Bhalchandra Mahadeo Bhanage

InElectrooxidative C–H/O–H Bond Coupling via Ru Catalysis: Access to Phthalides and Naphtho[1,8-bc]furans We hereby report ruthenium-catalyzed electrooxidative coupling of acrylates with benzoic acids and naphthol for the synthesis of phthalide and naphthofuran derivatives. The process is particularly effective for activating weakly coordinating O–H bonds using ruthenium catalysts.

Pd-Catalysed Synthesis of Oxomalonamides Through Adjacent Triple Carbonylation of Tertiary Amines The monocarbonylation and dicarbonylation reactions are well-established reactions in the carbonylation chemistry. This work reports unusual oxidative adjacent triple carbonylation of tertiary amine towards oxomalonamide synthesis using Pd catalyst.

This work reports the first Pd/C catalyzed phenoxycarbonylation of aryl iodides using N-formylsaccharin as a CO surrogate. Advantageously, the reaction could be carried out in propylene carbonate as an environmentally benign and sustainable polar aprotic solvent under CO surrogacy. Using N-formylsaccharin as a CO surrogate, allows the cheaper and readily available phenols as the coupling partner.