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117. Soumya Sree Samal, Murugan Subaramanian, and E. Balaraman*. Nickel-Catalyzed Selective Monoamination of 1,2-Diols: An Affordable Approach to Amino Alcohols. Org. Lett., 2025, 27, 35, 9599–9605.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c02536
116. G. Sivakumar, Abhijith Karattil Suresh, Debjani Nag,* Pratik Swarup Dash,* and E. Balaraman*. Catalysis-Driven Methane Conversion to Carbon and Hydrogen. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2025, 121, 42-69.
115. T. Nandakumar, Uma Dwivedi, Palmurukan M. Ramar, K. K. Pant,* Sanat Kumar,* E. Balaraman*. Enhanced Catalytic Co-Conversion of Biomass and Plastic Volatiles Using Metal-Enhanced HZSM-5 Extrudates: A Study on Pyro-Kinetic, Synergistic, and Thermodynamic Efficacy. Biomass Convers. Biorefin. 2025.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-025-06675-6
114. Reshma Babu, Smruti Rekha Padhy, and E. Balaraman*. Efficient N-Methylation of Primary Amides Using Methanol Under Mn(I)-Catalysis. Tetrahedron, 2025, 176, 134535.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2025.134535
Invited article: Dr A V Rama Rao 90th Birthday Celebration.
113. Reshma Babu, Ganesan Sivakumar, Smruti Rekha Padhy, and E. Balaraman*. Green and Sustainable Catalytic Protocol for Methoxymethylation of Primary Amides Using Methanol with Dihydrogen Release. Green Chem., 2025, 27, 2230-2237.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2025/GC/D4GC05864J
112. G. Sivakumar, Abhijith K. Suresh, Smruti R. Padhy, E. Balaraman*. Double dehydrogenative coupling of amino alcohols with primary alcohols under Mn(I) catalysis. Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 13606-13609.
111. R. Babu, Abhijith K. Suresh, R. Kumar, E. Balaraman*. Dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols with hydrazines under nickel catalysis. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 1, 323-343.
110. R. Kumar, R. Babu, S. Chakrabortty, V. Madhu, E. Balaraman*. Catalytic N‑alkylation of (hetero)aromatic amines and tandem annulation reactions. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 14720-14739.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c01017
109. R. Kumar, Smruti R. Padhy, E. Balaraman*. Cobalt-catalyzed divergence in C(sp³)-H functionalization of 9H-fluorene: A streamlined approach utilizing alcohols. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 20, 15103-15116.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c01887
108. M. Subaramanian, Subarna S.Padhy, C. Gouda, T. Das, K. Vanka, E. Balaraman*. Nickel catalyzed tandem conversion of paraformaldehyde:methanol to hydrogen and formate/chemo- and stereoselective hydrogenation of alkynes under neutral conditions. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2024, 14, 2779-2793.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CY01699D
107. M. Subaramanian, C. Gouda, Triptesh K. Roy, G. Sivakumar, S. Banerjee, K. Vanka, E. Balaraman*. Dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols with internal alkynes under nickel catalysis: An access to β-deuterated branched ketones. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 11, 8294–8309.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c06091
106. T. Nandakumar, Subhan K. Pal, R. Vinu, P. M. Ramar, K. K. Pant,* S. Kumar,* E. Balaraman*. Graphene encapsulated transition metal@N/C catalysts for catalytic co-pyrolysis of biomass and waste plastics: Production of linear α-olefins and aromatics. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 13, 5283–5299.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c00279
105. Triptesh K. Roy, R. Babu, G. Sivakumar, V. Gupta,* E. Balaraman*. Olefins from alcohols via catalytic acceptorless dehydrogenation coupling reactions. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2024, 14, 2064-2089.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CY01800H
104. R. Kumar, A. K. Srivastava, P. Nagarasu, V. Madhu, E. Balaraman*. A general and expedient amination of alcohols catalysed by a single-site (NN)Co(II)-bidentate complex under solventless conditions. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2024, 14, 98-109.
103. A. Mondal, R. Kumar, A. K. Suresh, M. K. Sahoo, and E. Balaraman*. Divergence in CH-alkylation of indoles under Mn-catalysis. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2023, 13, 5745–5756.
102. M. Nallagangula, M. Subaramanian, R. Kumar, E. Balaraman*. Transition metal-catalysis in interrupted borrowing hydrogen strategy. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 7847–7862.
101. S. Chakrabortty, F. J. De Zwart, D. D. Snabilie, E. Balaraman, J. N. H. Reek, B. de Bruin, J. G. de Vries*. Concise synthesis of Azilect via cobalt-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation in a bio-based solvent. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2023, 13, 6668–6674 (Collaborative work).
100. M. Subaramanian, G. Sivakumar, V. G. Landge, R. Kumar, K. Natte, R. V Jagadeesh, E. Balaraman*. General and selective homogeneous Ru-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation, deuteration, and methylation of functional compounds using methanol. J. Catal. 2023, 425, 386–405.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2023.06.035
Highlights: Featured in DST portal: https://dst.gov.in/new-catalytic-process-producing-hydrogen-offers-sustainable-method-manufacturing-green-fuel https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1944387.
99. Reshma Babu, Subarna S Padhy, Ganesan Sivakumar, and E. Balaraman* Expedient Tandem Dehydrogenative Alkylation and Cyclization Reactions Under Mn(I)-Catalysis. Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13, 2763-2771.
98. Ganesan Sivakumar, Rohit Kumar, Vinita Yadav, Virendrakumar Gupta*, and E. Balaraman* Multi-Functionality of Methanol in Sustainable Catalysis: Beyond Methanol Economy. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 22, 15013–15053.
97. G. Sivakumar, A. K. Suresh, and E. Balaraman*. Tandem multicomponent reactions for diverse heterocycles synthesis under 3d-transition metal catalysis. In B. Sundararaju (Ed.,). Dehydrogenation reactions with 3d metals (2023; pp. 1-43). Series: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, 73. Springer.
96. T. Nandakumar, U. Dwivedia, K. K. Panta, S. Kumar, and E. Balaraman*. Wheat straw/HDPE co-reaction synergy and enriched production of aromatics and light olefins via catalytic co-pyrolysis over Mn, Ni, and Zn metal modified HZSM-5. Catal. Today, 2023, 408, 111–126 (Collaborative work).
95. Reshma Babu, Subarna Sukanya Padhy, Rohit Kumar, E. Balaraman* Catalytic Amination of Alcohols Using Diazo Compounds under Manganese Catalysis Through Hydrogenative N-Alkylation Reaction Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202302007.
94. Vishakha Goyal, Tarun Bhatt, Chitrarekha Dewangan, Anand Narani, Ganesh Naik, E. Balaraman*, Kishore Natte*, and Rajenahally V. Jagadeesh* Methanol as a Potential Hydrogen Source for Reduction Reactions Enabled by a Commercial Pt/C Catalyst. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 4, 2245–2259.
93. S. Shaik, R. M. R. Sirigireddy, K. Godugu, V. Vemula, R. R. Kakarla, E. Balaraman, C. G. R. Nallagondu, and T. M. Aminabhavi*. SiO2-supported HClO4 catalyzed synthesis of (Z)-thiazolylhydrazonoindolin-2-ones and their electrochemical properties. Chemosphere, 2022, 309, 136667. (Collaborative work). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136667
92. Akash Mondal, Abhijith Karattil Suresh, Ganesan Sivakumar, and E. Balaraman* Sustainable and Affordable Synthesis of (Deuterated) N‑Methyl/ Ethyl Amines from Nitroarenes. Organic Letters, 2022, 24, 49, 8990-8995.
91. Vinita Yadav, Sayali G. Jagtap, E. Balaraman,* and Santosh B. Mhaske* Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Synthesis of N‑Substituted Indoles from Amino Alcohols and Alcohols. Organic Letters, 2022, 24, 9054-9059. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03617
90. Ganesan Sivakumar, Murugan Subaramanian, and Ekambaram Balaraman* Single-Molecular Mn(I)-Complex-Catalyzed Tandem Double Dehydrogenation Cross-Coupling of (Amino)Alcohols under Solventless Conditions with the Liberation of H2 and H2O. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2022. 10, 22, 7362–7373.
89. Vinita Yadav, Ganesan Sivakumar, Virendrakumar Gupta, and E. Balaraman*. Recent Advances in Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers: An Alcohol-based Hydrogen Economy. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 14712−14726. Review Article
88. Ganesan Sivakumar, Murugan Subaramanian, & E. Balaraman*. Catalyzed C(sp3)-H bond functionalization: Arylation and aminoxylation. In D. Maiti (Ed.), Handbook of CH-functionalization. Diverse strategies, vol. 13. Wiley-VCH. 2021. Invited Book Chapter
https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527834242.chf0062
87. J. Karunakaran, H. Qiu, and E. Balaraman*. Synthesis of diverse heterocyclic frameworks using cyclopentadienones via the Diels-Alder strategy. Org. Chem. Front. 2021, Review Article
86. V. Yadav, E. Balaraman* and S. B. Mhaske*. Phosphine-free manganese(II)-catalyst enables acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols with indoles. Adv. Syn. Catal. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202100621.
85. M. Subaramanian, P. M. Ramar, G. Sivakumar, R. G. Kadam, M. Petr, R. Zboril, M. B. Gawande, and E. Balaraman*. Convenient and reusable manganese-based nanocatalyst for amination of alcohols. ChemCatChem. 2021, 13, 20, 4334-4341.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202100635
84. M. Subaramanian, G. Sivakumar, and E. Balaraman*. First-row transition-metal catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenation and related reactions: A personal account. Chem. Rec. 2021, 21, 12, 3839-3871. Invited Personal Review Account
https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202100165
83. M. K. Sahoo, G. Sivakumar, S. Jadhav, S. Shaikh, and E. Balaraman*. Convenient semihydrogenation of azoarenes to hydrazoarenes using H2. Org. Biomol. Chem., (2021), Accepted.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1OB00850A.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/ob/d1ob00850a#!divAbstract
82. S. P. Midya, M. Subaramanian, R. Babu, V. Yadav, and E. Balaraman*. Tandem acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling-decyanation under nickel catalysis. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 11, 7552–7562. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c00592.
81. R. Babu, M. Subaramanian, S. P. Midya and E. Balaraman*. Nickel-catalyzed Guerbet type reaction: C-alkylation of secondary alcohols via double (de)hydrogenation, Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 9, 3320–3325. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00782.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00782
80. V. Yadav, G. Sivakumar and E. Balaraman*. Transition-metal pincer complexes in acceptorless dehydrogenation reactions. Invited book chapter, Elsevier, 2021.
Title of the Book: Pincer-Metal Complexes: Applications in Catalytic Dehydrogenation Chemistry (Editor: Dr. Akshai Kumar Alape Seetharam).
https://www.elsevier.com/books/pincer-metal-complexes/seetharam/978-0-12-822091-7
79. M. Subaramanian, G. Sivakumar and E. Balaraman.* Recent advances in nickel-catalyzed C-C and C-N bond formation via ADC and HA reactions, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, 19, 4213-4227. Invited Review Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1OB00080B.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/ob/d1ob00080b#!divAbstract
78. J. Rana, P. Nagarasu, M. Subaramanian, A. Mondal, V. Madhu,* and E. Balaraman.* Manganese-catalyzed C(α)-alkylation of oxindoles with secondary alcohols via borrowing hydrogen, Organometallics. 2021, 40, 6, 627–634.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00009
77. E. Samaraj, E.Balaraman* and S. Manickam.* Functional POM-catalyst for selective oxidative dehydrogenative couplings under base and additive-free conditions, Mol. Catal. 502, 111396. 2021,
10.1016 / j.mcat.2021.111396.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468823121000134#:~:text=A%20rod%2Dshape%20functionalized%20POM,base%20and%20additive%2Dfree%20conditions.
76. K. Vipin Raj, J. Kumawat, S. Dhamaniya, M. Subaramanian, E. Balaraman,* V. K. Gupta,* K. Vanka,* and R. H. Grubbs. Insights into the nature of self-extinguishing external donors for Ziegler-Natta catalysis: A combined experimental and DFT study. ChemCatChem 13, 674-681 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202001493.
https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cctc.202001493
A paper with Nobel laureate Prof. Robert H. Grubbs (Nobel prize-2005) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
75. M. Subaramanian, A. Mondal and E. Balaraman*. Efficient synthesis of 1,1-dimethoxymethane from methanol and paraformaldehyde catalyzed by a molecularly defined Ni(II)-complex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. A Phys. Sci. (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40010-020-00722-9.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40010-020-00722-9
A part of INYAS Special Issues
74. M. Subaramanian, G. Sivakumar, J. K. Babu and E. Balaraman*. Selective hydrogenation of primary amides and cyclic di-peptides under Ru-catalysis. Chem. Commun., 56, 12411-12414 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC04550K.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/cc/d0cc04550k#!divAbstract
73. M. Shaikh, and E. Balaraman*. Confinement of nanoparticles in carbon nanotubes: A new paradigm in heterogeneous catalysis. ACS Symposium Series Vol. 1359, Chapter 15, pp 459-481 (2020), DOI: 10.1021/bk-2020-1359.ch015.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/bk-2020-1359.ch015
(Title of the Book: Advanced Heterogeneous Catalysts Volume 1: Applications at the Nano-Scale ; American Chemical Society, NW, Washington).
72. G. Jaiswal, V. G. Landge, M. Subaramanian, R. G. Kadam, R. Zbořil, M. B. Gawande, and E. Balaraman*. N-graphitic modified cobalt nanoparticles supported on graphene for tandem dehydrogenation of ammonia-borane and semihydrogenation of alkynes. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 8, 11058−11068 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07211.
71. V. G. Landge, R. Babu, V. Yadav, M. Subaramanian, V. K. Gupta* and E. Balaraman*. Iron-catalyzed direct Julia-type olefination of alcohols. J. Org. Chem. 85, 9876−9886 (2020),
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.0c01173. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.joc.0c01173
70. M. Subaramanian, P. M. Ramar, J. Rana, V. K. Gupta* and E. Balaraman*. Catalytic conversion of ketones to esters via C(O)–C bond cleavage under transition-metal free conditions. Chem. Commun., 56, 8143-8146 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC03312J.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/cc/d0cc03312j#!divAbstract
69. A. Mondal, M. K. Sahoo, M. Subaramanian, and E. Balaraman*. Manganese(I)-catalyzed sustainable synthesis of quinoxaline and quinazoline derivatives with the liberation of dihydrogen. J. Org. Chem. 85, 11, 7181–7191 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.0c00561.
68. V. Yadav, V. G. Landge, M. Subaramanian, and E. Balaraman*. Manganese catalyzed α-olefination of nitriles with secondary alcohols. ACS Catal. 10, 2, 947–954 (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b02811.
67. N. V. Gorantla, R. Das, E. Balaraman*, and S. Chinnathambi*. Transition metal nickel prevents Tau aggregation in Alzheimer's disease. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 156, 1359-1365, (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.11.176.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0141813019377062
Collaborative work
66. N. V. Gorantla, E. Balaraman*, and S. Chinnathambi*. Cobalt-based metal complexes prevent Repeat Tau aggregation and nontoxic to neuronal cells. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 152, 171-179 (2020),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.02.278. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0141813019397740?via%3Dihub
Collaborative work
65. M. Subaramanian, S. P. Midya, P. M. Ramar and E. Balaraman*. General synthesis of N-alkylation of amines with secondary alcohols via hydrogen autotransfer. Org. Lett. 21, 22, 8899-8903 (2019), DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02990.
64. N. V. Gorantla, V. G. Landge, P. G. Nagaraju, P. Priyadarshini CG, E. Balaraman*, and S. Chinnathambi*. Molecular cobalt(II) complexes for Tau polymerization in Alzheimer’s disease. ACS Omega 2019, 4, 16, 16702-16714, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00692.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsomega.9b00692.
Collaborative work
63. M. Subaramanian, V. G. Landge, V. Gupta* and E. Balaraman*. Nickel‐catalyzed chemoselective acetalization of aldehydes with alcohols under neutral conditions. Chem. Asian J. (2019), DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900908.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/asia.201900908
This manuscript is part of a special issue celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI).
62. M. K. Sahoo and E. Balaraman*. Room temperature catalytic dehydrogenation of cyclic amines with liberation of H2 using water as a solvent. Green Chem., 21, 2119-2128 (2019), DOI: 10.1039/C9GC00201D.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/gc/c9gc00201d?page=search
Highlighted in SCISOUP: A Science and Technology Blog.
61. V. G. Landge,# V. Yadav,# M. Subaramanian, P. Dangarh, E. Balaraman*. Nickel(II)-catalyzed direct olefination of benzyl alcohols with sulfones with the liberation of H2. Chem. Commun., 55, 6130-6133 (2019), DOI:10.1039/C9CC02603G.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/cc/c9cc02603g.
# Equal contribution
60. G. Jaiswal, M. K. Sahoo, M. Subaramanian and E. Balaraman*. A Reusable cobalt-catalyst for reversible acceptorless dehydrogenation and hydrogenation of N-Heterocycles. ChemCatChem., 11, 2449-2457 (2019), DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201900367.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/cctc.201900367
59. J. Rana, V. K. Gupta, and E. Balaraman*. Manganese-catalyzed direct C-C coupling of α-C-H bonds of amides and ester with alcohols via hydrogen autotransfer. Dalton Trans., 48, 7094-7099 (2019), DOI:10.1039/C8DT05020A.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/dt/c8dt05020a
(New Talent: Asia Pacific themed issue)
58. M. Bhadra, S. Kandambeth, M.K. Sahoo, M. Addicoat, E. Balaraman* and R. Banerjee*. A triazine functionalized porous covalent organic framework for photo-organocatalytic E-Z isomerization of olefins. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 6152-6156 (2019), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b01891
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jacs.9b01891
Collaborative work
57. V. G. Landge, A. Mondal, V. Kumar, A. Nandakumar, and E. Balaraman*, Manganese catalyzed N-alkylation of amines with alcohols: Ligand enabled selectivity, Org. Biomol. Chem., 16, 8175 - 8180 (2018), DOI:10.1039/C8OB01886C.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/ob/c8ob01886c#!divAbstract
56. V. G. Landge, A. Parveen, A. Nandakumar, and E. Balaraman*, Pd(II)-catalyzed gamma-C(sp3)-H alkynylation of amides: A selective functionalization of R chain of amides R1C(O)NHR, Chem. Commun., 54, 7483 - 7486 (2018), DOI:10.1039/C8CC03445A.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/cc/c8cc03445a
55. A. Mondal, M. Subaramanian, A. Nandakumar, and E. Balaraman*, Manganese-catalyzed direct conversion of ester to amide with liberation of H2, Org. Lett., 20, 3381 - 3384 (2018),
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01305. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01305
54. S. P. Midya, J. Pitchaimani, V. G. Landge, V. Madhu,* and E. Balaraman*, Direct access to N-alkylated amines and imines via acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling catalyzed by cobalt(II)-NNN pincer complex, Catal. Sci. Technol., 8, 3469 - 3473 (2018), DOI:10.1039/C8CY00859K.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/cy/c8cy00859k#!divAbstract
53. Manoj K. Sahoo, K. Saravanakumar, G. Jaiswal, and E. Balaraman*, Photocatalysis enabling acceptorless dehydrogenation of diaryl hydrazines at room temperature, ACS Catal., 8, 7727 - 7733 (2018), DOI:10.1021/acscatal.8b01579.
52. S. P. Midya, J. Rana, J. Pitchaimani, A. Nandakumar, V. Madhu,* and E. Balaraman*, Ni-catalyzed alpha-alkylation of unactivated amides and esters with alcohols via hydrogen auto-transfer strategy, ChemSusChem., 11, 3911-3916 (2018), DOI:10.1002/cssc.201801443.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cssc.201801443
51. J. Rana, R. Babu, M. Subaramanian, and E. Balaraman*, Ni-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of primary and secondary alcohols with methyl-N-heteroaromatics, Org. Chem. Front., 5, 3250 - 3255 (2018), DOI:10.1039/c8qo00764k.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/qo/c8qo00764k#!divAbstract
50. P. Karthik, E. Balaraman* And B. Neppolian*, Efficient solar light-driven H2 production: Post-synthetic encapsulation of a Cu2O co-catalyst in a metal–organic framework (MOF) for boosting the effective charge carrier separation, Catal. Sci. Technol., 8, 3286 - 3294 (2018), DOI:10.1039/c8cy00604k. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/cy/c8cy00604k#!divAbstract
Collaborative work
49. P. Karthik, R. Vinoth, P. Zhang, W. Choi, E. Balaraman,* and B. Neppolian*, pi–pi Interaction between metal–organic framework and reduced graphene oxide for visible-light photocatalytic H2 production, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 1, 1913 - 1923 (2018), DOI:10.1021/acsaem.7b00245.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsaem.7b00245
Collaborative work
48. S. P. Midya, V. G. Landge, M. K. Sahoo, J. Rana, and E. Balaraman*, Cobalt-catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of aminoalcohols with alcohols: direct access to pyrrole, pyridine and pyrazine derivatives, Chem. Commun., 54, 90 - 93 (2018),
DOI:10.1039/C7CC07427A. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/cc/c7cc07427a#!divAbstract
47. V. G. Landge, J. Pitchaimani, S. P. Midya, M. Subaramanian, V. Madhu,* and E. Balaraman,* Phosphine-free cobalt pincer complex catalyzed Z-selective semihydrogenation of unbiased alkynes, Catal. Sci. Technol., 8, 428 - 433 (2018), DOI:10.1039/C7CY01994G.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/cy/c7cy01994g#!divAbstract
46. M. Bhadra, H. S. Sasmal, A. Basu, S. P. Midya, S. Kandambeth, P. Pachfule, E. Balaraman,* and R. Banerjee,* Predesigned metal anchored building block for in situ generation of Pd nanoparticles in microporous covalent organic framework: Application in heterogeneous tandem catalysis, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 9, 13785 - 13792 (2017),
DOI:10.1021/acsami.7b02355. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.7b02355
Collaborative work
45. P. Karthik, R. Vinoth, P. Selvam, E. Balaraman,* M. Navaneethan, Y. Hayakawa, and B. Neppolian*, A visible-light active catechol–metal oxide carbonaceous polymeric material for enhanced photocatalytic activity, J. Mat. Chem. A., 5, 384 - 396 (2017),
DOI:10.1039/C6TA07685H. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/ta/c6ta07685h#!divAbstract
Collaborative work
44. G. Jaiswal, V. Landge, D. Jagadeesan,* and E. Balaraman,* Iron-based nanocatalyst for the acceptorless dehydrogenation reactions, Nature Commun., 8, 2147 - 2160 (2017),
DOI:10.1038/s41467-017-01603-3. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01603-3
43. M. K. Sahoo, G. Jaiswal, J. Rana, and E. Balaraman,* Organo-photoredox catalyzed oxidative dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles, Chem. Eur. J., 23, 14167 - 14172 (2017),
DOI:10.1002/chem.201703642. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/chem.201703642
42. M. K. Sahoo, S. P. Midya, V. G. Landge, and E. Balaraman,* A unified strategy for silver-, base-, and oxidant free direct arylation of C–H bonds, Green Chem., 19, 2111 - 2117 (2017),
DOI:10.1039/c6gc03438a. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2017/gc/c6gc03438a
41. S. P. Midya, J. Rana, T. Abraham, B. Aswin, and E. Balaraman,* Metal-free radical trifluoromethylation of beta-nitroalkenes through visible-light photoredox catalysis, Chem. Commun., 53, 6760 - 6763 (2017), DOI:10.1039/C7CC02589K.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/cc/c7cc02589k#!divAbstract39.
40. S. P. Midya, A. Mondal, A. Begum, and E. Balaraman*, A simple CoCl2 catalyzed N-alkylation of amines with alcohols, Synthesis., 49, 3957 - 3961 (2017), DOI:10.1055/s-0036-1589064.
https://www.thiemeconnect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0036-1589064.
*Dedicated to Professor David Milstein on the occasion of his 70th birthday * Invited article for a special topic on ‘Cobalt in organic synthesis’
39. E. Balaraman*, A. Nandakumar*, G. Jaiswal, and M. K. Sahoo, Iron-catalyzed dehydrogenation reactions and its applications in sustainable energy and catalysis (Review Article), Catal. Sci. Technol., 7, 3177 - 3195 (2017), DOI:10.1039/C7CY00879A.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/cy/c7cy00879a#!divAbstract
* Cover page article * Dedicated to Professor David Milstein on the occasion of his 70th birthday
38. M. K. Sahoo, J. Rana, M. Subaramanian, and E. Balaraman*, Room-temperature direct arylation of anilides under external oxidant-free conditions using CO2 derived dimethyl carbonate (DMC) as 'green' solvent, ChemistrySelect., 2, 7565 - 7569 (2017),
DOI:10.1002/slct.201701108. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.201701108
37. M. Subaramanian, A. Bera, B. L. V. Prasad,* and E. Balaraman*, Nickel-catalyzed direct synthesis of dialkoxymethane ethers, J. Chem. Sci., 129, 1153 - 1159 (2017),
DOI:10.1007/s12039-017-1339-6. https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/jcsc/129/08/1153-1159
"Dedicated to Prof. K. C. Kumara Swamy on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
36. V. G. Landge, J. Rana, M. Subaramanian, and E. Balaraman*, Nickel-catalyzed N-vinylation of heteroaromatic amines via C-H bond activation, Org. Biomol. Chem., 15, 6896 - 6900 (2017),
DOI:10.1039/C7OB01791J. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/ob/c7ob01791j#!divAbstract
35. V. G. Landge, S. P. Midya, J. Rana, D. R. Shinde, and E. Balaraman*, Expedient cobalt-catalyzed C–H alkynylation of (enantiopure) benzylamines, Org. Lett., 18, 5252 - 5255 (2016),
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02549. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02549
"Prof. Douglass F. Taber has cited in his Highlight column on "Benzene Derivatives" in Organic Chemistry Portal: http://www.organic-chemistry.org/Highlights/2017/19June.shtm
34. G. Jaiswal, V. Landge, D. Jagadeesan,* and E. Balaraman*, Sustainable iron-catalyzed direct imine formation by acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols with amines, Green Chem., 18, 3232 - 3238 (2016), DOI:10.1039/C6GC00565A.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/gc/c6gc00565a#!divAbstract
"ChemInform Abstract: DOI: 10.1002/chin.201641098 "
33. V. G. Landge, C. H. Shewale, G. Jaiswal, M. K. Sahoo, S. P. Midya, and E. Balaraman*, Nickel-catalyzed direct alkynylation of C(sp2)-H bonds of amides: An “inverse Sonogashira strategy” to ortho-alkynylbenzoic acids, Catal. Sci. Technol., 6, 1946 - 1951 (2016),
DOI:10.1039/C5CY01299F. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/cy/c5cy01299f#!divAbstract
32. V. G. Landge, C. H. Shewale, G. Jaiswal, M. K. Sahoo, S. P. Midya, and E. Balaraman*, Nickel-catalyzed direct alkynylation of C(sp2)-H bonds of amides: An “inverse Sonogashira strategy” to ortho-alkynylbenzoic acids, Catal. Sci. Technol., 6, 1946 - 1951 (2016),
DOI:10.1039/C5CY01299F. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/cy/c5cy01299f#!divAbstract
31. S. P. Midya, M. K. Sahoo, V. G. Landge, P. R. Rajamohanan, and E. Balaraman*, Reversed reactivity of anilines with alkynes in the rhodium-catalysed C–H activation/carbonylation tandem, Nature Commun., 6, 8591 - 8601 (2015), DOI:10.1038/ncomms9591.
30. A. Nandakumar, M. K. Sahoo, and E. Balaraman*, Reverse-hydroformylation: A missing reaction explored, Org. Chem. Front., 2, 1422 - 1424 (2015), DOI: 10.1039/c5qo00229j.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleHtml/2015/QO/c5qo00229j
29. A. Nandakumar, * S. P. Midya, V. G. Landge, and E. Balaraman*, Transition-metal catalysed hydrogen transfer annulation strategy to heterocyclic scaffolds, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 11022 - 11034 (2015), DOI:10.1002/anie.201503247.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.201503247
28. V. G. Landge, M. K. Sahoo, S. P. Midya, G.Jaiswal, and E. Balaraman*, Well-defined palladium(II) complexes for ligand enabled C(sp3)-alkynylation, Dalton Trans., 44, 15382 - 15386 (2015), DOI:10.1039/C5DT02772A.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/dt/c5dt02772a#!divAbstract
Publications from Ph.D and Post-Doc
27. E. Balaraman, D. Srimani, Y. Diskin-Posner And D. Milstein*, Direct synthesis of secondary amines from alcohols and ammonia catalyzed by a ruthenium pincer complex, Catal. Lett., 145, 139 - 144 (2015), DOI:10.1007/s10562-014-1422-2.
26. E. Balaraman* And D. Milstein, Hydrogenation of polar bonds catalysed by ruthenium-pincer complexes, Top. Organomet. Chem., 48, 19 - 44 (2014), DOI:10.1007/3418_2014_77.
"Book Chapter: Ruthenium in catalysis (Eds: C. Bruneau, P. H. Dixneuf) "
25. E. Balaraman, E. Khaskin, G. Leitus And D. Milstein*, Catalytic transformation of alcohols to carboxylic acid salts and H2 using water as the oxygen atom source, Nature. Chem., 5, 122 - 125 (2013), DOI:10.1038/nchem.1536.
"Highlights: • RSC Chemistryworld • CORANTE - In the Pipeline • The Chemistry Cascade"
24. D. Srimani, E. Balaraman, P. Hu, Y. Ben-David And D. Milstein*, Formation of tertiary amides and H2 by dehydrogenative coupling of primary alcohols with secondary amines catalyzed by ruthenium bipyridine-based pincer complexes, Adv. Syn. Catal., 355, 2525 - 2530 (2013), DOI:10.1002/adsc.20130062
23. R. Langer, I. Fuchs, M. Vogt, E. Balaraman, Y. Diskin-Posner, L. J. W. Shimon, Y. Ben-David And D. Milstein*, Stepwise metal-ligand cooperation via a reversible aromatization/deconjugation-sequence in ruthenium complexes with a tetradentate phenanthroline-based ligand, Chem. Eur. J., 19, 3407 - 3414 (2013), DOI:10.1002/chem.201204003.
Highlight: Selected as VIP article by Chem. Euro. J.
22. T. Zell, R. Langer, M.A. Iron, L. Konstantinovski, L. J. W. Shimon, Yael Diskin-Posner, Gregory Leitus, E. Balaraman, Y. Ben-David And D. Milstein*, Synthesis, structures, and dearomatization by deprotonation of iron complexes featuring bipyridine-based PNN Pincer ligands, Inorg. Chem., 52, 9636 - 9649 (2013), DOI:10.1021/ic401432m.
21. R. Barrios-Francisco, E. Balaraman, Y. Diskin-Posner, G. Leitus, L. J. W. Shimon And D. Milstein*, PNN-ruthenium pincer complexes based on phosphinated 2,2’-dipyridinemethane- and 2,2’-oxobispyridine. Metal-ligand cooperation in cyclometallation and catalysis, Organometallics., 32, 2973 - 2982 (2013), DOI:10.1021/om400194w.
20. D. Srimani, E. Balaraman, B. Gnanaprakasam, Y. Ben-David And D. Milstein*, Ruthenium pincer-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling of primary alcohols with secondary alcohols under neutral conditions, Adv. Syn. Catal., 354, 2403 - 2406 (2012), DOI:10.1002/adsc.201200438.
19. E. Balaraman, E. Fogler And D. Milstein*, Efficient hydrogenation of biomass derived cyclic di-esters to 1,2-diols, Chem. Commun., 48, 1111 - 1113 (2012), DOI:10.1039/C1CC15778G.
Selected as HOT article by Chem. Commun.
18. B. Gnanaprakasam, E. Balaraman, C. Gunanathan And D. Milstein*, Synthesis of polyamides from diols and diamines with liberation of H2, J. Polymer. Chem. A., 50, 1755 - 1765 (2012), DOI:10.1002/pola.25943.
17. E. Balaraman, C. Gunanathan, J. Zhang, L. J. W. Shimon And D. Milstein*, Efficient hydrogenation of organic carbonates, carbamates, and formates indicates alternative routes to methanol based on CO2 and CO, Nature. Chem., 3, 609 - 614 (2011), DOI:10.1038/NCHEM.1089.
Highlights: • Science & Technology, News of the Week: Chemical & Engineering News, 89 (31), August 01, 2011. • Nature. Chem. 2011, 3, 578-579. • ChemCatChem. 2012, 5, 609-611. • ACS News and Latest News: Chemical & Engineering News, August 17, 2011. • Green Car Congress • Fisker Karma News
16. K. C. Kumara Swamy*, G. Gangadhararao, Venu Srinivas, N. N. Bhuvan Kumar, E. Balaraman And Manab Chakravarty, Cyclodiphosph(III)azane chemistry – Ylides from the reaction of [(RNH)P-N(t-Bu)]2 [R = t-Bu, i-Pr] with dimethyl maleate and chiral ansa-type derivatives from reaction of [ClP-N(t-Bu)]2 with a substituted BINOL, Inorg.Chem. Acta., 372, 374 - 382 (2011), DOI:10.1016/j.ica.2010.12.072.
15. Venu Srinivas, E. Balaraman, K. V. Sajna And K. C. Kumara Swamy*, Catalyst-free and catalyzed addition of P(O)-H bonds to phosphorylated allenes/alkynes and allenyl/alkynyl phosphine oxides: Use of a robust, recoverable dinuclear palladium(I) catalyst, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 22, 4220 - 4230 (2011), DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201100197.
14. K. C. Kumara Swamy*, Srinivasarao Allu, Venu Srinivas, E. Balaraman And K. V. P. Pavan Kumar, Alkynyl and phosphonyl substituted nucleobases: A case of thermally induced conformational polymorphism, Cryst. Growth Des., 11, 2302 - 2310 (2011), DOI:10.1021/cg101737x.
13. E. Fogler, E. Balaraman, Y. Ben-David, G. Leitus, L. J. W. Shimon And D. Milstein*, New CNN-type ruthenium pincer NHC complexes. Synthesis and catalytic activity. Mild, efficient hydrogenation of esters, Organometallics., 30, 3826 - 3833 (2011), DOI:10.1021/om200367j.
12. J. Zhang, E. Balaraman, G. Leitus And D. Milstein*, Electron-rich PNP- and PNN-type Ru(II) hydrido-borohydride complexes. Synthesis, structure and catalytic activity towards dehydrogenation of alcohols and hydrogenation of esters, Organometallics., 30, 5716 - 5724 (2011), DOI:10.1021/om200595m.
11. K. Livanov, V. Madhu, E. Balaraman, L. J. W. Shimon, Y. Diskin-Posner And R. Neumann*, The photocatalytic splitting of CS2 to a carbon-sulfur polymer and S8 catalyzed by a bimetallic ruthenium(II) compound with a tertiary amine binding site - towards photocatalytic splitting of CO2?, Inorg. Chem., 50, 11273 - 11275 (2011), DOI:10.1021/ic2008045.
Highlight: • Nanotechnology Virtical News
10. B. Gnanaprakasam, E. Balaraman, Y. Ben-David And D. Milstein*, Synthesis of peptides and pyrazines from beta-aminoalcohols via extrusion of H2 catalyzed by ruthenium pincer complexes. Ligand controlled selectivity, Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed., 50, 12240 - 12244 (2011), DOI:10.1002/anie.201105876.
9. E. Balaraman, Y. Ben-David And D. Milstein*, Unprecedented catalytic hydrogenation of urea derivatives to amines and methanol, Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed., 50, 11702 - 11705 (2011), DOI:10.1002/anie.201106612.
Highlights: • Selected as VIP article by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. • ChemCatChem. 2012, 5, 609-611. • ChemistryViews Magazine
8. Vedichi Madhu, Balaraman Ekambaram, Linda J. W. Shimon, Yael Diskin, Gregory Leitus And Ronny Neumann*, Structural diversity in manganese, iron and cobalt complexes of the ditopic 1,2- bis(2,2’-bipyridyl-6-yl)ethyne ligand and observation of epoxidation and catalase activity of manganese compounds, Dalton Trans., 39, 7266 - 7275 (2010), DOI:10.1039/b925129d.
7. E. Balaraman, B. Gnanaprakasam, L. J. W. Shimon And D. Milstein*, Direct hydrogenation of amides to alcohols and amines under mild conditions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 16756 - 16758 (2010), DOI:10.1021/ja1080019.
Highlight: • Chemistry Views Magazine
6. K. C. Kumara Swamy*, N. N. Bhuvan Kumar, E. Balaraman And K. V. P. Pavan Kumar, Mitsunobu and related reactions: Advances and applications, Chem. Rev., 109, 2551 - 2651 (2009), DOI:10.1021/cr800278z.
Highlights: • Most read article in 2009 • Cited in Wikipedia
5. Balaraman, Venu Srinivas And K. C. Kumara Swamy*, Hydrophosphonylation of activated alkenes and alkynes via fluoride ion activation in ionic liquid medium, Tetrahedron., 65, 7603 - 7610 (2009), DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2009.06.096.
4. E. Balaraman And K. C. Kumara Swamy*, A convenient chromatography-free access to enantio-pure 6,6’-di-tert-butyl-1,1’- binaphthalene-2,2’-diol- its 3,3’-dibromo, di-tert-butyl and phosphorus derivatives: Utility in asymmetric synthesis, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry., , 2037 - 2048 (2007), DOI:10.1016/j.tetasy.2007.06.028.
3. K. C. Kumara Swamy*, E. Balaraman And N. Satish Kumar, Synthesis and utility of new amine/nucleobase addition products of allenylphosphonates, Tetrahedron., 62, 10152 - 10161 (2006), DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2006.08.034.
2. K. C. Kumara Swamy*, E. Balaraman, M. PhaniPavan, N. N. Bhuvan Kumar, K. Praveen Kumar And N. Satish Kumar, Unusual products in the reaction of phosphorus (III) compounds with N=N, C?C or conjugated double bonded systems, J. Chem. Sci., 118, 495 - 501 (2006), DOI:10.1007/BF02703946.
1. E. Balaraman and K. C. Kumara Swamy*. Conversion of meso to dl form and vice versa in bisphosphonates: Synthesis and structures of new meso, dl and (meso+dl) bisphosphonates derived from cyclic phosphites and dialkylacetylenedicarboxylates. Synthesis 3037-3042 (2004).
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