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“What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.”
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30. Y. R. Hong,† N. Kumari,† J. Kim,† A Maji, M. G. Kim, K. M. Jo, S. Y. Choi, J.H. Shim, I. S. Lee High-Density Catalytic Sites Grafting on 2D-Metal Oxides forAcceptorless Alcohol Dehydrogenation Anghew Chem Int. Ed, 00, 0000 (2025). (Just Accepted) https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202423169
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29. S. Jeevanandham,† A Maji,† A. Acharya,† N. Kumari, B. Su Gu, Y. Yoon, D. Lee, H. C. Choi, H. Woo Kim, Y. Yun, A. Kumar, I. S. Lee Ligand-Shell Cooperativity in Bilayer Silica 2 Sandwiched Mixed-Metals Nanocatalyst Design for 3 Absolute Selectivity Switch ACS Nano , 19, 6142–6151(2025). (Just Accepted) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c13927
28. A Maji, O. Singh, K. Sharma, S. Kumari and K. Ghosh Well Defined Phosphine Free Ni-Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Secondary Alcohols for the Synthesis of Ketones and Ketazines Chem. Asian J. , 19, e202400818 (2024). Link Dedicated to Professor G. K. Lahiri on his 65th birthday.
27. A Maji, A. Yadav, S. Sharma, R. Saini, A. Singh, A. Mohanty, C. K Nandi and K. Ghosh One-pot synthesis of 1, 2-dihydro [1,2,4] triazinium salt by copper-assisted unprecedented cyclization reaction: Applications in DNA and protein interaction studies ChemPlusChem, 89, e202400219 (2024). Link
26. A. Sau, D. Mahapatra, A Maji, S. Dey, A . Roy and S. Kundu Methyl Formate, an Alternative Transfer Hydrogenating Agent for Chemoselective Reduction of N-Heteroarenes and Azoarenes Org. Lett., 26, 4486 (2024). Link
25. A Mandal, M Pradhan, A Maji, R Debnath and S Kundu Nanoparticles of Cobalt for the Reversible (De)Hydrogenation and Oxidative Dehydrogenation of N-Heterocycles under Mild Conditions ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 7, 10182 (2024). Link
24. S Kumari, A Maji, R Chauhan, V K Chaudhary, T Kush, M Joshi, A R Choudhury and K. Ghosh Dehydrogenative N-N coupling and facile synthesis of cobalt complexes supported by tetrazene based ligand: Synthesis of N-heterocycles via acceptorless dehydrogenation reaction. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 27, e202400051 (2024). Link
23. A Singh, O Singh, A Maji, S, Singh, N, Singh, P K Maji and K Ghosh, Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of substituted nitro-aromatics through in-situ generated Co(0) nanoparticle from Co(II) complexes supported by pentadentate ligands. Molecular Catalysis, 555, 113835 (2024). Link
22. O Singh, A Singh, A Maji, R Chauhan, P Gupta, and K Ghosh, Crystal structure of phenoxyl radical complex relevant to metal-site of galactose oxidase enzyme: A facile one-pot synthesis, evidence for hydrogen atom transfer and DNA cleavage via self-activation. Dalton Transactions, 53, 986 (2024). Link
21. S Jeevanandham, A Maji, A Acharya, N Kumari, B S Gu, Y K Yoon, H C Choi, A Kumar and I S Lee, Electrochemical ultrathin metal-atomic layer deposition for silica microenvironment-assisted Cu-based catalysis. Advance Functional Material, 34, 2311752 (2024). Link (Selected as front Cover)
20. S Gupta, S Dey, A Maji, D Panja A Sinha, A Sau, S Kundu, CuO NPs catalyzed selective valorization of vicinal glycols to α‑hydroxy carboxylic acids via dehydrogenation strategy. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 11, 17930–17940 (2023). Link
19. A Maji, S Gupta, D Panja S. Sutradhar, S Kundu, Hydrogenation of N-heterocycles by a well-defined phosphine-free nanganese catalyst using ammonia−borane. Organometallic, 2023, 42, 3385–3396 (2023). Link
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18. A Singh, B Boro, A Maji, O Singh, S Singh, UP Singh, K Ghosh, Design and synthesis of dinuclear cobalt(II) complexes derived from strong π-acidic ligands: crystal structure and studies on the oxidation of sp3 C–H bonds. New Journal of Chemistry, 47, 8951-8959 (2023). Link
17. R Saini, C Rao, A Maji, PM Mishra, A Yadav, CK Nandi, K Ghosh, Design and synthesis of novel palladium cyclometallate-based fluorescent probe: Studies on interaction with cell membrane by confocal and fluorescence lifetime imaging. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 237, 112019 (2022). Link
16. S Gupta, A Maji, D Panja, M Halder, S Kundu, CuO NPs catalyzed synthesis of quinolines, pyridines, and pyrroles via dehydrogenative coupling strategy. Journal of Catalysis, 413, 1017 (2022). Link
15. A Maji, S Gupta, M Maji, S Kundu, Well-defined phosphine-free manganese (II)-complex-catalyzed synthesis of quinolines, pyrroles, and pyridines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 87, 8351 (2022). Link
14. O Singh, A Maji, A Singh, N Singh, K Ghosh, A new family of complexes derived from bis (imino) pyridine‐type ligands: Crystal structures and bio‐molecular interaction studies. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 35, e6177 (2021). Link
13. A Maji, S Rathi, A Singh, UP Singh, K Ghosh, Mononuclear iron(III) complexes derived from tridentate ligands containing non-innocent phenolato donors: Self-activated nuclease, protease, and phenoxazinone synthase activity studies. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 35, e6185 (2021). Link
12. A Singh, A Maji, A Mohanty, K Ghosh, Design and synthesis of base-metal nickel (II) based catalysts: Studies on nearly selective formation of 1-butene from ethylene. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 934, 121631 (2021). Link
11. A Singh, A Maji, M Joshi, AR Choudhury, K Ghosh, Designed pincer ligand supported Co(II)-based catalysts for dehydrogenative activation of alcohols: Studies on N-alkylation of amines, α-alkylation of ketones and synthesis of quinolines. Dalton Transactions, 50, 8567 (2021). Link
10. P R Singh, A Maji, O Singh, UP Singh, K Ghosh, Transfer hydrogenation via generation of hydride intermediate and base-free alcohol oxidation activity studies on designed ruthenium complexes derived from NNN pincer type ligands. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 34, e5615 (2020). Link
9. A Maji, A Singh, N Singh, K Ghosh, Efficient organoruthenium catalysts for α-alkylation of ketones and amide with alcohols: synthesis of quinolines via hydrogen borrowing strategy and their mechanistic studies. ChemCatChem, 12, 3108 (2020). Link
8. A Maji, O Singh, S Singh, A Mohanty, PK Maji, K Ghosh, Palladium-based catalysts supported by unsymmetrical XYC–1 type pincer ligands: C5 arylation of imidazoles and synthesis of octinoxate utilizing the Mizoroki–Heck reaction. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 17, 1596 (2020). Selected as Hot Topic: C-C Coupling Pincer Chemistry and Catalysis Link
7. A Singh, A Maji, A Mohanty, K Ghosh, Copper-based catalysts derived from salen-type ligands: synthesis of 5-substituted-1H-tetrazoles via [3+2] cycloaddition and propargylamines via A3-coupling reactions. New Journal of Chemistry, 44, 18399 (2020). Link
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6. A Maji, O Singh, S Rathi, UP Singh, K Ghosh, Rational design of sterically hindered and unsymmetrical NpyNimOph pincer-type ligands and their palladium(II) complexes: catalytic applications in Suzuki–Miyaura reaction and allylation of aldehydes. ChemistrySelect, 4, 7246 (2019). Link
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5. O Singh, P Gupta, A Singh, A Maji, UP Singh, K Ghosh, Selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde, 1-phenylethanol to acetophenone and fluorene to fluorenol catalysed by iron (II) complexes supported by pincer-type ligands: Studies on rapid degradation of organic dyes. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 33, e4825 (2019) Link
4. S. Rathi, A Maji, UP Singh, K Ghosh, Manganese (II) complexes of tridentate ligands having NNN donors: Structure, DFT calculations, superoxide dismutase, DNA interaction, nuclease and protease activity studies. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 486, 261 (2019). Link
3. A Maji, A Singh, A Mohanty, PK Maji, K Ghosh, Ferrocenyl palladacycles derived from unsymmetrical pincer-type ligands: evidence of Pd(0) nanoparticle generation during the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction and applications in the direct arylation of thiazoles and isoxazoles. Dalton Transactions, 48, 17083 (2019). Link
2. O Singh, A Maji, UP Singh, K Ghosh, Water-soluble copper complex derived from ligand TETATA having NNN ddonors: studies on rapid degradation of organic dyes, catecholase and phenoxazinone synthase activities. ChemistrySelect, 3, 2968 (2018). Link
1. S Rathi, A Maji, O Singh, K Ghosh, Mononuclear iron complexes derived from tridentate ligands: Synthesis, characterization, DFT calculations and DNA interaction studies. Journal Indian Chemical Society, 92, 1913 (2015). Link
Dedicated tp Professor Animesh Chakravorty on the occasion of his 80th birth anniversary