ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY & CATALYSIS GROUP

"Congratulations to Dr. Ratnakar Saha on successfully defending his PhD thesis titled "Base Metal-catalyzed C(sp3)-H Alkylations with Alcohols as Coupling Partners Employing Borrowing Hydrogen Approach and Post Functionalizations", His dedication, hard work, and passion for research have truly paid off. We are proud of his achievement and wish him great success in his future endeavors!"

It was an absolute honor to host Prof. Juan Carlos Colmenares Quintero at our lab! His insights and expertise provided a fresh perspective on our research, sparking engaging discussions and potential collaborations. We look forward to more such inspiring exchanges in the future! You can look into his google scholar profile through this link. (https://scholar.google.pl/citationsuser=9spgFMUAAAAJ&hl=pl)

Congratulations to Ratnakar for his recent publication in JOC : Nickel-Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Arylacetonitriles with Challenging Secondary Alcohols. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 6664−6676

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.2c02026

Congratulations to Rahul for his recent publication in ChemCatChem: Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Lignocellulosic Biomass Model Compounds Furfural and Vanillin with Ethanol by an Air-stable Iron(II) Complex ChemCatChem 2023, 15, e202201062

https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202300058

• Congratulations to Amareshwar and Ashis for successfully defending their MSc. Thesis: 

• Development of Novel Synthetic Strategies for C-C and C-N bond formation Reactions Enabled by First Row Transition Metal Catalysis. - Amareshwar Nanda​

• Synthesis of Manganese Complexes and their Application in Hydrosilylation Reactions. - Alamsaty Ashis Kumar

• Congratulations to Narayan for his recent publication in Catal. Sci. Technol : Selective aerobic oxidation of biomass model compound veratryl alcohol catalyzed by air-stable copper(II) complexes in water. Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13, 5422-5434

• Congratulations to Rahul for his recent publication in RSC Sustainability: Base metal iron catalyzed sustainable oxidation of vanillyl alcohol to vanillic acid in deep eutectic solvents and implementation of vanillic acid for fine-chemical synthesis. RSC Sustain., 2023, 1, 1223-1232

• Congratulations to Rakesh for his recent publication in JOC: Hydrosilylation of Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by an Air-Stable Manganese–NHC Complex. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 13, 8133–8149

• Congratulations to Surajit for his recent publication in JOC: Cobalt-Catalyzed Chemodivergent Synthesis of Cyclic Amines and Lactams from Ketoacids and Anilines Using Hydrosilylation J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 24, 16997–17009    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.3c01870