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Our paper entitled “Cationic Ruthenium(II)-CNC Pincer Complexes as Phosphine-free Catalysts for Nitrile Hydration to Amides in Aqueous Medium” has been published in the Molecular Catalysis (DOI link). Congratulations to Rahul for his first first-author paper from PhD thesis work! Congratulations to all the co-authors!!

Our paper entitled “Insights into the effect of contact ion-pairs on C-H bond activation for the synthesis of Ru(III)-NHC complexes: A combined experimental and computational study” has been published in the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2023.122802). This is the first computational paper from our group which reports a DFT Read More …

Our paper entitled “Ru(II) Complexes with Protic- and Anionic-Naked-NHC Ligands for Cooperative Activation of Small Molecules” has been published in Chemistry—A European Journal (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202301971). In this paper, a set of ruthenium(II)-protic-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes, [Ru(NNCH)(PPh3)2(X)]Cl (1, X=Cl and 2, X=H) and their deprotonated analogues [Ru(NNC)(PPh3)2(X)] (1ʹ, X=Cl and 2ʹ,X=H) are Read More …

Our paper entitled “Base-free synthesis of benchtop stable Ru(III)-NHC complexes from RuCl3·3H2O and their use as precursors for Ru(II)-NHC complexes” has been published in Dalton Transactions (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DT00243H). In this paper, a series of Ru(III)-PyNHC complexes (1a-c), have been reported, prepared from simple starting materials via a base-free route, where Read More …

Congratulations Rahul and all the co-authors for acceptance of our review article in the special issue of JOMC. The review, entitled “CAACs as Efficient Ancillary Ligands for the Synthesis of Robust Catalysts”, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2021.122133