Post. Doc. & Ph.D. ​

(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 into 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. ​

(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 , 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, 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, 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 , 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, 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 (26), 4574–4584. ​

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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.