2022
31. C. Mishra*, N. Wolff*, A. Tripathi, E. Bremond, A. Preiss, A. Kumar* Predicting Ruthenium Catalysed Hydrogenation of Esters Using Machine Learning, ChemRxiv, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-t1zsn.
30. A. Owen, A. Preiss, A. McLuskie, C. Gao, G. Peters, M. Buehl*, A. Kumar* Manganese Catalysed Dehydrogenative Synthesis of Urea Derivatives and Polyureas, ChemRxiv, 10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-m2hvl.
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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