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# Resonance 2025, 30, 1309–1318

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Ernst Otto Fischer: An Architect, Influencer and Pioneer in Organometallic Chemistry

 

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Book Chapters

3. Title: Recent Advancement of 3d Metal-Catalyzed Ethanol Upgradation via the Guerbet Reaction (Invited)

Part of the Topics in Organometallic Chemistry book series

Tanmoy Mandal , Manisha Pal and Joyanta Choudhury*.

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2. Title: Heterogeneous C–H functionalization Approaches with Palladium Catalysts (Invited)

Wiley-VCH (2021) Handbook of C-H Functionalization (Editor: Dr. Debabrata Maiti.) 

Tanmoy Mandal , Anirban Bhandari and Joyanta Choudhury*.

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1. Title: Pd−NHC Complexes in Catalytic C-H Activation-Functionalization (Invited)

Wiley-VCH (2021) Handbook of C-H Functionalization (Editor: Dr. Debabrata Maiti.) 

Tanmoy Mandal , Madhusudan K. Pandey and Joyanta Choudhury*.

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Research Articles & Reviews

2026

98. Organometallics, 2026, XX, XXXX 

Bhardwaj, R.; Kumar, A.; Choudhury, J.*

Flash Communication: Transfer Hydrogenation of Formic Acid to Methanol

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97. Chem. Sci., 2026, 17, 11083 - 11090   

Pal, M.; Karak, P.; Hati, D.; Giri, M.; George, S. J.*; Choudhury, J.*

Inducing configurational stability in inherently flexible expanded heterohelicenes and unlocking stimuli-responsive chiroptical switching

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96. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2026, 551, 217444

Ray, S.; Kumar, S.; Mandal, P.; Choudhury, J.*

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Metal-NHC Complexes as Catalysts for Hydrogenation, Transfer Hydrogenation, and Electrochemical Reduction of CO2

(Part of Special Issue: CO2 valorization)

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95. Chem. Commun. 2026, 62, 1252-1255

 Jagota, S.; Rana, S. S.; Barman, C.; Choudhury, J.*

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Annulated Oxazolium Salts as Anion-π + Interaction-Enabled Solid-State Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Materials

(Part of ChemComm themed collection on Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) to mark the 25th Anniversary of the AIE)

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2025

94. Chem Asian J. 2025, e202401327

Bhardwaj, R.; Choudhury, J.*

Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 by Direct Air Capture to Valuable C1 Products Using Homogenous Catalysts

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93.Organometallics, 2025, 44, 1, 244-254   

Bhattacherya, A.; Kaur M.; Kumar, R.; Choudhury, J.*; Bera, J.*

Protic Ru(II)-NHC Pincer Catalyst for the Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 and Its Derivatives to Methanol

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2024

92. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 17263-17275

Mandal, S. K.; Gupta, A.; Choudhury, J.* 

H2-Evolving Cobalt–Protic-NHC Catalysts: Kinetic Zone Diagram Analysis and Mechanistic Insights

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91. J. Organomet. Chem. 2024, 1022, 123422

Ray, S.; Mandal, S. K.; Choudhury, J.* 

Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to HCO2H by Protic NHC-Ir Complexes

Special Issue: Organometallic Chemistry of CO2 (link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/292061/organometallic-chemistry-of-co2) in honor of Prof. Michele Aresta, a pioneer of CO2 chemistry.

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90. Acc. Chem. Res., 2024, 57, 2859-2871

Choudhury, J.*; Bhardwaj, R.; Mandal, S. K.

Hydride Transfer-Based CO2 Reduction Catalysis: Navigating Metal Hydride to Organic Hydride in the Catalytic Loop

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(Published as part of Accounts of Chemical Research Special Issue “Upgrading C1 Feedstocks to Value-Added Chemicals and Fuels Using Molecular Systems”)​

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89. Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 10942–10945

Rana, S. S.; Manna, S.; Choudhury, J.*

Annulated oxazolium anion–π+ AIEgens

(Part of Themed Collection: 2024 Pioneering Investigators)

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88. ChemCatChem 2024, e202401149

Mandal, S.K., Ray, S., Choudhury, J*

The Key Role of Proton-Responsive Groups in Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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87. Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 10176-10179

Bhardwaj, R., Choudhury, J.*

A phosphine-free molecularly-defined Ni(II) complex in catalytic hydrogenation of CO2

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86. Inorg. Chem.  2024, 63, 16327-16336

Mandal, S. K., Choudhury, J.*

A Three-Way Control on Product Selectivity in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Reaction Using a Single Molecular Co–NHC Catalyst

(Special Issue: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Chemical Research Society of India)

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85. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 17, 13236-13245 

Kumar, R., Mandal, T., Bhattacherya, A., Pandey, M. K., Bera , J.*, Choudhury, J.*

Hypercrosslinked Polymer-Based Self-Supported Reusable Ru-NHC Catalyst for Amine-Assisted Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol

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84. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202406514

Rana, S. S., Choudhury, J*

Orchestrated Octuple C–H Activation: A Bottom-Up Topology Engineering Approach toward Stimuli‐Responsive Double-Heptagon-Embedded Wavy Polycyclic Heteroaromatics

 

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83. ChemCatChem 2024, e202400272

Mandal, T., Kumar, R., Kumar, S., Choudhury, J*

Single-Site Heterogenized Molecular Catalysts towards CO2 Hydrogenation to Formates, Formamides and Methanol

 

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82. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 6, 3603–3608

Rana, S. S., Choudhury, J*

Unveiling N-Fused Nitreniums as Potent Catalytic Photooxidants

 

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81. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 3, 2058–2070 

Mandal, S. K., Sunil C., Choudhury, J.*

[Fe]-Hydrogenase-Inspired Proton-Shuttle Installation in a Molecular Cobalt Complex for High-Efficiency H2 Evolution Reaction

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80. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202314451

Mandal T., Kumar A., Panda J., Dutta T. K., Choudhury, J.*

Directly-Knitted Hierarchical Porous Organometallic Polymer-Based Self-Supported Single-Site

Catalyst for CO2 Hydrogenation in Water

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2023

79. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202310603

Karak P., Sreelakshmi P. A., Chakraborty B., Pal M., Khatua B., Koner A. L.*, Choudhury, J.*

Annulation-Induced Hidden Reactivity of the 1,2,4-Triazole Backbone

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78. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2023, e202300411

Kumar, R.; Pandey, M. K.; Pandey, I. K.; Kumar, A.; Choudhury, J.*

An Imidazolylidene-Based Mesoionic Carbene–Mn(I) Complex and Its Catalytic Potential in N-Heteroarene Hydrogenation

(Special Issue: NHC Ligands in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis)

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77. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2023, 145, 31, 17321–17328 

Karak, P.; Mandal, S. K.; Choudhury, J.*

Exploiting NADP+/NADPH-Like Hydride-Transfer Redox Cycle with Bis-Imidazolium-Embedded Heterohelicene for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

 

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76. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 7, 4824–4834 

Kumar, R.; Pandey, M. K.; Bhandari, A.; Choudhury, J.*

Balancing the Seesaw in Mn-Catalyzed N‐Heteroarene Hydrogenation: Mechanism-Inspired Catalyst Design for Simultaneous Taming of Activation and Transfer of H2

 

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75. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 13, 7230–7241

Karak, P.; Mandal, S. K.; Choudhury, J.*

Bis-Imidazolium-Embedded Heterohelicene: A Regenerable NADP+ Cofactor Analogue for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

 

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74. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 2, 927–933

Kumar, A.; Bhardwaj, R.; Choudhury, J.*

Integrated CO2-Capture and Conversion to Methanol Leveraged by Transfer Hydrogenation Approach

 

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(Selected as an ACS Editors' Choice Article)

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2022

73.Organometallics, 2022, 41, 23, 3589–3599   

Maji, B.; Kumar, A; Bhattacherya, A; Bera, J*; Choudhury, J.*

Cyclic Amide-Anchored NHC-Based Cp*Ir Catalysts for Bidirectional Hydrogenation-Dehydrogenation

with CO2/HCO2H Couple

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72. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2022, 4, 12, 9052–9064

Jena, S. R.; Mandal, T.; Choudhury, J.*

3D Metallo-Supramolecular Polymer for Fast and Efficient Removal of Anionic Dyes from Water

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71. Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 11531-11534

Bhardwaj, R.; Kumar, A.; Choudhury, J.*

An all-aqueous and phosphine-free integrated amine-assisted CO2 capture and catalytic conversion to

formic acid

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70. Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 11163-11173   

Karak, P. and Choudhury, J.*

Conformationally Flexible Heterohelicenes as Stimuli-Controlled Soft Molecular Springs

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69. Chem. Rec. 2022, e202200165 (Personal Account) 

Jena, S. R.; Mandal, T.; Choudhury, J.*

Metal-Terpyridine Assembled Functional Materials for Electrochromic, Catalytic and Environmental Applications

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68. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 15, 8886-8903 (Perspective) 

Kumar, A.; Bhardwaj, R.; Mandal, S.K.; Choudhury, J.*

Transfer Hydrogenation of CO2 and CO2 Derivatives using Alcohols as Hydride Sources: Boosting an H2‒Free

Alternative Strategy

 

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67. Organometallics, 2022, 41, 13, 1609–1620 

Maji, B.; Bhandari, A.; Bhattacharya, D.; Choudhury, J.*

Reusable Single Homogeneous Ir(III)–NHC Catalysts for Bidirectional Hydrogenation-Dehydrogenation of N-Heteroarenes

in Water

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(Most read article (top 20) for the month of June-July 2022)

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66. Appl Organomet Chem, 2022, e6720 

Maji, B.; Choudhury, J.*

Reusable Water-Soluble Homogeneous Catalyst in Aqueous-Phase Transfer Hydrogenation of N-Heteroarenes with

Formic Acid: Uracil–Based Bifunctional Ir–NHC Catalyst is the Key

(Invited contribution for the Special Issue on "Applications of NHC-Metal Complexes")

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65. Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 8258-8265 

Maji, B.; Bhandari, A.; Sadhukhan, R.; Choudhury, J.*

Water-soluble and reusable Ru–NHC catalyst for aqueous-phase transfer hydrogenation of quinolines with formic acid

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(Dalton Transactions HOT articles)

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63. Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 133-154 (Invited Featured Review Article) 

Karak, P.; Rana Sohel. S; Choudhury, J.*

Cationic π-extended heteroaromatics via catalytic C–H activation annulative alkyne‐insertion sequence

(Featured in "ChemComm Community - Dedicated Authors" Collection) (Chemical Communications HOT articles)

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Selected as Front Cover Art (January 2022, Issue 2)

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2021

62. Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 10182-10185 (Invited Article)

Mandal, T.; Dutta, T. K.; Mohanty S.; Choudhury, J.*

Tris-NHC-propagated self-supported polymer-based Pd catalysts for heterogeneous C–H functionalization

(Special Issue: Functionalization of Unreactive C-H Bonds)

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61. J. Organomet. Chem. 2021, 953, 122047 (Invited Article)

Mandal, T.; Yadav, Sudha; Choudhury, J.*

Steric effect of NHC ligands in Pd(II)–NHC-catalyzed non-directed C–H acetoxylation of simple arenes

(Special Issue: Prof. Pradeep Mathur's (IIT Bombay) 65th Birthday)

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60. Organometallics 2021, 40, 2443–2449

Mandal, T.; Mondal, M.; Choudhury, J.*

Hypercrosslinked Polymer Platform-Anchored Single-Site Heterogeneous Pd–NHC Catalysts for Diverse C–H Functionalization

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59. Inorg. Chem.  2021, 60, 11684–11692

Kumar, A.; Eyyathiyil, J.; Choudhury, J.*

Reduction of Carbon Dioxide with Ammonia-Borane under Ambient Conditions: Maneuvering a Catalytic Way

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58. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 5842 –5857 (Invited Mini-Review Article)

Kumar, A.; Semwal, S.; Choudhury, J.*

Emerging Implications of the Concept of Hydricity in Energy-Relevant Catalytic Processes

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57. J. Hazard. Mater. 2021, 405, 124242

Jena, S. R.; Choudhury, J.*

3D Metallo-organic coordination assembly-based anion-enriched supramolecular material for fast and efficient removal of Cr2O72-

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Dichromate Capture

Column Regeneration

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2020

56. ACS Omega 2020, 5, 30775–30786 (Invited Mini-Review Article)

Pandey, M.K.; Choudhury, J.*

Ester Hydrogenation with Bifunctional Metal–NHC Catalysts: Recent Advances.

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55. Organometallics 2020, 39, 3212–3223

Yadav, S; Dutta, I.;  Saha, S.; Das, S.,  Pati, S.K.; Choudhury, J.; Bera, J.K.*

An Annelated Mesoionic Carbene (MIC) Based Ru(II) Catalyst for Chemo- and Stereoselective Semihydrogenation of Internal and Terminal Alkynes

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54. Chem. Asian J. 2020, 15, 904-909. (Invited Article)

Pandey, I.K.; Kumar, A.; Choudhury, J.*

Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction with Half-Sandwich Cobalt Catalyst: Selectivity towards CO.

(Special Issue: "The 2nd International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis (ICOC-2020)")

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53. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 559-562.

Jena, S. R.; Choudhury, J.*

A Fast-switching Electrochromic Device with a Surface-Confined 3D Metallo-Organic Coordination Assembly.

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52. Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2020, 500, 119195. (Invited Article)

Gupta, S. K.; Mandal, T.; Gangber, T.; Singh, V.; Choudhury, J.*

Ancillary Ligands Switch the Activity of Ru-NHC based Oxidation Precatalysts.

(Special Issue: Prof. G.K. Lahiri's (IIT Bombay) 60th Birthday)

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2019

51. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 10674-10679. 

Dutta, C.; Rana Sohel. S; Choudhury, J.*

Leveraging Metallotropism-Enabled Substrate Activation in Cobalt Catalyzed Annulation Chemistry : Protic NHC Template is the Key. 

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50. Chem. Asian J. 2019, 14, 4774-4779 (Invited Article)

Mandal, T.; Singh, V.; Choudhury, J.*

Coordination Booster-Catalyst Assembly: Remote Os Outforms Ru in Boosting Catalytic Activity.

(Special Issue on the Occasion of Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) )

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49. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 6791-6794.

Karak, P.; Dutta, C.; Dutta, T.; Koner, A. L.*; Choudhury, J.*

Orchestrated Catalytic Double Rollover Annulation: Rapid Access to N-Enriched Cationic and Neutral PAHs.

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48. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 4574-4577. (Invited Article)

Maji, B.; Choudhury, J.*

Switchable Hydrogenation with Betaine–Derived Bifunctional Ir– NHC Catalyst.

(Special Thematic Issue on "Switchable Catalysis")

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47. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 2164-2168.

Kumar, A.; Semwal, S.; Choudhury, J.*

Catalytic Conversion of CO2 to Formate with Renewable Hydrogen Donors: An Ambient-Pressure and H2-Independent Strategy.

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46. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 854-857.

Dutta, C.; Sainaba, A. B.; Choudhury, J.*

Annulating Thiazolium Cations via Direct Double C–H Activation Strategy: Rh–N,S-Heterocyclic Carbene is the Key.

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45. Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2019, 487, 419-423. (Invited Article)

Thenarukandiyil, R.; Maji, B.; Choudhury, J.*

Remote Coordination Approach for Electronic Tuning of a Rhodium(I)-N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Complex.

(Special Issue: Prof. R. N. Mukherjee's 65th Birthday)

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2018

44. Organometallics 2018, 37, 4720–4725.

Garhwal, S.; Maji, B.; Semwal, S; Choudhury, J.*

Ambient-Pressure and Base-Free Aldehyde Hydrogenation Catalyst Supported by a Bifunctional Abnormal NHC Ligand.

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43. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2018, 8, 6137-6142.

Semwal, S.; Kumar, A.; Choudhury, J.*

Iridium–NHC-based Catalyst for Ambient Pressure Storage and Low-Temperature Release of H2 via the CO2/HCO2H Couple.

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42. RSC Adv. 2018, 8, 27881-27891. (Invited Review Article)

Dutta, C.; Choudhury, J.*

C–H Activation-Annulation on the N-Heterocyclic Carbene Platform.

(Special Thematic Issue: A decade of “Chemical Frontiers Goa” - 2018)

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41. J. Chem. Sci. 2018, 130, 1-6. (Invited Article)

Mondal, M.;  Joji, J.; Choudhury, J.*

Coordination-polymer anchored single-site ‘Pd-NHC’ catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura coupling in water

(Special Issue on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry - 2017)

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40. ACS Omega 2018, 3, 1614-1620. (Invited Article)

Dutta, C.; Ghorai, D.; Choudhury, J.*

To ‘Rollover’, or Not? Stereoelectronically Guided C–H Functionali-zation Pathways from Rhodium–Abnormal NHC
Intermediates.

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39. Tetrahedron Lett. 2018, 59,  487-495. (Invited "Digest" Review Article)

Choudhury, J.*

Recent Developments on Artificial Switchable Catalysis.

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38. Synlett 2018, 29,  141-147. (Invited "Synpact" Review Article)

Choudhury, J.*; Semwal, S.

Emergence of Stimuli-Controlled Switchable Bifunctional Catalysts.

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2017

37. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23,  15529-15533.

Thenarukandiyil, R.; Dutta, C.; Choudhury, J.*

Switching of Reaction Pathway from C–C Rollover to C–N Ring- Extension Annulation.

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36. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23,  15012-15016.

Kumar, R.; Semwal, S.; Choudhury, J.*; Srivastava, A.*

Heli(aza)cene: A Helical Molecular Tweezer with Tunable Intra‐and Intermolecular Charge Transfer.

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Selected as HOT Paper.

35. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23,  13051-13057.

Semwal, S.; Mukkatt, I.; Thenarukandiyil, R.; Choudhury, J.*

Small 'Yaw', Large 'Bite' and Electron-Rich Metal: Revealing a Stereoelectronic Synergy to Enhance Hydride Transfer Activity.

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Selected as HOT Paper.

Selected as Frontispiece Cover Art to highlight the article. 

34. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56,  5556-5560.

Semwal, S.; Choudhury, J.*

Switch in Catalyst State: Single Bifunctional Bi-State Catalyst for Two Different Reactions.

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33. ChemCatChem 2017, 9,  1979-1984.

Gupta, S. K.; Choudhury, J.*

A Mixed NHC/2,2’-Bipyridine-Supported Robust Ruthenium(II) Oxidation Precatalyst for Benzylic C–H Oxidation.

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32. Chem. -Eur. J. 2017, 23,  4770-4773.

Gupta, S. K.; Haridas, A.; Choudhury, J.*

Remote Terpyridine Integrated NHC–Ir(III) Luminophores as Potential Dual-Emissive Ratiometric O2 Probes.

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31. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53,  3185-3188.

Mondal, M.;  Joji, J.; Choudhury, J.*

Designing a Heterogeneous Pd(II)–NHC-based C–H Activation Catalyst on Self-Supported Coordination Polymer

Platform.  (Selected as Inside Front Cover Page)

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30. J. Mol.Catal. A  2017, 426, 451-457.

Mondal, M.; Choudhury, J.*

Structure–Activity Comparison in Palladium–N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Catalyzed Arene

C-H Activation-Functionalization.

Invited article to the Special Issue on C-H Functionalization  in honor of one of the

pioneers in C-H activation research, Prof. Georgiy B. Shul'pin on the occasion of

his 70th birthday.

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2016

29. Organometallics 2016, 35,  3007-3013.

Thenarukandiyil, R.;  Thrikkykkal, H.; Choudhury, J.*

Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Non-aromatic sp2 C‒H Activation/Annulation using NHC as a Directing

and Functionalizable Group.

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Most read article (top 6) for the month of Aug-Sep 2016.

Most read article (top 7) for the month of July-Aug 2016.

28. Organometallics 2016, 35, 2462-2466.

Gupta, S. K.; Sahoo, S. K.; Choudhury, J.*

Dramatic Effect of Ancillary NHC Ligand in the Highly Selective Catalytic OxidativeCarbon–Carbon

Multiple Bond Cleavage.

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27. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 5132-5137.

Thenarukandiyil, R.;  Gupta, S. K.; Choudhury, J.*

Unraveling the Competition of Two C–H and Two M–C Bonds in Guiding the Mechanism of Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation-Annulation.

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26. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 2424-2428

Semwal, S.; Choudhury, J.*

Molecular Coordination–Switch in a New Role: Controlling Highly Selective Catalytic Hydrogenation

with Switchability Function.

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25. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 3384-3387

Gupta, S. K.; Choudhury, J.*

A Remote Coordination Booster Enhances Catalytic Efficiency by Accelerating the Generation of Active Catalyst.

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ACS AuthorChoice OPEN ACCESS

24. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 709-713

Ghorai, D.; Dutta, C.; Choudhury, J.*

Switching of “Rollover Pathway” in Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation of Chelating Molecules.

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2015

23. Organometallics 2015, 34, 2731-2736

 

Desai, S. P.; Mondal, M.; Choudhury, J.*

Chelating Bis-N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)–Pd(II)

Complexes for Oxidative Arene C–H Functionalization.

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Most read article (top 2) for the month of June-July 2015!

and highlighted in Organometallics 10 selected excerpts!

 

 

22. Organometallics 2015, 34, 1890-1897

 

Thenarukandiyil, R.; Choudhury, J.*

Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Activation and Functionalization of Pyridine C–H

Bond by Exploring a Unique Double-Role of ‘N-Heterocyclic Carbene–Pyridyl’

Ligand Platform.

[Link]

 

 

ACS AuthorChoice OPEN ACCESS

Most read article (top 7) for the month of May-June 2015!

and highlighted in Organometallics 10 selected excerpts!

 

 

21. ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 2692-2696

 

Ghorai, D.; Choudhury, J.*

Rhodium(III)–N-Heterocyclic Carbene–Driven Cascade C–H Activation Catalysis.

[Link]

 

20. Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 1233-1239

 

Gupta, S. K.; Choudhury, J.*

Templating an N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)-Cyclometalated Cp*Ir(III)-Based Oxidation Precatalyst on a Pendant Coordination Platform: Assessment of the Oxidative Behavior via Electrochemical, Spectroscopic and Catalytic Probes.

[Link]

 

2014

19. Organometallics 2014, 33, 7118-7124

 

Semwal, S; Ghorai, D.; Choudhury, J.*

Wingtip–Dictated Cyclometalation of N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Ligand Framework and its Implication toward Tunable Catalytic Activity.

[Link]

 

18. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 15159-15162

 

Ghorai, D.; Choudhury, J.* 

Exploring a Unique Reactivity of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHC) in Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Intermolecular C–H Activation/Annulation.

[Link]

17.  Organometallics 2014, 33, 3215–3218

 

Gupta, S. K.; Ghorai, D; Choudhury, J.* 

A New Type of Palladium–Pincer Complexes Generated via Hydrolytic Ring-Opening of Imidazole-2-ylidenes.

[Link]

Most read article (top 20) for the month of June-July 2014!

 

 

16.  Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 9356-9362

 

Mondal, M.; K, R. T.; Gupta, S. K.; Choudhury, J.*

Labile Coordination Approach for Modulation of Electronic Properties in Ruthenium(II) and Iridium(III) Complexes within 'N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)-Pyridyl' Dynamic Platform.

[Link]

2012

15.   ChemCatChem 2012, 4, 609-611

(Highlight Article)

 

Choudhury, J.*

New Strategies for CO2-to-Methanol Conversion.

[Link]

2011

14.    Angew. Chem,. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 10772-10774

(Highlight Article)

 

Choudhury, J.*

N-Heterocyclic Nitrenium Ligands: A Missing Link Explored.

[Link]

From Postdoctoral Studies

13.    Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 8154-8156

 

Morozov, M.; Motiei, L.; Choudhury, J.; Gulino, A.; Lahav, M.; van der Boom, M. E.*

Interfacial Mass Transfer by Controlled Multilayer Disassembly.

[Link]

12.     Organometallics 2012, 31, 1271-1274

 

Orbach, M.; Choudhury, J.; Lahav, M.; Zenkina, O. V.; Diskin-Posner, Y.; Leitus, G.; Iron, M. A.; van der Boom, M. E.*

Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions with Fluorinated Substrates: Mechanistic Insights into the Undesired Hydrodehalogenation of Aryl-Halides.

[Link]

11.     Angew. Chem,. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4780-4783

 

de Ruiter, G.; Motiei, L.; Choudhury, J.; Oded, N.; van der Boom, M. E.*

Electrically Addressable Multistate Volatile Memory with Flip-Flop and Flip-Flap-Flop Logic Circuits on a Solid Support.

[Link]

10.     J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 9295-9297

 

Choudhury, J.; Kaminker, R.; Motiei, L.; de Ruiter, G.; Morozov, M.; Lupo, F.; Gulino, A.; van der Boom, M. E.*

Linear vs Exponential Formation of Molecular-Based Assemblies.

[Link]

9.     J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 12528-12530

 

Motiei, L.; Yao, Y.; Choudhury, J.; Yan, H.; Marks, T. J.*; van der Boom, M. E.*; Facchetti, A.*

Self-Propagating Molecular Assemblies as Interlayers for Efficient Inverted Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells.

[Link]

From Doctoral Studies

8.     Can. J. Chem. 2009, 87, 183-187

(Invited Article of a Special Issue dedicated to Prof. Richard J. Puddephatt)

Choudhury, J.; Pratihar, S.; Maity, A. K.; Roy, S.*

Reactivity of IrCl(PPh3)3 with Diphenylacetylene: A Direct Route to 1-Iridaindene.

[Link]

7.     Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements 2008, 183, 2943-2955

 

Choudhury, J.; Sinha, P.; Prabhakar, S.; Vairamani, M.; Roy, S.

Selenophilicity of Copper in Selenium-Carbon Bond Formation from Selenous Acid Using Cu(II)/Sn(II) Reagent.

[Link]

6.     J. Chem. Sc. 2008, 120, 429-439

(Selected as Cover Page)

Roy, S.*; Podder, S.; Choudhury, J.

Ir/Sn Dual-Reagent Catalysis towards Highly Selective Alkylation of Arenes and Heteroarenes with Benzyl Alcohols.

[Link]

5.      J. Mol. Catal. A 2008, 279, 37-46

 

Choudhury, J.; Roy, S.*

Ir/Sn Dual-Reagent Catalysis for the Alkylation of Arenes with Benzyl Alcohols: Kinetic Evidence for an Electrophilic Pathway and a Guide towards Electronic Tuning of Catalyst Efficiency.

[Link]

4.     J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692, 5614-5620.

 

Choudhury, J.; Kumar, D. K.; Roy, S.*

Generation of Ir-Sn and Rh-Sn Bonds from the Oxidative Addition of Tin(IV) Halides to [Ir(μ-Cl)(1,5-COD)]2 and [Rh(μ-Cl)(1,5-COD)]2.

[Link]

3.     J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 3100-3103

 

Podder, S.; Choudhury, J.; Roy, U. K.; Roy, S.*

Dual-Reagent Catalysis within Ir-Sn Domain: Highly Selective Alkylation of Arenes and Heteroarenes with Aromatic Aldehydes.

[Link]

2.     J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 3129-3132

 

Podder, S.; Choudhury, J.; Roy, S.* 

Secondary Benzylation with Benzyl Alcohols Catalyzed by A High-Valent Heterobimetallic Ir-Sn Complex.

[Link]

1.     J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 6162-6163

 

Choudhury, J.; Podder, S.; Roy, S.*

Cooperative Friedel-Crafts Catalysis in Heterobimetallic Regime: Alkylation of Aromatics by pi-Activated Alcohols.

[Link]

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