@article {46715,
	title = {Spectroscopic evidences for the size dependent generation of pd species responsible for the low temperature CO oxidation activity on Pd-SBA-15 nanocatalyst},
	journal = {Applied Catalysis B-Environmental},
	volume = {272},
	year = {2020},
	month = {SEP },
	pages = {118934},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>A comprehensive size dependent CO oxidation activity has been demonstrated for Pd-SBA-15 catalysts with Pd NPs of varying sizes such as 1-2, 4-6 and 7-10 nm. Pd-SBA-15 catalyst with smallest sized NPs (Pd-S-N) has been synthesized by modified deposition precipitation method recently developed in our lab. Pd-S-N catalyst (reduced at 400 degrees C) demonstrated CO oxidation activity with lower light off temperature (50 degrees C), clearly one of the best reported for a Pd-silica system. A detailed XPS and in-situ DRIFTS analyses further supported by XAS and DFT calculations reveal the presence of easily decomposable highvalent Pd-oxide on co-ordinatively unsaturated Pd sites (Pdcus). Weak binding of CO on Pdcus sites in small Pd NPs leaving sites for oxygen activation is attributed to the low temperature activity of Pd-S-N for CO oxidation.</p>
},
	keywords = {CO oxidation, high-valent Pd species, Pd nanoparticles, SBA-15, under coordinated Pd atoms},
	issn = {0926-3373},
	doi = {10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118934},
	author = {Soni, Yogita and Pradhan, Sumanta and Bamnia, Mahesh K. and Yadav, A. K. and Jha, S. N. and Bhattacharyya, D. and Khan, Tuhin Suvra and Haider, M. A. and Vinod, C. P.}
}
@article {47399,
	title = {gamma-Al2O3/triflic acid as cooperative catalysts for the tandem Michael addition/carbocyclization: an easy access to 2-substituted pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines and 3-substituted pyrrolidine-2,5-diones},
	journal = {Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry},
	volume = {58},
	year = {2021},
	month = {JUL},
	pages = {1415-1428},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>A tandem Michael addition/carbocyclization of 3,4-dimethoxyphenethyl maleimide with carbon and sulfur nucleophiles is accomplished via a relay catalysis using gamma-Al2O3/TfOH binary system. The X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) analysis of binary system indicates the presence of AlF3, AlO(OH) species(.) This approach provides an easy access to 2-aryl or 2-thio aryl pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines in good yields in a tandem fashion. With suitable ratio of gamma-Al2O3/TfOH binary system, the Michael addition of N/C/S nucleophiles to N-benzyl maleimide is also achieved. A key to the success of these reactions would be the generation of AlF3, AlO(OH) species from gamma-Al2O3 and TfOH, which might have delineated the disadvantageous background reactions usually displayed by a strong Bronsted acid such as TfOH.</p>},
	keywords = {1-a]isoquinolines, 3-substituted pyrrolidine-2, 5-diones, carbocyclization, gamma-Al2O3/TfOH binary system, Michael addition, pyrrolo[2},
	issn = {0022-152X},
	doi = {10.1002/jhet.4266, Early Access Date = APR 2021},
	author = {Rao, Ramana Sreenivasa and Sahani, Anita and Ali, Sheikh Haider and Pradhan, Sumanta and Ramanathan, Chinnasamy Ramaraj}
}
