Catalysis and Organic Synthesis Laboratory

Catalysis & Organic Synthesis Laboratory

The Patil Research Group

Department of Chemistry  |  Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal

What drives our passion!

We are driven by the vision of bringing gold catalysis into mainstream transition metal catalysis. The primary focus in our laboratory lies in understanding the unique reactivities of gold complexes and their execution in developing state-of-the-art methodologies in organic synthesis. Our efforts are also directed towards enroutement of such methodologies for their potential applications in material and biological sciences.

Research Interest

Catalysis and Organic Synthesis

Our research group is particularly fascinated towards understanding the unique reactivities of gold complexes and its execution for the development of new and elegant transformations which are either hitherto unknown or difficult to achieve by conventional transition metal catalysis. Exploiting gold’s ‘distinguished’ reactivity, our research ventures into…

Recent Publications

Ligand-Enabled Gold-Catalyzed Cyanation of Organohalides

Anil Kumar, Nandita Bhattacharya, Manoj V. Mane,* Nitin T. Patil*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2024, e202412682

Gold-Catalyzed Alkoxy-Carbonylation of Organohalides

Vivek W. Bhoyare,† Asish Bera,† Vincent Gandon,* Nitin T. Patil*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202410794

Gold-Catalyzed Arylative Cope Rearrangement 

Bidisha Paroi, Chayanika Pegu, Manoj V. Mane,* Nitin T. Patil*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202406936

Group News

October 2024

New Publication!
● Our invited Synpacts article on Gold-Catalyzed Cope Rearrangements is now online in Synlett. Congratulations Bidisha!!

● Our article on Ligand-Enabled Gold-Catalyzed Cyanation of Organohalides is highlighted by Prof. M. Oestreich in Synfacts.

Best Thesis Award!
● Congratulations to our group alumunus Dr. Vivek Bhoyare for receiving the NOST-Anthem Biosciences Best Thesis award for the year 2024.

September 2024

Dr. Tanmayee Nanda – AvH Fellow!
Congratulations to our Postdoc Dr. Tanmayee Nanda on being awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship!!

August 2024

New Publication!
● Anil’s work on Ligand-Enabled Gold-Catalyzed Cyanation of Organohalides has been accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations!!

Welcome Sandip and Chandrakant!
Sandip is starting his Ph.D. with us, and Chandrakant has joined as a Research Associate. Welcome aboard, guys!!

July 2024

New Publications!
● Our concept article on Electrochemical Gold Redox Catalysis has been accepted in ChemCatChem. Congratulations Anil and team!!

● Vivek and Asish’s work on Gold-Catalyzed Alkoxy-Carbonylation of Aryl and Vinyl Iodides has been accepted in “Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.“. Congratulations!!

May 2024

New Publication!
● Bidisha’s work on Gold-Catalyzed Arylative Cope Rearrangement has been accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations!!

Welcome Gaurav!
● Gaurav joined our group for his MS research project.

April 2024

Congrats to new Drs. from Lab!
● Vivek and Avishek has successfully defended their Ph.D. viva-voce. A huge congratulations and good luck in your future endeavours!!

Congrats to Deep!
● A huge congratulations to Deep for successfully defending his M.S. thesis viva-voce!!

Welcome Anupam!
● We are excited to welcome Dr. Anupam to our group as a Research Associate!!

Our Team

We are a team of passionate graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. We specialize in homogeneous catalysis, with wide-ranging interests that encompass metal catalysis, organocatalysis, photoredox catalysis, asymmetric catalysis, electrocatalysis and their applications in the total synthesis of natural products. Presently, we are fascinated by the unique reactivities of gold complexes and their role in advancing synthetic methodologies, particularly in the formation of nontrivial C-C and C-X bonds.

Funding