
Transition-metal catalyzed C‒H activation as a means of synthesizing complex natural products
Sinha, S. K.;† Ghosh, P.;† Jain, S.; Maiti, S.; Al-Thabati, S. A.; Alshehri, A. A.; Mokhtar, M.; Maiti, D.
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, (ASAP)


Directing Group Assisted para-Selective C-H Alkynylation of Unbiased Arenes Enabled by Rhodium Catalysis
Dutta, U.;† Prakash, G.;† Devi, K.; Borah, K.; Zhang, X.; Maiti, D.


Deciphering the Mechanistic Insights of Temporary Directing Group Assisted meta-Alkenylation of Complex Biaryl Systems
Goswami, N.;† Kumar, N.;† Bag, S.; Gupta, P.; Maiti, D.


Access to Unsaturated Bicyclic Lactones by Overriding Conventional C(sp3)-H Site Selectivity
Das, J.; Ali, W.; Ghosh, A.;† Pal, T.;† Mandal, A.;† Teja, C.; Dutta, S.; Pothikumar, R.; Ge, H.; Zhang, X.; Maiti, D.


Simplifying the Synthesis of Non-proteinogenic Amino Acids via Palladium Catalysed (delta)-Methyl C-H Olefination of Aliphatic Amines and Amino Acids
Bhattacharya, T.; Baroliya, P. K.; Al-Thabaiti, S. A.; Maiti, D.


Photoinduced meta-Selective C-H Oxygenation of Arenes
Ali, W.;† Saha, A.;† Ge, H.; Maiti, D.


Site-Selective C–H Functionalization of Carbazoles
Elsaid, M.‡ Ge, R.‡ Liu, C. Maiti, D.* and Ge, H.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2023,62, e202303110


Enroute Sustainability: Metal Free C-H bond Functionalisation
Roy, S.; Panja, S.; Sahoo, S. R.; Chatterjee, S.; Maiti, D.
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52, 2391-2479


Distal meta-alkenylation of formal amines enabled by catalytic use of hydrogen-bonding anionic ligands
Goswami, N.;† Sinha, S. K.;† Mondal, P.; Adhya, S.; Datta, A.; Maiti, D.


Photo-Excited Nickel-Catalyzed Silyl-Radical-Mediated Direct Activation of Carbamoyl Chlorides To Access (Hetero)aryl Carbamides
Maiti, S.;† Roy, S.;† Ghosh, P.; Kasera, A.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202207472


Substrate-Rhodium Cooperativity in Photoinduced ortho-Alkynylation of Arenes
Saha, A.; Ghosh, A.; Guin, S.; Panda, S.; Mal, D. K.; Majumdar, A.; Akita, M.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202210492


Pd Catalyzed Dual-γ-1,1-C(sp3)-H Activation of Free Aliphatic Acids With Allyl-O Moieties
Das, J.; Pal, T.; Ali, W.; Sahoo, S. R.; Maiti, D.
ACS Catal., 2022, 12, 11169-11176


Non-Directed Pd-Catalysed Electrooxidative Olefination of Arenes
Panja, S.; Ahsan, S.; Pal, T.; Kolb, S.; Ali, W.; Sharma, S.; Das, C.; Grover, J.; Dutta, A.; Werz, D. B.; Paul, A.; Maiti, D.
Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 9432-9439


Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C−H Bond Alkylation Using Olefins: Recent Advances and Mechanistic Aspects
Mandal, D.; Roychowdhury, S.; Biswas, J. P.; Maiti, S.; Maiti, D.
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022, 51, 7358-7426


Expanding chemical space by para-C-H arylation of arenes
Maiti, S.; Li, Y.; Sasmal, S.; Guin, S.; Bhattacharya, T.; Lahiri, G. K.; Paton, R. S.; Maiti, D.


Dual Ligand Enabled Non-Directed C−H Chalcogenation of Arenes and Heteroarenes
Sinha, S. K.;† Panja, S.;† Grover, J.;† Hazra, P. S.; Pandit, S.; Bairagi, Y.; Zhang, X.; Maiti, D.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022,144, 12032-12042


Ligand-promoted palladium-catalyzed β-methylene C−H arylation of primary aldehydes
Yang, K.; Li, Z.; Liu, C.; Li, Y.; Hu, Q.; Elsaid, M.; Li, B.; Das, J.; Dang, Y.; Maiti, D.; Ge, H.
Chem. Sci., 2022,13, 5938-5943


Directing Group Assisted Rhodium Catalyzed meta-C-H Alkynylation of Arenes
Sasmal, S.;† Prakash, G.;† Dutta, U.;† Laskar, R.; Lahiri, G. K.; Maiti, D.
Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 5616-5621



C-H deuteration of organic compounds and potential drug candidates
Prakash, G.; Paul, N.; Oliver, G. A.; Werz, D. B..; Maiti, D.
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022, 51,3123-3163

Photoinduced Regioselective Olefination of Arenes at Proximal and Distal Sites
Saha, A.;† Guin, S.;† Ali, W.; Bhattacharya, T.; Sasmal, S.; Goswami, N.; Prakash, G.; Sinha, S. K.; Chandrashekar, H. B.; Panda, S.; Anjana, S. S.; Maiti, D.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 1929


Emergence of Pyrimidine as meta-Directing Group: Journey from Weak to Strong Coordination in Diversifying meta-C−H Functionalization
Dutta, U.; Maiti, D.
Acc. Chem. Res., 2022, 55, 354



Ligand-redox assisted nickel catalysis toward stereoselective synthesis of (n+1)-membered cycloalkanes from 1,n-diols with methyl ketones
Bains, A. K.; Kundu, A.; Maiti, D.; Adhikari, D.

Toolbox for Distal C-H Bond Functionalizations in Organic Molecules
Sinha, S. K.; Guin, S.; Maiti, S.; Biswas, J. P.; Porey, S.; Maiti, D.


Ligand Enabled delta-C(sp3)-H Borylation of Aliphatic Amines
H. B. Chandrashekar, Dolui. P.; Li, B.; Mandal, A.; Liu, H; Guin, S; Ge, H; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 18194 (Appears in Hot Topic: C-H Activation)



Effect of ligand backbone on the reactivity and mechanistic paradigm of non-heme iron(IV)-oxo during olefin epoxidation
Biswas, J. P.; Ansari, M.; Paik, A.; Sasmal, S; Paul, S; Rana, S; Rajaraman, G.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 14030

Arene Diversification via Distal C(sp2)-H Functionalization
Dutta, U.; Maiti, S.; Bhattacharya, T.; Maiti, D.


Hexafluoroisopropanol: The Magical Solvent for Pd-Catalyzed C-H Activation
Bhattacharya, T.; Ghosh, A.; Maiti, D.


Recent development in transition metal-catalyzed C-H olefination
Ali, W.; Prakash, G.; Maiti, D.


Imine as a linchpin approach for meta-C–H functionalization
Bag, S.; Jana, S.; Pradhan, S.; Bhowmick, S.; Goswami, N.; Sinha, S. K.; Maiti, D.
Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 1393


Transition Metal Catalyzed C-H Allylation Reactions
Dutta, S.; Bhattacharya, T.; Werz, D. B.; Maiti, D.


Organic synthesis with the most abundant transition metal- Iron: From rust to multitasking catalysts
Rana, S.; Biswas, J. P.; Paul, S.; Paik, A.; Maiti, D.
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020, 50, 243


Diverse Strategies for Transition Metal Catalyzed Distal C(sp3)-H Functionalizations
Das, J.; Guin, S.; Maiti, D.


A Direct Route to Six and Seven Membered Lactones via γ-C(sp3)-H Activation: A Simple Protocol to Build Molecular Complexity
Das, J.; Dolui, P.; Ali, W.; Biswas, J. P.; Chandrashekar, H. B.; Prakash, G; Maiti, D.


Para-Selective Arylation of Arenes: A Direct Route to Biaryls by Norbornene Relay Palladation
Dutta, U.; Porey, S.; Pimparkar, S.; Mandal, A; Grover, J; Koodan, A; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 20831


Bag, S.; K, S.; Mondal, A.; Jayarajan, R.; Dutta, U.; Porey, S.; Sunoj, R. B.; Maiti. D.
J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2020, 142, 12453



An Alkyne Linchpin Strategy for Drug:Pharmacophore Conjugation: Experimental and Computational Realization of a meta-selective Inverse Sonogashira Coupling
Porey, S.; Zhang, X.; Bhowmick, S.; Singh, V. K.; Guin, S.; Paton, R. S.; Maiti. D.
J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2020, 142, 3762-3774 (This paper appears in synfacts contribution)
(selected in "JACS Early Career Investigators" virtual issue)

Ligand-Enabled Pd(II)-Catalyzed Iterative γ-C(sp3)-H Arylation of Free Aliphatic Acid
Dolui, P†.; Das, J†.; Chandrashekar, H. B.; Anjana, S. S.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 13773-13777


Co‐ordination assisted distal C−H alkylation of fused heterocycles
Kankanala, R†.; Biswas, J. P†.; Jana, S.; Achar, T. K.; Porey, S.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 131, 13946-13950



Rhodium Catalyzed Template-Assisted Distal para-C-H Olefination
Dutta, U.; Maiti, S.; Pimparkar, S.; Maiti, S.; Gahan, L. R.; Krenske, E. H.; Lupton, D. W.; Maiti, D.
Chem. Sci. 2019,10, 7426-7432

Regioselective Synthesis of Fused Furans by Decarboxylative Annulation of α,β-Alkenyl Carboxylic Acid with Cyclic Ketone: Synthesis of Di-heteroaryl Derivatives
Agasti, S.; Pal, T.; Achar, T. K.; Maiti, S.; Pal, D.; Mandal, S.; Daud, K.; Lahiri, G. K.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 11039-11043 (VIP Paper)


Palladium-Catalyzed Directed meta-Selective C-H Allylation of Arenes: Unactivated Internal Olefins as Allyl Surrogates
Achar, T. K.; Zhang, X.; Mondal, R.; Shavanas, M. S.; Maiti, S.; Maity, S.; Pal, N.; Paton, R. S.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 10353-10360


Iterative Arylation of Amino Acids and Aliphatic Amines via-C(sp3)-H Activation: Experimental and Computational Exploration
Guin, S†.; Dolui, P†.; Zhang, X.; Paul, S.; Singh, V. K; Pradhan, S.; Chandrashekar, H. B.; S. S. Anjana.; Paton, R. S.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 2019, 58, 5633-5638


Game of Directors: Accessing Remote Meta- and Para-C-H Bonds With Covalently Attached Directing Groups
Dey, A.; Sinha, S. K.; Achar, T. K.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem.Int. Ed 2018, 58, 10820-10843


Selective C-H Halogenation over Hydroxylation by Non-heme Iron(IV)-oxo
Rana, S.; Biswas, J. P; Sen, A.; Clemency, M.; Blondin, G.; Latour, J-M.; Rajaraman, G.; Maiti, D.
Chem.Sci 2018, 9, 7843-7858


H-Bonded Template Assisted Para Selective Carboalkylation Using Soft Electrophilic Vinyl Ether
Maji, A.; Dahiya, A.; Lu, G.; Bhattacharya, T.; Liu, P.; Zanoni, G.; Maiti, D.
Nat Commun 2018, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06018-2


Diverse Meta-C-H Functionalization of Arenes Across Different Linker Lengths
Jayarajan, R.; Das, J.; Bag, S.; Choudhury, R.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7659 –7663


Experimental and Computational Exploration of para-Selective Silylation with a Hydrogen-Bonded Template
Maji, A.; Guin, S.; Feng, S.; Dahiya, A.; Singh, V. K.; Liu, P.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708449


Remote meta-C–H cyanation of arenes enabled by pyrimidine-based auxiliary
Bag, S.; Jayarajan, R.; Dutta, U.; Chowdhury, R.; Mondal, R.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12538-12542


Introducing Unactivated Acyclic Internal Aliphatic Olefins in Cobalt Catalyzed Allylic Selective Dehydrogenative Heck Reaction
Maity, S.; Dolui, P; Kancherla, R.; Maiti, D.


XPhos Ligated Rhodium Catalyzed meta C–H Functionalization of Arenes
Bera, M.; Agasti, S.; Chowdhury, R.; Mondal, R.; Pal, D.; Maiti, D.


Template-assisted meta-C–H alkylation and alkenylation of arenes
Bag, S.; Jayarajan, R.; Mondal, R.; Maiti, D.


Detailed Mechanistic Studies on Palladium Catalyzed Selective C-H Olefination with Aliphatic Alkenes: A Significant Influence of Proton Shuttling
Deb, A.; Hazra, A.; Peng, Q.; Paton, R. S.; Maiti, D.



Copper/P(t-Bu)3-Mediated Regiospecific Synthesis of Fused Furans and Naphthofurans
Naveen, T.; Deb, A.; Maiti, D.

Cobalt Catalyzed sp2-C-H Activation and Intermolecular Heterocyclization with Allenes at Room Temprature
Thrimurtulu, N.; Dey, A.; Maiti, D.; Volla, C. M. R.

Palladium-Catalyzed Directed para C-H Functionalization of Phenols
Patra, T.; Bag, S.; Kancherla, R.; Mondal, A.; Dey, A.; Pimparkar, S.; Agasti, S.; Modak, A.; Maiti, D.


Directing group assisted meta-hydroxylation by C-H activation
Maji, A.; Bhaskararao, B.; Singha, S.; Sunoj, R. B.; Maiti, D.


Remote para-C-H Functionalization of Arenes by a D-Shaped Biphenyl Template-Based Assembly
Bag, S.; Patra, T.; Modak,A.; Deb, A.; Maity, S.; Dutta, U.; Dey, A.; Kancherla, R.; Maji, A.; Hazra, A.; Bera, M.; Maiti, D.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11888-11891
This work is highlighted in JACS Spotlight


Pd(II)-Catalyzed meta-C-H Olefination: Constructing Multi-substituted Arenes through Homo-diolefination and Sequential Hetero-diolefination
Bera, M; Maji, A.; Sahoo, S. K.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 8515-8519


Palladium Catalyzed Aryl C-H Olefination with Unactivated, Aliphatic Alkenes
Deb, A.; Bag, S.; Kancherla, R.; Maiti, D.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13602-13605 (Most Read Article)


Palladium-Catalyzed Annulation of Diarylamines with Olefins through C-H Activation
Direct Access to N-Arylindoles
Sharma, U.; Kancherla, R.; Naveen, T.; Agasti, S.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 11895-11899 (Most read article)


Synthesis of Bis-heteroaryl Ketones via Removal of Benzylic -CHR- and -CO- Groups
Maji, A.; Rana, S.; Akanksha and Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 2428-2432



Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Benzofurans and Coumarins from Phenols and Olefins.
Sharma, U.; Togati, N.; Maji, A.; Manna, S.; and Maiti, D.

Oxidative Trifluoromethylation of Unactivated Olefins: An Efficient and Practical Synthesis of α-Trifluoromethyl Ketones.
Deb, A.; Manna, S.; Modak, A.; Patra, T.; Maity, S.; Maiti, D.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9747-9750


Efficient and Stereoselective Nitration of Mono- and Disubstituted Olefins with AgNO2 and TEMPO
Maity, S.; Manna, S.; Rana, S.; Togati, N.; Mallick, A; Maiti, D.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3355-3358
This paper was highlighted in Synthesis 2013, 45, A82-A84
Invited article in Synlett as Synpacts
