@article {43883,
	title = {Nickel-catalyzed N-vinylation of heteroaromatic amines via C-H bond activation},
	journal = {Organic \& Biomolecular Chemistry},
	volume = {15},
	year = {2017},
	month = {SEP},
	pages = { 6896-6900},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);">Here, we report a ligand- and reductant-free nickel-catalyzed N-vinylation of heteroaromatic amines using biorenewable p-cymene as a solvent. This unprecedented cross-coupling strategy has high functional group tolerance (halides, alkoxy, cyano, chiral motif, etc.) and proceeded via C-H bond activation.</span></p>},
	keywords = {Alkylation, Amination Reactions, Anilines, Aryl  Chlorides, halides, Monoarylation, O Bonds, Precatalyst, Pyrimidines, Removeble Directing Group},
	issn = {1477-0520},
	doi = {10.1039/c7ob01791j},
	author = {Landge, Vinod G. and Rana, Jagannath and Subaramanian, Murugan and Balaraman, Ekambaram}
}
@article {45471,
	title = { Ni-catalyzed alpha-alkylation of unactivated amides and esters with alcohols by hydrogen auto-transfer strategy },
	journal = {CHEMSUSCHEM},
	volume = {11},
	year = {2018},
	month = {NOV},
	pages = {3911-3916},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {A transition-metal-catalyzed borrowing hydrogen/hydrogen auto-transfer strategy allows the utilization of feedstock alcohols as an alkylating partner, which avoids the formation of stoichiometric salt waste and enables a direct and benign approach for the construction of C-N and C-C bonds. In this study, a nickel-catalyzed alpha-alkylation of unactivated amides and ester (tert-butyl acetate) is carried out by using primary alcohols under mild conditions. This C-C bond-forming reaction is catalyzed by a new, molecularly defined nickel(II) NNN-pincer complex (0.1-1 mol \%) and proceeds through hydrogen auto-transfer, thereby releasing water as the sole byproduct. In addition, N-alkylation of cyclic amides under Ni-catalytic conditions is demonstrated.},
	doi = {10.1002/cssc.201801443},
	author = {Midya, Siba P. and Rana, Jagannath and Pitchaimani, Jayaraman and Nandakumar, Avanashiappan and Madhu, Vedichi and Balaraman, Ekambaram}
}
@article {45479,
	title = {Ni-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of primary and secondary alcohols with methyl-N-heteroaromatics},
	journal = {Organic Chemistry Frontiers},
	volume = {5},
	year = {2018},
	month = {NOV},
	pages = {3250-3255},
	type = {Article },
	abstract = {Here we report the first base-metal catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of primary (aromatic, heteroaromatic, and aliphatic) and secondary alcohols with methyl-N-heteroaromatics to form various C(sp(3))-alkylated N-heteroaromatics. The reaction is enabled by Earth abundant, non-precious NiBr2 as a transition metal catalyst and N,N,N,N-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) as a ligand system. Mechanistic studies reveal that a hydrogen auto-transfer process is involved in the direct C(sp(3))-alkylation and the reaction proceeds through an -olefination process.},
	doi = {10.1039/c8qo00764k},
	author = {Rana, Jagannath and Babu, Reshma and Subaramanian, Murugan and Balaraman, Ekambaram}
}
