Publications

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(†equal contribution) 

1. Bains, A. K.; Jain, H.; Kundu, A.; Singh, R.; Yadav, S.; Ankit, Y.; Adhikari, D. Cofactor-Inspired Quinone Catalysis Following a One-Electron Hydrogen Atom Transfer Pathway. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 17993-18002.

2. Bains, A. K.; Kundu, A.; Singh, R.; Jain, H.; Adhikari, D. Radical-Driven Imine Hydrogenation Promoted by the Cooperativity of Nickel and a Redox-Active Ligand. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2025, 28, e202400558 (1 of 5).

3. Bains, A. K.; Kundu, A.; Adhikari, D. Mechanistic Elucidation of a Radical-Promoted Hydrogenation Relevant to Borrowing Hydrogen Catalysis. ChemCatChem, 2023, 15, e202300586 (1 of 8).

4. Mandal, B.†; Bains, A. K.†; Roy, M.; Adhikari, D. Photochemical Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Saturated N-Heterocycles by an Iminoquinone. Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13, 6512-6518.

5. Singh, R.†; Bains, A. K.†; Kundu, A. †; Jain, H.; Yadav, S.; Adhikari, D. Mechanistic Elucidation of an Alcohol Oxidation Reaction Promoted by a Nickel Azophenolate Complex. Organometallics 2023, 42, 1759-1765.

6. Bains, A. K.; Biswas, A.; Kundu, A.; Adhikari, D. Nickel-Catalysis Enabling α-Alkylation of Ketones by Secondary Alcohols. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022, 364, 2815-2821

7. Biswas, A.†; Bains, A. K.†; Adhikari, D. Ligand-Assisted Nickel Catalysis Enabling sp3 C–H Alkylation of 9H-Fluorene with Alcohols. Catal. Sci. Technol., 2022, 12, 4211-4216.

8. Bains, A. K.; Kundu, A.; Maiti, D.; Adhikari, D. Ligand-Redox Assisted Nickel Catalysis Toward Stereoselective Synthesis of (n+1)-Membered Cycloalkanes from 1,n-Diols with Methyl Ketones. Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 14217-14223.

9. Bains, A. K.; Biswas, A.; Adhikari, D. Nickel-Catalyzed Selective Synthesis of α-Alkylated Ketones via Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling of Primary and Secondary Alcohols. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022, 364, 47-52.

10. Bains, A. K.; Ankit, Y.; Adhikari, D. Pyrenedione-Catalyzed α-Olefination of Nitriles under Visible-Light Photoredox Conditions.  Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 2019-2023.

11. Bains, A. K.; Ankit, Y.; Adhikari, D. Bioinspired Radical-Mediated Transition-Metal-Free Synthesis of N-Heterocycles under Visible Light. ChemSusChem, 2021, 14, 324-329.

12. Bains, A. K.; Biswas, A.; Adhikari, D. Nickel-Catalysed Chemoselective C-3 Alkylation of Indoles with Alcohols Through a Borrowing Hydrogen Method. Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 15442-15445.

13. Bains, A. K.; Singh, V.; Adhikari, D. Homogeneous Nickel-Catalyzed Sustainable Synthesis of Quinoline and Quinoxaline under Aerobic Conditions. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 14971-14979.

14. Bains, A. K.; Adhikari, D. Mechanistic Insight into an Azo-Radical Promoted Dehydrogenation of Heteroarene Towards N-Heterocycles.  Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 6309-6318.

15. Bains, A. K.; Dey, D.; Yadav, S.; Kundu, A.; Adhikari, D. Nickel Catalysed Construction of Benzazoles via Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions.  Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 6495-6500.

16. Bains, A. K.; Kundu, A.; Yadav, S.; Adhikari, D. Borrowing Hydrogen-Mediated N-Alkylation Reactions by a Well-Defined Homogeneous Nickel Catalyst. ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 9051-9059.

Others:

1. Mehra, V.; Bains, A. K.; Hundal, G.; Lobana, T. S. Transformation of 1,3-Imidazolidine-2-thione (SC3H6N2) into (SC3H4N2–O–N2C3H4S)2- Dianion Chelated in [Pd{κ3–S,O,S–( SC3H4N2–O–N2C3H4S)}(PPh3)]·CH3CN. J. Chem. Sci., 2017, 129, 359-363.