E.  Balaraman, Gnanaprakasam, B., Shimon, L. J. W., and Milstein, D., ?Direct hydrogenation of amides to alcohols and amines under mild conditions?, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 132, no. 47, pp. 16756?16758, 2010.

E.  Balaraman, Gunanathan, C., Zhang, J., Shimon, L. J. W., and Milstein, D., ?Efficient hydrogenation of organic carbonates, carbamates, and formates indicates alternative routes to methanol based on CO2 and CO?, Nature Chemistry, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 609?614, 2011.

J.  Zhang, Balaraman, E., Leitus, G., and Milstein, D., ?Electron-rich PNP- and PNN-type Ru(II) hydrido-borohydride complexes. synthesis, structure and catalytic activity towards dehydrogenation of alcohols and hydrogenation of esters?, Organometallics, vol. 30, no. 21, pp. 5716?5724, 2011.

E.  Fogler, Balaraman, E., Ben-David, Y., Leitus, G., Shimon, L. J. W., and Milstein, D., ?New CNN-type ruthenium pincer NHC complexes. synthesis and catalytic activity. mild, efficient hydrogenation of esters?, Organometallics, vol. 30, no. 14, pp. 3826?3833, 2011.

B.  Gnanaprakasam, Balaraman, E., Ben-David, Y., and Milstein, D., ?Synthesis of peptides and pyrazines from beta-aminoalcohols via extrusion of H2 catalyzed by ruthenium pincer complexes. ligand controlled selectivity?, Angewandte Chemie, vol. 123, no. 51, pp. 12448?12452, 2011.

E.  Balaraman, Ben-David, Y., and Milstein, D., ?Unprecedented catalytic hydrogenation of urea derivatives to amines and methanol?, Angewandte Chemie, vol. 123, no. 49, pp. 11906?11909, 2011.

E.  Balaraman, Fogler, E., and Milstein, D., ?Efficient hydrogenation of biomass derived cyclic di-esters to 1,2-diols?, Chemical Communications, vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 1111-1113, 2012.

D.  Milstein, Balaraman, E., Gunanathan, C., Gnanaprakasam, B., and Zhang, J., ?Novel ruthenium complexes and their uses in processes for formation and/or hydrogenation of esters, amides and derivatives thereof?, U.S. Patent US 14/702,6412012.

D.  Srimani, Balaraman, E., Gnanaprakasam, B., Ben-David, Y., and Milstein, D., ?Ruthenium pincer-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling of primary alcohols with secondary alcohols under neutral conditions?, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, vol. 354, no. 13, pp. 2403?2406, 2012.

B.  Gnanaprakasam, Balaraman, E., Gunanathan, C., and Milstein, D., ?Synthesis of polyamides from diols and diamines with liberation of H2?, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, vol. 50, no. 9, pp. 1755?1765, 2012.

D.  Milstein, Gunanathan, C., Ben-David, Y., Balaraman, E., Gnanaprakasam, B., and Zhang, J., ?Use of ruthenium complexes for formation and/or hydrogenation of amides and related carboxylic acid derivatives?, U.S. Patent US 13/471,0372012.

E.  Balaraman, Khaskin, E., Leitus, G., and Milstein, D., ?Catalytic transformation of alcohols to carboxylic acid salts and H2 using water as the oxygen atom source?, Nature Chemistry, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 122?125, 2013.

D.  Srimani, Balaraman, E., Hu, P., Ben-David, Y., and Milstein, D., ?Formation of tertiary amides and H2 by dehydrogenative coupling of primary alcohols with secondary amines catalyzed by ruthenium bipyridine-based pincer complexes?, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, vol. 355, no. 13, pp. 2525?2530, 2013.

R.  Barrios-Francisco, Balaraman, E., Diskin-Posner, Y., Leitus, G., Shimon, L. J. W., and Milstein, D., ?PNN-Ru pincer complexes based on phosphinated 2,2?-dipyridinemethane- and 2,2?-oxobispyridine. metal-ligand cooperation in cyclometallation and catalysis?, Organometallics, vol. 32, no. 10, pp. 2973?2982, 2013.

R.  Langer, Fuchs, I., Vogt, M., Balaraman, E., Diskin-Posner, Y., Shimon, L. J. W., Ben-David, Y., and Milstein, D., ?Stepwise metal-ligand cooperation via a reversible aromatization-deconjugation-sequence in ruthenium complexes with a tetradentate phenanthroline-based ligand?, Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 3407?3414, 2013.

T.  Zell, Langer, R., Iron, M. A., Konstantinovski, L., Shimon, L. J. W., Diskin-Posner, Y., Leitus, G., Balaraman, E., Ben-David, Y., and Milstein, D., ?Synthesis, structures, and dearomatization by deprotonation of iron complexes featuring bipyridine-based PNN pincer ligands?, Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 52, no. 16, pp. 9636?9649, 2013.

E.  Balaraman and Milstein, D., ?Hydrogenation of polar bonds catalysed by ruthenium-pincer complexes?, Ruthenium in Catalysis, vol. 48, pp. 19-43, 2014.

E.  Balaraman, Srimani, D., Diskin-Posner, Y., and Milstein, D., ?Direct synthesis of secondary amines from alcohols and ammonia catalyzed by a ruthenium pincer complex?, Catalysis Letters, vol. 145, no. 1, pp. 139-144, 2015.