Sustainable Catalysis
Chakraborty Research Group
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Organometallics & Catalysis Group
Publications
(28) Jalwal S.; Regina A.; Atreya V.; Paranjothya M.; Chakraborty S.; NNN Manganese Complex Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Methyl ketones using Alcohols: An Experimental and Computational study. Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript.
(27) Singh T.; Atreya V.; Jalwal S.; Anand A.; Chakraborty S.; Advances in Group VI Metals Catalysed Homogeneous Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Reactions. Chem. Asian J. 2023, 18(23).
https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202300758
(26) Singh, K.; Raj, R.; Rajagopal, A.K.; Jalwal, S.; Chakraborty, S.; Shock wave attenuation using sandwiched structures made up of polymer foams and shear thickening fluid. J Mech Sci Technol (2023).
(25) Singh, T.; Jalwal, S.; Chakraborty, S. Homogeneous First‐row Transition‐metal‐catalyzed Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Formic Acid/Formate, and Methanol. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2022, e202200330.
(24) Jalwal, S.; Atreya, V.; Singh, T.; Chakraborty, S. Base Metal Catalyzed (De)Hydrogenative Formylation and Methylation Reactions Utilizing Carbon Dioxide and Methanol as C1 Sources. Tetrahedron Lett. 2021, 82, 153362.
(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 (11), 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 (11), 10300–10305.
(21) Das, U. K.; Chakraborty, S.; Diskin-Posner, Y.; Milstein, D. Direct Conversion of Alcohols into Alkenes by Dehydrogenative Coupling with Hydrazine/Hydrazone Catalyzed by Manganese. Angew. Chem. 2018, 130 (41), 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. 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. 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 (4), 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 (46), 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 (24), 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 (9), 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 (30), 5285–5288.
(9) 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.
(8) 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 (28), 8888–8891.
(7) Chakraborty, S.; Blacque, O.; Berke, H. Ligand Assisted Carbon Dioxide Activation and Hydrogenation Using Molybdenum and Tungsten Amides. Dalton Trans. 2015, 44 (14), 6560–6570.
(6) 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 (39), 12641–12654.
(5) 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.
(4) Chakraborty, S.; Berke, H. Homogeneous Hydrogenation of Nitriles Catalyzed by Molybdenum and Tungsten Amides. ACS Catal. 2014, 4 (7), 2191–2194.
(3) 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 (1), 328–337.
(2) Chakraborty, S.; Blacque, O.; Fox, T.; Berke, H. Highly Efficient Large Bite Angle Diphosphine Substituted Molybdenum Catalyst for Hydrosilylation. ACS Catal. 2013, 3 (10), 2208–2217.
(1) 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, 2013 (26), 4574–4584.
Patent Application
“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.
Book Chapter:
“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.