Organometallics catalysis to biomedical applications

Patents and Publications

PATENTS

1. Palladium Acyclic Diaminocarbene Complexes as Precatalysts for Hiyama Coupling and the Tandem One-pot Fluoride Free Hiyama Coupling/Cyclization for the Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Benzofuran Derivatives. Chandan Singh and Prasenjit Ghosh, US Patent No.: US 11033889 (Granted on June 15, 2021).

2. Anticancer Property Studies of Chiral Palladium N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes and Process for Preparation Thereof. Anuj Kumar, Afsana Naaz, A. P. Prakasham, A. Dulal Panda, Prasenjit Ghosh, US Patent No.: US 10421769 (Granted on Sep 24, 2019).

3. Anticancer Property Studies of Chiral Palladium N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes and Process for Preparation Thereof. Anuj Kumar, Afsana Naaz, A. P. Prakasham, Dulal Panda and Prasenjit Ghosh. Indian Patent No.: 380602 (Granted on Oct 28, 2021).

4. Quasi-living metal catalyst for ethylene homo-polymerization and co-polymerization with 5-norbornen -2-yl acetate. Guillermo C. Bazan, Prasenjit Ghosh, and Fumihiko Shimizu. US Patent No: 7754839 (Granted on July 13, 2010).

5. Metal Catalyst for Olefin Polymerization and Co-polymerization with Functional Monomers. Guillermo C. Bazan and Prasenjit Ghosh. US Patent No: 7259214 (Granted on Aug 21, 2007).


BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Palladium Complexes of N-heterocyclic Carbenes in Homogeneous Catalysis and Biomedical Applications. Chandrakanta Dash and Prasenjit Ghosh* in a book entitled “Palladium: Compounds, Production and Applications” from Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, 2010 page 105-164.


ONLINE COURSES

1. Transition Metal Organometallics in Catalysis and Biology. Prasenjit Ghosh* in a web-based NPTEL Chemistry Course, an initiative of the Government of India (https://swayam.gov.in/nd1_noc20_cy05/preview)

2. Advanced Transition Metal Organometallic Chemistry. Prasenjit Ghosh* in a web-based NPTEL Chemistry Course, an initiative of the Government of India (https://nptel.ac.in/courses/104101100/).

3. Transition Metal Organometallic Chemistry: Principles To Applications. Prasenjit Ghosh* in a web-based NPTEL Chemistry Course, an initiative of the Government of India (https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_cy02/preview).

4. Introduction to Organometallic Chemistry course. M. S. Balakrishna* and Prasenjit Ghosh* in a web-based NPTEL Chemistry Courses, an initiative of the Government of India (http://nptel.ac.in/courses/104101006/).


NON-TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya (1918–2013). Girish K. Trivedi, Aliasgar Q. Contractor and Prasenjit Ghosh Current Science, 2013, 105, 114-115.


TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

97. Directly Accessing the Alkyne-Aldehyde-Amine (A3) Coupling Catalytic Cycle Using Molecular Gold(I) Acetylide Complexes for Synthesizing Propargylamines and Amino Indolizines: Jyoti Singh, Purva Dua, Gopalan Rajaraman*, and Prasenjit Ghosh , * Molecular Catalysis, 2024, 114387. (JS and PD contributed equally to this work).

96. Propargyl Amines by Aldehyde-Amine-Acetylene Coupling Mediated by Ag(I) and Cu(I) Complexes of Super Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Unveiling the Role of the Super Bulky Ligands in the Coupling Reaction: Rajesh Manne, Sunita Sharma, Shreyata Dey, Sagar K. Patil, Nidhi Nehra, Hemant Rawool, Gopalan Rajaraman* and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Mol. Struct. 2024, 1316, 139022. (RM, SS and SD contributed equally to this work).

95. Convenient Access to Amidines by Mesoionic Singlet Palladium Carbene Catalyzed Hydrazone-Isocyanide-Amine (HIA) Coupling: Scope and Mechanistic Insights: Shreyata Dey, Chandra Sekhar Nettem, Gopalan Rajaraman*, and Prasenjit Ghosh*, Molecular Catalysis, 2024, 553, 113735. (SD and CN contributed equally to this work).

94. Accessing Bioactive Hydrazones by the Hydrohydrazination of Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by Gold(I) Acyclic Aminooxy Carbene Complexes and Their Gold(I) Arylthiolato and Gold(III) Tribromo Derivatives: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study Jyoti Singh, Sunita Sharma, A. P. Prakasham, Gopalan Rajaraman*, and Prasenjit Ghosh* ACS Omega, 2023, 8, 21042–21073. (JS and SS contributed equally to this work).

93. Accessing Heteroannular Benzoxazole and Benzimidazole Scaffolds via Carbodiimides Using Azide−Isocyanide Cross-Coupling as Catalyzed by Mesoionic Singlet Palladium Carbene Complexes Derived from a Phenothiazine Moiety. Shreyata Dey and Prasenjit Ghosh* ACS Omega, 2023, 8, 11039-11064.

92. Discrete Singular Metallophilic Interaction in Stable Large 12-Membered Binuclear Silver and Gold Metallamacrocycles of Amido-functionalized Imidazole and 1,2,4-Triazole Derived N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. A. P. Prakasham, Sagar K. Patil, Chandrasekhar Nettem, Shreyata Dey, Gopalan Rajaraman*, and Prasenjit Ghosh* ACS Omega, 2023, 8, 6439–6454. (APP, SP and CN contributed equally to this work).

91. One Pot Tandem Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling of Primary and Secondary Alcohols by Ruthenium Amido-Functionalized 1,2,4-Triazole Derived N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes. Anuj Kumar, Sabyasachi Ta, Chandrasekhar Nettem, Joseph M. Tanski, Gopalan Rajaraman*, and Prasenjit Ghosh*. RSC Advances, 2022, 12, 28961–28984. (AK, ST and CN contributed equally to this work).

90. One Pot Synthesis of Propargylamines by Three Component AmineAldehyde-Acetylene (A3) Coupling Catalyzed by Neutral Ag(I) and Au(I) and Cationic Pd(II) and Ni(II) Complexes of a Pincer N-Heterocyclic Carbene. Mitta Nageswar Rao, Rajesh Manne, Joseph M. Tanski, Ray Butcher, and Prasenjit Ghosh*. Molecular Catalysis, 2022, 529, 112515. (MNR and RM contributed equally to this work).

89. One Pot Tandem Dual C=C and C=O Bond Reductions in β-Alkylation of Secondary Alcohols with Primary Alcohols by Ruthenium Complexes of Amido and Picolyl Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. A.P. Prakasham, Sabyasachi Ta, Shreyata Dey and Prasenjit Ghosh*. Dalton Transactions, 2021, 50, 15640–15654.

88. Palladium(II), Silver(I), and Gold(I) Complexes of a New Class of Chiral Bicyclic [1,2,3]-Triazolooxazine Derived N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs): Synthesis, Structure and Application Studies. Manoj Kumar Gangwar, Shreyata Dey, Prakasham. A. P, and Prasenjit Ghosh.* Polyhedron, 2021, 197, 115011. (Invited contribution in the journal’s Special Issue on “Dative Carbon Donor Ligands and their Applications”).

87. A Comparison Between (a/n-NHC)PdX2(pyridine) and (a/n-NHC)2PdX2 (X = I, Cl) Type Complexes of Abnormal Fused-bicyclic Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine Based N-heterocyclic Carbene (a-NHC) and of Normal Imidazole Based N-heterocyclic Carbene (n-NHC) Ligands in the Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Reactions. Sudipta Modak, Suchibrata Borah, A. P. Prakasham, Mobin M. Shaikh, Raymond J. Butcher, Manoj Gangwar and Prasenjit Ghosh.* Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2019, 498, 119090.

86. 1,4-Conjugate Addition of Aryl boronic Acids on Cyclohexenone as Catalyzed by Rhodium(I) Complexes of C2-Symmetric Bioxazoline Fused N-heterocyclic Carbenes. Balasubramaniyam Ramasamy, A. P. Prakasham, Manoj Kumar Gangwar and Prasenjit Ghosh*. ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 8526-8533.

85. Solvent-free Cyanosilylation of Aromatic and Heteroaryl Aldehydes Catalyzed by a Cationic Iron N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex at Ambient Temperature Under UV Irradiation. Dharmendra Kumar, A. P. Prakasham, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, and Prasenjit Ghosh* Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2019, 495, 119003. (Invited contribution in the journal’s Special Issue on Professor G. K. Lahiri’s 60th birthday).

84. Palladium Acyclic Diaminocarbene (ADC) Triflate Complexes as Effective Precatalysts for the Hiyama Alkynylation/Cyclization Reaction Yielding Benzofuran Compounds: Probing the Influence of the Triflate Co-ligand in the One-Pot Tandem Reaction. Chandan Singh, A. P. Prakasham and Prasenjit Ghosh* ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 329-336.

83. Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds to Saturated Alcohols as Catalyzed by Iridium Complexes of Tricyclic Bioxazoline Fused Imidazole Derived N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligands. Balasubramaniyam Ramasamy, A. P. Prakasham, Manoj Kumar Gangwar and Prasenjit Ghosh.* ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 357-365.

82. -Enaminone Synthesis from 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds and Aliphatic and Aromatic Amines Catalyzed by Iron complexes of Fused Bicyclic Imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine Derived N−Heterocyclic Carbenes. A. P. Prakasham, Manoj Kumar Gangwar and Prasenjit Ghosh*. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 295-313.

81. Binuclear Fused 5-membered Palladacycle and Palladium Complex of Amido-Functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbene Precatalysts for the One-Pot Tandem Hiyama Alkynylation/Cyclization Reactions Chandan Singh, A. P. Prakasham, Manoj Kumar Gangwar and Prasenjit Ghosh* ChemistrySelect, 2018, 3, 9361-9367.

80. Acyclic Diaminocarbene Complexes of Palladium Obtained by Intermolecular Hydroamination of a Metal Bound Isonitrile Moiety Using Secondary Amines Chandan Singh, A. P. Prakasham, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, Raymond J. Butcher and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Indian Chem. Soc., 2018, 95, 751-758. (Invited contribution in the journal’s Special Issue on Organometallics and Catalyses appeared in July 2018).

79. Heterodinuclear Zn(II)−Fe(III) and Homodinuclear M(II)−M(II) [M = Zn and Ni] Complexes of a Bicompartmental [N6O] Ligand as Synthetic Mimics of the Hydrolase Family of Enzymes Chandni Pathak, Dharmendra Kumar, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, Darshan Mhatre, Thierry Roisnel, and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Inorg. Biochem. 2018, 185, 30-42.

78. Michael Addition of Cyclic Oxo Ester and -Methyl Cyano Ester Substrates with Activated Olefins by Iron Complexes of Benzimidazole Derived N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligands A. P. Prakasham, Manoj Kumar Gangwar and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Organomet. Chem. 2018, 859, 106-116.

77. The Cyanosilylation of Aromatic Aldehydes by Cationic Ruthenium (II) Complexes of Benzimidazole Derived O-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes at Ambient Temperature Under Solvent-Free Conditions Dharmendra Kumar, A. P. Prakasham, Sharmistha Das, Anindya Datta and Prasenjit Ghosh* ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 1922-1938.

76. Homodinuclear [Fe(III)−Fe(III)] and [Zn(II)−Zn(II)] Complexes of a Binucleating [N4O3] Symmetrical Ligand with Purple Acid Phosphatase (PAP) and Zinc Phosphoesterase Like Activity Chandni Pathak, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, and Prasenjit Ghosh* Polyhedron, 2018, 145, 88-100.

75. One–Pot Tandem Hiyama Alkynylation/Cyclizations by Palladium(II) Acyclic Diaminocarbene (ADC) Complexes Yielding Biologically Relevant Benzofuran Scaffolds Chandan Singh, A. P. Prakasham, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, Raymond J. Butcher, and Prasenjit Ghosh*, ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 1740-1756.

74. A Computational Insight Into Hydroamination of an Activated Olefin as Catalyzed by a 1,2,4-Triazole Derived Nickel(II) N-heterocyclic Carbene Complex Ravi Kumar†, Madanakrishna Katari†, Ajay Choudhary, Gopalan Rajaraman* and Prasenjit Ghosh.* Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 14859-14869. († both authors contributed equally to this manuscript).

73. Modelling the Active Site of the Enzyme Purple Acid Phosphatase (PAP) with Heterodinuclear Mixed Valence M(II)−Fe(III) [M = Zn, Ni, Co, Cu] Complexes Supported Over a [N6O] Unsymmetrical Ligand Chandni Pathak, Sandeep. K. Gupta, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, A. P. Prakasham, and Prasenjit Ghosh* ACS Omega, 2017, 2, 4737-4750.

82. Potent Anticancer Activity with High Selectivity of a chiral Palladium N-heterocyclic Carbene Complex Anuj Kumar,, Afsana Naaz, A. P. Prakasham, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, Raymond J. Butcher, Dulal Panda,*, and Prasenjit Ghosh* ACS Omega, 2017, 2, 4632-4646. ( both authors contributed equally to this manuscript).

71. Mass Spectrometric Support for a Bifunctional Catalysis Mechanism for the Base-Free Michael Addition by a Nickel N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex: Detection of the Catalytic Intermediates Chandan Singh, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, and Prasenjit Ghosh* Inorg. Chim. Acta 2017, 466, 358-369.

70. Chiral Oxazolidine fused N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Rhodium and Iridium and their Utility in Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Balasubramaniyam Ramasamy, Manoj Kumar Gangwar and Prasenjit Ghosh* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 3253-3268.

69. An Efficient Synthetic Approach to trans-(NHC)2Pd(R)Br type Complexes and Their Implications in Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction Anuj Kumar, A. P. Prakasham, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, Pratap Vishnoi, Raymond J. Butcher and Prasenjit Ghosh* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 2144-2154.

68. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of the Gold Complexes of 1,2,4-Triazole Derived N-heterocyclic carbene Ligands Anuj Kumar, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, Mobin M Shaikh, and Prasenjit Ghosh* Proc. Nat. Acad. Ind. Sect A Phy. Sci. 2016, 86, 605-609.

67. Accessing Biologically Relevant Benzofuran Skeleton by One-pot Tandem Heck Alkynylation/Cyclization Reaction Using Well-defined Palladium N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes Anuj Kumar, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, A. P. Prakasham, Darshan Mhatre, Alok Ch. Kalita and Prasenjit Ghosh* Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 2882–2893.

66. The Developing Concept of Bifunctional Catalysis with Transition Metal N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes Balasubramaniyam Ramasamy and Prasenjit Ghosh* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 1448–1465.

65. Nickel 1,2,4-triazole based N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: synthesis and catalytic application Linus P. Bheeter, Duo Wei, Vincent Dorcet, Thierry Roisnel, Prasenjit Ghosh, Jean-Baptiste Sortais,* and Christophe Darcel* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 5226–5231.

64. Fluoride-free Hiyama Coupling by Palladium Abnormal N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes Sudipta Modak, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, Mitta Nageswar Rao, Madasu Mahesh, Alok Ch. Kalita, Vincent Dorcet, Mayuri Arun Shejale, Ray J. Butcher and Prasenjit Ghosh* Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 17617–17628.

63. Nickel Complexes of 1,2,4-Triazole Derived Amido-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Synthesis, Theoretical Studies and Catalytic Application Anuj Kumar, Linus Paulin Bheeter, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, Jean-Baptiste Sortais, Christophe Darcel* and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Organomet. Chem. 2015, 786, 63-70.

62. Asymmetric Base-free Michael Addition at Room Temperature Using Nickel Based Bifunctional Catalysts of the Amido-Functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes Mitta Nageswar Rao, Meera Haridas, Manoj Kumar Gangwar, Palanisamy Rajakannu, Alok Ch. Kalita and Prasenjit Ghosh* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 1604-1615.

61. Nickel N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes and their Utility in Homogeneous Catalysis A. P. Prakasham and Prasenjit Ghosh* Inorg. Chim. Acta 2015, 431, 61-100.

60. An Insight into a Base-free Michael Addition Reaction as Catalyzed by a Bifunctional Nickel N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex Using Density Functional Theory Studies. Madanakrishna Katari, Gopalan Rajaraman* and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Organomet. Chem. 2015, 775, 109-116. (An Invited contribution in the journal’s Special Themed Issue on the N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Applied Organometallic Chemistry)

59. Palladium Complexes of a New Type of N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligand Derived From a Tricyclic Triazolooxazine Framework Manoj Kumar Gangwar, Alok Ch. Kalita and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Chem. Sci. 2014, 126, 1557-1563. (An Invited contribution in the journal’s Special Themed Issue on Chemical Crystallography)

58. Cationic Iron(II) Complexes of the Mixed Cyclopentadienyl (Cp) and the N-heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Ligands as Effective Precatalysts for the Hydrosilylation of Carbonyl Compounds Dharmendra Kumar, A. P. Prakasham, Linus Paulin Bheeter, Jean-Baptiste Sortais, Manoj Gangwar, Thierry Roisnel, Alok Kalita, Christophe Darcel* and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Organomet. Chem. 2014, 762, 81-87.

57. Palladium Complexes of the N-fused Heterocycle Derived Abnormal N-heterocyclic Carbenes for the Much-preferred Cu-free and the Amine-free Sonogashira Coupling in Air. Alex John, Sudipta Modak, Madasu Mahesh, Madanakrishna Katari and Prasenjit Ghosh* Polyhedron, 2013, 64, 20-29. (An Invited contribution in the journal’s Special Issue celebrating the 60th birth anniversary of Professor George Christou)

56. Understanding the Lability of a trans Bound Pyridine Ligand in a Saturated Six-membered N-heterocyclic Carbene Based (NHC)PdCl2(pyridine) Type Complex: A Case Study Anuj Kumar, Madanakrishna Katari and Prasenjit Ghosh,* Polyhedron, 2013, 52, 524-529. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2012.08.038) (An Invited contribution in the journal’s Special Issue celebrating the 100th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Professor Alfred Werner)

55. Studies of the Electronic Properties of N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligands in the Context of Homogeneous Catalysis and Bioorganometallic Chemistry Anuj Kumar and Prasenjit Ghosh,*. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 3955–3969. (An invited microreview)

54. A Computational Insight into a Gold(I) N-heterocyclic Carbene Mediated Alkyne Hydroamination Reaction Madanakrishna Katari, Mitta Nageswar Rao, Gopalan Rajaraman* and Prasenjit Ghosh* Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51. 5593-5604.

53. Bifunctional Nickel Precatalysts of Amido-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes for Base-free Michael Reaction Under Ambient Conditions Sachin Kumar, Anantha Narayanan, Mitta Nageswar Rao, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Organomet. Chem. 2012, 696, 4159-4165.

52. Catalytic C−X (X = C and Heteroatom) Bond Formations Using Late-Transition Metal Complexes of N/O-Functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes Prasenjit Ghosh* Journal of the Indian Institute of Science 2011, 91, 521-533. [Invited contribution in the journal’s Special Issue on "Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery"].

51. Ruthenium Complexes of Chelating Amido-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Synthesis, Structure and DFT Studies Sachin Kumar, Anantha Narayanan, Mitta Nageswar Rao, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Chem. Sci. 2011, 123, 791-798. [Invited contribution in the journal’s Special Issue celebrating the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) 2011].

50. A Computational Insight into a Metal Mediated Pathway for the Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of Lactides by an Ionic {(NHC)2Ag}+X- (X = halide) Type N-heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Complex Raji Stephen, Raghavan B. Sunoj* and Prasenjit Ghosh* Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 10156-10161.

49. Functional Mimics of Catechol Oxidase by Mononuclear Copper Complexes of Sterically Demanding [NNO] Ligands Manas K. Panda, Mobin M. Shaikh, Ray J. Butcher and Prasenjit Ghosh* Inorg. Chim. Acta 2011, 372, 145-151. . (Invited contribution in the journal’s Special Issue marking the 70th birth anniversary of Professor S. S. Krishnamurthy).

48. Gold(III) N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes Mediated Synthesis of –Enaminones From 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds and Aliphatic Amines Manoja K. Samantaray, Chandrakanta Dash, Mobin M. Shaikh, Keliang Pang, Ray J. Butcher, and Prasenjit Ghosh* Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 1840-1848.

47. Silver Complexes of 1,2,4-triazole Derived N-heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity Studies Chandrakanta Dash, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Chem. Sci. 2011, 123, 97106.

46. Titanium Isopropoxide Complexes of a Series of Sterically Demanding Aryloxo Based [N2O2]2- Ligands as Precatalysts for Ethylene Polymerization Manas K. Panda, Sukhdeep Kaur, Annapureddy Rajasekhar Reddy, Mobin M. Shaikh, Ray J. Butcher, Virendrakumar Gupta* and Prasenjit Ghosh* Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 11060-11068.

45. Highly Efficient Palladium Precatalysts of Homoscorpionate Bispyrazolyl Ligands for the More Challenging Suzuki–Miyaura Cross–Coupling of Aryl Chlorides Alex John, Mobin M. Shaikh, Ray J. Butcher and Prasenjit Ghosh* Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 7353-7363.

44. Highly Convenient Regioselective Intermolecular Hydroamination of Alkynes Yielding Ketimines Catalyzed by Gold(I) Complexes of 1,2,4-triazole Based N-heterocyclic Carbenes. Chandrakanta Dash, Mobin M. Shaikh, Ray J. Butcher, and Prasenjit Ghosh* Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 4972-4983.

43. Fascinating Frontiers of N/O-functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Chemistry: From Chemical Catalysis to Biomedical Applications Alex John and Prasenjit Ghosh* Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 7183-7206.. (An invited perspective)

42. Suzuki–Miyaura Cross–coupling of Aryl Chlorides Catalyzed by Palladium Precatalysts of N/O-functionalized Pyrazolyl Ligands Alex John, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Inorg. Chim. Acta 2010, 363, 3113-3121. . (Invited contribution in the journal’s Special Issue marking the 75th birth anniversary of Professor Animesh Chakravorty).

41. Controlled Oxidation of Organic Sulfides to Sulfoxides Under Ambient Conditions by a Series of Titanium Isopropoxide Complexes Using Environmentally Benign H2O2 as an Oxidant Manas K. Panda, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 2428-2440.

40. A Comparison Between Nickel and Palladium Precatalysts of 1,2,4-triazole Based N-heterocyclic Carbenes in Hydroamination of Activated Olefins. Chandrakanta Dash, Mobin M. Shaikh, Ray J. Butcher and Prasenjit Ghosh* Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 2515-2524.

39. Palladium Complexes of Abnormal N-heterocyclic Carbenes as Precatalysts for the Much Preferred Cu-free and Amine-free Sonogashira Coupling in Air in a Mixed-aqueous Medium. Alex John, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Dalton Trans. 2009, 10581-10591.

38. Palladium Complexes of Amido-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes as Effective Precatalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura CC Cross-coupling Reactions of Aryl Bromides and Iodides Sachin Kumar, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Organomet. Chem. 2009, 694, 4162-4169.

37. Copper-free and Amine-free Sonogashira Coupling in Air in a Mixed Aqueous Medium by Palladium Complexes of N/O-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes Manoja K. Samantaray, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Organomet. Chem. 2009, 694, 3477-3486.

36. Synthesis of Ruthenium Carbonyl Complexes with Phosphine or Substituted Cp Ligands, and Their Activity in the Catalytic Deoxygenation of 1,2-Propanediol Prasenjit Ghosh, Paul J. Fagan, William J. Marshall, Elisabeth Hauptman, and R. Morris Bullock* Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 6490-6500.

35. Design of Nickel Chelates of Tetradentate N-heterocyclic Carbenes with Subdued Cytotoxicity Sriparna Ray, Jayant Asthana, Joseph M. Tanski, Mobin M. Shaikh, Dulal Panda,* and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Organomet. Chem. 2009, 694, 2328-2335.

34. Catalytic Deoxygenation of 1,2-Propanediol to Give n-Propanol Marcel Schlaf, Prasenjit Ghosh, Paul J. Fagan, Elisabeth Hauptman, and R. Morris Bullock* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 351, 789-800.

33. Fluoride-free Hiyama and Copper- and Amine-free Sonogashira Coupling in Air in a Mixed Aqueous Medium by a Series of PEPPSI‡ Themed Precatalysts Chandrakanta Dash, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 1608-1618.

32. Rare [(NHC)2NiOH] Type Terminal Nickel Hydroxo and [(NHC)2Ni] Type Complexes of N/O-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes (NHC) as Precatalysts for Highly Desirable Base-free Michael Reactions in Air at Ambient Temperature Manoja K. Samantaray, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Organometallics 2009, 28, 2267-2275.

31. Nickel Complexes of N/O-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes as Precatalysts for Michael Reactions in Air at Room Temperature under the Much Preferred Base-free Conditions Sriparna Ray, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 1932-1941. (Invited contribution in the journal’s Special Issue on N-heterocyclic carbenes appeared in May 2009).

30. Mimicking the Intradiol Catechol Cleavage Activity of Catechol Dioxygenase by High-Spin Fe(III) Complexes of a New Class of Facially Bound [N2O] Ligand . Manas K. Panda, Alex John, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 11847-11856.

29. Unprecedented Long Range 1,7-Bromination in Gold Complexes of N-(Aryl)imino Functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes. Manoja K. Samantaray, Keliang Pang, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Dalton Trans. 2008, 4893-4902.

28. Highly Convenient Amine-free Sonogashira Coupling in Air in a Polar Mixed Aqueous Medium by trans- and cis-(NHC)2PdX2 (X = Cl, Br) Complexes of N/O-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes Lipika Ray, Samir Barman, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 6646-6655.

27. Structural and Functional Mimic of Galactose Oxidase by a Copper Complex of a Sterically Demanding [N2O2] Ligand. Alex John, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Dalton Trans. 2008, 2815-2824.

26. From Large 12-Membered Macrometallacycles to Ionic (NHC)2M+Cl- (M = Au, Ag) Type Complexes of Gold and Silver by Modulation of N-substituent of Amido-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Ligands Manoja K. Samantaray, Keliang Pang, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Inorg Chem. 2008, 47, 4153-4165.

25. Shorter Argentophilic Interaction than Aurophilic Interaction in a Pair of Dimeric {(NHC)MCl}2 (M = Ag, Au) Complexes Supported Over a N/O-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Ligand. Lipika Ray, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 230-240.

24. Anticancer and Antimicrobial Metallopharmaceutical Agents Based on Palladium, Gold and Silver N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes. Sriparna Ray, Renu Mohan, Jay K. Singh, Manoja K. Samantaray, Mobin M. Shaikh, Dulal Panda* and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 15042-15053.

23. Air-Stable, Convenient to Handle Pd Based PEPPSI (Pyridine Enhanced Precatalyst Preparation, Stabilization and Initiation) Themed Precatalysts of N/O-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and its Utility in Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction. Lipika Ray, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* Dalton Trans. 2007, 4546-4555.

22. Gold(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Based Initiators for Bulk Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-lactide. Lipika Ray, Vimal Katiyar, Samir Barman, Mustafa J. Raihan, Hemant Nanavati, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692, 4259-4269.

21. Ni(II) and Cu(II) Complexes of Phenoxy-Ketimine Ligands: Synthesis, Structures and their Utility in Bulk Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of L-lactide. Alex John, Vimal Katiyar, Keliang Pang, Mobin M. Shaikh, Hemant Nanavati, and Prasenjit Ghosh* Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 4033-4044.

20. Silver N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes as Initiators for Bulk Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of L-lactides. Manoja K. Samantaray, Vimal Katiyar, Keliang Pang, Hemant Nanavati and Prasenjit Ghosh* J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692, 1672-1682.

19. Pd (II) and Au (I) Complexes of a New O-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand: Synthesis, Structures and Catalytic Application. Lipika Ray, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh.* Organometallics 2007, 26, 958-964.

18. First Example of a Gold(I) N-heterocyclic Carbene Based Initiator for Bulk Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-lactide. Lipika Ray, Vimal Katiyar, Mustafa J. Raihan, Hemant Nanavati, Mobin M. Shaikh and Prasenjit Ghosh.* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 3724-3730.

17. Experimental and Theoretical Studies of a Silver Complex of O-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene. Manoja K. Samantaray, Dipankar Roy, Ahindra Patra, Raji Stephen, Mobin Saikh, Raghavan B. Sunoj* and Prasenjit Ghosh.* J. Organomet. Chem. 2006, 691, 3797-3805.

16. A Cationic Silver N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex as Catalyst for Bulk Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-Lactides. Manoja K. Samantaray, Vimal Katiyar, Dipankar Roy, Keliang Pang, Hemant Nanavati, Raji Stephen, Raghavan B. Sunoj* and Prasenjit Ghosh.* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 2975-2984.

15. Ethylene Homopolymerization and Copolymerization with Functionalized 5-Norbornen-2-yl Monomers by a Novel Nickel Catalyst System. Steve J. Diamanti, Prasenjit Ghosh, Fumihiko Shimizu, and Guillermo C. Bazan*, Macromolecules 2003, 36, 9731-9735.

14. Metal Catalyzed Selective Deoxygenation of Diols to Aclohols: Marcel Schlaf, Prasenjit Ghosh, Paul J. Fagan, Elisabeth Hauptman and R. Morris Bullock,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 3887-3890.

13. Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Bis(pyrazolyl)(3,5 di tert butylpyrazolyl)hydroborato Thallium: A Hetero tris(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Ligand Derived from two Different Pyrazoles: Prasenjit Ghosh, David G. Churchill, Mark Rubinshtein and Gerard Parkin,* New J. Chem. 1999, 23, 961-963.

12. Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Thallium, {[Bp]Tl}2: A [BpRR']Tl Complex with an Unbridged Close TlI...TlI Contact: Prasenjit Ghosh, Arnold L. Rheingold and Gerard Parkin,* Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 5464-5467.

11. Bis(pyrazolylethyl)thioether Ligation to Zinc and Cadmium: Structural Characterization of [S(CH2CH2pzMe2)2]ZnCl2, [S(CH2CH2pzMe2)2]CdI2 and [S(CH2CH2pzMe2)2]Cd(NO3)2: Prasenjit Ghosh, Marc Wood, Jeffery B. Bonanno, Tony Hascall and Gerard Parkin,* Polyhedron. 1999, 18, 1107-1113.

10. Asymmetric Bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Ligands via Direct Synthesis: Structural Characterization of Thallium and Zinc Complexes: Prasenjit Ghosh, Tony Hascall, Conor Dowling and Gerard Parkin,* J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, 3355-3357.

9. Synthesis and Structure of [BpBut,Pri]2Co: A Bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Cobalt(II) Complex with Trans [Co...H B] Interactions: Prasenjit Ghosh, Jeffrey B. Bonanno and Gerard Parkin,* J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, 2779-2781.

8. Chemical Shift Anisotropy as a Mechanism for Modulating Apparent JTl H and JTl C Coupling Constants in Tris(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Thallium Complexes: Prasenjit Ghosh, Peter J. Desrosiers* and Gerard Parkin,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 10416-10422.

7. Mimicking the Binding of Glutamate to Zinc in Thermolysin and Carboxypeptidase: The Synthesis of [3 (HCO2)BpBut,Pri]ZnCl by Insertion of CO2 into a B H Bond of the Bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Zinc Complex [BpBut,Pri]ZnCl: Prasenjit Ghosh and Gerard Parkin,* J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, 2281-2283.

6. Modeling the Active Sites of Bacteriophage T7 Lysozyme, Bovine 5 Aminolevulinate Dehydratase and Peptide Deformylase: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Bis(pyrazolyl)(thioalkoxy)hydroborato Zinc Complex, [(Ph2CHS)BpBut,Pri]ZnI: Prasenjit Ghosh and Gerard Parkin,* Chem. Commun. 1998, 413-414.

5. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Tris[3 trifluoromethyl 5 (2 thienyl)pyrazolyl)]hydroborato Thallium, Tl[TpCF3,Tn]: A Monovalent Thallium Complex with a Highly Solvent Dependent JTl F Coupling Constant, Ranging from 0 to 850 Hz; Ranyu Han, Prasenjit Ghosh, Peter J. Desrosiers,* Swiatoslaw Trofimenko,* Gerard Parkin,* J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1997, 3713-3717.

4. Structural Characterization of Bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Thallium Complexes: Monomeric "Two Coordinate" Thallium Derivatives Supplemented by [Tl...H B] Interactions; Conor Dowling, Prasenjit Ghosh and Gerard Parkin,* Polyhedron, 1997, 16, 3469-3473.

3. Synthesis and Structure of a Monomeric Magnesium Phenylselenolate Complex [Tpp Tol]MgSePh Supported by Tris(3 p tolylpyrazolyl)hydroborato Ligation; Prasenjit Ghosh and Gerard Parkin,* Polyhedron, 1997, 16, 1255-1257.

2 Terminal Hydrochalgenido and Bridging Selenido Derivatives of Magnesium Supported by Tris(3 p tolylpyrazolyl)hydroborato Ligation: The Syntheses and Structures of [Tpp Tol]MgEH (E = S, Se) and {[Tpp Tol]Mg}2Se; Prasenjit Ghosh and Gerard Parkin,* Chem. Commun., 1996, 1239-1240.

1. Synthesis and Structure of a Magnesium Hydroxide Complex Supported by Tris(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Ligation, {[TpAr,Me]Mg( OH)}2 (Ar = p ButC6H4); Prasenjit Ghosh and Gerard Parkin,* Inorg. Chem. 1996, 35, 1429-1430.