32. Ligand-Enabled Stabilisation of Elusive Copper Metallocenes.
Rajan Yadav and Susanta Hazra*. 2026, Submitted.
31. Micellar Catalysis Enables Sustainable and Selective Carbene Insertion to N-H Bonds in Water with Recyclable Copper Catalysts.
Shalini Kumari, Tanupriya Singh, Rajan Yadav, Pritesk Keshari and Susanta Hazra*. 2026, Submitted.
30. Sustainable Heterogeneous Catalysis Using Metal-Embedded Porous Materials in Aqueous Micelles.
Rajan Yadav, Tanupriya Singh, and Susanta Hazra*. Curr. Opin. Green Sustain. Chem. 2026, 59, 101065.
Themed issue on Green methods in chemistry in water (2026)
29. Single-Site Hydrophobic Microenvironments Stabilize Low-Valent Nickel for Cross-Coupling in Water.
Pritesh Keshari, Tanupriya Singh, Rajan Yadav, and Susanta Hazra*. 2026,Comming Soon.
28. Bioinspired Copper Catalyst Stabilised by Designer Surfactant: Mechanistic Insights for Oxygen Activation and Application for Sustainable Oxidative Transformations in Water.
Tanupriya Singh, Rajan Yadav, Gorav Joshi, Aanshee Vishwas Shambharkar, Abhishek Sirohiwal* and Susanta Hazra*. 2026,Comming Soon.
27. Bridging the Gap: Heterogeneous Micro-Confined Palladium Catalysts Surpassing Homogeneous Systems for C-N Cross-Coupling in Water.
Rajan Yadav, Aanshee Vishwas Shambharkar,Tanupriya Singh, Naresh Barik and Susanta Hazra*. 2026, Submitted.
26. Designing of Bifunctional Ligand for Effective Cu (I) catalyzed C-N cross-coupling in aqueous Micellar Conditions.
Priya Mata, Rajan Yadav, and Susanta Hazra*. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2025, 13, 15763-15770.
Published as part of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering special issue "Sustainable Catalysis and Synthesis in India"
25. Atomically Dispersed Ru Catalyst Locked in Knitting Aryl Network Polymers: A Robust Heterogeneous Catalyst for Borrowing Hydrogenation in Aqueous Micelles.
Tanupriya Singh, Rajan Yadav, and Susanta Hazra*. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2025, 17, 52024-52036.
24. Micelle-Enabled In Situ Surface Modification of Porous Organic Polymers: Formation of Heterogeneous Microcolony for Efficient Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling in Water.
Rajan Yadav,Pritesh Keshari, and Susanta Hazra*. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2025, 17, 19795-19805.
23. Micelles Enabled Nickel-Catalyzed P-Arylation of Aromatic Phosphine Oxide in Water Under Mild Conditions.
Pritesh Keshari, Rajan Yadav, Priya Mata, and Susanta Hazra*. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2024, 12, 11473-11479.
Published as part of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering virtual special issue "Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Chemical Research Society of India"
News Coverage: Indian Express, The Times of India., Phys.Org, The Times of India., EurekAlert
22. One Hundred Years of the Fischer-Tropsch Reaction.
Susanta Hazra and Anil J Elias. Resonance 2023, 28, 1875-1889.
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21. The Catalytic Formation of Atropisomers and Stereocenters via Asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura Couplings.
Gaspard Hedouin, Susanta Hazra, Fabrice Gallou, and Sachin Handa*. ACS Catalysis 2022, 12, 4918-4937.
20. Trichloromethyl Carbanion in Aqueous Micelles: Mechanistic Insights and Access to Carboxylic Acids from (Hetero)aryl Halides.
Tharique N. Ansari, Sudripet Sharma, Susanta Hazra, Frederick Hicks, David K. Leahy*, and Sachin Handa*. ACS Catalysis 2022, 12,15686–15695.
19. Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Alcohols and Transfer Hydrogenation of Aldehydes in Water Using a Single Bifunctional, Bistate, Water-soluble Ruthenium Catalyst.
Susanta Hazra, Abhishek Nair, Pritam Dolui, Ekta Malik, and Anil J Elias*. Chemistry–An Asian Journal 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202200883.
18. Directing group enabled ‘On-Water’ Csingle bondH bond functionalization of ferrocene derivatives.
Ashutosh Verma, Pritam Dolui, Susanta Hazra, and Anil J Elias*. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2022, 964, 122303.
17. Water: An Underestimated Solvent for Amide Bond-Forming Reactions.
Susanta Hazra, Fabrice Gallou*, and Sachin Handa*. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2022, 10, 5299-5306.
16. The Resurrection of Murahashi Coupling after Four Decades.
Susanta Hazra, Carin CC Johansson Seechurn*, Sachin Handa*, and Thomas J Colacot*. ACS Catalysis 2021, 11, 13188-13202.
15. External Catalyst-Free Oxidation of Benzyl Halides to Benzoic Acids Using NaOH/TBHP in Water.
Parul Saini, Anandhu Krishnan, Deepak Yadav, Susanta Hazra, and Anil J Elias*. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 2021, 10, 2355-2359.
14. Shielding Effect of Nanomicelles: Stable and Catalytically Active Oxidizable Pd(0) Nanoparticle Catalyst Compatible for Cross-Couplings of Water-Sensitive Acid Chlorides in Water.
Tharique N Ansari, Sudripet Sharma, Susanta Hazra, Jacek B Jasinski, Andrew J Wilson, Frederick Hicks, David K Leahy*, and Sachin Handa*. JACS Au 2021, 1, 1506–1513.
13. Reactivity of Styrenes in Micelles: Safe, Selective, and Sustainable Functionalization with Azides and Carboxylic Acids.
Susanta Hazra, Gaganpreet Kaur, and Sachin Handa*. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2021, 9, 5513-5518
12. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Synthesis of α-Alkylated Ketones and Quinolines in an Aqueous Medium via a Hydrogen-Borrowing Strategy Using Ketones and Alcohols
Ashutosh Verma, Susanta Hazra, Pritam Dolui, and Anil J Elias*.Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 2021, 10, 626-633.
11. Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols and Amines to Value-Added Chemicals using Water as the Solvent.
Susanta Hazra, Ekta Malik, Abhishek Nair, Vikas Tiwari, Pritam Dolui, and Anil J Elias*.Chemistry–An Asian Journal 2020, 15, 1916-1936.
10. NaCl as Catalyst and Water as Solvent: Highly E-Selective Olefination of Methyl Substituted N-Heteroarenes with Benzyl Amines and Alcohols.
Susanta Hazra, Vikas Tiwari, Ashutosh Verma, Pritam Dolui, and Anil J Elias*. Organic Letters 2020, 22, 5496-5501.
9. Oxidative Coupling of Benzylamines with Indoles in Aqueous Medium to Realize Bis-(Indolyl)Methanes Using a Water-Soluble Cobalt Catalyst and Air as the Oxidant.
Parul Saini, Pratishtha Kumari, Susanta Hazra, and Anil J Elias*. Chemistry–An Asian Journal 2019, 14, 4154-4159
8. Picolinamide Assisted Oxidation of CH2 Groups Bound to Organic and Organometallic Compounds Using Ferrocene as a Catalyst.
Pritam Dolui, Susanta Hazra, Mayukh Deb, and Anil J Elias*. Organometallics 2019, 38, 2015-2021.
7. Table salt as a catalyst for the oxidation of aromatic alcohols and amines to acids and imines in aqueous medium: effectively carrying out oxidation reactions in sea water.
Susanta Hazra, Ajay Kishor Kushawaha, Deepak Yadav, Pritam Dolui, Mayukh Deb, and Anil J Elias*. Green Chemistry 2019, 21, 1929-1934.
6. Ferrocenium Promoted Oxidation of Benzyl Amines to Imines Using Water as the Solvent and Air as the Oxidant.
Mayukh Deb, Susanta Hazra, Pritam Dolui, and Anil J Elias*. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2018, 7, 479-486.
5. Aerobic Oxidation of Primary Amines to Imines in Water using a Cobalt Complex as Recyclable Catalyst under Mild Conditions.
Susanta Hazra, Priti Pilania, Mayukh Deb, Ajay Kishor Kushawaha, and Anil J Elias*. Chemistry–A European Journal 2018, 24, 15766-15771.
4. Synthesis of unsymmetrical multi-aroyl derivatives of ferrocene using palladium catalysed oxidative C–H aroylation.
Mayukh Deb, Susanta Hazra, Ajay Gupta, and Anil J. Elias*. Dalton trans. 2018, 47, 7229-7236.
3. Borylation, silylation and selenation of C–H bonds in metal sandwich compounds by applying a directing group strategy.
Mayukh Deb, Jatinder Singh, Shuvadip Mallik, Susanta Hazra, and Anil J. Elias*. New Journal of Chemistry 2017, 41, 14528-14538.
2. Iodine catalyzed oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes to carboxylic acids in water: a metal-free route to the synthesis of furandicarboxylic acid and terephthalic acid.
Susanta Hazra, Mayukh Deb, and Anil J. Elias* Green Chemistry 2017, 19, 5548–5552.
1. Picolinamide as a Directing Group on Metal Sandwich Compounds: sp2 C–H Bond Activation and sp3 C–H Bond Oxidation.
Susanta Hazra, Mayukh Deb, Jatinder Singh, and Anil J. Elias*. Organometallics 2017, 36, 1784–1794.