Catalysis and Organic Synthesis Laboratory

Group News

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 IUPAfor 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 Org. Lett. 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!!