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U. N.  Patel, Pandey, D. K., Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Synthesis of quinoline-based NNN-pincer nickel(II) complexes: a robust and improved catalyst system for C?H bond alkylation of azoles with alkyl halides?, Organometallics, vol. 35, no. 11, pp. 1785?1793, 2016.

U. N.  Patel, Jain, S., Pandey, D. K., Gonnade, R. G., Vanka, K., and Punji, B., ?Mechanistic aspects of pincer nickel(II)-catalyzed C-H bond alkylation of azoles with alkyl halides?, Organometallics, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 1017-1025, 2018.

D. K.  Pandey, Vijaykumar, M., and Punji, B., ?Nickel-catalyzed C(2)-H arylation of indoles with aryl chlorides under neat conditions?, Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 84, no. 20, pp. 12800-12808, 2019.

D. K.  Pandey, Ankade, S. B., Ali, A., Vinod, C. P., and Punji, B., ?Nickel-catalyzed C-H alkylation of indoles with unactivated alkyl chlorides: evidence of a Ni(i)/Ni(iii) pathway?, Chemical Science, vol. 10, no. 41, pp. 9493-9500, 2019.

D. K.  Pandey, Shabade, A. B., and Punji, B., ?Copper-catalyzed direct arylation of indoles and related (hetero)arenes: a ligandless and solvent-free approach?, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, vol. 362, no. 12, pp. 2534-2540, 2020.

S. K.  Verma, Samal, P. Paramita, Pradhan, C., Pandey, D. K., Krishnamurty, S., and Punji, B., ?Hybrid pincer (PNN)Ni(II) complex catalyzed selective C-H alkylation of pyridones using unactivated alkyl chlorides?, ACS Catalysis, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 2987-2999, 2025.