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Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
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Publications
12. Pradhan, M.*; Mandal, A.*; Qu, L.; Iguchi, H.; Matsuda, R.; Kundu, S. "Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Epoxide and Structurally Diverse Unsaturated Bonds at Room Temperature" Org. Lett. 2026, 28, 10489–10494. ( * = Contributed equally)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c02789
11. Nandi, S.; Mahapatra, S. R.; Garg, I.; Pahari, S.; Mandal, A.; Sadhu, B., Kundu, S. "Controlling Product Selectivity by Modulating H-Bonding and the Rate of Hydrogen Elimination and Hydrogen Transfer from an Ir(III)-H Complex" Org. Lett. 2026, 28, 9360–9365.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c02494
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10. Pradhan, M.; Mandal, A.; Tiwari, P.; Borthakur, I.; Borpuzari, M. P.; Kundu, S. "Hydricity Modulated Methylation of Indoles and Nitriles Using Methanol: Selective Synthesis of C3-Methylated Indoles, Bisindolylmethanes, and α-Methylated Nitriles" Adv. Synth. Catal., 2025, e70224.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.70224
9. Pradhan, M.; Mandal, A.; Kundu, S. "One-pot synthesis of perimidine scaffolds containing fertigines via dehydrogenative coupling of two different alcohols with diamines" Mol. Catal., 2025, 586, 115424.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2025.115424
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8. Mandal, A.; Pradhan, M.; Giri, S.; Nandi, S.; Kundu, S. "Selective Functionalization of 2-Amino-Azoles with Methanol and Ethanol Using a Pincer-(NHC)Mn(I) Complex" J. Org. Chem., 2025, 90, 11572−11586.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c01191
7. Mandal, A.; Pradhan, M.; Mitra, C.; Nandi, S.; Sadhu, B.; Kundu, S. "Pincer-(NHC)Mn(I) Complex-Catalyzed Selective α-Alkylation of Ketones and Nitriles Using Unactivated Alkenyl Alcohols" ACS Catal., 2025, 15, 706 - 718.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c05889
6. Mandal, A.; Pradhan, M.; Maji, A.; Debnath, R.; Kundu, S. "Nanoparticles of Cobalt for the Reversible (De)Hydrogenation and Oxidative Dehydrogenation of N-Heterocycles under Mild Conditions" ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2024, 7, 10182 - 10193.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c00613
5. Nandi, S.; Borthakur, I.; Mandal, A.; Kundu, S. "Regioselective Ring Opening of Epoxide with Alcohols: A Selective Route to α-Alkylated Ketones and β-Alkylated Secondary Alcohols" ChemCatChem, 2024, 16, e202400380.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202400380
4. Mandal, A.; Ganguli, K.; Pradhan, M.; Gorai, A.; Kundu, S. "Selective Transfer Hydrogenation of C=O and Conjugated C=C Bonds Using an NHC-based Pincer (CNC)Mn(I) Complex in Methanol" ChemSusChem., 2023, 16, e202300683.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202300683
3. Ganguli, K.; Mandal, A.; Pradhan, M.; Deval, A.; Kundu, S. "(NNC)Ru(II) Complex Catalyzed Selective Functionalization of Ketones with Methanol: Understanding the Role of Ancillary Ligands" ACS Catal., 2023, 13, 7637-7649.
2. Ganguli, K.; Mandal, A.; Kundu, S. "Well-Defined Bis(NHC)Mn(I) Complex Catalyzed Tandem Transformation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones to α-Methylated Ketones Using Methanol" ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 12444–12457.
1. Ganguli, K.; Mandal, A.; Sarkar, B.; Kundu, S. "Benzimidazole fragment containing Mn-complex catalyzed hydrosilylation of ketones and nitriles". Tetrahedron, 2020, 76, 131439.
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