PhD position available for NET-JRF qualified candidates, interested applicants may contact PI at subrata@iitj.ac.in

Chakraborty Research Laboratory
Organometallics, Homogeneous Catalysis, Sustainability
PhD position available for NET-JRF qualified candidates, interested applicants may contact PI at subrata@iitj.ac.in
Publications
2025
(36) Molybdenum Catalyzed Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Approach for Quinoline Synthesis
Using Amino Alcohol.
V. Atreya, A. Sil, D. Sil*, S. Chakraborty*, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2025, (Accepted manuscript)
DOI: 10.1039/D5OB01409C
(35) Pincer Chromium (II) Catalyzed Hydrogenation of CO2, and Bicarbonate to Formate
T. Singh, S. Chakraborty* Dalton Trans., 2025, Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1039/D5DT00070J
(34) Chromium Catalyzed Acceptorless Dehydrogenative (Cross)Coupling of Primary Amines
to Secondary Imines.
A. Anand; A. Regina, S. Jalwal, S. Prodhan, D. Sil*, M. Paranjothy*, S. Chakraborty*. Dalton Trans., 2025,54,
6432-6442, DOI:10.1039/D4DT03460K.
(33) Chromium Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formate Using Isopropnol
UnderAmbient Pressure.
T. Singh, S. Chakraborty*. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2025, 15, 689-695. DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01329H
(32) Terpenylation of Ketones and Secondary Alcohol Under Hydrogen Borrowing Manganese
Catalysis.
S. Jalwal, S. Das, S Chakraborty*. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 1, 309–316. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c02260
(31) Chromium Catalyzed Sustainable C-C and C-N Bond Formation: C-Alkylation and
Friedländer Quinoline Synthesis Using Alcohols.
V. Atreya, S. Jalwal, S. Chakraborty*Dalton Trans ., 2025, 54, 1212-1221. DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01481B
(30) Bench-Stable Low-Valent Chromium Catalysts for Hydrogenation of CO2, Bicarbonate,
and Inorganic Carbonates to Formate.
T. Singh T, A. Gutal, A. Regina, A. Banerjee, M. Paranjothy*, S. Chakraborty*.ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 14958–14965.
(29) Molybdenum Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Carbon dioxide, Bicarbonate, and Inorganic Carbonate Formate.
T. Singh, S. Chakraborty*. Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 10244-10249.
(28) NNN Manganese Complex Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Methyl ketones using Alcohols:
An Experimental and Computational study.
S. Jalwal, A. Regina, V. Atreya, M. Paranjothya*, S. Chakraborty*. Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 3236-3243.
(27) Advances in Group VI Metals Catalysed Homogeneous Hydrogenation and dehydrogenation
Reactions. T. Singh, V. Atreya, S. Jalwal, A. Anand, S. Chakraborty S*. Chem. Asian J. 2023, 18, e202300758.
(26) Shock wave attenuation using sandwiched structures made up of polymer foams and shear
thickening fluid.
K. Singh, R. Raj, A.K. Rajagopal*, S. Jalwal, S. Chakraborty. J. Mech. Sci. Technol . 2023, 37, 1311-1316.
(25) Homogeneous First‐row Transition‐metal‐catalyzed Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to
Formic Acid/Formate, and Methanol. (Invited Review)
T. Singh, S. Jalwal, S. Chakraborty. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2022, e202200330
(24) Base Metal Catalyzed (De)Hydrogenative Formylation and Methylation Reactions Utilizing
Carbon Dioxide and Methanol as C1 Sources. (Invited Review)
S. Jalwal, V. Atreya, T. Singh, S. Chakraborty. Tetrahedron Lett. 2021, 82, 153362.
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(23) Kumar, A.; Janes, T.; Chakraborty, S.; Daw, P.; von Wolff, N.; Carmieli, R.; Diskin-Posner, Y.; Milstein, D.
C−C Bond Formation of Benzyl Alcohols and Alkynes Using a Catalytic Amount of KO t Bu: Unusual Regioselectivity
through a Radical Mechanism. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58 , 3373–3377.
(22) Chakraborty, S.; Daw, P.; Ben David, Y.; Milstein, D. Manganese-Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Ketones, Esters, and
Amides Using Alcohols. ACS Catal. 2018, 8 , 10300–10305.
(21) Das, U. K.; Chakraborty, S.; Diskin-Posner, Y.; Milstein, D. Direct Conversion of Alcohols in to Alkenes by
Dehydrogenative Coupling with Hydrazine/Hydrazone Catalyzed by Manganese. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 130,
13632–13636.
(20) Zou, Y.-Q.; Chakraborty, S.; Nerush, A.; Oren, D.; Diskin-Posner, Y.; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D. Highly Selective,
Efficient Deoxygenative Hydrogenation of Amides Catalyzed by a Manganese Pincer Complex via Metal–Ligand
Cooperation. ACS Catal. 2018, 8 (9), 8014–8019.
(19) Chakraborty, S.; Das, U. K.; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D. Manganese Catalyzed α-Olefination of Nitriles by Primary
Alcohols. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (34), 11710–11713.
(18) Bauer, J. O.; Chakraborty, S.; Milstein, D. Manganese-Catalyzed Direct Deoxygenation of Primary Alcohols.
ACS Catal. 2017, 7 (7), 4462–4466.
(17) Chakraborty, S.; Milstein, D. Selective Hydrogenation of Nitriles to Secondary Imines Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer
Complex. ACS Catal. 2017, 7 (6), 3968–3972.
(16) Chakraborty, S.; Gellrich, U.; Diskin-Posner, Y.; Leitus, G.; Avram, L.; Milstein, D. Manganese-Catalyzed
N-Formylation of Amines by Methanol Liberating H 2 : A Catalytic and Mechanistic Study. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
2017, 129 (15), 4293–4297.
(15) Chakraborty, S.; Leitus, G.; Milstein, D. Iron-Catalyzed Mild and Selective Hydrogenative Cross-Coupling of Nitriles
and Amines To Form Secondary Aldimines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 129 (8), 2106–2110.
(14) Daw, P.; Chakraborty, S.; Leitus, G.; Diskin-Posner, Y.; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D. Selective N -Formylation of
Amines with H 2 and CO 2 Catalyzed by Cobalt Pincer Complexes. ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 2500–2504.
(13) Daw, P.; Chakraborty, S.; Garg, J. A.; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D. Direct Synthesis of Pyrroles by Dehydrogenative
Coupling of Diols and Amines Catalyzed by Cobalt Pincer Complexes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14373–14377.
(12) Rivada-Wheelaghan, O.; Chakraborty, S.; Shimon, L. J. W.; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D. Z -Selective (Cross-)
Dimerization of Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by an Iron Complex. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55 , 6942–6945.
(11) Chakraborty, S.; Leitus, G.; Milstein, D. Selective Hydrogenation of Nitriles to Primary Amines Catalyzed by a Novel
Iron Complex. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 1812–1815.
(10) Garg, J. A.; Chakraborty, S.; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D. Unprecedented Iron-Catalyzed Selective Hydrogenation of
Activated Amides to Amines and Alcohols. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 5285–5288.
(09) Chakraborty, S.; Kunjanpillai, R.; Blacque, O.; Berke, H. Ullmann‐Type and Related Redox Reactions of Nitrosyl
Molybdenum Complexes Bearing a Large‐Bite‐Angle Diphosphine. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 2016 (1), 103–110.
(08) Mukherjee, A.; Srimani, D.; Chakraborty, S.; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D. Selective Hydrogenation of Nitriles to
Primary Amines Catalyzed by a Cobalt Pincer Complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 , 8888–8891.
(07) Chakraborty, S.; Blacque, O.; Berke, H. Ligand Assisted Carbon Dioxide Activation and Hydrogenation Using
Molybdenum and Tungsten Amides. Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 6560–6570.
(06) Chakraborty, S.; Blacque, O.; Fox, T.; Berke, H. Trisphosphine-Chelate-Substituted Molybdenum and Tungsten
Nitrosyl Hydrides as Highly Active Catalysts for Olefin Hydrogenations. Chem. - Eur. J. 2014, 20, 12641–12654.
(05) Chakraborty, S.; Blacque, O.; Fox, T.; Berke, H. Hydrogenation of Imines Catalyzed by Trisphosphine-Substituted
Molybdenum and Tungsten Nitrosyl Hydrides and Co-Catalytic Acid. Chem. Asian J. 2014, 9 (10), 2896–2907.
(04) Chakraborty, S.; Berke, H. Homogeneous Hydrogenation of Nitriles Catalyzed by Molybdenum and Tungsten Amides.
ACS Catal. 2014, 4 (7), 2191–2194.
(03) Chakraborty, S.; Blacque, O.; Fox, T.; Berke, H. Highly Active, Low-Valence Molybdenum- and Tungsten-Amide
Catalysts for Bifunctional Imine-Hydrogenation Reactions. Chem. - Asian J. 2014, 9 , 328–337.
(02) Chakraborty, S.; Blacque, O.; Fox, T.; Berke, H. Highly Efficient Large Bite Angle Diphosphine Substituted
Molybdenum Catalyst for Hydrosilylation. ACS Catal. 2013, 3, 2208–2217.
(01) Jana, R.; Chakraborty, S.; Blacque, O.; Berke, H. Manganese and Rhenium Formyl Complexes of Diphosphanylborane
Ligands: Stabilization of the Formyl Unit from Intramolecular B–O Bond Formation. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.
2013 (26), 4574–4584.
(01) “Manganese based complexes and uses thereof for homogeneous catalysis”, Milstein, David; Vogt, Matthias; Mukherjee, Arup;
Espinosa-Jalapa, Noel Angel; Chakraborty, Subrata; Nerush, Alex, PCT Int. Appl. (2017), WO 2017137984 A1 20170817.
(01) “Coexistence of Lewis Acid and Base Functions: A Generalized View of the Frustrated Lewis Pair Concept with Novel
Implications for Reactivity”. Heinz Berke*, Yanfeng Jiang, Xianghua Yang, Chungfang Jiang, Subrata Chakraborty,
Anne. Landwehr, Top Curr Chem. 2013, 334: 27–58.
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