Publications
81. Kumari, S.; Roy, S.; Arora, P.; Kundu, S. "Visible Light-mediated Synthesis of Quinazolinones and Benzothiadiazine-1,1-dioxides Utilizing Aliphatic Alcohols" Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024. (Just Accepted)
80. Nandi, S.; Borthakur, I.; Mandal, A.; Kundu, S. "Regioselective Ring Opening of Epoxide with Alcohols: A Selective Route to α-Alkylated Ketones and β-Alkylated Secondary Alcohols" ChemCatChem, 2024. (Just Accepted)
79. Borthakur, I.; Nandi, S.; Bilora, Y.; Sadhu, B; Kundu, S. "Reductive Aminomethylation Using Ammonium Formate and Methanol as N1 and C1 Source: Direct Synthesis of Mono- and Di-Methylated Amines" ACS Catal., 2024. (Just Accepted)
78. Borthakur, I.; Joshi, A.; Kumari, S.; Kundu, S. "Metal-Free Visible-Light Induced Oxidative Cleavage of C(sp3)-C, and C(sp3)-N Bonds of Nitriles, Alcohols, and Amines" Chem. Eur. J., 2023. (Just Accepted)
77. Gupta, S.; Dey, S.; Maji, A.; Panja, D.; Sinha, A.; Sau, A.; Kundu, S. "CuO NPs Catalyzed Selective Valorization of Vicinal Glycols to α-Hydroxy Carboxylic Acids via Dehydrogenation Strategy" ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023. (Just Accepted)
76. Maji, A.; Gupta, S.; Panja, D.; Sutradhar, S.; Kundu, S. "Hydrogenation of N-Heterocycles by a Well-Defined Phosphine-Free Manganese Catalyst Using Ammonia Borane" Organometallics., 2023. (Just Accepted)
75. Panja, D.; Dey, S.; Saha, R.; Sahu, R.; Das, G.K.; Bhobe, P.; Kundu, S. "Co-SAC catalyzed utilization of methanol and ethanol in the transfer hydrogenation of azo bonds: experimental and theoretical studies" Green Chem., 2023, 25, 9374-9387.
74. Panja, D.; Sau, A.; Thakur, S.D.; Dey, S.; Sahu, R.; Kundu, S. "Single-Atom Cobalt-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Azides and One-Pot Synthesis of Pyrroles" Adv. Synth. Catal., 2023, 365, 2959-2968.
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73. Kumari, S.; Joshi, A.; Borthakur, I.; Kundu, S. "Activation of Ethanol via Conjunction of a Photocatalyst and a HAT Reagent for the Synthesis of Benzimidazoles" J. Org. Chem, 2023, 88, 11523–11533.
72. Dey, S.; Panja, D.; Sau, A.; Thakur, S.; Kundu, S. "Reusable Cobalt-Catalyzed Selective Transfer Hydrogenation of Azoarenes and Nitroarenes" J. Org. Chem, 2023, 88, 10048–10057
71. Mandal, A.; Ganguli, K.; Pradhan, M.; Gorai, A.; Kundu, S. "Selective Transfer Hydrogenation of C=O and Conjugated C=C Bonds Using an NHC-based Pincer (CNC)Mn(I) Complex in Methanol" ChemSusChem., 2023, e202300683
70. Ganguli, K.; Mandal, A.; Pradhan, M.; Deval, A.; Kundu, S. "(NNC)Ru(II) Complex Catalyzed Selective Functionalization of Ketones with Methanol: Understanding the Role of Ancillary Ligands" ACS Catal., 2023,13, 7637–7649
69. Nandi, S.; Borthakur, I.; Ganguli, K.; Kundu, S. "2-(2-Benzimidazolyl)pyridine Mn(I) Complexes: Synthesis and Exploration of Catalytic Activity toward Synthesis of Pyrimidine and Quinoline" Organometallics, 2023, 42, 1793–1802
68. Sau, A.; Mahapatra, D.; Dey, S.; Panja, D.; Saha, S.; Kundu, S. "Utilization of methanol for condensation interrupted chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of CC, CO, and CN bonds under low catalyst loading" Org. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 2274-2286
67. Panja, D.; Dey, S.; Kundu, S. "Heterogeneous Cobalt-Catalysed Degradation of Azo compounds using Alcohols as the Stoichiometric Hydrogen Source" Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023, 2, 109607.
66. Panja, D.; Ganguly, K.; Kundu, S. "Ru-Catalyzed C-C Bond Formation Through Alcohol Dehydrogenative Coupling Strategy" Book chapter, Wiley, 2022.
Title of the book: Handbook of CH-Functionalization
65. Joshi, A.; Kumari, S.; Kundu, S. "Photoredox (NN)Mn(I) Catalysed Acceptorless Dehydrogenation: Synthesis of Amides and Carbonyls" Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022, 364, 4371–43
64. Ganguli, K.; Mandal, A.; Kundu, S. "Well-Defined Bis(NHC)Mn(I) Complex Catalyzed Tandem Transformation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones to α-Methylated Ketones Using Methanol" ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 12444–12457
63. Sau, A.; Panja, D.; Dey, S.; Kundu, R.; Kundu, S. "Selective Reductive α-Methylation of Chalcone Derivatives Using Methanol" J. Catal., 2022, 414, 225-235
62. Gupta, S.; Maji, A.; Panja, D.; Halder, M.; Kundu, S. "CuO NPs catalyzed synthesis of quinolines, pyridines, and pyrroles via dehydrogenative coupling strategy" J. Catal., 2022, 413,1017–1027
61. Borthakur, I.; Srivastava, S.; Kumari, S.; Kundu, S. "Tandem synthesis of N-methylated tertiary amines via three-components coupling of carbonyl compounds, amines, and methanol" Chem. Comm., 2022, 58, 9822–9825
60. Borthakur, I.; Kumari, S.; Kundu, S. "Water as a solvent: transition metal catalyzed dehydrogenation of alcohols going green" Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 11987-12020
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59. Maji, A.; Gupta, S.; Maji, M.; Kundu, S. "Well-Defined Phosphine-Free Manganese(II)-Complex-Catalyzed Synthesis of Quinolines, Pyrroles, and Pyridines" J. Org. Chem., 2022, 87, 8351–8367
58. Maji, M.; Borthakur, I.; Srivastava, S.; Kundu, S. "Regio-Selective C3- and N-Alkylation of Indolines in Water under Air Using Alcohols" J. Org. Chem., 2022, 87, 5603-5616
57. Ganguli, K.; Belkova, N.; Kundu, S. "Cyclometalated (NNC)Ru(II) complex catalyzed β-methylation of alcohols using methanol" Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 4354-4365
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56. Borthakur, I.; Maji, M.; Joshi, A.; Kundu, S. "Reductive Alkylation of Azides and Nitroarenes with Alcohols: A Selective Route to Mono- and Dialkylated Amines" J. Org. Chem., 2022, 87, 628-643
55. Paul, B.; Maji, M.; Panja, D.; Kundu, S. "Cobalt Catalyzed N-Methylation of Amides using Methanol" Asian J. Org. Chem. 2022, 11, e202100678
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.202100678
54. Shee, S.; Paul, B.; Kundu, S. "Transition metal-catalyzed dehydrogenation of methanol and related
transformations". Invited book chapter, Elsevier (2021).
Title of the Book: Pincer-Metal Complexes: Applications in Catalytic Dehydrogenation Chemistry
https://www.elsevier.com/books/pincer-metal-complexes/seetharam/978-0-12-822091-7
53. Borthakur, I.; Sau, A.; Kundu, S. "Cobalt-catalyzed dehydrogenative functionalization of alcohols: Progress and future prospect" Coord. Chem. Rev., 2022, 451, 2142573 (Review Article).
52. Panja, D.; Sau, A.; Balasubramaniam, B.; Dhara, P.; Gupta, R. K.; Kundu, S. "Utilization of Caffeine Carbon Supported Cobalt Catalyst in the Tandem Synthesis of Pyrroles from Nitroarenes and Alkenyl Diols'' J. Catal., 2021, 402, 244-254
51. Maji, M.; Borthakur, I.; Guria, S.; Singha, S.; Kundu, S. "Direct Access to 2-(N-alkylamino)pyrimidines via Ruthenium Catalyzed Tandem Multicomponent Annulation/N-alkylation" J. Catal., 2021, 402, 37-51.
50. Shee, S.; Kundu, S. "Rhenium(I)-Catalyzed C-Methylation of Ketones, Indoles, and Arylacetonitriles Using Methanol" J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86, 6943–6951.
49. Roy, B. C.; Ganguli, K.; Samim, A. S.; Kundu, S. "Alkyl Phosphine Free, Metal‐Ligand Cooperative Complex Catalyzed Alcohol Dehydrogenative Coupling Reactions" Asian J. Org. Chem., 2021 (Review Article).
48. Maji, M.; Panja, D.; Borthakur, I.; Kundu, S. "Recent Advancement on Sustainable Synthesis of N-Heterocycles Following Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling Protocols Using Alcohols" Org. Chem. Front., 2021 (Review Article).
47. Samim, A. S.; Roy, B. C.; Nayak, S.; Kundu, S. "Cobalt Catalyzed Tandem Transformation of 2-Aminobenzonitriles to Quinazolinones Using Hydration and Dehydrogenative Coupling Strategy" J. Org. Chem., 2020, 85, 11359-11367.
46. Ganguli, K.; Mandal, A.; Sarkar, B.; Kundu, S. "Benzimidazole fragment containing Mn-complex catalyzed hydrosilylation of ketones and nitriles". Tetrahedron, 2020, 76, 131439. "Part of the special issue: Silane in Organic Synthesis"
45. Chakrabarti, K.; Dutta, K.; Kundu, S. "Synthesis of N-methylated amines from acyl azides using methanol". Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020, 18, 5891-5896.
44. Paul, B.; Maji, M.; Chakrabarti, K.; Kundu, S. "Tandem transformations and multicomponent reactions utilizing alcohol following dehydrogenation strategy". Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020, 18, 2193-2214 (Review Article).
43. Panja, D.; Paul, B.; Balasubramaniam, B.; Gupta, R. K.; Kundu, S. "Application of a reusable Co-based nanocatalyst in alcohol dehydrogenative coupling strategy: Synthesis of quinoxaline and imine scaffolds". Catal. Commun., 2020, 137, 105927.
42. Shee, S; Panja, D.; Kundu, S. "Nickel Catalyzed Direct Synthesis of Quinoxalines from 2-Nitroanilines and Vicinal Diols: Identifying Nature of the Active Catalyst". J. Org. Chem., 2020., 85, 2775-2784.
40. Maji, M.; Kundu, S. "Cooperative Ruthenium Complex Catalyzed Multicomponent Synthesis of Pyrimidines". Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 17479-17487.
39. Paul, B.; Maji, M.; Kundu, S. "Atom-Economical and Tandem Conversion of Nitriles to N-Methylated Amides using Methanol and Water". ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 10469−10476.
DOI.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b03916
38. Paul, B.; Maji, M.; Panja, D.; Kundu, S. "Tandem Transformation of Aldoximes to N‐Methylated Amides using Methanol".
Adv. Synth. Catal., 2019, 361, 5357-5362.
DOI.org/10.1002/adsc.201900962
37. Paul, B.; Panja, D.; Kundu, S. "Ruthenium-Catalyzed Synthesis of N-Methylated Amides using Methanol". Org Lett., 2019, 21, 5843.
36. Roy, B. C.; Samim, A. S.; Panja, D.; Kundu, S. "Tandem synthesis of quinazolinone scaffolds from 2-aminobenzonitriles using aliphatic alcohol–water system". Catal. Sci. Technol., 2019, 9, 6002-6006.
35. Roy, B. C; Ansari, I. A.; Samim, A. S.; Kundu, S. "Base‐Promoted α‐Alkylation of Arylacetonitriles with Alcohols". Chem. Asian J, 2019, 14, 2215.
34. Maji, M.; Chakrabarti,K.; Panja, D.; Kundu, S. "Sustainable Synthesis of N-heterocycles in Water Using Alcohols Following the Double Dehydrogenation Strategy". J. Catal., 2019, 373, 93-102.
33. Ganguli, K.;Shee, S.;Panja, D.; Kundu, S. "Cooperative Mn(I)-complex Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones and Imines". Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 7358-7366.
32. Chakrabarti, K.; Maji, M.; Kundu, S. "Cooperative Iridium Complex Catalyzed Synthesis of Quinoxalines, Benzimidazoles and Quinazolines in Water". Green Chem., 2019, 21, 1999-2004.
31. Chakrabarti, K.; Mishra, A.; Panja, D.; Paul, B.; Kundu, S. "Selective Synthesis of mono- and di-Methylated Amines using Methanol and Sodium Azide as C1 and N1 Sources". Green Chem., 2018, 20, 3339-3345.
''This article is part of the themed collection: Organic Chemistry Frontiers HOT articles for 2018''
27. Maji, M., Chakrabarti, K., Paul, B., Roy B. C. and Kundu, S. "Ruthenium(II)-NNN-Pincer-Complex-Catalyzed Reactions Between Various Alcohols and Amines for Sustainable C-N and C-C Bond Formation" Adv. Synth. Catal., 2018, 360, 722 –729.
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201701117. Selected as a Very Important Publication (VIP).
26. Shee, S., Paul, B., Panja, D., Roy, B. C., Chakrabarti, K., Ganguli, K., Das, A., Das, G. K., Kundu, S. "Tandem Cross Coupling Reaction of Alcohols for Sustainable Synthesis of β-Alkylated Secondary Alcohols and Flavan Derivatives".
Adv. Synth. Catal., 2017, 359, 3888-3893.
25. Chakrabarti, K.; Maji, M.; Panja, D.; Paul, B.; Shee, S.; Das, G. K.; Kundu, S. "Utilization of MeOH as a C1 Building Block in Tandem Three-Component Coupling Reaction" Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 4750-4753.
24. Paul, B.; Shee, S.; Chakrabarti, K.; Kundu, S. "Tandem Transformation of Nitro Compounds to N-methylated Amines: Greener Strategy for the Utilization of Methanol as a Methylating Agent" ChemSusChem, 2017, 10, 2370-2374.
23. Gupta, D.; Mishra, A.; Kundu, S. "Cu (II)-β-CD as Water-Loving Catalyst for One-Pot Synthesis of Triazoles and Biofuels Intermediate at Room Temperature without Any Other Additive" ChemistrySelect, 2017, 2, 2997-3008.
22. Shee, S.; Paul, B.; Kundu, S. "Counter Anion Controlled Reactivity Switch in Transfer Hydrogenation: A Case Study between Ketones and Nitroarenes" ChemistrySelect, 2017, 2, 1705-1710.
21. Roy, B.C.; Chakrabarti, K.; Shee, S.; Paul, S.; Kundu, S. "Bifunctional Ru(II)‐Complex-Catalysed Tandem C-C Bond Formation: Efficient and Atom Economical Strategy for the Utilisation of Alcohols as Alkylating Agents" Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 18147-18155.
20. Gupta, D.; Kundu, S.; Saha, B. "Efficient Dual Acidic Carbo-Catalyst for One-pot Conversion of Carbohydrates to Levulinic Acid"
RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 100417-100426.
19. Paul, B.; Chakrabarti, K.; Shee, S.; Maji, M.; Mishra, A.; Kundu, S. "A simple and Efficient in Situ Generated Ruthenium Catalyst for Chemoselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes: Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies and Comparison with Iridium Systems"
RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 100532-100545.
18. Chakrabarti, K.; Paul, B.; Maji, M.; Roy, B. C.; Shee, S; Kundu, S. " Bifunctional Ru (II) Complex Catalysed Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation: An Eco-friendly Hydrogen Borrowing Strategy." Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016, 14, 10988-10997.
17. Paul, B.; Chakrabarti, K.; Kundu, S. "Optimum Bifunctionality in a 2-(2-pyridyl-2-ol)-1,10-phenanthroline based Ruthenium Complex for Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones and Nitriles: Impact of the Number of 2-hydroxypyridine Fragments."
Publications from PhD & Postdoc
16. Hackenberg, J. D.; Kundu, S.; Emge, T. J.; Krogh-Jespersen, K.; Goldman, A. S. “Acid-Catalyzed oxidative addition of a C−H bond to a square planar d8 iridium complex." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 8891.
15. Kundu, S.; Lyons W. T.; Brookhart, M. "Synthesis of Piperylene and Toluene via Transfer Dehydrogenation of Pentane and Pentene." ACS Catal., 2013, 3, 1768.
14. Kundu, S.; Choi, J.; Wang, D. Y.; Choliy, Y.; Emge, T. J.; Krogh-Jespersen, K.; Goldman, A. S. “Cleavage of ether, ester and tosylate C(sp3)-O bonds by an iridium complex, initiated by oxidative addition of C-H bond. Experimental and computational studies.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 5127.
13. Campos, J.; Kundu, S.; Pahls, R. D.; Brookhart, M.; Carmona, E; Cundari, R. T. “Mechanism of hydrogenolysis of an iridium-methyl bond: evidence for a methane complex intermediate.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 1217.
12. Kundu, S.; Snyder, B. E. R.; Walsh, A. P.; Brennessel, W. W.; Jones, W. D. “C-S bond activation of thioethers using (dippe)Pt(NBE)2.” Polyhedron, 2013, 58, 99.
11. Haibach, M. C.; Kundu, S.; Brookhart, M.; Goldman, A. S. “Alkane Metathesis by Tandem Alkane-Dehydrogenation-Olefin-Metathesis Catalysis and Related Chemistry.” Acc. Chem. Res., 2012, 45, 947.
10. Manbeck, K. A.; Kundu, S.; Walsh, A. P.; Brennessel, W. W.; Jones, W. D. “Carbon-Oxygen Bond Activation in Esters by Platinum (0): Cleavage of the Less Reactive Bond.” Organometallics, 2012, 31, 5018.
9. Choi, J.; Wang, D. Y.; Kundu, S.; Choliy, Y.; Emge, T. J.; Krogh-Jespersen, K.; Goldman, A. S. “Net Oxidative Addition of C(sp3)-F Bonds to Iridium via Initial C-H Bond Activation.” Science, 2011, 332, 1545.
8. Kundu, S.; Brennessel, W. W.; Jones, W. D. “Synthesis and Reactivity of New Ni, Pd and Pt PONOP Pincer Complexes.” Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 9443.
7. Kundu, S.; Brennessel, W. W.; Jones, W. D. “C–S Bond Activation of Thioesters Using Pt (0).” Organometallics, 2011, 30, 5147.
6. Ateşin, T. l. A.; Kundu, S.; Skugrud, K.; Lai, K. A.; Swartz, B. D.; Li, T.; Brennessel, W. W.; Jones, W. D. “Predicting Selectivity in Oxidative Addition of C–S Bonds of Substituted Thiophenes to a Platinum(0) Fragment: An Experimental and Theoretical Study.” Organometallics, 2011, 30, 4578.
5. Kundu, S.; Brennessel, W. W.; Jones, W. D. “Making M-CN Bonds from M-Cl in (PONOP)M and (dippe)Ni Systems (M = Ni, Pd, and Pt) using t-BuNC.” Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2011, 379, 109.
4. Kundu, S.; Choliy, Y.; Zhuo, G.; Ahuja, R.; Emge, T. J.; Warmuth, R.; Brookhart, M.; Krogh-Jespersen, K.; Goldman, A. S. “Rational Design and Synthesis of Highly Active Pincer-Iridium Catalysts for Alkane Dehydrogenation.” Organometallics, 2009, 28, 5432.
3. Bailey, B. C.; Schrock, R. R.; Kundu, S.; Goldman, A. S.; Huang, Z.; Brookhart, M. “Evaluation of Molybdenum and Tungsten Metathesis Catalysts for Homogeneous Tandem Alkane Metathesis.” Organometallics, 2009, 28, 355.
2. Huang, Z.; Brookhart, M.; Goldman, A. S.; Kundu, S.; Ray, A.; Scott, S. L.; Vicente, B. C. “Highly Active and Recyclable Heterogeneous Iridium Pincer Catalysts for Transfer Dehydrogenation of Alkanes.” Adv. Synth. Catal., 2009, 351, 188.
1. Ahuja, R.; Kundu, S.; Goldman, A. S.; Brookhart, M.; Vicente, B. C.; Scott, S. L. “Catalytic Ring Expansion, Contraction, and Metathesis-Polymerization of Cycloalkanes.” Chem. Commun., 2008, 2, 253.