Prof Ajay Venugopal
Professor (Chemistry)
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Selected Publications

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An aldehyde-stabilised alkoxyaluminium dication
A. Benny, D. Vijayan, A. P. Andrews, T. Rajeshkumar, L. Maron, A. Venugopal, Chemical Communications, 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s44160-024-00724-0.

Synthesis and reactivity of an antimony(III) dication
D. Sharma, A. Benny, A. P. Andrews, T. Rajeshkumar, L. Maron, A. Venugopal, Nature Synthesis, 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s44160-024-00724-0.

Quest for active species in Al/B-catalyzed CO2 hydrosilylation

S. K. Bisht, D. Sharma, R. Kannan, T. Rajeshkumar, L. Maron, A. Venugopal, Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, 63, 18453.

Mechanistic investigations on bismuth catalyzed reduction of ketones and phosphine oxides
A. Benny, D. Sharma, Ankur, T. Rajeshkumar, L. Maron, A. Venugopal, Chemistry -A European Journal, 2023, e202300588.

Crystallographic evidence for a continuum and reversal of roles in primary–secondary interactions in antimony Lewis acids: Applications in carbonyl activation
D. Sharma, A. Benny, R. Gupta, E. D. Jemmis, A. Venugopal, Chemical Communications, 2022, 58, 11009.

Reversing Lewis acidity from bismuth to antimony
D. Sharma, S. Balasubramaniam, S. Kumar, E. D. Jemmis, A. Venugopal, Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 8889.

Cationic zinc hydride catalyzed carbon dioxide reduction to formate: Deciphering elementary reactions, isolation of intermediates, and computational investigations
R. Chambenahalli, R. M. Bhargav, K. N. McCabe, A. P. Andrews, F. Ritter, J. Okuda, L. Maron, A. Venugopal, Chemistry -A European Journal, 2021, 27, 7391.

Electrophilic organobismuth dication catalyzes carbonyl hydrosilylation
R. Kannan, S. Balasubramaniam, S. Kumar, R. Chambenahalli, E. D. Jemmis, A. Venugopal, Chemistry -A European Journal, 2020, 26, 12717.

Organoaluminum cation for carbonyl activation
R. Kannan, R. Chambenahalli, S. Kumar, A. Krishna, A. P. Andrews, E. D. Jemmis, A. Venugopal, Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 14629.
 
Terminal hydridozinc cation
R. Chambenahalli, A. P. Andrews, F. Ritter, J. Okuda, A. Venugopal, Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 2054.
 
Disguised hydride in a butylmagnesium cation
S. Banerjee, Ankur, A. P. Andrews, A. Venugopal, Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 5788.
 
Consequence of ligand bite angle on bismuth Lewis acidity
R. Kannan, S. Kumar, A. P. Andrews, E. D. Jemmis, A. Venugopal, Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 9391.

Complete List of Publications
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