Publications

15. Ni-Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization: Development of Divergent Acyl and Decarbonylative Cross-Coupling Reactions 

Ángel D Hernández-Mejías, Alexander M Shimozono, Avijit Hazra, Sven Richter, Zhengjia Tong, Neil F Langille, Kyle Quasdorf, Andrew T Parsons, Matthew S Sigman*, Sarah E Reisman* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 4, 3468–3477

14. Autonomous closed-loop mechanistic investigation of molecular electrochemistry via automation 

Hongyuan Sheng, Jingwen Sun, Oliver Rodríguez, Benjamin B Hoar, Weitong Zhang, Danlei Xiang, Tianhua Tang, Avijit Hazra, Daniel S Min, Abigail G Doyle, Matthew S Sigman, Cyrille Costentin, Quanquan Gu, Joaquín Rodríguez-López, Chong Liu *

Nature Communications 15 (1), 2781

13. Interrogating the Mechanistic Features of Ni (I)-Mediated Aryl Iodide Oxidative Addition Using Electroanalytical and Statistical Modeling Techniques 

Tianhua Tang†, Avijit Hazra†, Daniel S Min, Wendy L Williams, Eli Jones, Abigail G Doyle*, Matthew S Sigman*

† Co-first authors

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 15, 8689–8699

12. Investigating Oxidative Addition Mechanisms of Allylic Electrophiles with Low-Valent Ni/Co Catalysts Using Electroanalytical and Data Science Techniques

Tianhua Tang, Eli Jones, Thérèse Wild, Avijit Hazra, Shelley D. Minteer, Matthew S. Sigman*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 43, 20056–20066 

11. Selective Synthesis of Z-Michael Acceptors via Hydroalkylation of Conjugated Alkynes 

Austin B Shaff†, Avijit Hazra†, Bradley W Gardner, Gojko Lalic*

† Co-first authors 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 1, 27–32

10. Regio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of E-Allylic Amines through Hydroalkylation of Terminal Alkynes 

Bofei Wang, Avijit Hazra, Gojko Lalic* 

ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 8, 6021–6027

9. Prebiotic Membranes and Micelles Do Not Inhibit Peptide Formation During Dehydration

Zachary R. Cohen, Brennan L. Kessenich, Avijit Hazra, Julia Nguyen, Richard S. Johnson, Michael J. MacCoss, Gojko Lalic, Roy A. Black, Sarah L. Keller* 

ChemBioChem 23 (3), e202100614 

8. Hydroalkylation of Alkynes: Functionalization of the Alkenyl Copper Intermediate through Single Electron Transfer Chemistry 

Avijit Hazra, Jonathan A. Kephart, Alexandra Velian, Gojko Lalic* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 21, 7903–7908 

7. Stereospecific Synthesis of E-Alkenes through Anti-Markovnikov Hydroalkylation of Terminal Alkynes 

Avijit Hazra, Jason Chen, Gojko Lalic* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 32, 12464–12469

6. Photoinduced Copper‐Catalyzed Coupling of Terminal Alkynes and Alkyl Iodides 

Avijit Hazra, Mitchell T Lee, Justin F Chiu, Gojko Lalic* 

Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5492–5496 

5. Catalytic anti-Markovnikov Hydroallylation of Terminal and Functionalized Internal Alkynes: Synthesis of Skipped Dienes and Trisubstituted Alkenes 

Melrose Mailig†, Avijit Hazra†, Megan K Armstrong, Gojko Lalic*   

† Co-first authors

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 20, 6969–6977 

4. Detailed Mechanistic Studies on Palladium-Catalyzed Selective C–H Olefination with Aliphatic Alkenes: A Significant Influence of Proton Shuttling 

Arghya Deb, Avijit Hazra, Qian Peng*, Robert S. Paton*, Debabrata Maiti*   

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 2, 763–775

3. Remote para-C–H Functionalization of Arenes by a D-Shaped Biphenyl Template-Based Assembly 

Sukdev Bag, Tuhin Patra, Atanu Modak, Arghya Deb, Soham Maity, Uttam Dutta, Aniruddha Dey, Rajesh Kancherla, Arun Maji, Avijit Hazra, Milan Bera, Debabrata Maiti*   

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 37, 11888–11891 

2. Nickel‐Catalyzed Insertion of Alkynes and Electron‐Deficient Olefins into Unactivated sp3 C–H Bonds 

Soham Maity, Soumitra Agasti, Arif Mahammad Earsad, Avijit Hazra, Debabrata Maiti*   

Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 32, 11320-11324 

1. Direct Synthesis of α-trifluoromethyl Ketone from (hetero)arylacetylene: Design, Intermediate Trapping, and Mechanistic Investigations 

Arun Maji, Avijit Hazra, Debabrata Maiti*   

Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 17, 4524–4527