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Catalysis and Organic Synthesis Laboratory

Group News

November 2024

Congrats team!
● Our article on  Enantioselective Gold/Enzyme Dual Catalysis is now online in Tetrahedron Letters. Congratulations to the team!!

Congrats Dr. Anil!
● Anil has successfully defended his Ph.D. viva-voce. A huge congratulations and good luck in your future endeavours!!

October 2024

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

● 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!
● Our work on Ligand-Enabled Gold-Catalyzed Cyanation of Organohalides has been accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations Anil & team!!

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!!

● Latest work on Gold-Catalyzed Alkoxy-Carbonylation of Aryl and Vinyl Iodides has been accepted in “Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.“. Congratulations Vivek, Ashish & team!!

May 2024

New Publication!
● Our article on Gold-Catalyzed Arylative Cope Rearrangement has been accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations Bidisha and team!!

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!!

March 2024

Review Article!
● Mahesh’s review article on Unusual selectivity in gold-catalyzed intermolecular Heck reactions has been accepted in Gold Bull. Congratulations!!

Welcome to our new Lab Member!
● Dr. Ramesh joined our group as a Post-doctoral fellow. Welcome!!

February 2024

New Publications!
● Chayanika’s review article on Enantioselective Merged Gold/Organocatalysis has been accepted in Chem. Commun. Congratulations to the team!!

● Our review article on Asymmetric Gold Catalysis Enabled by Specially Designed Ligands has been accepted in Org. Chem. Front. Congratulations to Amol, Urvashi and team!!

January 2024

News!
● Prof. Patil has been appointed as Editor of Tetrahedron Letters!!

Welcome Note!
● We’re excited to have our new PhD students. A warm welcome to Ankita, Arjun, and Biswajit!!

November 2023

IUPAC Representative!
● Prof. Patil is appointed as the National Representative of IUPAC for 2024-2025. Congratulations!!

Welcome to Sudip!
● Mr. Sudip joined our group as a research associate. Welcome!!

October 2023

New Papers!
● Urvashi’s paper on Gold-Catalyzed Alkenylation and Arylation of Phosphorothioates has been accepted in Chem. Sci. Congratulations!!

● Vivek’s paper on Unlocking the Chain-Walking Process in Gold Catalysis has been accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations!!

September 2023

Dr. Patil – JC Bose Fellow!
● Dr. Patil received the prestigious J. C. Bose Fellowship for his outstanding contributions to Chemical Sciences. Congratulations!!

New Member!
● Biswajit joined our group as a Project-JRF. Welcome!!

August 2023

New Publication!
● Shashank‘s paper on Gold-Catalyzed 1,2-Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkynes with Organohalides has been accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations!!

New Lab Members!
● We are excited to have new members in the lab – Dr. Tanmayee as a Post-doctoral fellow; Nandita and Prafulla as Ph.D. students; Abhishek, Deep, and Nilam as MS/MSc project students.

Congrats to Sampoorna!
● Our group alumnus Sampoorna Mishra joined the Pennsylvania State University, USA, for her doctoral studies. Congratulations!!

July 2023

New Publication!
● Anil’s paper on Electrochemical Gold-Catalyzed 1,2-Difunctionalization of C–C Multiple Bonds has been accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations!!

CNR Rao National Prize!
● Dr. Patil received the prestigious CNR Rao National Prize for Chemical Research – 2024. Congratulations!!

May 2023

Highlight Article!
● Our article on Gold-Based Enantioselective Bimetallic Catalysis has been accepted in Chem. Commun. Congratulations to Shiva and team!!

Welcome to Summer Interns!
● We welcome Anusha, Dipisha, Gaurav, Nayan, Rupali, Shraddha, and Shubham for their Summer Internship in our group.

April 2023

SERB-TETRA Technology Translation Grant!
● Congratulations to the COS team for SERB-TETRA Technology Translation Grant!!

Thesis Defended Successfully!
● Congratulations to Shashank and Akash for successfully defending their PhD viva-voce!!
● Congratulations to Yukta, Sampoorna, and Akash for successfully defending their M.S. thesis viva-voce!!

New Publications!
● Vivek’s paper on Gold-Catalyzed Heck Reaction has been accepted in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations!!
● Anil’s paper on Gold-Catalyzed Aryl-alkenylation of Alkenes has been accepted in Organic Letters. Congratulations!!

March 2023

New Publications!
● Akash’s review on Gold-Catalyzed Multicomponent Reactions has been accepted in Org. Chem. Front. Congratulations!!
● Shashank’s paper on Fluorination of α-Imino Gold Carbenes to Access C3-Fluorinated Aza-Heterocycles has been accepted in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!!
● Avishek’s paper on Ligand-Enabled Gold-Catalyzed C(sp2)–O Cross-Coupling Reactions has been accepted in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!!

Dr. Chetan – AvH Fellow!
● Our group alumnus Dr. Chetan Chintawar has been awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship. Congratulations!!

February 2023

Congrats Aslam!
● Our group alumnus Dr. Aslam C. Shaikh has joined Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) Ropar as an Assistant Professor. Congratulations!!

Welcome Asish!
● Dr. Asish joined our group as a Post-doctoral fellow. Welcome!!

January 2023

Welcome Note!
● We are excited to welcome Sanchari and Chayanika as PhD students and Dr. Khyati as a Post-doctoral fellow.

Congratulations Chetan!
● Our group alumnus Dr. Chetan Chintawar joined Prof. Frank Glorius’ group at University of Münster, Germany, as a Post-doctoral fellow. Congratulations!!