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Organoselenium Catalyzed Electrochemical Cascade Cyclization: An Access to Naphthofuran-2-carboxaldehyde

Neha Dagar,  Swati Singh and Sudipta Raha Roy*

Adv.Synth.Catal., 2024, Early View.

Investigating the Potency of a Phenalenyl-Based Photocatalyst under the Photoelectrochemical Condition for Intramolecular C–S Bond Formation

Partha Pratim Sen, Nayan Saha and Sudipta Raha Roy*

ACS Catal., 2024, 14, 907–920.

Catalytic π–π Interactions Triggered Photoinduced Synthesis of Biaryls

Vishal Jyoti Roy, Janardan Chakraborty and Sudipta Raha Roy*

Org. Lett., 2024, 26, 183-187. 

Unified Approach to Diverse Heterocyclic Synthesis: Organo-Photocatalyzed Carboacylation of Alkenes and Alkynes from Feedstock Aldehydes and Alcohols

Vishal Jyoti Roy#, Neha Dagar#, Swagata Choudhury and Sudipta Raha Roy*

J. Org. Chem., 2023, 88, 15374–15388.

Skeletal Rearrangement through Photocatalytic Denitrogenation: An Access to C-3 Aminoquinolin-2(1H)-ones

Swati Singh, Gopal Chakrabortty and Sudipta Raha Roy*

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 12541-12547.

Harnessing the Energy of Visible Light to Promote LMCT of Cu(II) Species for Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Lactonization of Biaryl-2-carboxylic Acids 

Partha Pratim Sen and Sudipta Raha Roy*

Organometallics 2023, 42, 1658–1666.

Introducing Phenalenyl-Based Organic Lewis Acid as a Photocatalyst to Facilitate Oxidative Azolation of Unactivated Arenes 

Partha Pratim Sen and Sudipta Raha Roy*

Org. Lett., 2023, 25, 1895–1900.

Light-induced Activation of C-X bond via Carbonate Assisted    Anion-π Interactions: Applications to C-P and C-B Bond Formation 

Vishal Jyoti Roy and Sudipta Raha Roy*

Org. Lett., 2023, 25, 923-927. (One of the Most Read Article in February 2023 )

Transforming Non-innocent Phenalenyl to a Potent Photoreductant: Captivating Reductive Functionalization of Aryl Halides through Visible Light-Induced Electron Transfer Processes 

Vishali Pathania, Vishal Jyoti Roy and Sudipta Raha Roy*

J. Org. Chem., 2022, 87, 16550-16566.  

Photoinduced radical cascade reactions for the thioalkylation of quinoxalin-2(1H)-one: An access to β-heteroaryl thioethers under metal and catalyst free condition

Swati Singh, Neha Dagar,  Giriraj Pal and Sudipta Raha Roy*

Green Chem., 2022, 24, 8460-8465.

Electrochemical Activation of the C–X Bond on Demand: Access to the Atom Economic Group Transfer Reaction Triggered by Noncovalent Interaction  

Partha Pratim Sen, Vishal Jyoti Roy and Sudipta Raha Roy*

J. Org. Chem., 2022, 87, 9551-9564.

Synergistic Effect of Cerium in Dual Photoinduced Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer and Lewis Acid Catalysis: Diastereoselective Alkylation of Coumarins  

Neha Dagar, Swati Singh and Sudipta Raha Roy*

J. Org. Chem., 2022,87, 8970-8982.

Electricity Induced Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative C–H/N–H Annulation of Alkynes with Arylhydrophthalazinediones 

Partha Pratim Sen, Rashmi Prakash and Sudipta Raha Roy*

Org. Lett., 2022, 24, 4530-4535.

Photoinduced Ligand to Metal Charge Transfer Enabling Cerium Mediated Decarboxylative Alkylation of Quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones  

Swati Singh, Neha Dagar and Sudipta Raha Roy*

Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 3831-3834.(One of the Most Read Article in its First Year of Publication)

Exploring Eosin Y as a Bimodular Catalyst: Organophotoacid Mediated Minisci-Type Acylation of N-Heteroarenes 

Vishal Jyoti Roy, Partha Pratim Sen and Sudipta Raha Roy*

Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 1776-1779.(One of the Most Read Article in its First Year of Publication)

Visible-Light-Mediated Cross Dehydrogenative Coupling of Thiols with Aldehydes: Metal-Free Synthesis of Thioesters at Room Temperature

Vishal Jyoti Roy, Partha Pratim Sen and Sudipta Raha Roy* 

J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86, 16965-16976.  

Metal-Free Regioselective Bromination of Imidazo-Heteroarenes: Dual Role of Organic Bromide Salt in Electrocatalysis 

Partha Pratim Sen, Vishal Jyoti Roy and Sudipta Raha Roy*

Green Chem., 2021, 23, 5687-5695.  

Direct Functionalization of Quinoxalin-2(1H)-one with Alkanes: C(sp2)−H/C(sp3)−H Cross Coupling in Transition Metal-Free Mode 

Swati Singh, Neha Dagar  and Sudipta Raha Roy*

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, 19, 5383-5394.