2025
57. J. Luk, L. Andrew, M. Andrews, M. Buehl, * A. Kumar* Formylation–Decarbonylation Relay Strategy for the Selective Hydrogenation of CO2 to CO, Chemrxiv, https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/68cc52f023be8e43d6fd1fcf
56. P. Kulyabin, J. Luk, E. Uslamin, A. Kolganov, G. Saini, R. Marcial-Hernandez, K. Pancholi, B. Kühne, A. Dauth, A. P. McKay, D. B. Cordes, E. Pidko,* A Kumar* From Plastic Waste to Pharmaceutical Precursors: PET Upcycling through Ruthenium Catalysed Semi-Hydrogenation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e21838, doi.org/10.1002/anie.202521838.
55. G. Saini, A. S. Lozano-Perez, N. von-Wolff, A. Kumar* Highly efficient Hydrogenative depolymerisation of Polycaprolactone to 1,6-hexanediol, RSC Sustainability, Just accepted, DOI: 10.1039/D5SU00729A.
54. A. Kumar, D. Cole-Hamilton, Sustainable chemistry without borders: Highlights
from an inaugural conference held at St Andrews in June 2025, RSC Sustainability, 2025, 3, 5408.
53. P. Kulyabin, A. S. Lozano-Perez, T. Xu, Y. More, H. Sampathkumar, K. Pancholi, O. Page, C. Rennie, L. Hämmerling, K. Lima, E. Zysman-Colman,* J.-C. Tan,* A. Kumar* Semi-renewable Polyamides Containing Disulfide Bonds: Synthesis, Degradation, Self-Healing, and Triboelectric Properties, Macromolecules 2025, 58, 22, 12317–12326.
52. G Saini, M. J. Tan, M. Stanzione, K. Pancholi, H. Sampathkumar, M. Walker, C. Patterson, M. Vassalli, A. Naden, O. Magdysyuk, R. Armstrong,* A. Kumar,* Polyetherureas as aqueous binders for Li ion Batteries, Green Chem, 2025, DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5GC03953C.
51. B. Sole, J. S. Kolb, R. Marcial-Hernandez, J. Luk, T. Williams, O. V. Magdysyuk, D. Sheppard, G. Walker, A. Kumar* Hydrogenation of Carbamates, Ureas, and Polyurethanes Using Heterogeneous Catalysts, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2025, 13, 41, 17173–1718.
50. C. Ghosh, R. M.-Hernandez, M. J. Andrews, and A. Kumar* Transformation of PET-derived 1,4-benzenedimethanol to make useful alcohols, RSC Advances, 2025, 15, 21424-21428.
49. G. Saini, P. Kulyabin, A. McLuskie, N. von Wolff,* A. Kumar* Direct Synthesis of Polyesterether from Ethylene glycol, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2025, 13, 15, 5703–5711.
48. A. S. Lozano-Perez, P. Kulyabin, A. Kumar*, Rising Opportunities in Catalytic Dehydrogenative Polymerization, ACS Catalysis, 2025, 15, 3619-3635.
47. Z. Zhang, M. Ye, J. Chen, X. Fu, X. Zhou, L. Zheng, L. He, Z. Guo Wu, A. Kumar, L Li,* F. Wan* and X.-D. Guo* Regulating cation-solvent interactions in PVDF-based solid-state electrolyte for advanced Li metal batteries, Chem. Sci., 2025,16, 5028-5035.
46. A. Serpe,* D. Purchase, L. Bisschop, D. Chatterjee, G. D. Gioannis , H. Garelick, A. Kumar, W. Peijnenburg, V. M. Piro, M. Cera, Y. Shevah, S. Verbeek, 2002-2022: 20 years of e-waste regulation in the European Union and the Worldwide trends in legislation and innovation technologies for a circular economy. RSC Sustainability, 2025,3, 1039-1083.
2024
45. W. Qi, W. Zhang, Z. Niu, L. Niu, H. Zhang, F. Jiang, X. Zhou, A. Kumar, L. Li,* J. Wang, J. Sun, Achieving stable and dendrite-free Zn metal batteries by water-confinement hydrogel electrolyte, 2024, Science China Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-024-2390-5.
44. J. Luk, A. Goodfellow, N. More, M. Buehl,* A. Kumar* Exploiting Decarbonylation and Dehydrogenation of Formamides for the Synthesis of Ureas, Polyureas, and Poly(urea-urethanes), Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 16594-16604.
43. C. N. Brodie, A. Goodfellow, M. J. Andrews, A. E. Owen, M. Buehl,* A. Kumar* Direct Synthesis of Partially Ethoxylated Branched Polyethylenimine from Ethanolamine, Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 6253.
42. P. Kulyabin, O. V. Magdysyuk, A. B. Naden, D. M. Dawson, K. Pancholi, M. Walker, M. Vassalli, A. Kumar* Manganese Catalysed Synthesis of Polyketones Using Hydrogen Borrowing Approach, ACS Catal., 2024, 14, 10624–10634
41. U. P.-Pascual, I. Bustos, Z. Freixa,* A. Kumar* and M. Huertos* Direct Chemoselective Reduction of Plant Oils using Silane Catalysed by Rh(III) Complexes at Ambient Temperature, RSC Sustain., 2024, 2, 1052-1057.
40. N. A. E.-Jalapa, A. Kumar* Catalytic Depolymerization of Plastic Waste, Book Chapter in Catalysis for a Sustainable Environment: Reactions, Processes and Applied Technologies, Wiley, 2024.
39. Indole clubbed 2,4-thiazolidinedione linked 1,2,3-triazole as a potent antimalarial and antibacterial agent against drug-resistant strain and molecular modeling studies, D. Upadhyay, J. Mokariya, P. Patel, S. Patel, A. Das, A. Nandi, J. Nogales, N. More, A. Kumar, D. P. Rajani, M. Narayan, J. Kumar, S. Banerjee, S. Sahoo, H. Patel*, Arch. Pharm. 2024, e2300673.
38. J. Luk, C. Oates, J. A. F. Garcia, M. L. Clarke,* A. Kumar* Manganese-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Amides and Polyurethanes: Is Catalyst Inhibition an Additional Barrier to the Efficient Hydrogenation of Amides and Their Derivatives?, Organometallics 2024, 43, 2, 85–93.
2023
37. C. Brodie, A. Kumar*, Reformation of Alcohols to Esters, Acids, Amides, Ureas, Polyureas and Polyethyleneimine by 3d-Metal Catalysts, 2023, Book chapter in the Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Springer (Dehydrogenation Reactions with 3d Metals).
36. J. Luk, A. Kumar*, Transition Metal Catalysts for Depolymerization, Encyclopedia of Inorganic & Biochemistry, Wiley, 2023.
35. C. N. Brodie, A. Owen, J. Kolb, M. Buehl,* A. Kumar,* Synthesis of Polyethyleneimines from the Manganese Catalyzed Coupling of Ethylene Glycol and Ethylenediamine, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023,62, e2023066
34. A. McLuskie, C. N. Brodie, M. Tricarico, C. Gao, G. Peters, A. B. Naden, C. Logan Mackay, J.-C. Tan,* A. Kumar, * Manganese Catalysed Dehydrogenative Synthesis of Polyureas from Diformamide and Diamines, Cat. Sci. Technol. 2023, 13, 3551-3557.
33. C. Mishra*, N. Wolff*, A. Tripathi, C. N. Brodie, N. D. Lawrence, A. Ravuri, E. Bremond, A. Preiss, A. Kumar* Predicting Ruthenium Catalysed Hydrogenation of Esters Using Machine Learning, Digital Discovery, 2023, 2, 819-827.
2022
32. R. Haas, L. J. Kaufer, C. Gao, A. McLuskie, G. Peters, A. Kumar,* D. Schröder* Polyureas as SEI-forming Additives for Li Metal Anodes, 2022, ChemRxiv, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-ll9p1.
31. M. Feller, C. Gunanathan, A. Kumar, R. Langer, M. Montag, T. Schaub, M. Vogt, T. Zell David Milstein: Shaping Organometallic Catalysis Over Five Decades, 2022, Chemistry Views, Wiley.
30. A. Owen, A. Preiss, A. McLuskie, C. Gao, G. Peters, M. Buehl*, A. Kumar* Manganese Catalysed Dehydrogenative Synthesis of Urea Derivatives and Polyureas, ACS Catal, 2022, 12, 6923-6933.
29. A. Kumar*, P. Daw*, D. Milstein*, Homogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Energy: Hydrogen and Methanol Economies, Fuels from Biomass, and Related Topics, Chem. Rev., 2022, 1, 385-441.
2021
28. A. Kumar*, J. Luk, Catalytic Hydrogenation of Urea Derivatives and Polyureas, Eur. J. Org. Chem, 2021, 32, 4546. Invited contribution to the EaStCHEM Research School themed issue (Selected as the ‘Very Important Paper’).
27. A. Kumar*, D. Armstrong, G. Peters, M. Nagala, S. Shirran, Direct Synthesis of Polyureas from the Dehydrogenative Coupling of Diamines and Methanol, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 6153-6156.
26. A. Kumar*, C. Gao, Homogeneous Catalysis for Circular Chemistry – Using Waste as a Resource, ChemCatChem, 2021, 13, 1105-1134.
2020
25. A. Kumar, D. Milstein, Recent Advances in the Applications of Metal-Ligand Cooperation via Dearomatization and Aromatization of Pincer Complexes, Book Chapter, Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, 2020.
24. A. Kumar, N. von-Wolff, M. Rauch, Y. Q-Zou, G. Shmul, G. Leitus, L. Avram, D. Milstein, Hydrogenative Depolymerization of Nylons, J. Am. Chem, Soc., 2020, 142,14267.
23. M. Rauch, S. Kar, A. Kumar, G. Leitus, L. Avram, L. J. W. Shimon, D. Milstein, Metal-ligand cooperation facilitates bond activation and catalytic hydrogenation with zinc pincer complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 14513
22. U. K. Das, T. Janes, A. Kumar, D. Milstein, Manganese Catalyzed Selective Hydrogenation of Cyclic Imides to Diols and Amines, Green Chem., 2020, 22, 3079
21. S. Kar, M. Rauch, A. Kumar, G. Leitus, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein, Selective Room-Temperature Hydrogenation of Amides to Amines and Alcohols Catalyzed by a Ruthenium Pincer Complex and Mechanistic Insight, ACS Catal, 2020, 10, 5511-5515.
20. P. Daw, A. Kumar, D. Oren, N. Angel Espinosa-Jalapa, D. Srimani, Y. Diskin-Posner, G. Leitus, L. J. W. Shimon, R. Carmieli,Y. Ben-David and D. Milstein, Redox Non-Innocent Nature of Acridine-based Pincer Complexes of 3d-Metals and C-C Bond Formation, Organometallics, 2020, 39, 2, 279-285.
2019
19. A. Kumar, P. Daw, N. A. Espinosa-Jalapa, G. Leitus, L. Shimon, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein. CO2 activation by manganese pincer complexes through different modes of metal-ligand cooperation, Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 14580-14584. (Breaking bonds over many timescales: in celebration of Robin Perutz’s 70th birthday)
18. U. K. Das, A. Kumar, Y.Ben-David, M. Iron, D. Milstein, Manganese Catalysed Hydrogenation of Carbamates and Urea-derivatives, J. Am, Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 12962-12966.
17. P. Daw, A. Kumar, N. A. E. Jalapa, D. Milstein, Direct Synthesis of Amides by Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of Benzyl Alcohols and Ammonia Catalyzed by a Manganese Pincer Complex: Unexpected Crucial Role of Base, J. Am, Chem. Soc., 2019,141, 12202-12206.
16. A. Kumar, S. Chakraborty, T. Janes, R. Carmieli, Y. Diskin-Posner, D. Milstein, C−C Bond Formation of Benzyl Alcohols and Alkynes Using a Catalytic Amount of KOtBu: Unusual Regioselectivity through a Radical Mechanism. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 3373-3377.
2018
15. A. Kumar, T. Janes, N. A. E. Jalapa, D. Milstein, Selective Hydrogenation of Cyclic Imides to Diols and Amines and its Application in the Development of a New Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 7453.
14. A. Kumar, T. Janes, N. A. E. Jalapa, D. Milstein, Manganese catalysed hydrogenation of organic carbonates to methanol and alcohols. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 12076.
13. A. Kumar, M. Feller, Y. Diskin Posner, D. Milstein, Formal oxidative addition of a C-H bond by a 16e- iridium (I) complex involves metal-ligand cooperativity. Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 5365.
12. P. Daw, A. Kumar, N. A. E. Jalapa, Y. Diskin- Posner, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein, Synthesis of Pyrazines and Quinoxalines via Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling Routes Catalyzed by Manganese Pincer Complexes. ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 7734.
11. J. Turner, N. Chilton, A. Kumar, G. Whittell, A. Colebatch, H. I. Sparkes, A. S. Weller, I. Manners, Iron Precatalysts with Bulky Tri(t‐butyl)cyclopentadienyl Ligands for the Dehydrocoupling of Dimethylamine‐Borane. Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 5450.
2017
10. X. Wang, T. N. Hooper, A Kumar, I. K. Priest, Y. Sheng, T. O. M. Samuels, S. Wang, A. W. Robertson, M. Pacios, H. Bhaskaran, A. S. Weller, Oligomeric Aminoborane Precursors for the Chemical Vapour Deposition Growth of Few-Layer Hexagonal Boron Nitride. Cryst. Eng. Commun. 2017, 19, 285.
09. N. A. E. Jalapa, A. Kumar, G. Leitus, Y. Diskin Posner and D. Milstein, Synthesis of cyclic Imides by acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of diols and amines catalyzed by a manganese pincer complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017,139, 11722.
08. A. Kumar, N. A. E. Jalapa, G. Leitus, Y. Diskin Posner and D. Milstein, Direct synthesis of amides by the dehydrogenative coupling of amines with alcohols or esters catalysed by a new manganese pincer complex. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 14992.
2016
07. A. Kumar, N. Beatie, S. D. Pike, S. A. Macgregor, A. S. Weller, The simplest amino-borane BH2=NH2 trapped on a Rh2 dimer. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 6651.
06. A. Kumar, I. Priest, T. N. Hooper, A. S. Weller, Variable Coordination Modes and Catalytic Dehydrogenation of a B-Phenyl Amine-Borane, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 6183.
05. A. Kumar, J. Ishibashi, T. N. Hooper, S-Y. Liu, A. S. Weller, The synthesis, characterization and dehydrogenation of sigma-complexes of BN-cyclohexanes, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 310.
2012-2015
04. S. Bakthavatsalam, A. Sarkar, S. Jain, A. Kumar, A. Datta, Tuning macro-cycles to design “Turn-on” fluorescence sensors for Manganese (II), Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 2605.
03. M. K. Sahani, A. K. Singh, A. K. Jain, A. Upadhyay, A. Kumar, U. P. Singh, S. Narang, Fabrication of novel coated pyrolytic graphite electrodes for the selective nano-level monitoring of Cd2+ ions in biological and environmental samples using polymeric membrane of newly synthesized macrocycle. Anal. Chim. Acta, 2015, 860, 51.
02. A. Kumar, H. C. Johnson, T. N. Hooper, A. S. Weller, A. G. Algarra and S. A. Macgregor, Multiple metal-bound oligomers from Ir-catalyzed dehydropolymerisation of H3B∙NH3 as probed by experiment and computation, Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 2546.
01. R. Rajan, B. P. Babu, A. Kumar, R. R. Paul, C. R. Sinu, E. Suresh and V. Nair, A Facile Multicomponent Reaction Involving Isoquinoline, Dimethyl Allenedicarboxylate and 2-Oxo-1H-indol-3-ylidenes, Synthesis 2012, 44, 417.
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