current-Voltage Characteristics

Suman Sinha, Muhammed Sahad E, Rakesh Mondal, Siuli Das, Litty Thomas Manamel, Paula Brandão, Bas de Bruin, Bikas C. Das, and Nanda D. Paul

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 44, 20442–20451, DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.2c08941

46. Nickel Catalyzed Sustainable and Selective Alkylation of Alcohols to -Alkylated Ketones via Borrowing Hydrogen Approach

Gargi Chakraborty, Subhasree Pal, Subhajit Chakraborty and Nanda D Paul

Synlett, 2022, https://doi: 10.1055/a-1934-1056 (Invited Article, Special Issue on Chemistry and Catalysis in India)

45. Sustainable Synthesis of Pyrazoles using Alcohols as the Primary Feedstock by An Iron Catalyzed Tandem C–C and C–N Coupling Approach

Rakesh Mondal, Amit Kumar Guin, Subhasree Pal, Sucheta Mondal and Nanda D Paul

Org. Chem. Front., 2022, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QO01196D

44. Ruthenium Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Functionalization of Alcohols to Pyrroles. A Comparison between Metal-Ligand Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Approaches

Amit Kumar Guin, Rakesh Mondal, Gargi Chakraborty, Subhasree Pal and Nanda D Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.2c00311

43. Iron Catalyzed Metal-Ligand Cooperative Approach towards Sustainable Synthesis of Azines and N-Acylhydrazones in Air

Rakesh Mondal, Amit Kumar Guin, Subhajit Chakraborty and Nanda D Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c02787

42. Ligand Centered Redox Enabled Sustainable Synthesis of Triazines and Pyrimidines Using A Zinc-Stabilized Azo-Anion Radical Catalyst

Siuli Das, Rakesh Mondal, Amit Kumar Guin and Nanda D Paul

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1OB02428K

41. Metal-Ligand Cooperative Approaches in Homogeneous Catalysis Using Transition Metal Complex Catalysts of Redox Noninnocent Ligands

Rakesh Mondal, Amit Kumar Guin, Gargi Chakraborty and Nanda D. Paul

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2022,20, 296-328 (Invited Review Article) 

40. Heterocycles Synthesis by (Cross)-Dehydrogenative Coupling

Rakesh Mondal, Amit Kumar Guin and Nanda D. Paul

Handbook of CH-Functionalization (CHF), Willy 2021 (Invited Book Chapter) (accepted)

39. Iron Catalyzed Metal-Ligand Cooperative Approaches towards Sustainable Synthesis of Quinolines and

Quinazolin-4(3H)-ones

Rakesh Mondal, Gargi Chakraborty, Amit Kumar Guin, Subhasree Pal and Nanda D. Paul

Tetrahedron 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2021.132479 (Cover Page, Invited article, special issue on sustainable catalysis) 

38. Iron Catalyzed Alkyne-Based Multicomponent Synthesis of Pyrimidines under Air

Rakesh Mondal, Gargi Chakraborty, Amit Kumar Guin, Susmita Sarkar and Nanda D. Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 19, 13186–13197 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c00867)

37. Nickel Catalyzed Sustainable Synthesis of Benzazoles and Purines via Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling and Borrowing Hydrogen Approach

Gargi Chakraborty, Rakesh Mondal, Amit Kumar Guin and Nanda D. Paul

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2021, 19, 7217-7233

36. Zinc Stabilized Azo-anion Radical in Dehydrogenative Synthesis of N-Heterocycles. An Exclusively Ligand Centered Redox Controlled Approach

Siuli Das, Rakesh Mondal, Gargi Chakraborty, Amit Kumar Guin, Abhishek Das, and Nanda D. Paul

ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 7498−7512 

35. Nickel-Catalyzed [4 + 2] Annulation of Nitriles and Benzylamines by C−H/N−H Activation

Rina Sikari, Gargi Chakraborty, Amit Kumar Guin, and Nanda D. Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 279–290 

34. Cobalt Complexes of Redox Noninnocent Azo-aromatic Pincers. Isolation, Characterization, and Application as Catalyst for the Synthesis of Quinazolin-4(3H)-ones

Suman Sinha, Siuli Das, Rakesh Mondal, Sutanuva Mandal, and Nanda D. Paul

Dalton Trans 2020, 49, 8448-8459 (Back Cover)

33. Nickel Catalyzed Synthesis of Pyrimidines via Dehydrogenative Functionalization of Alcohols

Gargi Chakraborty, Rina Sikari, Rakesh Mondal, Sutanuva Mandal, and Nanda D. Paul

A. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 9, 431-436 (Special Issue on Earth-abundant Metals in Catalysis)

32. Iron Catalyzed Synthesis of Pyrimidines Under Air

Rakesh Mondal, Suman Sinha, Siuli Das, Gargi Chakraborty, and Nanda D. Paul

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 362, 594-6.

31. Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Dehydrogenative Functionalization of Alkanes to Allylic Esters

Rakesh Mondal, Gargi Chakraborty, Kaj M. van Vliet, Nicolaas P. van Leest, Bas de Bruin and Nanda D. Paul

Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2020, 119190

(Invited article on the occasion of 60th birth anniversary of Prof. G. K. Lahiri).

30. Metal-Ligand Cooperative Approach to Achieve Dehydrogenative Functionalization of Alcohols to Quinolines and Quinazolin-4(3H)-ones under Mild Aerobic Conditions

Siuli Das, Suman Sinha, Deepannita Samanta, Rakesh Mondal, Gargi Chakraborty, Paula Brandaõ,  and Nanda D. Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 10160-10171.

29. C–N Cross-Coupling Reactions Under Mild Conditions Using Singlet Di-radical Nickel(II)-Complexes as Catalyst: N-Arylation and Quinazoline Synthesis

Rina Sikari, Suman Sinha, Gargi Chakraborty, Siuli Das, Nicolaas Petrus van Leest, and Nanda D. Paul

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2019, 361, 4342–4353.

28. Achieving Nickel Catalyzed C–S Cross-Coupling under Mild Conditions Using Metal–Ligand Cooperativity

Rina Sikari, Suman Sinha, Siuli Das, Anannya Saha, Gargi Chakraborty, Rakesh Mondal, and Nanda D. Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 4072-4085.

27. Dehydrogenative Synthesis of Quinolines, 2-Aminoquinolines and Quinazolines using Singlet Di-radical Ni(II)-Catalysts

Gargi Chakraborty, Rina Sikari, Siuli Das, Rakesh Mondal, Suman Sinha, Seemika Banerjee and Nanda D. Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 2626-2641.

26. Iron-Catalyzed/Mediated C-N Bond Formation: Competition Between Substrate Amination vs. Ligand Amination

Suman Sinha, Rina Sikari, Vivek Sinha, Upasona Jash, Siuli Das, Paula Brandão, Serhiy Demeshko, Franc Meyer, Bas de Bruin and Nanda D. Paul

Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 1935-1948.

25. Accessing Polysubstituted Quinazolines via Nickel Catalyzed Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling

Seuli Parua, Rina Sikari, Suman Sinha, Gargi Chakraborty, Rakesh Mondal and Nanda D. Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 11154–11166.

24. Cu(II)-Complex of 1, 10-Phenanthroline Based Pincer as  Efficient Catalyst for Oxidative Cross Dehydrogenative Coupling of Carboxylic Acids with Unactivated Alkanes

Upasona Jash, Gargi Chakraborty, Suman Sinha, Rina Sikari, Rakesh Mondal and Nanda D. Paul

A. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 7, 1681–1688.

23. Redox Induced Interconversion and Ligand Centered Hemilability in NiII-Complexes of Redox Noninnocent Azo-aromatic Pincers

Siuli Das, Suman Sinha, Upasona Jash, Rina Sikari, Anannya Saha, Suman Barman, Paula Brandaõ, and Nanda D. Paul

Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 5830–5841. 

22. [Co(MeTAA)] Metalloradical Catalytic Route to Ketenes via Carbonylation of Carbene Radicals

Andrei Chirila, Kaj M. van Vliet, Nanda D. Paul, and Bas de Bruin

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 2251–2258.

21. Nickel Catalyzed Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Approach to Quinolines 

Seuli Parua, Rina Sikari, Suman Sinha, Siuli Das, Gargi Chakraborty, and Nanda D. Paul

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 274-284. 

20. Redox Noninnocent Azo-Aromatic Pincers and Their Iron Complexes. Isolation, Characterization, and Catalytic Alcohol Oxidation

Suman Sinha, Siuli Das, Rina Sikari, Seuli Parua, Paula Brandão, Serhiy Demeshko, Franc Meyer, and Nanda D. Paul

Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 14084–14100.

19. One-pot Cascade Synthesis of Quinazolin-4(3H)-ones via Nickel-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Coupling of o-Aminobenzamides with Alcohols

Seuli Parua, Siuli Das, Rina Sikari, Suman Sinha, and Nanda D. Paul

J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 7165–7175.

18. Diastereoselective Radical-Type Cyclopropanation of Electron-Deficient Alkenes Mediated by the Highly Active Cobalt(II) Tetramethyltetraaza[14]annulene Catalyst

Andrei Chirila, Braja Gopal Das, Nanda D. Paul, and Bas de Bruin

ChemCatChem 2017, 9, 1413 – 1421. (Cover Page)

​17. Deprotonation Induced Ligand Oxidation in a NiII Complex of a Redox Noninnocent N1-(2-Aminophenyl)benzene-1,2-diamine and Its Use in Catalytic Alcohol Oxidation

Rina Sikari, Suman Sinha, Upasona Jash, Siuli Das, Paula Brandão, Bas de Bruin, and Nanda D. Paul

Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 6114−6123.

16. Ligand Design In Metal Chemistry: Reactivity and Catalysis

Nanda D. Paul, Pauline Gualco, and Bas de Bruin

Wiley, (edited by Stradiotto, M. & Lundgren, R.) ISBN: 978-1-118-83983-6. (Invited Book Chapter)

15. Catalytic Synthesis of 2H-Chromenes

Nilanjana Majumdar, Nanda D. Paul, Sutanuva Mandal, Bas de Bruin, and William D. Wulff

ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 2329−2366.

14. Rhodium Catalysed Conversion of Carbenes into Ketenes and Ketene Imines Using PNN Pincer Complexes

Z. Tang, S. Mandal, Nanda D. Paul, M. Lutz, P. Li, J. I. van der Vlugt and B. de Bruin

Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 1561–1577.

13. Metalloradical Approach to 2H-Chromenes

Nanda D. Paul, Sutanuva Mandal, Matthias Otte, Xin Cui, X. Peter Zhang, and Bas de Bruin

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1090−1096.

12. Redox Non-Innocence of Coordinated 2-(Arylazo) Pyridines in Iridium Complexes: Characterization of Redox Series and an Insight into Voltage-Induced Current Characteristics

Sreetosh Goswami, Debabrata Sengupta, Nanda D. Paul, Tapan K. Mondal, and Sreebrata Goswami

Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 6103 – 6111.

11. Ligand-Centered Redox in Nickel(II) Complexes of 2-(Arylazo)pyridine and Isolation of 2-Pyridyl-Substituted Triaryl Hydrazines via Catalytic N-Arylation of Azo-Function

Debabrata Sengupta, Pradip Ghosh, Tanmay Chatterjee, Harashit Datta, Nanda D. Paul, and Sreebrata Goswami

Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 12002−12013.

10. Water Soluble Polyaniline Coated Electrode: A Simple and Nimble Electrochemical Approach for Ascorbic Acid Detection

Utpal Rana, Nanda D. Paul, Sanjoy Mondal, Chanchal Chakraborty, Sudip Malik

Synthetic Metals 2014, 192, 43–49.

9. Carbene Radicals in Cobalt(II)–Porphyrin-Catalysed Carbenecarbonylation Reactions; A Catalytic Approach to Ketenes

Nanda D. Paul, Andrei Chirila, Hongjian Lu, X. Peter Zhang, and Bas de Bruin

Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 12953–12958.

8. Azo Anion Radical Complex of Rhodium as a Molecular Memory Switching Device: Isolation, Characterization, and Evaluation of Current-​Voltage Characteristics

Nanda. D. Paul, U. Rana, S. Goswami, T. K. Mondal, S. Goswami

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 6520.

7. Radical Pathway in Catecholase Activity with Zinc-Based Model Complexes of Compartmental Ligands

Averi Guha, Tanmay Chattopadhyay, Nanda D. Paul, Madhuparna Mukherjee, Somen Goswami,Tapan Kumar Mondal, Ennio Zangrando, and Debasis Das

Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 8750−8759.

6. Examples of Reductive Azo Cleavage and Oxidative Azo Bond Formation on Re2(CO)​10 Template: Isolation and Characterization of Re(III) Complexes of New Azo-​Aromatic Ligands

Nanda. D. Paul, S. Samanta, T. K. Mondal, S. Goswami

Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 7886.

5. Isolation and Assessment of the Molecular and Electronic Structures of Azo-​Anion-​Radical Complexes of Chromium and Molybdenum. Experimental and Theoretical Characterization of Complete Electron-​Transfer Series

S. Joy, T. Krämer, Nanda D. Paul, P. Banerjee, J. E. McGrady, S. Goswami

Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 9993.

4. Hydrido Iridium(III) Complexes of Azoaromatic Ligands. Isolation, Structure and Studies of Their Physicochemical Properties

M. Panda, Nanda D. Paul, S. Joy, C. Hung and S. Goswami

Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2011, 372, 168 (Invited Article)

3. Dioxygen Activation by Mixed-​valent Dirhodium Complexes of Redox Non-​innocent Azoaromatic Ligands

Nanda. D. Paul, T. Krämer, J. E. McGrady, S. Goswami

Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7124.
2. Redox Induced Electron Transfer in Doublet Azo-​Anion Diradical Rhenium(II) Complexes. Characterization of Complete Electron Transfer Series

Nanda. D. Paul, S. Samanta, S. Goswami

Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 2649.
1. 1,​4-​Alkyl Migration Associated with Simultaneous S-​C Bond Cleavage and N-​C Bond Formation in Platinum Complexes of 2-Aaminothioethers. Characterization of Intramolecular Interligand Charge Transfer Phenomenon

S. Mandal, Nanda D. Paul, P. Banerjee, T. K. Mondal, S. Goswami

Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 2717 (Hot Article).

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