Patents

• "Quasi-living metal catalyst for ethylene homo-polymerization and co-polymerization with 5-norbornen -2-yl acetate" Bazan, G.C.; Ghosh, P.; Shimizu, F. US 20040024149.


• "Metal Catalyst for Olefin Polymerization and Co-polymerization with Functional Monomers" Bazan, G.C.and Ghosh, P. US 20040171479.

Book Chapters

• "Palladium Complexes of N-heterocyclic Carbenes in Homogeneous Catalysis and Biomedical Applications". Dash, C.; Ghosh, P. in a book entitled Palladium: Compounds, Production and Applications from Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, 2010 page 105-164.

Publications

2012
• "Bifunctional Nickel Precatalysts of Amido-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes for Base-free Michael Reaction Under Ambient Conditions". Kumar, S.; Narayanan, A.; Rao, N.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. J. Organomet. Chem. 2012, 696, 4159-4165.

2011
• "Catalytic C-X (X = C and Heteroatom) Bond Formations Using Late-Transition Metal Complexes of N/O-Functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes." Ghosh, P. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science 2011, 91, 521-533. (Invited contribution in the journal's Special Issue on "Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery").


• "Ruthenium Complexes of Chelating Amido-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Synthesis, Structure and DFT Studies." Kumar, S.;Narayanan, A.; Rao, M. N.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. J. Chem. Sci. 2011, In press. [Invited contribution in the journal's Special Issue celebrating the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) 2011].


• "A Computational Insight into a Metal Mediated Pathway for the Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of Lactides by an Ionic {(NHC)2Ag}+X- (X = halide) Type N-heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Complex" Stephen, R.; Sunoj, R.B.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 10156-10161.


• "Functional Mimics of Catechol Oxidase by Mononuclear Copper Complexes of Sterically Demanding [NNO] Ligands" Panda, M. K.; Shaikh, M. M.; Butcher R. J.; and Ghosh, P.; Inorg. Chim. Acta 2011, 372, 145-151. (Invited contribution in the journal's Special Issue marking the 70th birth anniversary of Professor S. S. Krishnamurthy).


• "Gold(III) N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes Mediated Synthesis of beta-Enaminones From 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds and Aliphatic Amines" Samantray, M. K.; Dash, C.; Shaikh, M. M.; Pang, K.; Butcher, R. J.; Ghosh, P. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 1840-1848.


• "Silver Complexes of 1,2,4-triazole Derived N-heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity Studies" Dash, C.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. J. Chem. Sci 2011, 123, 97-106.

2010

• "Titanium Isopropoxide Complexes of a Series of Sterically Demanding Aryloxo Based [N₂O₂]²- Ligands as Precatalysts for Ethylene Polymerization" Panda, M. K.; Kaur, S.; Reddy, A. R.; Shaikh, M. M.; Butcher, R. J.; Gupta, V.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 11060-11068.
  


• "Highly Efficient Palladium Precatalysts of Homoscorpionate Bispyrazolyl Ligands for the More Challenging Suzuki Miyaura Cross Coupling of Aryl Chlorides." John, A.; Shaikh, M. M.; Butcher, R. J.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 7353-7363.
  


• "Highly Convenient Regioselective Intermolecular Hydroamination of Alkynes Yielding Ketimines Catalyzed by Gold(I) Complexes of 1,2,4-triazole Based N-heterocyclic Carbenes." Dash, C.; Shaikh, M. M.; Butcher, R. J.; Ghosh, P. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 4972-4983.
  


• "Fascinating Frontiers of N/O-functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Chemistry: From Chemical Catalysis to Biomedical Applications". John, A.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 7183-7206. (An invited perspective).
  
  Ranked #3 among the Top 10 most-read articles from the online version of Dalton Transactions for August 2010.
  See  http://blogs.rsc.org/dt/2010/10/01/top-ten-most-read-dalton-transactions-articles
  


• "Suzuki Miyaura Cross coupling of Aryl Chlorides Catalyzed by Palladium Precatalysts of N/O-functionalized Pyrazolyl Ligands" John, A.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. Inorg. Chim. Acta 2010, 363, 3113-3121. (Invited contribution in the journals Special Issue marking the 75th birth anniversary of Professor Animesh Chakravorty).
  


• "Controlled Oxidation of Organic Sulfides to Sulfoxides Under Ambient Conditions by a Series of Titanium Isopropoxide Complexes Using Environmentally Benign H2O2 as Oxidant". Panda, M. K.; Shaikh. M. M.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 2428-2440.
  


• "A Comparison Between Nickel and Palladium Precatalysts of 1,2,4-triazole Based N-heterocyclic Carbenes in Hydroamination of Activated Olefins." Dash, C.; Shaikh, M. M.; Butcher, R. J.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 2515-2524.



2009
• "Palladium Complexes of Abnormal N-heterocyclic Carbenes as Precatalysts for the Much-Preferred Cu-Free and Amine-Free Sonogashira Coupling in Air in a Mixed Aqueous Medium". John, A.; Shaikh. M. M.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans., 2009, 10581-10591.
  


• "Palladium Complexes of Amido-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes as Effective Precatalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura C-C Cross-coupling Reactions of Aryl Bromides and Iodides" Kumar, S.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. J. Organomet. Chem. 2009, 694, 4162-4169.
  


• "Copper-free and Amine-free Sonogashira Coupling in Air in a Mixed Aqueous Medium by Palladium Complexes of N/O-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes" Samantaray, M. K.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. J. Organomet. Chem. 2009, 694, 3477-3486.
  


• "Synthesis of Ruthenium Carbonyl Complexes with Phosphine or Substituted Cp Ligands, and Their Activity in the Catalytic Deoxygenation of 1,2-Propanediol " Ghosh, P.; Fagan, P. J.; Hauptman, E.; Bullock, R. M.; Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 6490-6500.
  


• "Design of Nickel Chelates of Tetradentate N-heterocyclic Carbenes with Subdued Cytotoxicity" Ray, S.; Asthana, J.; Tanski, J. M.; Shaikh, M. M.; Panda, D.; Ghosh, P. J. Organomet. Chem. 2009, 694, 2328-2335.
  


• "Catalytic Deoxygenation of 1,2-Propanediol to Give n-Propanol" Schlaf, M.; Ghosh, P.; Fagan, P. J.; Hauptman, E.; Bullock, R. M.* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 351, 789-800.
  


• "Fluoride-free Hiyama and Copper- and Amine-free Sonogashira Coupling in Air in a Mixed Aqueous Medium by a Series of PEPPSI Themed Precatalysts" Dash, C.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 1608-1618.
  


• "Rare [(NHC)₂Ni-OH] Type Terminal Nickel Hydroxo and [(NHC)₂Ni] Type Complexes of N/O-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes (NHC) as Precatalysts for Highly Desirable Base-free Michael Reactions in Air at Ambient Temperature" Samantaray, M. K.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. Organometallics 2009, 28, 2267-2275..
  


• "Nickel Complexes of N/O-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes as Precatalysts for Michael Reactions in Air at Room Temperature under the Much Preferred Base-free Conditions". Ray, S.; Shaikh. M. M.; Ghosh, P. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 1932-1941. (Invited contribution in the journals Special Issue on N-heterocyclic carbenes appeared in May 2009).



2008
• "Mimicking the Intradiol Catechol Cleavage Activity of Catechol Dioxygenase by High-Spin Fe(III) Complexes of a New Class of Facially Bound [N₂O] Ligand". Panda, M. K.; John, A.; Shaikh. M. M.; Ghosh, P. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 11847-11856.
  


• "Unprecedented Long Range 1,7-Bromination in Gold Complexes of N-(Aryl)imino Functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes". Samantaray, M. K.; Pang, K.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans. 2008, 4893-4902.
  


• "Highly Convenient Amine-free Sonogashira Coupling in Air in a Polar Mixed aqueous Medium by trans- and cis-(NHC)₂PdX₂ (X=Cl, Br) Complexes of N/O-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes." Ray, L.; Barman, S.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh. P. Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 6646-6655.
  


• "Structural and Functional Mimic of Galactose Oxidase by a Copper Complex of a Sterically Demanding [N₂O₂] Ligand." John, A.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans. 2008, 2815-2824.
  


• "From Large 12-Membered Macrometallacycles to Ionic (NHC)₂M+Cl- (M = Au, Ag) Type Complexes of Gold and Silver by Modulation of N-substituent of Amido-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbenes." Samantaray, M. K.; Pang, K.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 4153-4165.
  


• "Shorter Argentophilic Interaction than Aurophilic Intercation in a Pair of Dimeric {(NHC)MCl)}₂ (M = Ag, Au) Complexes Supported Over a N/O functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Ligand." Ray, L.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 230-240.



2007

• "Anticancer and Antimicrobial Metallopharmaceutical Agents Based on Palladium, Gold and Silver N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes" Ray, S.; Mohan, R.; Singh, J. K.; Samantaray, M. K.; Shaikh, M. M.; Panda, D.; Ghosh, P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 15042-15053.


• "Air-Stable, Convenient to Handle Pd Based PEPPSI (Pyridine Enhanced Precatalyst Preparation, Stabilization and Initiation) Themed Precatalysts of N/O-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and its Utility in Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction." Ray, L.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans. 2007, 4546-4555.
  


• "Gold(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Based Initiators for Bulk Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-lactide." Ray, L.; Katiyar, V.; Barman, S.; Raihan, M. J.; Nanavati, H.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692,4259-4269.
  Ranked #12 among the Top 25 Hottest Articles of Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (an Elsevier Publication) during July-September, 2007.
  See  http://top25.sciencedirect.com/index.php?subject_area_id=6&journal_id=0022328X&cat_id=13
  


• "Ni(II) and Cu(II) Complexes of Phenoxy-Ketimine Ligands: Synthesis, Structures and their Utility in Bulk Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of L-lactide." John, A.; Katiyar, V.; Pang, K.; Shaikh, M. M.; Nanavati, H.; Ghosh, P. Polyhedron 2007, 26, 4033-4044.
  Ranked #9 among the Top 25 Hottest Articles of Polyhedron (an Elsevier Publication) during July-September, 2007.
  See http://top25.sciencedirect.com/index.php?subject_area_id=6&journal_id=02775387&cat_id=13
  


• "Silver N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes as Initiators for Bulk Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of L-lactides." Samantaray, M. K.; Katiyar, V.; Pang, K.;. Nanavati, H..; Ghosh, P. J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692, 1672-1682.
  Ranked #8 among the Top 25 Hottest Articles of Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (an Elsevier Publication) during January-March, 2007.
  See http://top25.sciencedirect.com/index.php?subject_area_id=6&journal_id=0022328X&cat_id=11
  


• "Pd (II) and Au (I) Complexes of a New O-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand: Synthesis, Structures and Catalytic Application." Ray, L.; Shaikh, M.M.; Ghosh, P. Organometallics 2007, 26, 958-964.
  (a) Ranked #12 among the Top 20 Most Cited Articles of Organometallics (an ACS Publication) during January 2007 - March 2008.
  (b)Ranked #3 among the Top 20 Most Accessed Articles of Organometallics (an ACS Publication) for the full year of 2007.
  (c)Ranked #1 among the Top 20 Most Accessed Articles of Organometallics (an ACS Publication) during January-March, 2007.
  



2006

• "First Example of a Gold(I) N-Heterocyclic-Carbene-Based Initiator for the Bulk Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-Lactide" Ray, L.; Katiyar, V.; Raihan, M.; Nanavati, H.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 3724-3730.
  Ranked among one of the most frequently cited articles published in 2006 and which have contributed most to the journals impact factor in 2008.
  


• "Experimental and theoretical studies of a silver complex of O-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene" Samantaray, M. K.; Roy, D.; Patra, A;. Stephen, R.; Saikh, M.; Sunoj, R. B.; Ghosh, P. J. Organomet. Chem. 2006, 691, 3797-3805.
  


• "A cationic (N-heterocyclic carbene)silver complex as catalyst for bulk Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-lactides" Samantaray, M. K.; Katiyar, V.; Roy, D.; Pang, K.; Nanavati, H.; Stephen, R.; Sunoj, R. B.; Ghosh, P. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 2975-2984.
  Ranked among one of the most frequently cited articles published in 2006 and which have contributed most to the journals impact factor in 2008.
  



2003

• "Ethylene Homopolymerization and Copolymerization with Functionalized 5-Norbornen-2-yl Monomers by a Novel Nickel Catalyst System" Diamanti, S. J.; Ghosh, P.; Fumihiko, S.; Bazan, G. C. Macromolecules 2003, 36, 9731-9735.
  


2001

• "Metal‑Catalyzed Selective Deoxygenation of Diols to Aclohols". Schlaf, M.; Ghosh, P.; Fagan, P. J.; Hauptman, E.; Bullock, R. M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 3887-3890.
  


1999

• "Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Bis(pyrazolyl)(3,5‑di‑tert‑butylpyrazolyl)hydroborato Thallium: A Hetero‑tris(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Ligand Derived from two Different Pyrazoles". Ghosh, P.; Churchill, D. G.; Rubinstein, M.; Parkin, G. New J. Chem. 1999, 23, 961‑963.
  


• "Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Thallium, {[Bp]Tl}₂: A [Bp^RR']Tl Complex with an Unbridged Close TlI...TlI Contact". Ghosh, P.; Rheingold, A. L.; Parkin, G. Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 5464‑5467.
  


• "Bis(pyrazolylethyl)thioether Ligation to Zinc and Cadmium: Structural Characterization of [S(CH₂CH₂pz^Me₂)₂]ZnCl₂, [S(CH₂CH₂pz^Me₂)₂]CdI₂ and [S(CH₂CH₂pz^Me₂)₂]Cd(NO₃)₂" Ghosh, P.; Wood, M.; Bonnano, J. B.; Hascall, T.; Parkin, G. Polyhedron. 1999, 18, 1107‑1113.
  



1998

• "Asymmetric Bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Ligands via Direct Synthesis: Structural Characterization of Thallium and Zinc Complexes" Ghosh, P.; Hascall, T.; Dowling, C.; Parkin, G. J., Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, 3355‑3357.
  


• "Synthesis and Structure of [Bp^But,^Pri]₂Co: A Bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Cobalt(II) Complex with Trans [Co...H‑B] Interactions" Ghosh, P.; Bonanno, J. B.; Parkin, G. J., Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, 2779‑2781.
  


• "Chemical Shift Anisotropy as a Mechanism for Modulating Apparent JTl‑H and JTl‑C Coupling Constants in Tris(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Thallium Complexes" Ghosh, P.; Desrosiers, P. J.; Parkin, G. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 10416‑10422.
  


• "Mimicking the Binding of Glutamate to Zinc in Thermolysin and Carboxypeptidase: The Synthesis of [h3‑(HCO₂)Bp^But,^Pri]ZnCl by Insertion of CO₂ into a B‑H Bond of the Bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Zinc Complex [Bp^But,^Pri]ZnCl" Ghosh, P.; Parkin, G. J., Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, 2281‑2283.
  


• "Modeling the Active Sites of Bacteriophage T7 Lysozyme, Bovine 5‑Aminolevulinate Dehydratase and Peptide Deformylase: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Bis(pyrazolyl)(thioalkoxy)hydroborato Zinc Complex, [(Ph₂CHS)Bp^But,^Pri]ZnI" Ghosh, P.; Parkin, G., Chem. Commun. 1998, 413‑414.
  



1997

• "Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Tris[3‑trifluoromethyl‑5‑(2‑thienyl)pyrazolyl)]hydroborato Thallium, Tl[Tp^CF3,Tn]: A Monovalent Thallium Complex with a Highly Solvent Dependent JTl‑F Coupling Constant, Ranging from 0 to 850 Hz" Han, R.; Ghosh, P.; Desrosiers, P. J.; Trofimenko, S.; Parkin, G. J., Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1997, 3713‑3717.
  


• "Structural Characterization of Bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Thallium Complexes: Monomeric "Two‑Coordinate" Thallium Derivatives Supplemented by [Tl...H‑B] Interactions" Dowling, C.; Ghosh, P.; Parkin, G. Polyhedron, 1997, 16, 3469‑3473.
  


• "Synthesis and Structure of a Monomeric Magnesium Phenylselenolate Complex [Tp^p‑Tol]MgSePh Supported by Tris(3‑p‑tolylpyrazolyl)hydroborato Ligation" Ghosh, P.; Parkin, G. Polyhedron, 1997, 16, 1255‑1257.
  



1996

• "Terminal Hydrochalgenido and Bridging Selenido Derivatives of Magnesium Supported by Tris(3‑p‑tolylpyrazolyl)hydroborato Ligation: The Syntheses and Structures of [Tp^p‑Tol]MgEH (E = S, Se) and {[Tp^p‑Tol]Mg}₂Se" Ghosh, P.; Parkin, G. Chem. Commun., 1996, 1239‑1240.
  


• "Synthesis and Structure of a Magnesium Hydroxide Complex Supported by Tris(pyrazolyl)hydroborato Ligation, {[Tp^Ar,Me]Mg(mu‑OH)}₂ (Ar = p‑Bu^tC₆H₄)". Ghosh, P.; Parkin, G. Inorg. Chem. 1996, 35, 1429-1430.